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Electric City Fire Chief Mark Payne received a letter from the city regarding disciplinary action being considered against him for illegal burning practices. Payne, who forwarded The Star the letter, believes the action is directly related to his role as a key critic of a planned intersection change for which the city has taken heat. The Star was unable to reach Nordine for comment prior to deadline. The April 26 letter signed by Mayor John Nordine puts Payne “on notice of proposed discipline up to and including removal as fire chief and termin...
Banks Lake Golf Course and surrounding land have been declared surplus items, opening up the possibility of them being sold. Grant County Port District 7 commissioners, who manage the golf course as well as the nearby airport, declared the golf course, the clubhouse, equipment, and surrounding land surplus at their April 25 meeting, with a total of 189.3 acres included, valued at $1.64 million. That surrounding land is estimated to be about 79 acres, separate from the golf course, and could...
It’s hard for a child to learn in a classroom if other students are being disruptive, even violent. A conversation about this took place at the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors’ meeting April 22. Clarissa Cawston addressed the board, bringing up behavioral issues in her daughter’s second-grade class, where she began volunteering daily after noticing her daughter’s grades slipping. “She has one kid over here chucking stuff across the room, one kid over here just non-stop talking, one kid over here who will just walk out — and...
Construction has resumed on the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation fire station off SR-155, with completion anticipated for March of 2020. The $13.6 million contract was originally awarded to Innovative Construction & Design Ltd. in 2016, with construction beginning in April of 2017. The termination of that contract was confirmed by the bureau in March of this year, and construction has resumed in April by Northcon Construction. "Basically what is going on is ICD originally had the contract, and...
The classic toy LEGO has evolved over the years to incorporate robotics, and students at Nespelem Elementary are using LEGO robots to learn coding and robotics, skills that will be more and more valued in the future. For Inspiration of Science and Technology, or FIRST, is a global program in which students get hands-on experience with things like LEGO robots. FIRST Washington partnered with Nespelem Elementary for an after-school program that averages about six to seven kids, four days a week,...
The Lady Raiders defeated the Lady Shockers in a tight game on April 23, winning 6-3. "Emma Marchand brought home the win on the mound," Head Coach Jaci Gross said about the freshman who struck out 10 batters, walked two, and allowed just four hits. "The win was dedicated to Terry Warnecke, LR's pitching coach, who is battling illness at Sacred Heart," Gross added. Warneke is also the grandfather of Marchand. "All of the team wrote 'TW' on their arms and in face paint in his honor," Gross said....
The Raiders track and field team last week competed at Peshastin, placing well, and in Wenatchee, where high winds canceled some events and blew others off course. The Raiders competed with other North Central Washington teams in Peshastin April 23. “The Raiders shined as a team!” Head Coach Lori Adkins said. “The boys’ team placed second, amassing 155 points by taking many of the eight places available in each event. The girls did the same, placing third and earning 84 points. It was great to see the Raiders working together trying to earn th...
The Raider tennis team has been busy, playing against Liberty Bell, Tonasket and Okanogan. The Raiders hosted Liberty Bell in Coulee Dam April 23, when the Raider girls won 3-2, and the boys lost 4-1. “First time in memory an LR girls’ team has defeated Liberty Bell, who are known for their strong girls’ teams,” Raider Head Coach Steve Archer remarked. “I was very proud of our girls. The closest match was at girls’ second doubles, Keziah Stice and Rainy Vargas. They barely dropped the first set in a close tie-breaker, roared back to win the sec...
The Raiders defeated the Waterville Shockers 7-1 after jumping out ahead in early innings April 23. The Raiders got on the board in the second inning when Nick Baker stole home plate as a pitch got away from the Shocker catcher. Cameron St. Pierre stole home later that same inning from another error. Brit Egbert scored a run for Lake Roosevelt in the third inning, and Egbert, Hunter Whitelaw, Tanner Whitelaw, and Malachai Rasmussen each brought a runner home in the fourth. Egbert, Tyson...
Raider golfers teed up at the Desert Canyon golf course in Oroville last week. We’re getting to know each other quite well, since they are our only league opponent this season!” Head Coach Steve Files said about the Oroville Hornets. Darin Whiteman finished the course in 69 strokes, one stroke better than Jaxson Rise of Oroville. “Darin and Jaxson had quite a duel, with both players posting personal-best rounds for the season,” Files said. “They’ve played many rounds together over the years, since they’ve both been playing since the eighth gr...
Congressman Dan Newhouse visited Lake Roosevelt Schools Tuesday, touring the building and learning about the challenges the school district faces, particularly financial issues. Newhouse represents Washington's 4th Congressional District, which spans Central Washington from Oregon to Canada, including most of the Grand Coulee Dam area. Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Paul Turner and school board Chairman Rich Black showed the congressman around, and three members of Newhouse's...
Lake Roosevelt students presented projects at a science fair held by the Parent Teacher Association on Thursday. Students from grades 1 through 10 presented projects to a dozen judges, community members with various scientific backgrounds. Projects and experiments presented at the event involved Morse code, the effect petting a dog has on blood pressure, projecting lights onto the inside of a cardboard box - a camera obscura, decomposing vegetables, dissolving bath bombs, the interaction of...
The city of Electric City, as well as engineering firm Gray & Osborne, maintain that they did consider emergency traffic in regard to the upcoming intersection change in Electric City, although not speaking directly to the fire chief about it. An upcoming intersection change in Electric City, which will remove a stretch of Western Avenue at a Y-shaped intersection in front of city hall, was met with criticism by firefighters as well as citizens at an April 9 council meeting, particularly in...
