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  • New grant license offers local opportunities

    Scott Hunter|Sep 4, 2013

    Anyone who has ever tried to work in community economic development has heard it repeatedly: “You guys should just get a grant.” Easier said than done, most of the time, but opportunities do exist. Finding them is often the problem. But not one that would stop Birdie Hensley. Hensley has had a goal for years of founding a local museum that would showcase the area’s rich history and its pioneers. In the last year she has turned to focusing on that goal. With that in mind, she helped arran... Full story

  • Young man perishes in Kansas accident

    Scott Hunter|Sep 4, 2013

    Family and friends are grieving for a young man killed in an electrocution accident last week. Dakotah Holt, a 2011 graduate of Lake Roosevelt High School, was following his chosen career as a lineman in Kansas Thursday when a new power pole he and other workers were setting up fell against a nearby power line after wind twisted it from the grapple hooks on a boom truck, according to news reports quoting the Barber County Sheriff’s Office. Holt, 20, an apprentice lineman with Track Utilities a... Full story

  • Horse rescuers work for double benefit

    Roger S Lucas|Sep 4, 2013

    Remy, Snickers and Baby are ready to help some kids. The three horses, rescued from mistreatment, will help kick off a new program to help kids in the area. Chris Holman, president of The Nourishing Hand, an equine rescue group, takes mistreated or neglected horses and uses them in a therapeutic program that helps both the animals and kids at the same time. The group contacted school officials and board members recently to explain how caring for an animal was good therapy for special needs... Full story

  • Port district honors volunteers

    Roger S Lucas|Sep 4, 2013

    Port District officials recognize the value of volunteers. Praise for volunteers cropped up at the Port District’s monthly meeting last week when Commissioner Dennis Lohrman told how it would have been virtually impossible to run the Banks Lake Golf Course this year without them. Port District 7 owns the golf course and has managed it the past two years, this year with a large number of volunteers. Saturday night volunteers were honored by port commissioners at a dinner fundraiser at the golf course. Those honored included Jerry Birdwell, a f... Full story

  • Athletes headed to coulee for big race

    Roger S Lucas|Sep 4, 2013

    Hundreds of athletes from throughout the United States and Canada are putting their finishing touches on training for the 10th annual Grand Columbian Super Tri triathlon scheduled here Saturday, Sept. 21. Some 300 to 325 athletes are expected to compete. The event, sponsored by Tri-Freaks, a Kirkland racing firm, will kick-off all swimming events at Spring Canyon Campground, with the bike portion of the tri-event beginning at the end of the swim and ending at the park below the Visitor Center... Full story

  • The worst kind of news

    Scott Hunter editor and publisher|Sep 4, 2013

    Along with many others, we were saddened this week by the news of Dakotah Holt’s death, and our hearts go out to his family and loved ones. As a child, Dakotah was a Star newspaper carrier for a time. He was a bright, ambitious kid who seemed eager to do well as we followed his progress through high school. The world is diminished without him in it. Scott Hunter editor and publisher... Full story

  • Might want to rethink that position

    Scott Hunter editor and publisher|Sep 4, 2013

    Some local municipal councils have passed laws banning local participation in what appears to be on the way to becoming a legitimate enterprise: growing marijuana. With the state’s passage of Initiative 520 last year, and with the guidance last week from the federal Justice Department on how that will jive with federal drug enforcement efforts, local leaders might need to consider to loosening up a bit. Voters passed the initiative to legalize recreational marijuana last fall, and not because they all want to get high. Most just recognize t... Full story

  • Check out PTA, and thanks for the help

    Crystal Jones|Sep 4, 2013

    The PTA meeting is Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. in the library at Center Elementary. Please Join us to see what the PTA is all about. The Grand Coulee Dam PTA would like to thank Harvest Foods for the food supplied to the Back to School BBQ at the high school and the Ice Cream at the middle school, and Shaw's for the fruit supplied for Center Elementary Orientation. PTA would also like to thank the following people for all their help with the back to school BBQ and orientations: Karen DePew, Becky Lock, Kim Stout, Crystal Jones, Wednesday Antoine and... Full story

