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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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The relationship between the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce and Electric City reached a new low this past week. While the relationship has been simmering for a long time, it spilled over Oct. 22, when the chamber’s weekly meeting was devoted to a perceived problem in how Electric City handles its hotel/motel money. There was even a suggestion that the chamber sue the city. The situation got worse last week when the chamber sent registered letters to all Electric City’s council members, its mayor, city clerk and the city att... Full story
The Star print edition next week will be out two days early, on Monday, due to the Veterans Day holiday falling on the newspaper’s normal Wednesday publication day. The issue will include our annual salute to area veterans, and we wanted it in most readers’ hands before the holiday. Accordingly, deadlines for the issue come very early. Community news, announcements and advertising needs to be in by Thursday at 5 p.m....
Coulee Dam police have arrested an area man in connection with two recent burglaries at Riverside Lanes. Arrested and now in Okanogan County Jail is Michael Shane Snyder II, 26. Coulee Dam Police Sgt. Larry Hall said Snyder is being charged with second-degree trafficking in stolen goods, third-degree theft, and third-degree possession of stolen property. Police are still investigating, and additional charges may be added. Riverview Lanes was broken into twice in one week. The bowling alley has been closed since late summer, and the break-ins we... Full story
After a task-force investigation lasting more than two years, a 23-year-old Moses Lake man has been arrested and is facing charges including multiple arsons, domestic violence assault and burglary, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office announced Monday. Kolton J. Dana was arrested Friday after investigators developed information which helped tie him, they say, to a long list of unsolved local crimes that started in 2013. Those crimes include a string of arson fires in the Soap Lake, Moses Lake and Ephrata areas. He is in the Grant County Jail, w... Full story
Grand Coulee Dam could get a new fixture for help in repairing the big gates at the top of its spillway, one of which has been leaking since last summer. The Bureau of Reclamation is seeking public comment to identify issues and concerns to be addressed in an Environmental Assessment for a proposed drum gate maintenance structure at Grand Coulee Dam. A major leak on drum gate three this year prevented the bureau from spilling water for a backdrop for the Laser Light Show. At that time, the agenc... Full story
Only Electric City and Coulee Dam watched races in the battle for city council positions in the election returns last night. Electric City produced the tightest race, for a four-year term on the city council’s Position 3. Incumbent Gladys (Carol) Nordine had 81 votes, while her challenger, Birdie Hensley, had 80. Nordine won an early seat on the council this summer, filling a vacancy, and is the mother of Mayor John Nordine II, who was unchallenged for mayor and garnered 117 votes. Hensley served earlier on the council and had resigned b... Full story
A queen of hearts and a minion are among dozens of costumed kids at the Moose Lodge on Halloween day, circling on musical squares, hoping for pies, cakes and goodies if they land on the right number. The pool table at left was filled with the baked treats. Kathy Baty, at right, keeps them moving until the music stops. The lodge threw the free party for any kids who wanted to come. - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
Author wins statewide award A Spokane teacher with local ties has won the Washington State Book Award for his second novel. Bruce Holbert’s “The Hour of Lead,” which a Seattle Times reviewer called a “riveting and beautifully written” novel, took the honors in the fiction category Oct. 10 at an event in Seattle. Holbert graduated from Lake Roosevelt High School in 1978. He now lives in Nine Mile Falls and teaches at Mount Spokane High School north of Spokane. His father, Pat Holbert, lives in Electric City. Attendance strong at schools T... Full story
Margaret Ricks blows leaves onto Douglas Street in Coulee Dam ahead of the town's fall leaf pickup service Monday morning. - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
Port District 7 commissioners approved a $216,500 budget for 2016 at their last meeting. No changes to the budget were made from an earlier proposed preliminary budget. Chamber event tickets available Tickets for the Chamber of Commerce’s Vintners and Brewers Tasting and Auction, Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Coulee Dam Community Room, went on sale this week. Tickets cost $40 for individuals, $70 for a couple, or $300 for a table for 10. Tickets are on sale at the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce office, 17 Midway Avenue... Full story
Tickets for the Chamber of Commerce’s Vintners and Brewers Tasting and Auction, Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Coulee Dam Community Room, went on sale this week. Tickets cost $40 for individuals, $70 for a couple, or $300 for a table for 10. Tickets are on sale at the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce office, 17 Midway Avenue.... Full story
Each year, the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce makes formal requests to our local cities for lodging tax dollars, which we use to promote tourism and offset operational expenses for popular festivals. Grand Coulee and Coulee Dam have been generous with lodging tax dollars, which are generated by overnight camping and hotel/motel stays in their towns. Both last year and this, similar requests to Electric City have met with increasing resistance. While the city has given us some funding, their requesting process — which should be s... Full story
