News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Grand Coulee Police 10/17 - Police checked on a complaint of a barking dog at a house on E. Grand Coulee Avenue. The officer tried to contact the owner of the dog, but no one was home. The report stated that this has been a problem before. 10/18 - A woman on Prims Place reported that she heard her screen door slam and looked out and saw a man walking away. She asked for added patrols in the area. - A Grand Coulee man was stopped for a faulty headlight and the officer found the driver hadn’t had a valid operator’s license for a year. He was als...
Fellow citizens of Coulee Dam, thanks to all of you for your encouragement while I collected signatures for our letter to Mayor Wilder and our council members the week of Oct. 14 thru Oct. 19. Saturday morning was cold with a chance of rain and I had my doubts. So, I started this effort where I felt the most comfortable and I felt I had the best shot at success — the north end of Ferry Street at the home of Clea Pryor. My timid knock on Clea’s door and a poorly rehearsed presentation were rewarded with a smile, a signature and a “Go get’em.” Be...
The local and state races this year are bigger than the “he said, she said” and “I feel wronged because I didn’t get my way” hype going around Okanogan County. The races are about two commissioners and a citizen who dared to challenge the established machine in Olympia and locally that is kept well-oiled by Westside special interest groups such as Futurewise and Conservation NW. It’s about the recent Hirst decision by WA Supreme Court justices that impacts private landowners and whether they will be granted the right to access the water they...
I am one of eight citizen volunteers from Oroville, Okanogan, the Chilliwist, Twisp, and the upper Methow who have recorded notes of county commissioner proceedings during the past year. This effort was initiated because minutes had been posted weeks or months late, and commissioners had been unresponsive to citizens on essential issues. On Oct. 27, 2015, the commissioners discussed sending juvenile offenders to Martin Hall in Medical Lake while the Superior Court judges and Juvenile Administrator were out of town; it didn’t appear on the a...
Wow, that was some bake sale and auction for Sheilah Kennedy’s fund raiser! One buyer paid $250 for a $12 peach pie. The money she raked in helped pay for a full-page ad in my local paper. After reading the ad, I realized that Sheilah is being too modest. Let me add a few of her accomplishments while Commissioner that she neglected to mention: -She voted to support the Gebbers family corporation by vacating the Three Devils Road, against the wishes of the people of Chilliwist. This led to litigation and extensive legal fees. -She voted to p...
I have friends from all walks of life and beliefs and believe that everyone is entitled to their own opinions and it isn’t my job to change them. Therefore, I normally do not have anything to do with politics outside of researching and voting my own ballot. I do feel compelled to write this letter in support of Commissioner Sheilah Kennedy after witnessing the lies and misinformation being spread around our county this year. I sit on the Okanogan County Fair Board. Every time a situation has come up, I was always able to pick up a phone any t...
Thanks to those who have spent untold hours fostering transparency, accountability, and responsiveness in our county government by volunteering for Represent Okanogan County (ROC.) This group welcomed Okanogan residents and voters of various persuasions since its inception, putting political differences aside to accomplish these goals. It’s been the belief of ROC supporters that public involvement with the current election would eventually lead to less litigation, more efficient use of tax dollars, and more responsiveness to the needs and w...
As the Grant County Treasurer for 30 years, I have worked with a few state treasurers as president and other roles. State treasurers and county treasurers need to have a close relationship and understand each others’ roles in efficient money management and as stewards of public monies. Duane Davidson has held multiple terms as president and other leadership roles with the County Treasurers Association and has shown the qualities of experience and management your next state treasurer needs. His organizational skills and understanding of the b...
I believe I am the only person who knows both Nick Wallace and Judge David Estudillo on both a professional and personal level. Judge Estudillo and I both started our careers at Jeffers Danielson, a Wenatchee-based firm which had a Moses Lake branch at the time. David (as I called him then) started in 1999 and I started in 2000. We worked together there for just short of two years. Since then, we have attended some birthday parties and barbecues together with common friends when he was visiting from the Seattle area. I have appeared before him...
County commissioner meetings are public - anyone can observe. Since they are open, the audience should be able to hear and understand the activities of the meeting, and maybe even ask questions. Most organizational meeting standards include advance notice of agendas, timely approval of minutes, available materials for topics discussed, time for discussion, and a record of decisions made. County Commissioners make their executive decisions through resolutions, which are normally recorded in the meeting minutes or may be attachments to the...
I was Republican leader on the House Capital Budget Committee when Rep. Hawkins was appointed assistant leader. The capital budget is critically important, supporting school facilities, public lands, parks and other “brick-and-mortar” investments. Final negotiations surrounding the capital budget often mean long and unusual working hours for the leader and assistant leader. Unfortunately, Rep. Hawkins was “missing in action” many times during those negotiations. Even after we explained the importance of the negotiations, he seemed unable to gra...
It’s D-Day for American voters. With Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump carrying unusually low approval ratings and having a deep antipathy for one another, no matter which one ultimately is elected, the nation will be bitterly polarized. Hopefully, each has a plan to bring us back together after Nov. 8. America thrives on a peaceful transfer of power. It is one of the important traditions which has been handed down since John Adams succeeded George Washington on March 4, 1797. For guidance, Clinton and Trump ought to look to Gerald Ford. F...
As a Republican candidate for the state's second-highest office, conservative talk show host and Lake Roosevelt graduate Marty McClendon addresses a less-than-conservative crowd of Lake Roosevelt High School seniors Oct. 7. McClendon is seeking the leiutenant governor's office, which, he told students, wields some significant and often under-appreciated power....
Nathan Fulton retrieves a rocket after it was launched during Nespelem School's day of rocketry Friday. Science teacher Ralph Rise organized the day and had help from Washington State University personnel. Students from Coulee Dam and Paschal Sherman Indian School also attended, building and firing rockets. Rise put together a similar event at Lake Roosevelt Schools a year ago, aimed at firing imaginations and interest in science, as well as rockets....