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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Rotarians have connected with the Safe Kids program at both Crescent Bay and Spring Canyon boat launches in an effort to save lives in area waters. The program is sponsored by Grant County Health District, the Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club and the National Park Service. The program provides life jackets at the two boat launches for people who plan water activity but don't have enough life jackets. A sign explains it all at both launches, and life jackets are hanging on the sign for temporary use... Full story
EPHRATA — A country band with a sound as big as Little Texas will headline the 11th annual Basin Summer Sounds music festival. This year’s event is Friday and Saturday, July 18-19. With hits like “God Blessed Texas,” “Kick A Little,” “What Might Have Been” and “Some Guys Have All the Love,” Little Texas was one of the most popular country bands of the 1990s. The group was founded in Nashville, Tennessee in 1988, and topped the charts in 1993 with “My Love.” Little Texas closes out the 2014 Basin Summer Sounds festival with a 9 p.m. performance... Full story
Lake Roosevelt High School pushed 31 of its students into the world last Saturday. The graduating class of 2014 celebrated the accomplishments of all, taking special note of its top scholars, community volunteers and athletes, and listing some $568,168 in offered scholarships. Below is a list of the class accomplishments. 2014 Lake Roosevelt High School Graduation Awards & Scholarships The Class of 2014 Valedictorian: Chyenne Kelly-Marconi The Class of 2014 Salutatorian: Daniel Campobasso High H... Full story
The flags are going up Saturday, Veterans, their families, and the general public looks forward each year to the "Isle of Flags" at Spring Canyon Cemetery. This year there will be over 500 flags flying for veterans from the local areas. They go up in a gigantic volunteer work effort beginning at 11 a.m. Saturday. You can go and help. Then the flags come down on Monday beginning at 3 p.m. if it's not raining. This year 13 new flags will be dedicated in honor of the following: Clifford W. Avey,... Full story
Biographies of five local women will be featured along with a "Rosie the Riveter" quilt at the Visitor Center soon. The five are: Ida Bartels, Toby Ann Levy, Lynda G. Nutt, Barbara Ann Meyer and Roberta "Birdie" Hensley. The five have all made a number of contributions to community life here. Ida married Sid Bartels in 1940, and the two purchased the Deppman Mill at Belvedere just a few days later, only to see it go up in smoke from a fire that someone had set. She served many years on the Grand... Full story
State Sen. Linda Evans Parlette said she is still looking for ways to get federal help with Grand Coulee Dam school construction needs, and she has just two years to get it done. Speaking at the Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club April 23, Parlette said she's still trying to connect with Sec. of Interior Sally Jewel, but she may have a new ally to call on in the U.S. Senate. Parlette's leadership, said Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Dennis Carlson, was the crucial factor in getting... Full story
Playhouse raffle ongoing Raffle tickets on the little playhouse parked in front of Loepp Furniture are on sale inside the store for $1 each. The tickets will remain on sale until Junior Rodeo time July 19-20. You don’t have to be at the Junior Rodeo to win. The playhouse is built annually by DWK Fowler Construction and donated to the Ridge Riders for the drawing. Book sale gives a boost The PTA says its recent book fair was a success, with more than $3,000 worth of “books and bling” sold. Through the year, the group has made several contr... Full story
Steamboat Rock State Park Ranger Jeremy Jalali and Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club President Colleen Manley cut the ribbon Monday at an official dedication of the first handicapped-accessible fishing pier in North Central Washington. The 12 year, $60,000 project was supported by the community at numerous spaghetti feeds and by Rotary District 5060, the Columbia Basin Foundation of Ephrata, the Grand Coulee Lions Club, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, and individual donations. - Scott Hunter... Full story
Repair bill guess: $61 million Grant County Public Utility District announced Tuesday that the estimate to repair Wanapum Dam is about $61 million, but commissioners hope to avoid raising rates any more than already scheduled. The dam was discovered in February to have a crack in its spillway some 65 feet long and 2 inches wide. The crack closed up when the utility lowered the reservoir behind the dam to take the pressure off. The utility is evaluating how it will use a combination of reserve funds, debt financing and expense reductions to... Full story
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission announced Tuesday the upcoming dedication of a new ADA-accessible fishing pier at Steamboat Rock State Park. The dedication ceremony is scheduled for 11:30 a.m. Monday, April 28, at the boat launch area on Banks Lake. The new pier is in a protected inlet just west of the concession stand and swim beach. The event will celebrate the completion of the 12-year project of the Rotary Club of Grand Coulee Dam, working in collaboration with State... Full story
In America we have several national holidays or occasions which we recognize annually. Of these, only a relative few are always identified with the same calendar date each year, such as: New Year’s Day – January 1st, Independence Day – July 4th, Veteran’s Day – November 11th, and of course Christmas – December 25th. Our national citizenry’s participation in each of these above noted occurrences, however, pales in comparison to this nation’s most all-inclusive event, one which is not even a paid-day-off national holiday. I am speaking of an... Full story
Grand Coulee is gaining a reputation among University of Washington students interested in rural medicine. Coulee Medical Center is among the smallest of a handful of facilities used by the university in its five-state area for a set of programs designed to introduce medical students to rural medicine. "This is true rural medicine, where the doctors do it all," said Tara Olson last week at a Rotary Club luncheon. The third-year medical student has spent plenty of time at CMC, working her way... Full story
The chamber of commerce named two of its own to awards last Thursday night as the "Achiever of the Year," and "Business of the Year." The awards are made by the vote of members of the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce. Named "Achiever of the Year" was Bob Valen, the chamber's own vice president and a retired National Park Service employee. Valen served over 35 years with the NPS, and in retirement has been as busy as ever. He also now serves as chairman of the Coulee Area Park &... Full story
