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Cemeteries don’t take care of themselves, and the Spring Canyon Cemetery is no exception. The Grand Coulee Lions Club manages Spring Canyon Cemetery, and Birdie Hensley of the Lions Club spoke to the Regional Board of Mayors at their Aug. 3 meeting about them possibly taking over the management of the cemetery. Hensley explained that as Lions Club members are getting older, it’s getting to be less feasible for them to take care of the cemetery that has about 2,100 people buried in it, including about 450 veterans. Grand Coulee Mayor Paul Tow...
The Class of 2022 Valedictorian: Aehsley Piturachsatit The Class of 2022 Co-Salutatorians: Ashley Baker & Almeta Desautel High Honor Roll Students who earned a cumulative GPA of 3.5 to 4.0. Students wear Gold Honor Cords: Alonzo Adams Reniff Herndon Ashley Baker Aehsley Piturachsatit David Borden Gemma Sacchi Isaijah Derr Sadi Trotter Almeta Desautel Camryn Wendt Audrey Hansen Honor Roll Students who earned a cumulative GPA of 3.25 to 3.49. Students wear Silver Honor Cords: Makenna Alling...
The Lady Raiders won three more games this past week, one against Pateros, and two against Liberty Bell. They currently boast a 7-1 league win-loss record, 16-2 overall, ranked second in the league to Okanogan (7-1, 15-1), whom LR defeated 10-0 earlier in the season. Lake Roosevelt defeated Pateros 15-0 April 26 in Grand Coulee. On April 29 at Liberty Bell High School for a doubleheader, LR defeated LB 13-1 in the first game, 8-0 in the second. In game one, batting for LR, Aaliyah Marchand hit a...
The Lake Roosevelt Raider baseball team lost a game against Okanogan last week and will play with the Mountain Lions twice this week. The Raiders lost 5-2 against Okanogan April 19 in Coulee Dam. The Raiders have a win-loss-tie record of 8-5-1 overall, 4-4 in the Central Washington 2B league, ranked third. Brewster is ranked first with a record of 13-2, 7-0 while LIberty Bell is second at 9-5, 5-2. The Raider boys were scheduled to host the Liberty Bell Mountain Lions yesterday, results of...
Toddlers in the youngest set of egg hunter at the Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt Saturday learn what they're looking for in the annual tradition the club put on again at the athletic field of the former middle school in Grand Coulee. The winners of the prizes in a few of the eggs are on page 2. - Scott Hunter photo...
The Grand Coulee Dam Lions Club will be holding its 83rd Annual Easter Egg Hunt on Saturday, April 16, beginning at 11 a.m. at the old middle school athletic field in Grand Coulee. This hunt is for ages 0-10....
ended his valiant battle with Parkinson's disease on Tuesday, March 15, 2022, at the age of 89. Al was born in Sandpoint, Idaho, to father Alva Reeves and mother Mary Lambert on July 24, 1932, a birthday Al shared with his father. Al grew up in Sandpoint, on the shore of Lake Pend Oreille, surrounded by mountains and forests. He became an avid hunter and fisherman, activities that helped feed his family and which became lifelong passions. Al was a Sea Scout as a youth. He played high school and...
A lot can be accomplished in a lifetime. The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce is starting a new award for lifetime achievement in honor of Colleen Manley who died unexpectedly earlier this year at the age of 63. “If you have been a part of this community, then you knew Colleen,” Chamber Executive Director Rachelle Baughman said at their March 8 meeting. “She was a huge aspect of this community. Colleen did a lot. She was a part of the chamber, she was a part of the Rotary, she was a part of the Lions. I’m not even sure of everything sh...
The Raider basketball team chalked up two more wins as the end of the regular season approaches, and district playoffs are beginning soon. The Raiders defeated the Mountain Lions in a road game with Liberty Bell Jan. 25, 72-58. Two nights later in Manson, they pulled off a hairline victory 65-64. The teams will meet again Saturday in Coulee Dam. The Raiders have a 7-2 win-loss record in the league, 11-3 overall. They’re ranked third in the league behind Brewster (8-3, 14-5), and Okanogan (9-1, 16-2). A road game with Okanogan was scheduled f...
The Lady Raiders are finishing the regular season on Saturday before postseason play begins. The Lady Raiders defeated the Mountain Lions Jan. 25 in a road game with Liberty Bell, winning 66-38. On Jan. 27 in Manson, the Lady Raiders quadrupled their opponents’ score, winning 66-16. The Lady Raiders have an 8-1 win-loss record in the league, 13-1 overall, ranked second in the league behind Okanogan (10-0, 17-1). A road game with Okanogan was scheduled for yesterday, with results to be reported next week. They are scheduled to play in B...
Trees of Sharing 2021 culminated Saturday, December 18 with the delivery of wrapped Christmas gifts to 118 children in 54 families. The Trees of sharing Committee thanks every person who supported this project by making a cash donation or purchasing gifts for children who might not have otherwise received one this Christmas. Trees of Sharing extends special appreciation to Spokane Teachers Credit Union, Coulee Family Medicine, Harvest Foods, North Cascades Bank, and Safeway Pharmacy for help with collecting children’s names and/or displaying t...
The Lake Roosevelt Raiders basketball team defeated both Oroville and Liberty Bell this past week to continue their undefeated status, now with a win-loss record of 6-0. The Raiders defeated the Hornets in Oroville Dec. 14 by 20 points, 67-47. The Raiders led 34-22 at the half before closing out the game, scoring 37 more in the second half to the Hornet's 25. Chase Marchand led the Raiders with 20 points, followed by Brandon Pino with 18 and Alonzo Adams with 17. Defensively, Chase Clark pulled...
