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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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What if every weekend were a three-day weekend for students and staff at Lake Roosevelt Schools? If a four-day week were implemented, how would that affect childcare? How would that affect school days? The topic was discussed at the Oct. 15 Grand Coulee Dam School District board meeting. Numerous ramifications were discussed, but the consensus was to take the pulse of those who would be affected. Superintendent Paul Turner noted that the Bureau of Reclamation has already been on a four-day work week, and that the Colville Tribes have recently... Full story
Some unpopular decisions may have to be made within the Grand Coulee Dam School District to balance the budget. Superintendent Paul Turner brought the topic up at the district's Oct. 15 board meeting, urging the board to bring up areas of the budget that they think may need to be scrutinized. "How do we cut $400,000?" Turner asked. "I've been thinking through it pretty strongly." Turner said he's been coming up with a list of items to potentially be cut, and he wants the board to let him know wh...
One person died, two others were injured and one is facing a vehicular homicide charge after a collision on highway 97 near its junction with highway 17 yesterday morning east of Brewster. The Washington State Patrol reported that a 59-year-old Manson woman had been driving south on SR-97 in a 2008 Honda CR-V when her car was struck by a GMC Yukon headed north. The Yukon came to rest in the center lane, the Honda rolled and came to rest on its top on the southbound shoulder. The Patrol’s investigation memo indicates that Kai Michael M...
Local writers invited to meet Writer’s Day in the Coulee will be held at the Grand Coulee Dam Seniors on Main Street in Grand Coulee on Saturday, Nov. 2, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. “Bring your books and join us,” a flier for the event reads. R.S.V.P. to birds@ifiber.tv by Oct. 21. Writers are encouraged to bring their books, sign them and sell them, and just visit with other writers. The event is sponsored by Them Dam Writers Online, Coulee Pioneer Museum, and Electric City. Vacant mosquito board seat filled Robert McClanahan has accepted a vacant...
A coming change in federal rules is pushing healthcare professionals to focus more on preventing illness rather than treating it after the fact, and Coulee Medical Center is implementing a plan that focuses on senior citizens. "It's proven to be quite effective for our patients," Kelly Steffens told people at the chamber of commerce luncheon last week, referring to a free program that has people on Medicare come in once a year for a screening visit. Steffens, a registered nurse, is in charge of...
People may note a bit more of pinch when they haul that Saturday load to the dump, beginning next summer when prices go up slightly. The Regional Board of Mayors last week approved a raise in transfer station dumping rates from 6.2 cents a pound to 6.7 cents. City Administrator of Electric City, Russ Powers, who prepared a proposed budget for the RBOM, said the income of the transfer station simply isn’t matching up with the expenditures. “It’s just the cost of things,” Powers said. “Insurance, fuel, goods. More and more people are maybe drivin...
A federal judge sentenced an Omak man last week to two years in prison for embezzling funds from the Colville Tribes. Chad Jeremy Monaghan, 42, an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, was sentenced after having pleaded guilty on June 3 to one count of embezzling over $1,000 from a tribal organization, and one count of being a previously convicted felon in possession of a firearm. Chief United States District Judge Thomas O. Rice sentenced Monaghan Thursday to a 24-month prison term on each count to run...
Priest Rapids Dam operators extinguished a small fire in equipment called an exciter, which provides energy to start up one of the generating units, shortly after 1 a.m. Monday, the PUD said in a press release. The fire affected Unit No. 7 at Priest Rapids Dam. On Oct. 3, there was a similar fire in the exciter for Unit No. 1. In both situations, dam operators - using methods learned during training - were able to extinguish the fires promptly, keeping them isolated to the cabinets that house...
Editor’s note: A story in the Oct. 9 Star told of a missing 14-year-old boy and his grandmother’s efforts to bring him home. This letter is her message to him. 10/14/2019 Javante, To prevent you from being preyed upon by pseudo family or friends, I’m doing the hardest thing in the world, as tears run down my cheek, and that is publicly announcing that I will surrender custody over to both of your biological parents to let the three of you determine where you will live, and solidify it through court. Come back and we will call your paren...
Washington’s 4th Congressional District is home to two sovereign tribes, the Yakama Nation in the south and the Colville Tribes in the north. I am proud to represent these strong Native communities in Congress, but there is a crisis affecting not only the Yakama and the Colville but tribes across the nation: missing and murdered indigenous women. Indigenous women throughout the country face a murder rate ten times higher than the national average, and I have seen firsthand how these injustices affect local communities. There are currently o...
Here is my second profile of a senior at Lake Roosevelt High School this year. If I was to look at this year’s seniors and pick one that has grown up the most over the years I have known him, I would pick today’s subject. Jonathan Cante is one of those kids that is just plain likable on all levels. So here’s Jonny… We sat in my office at Lake Roosevelt, and it was a quick conversation that was packed full of focus and confidence. I started by asking about the senior year and the answer came qu...
George and Caty Northrup weren't the only family in the canyon at the turn of the 20th century. Scheibner brothers Charles and Fred had moved into the canyon a couple years earlier and were already known for their produce, in particular, luscious strawberries. In 1901, with the backing of the farming community around Steamboat Rock, the brothers petitioned the county for a bond to create a road up the south talus slope wall. The main purpose for the new road was to move fresh produce up to the...
