Articles from the November 21, 2018 edition
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University of Washington Public Health students invite local participation in Grand Coulee community health assessment
In partnership with the Grant County Health District nine graduate students in the University of Washington Community-Oriented Public Health Practice (COPHP) program will visit Grand Coulee to learn about important health issues fa... — Updated 11/26/2018 Full story
Consolidation topic as charged as ever
The topic of consolidating local towns into one came up at the Electric City council meeting Nov. 13, where councilmembers, the mayor, the city clerk, a lawyer, and a citizen spoke on the issue for roughly half an hour. The Grand... — Updated 11/26/2018
GCD School Board meeting tonight
Grand Coulee Dam School Board will be meeting Monday, November 26 (tonight) at 6:00 p.m. in the LRHS Library.... — Updated 11/26/2018 Full story
Sean Garvin comes back a champion
Sean Garvin, who played volleyball for the Lady Raiders until an injury sidelined her in 2017, won a national championship on Saturday in Kansas with the College of Southern Idaho... — Updated 11/21/2018
Ambrose Joseph "Joe" Reichlin
Ambrose Joseph "Joe" Reichlin passed away on Tuesday, November 13, 2018, in Wilbur, Washington. Born in Cottonwood, Idaho on October 6, 1943, to Franz and Agnes Reichlin, Joe spent... — Updated 11/21/2018 Full story
State law changed to help local consolidation effort - in 1995
Many of the details on exactly how consolidation of municipalities can happen in Washington were changed to accomodate a Grand Coulee Dam area push in the mid-1990s to do just that. An article in The Star on May 3, 1995, details... — Updated 11/21/2018
Legals for November 21, 2018
Town of Coulee Dam NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 2019 Final Budget Hearing Notice is hereby given that the Town of Coulee Dam will hold a Final Budget Hearing on November 28, 2018, 6:00 p.m. at Town Hall. Copies of the 2019 Preliminary... — Updated 11/21/2018 Full story
October Students of the Month at Lake Roosevelt Elementary
Here are the October Students of the Month at Lake Roosevelt Elementary... — Updated 11/21/2018
Meetings & Notices
No Chamber This Week or Next Due to the Thanksgiving holiday and then the Vintners and Brewers Tasting and Auction Dec. 1, there will be no chamber this week or next. Meetings will resume Thursday, December 6. Senior Volunteers... — Updated 11/21/2018
Tule weavers
Pendleton Moses, left, makes decoys ducks out of tule reeds with students at Cultural Night, held at Lake Roosevelt on Monday. Moses explained that 2,500 year old decoy ducks had... — Updated 11/21/2018
Trees of Sharing are out
The Trees of Sharing 2018 are now out decorated with ornament tags with children’s wishes. Pick up a tag and fill the wish. Trees are placed at North Cascades Bank, Safeway Pharmacy, Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union and Harvest... — Updated 11/21/2018
Give-A-Tree as unique holiday gift
Nebraska City, Neb. – Celebrate this year’s holiday season with friends and loved ones while supporting conservation and tree planting with the help of the Arbor Day Foundation. • Returning for the ninth season in a row, Give... — Updated 11/21/2018
Garnet Marie (Murrow) Brandstrom
Garnet Marie (Murrow) Brandstrom passed away Monday, November 5, 2018, after a brief illness. She was born in Yuma, Colorado, on June 11, 1935, to Leta B. (Van Meter) Murrow and... — Updated 11/21/2018 Full story
Lori Swanson-Sprugel Parrish
"I just want to go to Heaven. I have family and friends who are waiting for me." This was the final prayer of Lori (Swanson-Sprugel) Parrish, which was answered Friday, November... — Updated 11/21/2018 Full story
Science should determine federal listing of gray wolf
The recovery of the gray wolf is a success story for the Endangered Species Act, and the best available science should determine whether species remain listed. I am proud that the House voted last week to approve of legislation I... — Updated 11/21/2018
Give thanks
The holiday season is upon us and, as we start our list of chores to do for the festivities, we must remember that this first holiday is all about giving thanks. So amidst the... — Updated 11/21/2018
Thank you, thank you, thank you
The Care and Share Food Bank has received over one ton of donations from our small communities with big HEARTS In the last two weeks. The high school homecoming drive, Boy Scouts, Coulee Medical Center, plus other smaller drives di... — Updated 11/21/2018
University thankful for Grand Coulee physicians who teach
In Grand Coulee and throughout eastern Washington, physicians are the backbone of our communities. For the past 45 years, UW School of Medicine faculty and clinical partners have taught and mentored our students as a way of... — Updated 11/21/2018
Time to think outside the city
A few years after Rod Hartman had retired as the 10-year mayor of Coulee Dam in 1996, he tried to impress upon me the absolute necessity of merging the local towns. I agreed, and always have, that it would probably make sense to... — Updated 11/21/2018
Firefighters want to clean up Coulee Dam
Firefighters in Coulee Dam want to clean up areas of the town that could contribute to a much worse fire season than the last one under the wrong circumstances. Judah Pope told the city council Wednesday the Coulee Dam Volunteer... — Updated 11/21/2018
Out of ashes, art
A few weeks after fire, water and smoke destroyed his Elmer City home and studio, artist Ric Gendron signs books at the opening of his new showing at the Moses Lake Civic Center... — Updated 11/21/2018
Tasting books and more
Ken Miles, of Coulee Dam, and Susan Kennedy, of Electric City, converse over good books and food at an event the Friends of the Grand Coulee Area Library held Nov. 14 at The Wine... — Updated 11/21/2018
Newsbriefs
Grant Transit Authority meeting to discuss changes Grant Transit Authority will be holding a public meeting at Grand Coulee City Hall on November 28, from 11 a.m. until 12 p.m., to discuss changes to their transportation services t... — Updated 11/21/2018
Decade-old entrance sign idea revived
The Electric City council discussed putting a large sign at their southern limits that would welcome people coming into town from the south on SR-155. The sign would read "Welcome t... — Updated 11/21/2018
Possibility: Grant might pay for extra plant work, helping Elmer City
The engineer in charge of the new wastewater treatment plant in Coulee Dam says funds may be available to pay for the extra lift station needed to bring Elmer City’s effluent to the plant. With costs estimated at three quarters... — Updated 11/21/2018