Articles from the October 23, 2013 edition
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Hospital board calls special meeting
Hospital District 6 commissioners will meet in a special session Friday night to discuss, in a closed session, to discuss legal matters with their attorney and to consider an employee’s performance. Following the the closed e... — Updated 10/25/2013 Full story
Police dispute kicked upstairs
A flap over law enforcement coverage at the Bureau of Reclamation has attracted the attention of its regional director. Recently the city of Grand Coulee was awarded a four-man contract, a renewal of an existing agreement, to... — Updated 10/25/2013 Full story
Office: Mayor of Coulee Dam
Gayland Snow's statement: I feel that we must improve our current waste water treatment facility, with the most cost effective measures to insure stability for the future. Other... — Updated 10/25/2013 Full story
Office: Public Hospital District 6 Commission Position 1
Kris Hare's statement: I am Kristan (Kris) Hare running for reelection as Public Hospital District 6 Commissioner, Position 1. When first appointed, then elected six years ago, the... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
Office: Public Hospital District 6 Commission Position 3
Jerry Kennedy's statement: Health care reform brings with it new financial challenges to hospitals. Rural hospitals face the biggest challenges. While our community is fortunate to... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
Bear a bigger problem than usual
There seems to be an unusual amount of black bear in the area this year. Two were shot in Coulee Dam recently by Tribal Natural Resource officers, after residents there were bothere... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
Improvements scheduled for city hall
They are going to dress up city hall. The Electric City council has approved a plan to replace its 22-year-old carpet at city hall, doing half with this year’s budget and the other half with its 2014 budget. Loepp’s Furniture wil... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
City pressed on home mechanic
Mike Horne, owner of MPH, a mechanical firm on Midway in Grand Coulee, made his second appearance before the city council to complain about a home mechanic operation at 431 Grand Coulee Avenue. The operation in question is owned... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
Coulee Recollections
Ten Years Ago A commission that will help bring money for improvements to Elmer City was given the vote of approval Thursday. The commissioners are: Doris Bonertz, Wynne Dennis, Jeff DeWinkler, Ralph Rise and Robert Riley. A fallen... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
Lonesome Larry has lots of friends
In 1992, a single male sockeye salmon managed to swim 900 miles from the mouth of the Columbia River to Redfish Lake in Idaho’s Sawtooth Mountains, the end of his migratory j... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
Teachers, the unsung heros
I was not a good student. Big surprise, right? To be totally honest, for years the comment card on my report card read: Very good student, does not perform to potential, just does e... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
Council in a hurtful rut
WHAT DO YOU THINK!? (like Sneena likes to say). I say our incompetent kiddy council needs to get their political priorities straight and actually “DO” something for the Colville Tribes, the Colville tribal peoples. Spending how... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
Re: "Reader prefers Tea Party line" in Letters from Our Readers, Oct. 16
Good Letter Don McClure, but you didn't go quite far enough. Regarding the economic collapse of 2008. This collapse was caused by Congress with the Affordable Housing Act pushed thru with President Clinton and the Democratic Congre... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
Re: "Local help available for health insurance questions"
In referring to your article praising Coulee Medical Center and Foisy and Kennedy for their assistance signing people up for mandatory health insurance, I would like to add Dawn Ensminger and Darcy Epperson at the IHS Clinic in... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
Election coverage designed to help
Our diverse region and readership have decisions to make. We hope this week’s Local Candidates Forum provides some help for voters who open their mail-in ballots to cast decisions on races they may not have even realized were o... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
Local leader to head state hospital group
During its annual membership meeting last week, the Association of Washington Public Hospital Districts approved new statewide officers, with Coulee Medical Center’s top executive leading the list. CMC’s Chief Executive Off... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
Newsbriefs
Bus building sought Larry Curtis, representing the Senior Center, appeared again before Grand Coulee’s city council asking if the city will allow Seniors to build a garage in which to store their two buses. In a prior a... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
LR National Recreation Area is open
The National Park Service (NPS) reopened all 401 national parks, including Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area, LRNA announced Thursday. Visitor facilities normally open during this time of year including campgrounds, boat... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
Office: Public Hospital District 6 Commission Position 5
Betty Brueske’s statement: The primary challenges that I believe a hospital commissioner faces will be making decisions that support high quality medical care for all while at the same time controlling costs to ensure the s... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
Office: Elmer City Mayor
Mary Jo Carey did not respondGail Morin’s statement: Elmer City’s population has remained constant over the last twenty years and the tax base will likely not increase significantly in the near future. Generally speaking, tha... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
Office: Electric City Council
Aaron Derr’s statement: My name is Aaron Derr and I am running for Electric City Council Position 1. I feel the greatest challenges for this position will be to provide a consistent and transparent governance for Electric City, and... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
Office: Coulee Dam Town Council Position 3
Trader did not respond. Duane Johnson’s statement: 1. What are the top challenges that will be faced by the office you seek to occupy? Addressing and establishing a viable wastewater treatment facility that meets the present and f... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
Office: Coulee Dam Town Council Position 2
Karl Hjorton’s statement: 1. What are the top challenges that will be faced by the office you seek to occupy? I believe that we must address the town's aging infrastructure; in order to promote business and growth within our c... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
Candidates respond to questions
This week The Star presents a candidates’ forum, in which we publish the responses of candidates for public office to questions we emailed to each. Not all responded, but many of the candidates seeking voter approval for 11 contest... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
Are crosswalk violations a problem?
Are violators of pedestrian crosswalks a problem in the area? Yes, says Electric City resident Steve Salstrom, who has complained about the motorists who zoom by even when people are in the crosswalks. Salstrom stated that on one... — Updated 10/23/2013 Full story
