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The Lions Club, which owns Spring Canyon Cemetery, is hoping to form a group to keep the operation going. “Like many other organizations, the Spring Canyon Cemetery board are few and aging, and are unable to do several of tasks needed to keep up the cemetery,” a statement from the club said this week. “The Lions do not want to see the Cemetery become a ward of the state like many other cemeteries in the State are.” The 4.5-acre cemetery was dedicated March 30, 1959, a year when 24 more people were buried there, after seven were the year be...
The Grand Coulee Dam School District will help fund a lawsuit against the state intended to have a far-reaching effect on funding school facilities and programs. School board members voted unanimously Monday to chip in $5,000 to to the Wahkiakum School District in the endeavor. Wahkiakum Superintendent Brent Freeman attended the meeting and filled the board in on progress on the suit, which will be heard by the state Supreme Court. The suit claims the state is not meeting its constitutional...
Barbara was born in Sandpoint, Idaho, to Ralph Edward and Edna Pearl Bemis. She later moved to Bellingham, Washington, where she attended Bellingham High School. While in school she participated in many musical programs until graduation. She then attended Western Washington University where she met her husband, Dick Riehl. Soon after they were married Barbara and Dick moved to Tacoma, Washington, where their four children: Bobbi Lynne Kempkes, Allison Punteney (Pat), Missy Bruce (Mike), and Rich...
Care and Share Food Bank Open Care & Share Food Bank regular hours are Fridays 1-3 p.m. Join our Facebook Group. Questions call Pastor Shawn at 633-2566. AA Meetings in the Local Area AA meetings are held Monday through Saturday at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul at 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings. New Hope Group meetings are held Wednesdays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center. These are open and non-smoking. In Nespelem, the group Bound and Determined holds its meetings Monday evening at 7 p.m. at the Catholic Church. Contact Myrna at...
A herd of 24 mule deer graze in the Bureau of Reclamation's Visitor Center park below Grand Coulee Dam Jan. 19 about 3 p.m. Much of the group roams west Coulee Dam most of the day and night, but they can all be seen in the park in the mid to late afternoons, looking for a little more sustenance to get them through to spring, when new growth sprouts. Wildlife experts warn against feeding the deer, which take months to adapt to new types of food. Several starved to death in Coulee Dam a few years...
Right now, you may be thinking about taxes and records, but soon you’ll be thinking about what to do with those records you no longer need to keep. A local club has an answer. The Grand Coulee Dam Area Rotary Club, which has organized a day to shred those documents every other year for several years, is planning the event again for the Saturday after your federal income tax returns are due — April 22, tentatively at North Dam Park....
Grand Coulee Police 1/16 - Police responded to North Dam, where someone had reportedly jumped a fence with a shotgun while hunting birds and had fired two shots. Police found a man trying to retrieve two dead waterfowl from the water with a fishing pole. He said he had used a hunting app that showed the area as accessible. Police explained it was off limits for a reason. The man understood and was escorted out of the area by USBR Security Response Force officers. 1/17 - A Continental Heights woman reports a man she communicated with online was...
Eastern Washington University released their Dean’s List for Fall Quarter Tuesday for undergraduates who earned 12 quality hours with a grade point average of 3.5 or better. Local students on the list are: Derek Atkins and Addison Hansen, both of Coulee Dam; Stephen Flowers, Grand Coulee; Matthew Tillman, Nespelem....
Town of Elmer City Adopting Ordinances Notice is hereby given that the Town of Elmer City has adopted the following Ordinance: Ordinance 367: Increasing Monthly Utility Rates and Fees for Water Service and Sewerage System, Effective March 1, 2023. Copies are available at www.townofelmercity.com or at City Hall located at 505 Seaton Ave. Elmer City. City Hall is accessible to the handicapped. Kelly Ross Clerk/Treasurer 509-633-2872. (Publish Jan 25, 2023) Notice of Special Election Okanogan County, State of Washington Tuesday, February 14, 2023...
Twice last weekend people wanting to fish through the ice of Banks Lake found out it was thinner than they'd figured. On Saturday afternoon and amphibious motor vehicle designed for ice fishing headed out on the ice from Coulee Playland with three men inside. When they tried to drive the four-wheeled vehicle over the off-shore log boom, the vehicle, a Wilcraft amphibious ice fishing vehicle, high centered on the logs and it broke through the ice at both ends, leaving it unmovable. But it was bui...
Marriah New and Desmond Adamson of Elmer City, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Madalynn Adamson born Tuesday, January 3, 2023, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. She weighed 5 lbs., 8 oz., and was 18-1/2 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Kyndra, Jystin and Carol. Maternal grandparents are Angel and Walter New of Elmer City. Paternal grandmother is Nicole Simmons. Great-grandmother is Elaine Adamson....
Care and Share Food Bank Open Care & Share Food Bank regular hours are Fridays 1-3 p.m. Join our Facebook Group. Questions call Pastor Shawn at 633-2566. AA Meetings in the Local Area Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are held Monday through Friday from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul at 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings. New Hope Group meetings are held Wednesdays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center. These are open and non-smoking. In Nespelem, the group Bound and Determined holds its meetings Monday evening at 7 p.m. at...
Grand Coulee Police 1/10 - Two women were reported as appearing to try to break into a red car near Midway Avenue and Spokane Way. Police saw the vehicle but didn’t find anyone around it after searching the area. 1/11 - Police arrested a man at a motel on Spokane Way and took him to Reardan where he was transferred to a Spokane County Sheriff’s deputy who took him to jail in Spokane County. The man had been charged there with assault, harassment, and malicious mischief against his girlfriend earlier in the month at a hotel. Because he was in...
