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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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The Raider girls finished one point behind 2A Medical Lake to place fourth at the Quincy Invitational, sponsored by Clifton Larson Allen at Quincy High School Saturday. Leading the way was Kim Barry, who, for the second week in a row, swept the long distance races. In the 3200-meter race, Barry jumped out ahead early and then built a 40-second lead on the second-place runner. By the last lap, Barry had lapped a third of the other runners. Her first-place time of 11 minutes, 58.8 seconds is a... Full story
Raider baseball took on the Mountain Lions of Liberty Bell last week in a three-game season series. The first game was played at Greene Field on Tuesday where the Raiders won 1-0. Kramer Carlson pitched a one hitter and was backed up by a stout defensive effort that gave up zero errors. Carlson ensured his victory at the plate by driving in Justus DeWinkler for the only run of the game. By the time the Raiders travelled to Twisp on Saturday, things had changed for LR. One player was placed on the disabled list and a few others had been... Full story
Raider tennis cancelled their match on Thursday after the sudden death of schoolmate Rickey Louie-Burris. The match will be made up at a later date. “Some of our tennis kids were very close to Rickey and were unable to compete," Head Coach Steve Archer said. Raider tennis had to move on, though, and first on the list as they hit the courts the next day against Pateros/Brewster was to win and continue to improve. The boys again swept the field in singles play. Phoenix Shephard defeated Taylor Dou... Full story
Raider golf cancelled Thursday’s match out of respect for Rickey Louie-Burris, a sophomore at Lake Roosevelt High School who died in a car wreck Wednesday night. Head coach Steve Files does not believe that the match will be made up this season. Raider golf moved forward on Monday with a match in Moses Lake at the Moses Pointe Golf Course against Riverside Christian, Columbia Basin Secondary, and Moses Lake Christian. The boys showed improvement and are gaining strengh in their game, Files s... Full story
The Lady Raiders, coming off their three game sweep of the Fillies, got swept themselves by the Nannies of Pateros last week. The team was hit hard by the sudden loss of Rickey Louie-Burris, Head Coach Tristan Daniels commented. "It has been hard for a lot of the softball players to handle,” he said. “Some have never had a friend or classmate pass away. We think, what if we were there? It may not have happened.” In the first game of the series, the Lady Raiders could not get anything going... Full story
Last week at the Grand Coulee Dam Middle School’s GCD Home Meet, eighth-grader Sydney Matheson threw for a 4-foot personal record in the shot put, which placed her at number one in the state for middle school girls. Matheson’s throw of 36 feet, 9 inches edged out Angel Nkwonta from Lincoln Middle School in Pullman by just one inch for first place in the athletic.net Washington State performance list at 6 pounds. Matheson was ecstatic just hear how far her throw had gone, let alone that she was the best in the state. Tomorrow at Bridgeport, Mat... Full story
A project to improve the pump-generator plant at Grand Coulee Dam will have no significant impact on the environment — or on the local school district, the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation states in a formal paper. The Bureau released its Finding of No Significant Impact and Final Environmental Assessment for the proposed John W. Keys, III Pump Generating Plant Modernization Project on April 12. The Grand Coulee Dam School District had objected to not being notified and asked for input on the project, contending it could significantly impact d... Full story
Our community is all abuzz with the news that a new school is funded. People from all walks — young parents, elderly without kids, business people, kids in schools, teachers, laborers of all sorts — get an excited gleam in the eye, and even a few tears welling in the eyes sometimes when they bring up the news. And we should be excited. The state’s decision, spearheaded by your 12th Legislative District Senator Linda Evans Parlette, may even be unprece-dented. The state normally offers a match to communities that can raise enough through prope... Full story
I would like to give an update on my reports of BULLYING occurring in GCDSD schools and my lack of support from school administration to address the ongoing problem or even return my numerous calls and emails. I met with Dennis Carlson, superintendent, on Tuesday, March 13, with my concerns about the safety and wellbeing of my son (and others) and lack of response to my concerns by Lisa Lakin, principal of the middle school. Dr. Carlson was receptive to hearing my needs and stated he would follow up on my issues. Dr. Carlson called me on... Full story
Raider pitchers gave up only six runs in a three-game sweep of the Pateros Billygoats last week, while Raider bats inflicted 39 runs on the Billygoat defense. The wins improved Lake Roosevelt’s win-loss record to 9-1 overall, 5-1 in league play. Brady Black pitched two of his best games yet against the Billygoats. In the first game last Tuesday at Pateros, Black racked up nine strikeouts while giving up only one hit and zero earned runs. Black pitched the second game on Friday at Greene Field, w... Full story
The Lady Raiders earned their first softball victory of 2012 last Monday in Grand Coulee over the Fillies of Bridgeport 20-8. The effort was highlighted by Ciara Nault’s two inside-the-park home runs and her two diving catches at shortstop, the second for the final out of the game. Riki Wippel and Danielle Laramie teamed up on the mound for a pitching performance greatly improved from the outings against Brewster and Okanogan. Ashley Semmens and Jada Desautel hit triples, and Desautel contributed a third inside-the-park homer to push the l... Full story
Raider golf travelled April 10 to Sage Hills Golf Club outside of Warden, where they took on the Warden Cougars, Waterville Shockers, and Columbia Basin Phoenix. Tanecia Stanczak continued to dominate the girls’ game, shooting a 44 over nine holes, a score that puts her near the top of the league for girls golfers. The Lake Roosevelt boys struggled to get going after the spring break layoff. "The boys struggled a bit, but maintained a positive attitude." Head Coach Steve Files stated. In the end, Drew Desautel shot a 47 on the back nine to l... Full story