The Candy Point Trail is in trouble, and Carol Netzel has asked the Coulee Dam Town Council for help. Access to the Candy Point Trail is through Netzel’s front yard and when you arrive at the top you are afforded a bird’s eye view of Grand Coulee Dam and the town of Coulee Dam. In a letter to the council last Wednesday, Netzel appealed to town officials to come up with a plan to fix the deteriorating trail. “Although this is not on city land, it has always been considered one of our local attractions,” Netzel wrote to the council. A sign in... Full story
It appears that the weatherman might cooperate for Saturday’s 10th annual Grand Columbian Triathlon, organized by Tri-Freaks, an endurance sports organization. The forecast is for a high of 68 degrees and a low of 48, with partly cloudy skies, a 20-percent chance of rain and winds out of the southwest at 10 mph. This is good news for those competing and finishing up with the triathlon, or a part of it, during the heat of the day. Swimmers will splash off in what race officials say will be a... Full story
You can come casual, but dress up your pet for the chamber of commerce’s first-ever “Harvest Festival” at North Dam Park Friday and Saturday, Sept. 13-14. See inside this week’s Star newspaper for more details click here. There’s a costume pet show, so brush your pet and dress it up for the Saturday 11 a.m. to noon pet show contest. Organizers say that you can dress up also, if you want, and lead your pet around the show area. There’s a lot of activity for young and old, and even those in between. You might be interested in the community-w... Full story
by Roger S. Lucas When does a yard sale become a “park” sale? September 13 and 14, to be exact. Those are the dates for the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce’s community yard sale at North Dam Park. It’s part of the chamber’s fall Harvest Festival, with activities planned for the entire family, and even your pets. The community yard (park) sale officially begins at noon on Friday the 13th, and goes to dusk. It resumes at 8 a.m. on Saturday and goes to dusk again. Chamber Manager Peggy Nevsimal said that there will be security on site s... Full story
Hundreds of athletes from throughout the United States and Canada are putting their finishing touches on training for the 10th annual Grand Columbian Super Tri triathlon scheduled here Saturday, Sept. 21. Some 300 to 325 athletes are expected to compete. The event, sponsored by Tri-Freaks, a Kirkland racing firm, will kick-off all swimming events at Spring Canyon Campground, with the bike portion of the tri-event beginning at the end of the swim and ending at the park below the Visitor Center... Full story
Can you bake a berry pie? Or an apple pie? Then you better get ready to enter the community pie contest during the Harvest Festival at North Dam Park, Sept. 13-14. In fact, Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce Manager Peggy Nevsimal said, “better bake two.” The plan is that one of the pies (either berry or apple) is for the tasting judges and the other is to auction off. It’s just like the community or county fair that all have enjoyed. A blue ribbon awaits some local baker whose pie recipe will hit the charts, at least for a day. Nevsi...
Pie contest planned for festival by Roger S. Lucas Can you bake a berry pie? Or an apple pie? Then you better get ready to enter the community pie contest during the Harvest Festival at North Dam Park, Sept. 13-14. In fact, Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce Manager Peggy Nevsimal said, “better bake two.” The plan is that one of the pies (either berry or apple) is for the tasting judges and the other is to auction off. It’s just like the community or county fair that all have enjoyed. A blue ribbon awaits some local baker whose pie r...
The chamber of commerce has added one new twist and dropped one idea for its Sept.14, Harvest Festival at North Dam Park. The added twist is the Rotary Club will have a public BBQ for the celebration, featuring burgers and hotdogs. Dropped was a plan to have a nationally certified BBQ cook off. That’s still a possibility for the 2014 Harvest Festival. Chamber of commerce plans still are slanted toward the family with a host of games and activity that is geared for people of all ages. Like pets? Then you’ll have fun at the festival. There wil... Full story
Just under a year ago, Terry Leas took over as president of Big Bend Community College, and he is impressed with the organization he has joined. Speaking to the Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club Wednesday at the Siam Palace, Leas outlined the Moses Lake two-year college’s strengths and challenges. He said the people of the institution have impressed him with their commitment to finding out what works and pursuing it. “The college really works as a community, as members of a team,” focused on teaching... Full story
Ten Years Ago At the Coulee Community Hospital district meeting July 30, Director of Nursing Services Bev Haffner said CCH has already delivered 92 babies this year at the hospital. The hospital had only projected 56 baby deliveries through 2003. At the Village Cinema - Pirates of the Caribbean. Kids from the Grand Coulee Dam Area and Nespelem will spend next week playing a game based on the television show “Survivor.” The Grand Coulee Dam Program called Survivor 21st Century will pit teams of h... Full story
Ten Years Ago A fire once again hit the Colville Indian Reservation last week as flames charred more than 2,000 acres and threatened several homes. Due to the overload on the town’s water pump, caused by the hot weather, the town of Nespelem is asking residents to restrict their outside water use to the cooler parts of the day - from 6-9 a.m. and 6-9 p.m. Basketball filled the minds of many young players last week as they learned the fundamentals of the game at the Raider Nation Basketball Camp. Lake Roosevelt High School Basketball Coach B... Full story
Ten Years Ago A master plan is now in the works for Coulee Dam’s Mason City Park and all of the town’s residents can help decide what the plan will contain. A proposed master plan with a rough outline of future changes to the east Coulee Dam park was approved by the town council last Wednesday. The town of Coulee Dam has received a grant of $3,000 to inventory its trees and prepare a plan to maintain and expand one of the town’s most visible and valuable assets, an official committee announced in a press release. The first brush fire of the sum... Full story