Spokane Falls Community College listed several local students last week among its 1,451 on its honor roll for fall quarter 2022, which ended in December. Students must have a grade point average of 3.0 or above to be listed on the honor roll. Local students making the grade at SFCC included: Taylor Bartholomew, of Grand Coulee; William Friedlander, of Coulee Dam; Emily Nichols, of Keller; and Logan McElyea, of Wilbur. Also, Shawn Traxler, of Coulee Dam, has been named to Southern New Hampshire University’s Fall 2022 President’s List by ear...
Remember the blood drive is set for Monday, Jan. 16, 1:30-5:45 pm at the American Legion Hall (Vets Center) in Electric City. We are currently sitting at 12 scheduled appointments with 14 openings between 2:30- 5:30 Grand Coulee Community Monday, January 16 1:30pm- 5:45pm American Legion 877-25-VITLAL...
Looking at something from a different angle can reveal much that hadn’t been noticed before. That principle may have been evident at a school board meeting Monday night. School leaders made plans Monday to systematically consider student opinion in coming meetings, the result of advocacy on the school board by two new student representatives. Appointed as ex-officio representatives in October 2022, Juniors Layla Flett and Celeste LaPlace have been discussing with other Grand Coulee Dam School District board members ways to get student c...
John C. Francis (72) "Florist, Master Gardener, Artist, Poet, Loved by many, a Soon Friend to all whom he met, leaving all a bit richer for having known him;" passed away Wednesday morning December 28, 2022 in Nespelem, Washington. Born June 22nd, 1950 in Rossland, BC, Canada to Alex & Mary "Jean" Moore-Francis; John attended school in Northport, Washington where his second grade teacher – Mrs. Roe first recognized and encouraged John's artistic ability. Later, along with being on the high s...
Gerry Kerby left his earthly home peacefully at Coulee Medical Center on Friday, December 23, 2022, his wife at his side. Born on March 30, 1940, to Clair and Eleanor (Springston) Kerby in Spirit Lake, Idaho he moved to Grand Coulee at a young age where his father taught school and coached at Grand Coulee Junior High. Gerry loved this area and had many fond memories of growing up here especially having a horse and being a charter member of the Junior Ridge Riders. He moved with his family to...
Amanda Palmer and Tyler Jordan of Nespelem, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Ace Alan Jordan, born Sunday, January 1, 2023, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. He weighed 5 lbs., 0 oz., and was 19 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Archer Palmer and Kade Jordan. Maternal grandmother is Debra Francis. Paternal grandparents are Lakeytha and Brent Jordan....
Zion Lutheran Church is celebrating it’s 85thAnniversary on January 15, 2023 at 11:00 am. Our guest preacher for the celebration will be Rev Daniel Wurster who was the pastor at Zion from 1973-1976. We are also hoping that former pastors Ken Goodfellow and William Goodin will be in attendance to celebrate with us and bless us. We look forward to being a part of the community for many years to come sharing God’s Love in word and deed. Lutheran pastors began visiting the Grand Coulee Dam community in 1933. Pastor Hugo Gurney was serving the Lut...
Grant County Mosquito Dist. to Meet Grant County Mosquito District #2 will hold its monthly meeting Thursday, January 12, 2023, at 4:00 pm at 210 W. Coulee Blvd., Electric City. Care and Share Food Bank Open Care & Share Food Bank regular hours are Fridays 1-3 p.m. Join our Facebook Group. Questions call Pastor Shawn at 633-2566. AA Meetings in the Local Area Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are held Monday through Friday from 6 to 7 p.m. at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul at 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings. New Hope Group...
Grand Coulee Police 1/3 - One catalytic converter was cut and stolen from a U-Haul truck parked near the hardware store, and the catalytic converter was cut but not taken from a second U-Haul. - Police checked on a deer that had been hit by a car somewhere near the hospital. When approaching the deer, it was able to get away. Police decided it didn’t need to be put down since it was able to get away. 1/5 - A woman was banned from a Dill Avenue residence after an argument involving someone being allowed to use her car. - Jail was more a...
Call for bids to create a website/domain for Center Senior Living Center Senior Living is a 501c 3 non-profit with the goal of converting the former Center School in Grand Coulee to a top-quality 60 bed assisted living and memory care facility. The board will accept proposals to create a domain and build a website for this project. The proposal should include examples of your work and previous experience. Proposals should be returned to Center Senior Living no later than January 15th, 2023. Return bids to: CSL, PO Box 748, Grand Coulee, WA 9913...
Park district commissioners last month approved a proposal for vendors to address in bidding on the maintenance work for North Dam Park for the year. The Coulee Area Park and Recreation District maintains and manages the park on about eight acres of land that belongs to the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation below North Dam. Commissioners Dec. 14 approved as to form a document that lays out the scope of work they expect will be done for up to $25,000 in 2023, including everything from mowing the lawns...
Here’s a look at the most popular stories in The Star over the last year. January Stolen car found abandoned at Keller Ferry after chase A stolen Cadillac that police stopped following because of a new state law was found at the Keller Ferry Marina the next day anyway. Washington State House Bill 1054 took effect in 2021 and limits, among other things, the circumstances in which an officer can pursue a vehicle in a chase, including circumstances related to probable cause, weather conditions, the safety of others, and more. A local officer h...