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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Seniors will soon find out if two is better than one. Friday, seniors received their second 14-passenger bus from People to People, a 2005 version, which will help serve the needs of local seniors. The Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center recently received their first bus, gifted from the People to People program. Already, seniors, once a month for $15, can catch the bus to Spokane for medical or shopping needs. Now a second bus will help seniors plan a variety of extra services as well as have a backup bus in case one goes down. The seniors are now...
Grand Coulee Police 8/19 - Three youngsters flagged down a police officer in the Safeway parking lot to report that their bicycles had been taken. The three said they were in Safeway about 25 minutes and when they came out their bikes were gone. - Police got a call to check on a National Park Service employee who was out with a subject in Osborne Bay. Police contacted the NPS employee and everything was fine. - Officials at the USBR’s Visitor Center asked for assistance in regard to a car blocking the entrance to their parking lot. The officer...
Ray was born July 1, 1922, in Kooi, Wyoming, to Joseph and Theresa (Washut) Zowada. He died on August 10, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center, Grand Coulee, Wash. Ray was raised in Sheridan, Wyoming, and graduated from Sheridan High School where he was a member of the National Honor Society and excelled in football and track. He attended Creighton University on a football scholarship and earned a Bachelor’s Degree in accounting. He played football for Creighton and received an offer to try out w...
James Dean (JamesZee) Davis entered into eternal peaceful rest on Monday, July 29, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center. He was born on July 3, 1958, to Moses W. Davis, Sr. and Agnes Andrews at the Coulee Dam Hospital. He attended the Nespelem School and was proud to be a “Savage”, where he was a member of the basketball team and had earned an MVP; Columbia Jr. High at Coulee Dam where he was a pitcher on the Mustangs baseball team; Grand Coulee Dam Jr. High at Grand Coulee; Lake Roosevelt High Sch...
Ten Years Ago A tense situation came to a peaceful conclusion last Thursday as a Coulee Dam girl, who was feared missing returned safely. Approximately 40 minutes after Tonya Timentwa reported that her 4 year-old daughter Alahna Timentwa was missing, the girl returned to the 1101 Camas Street home. A Grand Coulee Dam Area woman cut off four of her fingers and was still able to drive herself to Coulee Community Hospital for assistance. CR Lumber owner Cindy Corpe said the accident occurred on July 26 while she was cutting stakes for the Mt....
Grand Coulee Police 8/13 - An Electric City woman reported that a young man was at her house asking her to sell him her pain pills. She said she didn’t have pain pills but thought the police should know about the incident. - Officers responded to an Electric City residence concerning a potentially suicidal person. An ambulance went to the location but the person refused attention. It was reported that the subject had drunk a fifth of whiskey and taken some Hydrocodone. - An Everett party ran a boat under the bridge into a restricted area and ca...
Grand Coulee Police 8/5 - An officer noticed a man known to be wanted on a warrant on Spokane Avenue near Federal Avenue. He was arrested on the warrant. - A woman in the Senior Manor told police that someone has been entering her apartment and taking things. She said she was missing two chap sticks which she kept in her dresser, and that two dresses she purchased at the senior center for a dollar each were missing. The woman also said she told the dispatcher that a red pillow she had was missing but later found it on the couch. The woman said... Full story
A week ago, I was recovering from knee replacement at Lincoln County Transitional Care Center in Davenport. The procedure had been done at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane. I experienced a reaction with unexpected outcomes that delayed my return home, so it was great to finally leave Davenport for my home of 30 years in Coulee Dam. I was only home a short while as I traveled regularly to Spokane to consult with my orthopaedist. I had no idea what was about to happen last week. Much of my time since coming home has been spent either resting or d... Full story
Mercedes O’Dell and Jacob Jackson of Coulee Dam are proud to announce the birth of their son Kato Capone Jackson on Saturday, July 27, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 8 lbs., 5.2 oz., and was 21 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Ryder Waters and Jacoby Jackson. Maternal grandparents are Vanessa O’Dell and Anthony Miguel. Paternal grandparents are James and Jeannie Jackson. Great-grandmother is Laurie O’Dell.... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 7/30 - A police officer felt threatened and asked for a backup unit when he confronted a driver who had left his dog in a vehicle during the heat of the day. The man got out of his vehicle and appeared to have his fist clenched. The man was warned about leaving an animal in the car. - An officer reported to his department that he had backed into a retaining wall at his residence, causing minor damage to his patrol car. 7/31 - An intoxicated man who was unconscious was seen in front of Wolf’s Den bar. The man was u... Full story
It’s a girl for the Drywaters Tolanna and Billy Drywater of Nespelem are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Sunnie Willow Drywater on Sunday, July 7, 2013,at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 7 lbs., 8 oz., and was 23 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Johnny, James, Marshall and Wyatt. Maternal grandmother is Claire Vargas. Paternal grandparents are Val Drywater and Tina Drywater. Great-grandparents are Mary Drywater and Johnny Drywater. Durates have a girl Jeffrey and Kara J. Duarte of Nespelem are p... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 7/18 - An Electric City man told police that someone had taken his cell phone from his car while he was shopping in Safeway. He said officials at the store refused to let him look at security tapes. Later he told police that he had parked his vehicle on the roadway the night before, where Safeway security cameras couldn’t capture it. 7/21 - Police were called to Coulee Boulevard East in Electric City, where a man was throwing his live-in partner’s things outside. Police explained that he could not do this and he agreed to... Full story
