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After losing three in a row, the Lady Raiders snapped that skid at Liberty Bell last Thursday, prevailing by one point over the Mountain Lions. “One and one for the week,” pointed out Lady Raiders’ Head Coach Wallace Pleasants, “with a very tough home loss to Okanogan and a good road win against Liberty Bell.” The team lost the chance to improve that record when games scheduled for Saturday at Pateros were canceled due to a winter storm. When Lake Roosevelt hosted Okanogan Jan. 12, the Bulldogs were in the driver’s seat from the opening tip...
Raider Boys' Basketball ended a three-game week in second place in the Central Washington 2B North standings with a win over Waterville Saturday. Right now the Raiders' win-loss record stands at 6-4 overall and 4-1 in league play. They are tied with Liberty Bell for second in league standings. Lake Roosevelt made short work of the Tonasket Tigers Jan. 5 in Coulee Dam. The Tigers were never in contention as the Raiders racked up another win, 64-45, over Tonasket. This set up the game Jan. 7 at...
The Lady Raiders won one and lost two basketball games last week in the first of two three-game weeks in a row. The Lady Raiders defeated Tonasket at home on Jan. 5 by the final score of 51-39, which improved Lake Roosevelt's league win-loss record to 4-0. Then on Thursday LR traveled to Brewster to take on the number-three Lady Bears, who were looking to come back from a 40-point loss to Okanogan. LR stayed in the game, but the Lady Bears built too much of a lead for LR to overcome. Brewster...
In the early morning hours of November 20, 2015, Raymond R. Green passed away at home. Ray was a kind and gentle soul who loved life and lived it to the fullest. He was born in March of 1939 in Spokane, Washington, and was a life-long resident of the Coulee Dam area, where he grew up on the family ranch riding his horse to school. Ray graduated from Coulee Dam High School in 1958 where he excelled in multiple sports and developed a love of football and basketball. He was proud to be one of the l...
Jack A. Hilson, 90, of Electric City, Washington, passed away on Thursday, November 5, 2015, at Coulee Medical Center, Long Term Care, Grand Coulee, Washington. He was born May 14, 1925, to Herman and Ethel Hilson in Coeur d' Alene, Idaho. He graduated from Almira High School in 1943. On June 9, 1944, he entered into the U.S. Navy. He was a Radioman 2C, stationed on the USS Vincennes in the South Pacific. He was awarded the Asiatic Pacific Ribbon, American Area Ribbon and the Victory Medal. He...
A training program at Lake Roosevelt Schools has inspired dozens of teenagers to get up early to work out before school every day, for no credit. "We bring a culture," said former professional football player Nathan Overbay, now a key trainer with Advanced Performance X-Train, or APX. The company that began in 2007 is in 60 high schools, clubs and sports programs, offering training and nutrition programs. "It's probably the top training facility in the Pacific Northwest right now," said Loren...
The Lady Raiders faced the top two volleyball teams from the Central Washington 2B North League last week, losing decisively to Brewster but forcing Okanogan to work for every point. At Brewster Sept. 29, Lake Roosevelt lost in three games to the strong Bears squad. "We allowed Brewster to dictate our game flow," Head Coach Kasey Garvin said, summarizing the game. "We passed a lot of balls off target, throwing our offense out of system." But last Thursday at home against the Bulldogs, the Lady R...
Alice Lee Hood, 86, of Elmer City, Washington, left us Tuesday evening, September 8, 2015. Alice was born February 25, 1929, into the Fairfax, Oklahoma, home of Ollie and Edna Stumbaugh, and graduated Valedictorian of the 1947 graduating class of Fairfax High School. Alice married her sweetheart LeRoy Hood in Fairfax on June 28, 1947, and the newlyweds soon moved to Opportunity, Washington, in the Spokane Valley. The year 1963 found them once again moving, this time to Elmer City, Washington,...
The Lady Raiders won their volleyball season opener Thursday night at home against the Liberty Bell Mt. Lions. LR came away with a win three games to one, all of them just two-point games, 26-24, 23-25, 25-23, and 25-23. Jocelyn Moore and Aiyana Picard were leaders for the Lady Raiders on the floor. At the service lin,e Kayley Duclos led LR. This week the Lady Raiders travelled last night to Oroville for a 5 p.m. match. Going into the match, Oroville had lost to Okanogan by a three-game sweep....
The Grand Coulee Dam Lions Club celebrates its 80th birthday this week. The international service club was founded here in 1935, with P.A. Bertrand its first president. The club now has about 15 members and is led by President Rick Bako. The Lions Club was originally established in 1917, and now has over 44,000 clubs sprinkled all over the world. It is the largest service club in the world. Internationally, the Lions Club is noted for its efforts to eradicate blindness, the program starting in...
Parlette named “Friend of Children” State Sen. Linda Evans Parlette was awarded the “Friend of Children” award, based in part on her role in securing funding to build the new Lake Roosevelt School. The North Central Educational Service District bestowed the honor on Parlette last Thursday in Wenatchee. Parlette called seeing the new school open last September “one of the highlights of my years as a legislator.” She was nominated for the award by Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Dennis Carlson and by Stehekin head teacher Ron Scut...
Raider baseball competed for a state berth until the very last moment possible Saturday, finishing sixth in the district tournament. The Raiders had defeated Kittitas on the May 11 to stay alive in the tournament. In the first game Saturday, the Raiders faced the Warden Cougars. Lake Roosevelt and Warden played a tight game. The final score favored Warden 5-4. LR was not yet done as they still had one more shot at the state tournament. District 5-6 was allotted five spots to state this year....
