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The Grand Coulee Dam School District board of directors will be holding a special Zoom board meeting on Monday, April 19 at 5:30 p.m. At this meeting, the school board will be interviewing two Architect firms for on-call architectural services for potential facility upgrades.... Full story
As public health authorities track cases of COVID-19, they worry that just as vaccines are rolling out faster, spring, sunshine and the yearning to breathe free could undermine progress on the fight against the virus and cause another surge of illness and death. As numbers come down, then stop dropping, they're tending to "plateau" at a level higher than earlier plateaus, Coulee Medical Center CEO Ramona Hicks told her commissioners at a meeting Monday night. She'd been on a weekly health care... Full story
The area comprising the Grand Coulee Dam School District has a 14-day COVID-19 incident rate of 263 cases per 100,000 population. The district’s website, www.gcdsd.org, includes a link to a Covid report compiling data from the five local zip codes within the district including 99123, 99133, 99155, 99124, and 99116. Updated on Friday, the report shows 11 cases within those zip codes making for the incidence rate of 283 cases per 100,000 population, as of March 26. In Grant County, the incident rate as of March 26 was 211. As of March 29, t... Full story
Students at Lake Roosevelt Schools will attend in person more than they have in a year, following the passage by the school board of a new schedule aimed at accomplishing increased face time with teachers and peers, even with masks. The new schedule will get kids in classrooms half a day Monday through Thursday, beginning April 12, nearly doubling their time physically in school but cutting time for those who wish to keep learning online. Fridays will be used to help students who need extra help catching up after a year of mostly online...
NOTICE OF STATE’S INTENT TO NEGOTIATE LEASE Department of Natural Resources will begin negotiation of expiring leases with existing lessees on the following parcels. All leases are subject to third party bids by interested parties. Lease terms and bidding information is available by calling the Southeast Region at 1-800-527-3305 or by visiting the Region Office at 713 Bowers Road, Ellensburg, Washington 98926. The leases expire August 31, 2021. Agriculture Lease All/Part Sec Twp Rge 12-094506 Part 19 27 26.0E Part 16 27 27.0E 12-A72735 Part 2... Full story
Notice of Request for Proposal for Communication/Access Control Expansion Grand Coulee Dam School District #301J Coulee Dam, WA Due Date for Proposals: April 16, 2021 - 12:00PM GENERAL INFORMATION The GCDSD is seeking to expand and/or integrate a unified communication/access control system. The District is looking for a reasonable recommendation and discussion between a qualified vendor and the District. The District desires: • Traditional or digital clocks in all primary classrooms and offices at CTE/Athletic Facilities, ALE Building, and Bus... Full story
Staff members at Lake Roosevelt Schools received COVID-19 vaccines at Safeway in Grand Coulee and at the Okanogan fairgrounds this past week as part of a nationwide effort to vaccinate school staff before the end of the month. On March 2, President Joe Biden announced a directive to all states to get every pre-K educator, K-12 teacher, and childcare worker at least one shot of COVID-19 vaccine in the month of March. Following that announcement, Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Paul Turner said he began working with Okanogan...
The COVID-19 pandemic, having been prevalent in the US for about a year, has had an affect on the lives of people around the world, including an affect on mental health. “The pandemic has been hard on everyone,” Dr. Marilynn Holman, a psychiatrist at Coulee Medical Center, told The Star in an email. “Financial concerns, social isolation, increased childcare, fear for health of self and others – all can worsen stress and mood.” Holman also said that “those with limited internet/phone access have been particularly impacted as many services or...
PUBLIC HEARING/MEETING NOTICE GRAND COULEE CITY COUNCIL The Council of the City of Grand Coulee, Washington will hold a Public Hearing on the Critical Areas Update on March 16, 2021 at 6:00 p.m. with the regular City Council meeting immediately following. Both Public Hearing and the Council meeting will be held via ZOOM. Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/98290102759?pwd=Wm1rcGlWb05wOU5zS0k0N0Z2a3grdz09 Meeting ID: 982 9010 2759 Passcode: 862679 One tap mobile +12532158782,,98290102759#,,,,*862679# US (Tacoma) +16699006833,...
All eight of Washington's regions are in Phase Two of the state's phased plan for reopening from the COVID-19 pandemic and will be there for "at least several weeks," according to the office of Gov. Jay Inslee. Phase Two of the plan has less stringent restrictions on individuals, schools, and businesses. Regions were required to meet data metrics related to COVID in order to move to Phase Two, and warned that if those stats got worse, a region could move back to Phase One. However, Inslee announ... Full story
SUMMARY OF ORDINANCES PASSED OF THE CITY OF ELECTRIC CITY, WASHINGTON Full and complete copies of the above ordinances are available at City Hall, 10 Western Avenue, Electric City, WA during normal working hours. On the 12th day of January 2021 the City of Council of Electric City passed the following ordinance. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the titles, provides as follows: Ordinance #: 579-2021 “An Ordinance extending the temporary removal of the charge of interest and late fees on utility accounts.” On the 9th day... Full story
About 30 seniors of the Lake Roosevelt graduating class of 2021 are interested in a senior trip, a tradition for seniors, to Huntington Beach, Calif., but COVID-19 restrictions might keep them in Washington. The class has raised about $20,000 towards such a trip during their years in high school. According to a report submitted to the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors during their Feb. 22 meeting, the students would fly down to Los Angeles on May 29, busing to Huntington Beach, and spending the next couple days on beaches, at...
