Articles from the September 28, 2016 edition
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Town gone from nice to nothing
Not sure where to start. We have gone from a nice town with services to nothing in a few short years. We are being told to call 911 after 5 p.m. and on weekends. We have over 18 single ladies in this town, over half over 70. We... — Updated 9/30/2016 Full story
Runners compete at Okanogan
Lake Roosevelt cross country runners attended the Okanogan Invitational last Wednesday. The runners are already showing an improvement since last week. Out of 59 total runners, Raiders finished mostly in the middle time range.... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
Lady Raiders lose two
The Lady Raiders volleyball team lost in the tie-breaking fifth set Sept. 20 against Okanogan. "My girls started off the game really hot," Head Coach Kasey Garvin said. "They... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
Raiders beat the Bears in chaotic game
The Lake Roosevelt Raiders defeated the Brewster Bears 36-14 in Coulee Dam Friday to go 4-0 for the season and leading the league, the first time LR has had this good of a record... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
Legals for September 28, 2016
Town of Elmer City Budget Hearing The Town of Elmer City will hold a Budget Hearing on Thursday, October 13, 2016, at 6:00 p.m. The Budget Hearing will be held at Elmer City Town Hall, 505 Seaton Ave., Elmer City, WA. All... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
Meetings and Notices
Chamber To Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, September 29, at La Presa Mexican Restaurant in Grand Coulee. Judge Estudillo will be the guest speaker. Grant County Port Dist. 7 Budg... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
Okanogan County is celebrating 4-H Week Oct. 3–7
Do you want to know what the 4-H program is about? How to find a club in your area? How to start a new club? How to navigate the 4-H Online system? All current and potential 4-H members and leaders are invited to join the WSU... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
Virginia A. Haney Allen
Virginia A. Haney Allen, born August 10, 1919, in Watts, California, passed away Sunday, September 25, 2016, in Grand Coulee, Washington. A complete obituary will run in an upcoming Star issue.... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
It's a girl for Smith/Stanford
Kristen Smith and Corey Stanford, of Electric City, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Scarlet Olivia Stanford, born Tuesday, September 20, 2016, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 6 lbs., 9 oz.,... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
Betty Franks
Betty Franks, 96, of Othello, Washington, passed away Friday, September 23, 2016. She was born in Spokane, Washington, on August 7, 1920. Betty Franks graduated from Medical Lake Hi... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
Daniel Robert Williams
Daniel Robert Williams, 47, of Grand Coulee, Washington, passed away suddenly on Monday, Sept. 19, 2016, at 11:11 a.m. at Mid Valley Hospital in Okanogan, Washington. He was born... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
Seventy-seven years ago
A section of rubble masonry retaining wall is completed for the pumping plant parking area and for the highway grade change in this area. - Sept. 6, 1939.... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
We remember '86 and more
This weekend the class of 1986 from the great halls of Lake Roosevelt will celebrate 30 years out in the real world. Classmates will come back to the streets of Electric City, Elmer City, Grand Coulee and Coulee Dam, their old... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
Commissioners have made public lands private
I think what people may not know regarding the road closures in the South Okanogan County, from 2001 until the recent Three Devils Road in 2015, is that there are thousands of acres of public land that the public no longer has... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
He'll vote for Thrasher
Eyebrows rose when a young woman not born in Okanogan County rallied more votes than the incumbent, moving on to the Nov. 8 general election for District 2 Okanogan County Commissioner. But the excellence Ashley Thrasher has shown... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
Reader asserts facts misstated
After hearing and reading a lot of misinformation about the race between Judge David Estudillo and his challenger, Nick Wallace, I feel compelled to set the record straight regarding two issues: campaign financing and judicial... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
Three endorse Estudillo for judge
The three of us have over 75 years of experience practicing law in Grant County. All of us have been both prosecutors and criminal defense attorneys at some point in our careers. We have practiced in front of numerous judges in... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
School bus driver shortage looms
The Grand Coulee Dam School District is “seriously” short of bus drivers. Recruiting bus drivers hasn’t worked, and “advertising for them the past few years has failed to replace retiring drivers,” bus manager Bill Kemble sa... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
Gas thieves drill and drain tanks
Jess Ford of Grand Coulee has had 15 vehicles' fuel tanks drilled by thieves in the past four months. Several of the tanks were drilled while inside a fenced-in storage area off... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
Newsbriefs
GC fire and ambulance busy The Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department and Ambulance Service reported five fire calls and 28 ambulance calls during August. Fire calls included four mutual aid responses and one vehicle fire. Eight... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
Scores show up for free food
The parking lot and surrounding area at Zion Lutheran Church was full last Thursday as the Second Harvest mobile truck distributed free food to scores who showed up. The event was... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
Four towns cooperate on paving grant
Area vehicles could have a lot of sticky tar on their tires if a four-town request for grants to chip seal a number of area streets comes through in October. Four towns have applied for a state Transportation Improvement Board... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
Two seek appointment to council
Two residents have indicated interest in the vacant council seat in Grand Coulee. The city had advertised for someone to fill the vacancy that occurred when Erin Nielsen resigned after taking job in Boise, Idaho. Expressing an... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
City presses ahead with controversial plan
Electric City has adopted its Revitalization and Pathways plan by a 5-0 council vote and is already moving ahead to accomplish one of its goals — sidewalks and curbing along SR-155 as it goes through the city’s business dis... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
Spectacular hike
Nick Heilman, of Grand Coulee, takes in the view Sunday afternoon from near the top of Steamboat Rock, overlooking two boaters on Banks Lake and the Steamboat Rock State Park... — Updated 9/28/2016 Full story
