Articles from the July 31, 2013 edition
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We're going away for a while
Star Online readers, This site will be down tonight as the site is migrating to faster servers. Downtime will start about 11:30 p.m., so you probably won't notice. I know I won't!... — Updated 8/2/2013 Full story
Flash flood warning issued for local area
Local residents should be aware of a current flash flood warning issued by the National Weather Service this afternoon effecting our immediate area: A FLASH FLOOD WARNING REMAINS... — Updated 8/2/2013 Full story
Newsbriefs
Port moves ahead with project Grant County Port District 7 has advised its engineering firm, USKH of Spokane, to proceed with the bid specifications for its new dump truck/snow plow and a 30x40 foot building to house it in. Port... — Updated 8/2/2013 Full story
Keller community comes together for bullying prevention message
July 18, 2013 – The Keller Community came together for a night of Bullying Prevention education, dinner and a movie. Reservation families came together to “Stomp Out Bullying.” The... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
Legal Notices for July 31 2013
Town of Elmer City Special Meeting The Town of Elmer City will hold a Special Meeting on Monday, August 6th at 6:00 p.m. at to meet with Foisy & Kennedy to discuss possible changes and/or options pertaining to the Town’s insurance... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
Birthday bags for the food bank from the LDS Church
Joette Barry, left, a member of the Coulee Dam Relief Society, delivered 42 bags full of birthday supplies to Fern Baylock at the food bank last Monday. These bags have been... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
Planning on canning this summer?
WSU Food Safety & Preservation Information Assistants are now available in Okanogan County to answer your food preservation questions and test pressure canner gauges. Clinics will be held every Wednesday from July to October... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
Births in the Coulee
It’s a girl for the Drywaters Tolanna and Billy Drywater of Nespelem are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Sunnie Willow Drywater on Sunday, July 7, 2013,at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 7 lbs., 8... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
Class reunions this week
Class of 1993 to Celebrate 20 Years The Lake Roosevelt Class of 1993 will be holding its 20-year reunion the weekend of August 2 and 3. Friday evening the group will meet at Electric City Bar & Grill. Saturday at 11a.m., a visit to... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
NW author to visit the library
Some upcoming activities at the Grand Coulee library are: August 2, 11 a.m. - Renowned NW author / illustrator Eric Brooks August 9, tba - Dig into Archaeology. August 16, 10:30 a.m. - SRP Gala -games, crafts, food, FUN! Summer... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
Celebrate fifty years
The Coulee Dam High School Class of 1963 celebrated its 50th Reunion Saturday May 20 with a dinner at Pepper Jack’s Restaurant. Left to right: back row - Dean Skorheim, Larry J... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
Bike tour coming to town
Grand Coulee will be visited by a cross country bike tour that is raising awareness for the Fuller Center for Housing which is faith-driven and Christ-centered and promotes collaborative and innovative partnerships with... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
James Dean Davis
James Dean Davis, 55, July 3, 1958 - July 29, 2013. James’ 10 a.m. dressing will be held on Wednesday morning, July 31, 2013, at Strate Funeral Home in Grand Coulee, Wash., followed by transport to the Nespelem Community Center w... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
James (Jim) Alberg Pryor
James (Jim) Alberg Pryor was born on June 14, 1932, in Glendale, Calif., and passed away peacefully on Saturday, July 27, 2013, surrounded by his family, while the sun was rising... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
Jeannie Redthunder-Moon
Jeannie Redthunder-Moon, 76, passed away from this life on Thursday morning, July 25, 2013, in Grand Coulee, Wash., surrounded by her family. Born September 26, 1936, into the... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
Remember when?
Did you ever get to ride this boat, back when the pool behind Grand Coulee Dam was so new it had not yet been named after Franklin Delano Roosevelt? Tell us about... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
Coulee Recollections
Ten Years Ago A woodpecker stuck its beak where it didn’t belong yesterday and set off a fire that brought several fire departments to put down the blaze. A canoe more than a century old became the latest addition to the Colville T... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
Mayor's view makes own problem worse
The Star and the Spokesman Review recently published a news article and an editorial regarding Mayor Snow’s embarrassing position and belief paradigm regarding the public’s right to access the town’s records and documents. As it... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
Hero in the woods and other stories at camp
Well, we just returned from our annual campout at the “Plantation.” A year ago I wrote about the huckleberry expedition and the devastation of the storm that went up the San Poil Valley. The remnants of the storm are still the... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
Local car re-creator known nationally
Mike Mooney is a magician of sorts. Not the sleight of hand kind, but the type that takes a pile of material and makes something beautiful out of it. Mike builds cars, the custom... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
Weighing Washington's high cost of doing business
Gov. Jay Inslee was in New York for the world rollout of BMW’s new electric car, the BMW i3, which is partially built in Washington. We are all justifiably proud of our state’s role and see the car as a harbinger of Washington’s ec... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
Safeway mgr. making changes
Since arriving in April, the new Safeway store manager in Grand Coulee has been working to correct weaknesses in the store and repair some community relations, he told chamber of... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
Chamber planning "Harvest Festival"
Get ready for the community’s first Harvest Festival, Sept. 14, 15. It will be a family affair with games for both the kids and adults. A similar, but less ambitious, event happened last October. Sponsored by the Grand Coulee D... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
Seniors making use of local center's own bus
The seniors are getting mobile. The Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center’s new once-a-month program of going to Spokane to shop has been successful and they are already planning trips t... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
Tribal headquarters burns down
The building that has housed the headquarters of the Colville Tribes for decades burned down early Monday, leaving tribal leaders to figure out how to spread out even more of their... — Updated 7/31/2013 Full story
