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Singer-songwriter Bradford Loomis came to the Grand Coulee Library on Sept. 12, performing original and traditional songs in the folk tradition to a small audience. With his long beard, Loomis’ voice ranged from a low grumble to a howling falsetto. Loomis told the audience about how he came to be a full-time musician after losing his job and home in the 2008 housing market crash. “I found music to be both a salve, but also a means of helping supplement our income, until it’s become the full-time thing that we do,” Loomis said. “We tour around a...
The Lake Roosevelt Raiders defeated the Liberty Bell Mountain Lions 42-0 on Friday night, making their win-loss record 2-1. The Raiders scored six touchdowns for the night. Lucas Bird was on the receiving end of three touchdown passes from quarterback Hunter Whitelaw; Dylan Steinert ran one into the end zone; Whitelaw ran one in; and Kolby Picard intercepted a Mountain Lion pass and returned it for a touchdown. Running back Tony Nichols had touchdowns called back on multiple occasions due to pen...
The Raider cross country team ran at the Trojan Invitational on Saturday in Wapato Point Park in Manson and is already showing improvement from the week before. "They ran really well," said Head Coach Brian Daniels. "I think being able to place and having runners who medaled was a good confidence boost for them." Kyona Edmo placed third out of the 23 girl runners, finishing the 5,000-meter race with a time of 23 minutes, 4 seconds. Hannah Wapato and Kayla St. Pierre also finished in the top 10,...
The Lady Raider soccer team kicked off their season with two wins and a loss this past week, already showing a dramatic improvement over last season. In Manson on Sept. 12, the Lady Raiders defeated the Mustangs 3-1. Junior Kylee Marchand had two assists, the first to sophomore Maddie Toulou, the second to freshman Bryn Chaffee. "Bryn made the second half exciting because she had so many solid shots," said Head Coach Casey Moore. Team Captain, junior Loryn Moore, made a long assist to Toulou who...
The Lady Raiders volleyball team remains undefeated by beating both Waterville and Oroville in only three sets this past week to make their win-loss record 4-0. In Waterville on Sept. 12, the Lady Raiders gained a decisive win, defeating the Lady Shockers in three quick sets 25-17, 25-22, and 25-12. "We played around with a couple of rotations again," said Head Coach Kasey Garvin. "It proved to be a great night to work on different things." Leaders for the evening were Sean Garvin with eight...
The Lady Raiders competed in two games and a jamboree in the past week, winning both games and having fun competition at the jamboree. The ladies opened their season by defeating Bridgeport on the road three games to two. "I decided to try out various options," said Head Coach Kasey Garvin. "We ran different hitting tempos, alternative line-ups, and offenses. I took the opportunity to experiment during our first non-league match." The first eight games of the season are "non-league," meaning the...
This week the Raiders traded in Friday night lights for Monday night football in Manson, where the Mustangs defeated the Raiders 14-8. The smoke that had been in the air was responsible for the schedule change. In the second quarter, Raider quarterback Steven Flowers ran 32 yards for a touchdown, and, with a successful two-point conversion, put the Raiders up 8-0 at halftime. But the Raiders gave up their lead in the third quarter when the Mustangs made it into the end zone twice. “We just didn’t make enough plays to get it done,” said Raide...
Raider boys and girls went the distance at the Moses Lake Invitational cross country meet on Saturday. “I was really pleased with our performance,” said Raider Head Coach Brian Daniels. “I think everybody did really well for their first meet.” The 5,000-meter (3.1-mile) races were moved from Friday to Saturday to allow the smoke in the air to clear out more. “The weather was great,” Daniels said. “The sky was quite clear. Great temperature. Slight breeze coming in from the lake. The course was at a park, so the entire run was on grass. We had o...
Students of all ages in the Lake Roosevelt and Nespelem School Districts will attend a Cultural Awareness Gathering next week. The event highlights many aspects of Native American culture. The event, which started in 2005, is held every two years. This year, it will be held on the Lake Roosevelt football field in Coulee Dam on Thursday, Sept. 21. “We realized that our school is over 60 percent Native American and we weren’t really putting any effort into showcasing our culture, so we wanted an opportunity for the kids to share and learn wha...
Smoke is thick in the air again, originating from fires burning in Montana and Idaho. An air-quality warning from the National Weather Service in Spokane extends through Friday at noon. Laurie Nisbet, a meteorologist for the NWS, explained that northerly/east-northerly winds have carried smoke from wildfires in Montana to Eastern Washington, and that on Thursday winds will switch to a more southwesterly direction (coming from that direction, not blowing towards). "When the winds switch to the...
With one win by forfeit and one non-league loss, the Raiders split their season-opening week of football. On Friday in Coulee Dam, the Lake Roosevelt Raiders football team lost their season opener to the Tri-Cities Prep Jaguars, who filled in for the forfeited Waterville Shockers. A week-one forfeit from Waterville due to an insufficient number of players means the Raider football team's win-loss record is 1-0 in the league. The Tri-Cities Prep Jaguars played in Waterville's place, defeating...
Singer-songwriter Bradford Loomis will be performing at the Grand Coulee Library Sept. 12 and will also be talking about the tradition of narrative and storytelling. "Stories have the unique ability to contextualize a point of view," Loomis said. "Through them, we are vividly able to imagine ourselves in the shoes of someone else. Listening to a story allows us to access empathy and consideration through our imagination, like a back door to compassion." Grand Coulee has its place in folk music...
The Colville Confederated Tribes is now the first tribe with a permit to grow hemp, and growing some of the only hemp in the United States today. The U.S. hemp industry is estimated to have brought in $688 million in revenue in 2016 and has been steadily growing by about 25 percent a year, with projections at $1.8 billion in 2020, according to Hemp Business Journal. A 60-acre organic hemp crop growing in the Swawilla Basin near Keller Ferry is the first step in researching the possibilities for...