Dennis Allen Clinkenbeard, age 78, of Wenatchee, Washington, passed peacefully Tuesday, October 15, 2019. Dennis was born May 2, 1941, in Tonasket, Washington to parents Harold and Lucile Clinkenbeard. He graduated from Molson High School and attended WVC and CWU. Dennis was drafted into the U. S. Navy and served on the USS Constellation and later graduated from WSU in Mechanical Engineering. He worked at Ford Motor Co., then moved to Bangor, Washington and worked on Trident Submarines, and... Full story
October Chamber Meetings at La Presa Chamber will be meeting this Thursday, Oct. 24, at La Presa. Meeting will begin at noon. Launi Ritter from Coulee Wall Variety Store will be the guest speaker. Okanogan County School Retirees to Meet Friday The Okanogan County School Retirees’ Association meets 11 a.m., Friday, October 25, for a general meeting and no-host luncheon at Cariboo Inn, 233 Queen St., Okanogan. Following the meeting, a WA State Department of Transportation spokesman will discuss priorities, roundabout stats, Walmart intersection,...
The Lake Roosevelt High School band performs in their new uniforms during halftime of the Raider football game Oct 25. The band received 60 uniforms in total, Music Teacher Karen Pace said, costing about $3,500 and paid for with grant money and money donated from local groups. The band will perform at a halftime show at a future Raider basketball game and use them during marching season in May when they'll perform during the Colorama parade and the Lilac Festival in Spokane. Pace said the...
Auditions for the Masquers’ Christmas Show, Tracking Santa, will be held at the Masquers Theater in Soap Lake on October 27 and 28, at 6:00 pm on both days. Auditions are open to ages 8 and older. Actors will be asked to perform cold reads of various characters. Tracking Santa tells the hilarious story of the Channel 8 news team, who believe they have found Santa with their fancy new weather system, and their wacky hijinks as they go on location in search of an interview. According to director Andrew Covarrubias, “Tracking Santa is one of the...
The Raiders shut out Northwest Christian in Coulee Dam under the Friday night lights where a light rain likely didn't help the Crusaders' mood in their 43-0 defeat. The Raiders got on the board first on a fourth-down play with eight yards to go, when quarterback Hunter Whitelaw connected with Malachi Rasmussen on a touchdown pass, followed by a two-point conversion run by Cameron St. Pierre that put the Raiders up 8-0. The Raider defense held the Crusaders back, forcing them to punt back to LR....
Lake Roosevelt squeaked by Manson with a 3-2 volleyball win in Coulee Dam Oct. 15, the first of two close calls and one loss for the week. The Lady Raiders won the first two sets against Manson, 25-18 and 25-15, but Manson won the next two sets, 25-19 and 25-21 to tie the game up at two sets apiece. LR won the tiebreaking fifth set, 15-9. Mikaylah Thompson stood out in the game, leading the team with 16 kills, four aces, and 14 digs. Ellie and Audrey Hansen had four blocks each at the net....
Raider cross country runners competed in Oroville Oct. 18 at Lake Osoyoos State Park. Kyle Edmo was the top-placing Raider in the three-mile varsity race, taking 13th out of 79 athletes with a time of 18 minutes, 27 seconds. In the 1.5-mile middle school race, Chase Marchand placed third in 8:08. The high school Central Washington 2B league championship is being held today, Oct. 23, in Manson at Wapato Point Park, at 3:30 p.m. The middle school league championship will be held at Liberty Bell at 11 a.m. on Oct. 26. 3 Mile Varsity Race Place...
The Lady Raiders took a couple losses on the soccer field last week, one against Brewster and one against Tonasket. Lake Roosevelt lost 7-3 Oct. 15 against the Lady Bears in Brewster. Madisyn Toulou scored LR's three goals, one coming from a Jasilyn Schilling assist. Mirella Lopez had seven saves as goalie. "Brewster was a match with a lot of good fighting spirit," Head Coach Micah Esmond said. "Our forwards are starting to link up much more with the midfielders and fullbacks. We ended up gettin...
Grant County Conservation District Board of Supervisors NOTICE OF MEETING The Grant County Conservation District Board of Supervisors will hold a meeting at 1:00 PM on November 12, 2019 at 1107 S Juniper Dr., Moses Lake, WA 98837 location to adopt a resolution setting the date, time, and location of an election to fill a Conservation District Supervisor’s expiring term. Please note: future election information will be posted ONLY on the Grant County Conservation District web site ColumbiaBasinCds.org. (Publish October 16 and 23, 2019) City of E... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 10/14 - A passenger-side window was broken on a car at the Hill Street apartments. The roommate of the owner of the car suspected it was a woman kicked out of the apartment the night before. Nothing was noted as missing. - A Grand Coulee officer was in Coulee Dam outside the casino with one of their officers when the Coulee Dam officer approached a woman known to be wanted on a warrant. She got into her car and backed into the Coulee Dam officer’s passenger door. The Grand Coulee officer hit the driver’s window with his bat...