Raider tennis played two matches last week, traveling to Wilson Creek on Monday and at home on Thursday against Entiat. At Wilson Creek, both the boys and girls posted team victories with the LR boys winning four matches and the girls three. Phoenix Shephard dispatched Adolfo Fernadez eaily in two matches 6-1, 6-1. Hayden Rodrigues battled hard after losing the first match, winning the second 7-6, but dropping the overtime match 7-4 to Brandon Berneski. Nick Rice and the doubles teams won by forfeit. Emily Williams won in singles action over... Full story
At the Ron Vanderholm Invite last Friday in Royal City, both Lake Roosevelt squads placed at an invitational meet for the first time this season. “We are developing depth in many of our events and our team scores are beginning to show it,” Head Coach Lori Adkins said. The Raider girls finished third at the meet by scoring 89 team points. Leading the LR girls was Kim Barry, who swept the long distance races and took first in the pole vault. Barry’s championship times: 2 minutes, 32 seconds in the 800-meter run; 5:49 in the 1600 and 12:11 in th... Full story
Some of you have noticed that our photo site has not been updated for a couple weeks, and you WANT YOUR PHOTOS! OK, ok. We're catching up. The website folks upgraded their site about two weeks ago, and I've had to wait for them to fix some things before I could upload. Here's a slideshow for the 4-11 issue, which had a bunch of photos never printed, including the Easter Egg Hunt. Enjoy. 4-11-12 Star Photos - Images by Scott Hunter... Full story
Sometimes dreams do come true. The Grand Coulee Dam School District’s plans for a new school appear to be a go. After long budgeting hassles in Olympia, the governor, the House and Senate finally agreed today, mostly, on a budget — one that includes enough money to build a new school for the Grand Coulee Dam community. Added to the $14 million already approved two years ago for the project, a $17 million line item in the supplemental capital budget appeared virtually assured of passage early thi... Full story
As the city of Grand Coulee gets pressured to enforce its cleanup laws, it might consider changing them, if necessary. If city officials are worried about the cost of litigation in forcing residents to clean up their own property, they should at least consider a legal route other towns have taken: put the ordinance in the criminal, rather than civil, code. Doing so no doubt comes with pros and cons on which the city’s attorney can offer advice, but the general thrust of the reasoning for it is that infractions are dealt with in a simpler m... Full story
The opportunities for young graduates from college are immense. I recently had one of my grandchildren sign up to be a teacher in South Korea. He graduated from college but could find no teaching jobs at the time except helping at the local schools in various jobs. He was not happy and while playing on the computer one day he found that teachers were needed in international areas to teach their children the English language. He applied and was accepted in South Korea. He loves the job and the area and has worked there for two years. He also... Full story
Katelynn Schilling placed sixth in the shot put after throwing 31 feet 11 inches, beating her personal record by more than 2 feet last week. Schilling joined Kim Barry and Jesse Adkins on the placers’ podium for the Raiders at the 84th annual Davis Invitational in Yakima. Schilling's throw not only beat out her Central Washington 2B competition from Ashley Sabin (31 feet, 0 inches) and Alyssum Reno (30-9) of Kittitas, but also vaults her to second on the performance list at athletic.net for Dist... Full story
Tristen Daniels was introduced Monday as the new head coach for Lake Roosevelt softball after a hard week of improvement and growth. The week started with a home game April 2 against Brewster when the Lady Raiders lost 30-4. Because of spring break several of the girls had left with their families, leaving the interim coaches with holes to fill for Thursday's doubleheader against Brewster. The Lady Raiders continued to struggle and suffered two more hard losses at the hands of the Bears.... Full story
In a make-up doubleheader at Brewster last Thursday, the Raider bats came alive to take both games from the Bears. It was a turn around from last Monday’s 8-2 loss to the same team. In the first game, Brady Black stayed on the mound for six innings, racking up three strikeouts and holding the Bears to two hits, allowing only one earned run. Justus DeWinkler finished out the game, closing it with three strikeouts, knocking down the Bears in order. “Defensively, our pitchers continued pounding the strike zone,” noted Head Coach Brandon Byers... Full story
Rick King stepped down from his longtime post as hospital district commissioner Wednesday, ending a 14-year volunteer career capped by the building of a new hospital. “This has been one of the hardest things to decide,” King said, announcing his resignation at the regular monthly meeting of the Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, Okanogan Hospital District 6 board of commissioners. “It’s been one of the funnest things I’ve done, being on this board. And it’s been one of the worst things I’ve done,” he sai... Full story
The concept is fairly mundane, nothing to get excited about. Executive and leadership boards quite often go on “retreats” to places other than their usual haunts to hash out ideas and plans in a fresh setting, supposedly to add a creative boost to stale neural patterns, a fresh perspective from a different place. But when publicly elected officials decide to move their public meeting to a venue far away from their constituents, the retreat concept can take on a different twist altogether. Electric City’s City Council is planning one in Moses... Full story
I would expand that statement. Our entire city needs to be cleaned up. Drive or walk about anywhere … our town is an eyesore. Besides the unlicensed cars, boats, trailers and motor homes on our streets, we also have burned and boarded up houses and yards filled with trash. The house next to ours was abandoned last year. Along with the trash in the yard, two cars were left behind. When approached, the police said we had to file a formal complaint with City Hall before they could do anything. If our city does not have an ordinance to keep our s... Full story
Crime is the number one problem affecting the quality of life in Grant County. We are seeing an epidemic of thefts, as metal and hay thieves prey on our hardworking farmers. We’re seeing property crimes, including burglaries, vandalism and graffiti. We’re seeing the growing issue of gangs and the violence they bring. We’re seeing assaults, rapes and homicides. And there is a growing feeling by county residents that we are powerless to prevent crime. We are not powerless. The good people of Grant County can do something to help fight crime... Full story