Articles from the April 4, 2012 edition
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Supporting the cause
Grand Coulee native son and world champion bull rider Shane Proctor and his sister Cody Proctor address a room full of Ridge Rider supporters at what could be the group’s first a... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
Focusing on the center
Community leaders gather in a Coulee Medical Center meeting room Thursday to get and give a sense of support for the idea of pursuing a community/wellness center that would likely... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
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Hospital commissioner steps down from board
Rick King stepped down from his longtime post as hospital district commissioner Wednesday, ending a 14-year volunteer career capped by the building of a new hospital. “This has b... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
It's a girl for the Slaters
Catrien and Dusten Slater of Electric City are pleased to announce the birth of their daughter Sophie Sue Slater on Monday, March 12, 2012, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 7 lbs., 15 oz., and was 21 inches in... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
Easter events
Easter Sunrise Service set The Coulee Area Pastors’ Association would like to invite everyone to the Community Easter Sunrise Service at 7 a.m. on Easter Sunday, April 8, at Crown Point. Easter happenings at Community Church The C... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
Coulee Cops
Grand Coulee Police 3/25 - A Lewiston driver was stopped when an officer noticed that occupants of the vehicle were not wearing seat belts. There were four in the front seat and four in the back. Two minors, the driver and a front... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
Marion Braun
Memorial services for Marion Braun will be held at St. Henry’s Catholic Church in Grand Coulee on Saturday, April 14, 2012, at 11 a.m. A luncheon will follow. Braun passed away January 9, 2012.... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
Marcella McCraigie
Marcella McCraigie, 84, passed away, Tuesday, April 3, 2012, in Grand Coulee. A recitation of the Rosary will be held for her in the Strate Funeral Home Chapel of Grand Coulee, at 3 p.m., on Thursday, April 5, with graveside... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
Coulee Recollections
Ten Years Ago An effort has been launched to encourage Electric City to adopt a cleanup law similar to Grand Coulee’s. Grand Coulee resident Gerald Sands attended the Electric C... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
Jess, Shut Up - Missing the missing trees
Over the last few weeks, trees and shrubs have been disappearing between Pole Park and The Star newspaper. The culprit? USBR. This made me think of the joggers and walkers that use... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
Time to speak up about crime
Crime is the number one problem affecting the quality of life in Grant County. We are seeing an epidemic of thefts, as metal and hay thieves prey on our hardworking farmers. We’re seeing property crimes, including burglaries, v... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
RE: Neighborhood needs to be cleaned up
I would expand that statement. Our entire city needs to be cleaned up. Drive or walk about anywhere … our town is an eyesore. Besides the unlicensed cars, boats, trailers and motor homes on our streets, we also have burned and b... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
City planning is extreme
We are writing this as concerned citizens of Electric City. We feel that what the city has been doing with the annexations, zoning and ordinance changes, is a little extreme. On the annexations, they went about this against us.... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
Retreat from what, exactly?
The concept is fairly mundane, nothing to get excited about. Executive and leadership boards quite often go on “retreats” to places other than their usual haunts to hash out ideas and plans in a fresh setting, supposedly to add... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
Firefighters to train for red cards
A number of fire departments will be in training April 11 and 12, at Electric City, for “red card” wildfire certification. Firefighters who go out on range fires need eight hours of training each year in order to keep their “re... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
Updates coming for network, phones
The Grand Coulee Dam School District board approved an E-Rate project totaling some $232,000, at its meeting March 26. Of the project total, the district will put in just over $57,000. E-Rate funds come from both state and federal... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
Man found dead
A Coulee Dam man was found dead Monday about noon in Fiddle Creek, near 402 Columbia, an apparent suicide victim. Lyle Allstot, 30, was a graduate of Lake Roosevelt High School in 2000 and a longtime employee of Harvest Foods.... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
State awards over half million for energy upgrades
The Grand Coulee Dam School District has received an energy grant from the state of $580,268, district officials said Monday. Coupled with energy incentives in the amount of $174,243, and net costs to the school district of... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
Full slate filed for tribal elective offices
All seven Colville Tribal Business Council members up for election this year are being challenged for their two-year terms. A total of 29 have filed for the seven seats with the primary election barely four weeks away on May 5. Bot... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
City OK’s agreements
Electric City’s city council approved agreements with three entities last week. • An agreement with the Grand Coulee Veterinary Clinic details rates for euthanasia and disposal fees for animals brought into the clinic and also for... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
LR’s head basketball coach resigns from position
Brad Wilson’s resignation as boys’ varsity basketball coach at Lake Roosevelt High School was accepted by the school board at its last meeting. Athletic Director Rich Black sai... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
Golf rates slashed by commissioners
Golf play is open at Banks Lake Golf Course, and the port district has slashed membership rates significantly. Individual memberships have dropped from $750 a year to $400 and membership for couples or families has been trimmed... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
Newsbriefs
Baseball fund raiser tonight Raider baseball and softball will hold a joint fund raiser tonight from 6 to 8 p.m. The “Hit-A-Thon” will take pledges based on longest hits, introduce a “Fungoman Challenge” and let community members... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
Electric City Council to meet in Moses Lake
Electric City’s council will retreat, May 4. That is, they will go on a retreat. The council members, at the urging of Councilmember Birdie Hensley, agreed to set aside a day to go to Moses Lake for discussions. The council, at t... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
Reining right
Instructor Tara Johnson, left, talks students through a lesson during a Monday session of her riding clinic put on by the Ridge Riders at the Colorama Rodeo Grounds in Delano. — S... — Updated 4/4/2012 Full story
