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  • Office: Public Hospital District 6 Commission Position 5

    Oct 23, 2013

    Betty Brueske’s statement: The primary challenges that I believe a hospital commissioner faces will be making decisions that support high quality medical care for all while at the same time controlling costs to ensure the solvency of the medical facility. I believe that this can be accomplished by increasing communication between medical staff, insurers and patients, increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of service delivery, while lobbying for cost-effective measures to lower the price of diagnostic tests and drugs. Prior experience on t...

  • Local leader to head state hospital group

    Oct 23, 2013

    During its annual membership meeting last week, the Association of Washington Public Hospital Districts approved new statewide officers, with Coulee Medical Center’s top executive leading the list. CMC’s Chief Executive Officer J. Scott Graham was unanimously approved as the new president of the association. Graham is also the superintendent of Public Hospital District 6, which operates the hospital. “Scott is looked to as a leader by the state’s public hospital districts,” said association Executive Director Jeff Mero. “He was selected be...

  • Re: "Local help available for health insurance questions"

    Sheri Shumway|Oct 23, 2013

    In referring to your article praising Coulee Medical Center and Foisy and Kennedy for their assistance signing people up for mandatory health insurance, I would like to add Dawn Ensminger and Darcy Epperson at the IHS Clinic in Nespelem. These women have been to countless hours of training and are assisting our Native American community in this monumental task as well. Sheri Shumway...

  • Frederick "Earl" DeCamp

    Oct 23, 2013

    Frederick "Earl" DeCamp passed away Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, one month shy of his 96th birthday. Earl was born November 28, 1917, on the DeCamp homestead eight miles north of Nespelem, Wash., to Earl DeCamp and Florence Knowles DeCamp. He graduated from Nespelem High School in 1935, joined a union and began working on Grand Coulee Dam. He was a member of Operating Engineers Unions in Washington, Idaho, California and Oregon, and worked on several projects and dams. He was also a Mason for over...

  • Meetings and Notices

    Oct 23, 2013

    No Noon Chamber Meeting The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not hold its noon meeting this week because of the After Hours event/ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday night from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Starkey Professional building, 17 Midway Ave., Grand Coulee. CMC Guild The Coulee Medical Center Guild (auxiliary) will hold regular meetings on the third Tuesday of each month. The next scheduled meeting and lunch is November 19 at noon at CMC. The Guild is in need of new members. Please join us. For information call 633-0405....

  • Legal Notices for October 23, 2013

    Oct 23, 2013

    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 Counties, Washington; which operates Coulee Medical Center and Coulee City Clinic, will conduct a public hearing on the proposed 2014 budget for the aforementioned facilities. The hearing, open to the public, is Wednesday, October 30, 2013 at 6:00pm in the Public Conference Area, 411 Fortuyn Road, Grand Coulee, Washington....

  • Minor bus damage from accident

    Roger S Lucas|Oct 16, 2013

    A school bus accident Oct. 4, in Elmer City, ended up with some students getting shook up, but with only minor damage to the bus, school officials said this week. A number of middle school-age students from both Grand Coulee and Nespelem were checked out at Coulee Medical Center and released. The accident occurred shortly after 5 p.m., with an after-school bus near the old Tillman Store. The bus was struck by a vehicle driven by Daniel Parks Conant. School officials said that bus driver Stephanie Anderson saw that Conant’s vehicle was going t...

  • Local help available for health insurance questions

    Oct 16, 2013

    Help with understanding the new healthcare landscape and signing up for coverage is available from at least two local sources: Coulee Medical Center and Foisy and Kennedy Insurance. Both are taking appointments for people needing assistance enrolling in Washington Health Insurance Exchange that opened Oct. 1. “By calling in advance and making an appointment, we can make sure everyone who needs help, gets it,” said Coulee Medical Center Patient Access Manager Melanie Slatina. She noted that anyone can also sign up for coverage online via the...

  • Meetings and Notices

    Oct 16, 2013

    Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, Thursday, Oct. 17, at Pepper Jack’s Bar and Grille. General business and Chamber Executive Director Peggy Nevsimal will talk on world traveling. CMC Guild to Meet Coulee Medical Center Guild will hold its regular meeting on Thursday, Oct. 17, from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at CMC. The guild is in need of new members. Please attend. Singers Wanted The Coulee Community Choir meets Mondays at 7 p.m. at St. Henry’s Catholic Church. Singers are welcome. Come and check it out...