The Raiders played two doubleheaders last week, winning three of the four games. In a doubleheader at home against the Oroville Hornets April 21, the Raiders won both games by large margins. LR blanked the Hornets in the first game, 13-0, then scored 20 runs in route to a 20-6 win in game two. In Liberty Bell April 24, the Raiders played the first game close, but the Mt. Lions eked out a 3-2 win in the first game In the second game, LR got a big boost from a Daniel Loch two-run RBI single in the second inning that helped the Raiders to a 3-1...
Raider baseball started last week with a 13-3 win over the Manson Trojans in Coulee Dam. It wasn't a forgone conclusion. Manson held the Raiders scoreless for two innings from their 4-1 deficit in the third inning, whittling the Lake Roosevelt lead to 4-3 by the fifth. Then the Raiders came alive, batting in loaded bases and even stealing home to add nine points, while allowing only two more for the struggling Trojans. Then LR hosted the Okanogan Bulldogs in a doubleheader Saturday. The...
The Lady Raider softball team defeated Manson last week by 10 runs, then suffered that fate twice against Okanogan on Saturday. At Grand Coulee, Lake Roosevelt defeated the Manson Trojans by 33-23 in a long game Thursday. Sean Garvin pitched one inning when she threw 72 pitches for three strikeouts and nine walks. Kourtney Harrington took the mound for two innings and threw 85 pitches for six strikeouts and four walks. Cassi Palmer also pitched, hurling 83 pitches for five strikeouts and eight walks. At the plate, Lake Roosevelt had 27 hits...
1 Years ago Total Health Events, LLC, of Blaine, Wash, the same company that put on last fall’s triathlon, is hosting the “Over The Dam Run” 5K/10K and a half marathon on Sunday, May 8 on Colorama weekend. The original race began in 1977, organized annually by an avid group of runners from the Coulee, Spokane and eastern Washington, but numbers of participants in recent years has dwindled. Race Director Jonathon Hoskins says a major attraction for many runners will be the chance to run on the top of Grand Coulee Dam, which had been closed off...
Kids race through the Grand Coulee Dam Lions Club's 79th annual Easter Egg Hunt Saturday at Ludolph Field, which was cleared in under 10 minutes of 2,000 plastic eggs. A photo of the winners of prizes are on page 4. - Scott Hunter photo...
The prize winners from the Grand Coulee Dam Lions Club's 79th annual Easter Egg Hunt last Saturday at Ludolph Field, from left, are Elisha Sharr, Vernon George, Maci Greer, Paris Figueroa, Brooklyn Marchand, Solomon Harris, Celeste LaPlace, Kendra Jimenez, Tranice Cruthcher, Kadynce Clark, Jose Gutierrez and Kinley Duclos. - Rich Avey photo...
Beer tent OK’d for July 4 The Coulee Dam Town Council gave the chamber of commerce permission to erect a “beer tent” on its maintenance complex parking lot for the July 4 Festival of America. Chamber manager Peggy Nevsimal provided the council with information about the beer tent hours and how it would be managed. Egg hunt this Saturday The Grand Coulee Dam Lions Club will hold its 79th annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 4, at 11 a.m. at Ludolph Field, the former middle school athletic field in Grand Coulee. The hunt is for child...
Raider Tennis competed in three matches last week with a great deal of success. “They are all very competitive and regularly push each other at practices to improve,” Head Coach Steve Archer said. “I am hopeful that each week we will continue to see their improvement.” In their matches last week, the Raider boys defeated Wilbur-Creston on March 23 by 4-1, then beat Davenport 4-1 on Friday. Oroville handed the Raider boys their only loss of the week Wednesday. The Raider girls defeated all three opponents, setting up a great start to the season....
The Grand Coulee Dam Lions Club will be holding its 79th annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 4, at 11 a.m. at the middle school athletic field. Children ages 0 – 10 are invited to participate in this free event....
The members of the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center honored their "Volunteer of the Year" Tuesday night. Felix Marcolin, 78, was described as a "person who makes himself available 24/7'" to help other people. Seniors President Birdie Hensley stated that Marcolin does everything at the senior center, and more, and he was an easy selection. Marcolin was named "Volunteer of the year" in 2006 by The Star newspaper. The center held a contest to single out one volunteer for the top choice. It is the fir...
Newspaper to close Monday The Star newspaper will be closed Monday, Feb. 16, in observance of the Presidents Day holiday. The deadline for advertising and news is 5 p.m. Friday, Feb. 13. The Star office will open at 9 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 17. Valentines breakfast planned The Coulee Dam Lions Club will host its 20th annual Valentine’s Day breakfast at the Senior Center from 7:30 a.m. to 11 a.m., Saturday, Feb. 14. Pancakes, eggs, sausage and ham are on the menu. Cost is $7 for adults, $4 for children 6-10 years old, and $20 for a family. Tourism g...
by John R. McNeil II With one week left in the season, the Raiders are sitting at 12-6 overall win-loss record with a four-game win streak. The wins have put the Raiders in third place in the Central Washington 2B North behind the Okanogan Bulldogs and ahead of the Liberty Bell Mt. Lions. "Our guys never stopped playing, and with our injuries and setbacks that we were dealing with throughout this week, different guys stepped up and knew we had to really put a full team effort together this week...
She was selected, by a vote of local citizens to be awarded the "volunteer" for 2014. Rice was among a list of nine that had been nominated for the honor, and received almost a third of the total 182 votes. Others nominated include Karen Depew, Emily Robinson, Earl Cole, Donna White, Fern Blaylock, Donna Shear, Bubba Egbert and Zekkethal "Val" Vargas-Thomas. As this was being written, you could have found her at the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center training to help people prepare their income...
