Articles from the August 31, 2016 edition
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Roll on, Columbia River Treaty negotiations
Anyone who has spent time in Central Washington knows the Columbia River is the defining natural feature of our region. As the largest river in the Western Hemisphere that flows into the Pacific Ocean, it has long guided the way... — Updated 9/2/2016 Full story
Balls of money at golf course
A golf ball drop fundraiser Saturday at Banks Lake Golf Course netted the course $1,050, and provided prize money for three whose numbered balls fell closest to the pin. The 300... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
Big catfish caught in Banks Lake
Local fisherman Greg Anderson caught what must be a near-record catfish in Banks Lake recently. Anderson, from Coulee Dam, said he was fishing near the buoys at North Dam, when a... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
Fresh start
Kim Iverson, left, welcomes Rowena St. Pierre and family to her preschool classroom during an open house at Nespelem School Monday night. Nespelem students and community were... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
BOWLING
Senior League 8-24-16 Bob 162/167/173=502; Leo 179/132/154=465; Karen 172/130/167=469; Ray 172/146/127= 445; Dixie 138/148/125=411... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
Summer Reading reaches 3,042 hours
Grand Coulee's Public Library just finished its Summer Reading Program with 179 kids signing up and 115 completing the program, librarian Lisa Moore said. The readers also took... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
Duclos graduates from EWU
Karah Duclos graduated from Eastern Washington University June 11, 2016, with a double major Bachelor of Arts degree in Business Administration and Professional Accounting, Cum Laude. She plans to pursue her CPA within the next... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
Raiders show good signs in pre-season football jamboree
The Raider football team showed a lot of promise on Saturday when they played Bridgeport in a pre-season “jamboree.” The Raiders scored three touchdowns, while only allowing one during the series of short scrimmages against Man... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
Meetings and Notices
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting at noon this Thursday, Sept. 1, at La Presa Restaurant on SR-174 in Grand Coulee. Rachel Harris will be talking about the new Care Net facility in... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
Susan Lee Eyer
Susan Lee Eyer, 70, of Missoula, Montana, passed away on Sunday, August 21, 2016, at her home after losing her battle with cancer. She was born on May 4, 1946, in Coulee Dam, Washington, to Wilbur and Mary Lou Boydston. As a young... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
Dorothy Irene (Terpstra) Fifield
Dorothy Fifield went to be with the Lord Friday, August 19, 2016. Dorothy was born April 16, 1936, in Ft Peck, Montana. As a young child she moved to Blaine, Washington, where she... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
Seventy-seven years ago
Looking east into the main unit generator room of the left powerhouse during the course of construction. On the left is shown the tip elf scaffolding erected by the contractor to... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
Changing of the guard at LR
There are those who fear change, the unknown that comes with something new. We get used to the way things were done in the past, we become comfortable. So when in a single school summer, we get a new superintendent, a new school... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
Reasons listed against lake trail and water park behind private homes
It would not open up Electric City for potential growth, as the city has said they wanted. It opens private homes for burglary, vandalism, and there is no safety in this for children. (The Star reports we have plenty of crime... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
B Street not the cause of today's problems
Jess, I have read some strange comments from you, but this one takes the cake and demands a reply. Are you and the other people serious about thinking “B Street” has been the reason for the crime and degradation in our area, a clo... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
Something is definitely amiss
People at last week’s Coulee Dam Town Council meeting speaking up about local crime were stating out loud what we’re all feeling: the community is not as safe as it once was. There have been times in the last three decades whe... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
Church opening delayed
The Almira Community Church has delayed its Coulee Dam opening date for services to Oct. 9, Pastor Paul McArthur said last week. The opening for services had previously been set for Oct. 2. “Things have been progressing n... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
Colville Tribes awarded $8.3 million from Teck for legal costs
The US District Court for the District of Eastern Washington has ruled that Teck Metals Ltd. must pay nearly $8.3 million to the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation for all past costs related to the Tribes’ ongoing l... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
Pair taking over managing fish- raising project
The fish pens in Electric City have a new manager, in fact a pair of them. Carl Russell, who has managed the fish pens for the past 25 years and is retiring, said last week that... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
Newsbriefs
Early deadline for Labor Day The Star newspaper will be closed Monday for the Labor Day holiday. Deadline for news and advertising for the Sept. 7 newspaper is 5 p.m. Friday, Sept. 2. Parent night at LR schools tonight Tonight... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
Grand Coulee to seek lighting grant
Grand Coulee is going to move forward and seek a grant to install LED street lights throughout the city, Mayor Paul Townsend said last week. The issue was brought up by public works Director Dennis Francis at the August 16 city cou... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
A day of the big planes
Two large airplanes were on the tarmac at the local airport last Thursday morning. One, a Metroliner owned by the Army Corps of Engineers out of Omaha, Nebraska, and the other a... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
LR schools start with new leaders
Students of Lake Roosevelt Schools will return to classrooms Tuesday, Sept. 6, and will be welcomed by a number of new leaders. Superintendent Paul Turner will begin his first year as the education leader, replacing Dennis... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
Concerns on crime stated
A fairly upbeat report on crime statistics in Coulee Dam didn’t assuage fears among residents who expressed dire concerns at the town council meeting about increasing petty crime. Mayor Greg Wilder recited findings from USA.com, a... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
Coulee Dam votes to file suit against Elmer City
Coulee Dam instructed the town’s attorney last week to file a lawsuit against Elmer City for breach of a decades-old contract between the two towns, saying Elmer City isn’t paying its bills. Following an executive session of the... — Updated 8/31/2016 Full story
