Articles from the June 26, 2013 edition
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Presenting the feathered
Cheryl Hoffman, of Funzees, presents information on birding to chamber of commerce members at their weekly luncheon at Pepper Jack’s Thursday. — Scott Hunter pho... — Updated 6/26/2013
Glenn D. Stauffer
Glenn Dee Stauffer, 71, passed away on Wednesday, June 20, 2013. He was born on May 24, 1942, to Alvin Godfrey Stauffer and Rachel Della Rindlisbacher in Ogden, Utah. Glenn... — Updated 6/26/2013
Robert F. Lehto
Funeral Mass for Robert F. Lehto will be held at 1 p.m., on Saturday, June 29, 2013, at St. Henry’s Catholic Church in Grand Coulee. Mr. Lehto passed away on Good Friday, March 29, 2013. He will be interred in the family plot in S... — Updated 6/26/2013
Calvin R. Winstead
Calvin R. Winstead (89) passed away at his Electric City, Wash., home Friday, June 14, 2013. Cal was born April 30, 1924, in Tioga, Louisiana, the second youngest of Allen and Nora... — Updated 6/26/2013
Celebration of Life Memorial Service
A Celebration of Life for Martha Stefanik will be held Saturday, July 6, 2013, 11 a.m., at Banks Lake Bible Church, 25 School Avenue in Electric City with Pastor Bill Williams officiating. Immediately following, the ladies of the... — Updated 6/26/2013
Phyllis Louise (Brooks) Sears
November 1, 1920-October 16, 2012 Family and friends are invited to join us for an informal memorial gathering for Phyllis Sears at McGinnis Lake Saturday, June 29, at 2 p.m. She... — Updated 6/26/2013
Ronald Edward Haven
Ronnie E. Haven (53) became our guardian angel on June 17, 2013. Ron was born on February 23, 1960 in Coulee Dam, Wash. to Ed and Carolyn Haven, and eventually became big brother... — Updated 6/26/2013
By Heartwarming story
Just read the wonderful story about the fellow who asked his son why he loved him and the son said "It's just a given." From a 4-year-old! That is incredible. Warms my heart. Linda Thompson... — Updated 6/26/2013
Tribes still held hostage
Colville tribal elections 2013 are over... history; however, the Colville Confederated Tribes are still held hostage in the dictatorship-driven governmental systems through our sitting tribal council. Nepotism, collusion,... — Updated 6/26/2013
Star brings back many memories
Thank you for making The Star available. It brings back many memories. I am in Oregon and have lived here since we moved from CD in 1951. My father, Les Hubbard was first a shovel operator and then crane operator. My grandfather,... — Updated 6/26/2013
Missing the community garden
Dear CDFCU, Please do not build a shop where the public garden once was! I used to love going to the public garden. The last time we went everything was plowed down. My little sister and I cried the whole time! In my opinion,... — Updated 6/26/2013
Great area, great volunteers
We decided to retire here 15 years ago. Fishing and golfing were our favorite things. Whoops … Seems we entered at the time the golf course was going into a BIG change wanting to go from 9 to 18 holes. Needless to say, things c... — Updated 6/26/2013
Art (and more) on the street
April Gabbert displays her stained glass original art at The Saturday Market in Grand Coulee June 15. The market is organized by the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce to... — Updated 6/26/2013
Memories from the past, dreams for the present
Summer is upon us, and I did some remembering. If this were a movie we would have the wavy, blurry, flashback screen now. It was a very hot summer and I, my brother Jamie (Jeremy),... — Updated 6/26/2013
Tribal voters elect four new council members, return three
The Colville Business Council will have four new members as a result of the tribal general election last week. The election was held June 15, and absentee ballots were received until Thursday last week. Newcomers to the Business... — Updated 6/26/2013
First Concrete Pour at School
Contractors made the first concrete pour of footings last Friday. Workers were on the job on an overtime day as they try to make up some of the time lost when fill had to be... — Updated 6/26/2013
Special section details community plans for 4th
Everyone likes a good old fashioned Fourth of July celebration. You can enjoy one next week, the “Festival of America” a three-day affair, right here in the Grand Coulee Dam are... — Updated 6/26/2013
Bull rides and ranch rodeo at Ridge Riders this weekend
Rodeo fans will enjoy two evenings of entertainment at the Ridge Riders Rodeo Grounds this Friday and Saturday. Friday night, beginning at 7 p.m., the Ridge Riders feature the 2nd Annual Cleatis Lacy Memorial Bull Ride. Action... — Updated 6/26/2013
Kayaker gets security scrutiny
Police checked on an Oregon kayaker who was sitting on the rocks talking on his cell phone from inside the buoy line above the dam. Logan Wetherell, of Umpqua, Ore., had kayaked from the Canadian border to Grand Coulee Dam and was... — Updated 6/26/2013
Youth detained on child-molestation warrants
Both Coulee Dam and Grand Coulee police officers last Wednesday were involved in the arrest near the Grand Coulee Post Office of a juvenile wanted in a series of warrants on five counts of first-degree child molestation and five... — Updated 6/26/2013
Hooping it up
Jaylyn Kensler, left, outlasts the competition on the way to her 7-minute, 30-second hula hoop victory during Mill Pond Days in Nespelem June 22. The community event featured... — Updated 6/26/2013
Group to seek tourism board for whole community
A chamber of commerce-sponsored meeting of community leaders Monday selected a committee whose goal is to approach the three municipalities that collect hotel/motel tax money about the possible formation of a tourism advisory... — Updated 6/26/2013
Newsbriefs
Group to release 50,000 fish Some 50,000 rainbow trout will be released into Banks Lake July 2. It will be the second such batch this year that POWER, the Promoters of Wildlife and... — Updated 6/26/2013
Two arrested after ground wire cut, taken from dam
Two western Washington men were arrested June 18, charged with cutting up and stealing copper cables at Grand Coulee Dam. The two, Victor W. Ford, 43, of Lake Stevens, and Michael R. Bruce, 47, of Everett, were observed by Bureau... — Updated 6/26/2013
A special document honored in this issue
Inside the special section in this issue is tucked a copy of an extremely important document: The Declaration of Independence. These days it’s easy to look up anything; you can download the same copy we did from the National A... — Updated 6/26/2013
