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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Rotary Club members and friends gathered Wednesday, Sept. 23, to remember Donna Hamilton, in whose memory the club erected a plaque at the handicapped-accessible fishing pier the club installed at Steamboat Rock State Park. The gathering took place a year and a day after her unexpected death. Hamilton, who had worked for the state of Oregon on behalf of seniors, was the instigator of the club's 10-year drive to provide the first such facility in north central Washington, noting that they were... Full story
The new Raider sculpture at the new educational complex in Coulee Dam will be officially dedicated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, the opening day of school. The 7-foot-tall metal sculpture has been at the front of the Lake Roosevelt Schools complex for a couple of months, as if to welcome all those who enter the grounds. Junior/senior high school Principal Ronanda Liberty said all students will be able to participate in the dedication ceremony. Artist Virgil "Smoker" Marchand will be on hand for... Full story
Busy fire fighters The Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department answered five calls during June, reported fire Chief Rick Paris at the city council meeting last Tuesday night. One call was a structure fire and another an outside fire. Three mutual aid calls were made. Paris reported 37 ambulance calls, nine in the Coulee Dam area, 21 in the Grand Coulee area and seven transportation calls. Early hours for library The library has set early hours to avoid the heat while waiting for a new air conditioning unit. Grand Coulee’s council gave city o... Full story
Forty-two young adults crossed the stage at the Lake Roosevelt High School gym Saturday to accept their high school diplomas. The class of 2015 was recognized and gave recognition to those who helped them along the way. The class, whose motto was "Learn from yesterday, live for today, dream for tomorrow," a quote from Albert Einstein, gave more than 3,350 hours of community service while in the school. Yet, graduates studied hard enough to garner nearly $381,000 in scholarship offers. Here's... Full story
A new metal sculpture called "Raider" will soon stand near the entrance to the new school complex in Coulee Dam. The Grand Coulee Dam School District's art committee had hoped to have the sculpture placed before school was out but it will have to wait a few more weeks before all the things are in place. The 7-foot high metal work was created by Virgil "Smoker" Marchand cost $12,500, part of some $70,000 worth of public art that will eventually be associated with the new school. Marchand said... Full story
Sixth-graders helped the Rotary Club Saturday in a successful fund raiser designed to benefit them. The club's spaghetti dinner at Coulee Dam Town Hall brought in over $3,000 and will likely net over $2,000 after expenses. From left, Chelsea Dudley, Melissa Merriman and Skylar Armstrong clear empty plates from tables at the event, which aimed to bring in $1,600 to meet uncovered expenses for a $7,500 trip to a Leavenworth challenge course together with Nespelem sixth-graders. - Scott Hunter... Full story
8 Colorama Parade Results Grand Sweepstakes: Nespelem Valley Electric Coop President's Award: Lake Roosevelt Spirit Eagle Society Organization Entry: 1st, Nativeteran, 2nd, Nespelem School Run/Walk Club, 3rd, American Legion Post #0157 Community Entry: 1st, Wilbur Community Float, 2nd, Nespelem Head Start, 3rd, Electric City Volunteer Fire Dept. Business Entry: 1st, Coulee Kids Childcare, 2nd, Pepper Jacks, 3rd DWK Fowler Playhouse Horse Entry: 1st, Miss Palouse Empire Rodeo - Farmsworth,... Full story
Kids at Lake Roosevelt Schools will have more direct access to health care if a plan to that end pans out between Coulee Medical Center and Lake Roosevelt Schools. The project was taken on by a University of Washington third-year medical student studying at CMC. "Across the nation there's this new trend of school-based health centers," explained Jonathan Patberg, speaking at a Rotary Club luncheon last week. In some places, that means building a clinic inside a school, but not here, Patberg... Full story
A spaghetti dinner set for Saturday will help fund a project that brings together sixth graders from Coulee Dam and Nespelem schools to pave their way as eventual classmates in high school. The Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club chose to work with the sixth graders for the annual fund raiser, possibly instilling an early lesson in community service. The annual trip to a Leavenworth challenge course is designed to build relationships and get the kids to work together. The first one took place 2012. Nate Piturachsatit, a teacher on special assignment a... Full story
American Legion Post 157 officials presented a plan to provide food for children of need in Grand Coulee Dam District schools. Appearing for Post 157 were its commander, Cindy Jane, Jim Brakebill, and John Nordine, Sr. Brakebill made the presentation at Monday’s school board meeting Post officials pointed to a similar food plan being conducted in Wenatchee schools. The plan would call for certain students to pick up food furnished by the Post as they leave to go home Fridays after school. Brakebill said at a Rotary Club presentation on the s... Full story
1 years ago The Grand Coulee Dam Middle School fifth-grade “Math Is Cool” team finished fifth place at the regional spring competition in Moses Lake, competing in division two against 45 other teams, representing 39 schools from around Washington State. Team members include: Jesse Adkins, Mathew Ives, Tilly Christiansen, Chanell Jim, Ty Egbert, James Norris, Liz Ferguson, Lee Williams and James Kirkpatrick. Jesse Adkins received the “top scorer” plaque for GCDMS. GCD Rotary Club President David Bastian said a community Taco Feed, this Saturda... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club plans to offer a Community Spaghetti Dinner next month. The event, which will include a silent auction, is set for Saturday, April 18 from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at Coulee Dam Town Hall. Funds raised will go toward club projects, including new area welcome signs, its scholarship fund and a project to build “little library boxes,” where individuals can freely trade books by leaving them in a neighborhood depository.... Full story