Birdie Hensley would like to be back on the Electric City council after just a couple of years being off it. Hensley has served six years total on the council, most recently finishing a four-year term in 2019, which she lost to Bob Rupe in that year's election. Having lived in Electric City for 22 years, Hensley said in an email to The Star that she believes, "If you do not take an active part in city council you do not have any idea what is going on in the community." She said she would like to...
Lake Roosevelt High School graduates took deep breaths of fresh air at their graduation ceremony Saturday after two school years boxed in by a global pandemic. The class of 2021, 56 in all, took their seats on the bleachers above the football field, facing a throng of families strategically distanced from each other in groups on the field below. Unlike last year, the weather cooperated on a beautiful day. Speeches from the valedictorian, salutatorian and two class speakers tried to summarize...
There’s been a lot of talk about our dams over the last few weeks, and I want to make it abundantly clear: Any “solution” for our salmon population that includes removing the dams on the Lower Snake River is a nonstarter. Rep. Mike Simpson’s proposed Columbia Basin Initiative seeks to breach the Lower Snake River dams in an attempt at boosting the native salmon population – while ignoring the very real issues, and solutions, that are impacting our fish populations. Our native fish species and the Lower Snake River Dams can — and do — coexist....
With the Lions Club's annual Easter egg hunt canceled this year, kids can take part in an "Alternative Egg Hunt" next week in which 26 different homes in Electric City will participate. Those homes will display colored paper eggs with letters on them in their windows starting Sunday, March 28 until Saturday, April 3. It's organized by Shannon Hitchcock of the Faith Community Church. Kids can go around the Electric City area south of Coulee Boulevard and east of Gold Avenue to find all the...
The Almira Lions Club had a very successful ORV Fun Run Saturday Feb. 20. The club's community projects will benefit from the 90 entries signed up for fund raiser at $20 each. Chili and baked potatoes were supplied to the participants. Donations also came from AgLink: Almira, Odessa Trading Co. Coulee City and Short Septic Service, Almira. - Photo courtesy Todd Bodeau...
Idaho Congressman Mike Simpson’s $33 billion plan to remove the lower Snake River dams is unwise. However, if he pushes it, he needs to include the impact of breaching dams in his home state, which completely shuts off salmon and steelhead migration. Simpson, a Republican representing eastern Idaho, announced he wants to rupture the four lower Snake River dams — Ice Harbor, Little Goose, Lower Monumental and Lower Granite — all in southeast Washington. Those impoundments have fish passage systems to allow adult anadromous fish to conti...
Trees of Sharing began Nov. 1 with a modest amount of uncertainty about what it might look like in the current COVID environment. True to form, however, the Coulee community enthusiastically supported the project, providing for delivery of wrapped Christmas gifts to 114 children in 50 families on Saturday, Dec. 19. Thank you to every person who made a cash donation or purchased a gift to brighten the Christmas season for children in our area. Based on your generosity, in addition to providing a gift for each child, Trees of Sharing was pleased...
Lowell Hensley passed away Monday, December 7, 2020, after a short illness. Lowell was born in Newbridge, Oregon, June 18, 1936, to Logan Hensley and Alberta Pease. He was very young when his family moved to Mansfield, Washington and he spend most his life in the Mansfield Area. He only completed the eight grade and than went to work for his Uncle farming. In June of 1960 he married Kay Birch and had two children, Kathy (Ray) Wadsworth of Spokane and Kris (LaDonna) Hensley, LasVegas. He worked...
The 2nd Harvest Mobile Market that had been scheduled for tomorrow has been postponed because of the smoke. It has been rescheduled it for Oct 6. Since 2006, the Mobile Market has provided fresh produce and other groceries at no cost to families, children and seniors experiencing food insecurity. Thanks to community organizations who sponsored and hosted the events and volunteers who helped distribute the food, the Mobile Market provided food for 1.4 million meals throughout Eastern Washington...
Richard Wilson "Dick" Ross, 91, passed away Monday evening July 20, 2020 at McKay Healthcare & Rehab in Soap Lake, Washington. Dick was born Friday, August 3, 1928, in Portland, Oregon, to William Robert (Bob) and Mary Ellen Peddicard-Ross. In 1933 his family moved to Grand Coulee, Washington, where his parents started "The Booster" - Grand Coulee's first newspaper, a one page mimeographed sheet of paper. In 1935 they started a regular newspaper, "Grand Coulee News"; then after the "B" Street...
The Grand Coulee Dam Lions Club last week announced their new club officers. They are, from left to right, Vice-President John Nordine II, Lion Tamer John Nordine, Secretary Carol Nordine, President Dena Avey, Tail Twister Roberta Hensley, Treasurer Rob Loch. - Rich Avey photo...
Lake Roosevelt High School's class of 2020 made it through their final year, graduating Saturday night despite a year that seemed to conspire against them. With the last quarter-plus of the year disrupted by the COVID-19 pandemic, the class that captured at least $191,000 in scholarships, according to the school's information, was denied many of the traditional gatherings of their last year, including spring sports. They adjusted to distance learning, isolation and a graduation ceremony in the a...
Mary Jo Carey, 79, former mayor of Elmer City, Washington, passed away Saturday morning, May 9th, 2020, at Holy Family Hospital in Spokane, Washington following a brief illness. Mary Jo was born in Texas on Thursday, March 6, 1941. Following graduation from high school, she worked for the National Parks Service as a Ranger, serving in that position until her retirement. Mary Jo loved her community and as a member of the Elmer City Council, who loved a good debate, Mary Jo could 'sometimes' be pa...