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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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With the world below huddled under dense fog on a dreary day, powerlines at left climb from Coulee Dam into a clear sky at sunset Saturday, illuminating the clouds hugging the Columbia River toward Nespelem and Moses Mountain, at left. The shot was taken from Grand Coulee Hill Road south of Grand Coulee. - Scott Hunter photo...
Electric City will ask voters to approve a ballot measure in February that will remove four parcels of land from the city that had been added in an earlier annexation. The city had started to add the question to last month’s ballot but had missed the deadline to do so. The city council Dec. 12 unanimously passed Resolution 2023-14 to put the measure on the Feb. 13, 2024 ballot. The proposal would de-annex all of the state and federal lands surrounding Osborne Bay east of the causeway, which the city annexed several years ago, along with l...
Coulee Dam is planning street and sidewalk improvement projects in the new year that will smooth out streets, build or rebuild sidewalk ramps and plant trees to replace those lost on Ferry Avenue in last year’s sidewalk replacement project. The city has been awarded two grants, one for a chip seal street project for $546,485. An ADA ramp replacement project will cost $481,406. Both projects are totally funded by grants, funds that don’t have to be paid back, not loans. TD&H Engineering representative Marisa Stevens said they had actually mea...
Seven Canada lynx were recently trapped in Canada and relocated to the Colville Indian Reservation (CIR) in an effort to help recover the species in Washington state. A team of biologists, technicians, trappers, vets and other volunteers set up traps east of Kelowna, British Columbia in the beginning of October. Each trap had a game camera to record activity and allowed team members to monitor a lynx when one was captured. "We are in year three and one of the issues with trapping early in the...
If you like to watch the Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif. each New Year's morning, take note of the OneLegacy Donate Life Rose Parade float this year, which will include the image of an Omak man being honored for his life and for saving two lives - after his death. Marty Palmanteer was a United States Air Force veteran and a proud member of the Colville Tribe. But he was also a beloved husband and father, known to most as a kind and comical man who always made people laugh, according to...
Grand Coulee Police 12/17 - A vehicle was pulled over at Four Corners for having a brake light out. Police noticed burnt tin foil on the floor of the back seat, an item associated with drug use. The driver said she came to the area from Twisp to drop off friends who needed a ride, and perhaps one of them had left the tin foil. She didn’t tell police their names. Police asked if she had large amounts of cash, firearms, or narcotics in the vehicle. She said she didn’t have cash and was unsure if there were any narcotics inside but that there sho...
Remember the Coulee Card. It was handy and fun and I wish it would make a comeback. It is awesome to call the Coulee home. Here are a few people and places I’m proud of that make the Coulee area so special – Caden Portch represented Lake Roosevelt well at the State Cross Country Championships. Kasey Garvin did an amazing job with the high school Volleyball team. She’s always been a winner! “Clap for the Wolfman” Edward Wolfe and his staff have the top ranked Raider Boys Basketball team rolling with the 1000-point club member Chase Marchand...
It is the season of giving, forgiving, renewal, and hope. If you could give a gift to America, what gift would you give? We all appreciate our country, and we are grateful for all that it offers. But we also know that there are things that could be better—and should be better. If we identify some of those issues, perhaps we can then focus on making the improvements. The rulers of ancient Mesopotamia and Egypt gave their citizens the gift of survival by collecting grain, as a tax, during years when the harvest was good, storing it, and d...
As we wrap up a very inflationary 2023, pet shelters across the country are at maximum capacity and they don’t have room to house the pets people are turning in. ABC News reports that animals entering shelters began to climb in 2021. During the covid pandemic, you see, many people adopted pets, but as they began to go back to the workplace, some decided they no longer wanted to care for a pet, so they turned them back in. The past year was significantly worse for pets because adoptions are falling far short of the increase in sheltered pets. ...
In the 1990s, “Things go better with Coca Cola” was the catchy slogan that dairy farmers dreaded. At the time, milk producers were in a head-to-head battle with soft drink giants and losing market share. Milk consumption had steadily declined over the previous two decades. One key reason was aggressive advertising by bottlers of iced tea, water, and soda pop. By 1993, nationwide milk consumption declined 20 percent and was down to less than one cup per person per day, Savuer.com reported. So,...
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING SETBACK VARIANCE REQUEST NOTICE IS HEREBY that Brian Buche of Electric City has submitted an application for a variance from the required front yard setback for the lot at 30 Jackson Ave, parcel number 010293000. The subject property is zoned R3 and 18.45.020 Table 3 ECMC requires a 20-foot (measured from property line) front yard setback. If approved, the proposed variance would allow construction of a new home 5 feet from the property line. The proposed home will be connected to city water and sewer. The Electric...
Area AA Meetings In Electric City, the New Hope group holds its meetings Monday through Friday evenings at 6pm at the Vets Center. There is also a noon meeting every Wednesday. These meetings are open and non-smoking. For more information, contact Paul 631-4551 or Phyllis 631-1187.I In Nespelem, the group Bound and Determined holds its meetings Monday evening at 7 p.m. at the Catholic Church. Contact Myrna at 634-4921 for more information....
Lake Roosevelt sent 10 girls to the mat at the 2023 Powerhouse Girls' Tournament at LR Thursday, taking third place among 11 teams of girls with 64 wrestlers entered. LR's Nelly Selam won the 100 weight category, defeating athletes from White Swan and Leavenworth, pinning each. Phenyx Marchand also took a first, at 155, besting wrestlers from Omak and Tonasket. The team's only senior, Arianna Waters took second place at the 135 weight category, pinning two opponents, including White Swan's...
Four of Lake Roosevelt's nine wrestlers at the Powerhouse Tournament they hosted Dec. 21 placed in the tournament, putting the team in the middle of the 16-team tourney with 74 team points. Tonasket won the tourney with 216.5 points. Wrestling at 150 pounds, Francis Louie pinned Tonasket's Casen Clark in 1:55 to take third place in the weight and earn 22 points for the team. Along the way, he pinned three opponents and got pinned once himself. Dillan Yazzie, at 113, lost 5-3 to a White Swan...
The 7th annual Coulee Polar Plunge will be happening at noon on Monday, January 1 at Spring Canyon. Those wanting to brave the water in a kayak are also invited to attend....
The Star published winter sports team photos with some incorrect captions earlier this month. We apologize for the errors. To correct the record, here are photos with corrected captions....
THURSDAY MIXUPS TEAM W L Hemmer Ranch 25.5 14.5 Turner Group 21 19 San Poil 21 19 Old Bag and Balls 12.5 27.5 High Game: John Stensgar 204; Mae Stensgar 186 High Series: John Stensgar 548; Karen Lackner 467 Splits: Karen Lackner 2-7; Mike Lackner 5-10; Samantha Turner 5-7; Bishop Stensgar 9-10; John Stensgar 3-4-6-7 Previous - High Game: John Stensgar 216; Mae Stensgar 173 High Series: John Stensgar 516; Mae Stensgar 445 Splits: andy Chase 4-6-7/4-6-7; Mike Beaty 3-9-10 High Score: Tommy Lee Turner 199; Karen Lackner 179 High Series: Tommy Lee...
Stewart M. Whipple passed away peacefully at his home in Portland, Oregon on November 28, 2023. He was 101 years old. Stewart was born October 12, 1922 to Leslie M. Whipple and Mabel Distad Whipple in Spokane, Washington. Stewart, his sister Vernice, and parents moved to the Grand Coulee Dam area, and he graduated from Mason City High School in 1941. Stewart attended Washington State College before transferring to the University of Washington where he received his BA degree. While at University...