  • Tribal writer says he may have to back down

    Truman Covington|Sep 4, 2013

    It saddens me that I may perhaps have to step down, step back from my political views, advocacy for our tribal peoples. My son TJ was working at the Manson casino as a dealer and has been gone for personal reasons. When he left, he was assured he would be most welcome back and that a position “would be there for him.” Now they make excuses they cannot put him back on. He was quite successful as a dealer for the casino and was quickly offered a supervisory position. NOW, they refuse to take him back ... POLITICAL BS! I have offered up — for h... Full story

  • On the minimum wage debate

    Don Brunell|Sep 4, 2013

    The SeaTac minimum wage initiative is in limbo. The central element of Proposition 1 is a $15-per-hour minimum wage for workers at SeaTac Airport and area hotels, restaurants and car rental agencies. But, it also includes a complex web of employee work rules enforced by the city of SeaTac. On Aug. 26, a King County Superior Court judge ruled that Prop 1 did not have enough signatures to qualify for the November ballot. Proponents have gathered additional signatures and appealed the judge’s r... Full story

  • Shopping and junking in the coulee

    Frankie Delano|Sep 4, 2013

    by Frankie Delano Hey, shoppers, did you miss me? So now it’s after Labor Day weekend, which, in the wonderful world of shopping and junking signals (gasp!) the possibility of fewer yard, garage, moving, and special interest (antique and collectible) sales being held in the Coulee. We still have a few more weeks of possibly acceptable weather for outdoor sales, that of cool mornings and balmy afternoons, which allow us ample opportunities for running the yard sale gamut, like getting to and then walking around tables and tarps loaded with mound... Full story

  • Rewards of Gardening With Children --Though Now What?

    Jeanette Hopkins of GrantAdams Counties Master Gardeners|Sep 4, 2013

    If you work with children or you have children at home, many times planting green beans and sunflowers is a gardening activity that stops before reaching harvest. Children, parents, or leaders then sometimes think once the garden is planted, “Now what?” Some youth continue with their garden projects that can provide nutritious vegetables and opportunities for family time. But other leaders/parents are left caring for gardens alone as children finish some other planned program or lose interest just as harvest is beginning. Finding or cre... Full story

  • Wind, lightning storm hits area hard

    Roger S Lucas|Aug 28, 2013

    It was storm story time in the coulee area Sunday night as the region was hit by a severe wind, thunder and lightning storm. Power was out for some, trees were down, traffic in some areas was stalled or rerouted, and tree limbs and debris were everywhere. The wind tore shingles from roofs, with the most serious being the Coulee Dam Casino, where the wind curled the metal part of the roof like a sardine can, covering the casino’s rooftop sign. Traffic on SR 155 near Pole Park was stopped b...

  • City's Survey Results Reported

    Roger S Lucas|Aug 28, 2013

    City’s survey results reported A city of Grand Coulee survey, developed by Councilmember Erin Nielsen and sent out to 575 residences in the city, received 61 responses, according to a report at the recent council meeting. Comments of concern included law enforcement, city nuisance enforcement and the city’s overall looks. Nielsen said the survey was designed to help city government know what citizens are most concerned about and alert the council to anything that might affect the city budget. Of the respondents, 36 noted that they had attended...

  • School Construction Schedule Back on Track

    Roger S Lucas|Aug 28, 2013

    Construction on the K-12 school facility is finally catching up to its original schedule, Superintendent Dennis Carlson told the Grand Coulee Dam School District board Monday night. By working Fridays, contractors are nearly back on their original schedule. Contractors faced some delays due to mistakes made on the original surveying of the school site. As a result of that, the site had been covered by about two extra feet of fill sand material. The added expenses incurred as a result of this is being covered by the insurance company of the...

  • Therapeutic horsemanship program proposed

    Roger S Lucas|Aug 28, 2013

    Students in the Grand Coulee Dam District will soon be able to participate in a therapeutic horsemanship program. The idea was presented to the school board Monday night by Heather Downs, and it received support from the board. Downs explained that a small group of people here are cooperating with the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office in regard to abused and neglected horses. Currently the group has three horses, housed at the Chris Holman residence in Delano. It was proposed that working with the horses would be a good experience for special n...

  • Museum finds temporary home

    Roger S Lucas|Aug 28, 2013

    The Coulee Pioneer Museum has found a home, at least temporarily. Birdie Hensley, primary activist for the museum, said Tuesday that the feed store building in Electric City, 3 Coulee Boulevard East, will house the museum. The store and property was recently acquired by A. J. Gerard. Hensley got the nod and immediately started moving things into the new location. At least, said Hensley, “we have a temporary home.” This will enable the museum to acquire and catalog donations. Meanwhile, the museum is starting the search for grants so it can est...