People interested in art and music can take advantage of a free event at North Dam Park this coming weekend. The Third Annual Plateau Native American Art Show, showcasing beadwork, baskets, paintings, and more from around 20 different artists, will run this Saturday, Sept. 2, from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m., in North Dam Park in Grand Coulee. The event, sponsored by the Northwest Native Development Fund, will feature live music from two flutists, Peter Ali and Tom Duke, as well as live art painting by...
The Bureau of Indian Affairs will provide the Colville Confederated Tribes with $3.9 million to reforest areas devastated by the catastrophic 2015 wildfire season, according to a CCT Aug. 29 press release. The BIA is providing the $3,899,148 in response to letters from both the CCT and Senator Maria Cantwell (D-WA). The North Star Fire in 2015 burned a state record 218,138 acres, and in combination with the 165,918-acre Tunk Block Fire burned about 600 square miles of forage and forest on and off the reservation. “Our Forestry Management and N...
The lightning-caused Bridge Creek Fire, burning 13 miles northeast of Keller, is responsible for the smoke in the air lately. So far the fire, which started on Aug. 9, has burned 3,518 acres and is at 42 percent containment, according to an Aug. 29 press release from the Colville Tribes. Heat conditions, difficult terrain, and poor access to the fire have proved physically and mentally challenging for the crew, according to the press release, and crew members are encouraged to stay hydrated, and to be very aware of their surroundings, told to...
Peter Dan Road, which connects the Elmer City area to the Keller area, has a temporary passage up and over a landslide that occurred in March, and the beginning of the removal process is anticipated to start in the fall. The dirt road over the landslide is meant for locals, with no large trucks or other such vehicles allowed. A sign near the landslide warns motorcycles to use extreme caution. Cache Creek Road near Nespelem is another way over to Highway 21, as is the Keller Ferry route,...
A lightning-caused, 1,150-acre fire that started at 3 a.m. Aug. 9, is burning a mile off of Bridge Creek Road, about 12 miles northeast of Keller, and is 18 percent contained, according to an Aug. 15 press release from the Colville Confederated Tribes. The crew of 313 personnel has been facing steep slopes and rattlesnakes to fight the fire burning in grasses and timber. Eight crews are on the scene, along with various machinery, including aircraft scooping water out of nearby Twin Lakes to dump on the fire. Total aviation resources used have...
The Colville Confederated Tribes are considering changing their name and are welcoming input on the decision. A new section on the CCT’s website, titled “Reclaim The Name” at www.colvilletribes.com, has information on the name change, videos of tribal members weighing in on the topic, as well as a form to suggest a new name, or voice comments. So far about 60 people have submitted their thoughts on the matter, according to Meghan Francis, the public affairs officer for the CCT. The reason for the name change is that the current name, Colvi...
"Jolts & Volts." That's the name of the presentation that was put on Aug. 2 by the Pacific Science Center to about 50 kids at the Lake Roosevelt Elementary School. Katie Wellens of the Pacific Science Center in Seattle made the presentation on electricity, explaining atoms, protons, neutrons, circuits, lightning, types of energy, and more. Wellens demonstrated with a small Tesla coil, invented by Nikola Tesla in 1891, how electricity can be conducted through the air without wires. A fluorescent...
A number of fires are burning in the Pacific Northwest and in British Columbia, the smoke from which has found its way to our area, and all over Washington, and is unhealthy to breathe. Over 100 fires are reported as burning in British Columbia, including some quite large ones. The main culprits for the smoke from BC appear to be the Hanceville-Riske Creek fires that have burned 331,000 acres; the Elephant Hill fire, which has burned 207,000 acres; the Quesnel West fire, which has burned 88,000 acres; and the Tautri Complex, which has burned...
Bank collecting school supplies, donations The Grand Coulee branch of North Cascades Bank is collecting backpacks and school supplies for local children in need. Cash donations are also being collected and will be used to purchase supplies. All items will be distributed to schools in the Grand Coulee Dam School District. Donations will be received during August and September. No fires allowed at Lake Roosevelt Due to extreme conditions, all fires at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area are prohibited, effective 12:01 a.m., Friday, Aug. 11,... Full story
Bicyclists on a cross-country journey stopped in Grand Coulee Aug. 1 on their way from Baltimore to Seattle. The group "4k for Cancer" is a fundraiser for the Ulman Cancer Fund for Young Adults. Doug Ulman was a young adult in college when he was diagnosed with cancer and found there weren't many services available for his age group, and so he and his family set up the organization in 1997. Ulman went on to be Chief Executive Officer of Livestrong, the cancer charity organization, until 2014...
A number of fires are burning in the Pacific Northwest and in British Columbia, the smoke of which has found its way to our area, and all over Washington, and is unhealthy to breathe. Over 100 fires are reported as burning in British Columbia, including some quite large ones. The main culprits for the smoke from BC appear to be the Hanceville-Riske Creek fires, being managed together, which have burned 331,000 acres; the Elephant Hill fire has burned 207,000 acres; the Quesnel West fire has... Full story
The latest craze in the coulee is painting rocks and placing them around the community. Two Facebook group pages titled "Rockin' the Coulee" and "Grand Coulee Rocks" advocate for people to paint rocks of all shapes and sizes, in whatever way they want, and to place them around the community. If you find a painted rock you can hide it again or take a picture to share on the Facebook page. And people are encouraged to paint rocks of their own. The craze is taking place nationwide, if not worldwide... Full story