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Tavian Reneé Beasley, born August 6th, 1994 in Kalispell, Montana, passed on to her next journey Saturday, September 18, 2021, in Grand Coulee, Washington. She was raised on a small farm in the foothills of the Swan Range in Kalispell, until the age of 10. She then moved on to a new adventure in Bishop, California where she attended Bishop High School. After school she remained in Bishop working for several establishments until she took a vacation to visit her mother and step-father in Grand...
Preston Ray Jones went to be with the Lord on Thursday, September 16, 2021. He was born to Mark & Anita (Jackson) Jones on December 2, 1929, in Tacoma, Washington. After graduating from Stadium High School, he joined the Navy, serving on the USS Roosevelt as a Machinist's Mate. He met the love of his life, Shirley Sagehorn, on a blind date. They married on December 15, 1951. They had two daughters: Michelle Laurine and Lisa Marie. Preston was a salesman extraordinaire in the wholesale glass...
Eva Almadean "Allie" Jackson, age 81, passed away on September 15, 2021, in Richland, WA. Allie was born on April 1, 1940, in Chewelah, WA to Vernon and Mary Costich. Throughout her life she resided in Addy, WA, Coulee Dam, WA, Spokane, WA, Valley, WA, and returning to Chewelah, WA until 2017. Eva was raised in Addy and attended school in Chewelah. In 1958 she graduated from Jenkins High School then moved to Spokane, WA where she attended Kinman Business School. While in Spokane, Allie caught...
The Run the Dam race last Saturday provided a good backdrop for an overdue get-together for the family of Felix and Liz Marcolin of Grand Coulee. Felix, 84, took first in his age category in the 10k. Grandson Calvin Marcolin, 9, also took first in his age group. And grandson Christian Ludwig took second among the 16-20 year-olds. From left: Felix Marcolin, Grand Coulee; Kerin Marcolin Ludwig, Pullman; Calvin Marcolin, Omak; Christian Ludwig, Pullman; and Kathy Marcolin Andrade, Pensacola,...
The Lady Raiders won one and lost one match this past week. LR defeated Manson 3-1 at home Sept. 14. The Lady Raiders then lost 11-2 to Reardan in another home game Sept. 16. A road game against Omak was scheduled for yesterday, results of which will appear in next week's Star. A home game against Brewster is scheduled for 4:30 p.m. in Grand Coulee on Thursday, Sept. 23. Then on Tuesday, Sept. 28, a home game is scheduled against Okanogan, also at 4:30 p.m....
Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District #14 will hold it’s regular monthly meeting Monday, September 27, 2021 at 7:00 pm at the Electric City Fire Barn. Free Hazardous Waste Disposal Friday Grand Coulee Dam area residents may dispose of household hazardous waste for free on Friday, September 24 from 12 pm to 4 pm at the Delano Regional Transfer Station. This event is for waste generated by households only. Participants must remain in their vehicles and all waste must be in the trunk or the bed of a pickup. Containers will...
Coulee Dam Police 9/15 - A Central Drive man told police that security footage showed a man taking a bike from his front lawn. The man in the footage was thought to live in the 12th Street apartments, and police confirmed that the footage matched that man’s driver license. Police found that to be probable cause to arrest him for criminal trespass and theft. Police were unable to locate the bike at the apartments at that time. The next day, the same suspect was seen in a private yard looking at a truck and garage doors, leading someone to t...
Since last week, 15 additional cases total have been reported from Grand Coulee, Electric City, Coulee Dam, Elmer City, and Nespelem. The Grand Coulee and Electric City area of Grant County have seen a total of 128 cases, up by eight since last week. In Okanogan County, Coulee Dam has had a total of 96 cases, up two since last week. Elmer City has had a total of 33 cases, up by three, and Nespelem is up two cases for a total of 109. As of Sept. 21, Okanogan County has reported 503 cases in the past 14 days for an incidence rate of 1,166 cases...
Local voters will decide whether to support at least one school levy in the spring of 2022 that would take effect in 2023. The Grand Coulee Dam School District currently has three levies, all expiring before 2023. Superintendent Paul Turner described them to the district board as an “original” levy which charges $1.50 per $100,000 of assessed property value for a person’s property taxes; a “supplemental” levy of $1 that supports it; and a “capital” levy of $1.70 that goes toward facility expenses. Turner said the school district board of dire...
Sidewalk sections on Main Street and Federal Avenue in Grand Coulee are being replaced again after issues came up following the original 2015 installation. The 2015 project to install new sidewalks and gutters on Federal Avenue and Main Street cost $407,816.53. It was paid for with money from a state Transportation Improvement Board grant. Settlement issues causing the concrete to crack were noticed in November of 2016, and a few months later spalling on surfaces was also noted. Since then, comm...
Five more COVID-19 deaths have been reported in Grant County while the Grand Coulee and Electric City area of Grant County have seen nine more cases. The deaths include three women from Moses Lake in their 30s, 50s, and 70s, as well as a man from Moses Lake in his 70s and a male in his 80s from the Quincy area. All had underlying health conditions and were unvaccinated, according to the Sept. 10 press release from Grant County Health District. The county has seen 155 total Covid deaths since the pandemic began 18 months ago, and 32 residents...
A friendly merger that has been in the works for a year will culminate in one month when CDFCU and STCU are joined, giving CDFCU’s 14,400 members access to a broader suite of products and services. In preparation for the merger, Spokane-based STCU mailed information to CDFCU members in late August, outlining how their accounts will transition into STCU accounts, and other need-to-know information. More detailed information, specific to each member, will be provided prior to the merger, a press release from STCU said this week. Other recent m...