Rotary members remove the letters from the entrance sign to Grand Coulee on the highway from Wilbur Friday afternoon. The club erected the sign and another like it entering Electric City years ago, but the steel letters are looking weathered. The club is having the letters on both signs powder coated with a new blue color. From left, Jim Keene, Lars Larson and Robert Valen unbolt the letters, which read "Welcome to Grand Coulee Dam Area." - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
The voters in our Grand Coulee Area know how important it is to Support Strong Schools. The school levy passed, and it will allow the school district to maintain and operate the new debt-free school. Several community volunteers helped by being “sign-walkers”: Steve and Sheila Sauer, Susan Kennedy, Marsha Fields, Joe Tynan, Marian Spackman, Jim Depew, myself. We also had Michael Williams walk around with a sign at the boys’ basketball game. Megan and her son, Caden, walked in Electric City showing support for the levy. The levy committee neede... Full story
1 years ago Information released by the town of Coulee Dam under the state Public Records Act, indicates Clark Slattery has received a settlement of $13,472.23 for almost 30 year of double billing on his monthly electric bill at his home on River Drive. The town’s June, 2004 audit of residential electrical meters, showed Slattery had been double paying based on an 80 multiplier instead of 40, despite his complaints about the high bills as far back as 1977; he was told by the town clerk at the time that he just had a big house. Later, he had h... 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
1 years ago On Monday, Nov. 15, the Colville Tribes' fish and wildlife dept. released 712 rainbow trout, weighing an average of 5.35 pounds, in to Lake Rufus Woods at Ed Scahllenberger's net pen site about 16 miles downriver from Grand Coulee Dam. Another 86,000 triploid rainbow trout (fish with three sets of chromosomes instead of two) that were too small to release, weighing in now at three to a pound and approximately five inches in length, were purchased by the Tribes from Schallenberger an... Full story
1 years ago Grady “Skip” Lael joined the Marine Corps exactly 61 years ago, in 1943 on Veterans Day, serving 29 and a half months with the Amphibian Tractor Battalion in one lone, famous campaign in the Pacific, the taking of Iwo Jima. He landed at Iwo on Feb. 19, 1945 and left on March 26. He said that his Battalion’s job was to get men and materials on shore under fire fights everywhere. Lael looked through binoculars to see the Marines raise the first flag on Mt. Suribachi and that flag was a small one that a Marine had on his back. “It w... Full story
I wish to thank the entire community for their support following the passing of my wife Donna. I have received hundreds of cards and condolences since the sudden event. I cannot personally respond to them all, so I will address many of you via the newspaper. Donna’s wish was the support of “Polio Plus” through Rotary International’s program. So far, a total of $3,435 has been donated. I appreciate all of you. The many meals and foods that have been delivered to me is overwhelming. In the six weeks since her passing, I have seldom had to cook... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam Area Rotary Club has started planning for a few community projects. One project is to gather all the individual services club, church and other not-for-profit organizational signs that are individually placed along State Roads 155 and 174 and place them all on one of four large “welcome” boards at four new locations. Those locations will generally be on the north end of State Road 155 near Coulee Dam and the south end near Electric City. Also, on State Road 174 on the eas... Full story
Donna Mae (Shaw) Hamilton, passed away suddenly on Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. Donna was born in Coulee Dam, Wash., on March 20, 1944 and raised by her parents Amos and Mary Shaw in Belvedere on the same property she was living at the time of her death. Donna graduated from Coulee Dam High School in 1962. Throughout her childhood Donna was active in 4-H. It was during 4-H summer camp in 1958 at Lost Lake that she first met Roy Hamilton. They began dating a... Full story
Donna Mae Shaw Hamilton passed away suddenly Monday, Sept. 22, 2014, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. A memorial service is set for 2 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 27, at the Strate Funeral Home Chapel in Grand Coulee. Everyone is invited. In lieu of flowers the family requests donations be made to Rotary Polio Plus. Send to the local Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club, P.O. Box 367, Grand Coulee, WA 99133 A complete obituary will be in next week’s Star.... Full story
Rotary Club members gather in the elementary wing library of Grand Coulee Dam School District's new school complex in Coulee Dam during a tour of the facility last Wednesday. Overhead skylights on the second floor pump in light and will save on electricity. Along for the tour, Rotary District Governor Bruce Falkins, of Kelowna, British Columbia (center), said he was surprised to find the most impressive club project results in the international district in Coulee Dam. The local club vocally... Full story
Big Bend Community College has improved on the success rate of its students over the last couple years, boasted college President Terry Leas last week, speaking at a Rotary Club luncheon in Grand Coulee Wednesday. Leas said a common state measurement for gauging a college’s success with student learning looks at the percentage of students getting a C average or greater. In the 2013-14 school year, 84 percent of BBCC’s student earned at least a C average in traditional classrooms, up steadily from 81 percent the year before, and 76 percent the y... Full story
1 Years Ago Clark Slattery, Coulee Dam, has been over charged for electricity for 29 years. Coulee Dam issued him a check this week for $3,800.00. Slattery says they still owe him about $15,000.00 but the city says the statue of limitations can only go back six years. The local Rotary Club and Lions Club will join forces to serve about 500-700 meals in conjunction with the Grand Columbian Triathlon, Sept. 18th. 20 Years Ago Local firemen once again are battling fire in Washington State. This... Full story
