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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Electric City voters Tuesday turned down a property tax levy that would have raised money to support police protection. The vote was 90 yes votes (34 percent) and 170 no votes (65 percent). Proposition 1 would have raised about $55,000 to $60,000, according to Mayor Jerry Sands, and cost a homeowner whose house is valued at $100,000 about $90 a year extra in property taxes. Coupled with the $80,000 now being spent by the city, this would have given the city about $140,000 for police services. “We will have to see what the council wants to do n...
Smoke from an electrical panel in the new school kitchen set off an alarm and caused evacuation of some 700 students at about 9:20 a.m. Tuesday. The incident put the Lake Roosevelt schools' emergency plan into action and students were walked to the old Lake Roosevelt High School gym to await the arrival of parents and buses to take them home for the day. School will remain closed for students Wednesday while the electrical problem is repaired. Staff, however, will report for duty, and one of the...
Even while much of the world is just waking up to what the potential spread of Ebola fever in Western Africa might mean for the rest of the globe, the local hospital in Grand Coulee is already making sure it won't be caught unprepared for the disease if it ever comes here. Major hospitals in other parts of the United States have made dangerous mistakes in how they handle infected patients, even when they'd had protocols in place. The staff at Coulee Medical Center is training for serious infecti...
An offer of seven camels for your hand in marriage might sound a little strange. But Kuwait is a strange place, as witnessed by American Legion Post 157 Commander Cindy Jane. Jane was elected commander of the local post a couple of years ago and that keeps her in the role of giving back to her community - a role she likes. She spent two years in the air force before getting out to raise a family, and then later 20 years in the naval reserve, with stints in Iraq and Kuwait. It was in Kuwait,...
Grand Coulee’s Civil Service Commission started advertising for a police chief in today’s Star newspaper and in statewide law enforcement journals. Application packets need to be in to the CSC by 5 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 3, when the commissioners will hold their next meeting. The process has been delayed by a miscommunications between Mayor Chris Christopherson and the commissioners over the salary range. The salary range set by the mayor is $6,600 to $7,200 a month, depending on experience. When the CSC drew up its first draft, it showed the ran...
Unofficial election results for the November 5, 2014 election....
Names are now being accepted for the local “Trees of Sharing” campaign that spreads holiday cheer and presents to kids who may not get them otherwise. Names of children may be submitted on slips of paper and turned in at Safeway, Harvest Foods and Coulee Medical Center. The Trees of Sharing is for kids residing in the Grand Coulee Dam area and school age children must attend Grand Coulee Dam District schools. Children’s names will be collected through Nov. 13. Trees with “ornament tags” will be placed at selected locations in the community...
Meeting dates change Port District 7 commissioners have changed their meeting dates for November and December because both dates fall on holidays — Thanksgiving and Christmas. The Port District, which meets at the airport office, will meet Nov. 20 and Dec. 18. Meetings start at 5 p.m. Port budget over half million Port District 7 passed a $529,000 budget at its public hearing last Thursday. The budget predicts that for the first time in several years Banks Lake Golf Course will show a profit. The budget showed anticipated revenues at the g...
It was somewhat comforting Tuesday morning watching Coulee Medical Center personnel practice skills they hope they never need. Comforting, that is, between ugly realizations and visions of what it means to contract the Ebola virus — or to deal with it as a healthcare worker. Anyone who has closely followed the Ebola crisis that this year managed to trickle a few cases into the United States from Africa where thousands have died, should be at least a little concerned, even here. We can take comfort that our local healthcare leaders are f...
I wish to thank the entire community for their support following the passing of my wife Donna. I have received hundreds of cards and condolences since the sudden event. I cannot personally respond to them all, so I will address many of you via the newspaper. Donna’s wish was the support of “Polio Plus” through Rotary International’s program. So far, a total of $3,435 has been donated. I appreciate all of you. The many meals and foods that have been delivered to me is overwhelming. In the six weeks since her passing, I have seldom had to cook...
Recently, I’ve noticed that a lot of the local businesses are imposing a fee when paying with a debit, credit, and even EBT cards. I am a frequent shopper to some of these places and I am getting a little annoyed with having these illegal fees passed on to the customers. I have expressed my displeasure with this practice to some of the businesses but they have fallen on deaf ears. One business told me to just bring cash next time, and another told me I could eat somewhere else if I didn’t like it. I would like to let the community know tha...
In the movie “Pay It Forward,” Haley Joel Osment creates an idea to make the world a better place. Help someone, just because they need it, and expect nothing in return. Just tell them to pay it forward. This movie is a family favorite of ours and a saying we have said to others. And we have been on the receiving end of this philosophy. Even recently at a local store when our debit card was not working and my wife was preparing to decide what items to put back when a stranger stepped up and pai...
