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by John R. McNeil II The LR cross country team’s effort was “right on pace with what it needs to be,” last Saturday at Moses Lake, Head Coach Gary Darnold said. The Raiders may not have placed well in the 40-school field featuring many from the 2A, 3A, and 4A ranks, but the teams did well in Darnold’s eyes. “They all worked hard during the race and the boys’ varsity grouping was very good,” Darnold said. “We just need to move the group up.” For the Raiders, last week's practices were no...
The Lady Raiders dropped two volleyball matches to tough state contenders last week. In Tuesday’s match against the Pateros Nannies, the Lady Raiders came in strong and took the first match 25-20. The shocked Nannies ramped up their play and took the next three games to win the match. On Saturday, the Lady Raiders hosted the Crusaders of Riverside Christian, who took the first game 25-16. LR fought back in the second game to close the scoring gap with improved serving. In the third game, the L...
by John R. McNeil II Raider football dropped to 0-3 after last Friday’s loss to the Reardan Indians at Greene Field. Lake Roosevelt did not score until the second half, with the Indians building a 33-0 lead going into halftime. “We played poorly in the first half and dug ourselves a big hole,” Raider Head Coach Steve Files said. During halftime, the Raiders made adjustments and put together a scoring drive in the third quarter, capped by a 37-yard touchdown pass from Justus DeWinkler to Drew...
Center Elementary students present a giant “Thank You!” banner to to firefighters at North Dam Park Friday as a gesture to all those who battled the Barker Canyon Complex blazes that blackened more than 91,000 acres and threatened Grand Coulee and Coulee Dam last week. — submitted photo...
There is, perhaps, nothing so steady, predictable, and at times frightening in life as the continuity of the calendar. No matter what is happening in your life or the world, tomorrow will bring a new day. And every year, it will bring with it another birthday. Around this time every year, without fail, I celebrate a birthday. A worthy cause for celebration, birthdays are an important ritual. It is a yearly acknowledgment to yourself and the people in your life that this day is a good one, a day...
Grand Coulee Police 9/12 - A man who used his credit card to buy cigarettes later noticed it missing. The store where he’d used it didn’t have it, but someone must have taken his card from the counter. More than $400 in clothing was charged to it and sent to a house in Omak. The card was cancelled and police in Omak are checking on the delivery site. - An Electric City woman living on West Grand called police to say a goat was in an alley behind her place. She said that she tried to coax the goat into her yard but it would either charge her...
A fire in a single-family residence destroyed that home Tuesday night. The house at 611 Holly Street in Coulee Dam was fully engulfed in flame by the time the fire was reported at 5:45 p.m., said Coulee Dam Volunteer Fire Dept. Chief Robert Jackson. The house is a total loss. The cause of the fire is unkown but under investigation. “It’s suspicious for the fact that there was no electricity in the house,” Jackson said. He was unsure how many people were living in the house at the time. Repor...