News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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.... Full story
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.... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
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... Full story
Anyone who knows anything at all about our history in the Coulee area knows that volunteerism is what made the heart start beating and thriving in this area. Sure, the great Grand Coulee Dam brought thousands into the area but if not for the local volunteer the towns would never have grown. Business men and farmers and workers on their days off put in time building schools, moving businesses, graveling roads and helping others homestead. It was a time where if you saw someone or somebody that needed help, you jumped right in. That sense of... Full story
After a bad set of games, the Lady Raiders are on a win streak, sweeping all opponents last week. Lake Roosevelt is sitting in the number-two spot in the Central Washington North, behind Okanogan. The Lady Raiders’ win-loss record stands at 9-6 overall, and 7-2 in league play. At Oroville Jan. 20, the Lady Raiders held off a strong Hornet team by the final score of 44-37. Then at Liberty Bell on Thursday, the Lady Raiders posted a solid win, beating the Mt. Lions 50-34. To finish the week the Lady Raiders defeated the Fillies of Bridgeport b... Full story
The Raiders won two of three basketball games last week to put them in fourth place in the Central Washington North standings, with a 6-3 league win-loss record and a 9-6 record overall. The wins came at Oroville and Bridgeport. Liberty Bell defeated the Raiders to tie the season series at one apiece. “We didn’t quite perform like we wanted to this week, but we battled in a lot of ways,” Head Coach Matt Simpson said of the Raiders’ performance on the road last week. At Oroville Jan. 20, the Raiders defeated the lowly Hornets with ease. LR jump... Full story
Raider Boys Basketball won two of three games for the second straight week and began a win streak. Lake Roosevelt had a rough start to last week against the fourth-ranked Okanogan Bulldogs Jan. 13 at Okanogan. The Raiders started a different group of players, and the game was close until the end of the first quarter when the Bulldogs found a rhythm. During the first quarter, Merle Picard accounted for six of LR's 10 points in the first quarter, which ended 17-10, Okanogan. In the second... Full story
Lady Raider Basketball is at a crossroads after losing two of the last three games. Against Okanogan Jan. 13 at Okanogan, the Lady Raiders struggled against a sluggish Bulldog team. Okanogan jumped out to a big 22-6 lead at the end of the first quarter. In the second the Bulldogs scored only 10 points, but LR failed to score a basket during the quarter. The Lady Raiders restarted their offense in the second half, but it was too little, too late. Okanogan defeated the Lake Roosevelt 67-26.... Full story
Below we present several well-thought-out nominations for Volunteer of the Year for 2014. Karen Depew for Volunteer of the Year I would like to Nominate Karen Depew as Volunteer of the Year. I know I only know a very small part of Karen Depew’s volunteer activities, but hope others will fill in the blanks. This past year, Karen has been one of the Coulee Pioneer Museum’s most active volunteers, and, along with Constance Wilson, has organized several displays at the museum, not only bringing the ideas to the museum but rounding up the thi... Full story
The Raider boys capped last week with an intense overtime victory at home, one of two wins of the three games played and a lesson in pressure. The week left them at "2-1 overall" and "moving in the right direction," Head Coach Matt Simpson said. "We wanted to go 3-0 this week for sure; however, we played well when it needed to happen and grew as a team in multiple ways." The week started off with a trip up to Tonasket for a league matchup against the Tigers Jan. 6, the Raiders came away with a... Full story
The Lady Raiders won two of three games last week to set themselves up in fourth place in Central Washington 2B North standings. At Tonasket Jan. 6, Lake Roosevelt defeated the last-place Tigers, 43-27. Jan. 8, the LR hosted Brewster, which was not the juggernaut of the past but is still a tough foe. LR took an early lead in the first quarter of the low-scoring contest, 9-4. In the second, the Lady Bears came back to tie the game at 16. LR took the lead in the third quarter, when Brewster was co... Full story
Raider wrestlers won 10 of their 11 matches at Wilbur last week, then took home three medals from a tournament, north of Spokane, full of big-school talent. “Another good week of wrestling,” Head Coach Steve Hood said “The guys are working their rears off to compete at the very high level week in and week out.” Last Wednesday the Raiders travelled to Wilbur for a mixer where the Raiders won 10 of their 11 matches. Oscar Pakootas continued his run of victories, pinning both Connor Beattie of Davenport and Cole Swanson of Lakeside. Jacob Smith w... Full story
Raider Wrestling hosted the annual Powerhouse Tourney Dec. 30, then headed south to Warden Jan. 3 for the Jeremiah Schmunk Invitational. At their Powerhouse Tournament, held in the old middle school in Grand Coulee, LR placed 10th out of 11 teams with 41.5 team points. Oscar Pakootas took control of the 132-pound bracket early and came away with the gold medal. Pakootas pinned Phillips of Republic and Pruneda of Warden to set up a championship match with former teammate James Monaghan, now of Omak. In the championship match, Pakootas continued... Full story
Thank you from the Trees of Sharing committee to everyone who helped provide Christmas gifts to 161 children in 63 families on Saturday, Dec. 20. We extend special thanks to Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union, Coulee Family Medicine, Flo’s Café, Harvest Foods, and Safeway for helping collect names and/or displaying the trees with gift tags. New this year was a spaghetti dinner fundraiser at Flo’s for which we are grateful. Additionally, we thank the United Methodist Church, the Lions Club, The Star, and the shopping, wrapping, and delivery volu... Full story
Sixty years ago, the holiday season in the community stretching from Electric City to Nespelem featured all kinds of parties, programs and events. Here's a sampling of some of them and the folks who were here in our towns back then. Floyd H. Phillips, Bureau of Indian Affairs Superintendent at the Colville Indian Agency, Nespelem announced that a $200 per-capita payment will be distributed to approximately 4,000 Colville tribal members, just in time for Christmas. The distribution of $804,000... Full story
