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A proposed sale of Center School fell through Monday night. The school district had prepared a sales contract, and just after Superintendent Paul Turner explained the details of the sales agreement to the Grand Coulee Dam School District board of directors, the prospective buyer backed out. Elijah Kleimenov, owner of Kleim Construction in Moses Lake, Wash., had expressed reservations to The Star earlier in the day. He told the board that he wasn’t ready to commit to the sale. Kleimenov stated that his numbers showed that it would cost him a...
The Lady Raiders decimated the Lady Hornets in basketball on Dec. 2 with a final score of 63-22. The Raider men lost 58-55 in overtime. These videos show Khani Priest for the Lady Raiders and Trevor McCraigie for the Raiders each sinking one from 3-point land. Read more in the upcoming issue of the Star.... Full story
The school board Monday night appeared surprised that many of the school staff and the general public see discipline, or the lack of it, as the number-one issue in the district. The near six-hour meeting, which ended just short of midnight, had barely begun when Chair Joette Barry opened it up for the traditional time when individuals can address the board. And did they ever. For the next two hours, members of the Grand Coulee Dam School District staff and general public told story after story...
About 40 members of the Public Service Employees union attended Monday night’s Grand Coulee Dam School District board meeting to support its officers as they expressed concerns with discipline problems within the district. Many wore specially produced T-shirts signifying support of efforts to get the board’s attention. Addressing the board were union President Aaron Derr and Vice-President Jesse Utz. Derr, in a prepared statement, said union members were coming to the board “as a last hope.” “The union is not happy with the direction that we s...
Two Coulee Dam residents surrendered to authorities Sunday as suspects in a Moses Lake stabbing. Rebecca N. Norton, 28, and 24-year-old Aaron Pfaltzgraff-Miller, both of Coulee Dam surrendered about 4:15 p.m. Sunday, the Grant County Sheriff's Office said. Responders were called about 4 a.m. Saturday to the 11000 block of Road 14 Northeast for an adult male who had been stabbed. Investigators said everyone involved had been at the home for a party. The victim, whom authorities did not name,...
Electric City has moved into “phase 2” of its new parks program. This phase centers on the McNett Avenue park behind the city’s fire hall. Robert S. Droll, landscape architect who won the bid to do the work, will assist City Clerk Russell Powers in developing a grant application to the Washington State Recreation Conservation Office (RCO) to seek funding for half the cost of the McNett project. The projected cost of developing the McNett park is $731,300. The city will seek half of this cost, then would add its 50-percent match by reaching into...
Although they passed a $9.6 million budget unanimously, the mayor had to break two ties to get to that point at a Coulee Dam council meeting Monday night. The sticking points were around changes to rates for utilities that Councilmember Keith St. Jeor said he didn’t recall coming up in budget workshops. It wasn’t about a lot of money — up to $200 in total, the mayor said, for a handful of people eligible to receive lower rates due to low income. But because rates hadn’t been raised or lowered evenly for all, across the board, St. Jeor didn’t fe...
Michael Marchand, chairman for the Colville Confederated Tribes, referred to President Donald Trump’s recent “Pocahontas” comment as “racist and insensitive.” In a Nov. 28 press release, Marchand expressed disappointment in Trump’s remarks at a Nov. 27 event honoring World War II Navajo Code Talkers. Trump used the occasion to attack his political opponent, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, by referring to her as “Pocahontas.” “Unfortunately we have become accustomed to the president’s divisive and disrespectful speech,” Marchand said. “But Mr. Trump...
Grand Coulee city crew member Tony Marin straightens a bulb receptacle on a holiday lighting display outside The Star Monday. The displays, purchased by businesses in the area in the 1990s, have old-style bulbs in them, but the city is gradually replacing them with new LED-style bulbs that are much cheaper and take a fraction of the electricity. - Scott Hunter photo...
Parents and school employees spoke loud, clear and long at a long school board meeting Monday about a lack of discipline in Grand Coulee Dam School District schools, an issue that involves much more than the schools alone. This community is not alone in wrestling with the consequences of society’s wrong turns. Although school personnel complain that they should not feel unsafe at work, and neither should their students, similar complaints can be found in school districts across the state. If you imagine, as an adult, that the norms you were rai...
The Care and Share Food Bank has received over one ton of donations from our small communities with big HEARTS in the last two weeks. The Boy Scouts, Coulee Medical Center, and Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union, plus other smaller drives, did a great job of adding to our stores, and we would like to THANK YOU each and every one. The high school did a hygiene drive during homecoming, and the products have been well received — items like toothbrushes, toothpaste, shampoo and conditioner, plus bar soap, deodorant, shaving cream, and razors, to n...
Life on our eastern side of Washington’s so-called “Cascade divide” certainly offers many natural advantages: less rain, more time spent outdoors in the sunshine, and an ideal climate for apples, wine grapes and many other crops, just to name a few. Communities in Central Washington, and across the West at large, depend heavily on capturing water through surface-water infrastructure projects that support our way of life. Water projects such as dams and reservoirs are enormous undertakings that take years of planning and investment, but when com...
Sometimes Thanksgiving Day just does not go according to plans. But Sunday Night, when I was eating turkey, I realized it was very well worth the wait. I heard there were many who had Turkey Day debacles this year. A two-hour wait for a tow truck, followed by cheeseburgers for Thanksgiving for one family, and a halfway home, turn around and retrieve a purse situation for another, but the joy of family always shines through. Sometimes things just get messed up. Like the flu hits your family, the bird is still frozen after thawing for four days,...
