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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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The top administrator at Coulee Medical Center narrowly avoided a vote of no confidence from his board Monday night, with a decision by the hospital district commission that clearly disappointed members of his staff. In a special meeting of the Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan Hospital District 6 commission, members voted to form a committee to immediately intervene in a deteriorating relationship between the hospital’s top administrator, Scott Graham, and the medical staff, who had taken their own vote of no confidence in him Nov. 8. With t... Full story
The Lake Roosevelt Raider basketball players will play against each other on Tuesday to raise funds to feed families for the holiday season. They're hoping to raise enough to feed 50 needy families, and they're challenging the community to match their contribution. All proceeds from the game - both from the gate and from concession sales - will go to the RAIDERS Reach Out effort. The game starts at 6 p.m. An earlier notice had stated the game started at 7. Bags to feed a family of four will... Full story
A Bureau of Reclamation employee was critically injured Monday as a fire started at a switch in the John W. Keys III Pump Generating Plant. Daniel McCulloch, 54, was flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle with burn injuries. Another employee was treated locally for smoke inhalation. McCulloch, an operator, has worked for the bureau since 2008. He was listed in serious condition at Harborview's intensive care unit Tuesday, a medical center spokesperson said. All plant employees were... Full story
The best answer city officials could give Electric City resident Mike Dennis last Tuesday night was, it’s in the works. Dennis has been pressing the city to get changes to its master plan on the size of auxiliary buildings (metal storage sheds, shops) allowable in the city. He asked what was happening on getting some revisions to the code and was told that the city’s planner has the proposal from the city’s planning commission and is still looking at it. Dennis has appeared before the council on a regular basis trying to follow up on his reque... Full story
Grand Coulee’s Civil Service Commission is still trying to decide how to continue in its efforts to test and recommend the hiring of, a new police officer. The commission met in a special meeting Friday in an effort to schedule testing for seven applicants for a vacant patrolman position in the city. Commissioners discussed using a testing firm, Public Safety Testing of Lynnwood, Wash., and heard a telephone conference presentation by a representative. The discussion lasting over a half hour, produced little result and prompted commissioners t... Full story
Students and staff at Grand Coulee Dam Middle School were on pins and needles Friday morning, gathered for a special assembly with a secret subject ... Until they saw the TV camera and anchors. Cheers broke out as Dan Kleckner and Stephanie Vigil of KHQ TV entered the gym to bestow the Eastern Washington University Teacher of the Month honor on Jaci Gross. Gross had been nominated by student Taylor Holeman, who called her an important part of the school and a "great community member." Kleckner... Full story
Electric City’s council decided last Tuesday night to stick with its policy, at least for now, on how it spends its hotel/motel tax revenues. Its current policy puts half of its hotel/motel revenues in a reserve fund and makes the other half available to promote the area. Currently, the city has $245,416 in its hotel/motel reserve fund. Using 2012 figures, and the amount budgeted by the city for this year, that will put $34,400 into the reserve fund and make the same amount available for promotion purposes. Going into the promotion budget f... Full story
City supports health district After a presentation by Grant County Health District’s Jeffrey Ketchel, the Electric City council voted to give the district $2,000. The district had asked for $2 per resident or $2,000 from the city to help with its outside expenses. And senior meals The Grand Coulee Senior Meal program is the beneficiary of a $2,000 donation from the city of Electric City as the result of council action last Tuesday night. The meals program report stated that it provides 200 meals a month to seniors in Electric City alone. C... Full story
If you are old enough, do you remember where you were on Nov. 22, 1963, when the nation and the world was informed that President John F. Kennedy was shot? You can record your recollections of that date and incident at the Coulee Pioneer Museum in Electric City in a special notebook there. The notebook was placed there along with a collection of Kennedy dolls owned by Constance Wilson, a Coulee Dam resident. The collection has attracted some attention by museum visitors. The museum is open from... Full story
A quarter mile long piece of the Downriver Trail system might soon be reopened, Bureau of Reclamation officials stated last week. The trail would extend through a pedestrian gate along the rip-rap on the east side of the Columbia River near the bridge to just short of the Third Powerhouse. If approved, hikers could go from the north end of the trail near Seaton’s Grove all the way to near the Third Powerhouse. Public Affairs Officer Lynne Brougher said the change is being evaluated and that the agency will seek approval if everything goes w... Full story
Coulee Dam’s council approved a $9,700 change order on its proposed LED street light project at its meeting last Wednesday night. The change order will enable the contractor, Northwest Edison, to install 291 TRS series photocontrols with the new energy saving street lights. The cost of the change order has been okayed by the state’s Transportation Improvement Board, the organization funding the 100-percent grant. The project will replace old style street lights with LED (light-emitting diode) lights which will save the town about 60 percent of... Full story