Aaron Boyd Galbraith was awarded a degree of Doctor of Medicine recently from the Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth University in Hanover, N.H. Galbraith is the son of Allan Galbraith and Lorena Boyd of Wenatchee and the grandson of Larry and Gerry Boyd of Coulee Dam. He earned his bachelor’s degree in biology from Lewis-Clark State University in 2008 and volunteered for AmeriCorps prior to starting his medical studies. Galbraith is continuing his studies through a 3-year residency in i... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 7/16 - A woman reported that she found in a ditch a Bureau of Reclamation envelope that contained a number of cards. 7/17 - Police received a report of a woman walking in the street yelling at herself. Police found the suspect and asked her to stay out of the roadway. She agreed to do so. - A business owner requested that police help in getting a person to leave her establishment. It was reported that the person, a woman known to police, had been outside disturbing customers. Police found the woman inside the business in... Full story
Ballots go out this Friday to begin an 18-day primary election period. Mail in ballots must be postmarked by Aug. 6, the final primary election day, to be counted. Coulee Dam’s mayor position is center stage with three candidates vying for the town’s top position. The primary election will pare the candidates to the two top vote getters, who will face off in the November general election. Incumbent Quincy Snow goes after his fifth four-year term as mayor. He is being challenged by community act... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 7/9 - Police banned a man from property on Fortuyn Road where he had been looking into cars. The property owner said he had run the man off and gone to the store, and when he returned the man was back. - An Electric City man reported two dogs loose on Stevens Street and they appeared uncared for. Police found the dogs in the residence there and they appeared well cared for. - A man on “E” Street requested extra patrols because a neighbor said he was going to come over and beat him up. - A woman told police that a pit bul... Full story
Coulee Medical Center lost nearly $100,000 in May after income fell some $430,000 short of expectations, although June numbers were looking far better, commissioners were told June 26. Financial statements given to Public Hospital District 6 commissioners indicate the latest bad month for CMC brought the year-to-date loss to $321,213 on total net operating revenues of $9,027,825, a margin of negative 3.5 percent. The facility had budgeted for a year-to-date gain of nearly the same amount by the... Full story
Grand Coulee 6/30 - An Electric City man told police that his vehicle had been damaged while at Safeway sometime during the past month. He was asked to bring the vehicle to the police station so an officer could take pictures of the damage. He told the officer he couldn’t drive the vehicle to the police station because the license had expired. Police went to his residence to take the pictures. 7/1 - USBR Plant Protection called police to the top of the dam where a van was blocking the entrance. The driver was told to move on and said he was p... Full story
Star office to close for holiday The Star newspaper will be closed Thursday and Friday, July 4- 5, in observance of the Independence Day holiday. The office will be open at 9 a.m. Monday, July 8, for normal business. The deadline for classified and display advertising is 5 p.m. on Monday. Primary election coming soon This year’s Primary is just a few weeks away. In fact, the Primary will end on Aug. 6. If you haven’t registered to vote and want to take part in this year’s Primary, you need to act soon. Monday, July 8, is the deadline for online... Full story
Breanna Salas and Justin Chuckulnaskit of Nespelem are proud to announce the birth of their son Jason Chuckulnaskit. He was born Monday, June 24, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 8 lbs., 11 oz., and was 21 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Tanessa Chuckulnaskit, 12 and Lanay Chuckulnaskit 7. Maternal grandparents are Sharon Covington and Ron Salas of Nespelem. Paternal grandparents are Cheryl Chuckulnaskit and Larry Thorton of Nespelem. Great-grandparents include maternal: Odell Covington and Ed Covington,... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 6/24 - A Nespelem man was arrested and taken to Grant County jail after allegedly taking a bottle of vodka without paying for it from Safeway. The man was found at a residence on Yakima Street. He was banned from entering Safeway in the future. 6/25 - A vehicle was stopped because a brake light wasn’t working and the officer found that he didn’t have insurance. He was cited on the insurance issue. - An officer responded to a report that shots were being fired at the Spring Canyon campground. The officer found that a Tac... Full story
A chamber of commerce-sponsored meeting of community leaders Monday selected a committee whose goal is to approach the three municipalities that collect hotel/motel tax money about the possible formation of a tourism advisory board to oversee spending it. Many in the room clearly would like to see local municipal councils shake loose of nearly a half million dollars not being used to increase tourism, the intent of the law that authorizes the tax. The meeting was a continuation of an earlier gathering where many of the same people discussed... Full story
Shelby George and Mylan Williams Sr. of Coulee Dam are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Whisper Judith Rose Williams born Monday, June 17, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 7 lbs., 11 oz., and was 19.5 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Glad Eyes 9, Julia 17, C-Hawk 8, Red Elk 6 and Mylan Jr. 3. Maternal grandparents are Radford and Jody George of Nespelem. Paternal grandparents are Ruth Jim of Yakima, LeRoy Williams of Nespelem and Gloria Simpson of Coulee Dam. Great-grandparents are Delores... Full story
Lauren Davidson and Michael Gurule of Okanogan are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Vivian Ella Gurule on Thursday, June 20, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 7 lbs., 9 oz., and was 20 inches in length at birth. Sibling includes Kiersten Gurule.... Full story
Chamber calls economic development meeting Inviting all local city elected officials, anyone who generates hotel/motel taxes, plus others, the chamber of commerce has called an economic development meeting for Monday at 2 p.m. at the Grand Coulee Dam Middle School library. How to increase tourism was one of four main topics to pursue that came out of a meeting several weeks ago with the Bureau of Reclamation. The meeting will be facilitated by Steve Becker, the director of marketing at Coulee Medical Center. It will also be attended by Edward... Full story