Articles from the June 4, 2014 edition
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Hospital commissioners meet tonight
Coulee Medical Center's hospital district commissioners will meet at 7 p.m. tonight (Monday, 6/9/14) for their regular monthly meeting. They will meet in the CMC Medical Arts Buildi... — Updated 6/9/2014
Large crowd shows up for ambulance issue
The Coulee Dam Town Hall was filled to capacity last Wednesday as EMTs, firefighters and townspeople pushed back at city officials for taking on the EMTs a week earlier. Those speaking cited numerous times that EMTs had assisted... — Updated 6/9/2014
Nespelem will pull out of SHARP Kids
After several years of collaboration, two local school districts will go their own way next year as they seek to augment students’ education with after-school programs. Nespelem’s school board last week voted to follow a different... — Updated 6/7/2014
Alumni Scholarships awarded
Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association has awarded three scholarships in the amount of $500 each to graduating seniors from the Lake Roosevelt High School Class of 2014. Recipient Nicole Baker, daughter of Corey and Shelley... — Updated 6/4/2014
Byam receives PEO scholarship
Madisyn Byam is the 2014 recipient of the $500 scholarship awarded by local Chapter DG of P.E.O. International. The scholarship application process includes a review of the applicants’ academic achievement, community service, e... — Updated 6/4/2014
Meetings and Notices
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, June 5, at Pepper Jack’s in Grand Coulee at noon. Relay for Life in Moses Lake Moses Lake’s 26th annual Relay for Life will be held Friday and Sat... — Updated 6/4/2014
It's a boy for the Katiches
Melissa and Sorrell Katich of Keller are proud to announce the birth of their son Buck E. Katich on Friday, May 23, 2014, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 9 lbs., 3 oz., and was 21 inches in length at birth.... — Updated 6/4/2014
Covington/Andrews have a girl
Brenda Covington and James Andrews of Electric City are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Lily Litan Andrews born Thursday, May 22, 2014, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 8 lbs., 2 oz., and was 19... — Updated 6/4/2014
Robert Kistler Rowe
Robert Kistler Rowe passed away Thursday, May 29, 2014. He was born in Glen Alpine, North Carolina on February 8, 1922. He attended the Glen Alpine School District and served in... — Updated 6/4/2014
Frank Ward
Frank Ward, of Stevens Avenue in Coulee Dam, died suddenly on Tuesday, June 3, 2014. An obituary will appear in next week’s issue. If service arrangements are made in the interim, they will be published in The Star Online at g... — Updated 6/4/2014
Donald N. (Don) Hope
Donald N. (Don) Hope passed away quietly at an assisted living facility in Moses Lake on Wednesday, May 28, 2014, at the age of 93. Don was born in Spokane, Wash.,on January 21,... — Updated 6/4/2014
Sylvia Ann Wiese
Sylvia Ann Wiese of Vader, was called home by the Lord, Monday, April 21, 2014. She was born to the late Bill and Lucy Raynor, June 10, 1940, in Tarboro, N.C. Sylvia was preceded in death by her son Timothy Wiese. She is survived... — Updated 6/4/2014
Solid design
A subcontractor employee does some fancy brickwork at the entrance to the new K-12 school in Coulee Dam. Workers race to get the complex finished by the time students show up Sept.... — Updated 6/4/2014
Coulee Recollections
1 Years Ago Kristen Shields, 2000 graduate of Lake Roosevelt, took the national championship in the 100 meter dash Saturday. Shields just graduated with a 4.0 from Whitworth... — Updated 6/4/2014
Beavers, Tigers, Panthers and now Pirates
In our school history we have retired and put to pasture some of our mascots. Soon a Pirate will join them. Please, a moment of silence for our fallen identities of the past. Grand Coulee Tigers, Coulee Dam Beavers, Center School... — Updated 6/4/2014
Why it's important to meet state EMS standards
A few years ago, the Washington State Department of Health (DOH) received a complaint about the Coulee Dam ambulance service. They took note of dirty and unsanitary conditions, expired medications and supplies, non-functioning or... — Updated 6/4/2014
Thanks to volunteers and backers of free food event
The 2nd Harvest Thrivent Food Truck was at Zion Lutheran Church May 30th handing out 7,584 pounds of food to 215 families. It took 26 helpers to keep up with handing out products. The Washington Beef Council furnished three-pound... — Updated 6/4/2014
Students build new gate
A handful of students in Lee Largent's welding class are making their mark on Lake Roosevelt High School. The six have created a "Raider Gate" that will close off the hallway at... — Updated 6/4/2014
Newsbriefs
Beautiful cars coming to town The Coulee Cruizers Car Club will host their annual Best Rod Run by a Dam Site on Father’s Day weekend, June 13-15. Look for fancy cars with unbelievable paint jobs cruising the area Friday night on a... — Updated 6/4/2014
Coulee Dam OKs extra spending for tourism
The town council at Coulee Dam approved a budget amendment ordinance last Wednesday night that will provide the chamber of commerce $6,000 for a media campaign to promote the new Laser Light Show on Grand Coulee Dam. The chamber... — Updated 6/4/2014
Chamber to launch annual mid-June events
The 10th Annual Koulee Kids Fest and the Saturday Market will each take off Saturday, June 14. Both are sponsored by the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce. The Saturday Market, featuring fruits and vegetables, local... — Updated 6/4/2014
Estimate to fix old gym: $883,000
If you are wondering if the school board will decide to re-roof and re-side the old Lake Roosevelt High School gym, you will have to wait a little longer. Superintendent Dennis Carlson revealed to the board last Wednesday night... — Updated 6/4/2014
Firm selected to alternative plant analysis
Coulee Dam has selected a Spokane firm to do its alternative analysis for the proposed wastewater treatment plant project. Varela & Associates was selected out of nine firms that initially showed interest in the project. That... — Updated 6/4/2014
Over the top
Water spills over the top of Grand Coulee Dam as the level of Lake Roosevelt rises with the rushing in of spring runoff waters to the Columbia River. The lake had reached 1,269... — Updated 6/4/2014
Email details dispute between towns
A terse email from Elmer City Mayor Gail Morin to Coulee Dam Mayor Greg Wilder on wastewater treatment billings is raising a stink between the two towns. She wrote, “Thank you for demonstrating Coulee Dam’s imbedded lack of int... — Updated 6/4/2014