Articles from the November 14, 2018 edition
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Newsbriefs
Books and wine event tonight A new Friends of the Grand Coulee Library group is working to make people aware of its benefits and is inviting people to an unusual type of promotion: “Reading Between the Wines,” which will take pla... — Updated 11/17/2018
Legals for November 14, 2018
Notice of Public Budget Hearing and Change of Regular Meeting Time Public Hospital District No. 6, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln, & Okanogan Counties, Washington Public Hospital District No. 6, Douglas, Grant, Lincoln and Okanogan... — Updated 11/14/2018 Full story
Bowling Scores
Thursday Mixups TEAM W L Team 1 20 8 The Star 15 13 Only Nine! 10 14 High Game: John Stensgar 211; Mae Stensgar 223 High Series: John Stensgar 599; Mae Stensgar 536 DAM KEGLERS TEAM W L Team 1 88.5 51.5 Team 5 79.5 60.5 Team 4 66... — Updated 11/14/2018
Auction to be held in LR cafeteria
A Ten-Penny Auction will be held in the Lake Roosevelt High School cafeteria Saturday at 11 a.m. This year the annual event will be sponsored by both the junior and senior classes of LRHS to earn funds towards their senior... — Updated 11/14/2018
All-League Raiders and Lady Raiders
Plenty of Lake Roosevelt athletes received All-League honors in the Central Washington 2B League, including senior Steven Flowers, who won both offensive and defensive most valuable player in football. Also making the first team... — Updated 11/14/2018
Raiders' season ends in first round of state
The Lake Roosevelt Raiders football team suffered their first loss of the season Saturday in Coulee Dam, losing 28-24 to the Onalaska Loggers in the first round of the state tournam... — Updated 11/14/2018
September Students of the Month at Lake Roosevelt
Here are Lake Roosevelt's September Students of the Month! Congratulations!... — Updated 11/14/2018
October students of the month at Nespelem School
Here are the Nespelem School students of the month for October. Congratulations!... — Updated 11/14/2018
Meetings & Notices
Chamber This Week This week’s meeting will be held at noon at Voltage Coffee House in Grand Coulee. General business is on the agenda. Celebrating Life in Recovery A 14-week program entitled Celebrating Life in Recovery is being h... — Updated 11/14/2018
Sharing names accepted until Friday
The Trees of Sharing program is still accepting children’s names on special wish slips being placed in decorated collection boxes at Safeway Pharmacy, Coulee Medical Center, or Harvest Foods until November 16. This is a special w... — Updated 11/14/2018
Blood drive planned for Monday
Vitalant, along with Grand Coulee community blood drive volunteers led by coordinator Leha Neilsen, is planning a blood drive for Monday, November 19. Donation hours will be from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at Coulee Medical Center. Vitalant... — Updated 11/14/2018
Instilling the honor
Students and teachers stand to applaud World War II veterans in their 90s at last Friday's Veterans Day assembly at Lake Roosevelt Schools. Teacher Sandy Hood (inset) has been... — Updated 11/14/2018
Ferguson family adds a boy
Barney and Nicole Ferguson, of Electric City, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Colton Wade Ferguson, born Wednesday, November 7, 2018, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. He weighed 6... — Updated 11/14/2018 Full story
Helen Gardna Vaara Jordan
Helen Gardna Vaara Jordan, 89, beloved mother, grandmother, great-grandmother and great-great-grandmother, entered into rest on Sunday, November 4, 2018, in Grand Coulee,... — Updated 11/14/2018 Full story
Costs matter in hiring
While both sides argue over the merits of Seattle’s escalating minimum wage, there are other issues, such as the total cost per worker, which enter into hiring equations. When e... — Updated 11/14/2018
The blood of freedom
A lot has been in the news recently about freedom, civil rights and equality. I tend to stay away from a lot of those volatile topics just because words can be bent or misused and turn a civil conversation into a riotous movement.... — Updated 11/14/2018
100th anniversary of Armistice shows importance of honoring fallen heroes and today's veterans
November 11 of this year marks the 100th anniversary of the Armistice that ended World War I. Over the course of that conflict, 116,516 American military personnel lost their lives. The deadliest battle in U.S. history was at... — Updated 11/14/2018
We owe them special thanks
The special Veteran’s section in last Wednesday’s Star newspaper was another reminder of the debt we owe to our servicemen and women. They serve to protect the freedoms we so often take for granted. Locally, the “Isle of Flags... — Updated 11/14/2018
Gonzaga professor to talk about race in storytelling
Gonzaga professor Jessica Maucione will be at the Grand Coulee Library on Monday, Nov. 19 at 6 p.m., making a free presentation titled "Writing in the Margins, Transforming the... — Updated 11/14/2018
Astronomy for everyone on offer at library
The universe, estimated by scientists to be about 14 billion years old, vast and full of mystery, will be the topic of a presentation at the Grand Coulee Library this Thursday. Astronomer Kevin Manning, a former consultant with... — Updated 11/14/2018
Senior center looking for tax helpers
After helping people file their taxes for 24 years, Charlie Long is retiring from the tax preparation program offered at the local senior center, leaving a gap that needs to be filled by anyone interested. “It was fun and I e... — Updated 11/14/2018
Owner of new local transit company aiming at blue skies
Need a ride somewhere? Dude, just take an Uber. Hail a cab. Oh yeah! It's the Coulee, so you can't do any of that stuff. Or can you? Teresa Bower has started a company called Blue... — Updated 11/14/2018
Ron Bjorklund accomplishes goal of golfing in all 50 states
Ron Bjorklund had a mission: to golf in all 50 states. And he accomplished that mission on Oct. 9, 2018, at the Cape Cod Country Club in Massachusetts. The daring feat became a... — Updated 11/14/2018
Grand Coulee sewer charges to go up a lot
Citizens of Grand Coulee may want to sit down before reading this, and specifically may want to sit down on the toilet. The Grand Coulee City Council voted last week to raise residential sewage rates by about 63 percent. The... — Updated 11/14/2018
Veterans honored at school assembly
Elmer Rinard, left, Josephine Ayers and Fred Long pose for a photo together as the three WWII veterans recognized at an assembly to honor veterans at Lake Roosevelt School on... — Updated 11/14/2018