Newsbriefs

Star takes a

long weekend

The Star office will be closed for Christmas Dec. 25 and 26. News items and advertisements may be left in the dropbox outside the front office door along with contact information, or emailed to star@grandcoulee.com. The next issue will be published Dec. 30, a day early to avoid publishing on the New Year’s Day holiday.

City hall

closed, too

Grand Coulee’s city hall will be closed Friday, Dec. 26, so staff can be with their families during the holiday. City hall will open for business Monday, Dec. 29.

Ridge Riders

elect officers

George Kohout was re-elected president of the Ridge Riders. It will be his fourth term as president. Others elected were Shane Marchand, vice president; Danielle Florenzen, secretary; Monty Fields, treasurer; and Janet Doughty, Janet O’Neil and Ryan Doe, all trustees. The Ridge Riders plan their annual banquet on March 14.

Hire approved by school board

The Grand Coulee Dam School District board approved two hires at its meeting a week ago. Hired were Jaci Gross as seventh-grade girls’ basketball coach and Susan Duclos as junior class advisor.

Flu shots advised

Better get your flu shot. That’s the advice of Grant County Health District officials, who report they’ve been told of more than 200 influenza lab reports and schools with 10 percent of their students out of school. Flu symptoms include fever, cough, sore throat, runny or stuffy nose, body aches, headache, chills and fatigue.

EMT and CPR classes

The Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department will put on an emergency medical technician class sometime in February. Those interested may call Chief Rick Paris at 633-2200 or Ryan Fish, assistant chief, at 631-4016.

A CPR class willalso be held at 6 p.m., Jan. 12, at the station.