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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Six new members will join the Colville Business Council in July, according to official poll and absentee ballot results released Thursday night. In Nespelem District 1, longtime Councilmember Harvey Moses, Jr. lost to William “Billy” Nicholson II 463-252. District 2’s Ricky Gabriel lost to Nancy C. Johnson 447-260. Joseph L. Somday prevailed in his challenge to Jack W. Ferguson, winning the Keller seat 164-78. Current CBC Chairman Michael O. Finley was the lone incumbent to retain his seat, fending off Lou Stone for the Inchelium Distr...
Nathan Piturachsatit is taking over as the head coach for Lake Roosevelt volleyball with a strength and fitness emphasis which he hopes will make for a better Lady Raider team. Coach Piturachsatit is a sixth-grade teacher at Grand Coulee Dam Middle School, where he has been the head track coach for the Pirates. His emphasis there on fitness has lead to league championships. This is the first time Nathan Piturachsatit has coached volleyball, but his assistant, and wife Raehanne has coached... Full story
Lake Roosevelt graduates honored their past and looked to the future Saturday as they accepted awards, accolades and diplomas, words of wisdom and hope. The 53 graduates garnered more than $570,000 in scholarship offers and, during what was likely one of the last graduation ceremonies to be held in the current Lake Roosevelt High School gym, received acknowledgement for contributing more than 6,400 hours of volunteer work in the community. “There is so much potential sitting behind me,” not... Full story
Tribal members rallied Friday to deliver a petition to the Colville Business Council, asking it to reconsider an earlier decision on how to split a recent court settlement with the federal government. Meeting at the Fourth of July Grounds arbor at the Colville Indian Agency, a crowd of about 200 heard speeches by those for and against changing the CBC decision to pay out just 20 percent directly to members and invest 80 percent of $193 million gained because of alleged mismanagement of tribal... Full story
Park district commissioners Monday accepted a 10-year management agreement with the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and prepared to pass a supplemental budget that would allow the district to spend more than $100,000 this year, almost all of it from grants. “That’s amazing for an organization that has … no source of income,” commented Chairman Phil Hansen. The Coulee Area Park and Recreation District has never collected taxes, but has relied on agreements with local municipalities for funding the upkeep of North Dam Park and Events Center. The dis... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam School District is withdrawing from a $580,000 energy grant awarded by the state. The Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction announced the grant early in April, and only a few days later the district learned that much of its new facility plan had been funded by the state. The district had been working on the grant for nearly a year and was prepared to re-do lighting and controls in its respective school buildings. It was projected that much of the improvements would pay for themselves through energy savings in... Full story
A government sanctioned monopoly is conspiring to undermine the free market and democracy itself. No, I’m not wearing a tinfoil hat. Unfortunately, this impossible sounding scenario could be approved tomorrow (Thursday) by the Postal Regulatory Commission. If it is, you may not be reading any newspaper, including this one, in a couple of years. The United States Postal Service is desperately seeking new revenue. In order to get it, it’s proposing to strike a sweetheart deal with the largest single junk mail dealer in the country, Valassis. USP... Full story
Well, I think that the Burdin Boulevard Saga needs to quit. I buy a paper every week and it's been all about Burdin Boulevard. Personally, I think people need to give it a rest. I am sick of seeing the petty fighting in the paper. If you don't have something nice to say to your neighbors, then ignore them and they will likely do the same. Sara Shanning Elmer City... Full story
Colville Tribal leadership released a statement explaining their decision to only distribute to members one fifth of $193 million set talent with the federal government. Friday afternoon a woman leading a push to increase that share to half will deliver them a petition she says has more than 1,000 tribal member signatures demanding the bigger split. Colville Business Council Chaiman Michael O. Finley's statement characterizes the settlement as a successful negotiation that spared members from paying taxes on the money and protected their... Full story
A $50,000 grant through the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation will help with operating and maintaining North Dam Park, officials announced last week. Phil Hansen, chairman of the Coulee Area Park and Recreation District, and Lynne Brougher, public affairs officer for the bureau’s Grand Coulee Dam Project, announced the grant at a chamber of commerce luncheon meeting at the Siam Palace last Thursday. The park has been the recipient of much community support ever since the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce pulled area leaders together more t... Full story
Sometimes, when you’re focusing very closely on accomplishing a specific goal, it helps to step back -- about a mile. Perhaps at this point that strategy might be helpful to Coulee Dam, Elmer City and Greg Wilder. Wilder’s examination of Coulee Dam’s plans to upgrade its wastewater treatment plant have inspired Elmer City officials to realize just how much they’ll pay for it, and now lawyers are involved. Some Elmer City folks are starting a petition. And one wonders if a near-midnight visit by police to photograph Wilder’s long grass was... Full story
A Lake Roosevelt High School athlete competed in last weekend’s all-district baseball game in East Wenatchee — against his regular coach. Kramer Carlson, who recently finished his baseball career at Lake Roosevelt with a trip to the state 2B playoffs, along with being named Co-MVP for the Central Washington 2B North, was selected for last weekend’s All District 6 Senior game. The best seniors from all classifications came together at Eastmont High School for a single nine-inning game. Carls... Full story