“Driver falls asleep at wheel, crashes in Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash. - A car crashed and rolled over on its side on Highway 14 after the driver fell asleep at the wheel.” “Police: Drowsy driver caused crash that killed two. MARYSVILLE - The driver who caused the Jan. 2 crash that killed two people along Highway 9 near Marysville had fallen asleep at the wheel.” “Five Dead After Driver Falls Asleep at the Wheel. Walla Walla - Washington State Troopers say five are dead after a driver falls asleep at the wheel on State Route 124.” “Semi rolls... Full story
What would this country look like if we did not have men and women who gave their lives for us? Think about that a second or two. Yes, our country, at times, is pretty screwed up, but that is what freedom can do. It can give us a false sense of entitlement. Or is it false? Everything we say and do in this country has been bought with a price. That price that was paid in full on foreign shores, on salty seas and even on our home soil; it was paid in blood by Marines, Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard and civilian men and women. Entitled, some... Full story
Seventy-Five Years Ago - Gravel pit at Grand Coulee Dam. – 1940... Full story
Leona Rauch, beloved mother, sister, grandmother, and great-grandmother went to be with her Lord on Thursday, October 29, 2015. Leona was born to William and Amelia Martin in Glasgow, Montana on October 9, 1918. She had three sisters and seven half-brothers and sisters. She graduated from Nashua High School in Nashua, Montana in 1936. Shortly after graduation, Leona traveled to Washington to help her half-sister, Augusta, with her family and later attended Kinman Business University in Spokane,... Full story
Memorial services for Edith Short will be held at 10 a.m., on Sunday, November 8, at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in Grand Coulee. Edith, 84, and a life-long Grand Coulee resident, passed away Saturday night, October 31, 2015, at Coulee Medical Center, after a very brief stay.... Full story
Chamber Meets at the Senior Center The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting this Thursday, Nov. 5, at noon, at the senior center in Grand Coulee. Katy Clark will be giving a program on baskets and basket weaving. Blood Drive Coming The Inland Northwest Blood Center along with the Grand Coulee community blood drive volunteers, led by coordinator Sommer Hicks, will hold a blood drive in the community room of Coulee Medical Center on Monday, November 19, 11:30 a.m. – 5 p.m. INBC needs an average of 200 blood donors every day t... Full story
Mari St. Pierre and Kenneth Miller of Omak, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son Nakoda Kash Miller, born Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 8 lbs., 7 oz., and was 20 inches in length at birth. Siblings include: Zyrel, Zacherle, Kelton Miller and Edwina Miller. Maternal grandparents are John and Jeanne Miller. Paternal grandparents are Jimmy and Bonnie Miller. Great-grandparents are Hank and Edwina George and Lucille and Lloyd Burge.... Full story
Mercedes Nault and Seth Labro of Keller, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Nexander Idej Labro, born Wednesday, October 14, 2015, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. He weighed 8 lbs., 3.9 ozs., and was 20 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Joclynn and Isis.... Full story
Celebrate this year’s holiday season with friends and loved ones while supporting conservation and tree planting with the help of the Arbor Day Foundation. Returning for the seventh season in a row, Give-A-Tree cards from the Arbor Day Foundation offer a unique holiday giving opportunity with conservation benefits that will endure for generations. And again this year, Give-A-Tree cards can be purchased individually and with customized text. Cards can be purchased for $5.95. Purchasing the Arbor Day Foundation’s coffee helps preserve rain for... Full story
Okanogan County 4-H Leader Betty Cleveland, of the Krafty Kids 4-H Club, was honored at the annual Washington State 4-H Leader Forum Recognition Banquet. Betty was presented with the Outstanding Leader of the Year Award for Okanogan County. The four-day event took place in Everett, WA, October 16-18, 2015. The State 4-H Forum is a special occasion for 4-H leaders to network with other 4-H leaders throughout the state. Over forty workshops are offered for the leaders to participate in. These... Full story
Raider football finished the 2015 regular season with the best winning percentage of any Raider football team since 2004, capping it off with a win over Soap Lake Friday. Last night, the Raiders played their first playoff game since 2001 as part of a tiebreaker for the third- and fourth-place spot in the Central Washington 2B South for the state playoffs this weekend. This was made possible when the Raiders defeated the Soap Lake Eagles on Oct. 30, 14-7. Lake Roosevelt had lost 34-7 to Soap Lake in September in a non-league game, and the... Full story
Lady Raiders Volleyball finished the 2015 season in Ephrata, playing in the pigtail match of the District 5-6 Volleyball Tournament. LR came into the tournament as the number-five seed from the Central Washington 2B North and played number-four Waterville Shockers from the CW 2B South in a pigtail match to start the tournament. The loser of the match was done, while the winner played Okanogan and went to a double-elimination tournament. LR lost to the Shockers in a three game sweep. "Waterville... Full story
