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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Electric City has canceled tonight’s (Tuesday, May 9) city council meeting for lack of a quorum. City Clerk Peggy Nevsimal also said the city, which normally offers online access to its meetings, also has no internet service at the moment. The agenda for the meeting included several topics that would have required a vote of the council, plus several others that would have included discussion but likely would have been tabled for later research anyway, so the lack of council members able to attend would have made the meeting less than p... Full story
Former chamber executive director Rachelle Baughman was named the organization's "Achiever of the Year" for 2022 last week after deciding to leave that job last winter and start her own business. Baughman's move set in motion a series of changes at the chamber, including rethinking about what it needs in a new era from a person in Baughman's former position. In announcing the choice at the annual awards dinner Wednesday, board member Nic Alexander said Baughman fits the word "achiever," which...
It's been an interesting year for the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce, especially if you're President Natalie Dennis. Dennis and others outlined past challenges and future plans and directions last Wednesday night at the chamber's annual meeting and awards dinner. Dennis told attendees at PK's Culinary that the chamber is once again facilitating "business after hours" events where business owners can "speak with like-minded people and bounce ideas off of each other." Two have been... Full story
by Scott Hunter The Lady Raiders wrapped their regular season last week with three games against the Brewster Lady Bears, barely losing twice on the road after beating Brewster 3-0 in Grand Coulee. Their April 25 game was a “great win at home for us on senior night,” noted Coach Jaci Gross. “Juel Swager was hot at the bat. Aaliyah (Marchand had an incredible night on the mound.” Marchand, the lone senior on the team, struck out 17 batters, allowing three hits and walking just one. Eighth-grader Swager led the team in hits, going 2-3 with two si...
Raider runners, throwers and jumpers scored highly at the Tonasket Small School Meet April 25, then applied themselves at the Rieke Invitational on Friday, placing well among 15 schools. At Tonasket, where just four schools competed, Head Coach Lori Adkins said, “athletes were able to try some new events … which was really fun. In the high jump we had five jumpers total.” That dynamic added a lot to the team points on the boys’ and girls’ sides, Adkins noted. Logan Marconi took first place in the 800-meter race, setting a personal record in...
After a downturn earlier in the year, Coulee Medical Center earned its keep in a strong March. "March was a phenomenal month," said Chief Financial Officer Kelly Hughes Monday at the hospital district board meeting. "Stats were through the roof." "Inpatient days" in the hospital, she said, numbered 113, which is 53 more than in February. Patients visited the clinic 330 more times in March than in January, 274 more than in February. The Emergency Department saw 354 visits in the month, 39 more...
The Lady Raiders extended their winning streak to 12 last night with a 3-0 win over Brewster at home. They beat Tonasket three times, including April 18 in Tonasket ,12-5, and Saturday in Grand Coulee, 15-3 and 10-3. Manson was also in the losing mix, falling 15-0 in Grand Coulee on Thursday. Aaliyah Marchand pitched both games Saturday, striking out 23 Tonasket batters, allowing 11 hits and four walks during the doubleheader. Marchand's grand slam in the first game counted for four runners...
Lake Roosevelt High School's track and field did well in meets in Manson and Quincy in the last week, drawing attention from competing schools. At the Manson Small Schools meet April 18, LR's distance team of Logan Marconi and Caden Portch took first and second place, respectively, in the 1,600-meter race. Marconi ran it in five minutes, 16.05 seconds. Portch crossed the finish line in 5:21.16. "It is exciting to see our distance runners' hard work in practice pay off in meets," commented Head...
The Triple Fish Challenge fishing tournament added a big new feature Friday, inviting kids from anywhere in the community to come down and catch big fish from a pen. We're not talking about a little tank, or even a big one. These folks built a net pen between docks and called in Pacific Seafood, which happily donated 250 very good sized rainbow trout. Luckily, Lake Roosevelt School got out at 1 p.m.. "It wasn't long after that that you could hear kids squealing every minute, it seemed like," said Danielle Florenzen, of Pacific Seafood, whose...
Several schools in Lincoln County were among more than 30 in the state that shut down April 12 after receiving and email claiming a bomb was in the building. Lake Roosevelt Schools was not among them, and after checking staff emails for a similar message determined the Grand Coulee Dam School District had not received the threat. Superintendent Paul Turner notified the community with a posting online. “At this time, we have not received any such email or threat,” Turner stated. “We will continue to monitor the situation and update you if more...
The Colville Business Council announced Thursday that it had expelled from the CBC its vice chairman, the elected representative of the Keller District, for “using his position to obtain financial gain or something of substantial value …” A public notice dated April 13 said the council, the governing body of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation, had earlier held an evidentiary hearing in allegations of unethical conduct, which resulted in a “findings of fact.” The notice said that Ferguson had “appeared before a department...
Running in with a movie script-like ending, Sawyer Steffens crossed home plate after her hit over the fence for the Lake Roosevelt Lady Raiders' second win in Saturday's doubleheader against Omak in Grand Coulee. Lake Roosevelt edged out the Omak Pioneers 6-5 in the first game, 5-4 in the second. "What Sawyer did in that second game was what most kids dream of," Coach Jaci Gross said. "Bottom of the seventh, two outs, and a walk-off homerun. It was something I will never forget." Aspen Smith...