Among the most frustrating regulations that citizens run up against when trying to fight city hall are zoning laws. But some of the most obvious problems this community faces result from a lack of them, or of their past enforcement. Zones in a city define how portions of geography are to be used: homes here, businesses there, mixed use over here. Their purpose is rooted in a great American concept — that we can do what we want with our own property, as long as it doesn’t interfere with anyone else’s. Zoning is supposed to help make that more... Full story
Reading the Nov. 13 Star newspaper editorial prompted me to this response. Don't you find your statement about wondering what the judge will find to be ironic? One of the complaints about Mr. Picard helping his friends and neighbors came from Jack's Service. The city of Grand Coulee granted Jack a permit to gouge the public with his monopolistic fuel prices. Now they want Mr. Picard to cease helping his family and friends so they will have to travel out of town for help. Just like many locals now have to do for their fuel needs. In the same... Full story
I am appalled that the city of Grand Coulee would issue a citation and impose a fine to the mechanic and an outstanding person. He will give you the shirt off his back. The other businesses who have complained are being petty. We live next door to The Picards, and we hear nothing coming from his garage. He does not block the road, there are no signs, as my husband Mark stated before. At this point, I am ashamed of our city council and we will be there to support the Picards when his day in court does come. This is one he should win. Maybe the... Full story
I’ll make this short because most of the community knows what’s been going on. After the community built a new hospital its reputation and management seems to have gotten worse. At the last three board meetings, the number of unhappy citizens and medical staff has grown immensely to standing room only. The Hospital Board #6 was voted in by the community for the community. When Geary Oliver stood up last night and put a motion on the floor to remove the CEO of Coulee Medical Center, he was standing up for the community. As the saying goes “Do... Full story
My sincere appreciation to those who supported me for Hospital Commissioner. I will make every effort to support YOU. Betty Bruesky... Full story
Well, LRHS and GCD Middle school got the bands back together not long ago when they hired the new band teacher, Lisa Vaughn. I have seen her working late to get caught up after the late start. There were many of us in the community that were worried once again we will be losing an art form in our schools that will cripple the foundation of our children for years to come. Don’t know what I’m talking about? Let me back up a bit. When I was in high school, (actually not that long ago) we had dra... Full story
Ten Years Ago Elmer City Mayor Paul Till-man announced that he was resigning as the mayor of Elmer City because he will be moving to Coulee Dam. Mary Jo Carey was named as the mayor pro-tempore. Kristen Maher, daughter of Jim and Tracy Maher of Coulee Dam, will dance as the Winter Fairy in “Cinderella” part of the Children’s Dance Theater production. She is an 8th grader at Grand Coulee Middle School and has studied ballet for 10 years. An outdoor fire, that was thought to be out, flared up Thursday and destroyed a shed behind an Elect... Full story
Chamber to Meet at Noon The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its noon meeting at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee on Thursday, Nov. 21. The program will be presented by Terri Riley-Brown and Julie Johnson of Assured Hospice & Home Health. Remember, next week there will be no meeting due to the Thanksgiving holiday. Ski/Snowboard Club Meeting Those interested in joining the Ski/Snowboard Club should attend the sign-up (and pay) meeting on Wednesday, Dec. 4, at 6:30 p.m. in the LRHS library. Parents need to attend this meeting with... Full story
Norman Hudnall passed away Monday, Nov. 18, 2013 in Grand Coulee following a brief illness. At his request no services will be held. A complete obituary will be in next week’s Star.... Full story
Joyce Metzger passed away Tuesday, Nov. 19, 2013. Viewing will be held at 9:30 a.m. on Sat., Nov. 23,with the services to follow at 10 a.m., at the Great Drive Chapel, 925 N Grape Drive, Moses Lake. A complete obituary will be in next week’s Star. Carver Funeral Home of Moses Lake is in charge of arrangements. carverfamilyfuneralhome.com... Full story
Elizabeth Rangel, a 1998 graduate of Lake Roosevelt High School who now works as an outreach assistant at Highline Community College in Des Moines, Wash., spoke to local middle school and high school students Monday, divulging secrets of physical and sexual abuse she had held close while she was a teenager. Rangel, who graduated from Central Washington University while working full time and with a new daughter, said she'd led a hard life and made hard choices. "Don't tell yourself you can't do...
Thurs., Nov. 21 - Dinner Pork Cutlets, Scalloped Potatoes, Assorted Vegetables, Molded Fruit Salad, Apple Surprise. Fri., Nov. 22 - Breakfast Polish Sausage and Cheese Scramble, Hashbrowns, Toast, Apricots, Orange Juice. Mon., Nov. 25 - Breakfast Ham Steak and Eggs, Pancakes, Bowl of Fruit, Orange Juice. Tues., Nov. 26 - Dinner Beef Stew, Assorted Salad Bar, Biscuits, Walnut Apple Dessert. Wed., Nov. 27 - Dinner Hamburger Steak with Sauteed Onions, Rosemary Au Gratin Potatoes, Mixed Vegetables, Fruited Jello Salad, Pudding. Thurs., Nov. 28... Full story
Rowena St. Pierre and Ryan Marchand of Nespelem are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Jaiyana Raylynn Marchand on Tuesday, Nov. 12, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 6 lbs., 6 oz., and was 19 inches in length at birth. Sibling includes Jorell Marchand, age 5. Maternal grandparents are Cindy and John St. Pierre. Paternal grandparents include Jolene and Russell Marchand. Great-grandparents are Bev Morin, Dolores Bailey and Ivan Caldwell.... Full story
Missy and Lucio Delgado are proud to announce the birth of their son Braxton Steven D. Simpson born Sunday, Nov. 10, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 8 lbs., 8 oz., and was 20 inches in length at birth. Sibling includes a sister Chelinda Simpson, 16. Maternal grandparents are Linda Simpson and Milo Pakootas Sr. Paternal grandparents are Ester and Slyvester Delgado... Full story