  • Legal Notices for October 16, 2013

    Oct 16, 2013

    Grant County Port Dist. No. 7 NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING Grant County Port District 7 has scheduled a public hearing for Thursday, Oct. 24, 2013 for review and public input for the 2014 budget. The meeting will be held at 5 p.m. at the Grand Coulee Airport. Review will precede regular meeting. (Publish Oct 9 and 16, 2013) 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...

  • Health screenings made preventive health approach possible

    Liz Marcolin|Oct 9, 2013

    My husband and I thoroughly agree with Sheryl Moore’s letter in last week’s newspaper concerning the discontinuing of the annual Health Screening labs sponsored by the local hospital during National Hospital Week each May. We centered our medical care around the annual screening, and the only prescription I take is for a condition discovered by Chris Seyler, PAC, from lab results many years ago. I don’t know how long it would have taken to be diagnosed had it not been for the annual screening. Because of Medicare and our private insur...

  • Its a Boy for Frank/Paul

    Oct 9, 2013

    It’s a boy for Frank/Paul Leah LeeAnn Frank and Stanley Michael Paul Jr. of Keller are proud to announce the birth of their son Hunter Elijah Paul on Saturday, Sept. 28, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 8 lbs., and was 20-1/2 inches in length at birth. Siblings include MaryJane Lyla Frank-McKay age 9 and Scarlette Minnie Moon Frank, 1. Maternal grandmother is Sally Mae Frank of Wapato, Wash. Paternal grandparents are Marcella Wapato of Nespelem and Stanley M. Paul Sr. of Vancouver, B.C....

  • Re: low-cost lab tradition ends

    Sheryl Moore|Oct 2, 2013

    I was very disappointed several months ago when I read that the annual low-cost blood screening would no longer be available at Coulee Medical Center during National Hospital Week and our local health fair. My husband and I have found this to be a convenient yearly event in which we could participate to help detect any health problems before they become a major concern, as well as fulfill the required screening to update prescriptions. I question CCH Administrator Scott Graham’s interpretation of the law that governs public hospital d...

  • Coulee Recollections

    Oct 2, 2013

    Ten Years Ago A spaghetti dinner and auction was held at the Electric City Vets Center to raise money for Cindy Corpe to help pay her medical bills from a recent accident at work. $8,000 to $9,000 was raised for her medical bills and Cindy said she cried when she saw how many people showed up. It was standing room only and nearly 100 items were auctioned off. Raiders Cross Country took first at Connell Invitational last Saturday. The team consisted of Victor Camarena, Shane Marchand, Johnny Berg, Nick Barnaby, Chancy Cawston and Vernon Reyes....

  • Coulee Cops

    Oct 2, 2013

    GRAND COULEE 9/18 - A man told police that a spotting scope valued at over $400 was taken from the back seat of his pickup while he had it parked at a business in Electric City for repair. - Police checked on a report of a threat in Electric City over a person’s personal effects that had been placed in a storage unit by someone else. The officer was able to get the two parties to cooperate and then left the scene. - An employee at Safeway reported that they had seen a soda that was half empty and a package of “Nutterbutters” and a bike behin...

  • It's a girl for the Halls

    Oct 2, 2013

    Elizabeth and Matthew Hall of Grand Coulee are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Kymber A. Hall on Wednesday, Sept. 18, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 5 lbs., and was 17 inches in length at birth....

  • Nault/Reichlin have a girl

    Oct 2, 2013

    Mercedes Nault and Andrew Reichlin of Electric City are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Isis Nevaeh Reichlin, born Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 7 lbs. 6 oz., and was 19-1/2 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Connor James Norton 6, Joclynn Everybodytalksabout, 5. Maternal grandparents are Robert Nault, Grand Coulee and Juanita Weed of Wind River Reservation. Paternal grandparents are Tammy and Jared Armstrong of Electric City; Great-grandparents are Susan and Ellis...

