Articles from the November 4, 2015 edition
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Early deadline due to Veterans Day holiday
The Star print edition next week will be out two days early, on Monday, due to the Veterans Day holiday falling on the newspaper’s normal Wednesday publication day. The issue will include our annual salute to area veterans, and w... — Updated 11/4/2015
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Lady Raiders finish season at districts
Lady Raiders Volleyball finished the 2015 season in Ephrata, playing in the pigtail match of the District 5-6 Volleyball Tournament. LR came into the tournament as the number-five... — Updated 11/4/2015
Okanogan County 4-H leader honored with state award
Okanogan County 4-H Leader Betty Cleveland, of the Krafty Kids 4-H Club, was honored at the annual Washington State 4-H Leader Forum Recognition Banquet. Betty was presented with... — Updated 11/4/2015
11-year high point for Lake Roosevelt football
Raider football finished the 2015 regular season with the best winning percentage of any Raider football team since 2004, capping it off with a win over Soap Lake Friday. Last night, the Raiders played their first playoff game... — Updated 11/4/2015
Give gifts from the Arbor Day Foundation
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 seventh season in a row, Give-A-Tree cards from the A... — Updated 11/4/2015
It's a boy for St. Pierre and Miller
Mari St. Pierre and Kenneth Miller of Omak, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son Nakoda Kash Miller, born Tuesday, Oct. 27, 2015, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 8 lbs., 7 oz., and was 20... — Updated 11/4/2015
It's a boy for Nault and Labro
Mercedes Nault and Seth Labro of Keller, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Nexander Idej Labro, born Wednesday, October 14, 2015, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. He weighed 8 lbs., 3.9... — Updated 11/4/2015
Edith Short
Memorial services for Edith Short will be held at 10 a.m., on Sunday, November 8, at St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in Grand Coulee. Edith, 84, and a life-long Grand Coulee resident, passed away Saturday night, October 31, 2015, a... — Updated 11/4/2015
Meetings and Notices
Chamber Meets at the Senior Center The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting this Thursday, Nov. 5, at noon, at the senior center in Grand Coulee. Katy Clark will be giving a program on baskets and basket weavin... — Updated 11/4/2015
Leona Rauch
Leona Rauch, beloved mother, sister, grandmother, and great-grandmother went to be with her Lord on Thursday, October 29, 2015. Leona was born to William and Amelia Martin in... — Updated 11/4/2015
Veterans Day, a day to celebrate and remember
What would this country look like if we did not have men and women who gave their lives for us? Think about that a second or two. Yes, our country, at times, is pretty screwed up, but that is what freedom can do. It can give us a... — Updated 11/4/2015
Drowsy driving and drunk driving are the same
“Driver falls asleep at wheel, crashes in Vancouver. VANCOUVER, Wash. - A car crashed and rolled over on its side on Highway 14 after the driver fell asleep at the wheel.” “Police: Drowsy driver caused crash that killed two. MARYS... — Updated 11/4/2015
Tourism efforts frustrated in the coulee
Each year, the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce makes formal requests to our local cities for lodging tax dollars, which we use to promote tourism and offset operational expenses for popular festivals. Grand Coulee and... — Updated 11/4/2015
Chamber event tickets available
Tickets for the Chamber of Commerce’s Vintners and Brewers Tasting and Auction, Saturday, Dec. 5, at the Coulee Dam Community Room, went on sale this week. Tickets cost $40 for individuals, $70 for a couple, or $300 for a table f... — Updated 11/4/2015
Port sets 2016 budget
Port District 7 commissioners approved a $216,500 budget for 2016 at their last meeting. No changes to the budget were made from an earlier proposed preliminary budget. Chamber event tickets available Tickets for the Chamber of... — Updated 11/4/2015
Season for cleanup
Margaret Ricks blows leaves onto Douglas Street in Coulee Dam ahead of the town's fall leaf pickup service Monday morning. - Scott Hunter photo... — Updated 11/4/2015
Newsbriefs
Author wins statewide award A Spokane teacher with local ties has won the Washington State Book Award for his second novel. Bruce Holbert’s “The Hour of Lead,” which a Seattle Times reviewer called a “riveting and beautif... — Updated 11/4/2015
Custom costumes
A queen of hearts and a minion are among dozens of costumed kids at the Moose Lodge on Halloween day, circling on musical squares, hoping for pies, cakes and goodies if they land... — Updated 11/4/2015
Chamber, city in dispute over payments, use of funds
The relationship between the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce and Electric City reached a new low this past week. While the relationship has been simmering for a long time, it spilled over Oct. 22, when the chamber’s w... — Updated 11/4/2015
Five council seat races decided, one not
Only Electric City and Coulee Dam watched races in the battle for city council positions in the election returns last night. Electric City produced the tightest race, for a four-year term on the city council’s Position 3. I... — Updated 11/4/2015
New bulkhead proposed to fix dam gates
Grand Coulee Dam could get a new fixture for help in repairing the big gates at the top of its spillway, one of which has been leaking since last summer. The Bureau of Reclamation i... — Updated 11/4/2015
Burglary suspect arrested
Coulee Dam police have arrested an area man in connection with two recent burglaries at Riverside Lanes. Arrested and now in Okanogan County Jail is Michael Shane Snyder II, 26. Coulee Dam Police Sgt. Larry Hall said Snyder is bein... — Updated 11/4/2015
Suspect facing 30 charges after two-year-long crime spree
After a task-force investigation lasting more than two years, a 23-year-old Moses Lake man has been arrested and is facing charges including multiple arsons, domestic violence assault and burglary, the Grant County Sheriff’s O... — Updated 11/4/2015