To stimulate the U.S. economy to “levels you haven’t seen in many years”— President Trump is proposing to cut federal income taxes, for most folks in general, but predominately for really affluent families and mega-corporations. His proposal is so skewed to the wealthy that over the next 10 years, more than half of his multi-trillion dollar tax cut will go to the wealthiest one percent. Big business does well too, gaining an estimated $4.1 trillion tax cut during the next decade. And that’s not the only justification offered for the president...
Donna M Benton, long-time resident of the Grand Coulee Dam area, passed away unexpectedly Saturday, November 18, 2017, in Bullhead City, Arizona. A full obituary and celebration of life service will be announced and scheduled for next spring 2018.... Full story
Eugene Agapith, 72, passed away Tuesday evening, November 21, 2017, in Spokane, Washington. Born Sunday, July 22, 1945, in Nespelem, Washington to Oscar Agapith and Sarah Jack, Eugene received his A.A. degree following graduation from high school. During the Vietnam Conflict, Eugene was proud to serve four years as a "Sky Soldier" with the U.S. Army's 173rd Airborne Brigade Combat Team. A proud member of the Colville Confederated Tribes, Eugene loved spending time amongst cattle and horses as a... Full story
Lula Aubertin went home to be with her Lord, surrounded by friends and family, on Friday, November 24, 2017, from complications of a stroke. Lula was born on November 26, 1917, in Keller, Washington, and was two days away from her 100th birthday upon her passing. She was the oldest enrolled member of the Colville Confederated Tribes. She was a graduate of Wilbur High School. She married William (Bush) Aubertin in 1938 and enjoyed riding horses, ranching and visiting with her family and friends.... Full story
Colleen Manley hands Jessica Steinert ornaments to decorate the Christmas tree at the Coulee Dam Credit Union Monday. Even with rain pouring down Tuesday, the place is starting to look a lot like Christmas, at least inside. Nightly lows are expected to dip below freezing by Sunday, so the mix from the sky will likely start including snow soon. - Scott Hunter photo...
Inland Northwest Blood Center along with the Grand Coulee community blood drive volunteers led by Leha Bodeau are planning a blood drive for Monday, December 18. Donation hours will be from noon to 4:30 p.m. at the community room in Coulee Medical Center. INBC needs an average of 200 blood donors every day to meet the needs of more than 35 hospitals in the Inland Northwest. A single donation can save the lives of up to three people! For more information contact Tina Lingo 509-981-7023....
No Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not meet this Thursday, in preparation for their annual Vintners and Brewers fundraiser this Saturday night at the American Legion Hall in Electric City. American Legion to Meet The next American Legion Post 157 meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 12, at the Vets Center in Electric City. Lions Club To Meet The GCD Lions Club will be meeting at 6 p.m., at the Melody Restaurant, Tuesday, December 5. Coulee Creators Meet Coulee Creators meet every Tuesday 1-4 p.m....
The Lake Roosevelt Raiders defeated the Lake Roosevelt Raiders basketball team on Nov. 21. Wait, what? That's right, the Lake Roosevelt Raiders and Lady Raiders played their Crimson & Gold games last week, in which Lady Raiders compete against Lady Raiders, and Raiders against Raiders. With the Lady Raiders, half the girls wore grey jerseys representing the gold team, and half wore crimson jerseys. The teams were well balanced, with the Crimson team leading 14-12 at the end of the first...
Mataiya Nachtigal, of Electric City, and Shan Birdtail and Tiffany Circle, both of Nespelem, were listed this week among the 2016-17 graduates of Wenatchee Valley College with associate of arts and sciences degrees, the school announced. Also, Denise George, of Coulee Dam; Bernadette Heinen and Karen Helgerson, both of Elmer City; Colee Adolph, of Keller; and Jessica Batten, Riley Epperson, Cassandra Vargas, all of Nespelem, earned state certificates in initial early childhood education....
The Nespelem Boys and Girls Club is holding their official opening and dedication today (Nov. 29) at 3 p.m. in the Nespelem Community Center gym....
Coulee Dam cuts back on tourism funding The town of Coulee Dam will likely put less money into funding tourism promotion next year following a town council OK on a first reading of the proposed budget Monday. City Clerk Stefani Bowden said less money has come into the fund than expected, and the city will fund its own parks work first, before using the money for advertising for tourism. The city budget presented Monday shows the city spending $14,000 on “advertising,” which it has designated to go to the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerc...
Wed., November 29 6 p.m., LRHS Wrestling at Okanogan Jamboree Thurs., November 30 5 p.m., LRJH Basketball at Oroville Sat., December 2 LRHS Basketball, here with Oroville (L), (BJV/4:30 p.m.; GV/6 p.m./BV 7:30 p.m.) 10 a.m., LRHS Wrestling at Davenport Tourney Mon., December 4 5 p.m., LRJH Basketball at Brewster Tues., December 5 LRHS Basketball at Brewster(L) Wed., December 6 5 p.m., LRJH Basketbll here with Liberty Bell 6 p.m., LRHS Wrestling lhere Mix and Match tourney Thurs., December 7 LRHS Basketball, here with Liberty Bell(L) Sat.,...