  • A view from the hospital bed

    Scott Hunter editor and publisher|Sep 25, 2013

    So, I’m very glad I took out that MedStar membership. Took a ride last night. The good pros at Coulee Medical Center figured out why I was so weak and sent me to Sacred Heart ICU. Turns out I have multiple pulmonary embolisms (blood clots in lungs). Yes, that’s bad. A surgery or two is coming up, along with some lengthy recuperation. Life is what happens when you had other plans. So, although your submitted photos are always welcome in The Star, they will be more so in the coming weeks. You can email them to gwen@grandcoulee.com, along wit...

  • Newsbriefs

    Sep 18, 2013

    Want to work for the government? The Bureau of Reclamation will put on two workshops to teach people how to apply for federal jobs. The first session will be held at the Nespelem Community Center from 10 a.m. to noon, Sept. 30. Sign up by calling Lorna Mills at 509-634-2717. The second session will take place at Lake Roosevelt High School, Oct. 2 from 5-8 p.m. Sign up with Kaitlin Delmer at 208-378-5049 or email jdelmer@usbrgov. Middle school athletes can play The school board approved a cooperative arrangement that allows Nespelem School’s m...

  • Marchand/Swimptkin have a girl

    Sep 18, 2013

    Brandi Marchand and Vaughn Swimptkin of Elmer City are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Taree Shyne Swimptkin on Tuesday, Sept. 3, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 8 lbs., 3 oz., and was 20 inches in length at birth. Maternal grandparents are Ben Marchand Sr. and Taree Marchand; Paternal grandparents are Shane Swimptkin and Lisa Swan. Great-grandmother is Lucille Pakootas....

  • Meetings and Notices

    Sep 18, 2013

    Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, Thursday, Sept. 19, at La Presa. Roy Hamilton of Shaw’s Fruit & Produce will be the speaker. Singers Wanted The Coulee Community Choir meets Mondays at 7 p.m. at St. Henry’s Catholic Church. Singers are welcome. Come and check it out. Gun Club to Meet Grand Coulee Dam Area Gun Club will meet Saturday, Sept. 21, at 6 p.m. at the Eagles Lodge, 122 B St., Grand Coulee. Everyone is welcome. For more information call Mike 509.631.0490. Thrivent Financial/Zion Lutheran C...

  • Coulee Cops

    Sep 18, 2013

    Grand Coulee Police 9/8 - Five juveniles may be in trouble after allegedly driving around Division Street shooting a paintball rifle at deer and at one house. Police stopped the vehicle with five juveniles inside. The driver had an expired learner’s permit and no identification on him. Police told the five that they face charges of malicious mischief and sent the report to the prosecutor’s office. The owner of the vehicle was contacted past 1 a.m. to come get the vehicle. - Police answered a call of a burglary in progress on Continental Hei...

  • Medical center joins stroke network

    Roger S. Lucas|Sep 11, 2013

    Stroke victims will have a much better chance of recovery because of new Telestroke Network technology introduced at Coulee Medical Center Tuesday. Emergency Room nurses and a handful of other technical staff at CMC practiced using the new equipment this week in an all-day training session put on by Spokane-based Providence Telestroke Network. The networking involves some dozen other rural hospitals in Eastern Washington. Now stroke patients have 24-hour access to stroke specialists who are...

  • It's a girl for the Kontos

    Sep 11, 2013

    Natalie and Nate Kontos of Electric City are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Layla Avery Kontos on Monday, Sept. 2, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 6 lbs., 12 oz., and was 18-3/4 inches in length at birth. Sibling includes sister Eleanor age 2. Maternal grandparents are Wally and Vicki Carlson of Silverdale, Wash. Paternal grandparents are Dan and Annie Kontos of Port Orchard, Wash. Great-grandparents are Jim Kontos and Colleen Carlson....

  • Coulee Cops

    Sep 11, 2013

    Grand Coulee Police 9/2 - Police responded to a report of gunshots on Kruk Road near the golf course. The officers found two Tacoma men bird hunting. They were told that there was no hunting allowed within the city limits of Electric City and left the area. - Police saw a person known to have a warrant out for his arrest and picked him up at Four Corners. After checking his tattoos for a positive identification, he was taken to Grant County jail. - Plant Protection alerted police that there was someone inside the gated area for the 500 Kv...

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