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A Lakeview Avenue couple in Electric City attended the council meeting last Tuesday to protest the proposed establishment of a short-term vacation rental area. David and Nancy Brown, who live at 19 Lakeview Avenue, responded to a neighbor who has been renting out his home next to them for periods ranging in length from one day to longer terms. Speaking to the council, Nancy Brown said the experience has been a nightmare with a number of issues, including unruly behavior, excessive noise, unsafe activity, traffic problems, trespassing, and fear...
The Lady Raiders played the Okanogan Lady Bulldogs tonight, losing 59-36. The boys halftime score is 35-16. Here are a couple videos showing Raider and Lady Raider points from the team captains....
Traffic eases along Midway Avenue in Grand Coulee Thursday as a heavy snow falls. The Bureau of Reclamation recorded 4.8 inches of snow that day, and multiple traffic incidents occurred on slippery roads, including a fatality that closed SR-17 south of Coulee City. - Jacob Wagner photo...
A Coulee City man died Thursday morning when the pickup he was driving slid off the highway into Lake Lenore upside down. Harold J. Chadwick, 78, and Connie Chadwick, 74, were headed south on SR-17 when the 1996 Ford F150 rotated clockwise and went of the left embankment about 12 miles north of Soap Lake at milepost 86, according to a Washington State Patrol investigation. The pickup rolled several times, coming to rest on its top half submerged in Lake Lenore. Connie Chadwick was injured and taken to Samaritan Hospital in Moses...
City council assigns reps The Electric City council named two of its members to outside boards at its meeting last Tuesday. Richard McGuire was named to continue representing the city to the Grant County Transit Authority; Birdie Hensley was named to represent the city on the Wastewater Treatment Plant, jointly owned by Electric City and Grand Coulee. Treatment plant revamp behind schedule Construction of Coulee Dam’s new wastewater treatment plant is behind schedule by about a month and a half, city engineer Daniel Cowger told the council l...
Various organizations gathered at the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center last Thursday to get input from the public and discuss problems with, and possible solutions for, local public transportation. In addition to members of the community and employees of various organizations were representatives from People For People, who organized the meeting, as well as Grant County Transit, organizations both involved with public transportation in the area. "The purpose of the meeting is to determine gaps in...
Three new town council members and a new mayor took the oath of office at the first council meeting of the new year last Wednesday. Larry Price, who was elected in November with a nearly 74-percent margin, presided over his first council meeting quite readily taking tips on protocol, having sat through few such meetings before. He was sworn in by Clerk/Treasurer Stefani Bowden, as were the council members. Sworn in and taking their seats on the council were council members Bob Poch, in council... Full story
Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Paul Turner had an opportunity to give state Senate lawmakers a touch of reality Jan. 9, after being invited to talk about discipline in schools. He was one of three superintendents that the Senate Education Committee invited to Olympia to tell what was going on in their school districts. Spokane and Battleground school districts were also invited. The invitation from the senators said not to bring up funding because that was not the purpose of the meeting. Turner was quick to challenge this....
At the beginning of a new era in Coulee Dam, the city council Wednesday night rolled back one of the last pieces of legislation passed under the previous council in December. Councilmember Keith St. Jeor had voted against a measure at a special meeting Dec. 20 to give a steeper discount to income-eligible people on rates for utilities. At the Jan. 10 meeting, after three new council members took their oaths of office, St. Jeor moved to repeal the earlier rate-setting ordinance, which boosted discounts to 30-35 percent for qualifying low-income...
Nearly 1,000 people from law enforcement, gun rights groups, gun violence prevention groups, veterans, and Washington residents signed in to support or oppose contested firearm bills heard on Monday, Jan. 15 at the state capitol. Hundreds lined up along the corridors of the capitol's Cherberg Building, where Senate bills are heard, and along exterior sidewalks to get into the hearing. Packed into three filled hearing rooms, activists, lawmakers, and citizens heard five bills. Those under...
Mike was born in Sunnyside, Washington, February 14, 1953, to Ray and Rose Dalton. He died unexpectedly Thursday, January 4, 2018. He attended school in Prosser, Washington, thru eighth grade, then moved with parents to Snohomish, Washington. He graduated from Snohomish High School 1971. From that time he went on to earn his Journeyman Machinst at Black Clawson in Everett, Washington, and became an EMT/Firefighter for Lake Stevens District 8 Volunteer Fire Department through 1985. He enjoyed... Full story
Dale Lester Hotchkiss was born April 29, 1928, in Seminole, Oklahoma, to Claude and Gertrude Hotchkiss. He left this world on Sunday, January 7, 2018, from Grand Coulee, Washington, surrounded by the family he loved and cared for his entire adult life. His family moved from Oklahoma to Grand Coulee his senior year of high school and he graduated as salutatorian from the class of 1947 Dale joined the army in August 1950 and served until 1952. He was a corporal in the 11th Triple A Battalion and... Full story
Elmer City has a new town council member. Jesus Lopez was sworn in at the town’s last council meeting, Jan. 11, after telling the council that he would like to make a contribution to the town and see it grow. He came to the area from California about a dozen years ago and started up his construction business at that time. He told the council that he was interested in serving on the town’s governing body. Lopez is a general contractor and now serves on the town’s volunteer fire department. He replaces Larry Holford, who decided to retire from...
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon this Thursday, January 18, at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee. General business is on the agenda. Coulee Creators Meet Coulee Creators meet at 412 Federal Ave. Room 207, Grand Coulee. Contact Marlene Oddie at KISSed Quilts or 509-386-5715 for further details. Hours are normally Tuesdays 1-4 p.m. Stop by and get started on something new in 2018! Okanogan County School Retirees Assoc. Okanogan County School Retirees’ Association will meet Friday, Jan. 26, at 11 a.m., f...
