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The Lake Roosevelt Schools hosted their seventh Cultural Awareness Gathering last Thursday, featuring immersion in a variety of aspects of Native American culture. Student bodies from the Grand Coulee Dam and Nespelem school districts enjoyed activities such as beading, weaving baskets, eating smoked salmon hot off the smoker, and more, before watching and participating in a powwow. "The kids are loving it," said Karrie Utz, one of the organizers, during the event. Students learned about the...
A Grand Coulee man who appealed a “potentially dangerous dog” charge in municipal court Friday was denied. Andrew Kramer, whose dog “Howdy” had bit a Portland woman in front of Banks Lake Pub July 22, appeared before Judge Richard Fitterer in August to appeal a decision by Grand Coulee’s city council declaring his dog to be “potentially dangerous.” He indicated in the August court meeting that he wanted to secure counsel to help him appeal the decision. Kramer appeared Friday before Fitterer, without his attorney, and his appeal was readily d...
In Washington, the legislative stalemate over permitting new household wells and the state’s construction budget has not only delayed needed funding for public projects, but triggered yet another salvo in the wider conflict over future supplies of fresh water for people, fish and farms. At immediate risk is $4.2 billion in state funding for local water and sewer projects, school construction, mental-health facilities, colleges and universities, and other construction. While there is general agreement between Democrats controlling the House a...
Lady Raider volleyball is killing it, having nabbed a couple more wins to go 6-0 for the season. The Lady Raiders defeated Okanogan on the road on Sept. 19, winning three sets to the Lady Bulldogs' two. "Great win for the Lady Raiders," Head Coach Kasey Garvin said. "It's been a number of years in the making, but the girls conquered the evening with five very long sets for the win." "There were a lot of long volleys in each set accounting for the high accounting of digs my girls tallied up, fini...
The Raider football team squeaked by with a win on Friday in Brewster against the Bears, winning 24-19. "It was a good win," said Head Coach Bubba Egbert. "They went out and played hard for all four quarters." The game started with the Raiders kicking off to the Bears, who fumbled and a Raider recovered. The teams took turns scoring, and the score stayed close through the full game, with the Bears leading for most of it. Down 19-16 in the fourth quarter, the Raiders were able to get a touchdown...
The Lady Raiders soccer team chalked up another win, making their win-loss record 3-1 after defeating Manson 6-3 in Grand Coulee Sept. 19. Maddie Toulou scored four of the goals for LR, and Loryn Moore scored the other two. Moore and Bryn Chaffee each had assists. "Two standout players were freshman Blossom Armstrong and Lillie LaPlace, who both demonstrated significant progress at mid-field," said Head Coach Casey Moore. "The Most Valuable Player for this match was definitely goalie Wensdae...
The Raider cross country team ran in a massive race on Saturday in Walla Walla Point Park in Wenatchee, where the boys' race fielded 170 runners and the girls' race 115. Coach Brian Daniels said the number of runners likely had an effect on the race. "It was a pretty good mass of people at the start of the race especially," he said. "It was a very large meet with some large teams." Saturday gave the Raiders a good day for running with warm weather and clear skies. "It was at a really long park...
Lonnie Donegan had a hit in England in the 1950's with his misspelled skiffle rendition of Woody Guthrie's "Grand Coolie Dam". Grand Coolie Dam by Lonnie Donegan from Scott Hunter on Vimeo.... Full story
A Hill Avenue man who was pulled over by police twice the same day for driving with a suspended license found himself in Grant County jail. James E. Goodlake, 24, is the same man Spokane police arrested there last July for possession of a car stolen from an Electric City couple. Goodlake was stopped by Officer Tom Johnson about 9 a.m., Sept. 10, for operating a motor vehicle while his license was suspended. Then at about 3 p.m., he was stopped for the same offense, this time by Officer Joe Higgs. The second time, things got messy for the Grand...
"It's my world." That's how Archie Dennis, who has been named "Volunteer of the Year" for 2016, described his life in search and rescue. Dennis was top vote getter in The Star newspaper's volunteer of the year program for 2016. Dennis is no stranger in the area. He was born here, attended schools here, and only recently retired after being employed by the Colville Tribes and the Bureau of Reclamation. His life has been one of helping others. He is known for his diving rescue work, but that's...