Additional relief in response to the COVID-19 pandemic is on its way. Gov. Jay Inslee signed a bill into law Feb. 19, that appropriates $2.2 billion in federal aide to be used for K-12 schools, public health, assistance to individuals and families, housing and business assistance. “The process of getting to a post pandemic era has just begun,” Inslee said “And we intend to come out of this pandemic stronger, in part because of this legislation.” The package distributes $365 million in emergency eviction, rental and utility assistance and $240 m...
When I see Kenny Hoke he always waves and makes my day. Every time this happens, I think about the state championship basketball team he was on back in the days when the rim and net were real baskets. Since Grand Coulee and Coulee Dam combined into the Grand Coulee Dam School District there has only been one Raider team that has won a state championship. That championship was in Track & Field. Raider Track & Field has won multiple team state trophies. It also has had more individual state champions and medalists over time than any other Raider...
Notice is Hereby Given that the Board of County Commissioners of Lincoln County has set Monday, the 15th day of March, 2021, at 11:00 a.m. as the time and place for a public hearing, to consider the dissolution of the inactive Lakeview Sewer District No. 1. Said hearing will be held in the Commissioners’ Chambers located on the lower level of the Lincoln County Courthouse, 450 Logan Street, Davenport, Washington. Additional information may be obtained from the Clerk of the Board or by telephoning the Commissioners’ office 509-725-3031. All inte... Full story
Whether restricted by COVID or by distance, Lake Roosevelt Raider fans far and wide should soon be able to watch sporting events, assemblies, and graduations from the comfort of their own homes. The Grand Coulee Dam School District bought a one-year, $2,000 service from Justagame Live, which will allow LR to livestream games and more online. The games can be recorded and streamed via smartphones and tablets operated by students, staff, or parents, or through hard-mounted cameras that could be operated remotely and cost around $750 each,...
The current plan for fan attendance at Lake Roosevelt sporting events is to allow each player to give two tickets to fans, be they family or friends, for home events only, with no opposing team visitors allowed. Athletic Director Tim Rasmussen updated the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors on the matter at their Feb. 8 meeting. Rasmussen said some schools won’t even allow home-event attendance, something he wanted to avoid. Additionally, the school is purchasing cameras and partnering with a company to livestream sports e...
Lake Roosevelt Schools could get new sports facilities built if they are "shovel ready" when and if grant money becomes available. Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Paul Turner spoke to The Star on Monday about plans to issue a Request for Qualifications soon for an architect to work with on facilities projects. Turner said the school board needs to look at the "bigger picture" of the district's facilities and decide what their vision is. "When we built [the new school] we had...
CALL FOR BIDS Town of Elmer City MULTI-USE PATH PROJECT PHASE 2 Sealed Proposals will be received by the undersigned at the Town of Elmer City, 505 Seaton Avenue, Elmer City, Washington 99124 up to 10:00 a.m.; Pacific time on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, for furnishing the necessary labor, materials, equipment, and tools, thereof to construct the Multi-Use Path Project Phase 2. This Contract provides for the construction of approximately 1,400 LF of multi-use pathway along Elmer City Access Road, from the Phase 1 improvements to Front Street... Full story
Tentative dates for spring and winter sports seasons have been set by athletic directors of the North Central Region, which includes Lake Roosevelt High School. The high school athletic season starts with sports traditionally played in the fall, for which a schedule was already set. For fall sports, football practice starts Feb. 16, while cross country, soccer, volleyball and cheer practices start Feb. 22. All of those sports run through April 3. A tentative schedule presented in Athletic Director Tim Rasmussen’s report to the Grand Coulee D...
CALL FOR BIDS town of elmer city MULTI-USE PATH PROJECT PHASE 2 Sealed Proposals will be received by the undersigned at the Town of Elmer City, 505 Seaton Avenue, Elmer City, Washington 99124 up to 10:00 a.m.; Pacific time on Wednesday, February 24, 2021, for furnishing the necessary labor, materials, equipment, and tools, thereof to construct the Multi-Use Path Project Phase 2. This Contract provides for the construction of approximately 1,400 LF of multi-use pathway along Elmer City Access Road, from the Phase 1 improvements to Front Street... Full story
Superintendent Paul Turner told the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors on Monday that an investigative report should be ready later this week concerning an incident in which someone left religious/political propaganda on the desks of 11 teachers at Lake Roosevelt Elementary School. Sometime during the weekend of Jan. 5-6, someone left black-and-white copies featuring the writings of Kim Clement on the teachers’ desks. Clement’s prophecies are for sale in several books on Amazon.com, and a “House of Destiny” website offers,...
Lake Roosevelt Schools have continued in-school teaching even when local infection rates of COVID-19 crossed a threshold set by the school board, a teacher showed its directors Monday night. A committee that will be tasked with informing school staff and the public about the latest Covid developments in the area is one result from Monday's meeting of the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors. Teacher Pam Johnson, during the public comment period of the meeting, presented facts,... Full story
Whether you’re a local CEO of an organization, business owner and/or a community member, I’m thankful for many of you who’ve been appreciative of the thoughts I’ve shared about our local school district. I’m especially thankful that most of you know me and realize how much I care and how hard it was for me to finally say something. School district officials are ignoring current reality when they keep informing people that issues can be resolved by following the chain of command. This has not been working for quite a while. Also, blaming f...
High school sports traditionally played in the fall are scheduled to begin in February. Indoor winter sports were originally scheduled to be the first sports played this athletic school year, but the Washington Interscholastic Activities Association Executive Board decided fall sports would be the new starting point according to a Jan. 6 announcement on their website. Fall sports include cross country, football, soccer, cheer, and volleyball. WIAA allows flexibility for leagues to schedule their seasons as they see fit. A tentative schedule...
