Articles from the December 24, 2014 edition
Sorted by date Results 1 - 25 of 26
Coulee Recollections
10 years ago Electric City Mayor Ray Halsey said the city will have a balanced budget in 2005, totaling nearly $5.8 million with $294,000 taken out of cash reserves to make it balan... — Updated 12/23/2014
Raider boys now .500 for the season
After losing the first two games of the season, the Raiders rebounded back to .500 by winning both games last week. Both were at home in the Grand Coulee gym. Roof repairs continue... — Updated 12/23/2014
Police chief civil service protection will remain
Grand Coulee’s new police chief will have civil service protection because of action the city council took Dec. 16. The council undid work from its previous meeting when members had been persuaded by Mayor Chris Christopherson... — Updated 12/23/2014
Legals for December 24, 2014
Grand Coulee Dam School District #301J AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY, OPENING FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER - POSITION #5 A vacancy exists on the Board of Directors for the Grand Coulee Dam School District. The Board is seeking letters of... — Updated 12/23/2014
Bowling Scores
TUESDAY HI LO’S TEAM W L Coulee Internet Serv. 43 17 Pepsi 37.5 22.5 Riverview Lanes 34.5 25.5 Fullers 31 29 Sunflower Graphics 30 30 Team 6 0 60 High Game: Pepsi 462; Sheila A. 193 High Series: Pepsi 1232; Sherry 470 Splits:... — Updated 12/23/2014
Wrestlers continue improvement process
Raider wrestlers earned success at the two outings they travelled to last week. Against the Tonasket Tigers, Oroville, and Pateros the three Raider wrestlers at Tonasket Dec. 17 split their matches 2-2. Octavio Alejandre and Oscar... — Updated 12/23/2014
This week in sports
Mon./Tues./Dec. 29/30 11 a.m., HS Basketball at Spokane Tournament Tues., Dec. 30 10 a.m., Wrestling - Power House Tournament here. Sat., Jan. 3 10 a.m., Wrestling at Warden Tournament.... — Updated 12/23/2014
Lady Raiders on three-game win streak
The Lady Raiders picked up two wins in the Grand Coulee gym and are now in a three-game win streak. Head Coach Wallace Pleasants attributes the winning ways in part to what Entiat had shown the Ladies in their loss. He said they... — Updated 12/23/2014
Christmas 60 years ago
Sixty years ago, the holiday season in the community stretching from Electric City to Nespelem featured all kinds of parties, programs and events. Here's a sampling of some of them... — Updated 12/23/2014
Meetings and Notices
No Chamber until Jan. 8 The Grand Coulee Dam Chamber of Commerce will not meet until after the holidays. The next meeting will be held Thurs., Jan. 8, at noon at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee. Care and Share Food... — Updated 12/23/2014
Christmas Eve Services and Programs
St. Dunstan’s of Grand Coulee will hold a Christmas Eve Service on Wednesday, Dec. 24, at 4 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Coulee Dam Community Presbyterian Church will hold its traditional candlelight Christmas Eve service on... — Updated 12/23/2014
Counting our blessings
It’s that time of year when we count our blessings. In America, they are abundant, especially this year. For starters, the unemployment rate is down from 7 percent last December to 5.8 percent. Washington state mirrors the nation... — Updated 12/23/2014
A young spirit of Christmas
Was I that bad? Was I a spoiled brat? Sometimes in this world of selfishness and entitlement, I see it in our youth and I wonder those very questions. I see kids daily believing that they have a right to everything, no matter if... — Updated 12/23/2014
To the residents of the Grand Coulee Dam Area: Time for a little soul searching
I have lived here for 65 years and I have never seen such quarrelsomeness among the entire community. In the past we have had our shares of disagreements between the towns and between the people of the towns. But now we seem to... — Updated 12/23/2014
Gym roof should be finished soon
The Lake Roosevelt High School gym roof is sealed and games there should resume in January when the Raiders have home games scheduled. Superintendent Dennis Carlson said Monday that workers had sealed the roof and reported only... — Updated 12/23/2014
Man apparently dies in truck
A 58-year-old man was found inside his vehicle in a ditch on “B” Street near the gate to the Bureau of Reclamation industrial area Friday night. The driver, Richard J. Wippel, was later pronounced dead at Coulee Medical... — Updated 12/23/2014
Man arrested after cars keyed
An Everett man was arrested Dec. 12, after allegedly damaging a number of cars in front of Banks Lake Pub in Electric City. Nicholas Swartz, 26, found himself in Grant County Jail on a first-degree malicious mischief charge for... — Updated 12/23/2014
Making a joyful noise
The Community Choir performs Sunday afternoon to more than 100 who came to hear Christmas songs and share in refreshments at St. Henry's Catholic Church. - Scott Hunter... — Updated 12/23/2014
Couple to greet the New Year twice next week
Damon Eric Harrell and his wife Kymberly will usher in the New Year at midnight twice next week, if they can pull it off, and they will post to The Star’s Facebook page as they go. The Harrells (he is the son of Melvin Harrell Sr... — Updated 12/23/2014
Newsbriefs
Star takes a long weekend The Star office will be closed for Christmas Dec. 25 and 26. News items and advertisements may be left in the dropbox outside the front office door along with contact information, or emailed to star@grandc... — Updated 12/23/2014
Victim says police indifferent to her loss of life savings in gold
A Grand Coulee woman who lost her life savings in gold Krugerrands has charged that police here show no interest in pursuing ideas she has offered on who might have taken them. Dorothy Harris reported to police early in June this... — Updated 12/23/2014
Volunteer of the Year to be awarded in January
The Star will publish the annual volunteer of the year award in January this year. Readers have until 5 p.m. Jan. 12, 2015 to nominate a volunteer to honor by: • writing a letter to Volunteer of Year, P.O. Box 150 Grand Coulee,... — Updated 12/23/2014
Police seek driver after high-speed chase
Grand Coulee and tribal police are looking for a 28-year-old Nespelem man who avoided capture after a 100-mile-an-hour chase Dec. 12, that ended up on the Colville Indian Reservation. Michael D. Desautel, Jr., was seen by Tribal... — Updated 12/23/2014
Cherubs we have heard on high
Nespelem Elementary School students sing at the school's annual Christmas program Thursday night to a crowd of several hundred parents, friends and loved ones in the school gym. -... — Updated 12/23/2014
Town officials confident of emergency coverage
by Scott Hunter Following a shakeup in the Coulee Dam Fire Department that came to a head two weeks ago, town leaders last week stated their confidence that citizens are safe and that calls for emergency services will be met.... — Updated 12/23/2014