An Electric City man went missing Monday night, prompting authorities to issue a "Silver Alert." Donald S. Fisher, 69, was last seen about 7 p.m. wearing a blue fleece coat, blue jeans, brown boots and a white hat. He is 5 feet, 9 inches tall, has gray hair, a white beard and brown eyes. Suffering from recent strokes and a brain surgery, Fisher is "almost non-verbal in communication" the alert issued by the Grant County Sheriff's Office said. He left without his medications, wallet or keys and... Full story
Electric City Council authorized city officials Sept. 12 to bid on two lots up for auction along SR-155 in the center of the city. The lots at one time housed a filling station. The Oct. 27 auction is being held by Grant County, which has a lien against the property for back taxes and penalties amounting to $1,142.99. The two lots are currently valued at $23,845, according to county records. The current owner is Gary L. French. The council met in executive session to discuss bidding on the property and providing guidance on the level of bid....
Electric City council approved its 2018-19 police contract with Grand Coulee at its meeting last Tuesday night. The contract amount is for $140,000, which is $15,000 more than the contract amount of the current year. The council approved the new contract with a 5-0 vote, and without the usual council committee debates that have been necessary in past years. In fact, Electric City hadn’t even named members to a police committee. The contract went to the Grand Coulee council last night for passage. The contract package was prepared by Grand C...
Police served papers last Wednesday on a woman who has wanted to get permission to run a “dog rescue” operation in her home, telling her instead that she had 90 days to get her dog total down to three dogs. City officials stated that Dorothy Harris had been sent two registered letters but failed to respond to them. Police were then directed to serve the city notice to Harris to get rid of the dogs she had at her residence on Young Street from an earlier dog rescue operation. Harris said Monday that she has her rescue dogs down to three after ta...
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...
Officials from the Colville Tribes visited with the Coulee Dam Town Council Wednesday to explain the tribes’ plan to write a comprehensive parks and recreation plan that will include all the towns on the reservation and that would be useful to all of them in seeking project funding. When governments apply for grant or loan funding for projects, granting agencies generally require the project to be part of an overall plan. But small towns sometimes don’t have such plans in place when funding opportunities arise. Frank Andrews, of Colville Tri...
Most of us don’t think much beyond an initial “Oh, wow!” reaction when we hear about the rescue of someone from a harrowing situation, but a local man has played that part for most of his life. Archie Dennis was chosen as our volunteer of the year because he’s the kind of guy who shows up anywhere he might be needed in places a lot of people would not want to go. His story and photo on the front page will let us all think of the human beings behind those news stories, whether they’re about rescuing someone off a cliff or recovering a drowning...
Key tax policies emanating from the east and west coasts are like passenger trains passing one another heading in opposite directions. One train is loaded with elected officials proposing changes to reduce taxes while the other is packed with those pushing for new and higher taxes. The cumulative effect of those modifications will impact all of us and our economy, jobs and ability to compete as a state and nation. The adjustments will determine whether we grow, limp along or wither away. Make no mistake, they will impact our pocketbooks and...
When the community steps up, things happen. There's a lot of new white sand out at Banks Lake Golf Course, thanks to two benefit events. The first was a golf tournament that raised about $2,500 to revitalize sand traps at the golf course. The tournament, run by former Grant County Port District 7 commissioner Stan Conklin, produced enough money for the golf course to order a truckload of white sand from the Inchelium area. A second benefit, a car wash, held by Jess Ford on Sept. 2, produced 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...
With weather nearly ideal, despite a little wildfire smoke, moods were upbeat all around for the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce's Harvest Festival last weekend. The event drew in 200 registrants for the Run the Dam foot race, gained a powwow hosted by Coulee Medical Center and showed local wannabe barbecuers what real meat tastes like at a sanctioned barbecue contest. Alan O'Neal was the winner of the TV set. In the run results, Kyle Rattray, 34, won the half marathon in 6 hours, 51...
A Grand Coulee man received a sentence of 50.5 months in prison to go along with an earlier sentence of 29 months in a Grant County Superior Court case last week. Melvin Toulou, Jr., 43, pleaded guilty to four counts — trafficking in stolen property in the first degree; unlawful possession of a firearm in the first degree; burglary of the Vlachos estate building on Spokane Way, and trafficking in stolen goods taken from the Vlachos property. The state agreed to the guilty plea, and Toulou received a 101-month sentence, with 50.5 month of p...