People like getting packages. It's a little bit like Christmas. And someone who has been delivering peoples' packages in the area for 40 years is retiring from United Parcel Service. Merle Roberts started working for UPS on March 23, 1979, working out of what Roberts describes as "a little makeshift unloading dock" in Grand Coulee, "outside year round" before UPS had opened an office on Van Tyne Avenue 13 years later. The job was Roberts' first "real job" aside from doing some farm work in the...
Hannah Wapato placed first in both the 1,600- and 3,200-meter races in a Davenport track meet April 16, and Steven Flowers took first in the shot put at Quincy on Saturday. At Davenport, Wapato finished the 1,600 in 6 minutes, 26.57 seconds, and the 3,200 in 13:22.29. Brothers Steven and Bobcat Flowers placed first and third respectively in the shot put, with Steven throwing a distance of 45 feet, 6 inches, and Bobcat throwing 41-10. Steven Flowers also placed first in the 100-meter race in 11.5...
The Lady Raiders are at the top of their league following three more softball wins last week. In Pateros April 16, the Lady Raiders won 14-0 as Emma Marchand pitched 10 strikeouts for LR while only allowing one hit. “The pitching was the difference in this game,” said Head Coach Jaci Gross. “Also, the girls had 10 hits and Pateros had one.” Marchand was effective on offense as well, hitting three triples and batting in six runs. The Lady Raiders beat the Lady Tigers twice in Tonasket Saturday in a doubleheader. LR narrowly won the first g...
The Raiders dominated Pateros on the diamond at Lake Roosevelt last week, but lost closer games in Tonasket. Lake Roosevelt defeated Pateros 19-1 April 16, sometimes going through their full batting lineup in a single inning. In Tonasket April 20, the Raiders lost both games in the doubleheader, 6-3, and 8-0. Tonasket is on top of the Central Washington 2B league with a 9-0 league win-loss record, 9-1 overall. The Raiders are 2-6 in the league, 4-6 overall. Head Coach Billy Nicholson was...
The Raiders have been making a racket playing tennis against Entiat and Oroville last week. Hosting Entiat at home in Coulee Dam April 16, the Raider girls won 5-0, and the boys won 3-1. In Oroville on April 18, the girls won 5-0, and the boys lost 4-1. “Our girls’ team continues their winning ways,” said Head Coach Steve Archer. “They are looking stronger and stronger as we head into postseason play. We want to be playing our best tennis as the season comes to an end and advance as far as possible.” The Raiders hosted Liberty Bell yesterday...
Raider golfers competed with golfers from around the state at the Gamble Sands Invitational in Brewster last week. Darin Whiteman finished 18 holes of golf in only 76 strokes at the event, placing 11th out of 131 golfers April 17. “A very good result on a super challenging course,” remarked Head Coach Steve Files. “It was a terrific event again this year,” Files said. “A great experience for our players to meet and compete against some of the best golfers from around the state. It was ideal weather, other than some gusty winds at times. I...
Citizens, firefighters, engineers, and city officials discussed a controversial possible intersection change in Electric City at the city's April 9 council meeting. About 18 people in the crowd watched or participated in the discussion surrounding the city's plans to remove the stretch of Western Avenue directly in front of city hall and replace it with a sidewalk. Most only found out about the plans through recent articles in The Star, although the project is ready to go out to bid, with...
Cars and coffee are two things beloved around the world, and a way to celebrate cars while drinking coffee on a monthly basis may soon find its way to the community. Sam Hsieh, surgeon and chief medical officer at Coulee Medical Center, is also a car enthusiast. He recently bought a lot at the intersection of Main Street and Spokane Way, where he envisions people could congregate with their cars, drink coffee, and talk with their fellow community members. "The idea is to promote how we bring the...
Elmer City will spend $18,000 on a feasibility study on building a certain style of wastewater treatment plant for the town. The Elmer City Council voted unanimously April 11 to go through with the feasibility study following a nearly hour-long presentation by Public Works Director Jimmer Tillman. Tillman presented the council with fliers from Ovivo, a company that makes a treatment system called microBLOX, a membrane bioreactor (MBR) style of treatment plant. Tillman detailed the system as being affordable, easy to install, being the future...
Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High School is getting a new principal. Kirk Marshlain currently teaches English language arts and special education at Foothills Middle School in Wenatchee, and will take on the principalship at LR for the 2019-20 school year. Marshlain grew up in Lake Chelan, and after graduating from high school there, received a baseball scholarship to Simpson University in Redding, California, where he played baseball and earned a bachelor's in English for teachers in 2010....
The Lady Raiders lost their first of two softball games Saturday, then won the second in a doubleheader against the Brewster Lady Bears. Playing on a rainy, windy day in Grand Coulee, the Lady Bears defeated the Lady Raiders 15-11 in the first game, LR's first loss of the season. "The first game, we saw six fielding errors to Brewster's one fielding error," explained Head Coach Jaci Gross. "We also had several mental errors, which is unlike our defense." Emma Marchand went two for four with a...
The Raiders track and field team competed at the Nike-Van Kuren Invite on Saturday, and one athlete competed at a Pasco meet. Steven Flowers competed in the shot put event at the Pasco Invite April 13, “an elite meet even more competitive than a state meet,” Head Coach Lori Adkins said. “All classifications of schools go head to head. The qualifying marks to gain entry to the meet are high.” “When Steven received the invitation back in December to compete in the shot put event, we were elated!” Adkins said. “We couldn’t be prouder of Steven’s h...