Herbert A Bird, 78, of Grand Coulee, Washington, passed away at his home Thursday morning, September 9, 2021 surrounded by his loving family. A full tribute to Herb’s life will be in next week Star Newspaper. Strate Funeral Home of Grand Coulee, Washington is working with Herbert’s family. Memories and expressions of caring may be shared at http://www.stratefuneral.com....
William Douglas "Bill" Morger Sr., formerly of Elmer City and Coulee Dam,Washington, passed away after a long illness in Scottsdale, Arizona, on Wednesday, September 1, 2021. Bill was born in Fort Collins, Colorado, on August 23, 1937, to Marvin and Josephine Morger. Bill was one of 12 children. Bill spent his early life in Colorado, moving to the central California valley at the age of three years. Most of his youth was spent in central California, where his family owned many businesses...
After a lingering illness, Nell E. McDonald-Lucht (Tabbs) passed away in Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington on Monday, Sept. 6, 2021. She was born to Millie Joe and Charley McDonald on November 1, 1948, in the Indian Hospital in Nespelem, Washington. Tabbs, as we all knew her, lived her younger years in the Omak, Washington area. She attended St. Mary's Mission School; graduated from Coulee Dam High School, June 1967. She spent one year at (IAIA) Institute of American Indian Arts...
Grand Coulee 9/7 - A woman told police she would move her camper from Osborn Bay, where a person can only camp for four days, after a mechanical issue was solved in the camper. 9/8 - Police checked on a dog in a truck on McGovern Street that had been there overnight. The small dog did not appear in distress and a window was cracked. Police opened the door and left some water on the floorboard for the dog. A man said he would call police if the truck and dog were still there later that day. - Police responded to milepost 26 on SR-155 near...
The Lady Raiders soccer team lost their season opener 2-1 to Bridgeport on Saturday in Grand Coulee. Senior Sadie Trotter, one of the team's captains, made LR's goal in the second half from a penalty kick resulting from a handball offense from Bridgeport. With the score tied at 1-1, a mistake from LR led to Bridgeport's go-ahead goal for the 2-1 final score. "Bridgeport is one of the top four teams in the league, so the girls played really well," Head Coach Micah Esmond said. "The goals we conce...
We could all use a morale boost these days, and a little bit of kindness can go a long way. Rachelle Haven, executive director of the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce, has started a project called Coulee Kind that encourages people to perform “random acts of kindness.” “I started [Coulee Kind] because I had been hearing from business owners that they were struggling with morale within the community, whether it be employees, themselves, or customers,” Haven told The Star. “I know a lot of people are home right now due to the delta var...
Harvest Fest has been cancelled due to a surge in COVID-19 cases. The board of directors of the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce called a special meeting Sept. 1 to make the decision on the seasonal festival, originally planned for Sept. 18-19, Chamber Executive Director Rachelle Haven said. “The decision was not made lightly,” she said. “While we know that everyone wants to get back to business as usual and in person events again, we felt, with the surge of COVID cases in the community, it would not be responsible of us to host an ev...
When you drive across it on highway 2, you may not think of Moses Coulee as anyone's home, but once it was a place where people lived in villages, grew gardens and gathered what they needed to live. Previously undocumented rock feature sites in the Moses Coulee region, significant to local tribes, can now be recorded with help from National Park Service dollars. The Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation are one of 12 recipients of Tribal Heritage Grant money. Congress appropriated...
COVID-19 cases in the Coulee are still rampant as there have been more cases in the past month than all previous months since the pandemic began. In the Grand Coulee and Electric City area of Grant County, total cases have surpassed 100, at 111 as of Sept. 7, up 13 since last week, according to Grant County Health District. Additional cases were reported on Sept. 1, 2, 3, 6, and 7. There have been 150 total covid deaths in the county. The 14-day incidence rate in the county is at 1,221 cases per 100,000 population. A rate lower than 200 used...
A document released by the Grand Coulee Dam School District answers some questions related to COVID-19 and health protocols at the school. The document explains that the district’s guidance on the topic of health comes from the Centers for Disease Control, the Washington State Department of Health, Washington Labor and Industry, Region 7 Public Health, and Okanogan County Public Health. “The start of the 2021-2022 school year will be more like our typical non-COVID year,” the document says. “All students are in person, five days a week. S...
Patrick Dale Quill an Amazing Father, Brother, Grandfather, Great grandfather, and friend left us unexpectedly on August 17, 2021 He was born to Jerome Quill and Mae Carson in Nespelem WA on July 2, 1943. In 1963 He started working for Mt Tolman fire center and retired in 1999 only leaving for a brief time while he was enlisted in the Army, B Company 2nd/ 501st 101st Airborne in Vietnam in 1969. Patrick is survived by his Brother Jerome "Porky" Quill" Jr. of Omak, WA, and Sister Maryanne...
Gary Lee Bjorson, 72, of Grand Coulee, Washington, passed away at his home after a second battle with cancer on August 22, 2021, in Grand Coulee. Gary was born to Claude and Genevieve Bjorson on June 28, 1949, in Mason City, Washington. He graduated from Grand Coulee High School in 1967. Gary was born and raised in the Grand Coulee Dam Area. He met his wife of 47 years in October of 1972 while she was visiting a friend who was having her first child. The pair married on December 22, 1972. Gary...
Grand Coulee Police 8/31 - A hospital employee told police that someone had cut the fence to gain entry to “the bull pen,” a fenced in parking area, and taken the catalytic converters off two vehicles. Police photographed the scene, including where the converters were cut off. They are estimated to be worth $700 to $1,500 apiece, but Jess Ford estimated the cost to fix the vehicles at about $5,000. Police also left a message at Coulee Recycling asking if any converters had been brought in. The next day, Jess Ford reported converters cut off...