  • Big tank stolen

    Roger S Lucas|Aug 28, 2013

    Brazen thieves made off with Banks Lake Pub’s 500-gallon propane tank sometime during the night, Aug. 19. Staff arrived in the morning and when they tried to get the kitchen ready for business — no propane. On checking the rear of the building, they noticed not only was the tank missing, but the thieves also took the copper tubing connected to the tank. Pub owner Charley Potts told police that the tank belonged to another person and he was just renting it. Potts checked with the owner of the tank, but he didn’t have it. Police stated in their...

  • For someday subdivision, city accepts an alley plus land

    Roger S Lucas|Aug 28, 2013

    Grand Alley in Electric City will one day become Grand Avenue, at least about 1,200 feet of it. The city council accepted a quitclaim deed Aug. 13 giving it a 15-foot strip of land along its present Grand Alley, allowing someday for a full width street. The city already has a 45-foot right-of-way through the alley. The 15-foot strip of land was left over from a surveying problem when developers put in housing on an 80-acre piece of land they purchased from homesteader Dover Perry. The three developers, John R. Whitelaw, A.J. Gerard and Bill...

  • Pie contest planned for festival

    Roger S Lucas|Aug 28, 2013

    Can you bake a berry pie? Or an apple pie? Then you better get ready to enter the community pie contest during the Harvest Festival at North Dam Park, Sept. 13-14. In fact, Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce Manager Peggy Nevsimal said, “better bake two.” The plan is that one of the pies (either berry or apple) is for the tasting judges and the other is to auction off. It’s just like the community or county fair that all have enjoyed. A blue ribbon awaits some local baker whose pie recipe will hit the charts, at least for a day. Nevsi...

  • Pie contest planned for festival

    Roger S Lucas|Aug 28, 2013

    Pie contest planned for festival by Roger S. Lucas Can you bake a berry pie? Or an apple pie? Then you better get ready to enter the community pie contest during the Harvest Festival at North Dam Park, Sept. 13-14. In fact, Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce Manager Peggy Nevsimal said, “better bake two.” The plan is that one of the pies (either berry or apple) is for the tasting judges and the other is to auction off. It’s just like the community or county fair that all have enjoyed. A blue ribbon awaits some local baker whose pie r...

  • Old memorabilia will go to the new school, board says

    Roger S Lucas|Aug 28, 2013

    A move to assure that class pictures and trophies at both the Grand Coulee Dam Middle School and Lake Roosevelt High School are saved and put up in the new building got approval from the school board Monday night. The walls in both schools are covered with graduating classes and the two trophy display cases are filled with trophies representing many memorable accomplishments. A letter to the school board from Lonna Bussert, the chair of the Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association, advocated the move. “With the opening of the new school w...

  • Different strategy, same results

    Don Brunell|Aug 28, 2013

    Different strategy, same results There’s an old saying, “There’s more than one way to catch a cat.” It means, if you don’t succeed one way, try again using a different strategy. In this case, the “cat” is the Columbia River — or more precisely, eliminating the dams and commercial use of the river. The activists’ vision of a wild, free-flowing Columbia River has great emotional appeal, but it would have dire consequences for our state. Those dams produce 75 percent of our electricity, maki...

  • Preschool co-op taking students

    Scott Hunter|Aug 28, 2013

    The Grand Coulee Dam Cooperative Preschool is about to start up again for fall. The cooperative, which has operated for decades in the area, is currently taking applicants for two age groups of children: those who will be 3 years old by Nov. 1 for the regular preschool, and those who will be 4 by Sept. 1 for the pre-kindergarten class. Classes are taught by Becky Loch, who said she had only two openings left for the Pre K class on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., which costs $100 a month She said there were still several...

  • Seniors get second bus

    Roger S Lucas|Aug 28, 2013

    Seniors will soon find out if two is better than one. Friday, seniors received their second 14-passenger bus from People to People, a 2005 version, which will help serve the needs of local seniors. The Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center recently received their first bus, gifted from the People to People program. Already, seniors, once a month for $15, can catch the bus to Spokane for medical or shopping needs. Now a second bus will help seniors plan a variety of extra services as well as have a backup bus in case one goes down. The seniors are now...

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