Lake Roosevelt’s track and field athelets traveled to Davenport and Kittitas last week, placing well in both events. Davenport’s April 11 event was fast and fun, coach Lori Adkins said, where points were only given to first, second and third place finishes. “It was a great way to begin our two-meets-a-week section of the season.” Carly Neddo took second place in the shot put and in the javelin with her season’s best throw. Raeley Portch placed third in the 300-meter hurdles. Logan Marconi took three third places: in the long jump, the 800-m...
A discussion on what kinds of administrators are needed at Lake Roosevelt Schools and how to pay for them turned Monday toward weighing the merits of a “school resource officer” versus a “security officer,” which the district currently has. Currently at the schools, a dean of students handles some discipline issues and more, and a security officer is there to handle immediate flare ups and discipline problems, including potential violence. But current grant funding for that position may well go away this year, Superintendent Paul Turner...
Electric City will hold a town hall meeting at the fire hall on Thursday, April 13, at 6 p.m., giving citizen a chance to hear and talk about several aspects of ongoing city business, including meeting the new police chief. “There’s quite a bit on the agenda,” Mayor Diane Kohout told the city council Tuesday night. Police Chief Paul Bowden’s Coulee Dam department gained the city’s contract in January for providing the service to Electric City. Bowden will attend the meeting and talk with citizens, as will Fire Chief Mark Payne. Kohout sa...
De-annexing a portion of Electric City was one topic of discussion at a retreat its city council held March 18 to discuss various matters. The council and mayor reviewed with the city attorney the process for de-annexing a large part of the city that was added several years ago, moving the boundary further south and encompassing land on the other side of Osborne Bay on Banks Lake. Kohout said the city will ask the council, probably in June or July this year, to consider a resolution to put the matter on the ballot for the November general...
After Tax Day, you may want to clean house of no-longer-needed financial records. To help, and in keeping with its recent practice, the Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club will offer its biannual Shred Day service, when you can get rid of all those records and watch as a big truck double shreds them in bulk. The event will take place at North Dam Park by the Gehrke Windmills on April 22, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. - or until the truck is full. The flow of traffic should start at the road by North Dam and ex... Full story
Coulee Dam's Sixth Street will be rebuilt this spring, starting this week. The Sixth Street Improvement Project started Monday and will include "a full depth reclamation of the street, reconstructing curb and gutter, installing new storm structures, and constructing new ADA ramps at select intersections," a city notice posted online Friday says. Extending only the few blocks from Aspen Street to Central Drive, the street directly to the north of Harvest Foods and the Colville Tribal Casino will...
Although more “cash flush” than they were a year ago, Coulee Medical Center posted just over a quarter million dollar loss in January on net patient revenue of$2.98 million, which was $144,000 less than budgeted, Chief Financial Officer Kelly Hughes reported March 20. December 2022 had seen a gain of nearly $736,000. Salaries in January were over budget by $96,000, but that had been estimated last August, before they knew they’d be implementing a larger wage increase to meet market conditions. And the “temporary manpower” line item was still...
After a week of holding two opponents scoreless in four games, the Lady Raiders ended their last game too early Friday when Presley Steffens suffered a broken leg. It happened at Liberty Bell High School, where Steffens was making a play at second base to put out a runner who slid into her. Steffens suffered a complete break of both the major bones in her lower leg and won't be playing the rest of the season. The game, the second of a doubleheader, was called at the bottom of the second inning....
The Raiders won two and lost two baseball games in the last week, starting with a 7-4 loss at home against Liberty Bell March 28. Lake Roosevelt picked up a win in four innings Thursday, besting the Bridgeport Mustangs 14-4 in Coulee Dam March 30. At Liberty Bell on Friday afternoon, the Raiders had a chance to figure out the Mountain Lions, but it took two games. Lake Roosevelt lost the first game by the same score they lost with on Tuesday, 7-4. The Raiders came together in the second game,...
Two men have come home and now have hopes and dreams for the closed theater in Coulee Dam. Benji Dupris and James Pakootas addressed the town council last week, hoping to get a blessing to explore their dreams about how to revive the town's closed theater and make it into a space for more than just feature films and popcorn. They've both been forging careers in the media world and working with youth, Dupris said. "So, when we saw the theater shut down, we made some inquiries." Dupris graduated...
The Raiders have racked up three baseball wins and three losses this season with two of those losses to Okanogan in three games over the last week. Lake Roosevelt went down 9-2 against the Bulldogs March 21 in Okanogan, then lost 15-3 in the first game of a doubleheader with them at home on Saturday. The Raiders rallied for the second game to take it 7-4, plying both defense and offense - and even a little drama, or comedy, depending on how you look at it. In early innings in game two, Bryce...
Police arrested two men last week after “an alert citizen” reported the two were burglarizing storage units on SR-174 near Lakeview Terrace, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office reported. The sheriff’s office asked Grand Coulee Police to respond until deputies could arrive. Sgt. Dan Holland and Officer Shaffer arrived and split up to search different facilities. L&M Storage owner Rod Boutaine told Shaffer the two were headed down Spring Canyon Road. Coulee Dam Police Chief Paul Bowden also responded. Before long, Shaffer had them at gunpoin...
A recently formed non-profit group threw an introductory event Friday night to introduce its vision and hopes, which started with friends putting on a fishing tournament but now embraces much more. Nic Alexander told a group gathered at Voltage Coffee House after hours that the new "Reel Recreation" non-profit aims to encourage kids to get outside. The group sponsored the informal event. The group of friends originally got together to take over the management of the Grand Coulee Dam Area...