A concert of Lake Roosevelt Elementary’s fifth-grade band, plus a chorus of kindergarten, first-grade and second-grade students, will take place at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, Jan. 25. The performance will be held in the elementary school gym. The K-2 chorus will be featured singing in the Salish language and reciting “lovely poems and songs by the different grade levels,” said district Music Teacher Karen Pace....
Here are the November Students of the Month at Lake Roosevelt Elementary....
Local students earn North Dakota honors Bismarck State College in North Dakota announced last week its President’s Honor Roll for the Fall 2017 semester, which included five local students. Kevin Hassaj, George LaPlace, and Daniel Skinner each earned a spot on the honor roll, which required a 3.5 grade point average or above while taking 12 semester hours of classes. Hassaj and LaPlace each were noted for achieving a 4.0 GPA. Also noted for a 4.0 GPA were Daniel Boyer, of Electric City, and Andrew Allsbrook, Coulee City. The school’s BSC Nation...
This past week the Lady Raiders basketball squad had a solid win in Oroville, and a home game canceled and rescheduled due to weather. In Oroville on Jan. 9, the Lady Raiders defeated the Lady Hornets 61-21, a similar score to earlier in the season when LR won 63-22 against Oroville. “It was a good all-around defensive game for us,” Head Coach Wallace Pleasants said. “We worked hard on moving our feet and staying in front. Solid game for all, with us getting a chance to play the entire bench.” Kayla St. Pierre led the Lady Raiders with 16 point...
The Raiders came up just shy of victory in Oroville last week, and a home game had to be rescheduled due to snow. On Jan. 9 in Oroville, the Raiders lost by just one point to the Hornets, 44-43. “It was a frustrating game, one we knew we should have won,” said Head Coach Jeremy Crollard. “We had so many opportunities that we missed. We just couldn’t stop their big guy, who had 20-25 rebounds. We drew up a play with 10 seconds left and ended up having a wide open layup with three seconds left and missed it. We have to move forward from here. H...
Lake Roosevelt wrestlers crossed the Cascade mountains all the way to Rainier last week, where they wrestled yetis on the side of the mountain. Well, not exactly. In actuality, they wrestled at Rainier High School, where Kaleb Horn and Tony Nichols placed first, Robert Thomas placed fifth, and the rest gained some solid experience. Wrestling at 132 pounds, Horn pinned his opponent, Gerrish from Rainier, then defeated Steele from Klahowya 5-1 before defeating Stafford from Klahowya 4-0 to secure the first-place spot. “That was a tough match, a g...
Wed., January 17 5 p.m., LRJH Girls’ Basketball at Liberty Bell 6 p.m., LRJH Wrestling at Oroville with Nespelem/Tonasket Fri., January 19 LRHS Basketball with Okanogan Sat., January 20 10 a.m., LRHS Wrestling at Kittitas Tournament LRHS Basketball at Manson (L) Girls’ Varsity 6 p.m. Boys’ Varsity 7:30 p.m. Mon., January 22 5 p.m. LRJH Girls’ basketball here with Oroville Tues., Jan. 23 LRHS Basketball here with Tonasket (L) Wed. Jan. 24 6 p.m., LRH Wrestling here with Tonasket/Okanogan and Pateros Thurs.,Jan. 25 5 p.m., LRJH Girls’ basketbal...
DAM KEGLERS TEAM W L #6 38 22 Colville Lites 34.5 25.5 #5 33 27 Native Spirit 32.5 27.5 The Melody 16 44 High Game: Kevin Rosenbaum 267; Mae Stensgar 172 High Series: Chance Epperson 658; Mae Stensgar 507 THURSDAY MIXUPS TEAM W L San Poil Valley 43 29 Flying J 40 32 X Men 40 32 The Crew 35 37 Good Ol' Boys 33 39 Star GG's 25 47 High Game: Jesse Vieira 233; Mae Stensgar 181 High Series: Jesse Vieira 675; Mae Stensgar 496 Splits: Jesse 2-4-6-7; Bishop Stensgar 5-10/9-10 Previous: High Game: Dion Thieren 221; Gwen Hilson 196 High Series: Dion...
Town of Elmer City Multi-Use Path Project INVITATION TO BID Bids will be received at the Town of Elmer City, at the reception desk of City Hall, 505 Seaton Ave., Elmer City, WA 99124, until January 31, 2018 at 3:00 pm. Bids will be opened and read publicly immediately following the close of bid receipt. No late or faxed bids will be accepted. There will be no pre-bid conference for this project; however, bidders may visit the site to view the existing conditions. The project includes construction of an approximate 2,000 foot long by 8 foot... Full story
Grand Coulee 1/4- A Burdin Boulevard man was ticketed after being stopped for expired tabs. While telling the driver why he was stopped on the tabs issue, the officer noted that an infant was improperly restrained in the front seat. That was added to the citation, and the man moved the infant to the back and fixed the restraint properly. - A woman told police that she had purchased something from the deli counter at Safeway and received $40 change and placed it her wallet. Later, she discovered her wallet missing and contacted Safeway, whose...
I sent you a request awhile back about returning to the 10-60 years ago in the Coulee area — Coulee Recollections. I see the first Star of the year has it in it! Thanks so much! I think there are a lot of people from all years that will read it! Maybe put a picture of parts of the towns years ago also? I enjoy the Star still — after all the years! Thanks again Steve Zowada...