Jerry Kennedy joined the board of commissioners for the public hospital district that runs Coulee Medical Center last week. Kennedy was sworn in at the regular monthly meeting of the commissioners of Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan Hospital District 6. A former emergency medical technician and past president of the Coulee Medical Foundation, Kennedy has long been interested in a strong hospital for the area. He is a principal at Foisy and Kennedy Insurance and Real Estate. Former commissioner... Full story
The community is about to face a very good problem to have. Even as plans are made to complete a new school, an older edifice that has served for decades may still be put to good use. The time to start thinking about what to do with the building that is the current Grand Coulee Dam Middle School is now, suggested school district Superintendent Dennis Carlson at a recent chamber of commerce meeting. Carlson pointed out that the community has about two-and-a-half years to figure out what it will want the building to be next. The building that... Full story
Three guys boating near Spring Canyon rescued a woman whose boat caught fire in front of them Sunday night. Kim Simons, of Bremerton, and her husband Jeff had just launched their 23-foot Warlock boat from the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area boat launch at Spring Canyon. Kim took the boat for a quick spin while Jeff parked the trailer and walked back to the dock. He was chatting with someone on the dock, he said, “and they said, ‘Hey, your boat’s on fire.’ ” Jeff and Randy Semanko,... Full story
Kim Barry raced her final high school 800-meter run Saturday, to defend her state crown in stunning fashion in the race of the day. One of five Lake Roosevelt Raiders to make it to the the WIAA/Dairy Farmers of Washington/Les Schwab Tires State Track and Field Championships at Eastern Washington University, Barry returned as the state 2B 800-meter and 1600-meter champion, while also competing in the 3200 and the 400. For the first 200 meters of the 800, Barry and Morgan Wilson of Colfax ran shou... Full story
Tanecia Stanczak shot a 116 in the first round of play at the 1B-2B state girls golf tournament at the Oakbrook Golf and Country Club in Lakewood last Tuesday. Her score put her three over the cut to move on to the second round. Head Coach Steve Files said rain Tuesday made playing out of many bunkers and thick rough very difficult. Stanczak pushed through the elements, but some bad luck on a hole and the very high level of the competition made it more difficult to advance. “Tanecia hung tough a... Full story
Three guys boating near Spring Canyon rescued a woman whose boat caught fire in front of them tonight. Kim Simons, of Bremerton, and her husband Jeff had jus t launched their 23-foot Warlock boat from the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area boat launch at Spring Canyon. Kim took the boat for a quick spin while Jeff parked the trailer and walked back to the dock. He was chatting with someone on the dock, he said, ”and they said, ’Hey, you're boats on fire.’” Jeff and Randy Semanko, brothers who both work for the Bureau of Reclama...
Five Lake Roosevelt High School students and their mentors took two awards Saturday at the prestigious Washington State University annual high school problem-solving competition “Imagine Tomorrow.” The “Scrap Power” team from LR took the Global Impact award and fourth place in their division. Each student got Microsoft software and $250. The prize to LRHS was $1,000. The team has been working after school throughout most of the school year to tackle a problem half a world away with very local t... Full story
A local resident has been honored by the Inland Northwest Blood Center as their blood drive coordinator volunteer of the year. Bonnie Femling was recognized at the INBC’s annual banquet May 9 at the Davenport Hotel in Spokane. Femling has been arranging local blood drives for the INBC for decades. “Bonnie goes above and beyond the normal duties of a chairperson,” reads the information INBC shared about her, “in that she will travel throughout the area letting people know abou the blood program... Full story
As you undoubtedly know if you pay attention to national affairs, the United States faces a perfect fiscal storm at the end of this year. A confluence of deadlines and policy triggers unlike anything I can remember in a half-century of public life will produce massive budget cuts and serious tax increases. At least, it will if Congress and the White House don’t act. So it must be all hands on deck in Washington, right? You know where I’m going with this. The House has worked for roughly a third of 2012 so far, and will be out of Washington cam... Full story
Five Raiders placed high enough at the Central Washington 2B District 5 meet last Saturday in East Wenatchee to put them into statewide competition this week at Eastern Washington University. Kim Barry will return to the WIAA/Dairy Farmers of Washington/Les Schwab Tires State Championships at EWU in Cheney May 25 and 26 in four events. Barry qualified for the 400-, 800-, 1600-, and 3200-meter runs by winning the district meet championships in all four. She nailed the 400 in 60.26 seconds, a... Full story
The Lady Raiders tumultuous 2012 softball season came to an end last Tuesday at Waterville with a makeup game against the Shockers. The game originally scheduled for spring break was moved due to makeup games against Brewster. The game started out close with the score being 2 all at the end of the first. The Lady Raiders even had a 6-2 lead going into the bottom of the third. That’s when the Lady Raiders’ luck ran out as the Shockers exploded for a seven-run inning, taking the lead 9-6. In the... Full story
The Raiders took on the Fighting Irish of DeSales in a single-elimination game at the regional tournament in Walla Walla Saturday. DeSales took advantage of the Raiders’ mistakes on the field to score six of their 11 runs to defeat the Raiders 11-2. DeSales eventually took the regional championship. At the plate, the Raiders did score and hit the ball, with Brady Black going two for four, with two runs batted in. Justus DeWinkler had three hits, and Keith Rosenbaum went two for three. Tyler G... Full story
Phoenix Shephard took on Greg Sklar of Omak in a loser-out match last Saturday at Omak High School tennis courts. Shephard and Sklar competed against each other earlier in the season in a very close match that ended with a Sklar win. Saturday, Shephard won the first game to take the early lead, but lost the match, his last as a Raider, 6-2, 6-0. “Phoenix started out on top winning the first game,” commented Head Coach Steve Archer. “And even though the rest of the games were close, going to de... Full story