It’s often difficult to “connect the dots,” to show people how the global marketplace affects their daily lives. But plunging gasoline prices are giving Americans a first-hand lesson in the law of supply and demand. The law of supply and demand holds that when a commodity is in short supply, the price of that commodity goes up. When the supply of that commodity increases, producers compete for market share by lowering their prices. As a result, consumers benefit. That’s what’s happening with gas prices. The price of gasoline has been dropping...
1 years ago With the third year of the Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) grant ending, the Grand Coulee Dam School District is seeking alliance with local cities to fund the fourth year and possibly extend the program for a second term. Administered by the federal Dept. of Justice, COPS has invested $10.6 billion in 50 states to put police officers in schools and other crime preventative measures. Joe Pakootas, chairman of the Colville Business Council, said he’s happy about the deal with the Douglas County Public Utility District, s...
Sarah and Jesse Vieira of Coulee Dam, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Athena Rose Vieira born Wednesday, Oct. 29, 2014, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 7 lbs., 10 oz., and was 20 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Natalie Vieira, Anthony Vieira and Damien Castillo. Maternal grandmother is Patricia Scranton. Paternal grandparents are Theresa Cavasos and Michael Vieira....
Corina Friedlander and Larry Anthony II of Nespelem are proud to announce the birth of their son Dream Blaccwolf Friedlander-Anthony on Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 8 lbs. and was 21.5 inches in length....
Chamber Meeting The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet this Thursday, Nov. 6, at noon at La Presa. Debbie Starkey will be presenting a work session on the upcoming Vintners & Brewers auction set for Dec. 6. Mosquito District Meets Grant County Mosquito District 2 will hold its regular monthly meeting along with the budget meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m., at the Electric City City Hall. Blood Drive Coming Inland Northwest Blood Center along with the Grand Coulee Community Blood Drive volunteers led by Rebecca Derrick...
The Varsity 7 boys of the Raiders Cross Country team are heading to state on Friday after qualifying as the number-three team from the District 5-6 race Saturday in Wenatchee, along with Loryn Moore, who took the girls' championship. Liberty Bell came in first with 71 team points. Tonasket finished second with 92 team points. LR edged out Manson by just one point for the last team spot to state, 102-103. That's a scenario the Raiders had talked about. "Team scoring is found by adding your...
Lady Raider Volleyball missed out on going to the district tournament after losing to Liberty Bell in a tiebreaker match Thursday, three games to one. “This was a particularly hard loss as it was the last game of the season and our goal was to make it to the postseason,” Head Coach Nate Piturachsatit said. “Our girls have tons of potential if they are willing to put in the gym time.” After losing to Okanogan Oct. 28, the Lady Raiders needed to pick up their spirits and play their hearts out aga...
Raider football ended the 2014 season with a loss to Soap Lake on Senior Night at Lake Roosevelt, 37-7. LR finished 1-7 overall and 0-5 in Central Washington 2B South League play. "Not the result we wanted on Senior Night," Head Coach Steve Files said. "Our two seniors, Trey Nicholson and Curtis Nault, were invaluable to us this season." LR entered the game with a depleted roster and many players playing different spots than they had in the Homecoming game just three weeks earlier. Soap Lake...
PUBLIC NOTICE Cellco Partnership and its controlled affiliates doing business as Verizon Wireless (Verizon Wireless) proposes to construct a 54-foot Monopole Communications Tower at the approx. vicinity of Cache Creek Road, Nespelem, Okanagan County, WA 99155. Public comments regarding potential effects from this site on historic properties may be submitted within 30 days from the date of this publication to: Trileaf Corp, Marshall, m.hayes@trileaf.com, 2121 W. Chandler Blvd, Suite 203, Chandler, AZ 85224, 480-850-0575. (Publish November 5, 201...
Grand Coulee Police 10/26 - Police checked on a report that there was a suspicious man standing in the roadway by Coulee Playland pointing at vehicles as they passed. He told them that he “stretches a lot.” Police told him to stay out of the roadway. 10/27 - A man told police that he had heard that a tenant in his basement apartment on Young Street, who just got out of jail, told some other people that he was going to trash the place he had been asked to get out of at the end of the month. Police told the owner of the property that it was a c...
A 38-year-old Mallot man walking along SR 97 was hit by a car Thursday night about 6 p.m., the Washington State Patrol reports. Tarence Marconi was walking north along the highway when a northbound car drove onto the shoulder, striking Marconi and knocking him into the ditch. The unkown vehicle continued north. Marconi was taken to Mid-Valley Hospital. The incident is under investigation....