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Lake Roosevelt Schools will begin the process of re-opening in-person education next week, some eight months after the COVID-19 pandemic closed all schools in Washington state. Beginning Monday, students in the Grand Coulee Dam School District will begin going to physical school again, starting in phases organized by grade levels. The school board Monday night approved for students from kindergarten through second grade to begin school. Superintendent Paul Turner explained new guidelines from local health districts about a phased approach to... Full story
High school student athletes may get to shake off some rust and get back into the rhythm of their sports soon. On Monday, the Grand Coulee Dam School District board approved a plan presented by Athletic Director Tim Rasmussen, who will ask Okanogan County Public Health to approve it. The plan, which won’t include games against other schools, describes a practice schedule beginning with spring sports practices from Oct. 19 through Nov. 7, then fall sports practices from Nov. 9 through Nov. 28, and finally winter sports practices from Nov. 30 t...
Some good news for distance learners came this week related to devices and internet service for students. Superintendent Paul Turner told The Star Monday that an additional 275 Chromebooks should be in this week, enough for every student in the Grand Coulee Dam School District to have a device to use. Turner also said that the school qualified for funding from the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction to pay for internet for up to 100 families through June of 2021. That is about how many families need internet in the district, Turner...
A levy seeking to bring in roughly $600,000 over two years to the Grand Coulee Dam School District will be on the ballot for the Nov. 3 election. Superintendent Paul Turner said the new levy is important to the district because of an “uncertainty of funding” coming from the state this coming spring. The state is required to fund basic education, but the definition of basic education doesn’t include transportation, Turner explained, saying that is one area that could get hit. Turner said that the COVID-19 pandemic created budget problems for t...
So called flushable wipes may flush down the toilet, but they don’t decompose. At the Regional Board of Mayors meeting on Monday, Electric City Mayor Diane Kohout said that the city’s public works director Jarred Armstrong has noted a problem with flushable wipes causing problems with the septic systems due to them not decomposing. Armstrong wasn’t at the meeting to elaborate. “Toilet paper is designed to disintegrate in our pipes and sewage systems, but wipes are not,” an article on the website of the non-profit company Green America r...
In just a few weeks, area voters will not only decide who to back in a presidential and gubernatorial election but will vote on the approval of a levy for the Grand Coulee Dam School District. This levy would be one additional dollar per thousand dollars of assessed property value. It requires a simple majority to pass if there is participation from a minimum of forty percent of voters who turned out in the last general election. Please vote! If you’ve had the chance to get to know some LR students, you know how fun they are to talk to and h...
I listened in on the meeting last night. I was appalled by their decision. You have committees to do research and send recommendations to the City, which generally are accepted. I cannot believe that the Boys would rather spend approximately $9,000 a year to do approximately $3,000 of maintenance for a park is not in best interest of the City, especially when there is $22,000 in the Park Budget, so that figures out to be seven years at estimated costs. This is not a Russ Powers Park, the Park generated from a Survey off of Survey Monkey the...
Edward "Peanuts" Haven, 86, passed away peacefully in his home Wednesday, October 7, 2020, with his wife and son by his side. Peanuts was born May 3, 1934, in his Golden Valley, North Dakota home to parents Ralph and Ellen (McLaughlin) Haven. He was the oldest of his siblings, Harvey Haven, Betty Dennis, and Anita Register. The Haven family moved to the Coulee Community in 1944 where Peanuts graduated from Grand Coulee High School in 1952. Peanuts was then soon drafted into the U.S Army and... Full story
Ida Faye Dice passed away on Friday, September 25, 2020, at her home in Grand Coulee, Washington surrounded by close family and love. Faye was born on October 26, 1941, in Mason City, Washington to Jack and Edna (Shaffer) Flowers. Faye was the granddaughter of two local pioneer families, the Whiteley’s and the Shaffer’s. She loved spending time at the Shaffer Ranch. A special childhood memory was spending Friday evenings watching Alfred Hitchcock Presents with her mother and sister. She grew to love scary movies. Faye was a majorette in Jun... Full story
GCHS Alumni Association to meet The fall meeting of the Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association will take place on Wednesday, October 21, 2020, 1:00 PM, at the Senior Center on Main Street in Grand Coulee. We will be social distancing and masks are required. On the agenda will be election of officers for the upcoming year. Cancer Support Group Forming Cancer patients, caregivers, and survivors have been gathering semiweekly to talk, in a safe environment, with honesty about the physical, emotional and spiritual impact of cancer. The group...
The Grand Coulee Dam School District will continue offering a free meals program this school year through Dec. 18, on Mondays, Tuesdays and Thursdays only. Sack breakfast and lunches can be picked up from 10:30- to noon at the Lake Roosevelt Elementary School for any child up to age 18....
City of Electric City NOTICE OF ORDINANCE 572-2020 Ordinance 572-2020 AN ORDINANCE AMENDING TITLE 18 "ZONING" TO ADD A NEW CHAPTER 18.85 TITLED "VARIANCES." This Ordinance allows the City of Electric City, the City's Planning Commission, and the City's Hearing Examiner the ability to accept variance requests from residents." The full text of this Ordinance is available upon request. Dated this 8th day of October, 2020 Peggy Nevsimal, City Clerk/Treasurer (Publish October 14, 2020) Keller School District #3 COMMERCIAL FREEZER TO BE SOLD AS SURPL... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 10/4 - A man told police that while turning into the Safeway parking lot, a silver colored truck leaving the lot in the wrong exit lane struck his vehicle. The two men talked about money compensation for the damage rather than using insurance, and the driver of the truck didn’t agree to the amount the man wanted and left without providing any info. Safeway said they would review security footage but that the collision seemed to occur out of view of their cameras. 10/6 - Police were unable to locate a suspicious person r...
So far, 180 businesses in Grant County have received grants amounting up to $10,000 for economic relief during the COVID-19 pandemic. Grant County’s Economic Development Council doled out the awards in three phases. Phase one awards totaled $438,000; phase two awards totaled $910,000, and phase three awards totaled $339,000 for a total of $1,687,000. The money comes from $2.5 million set aside from the county’s $5 million total they received in federal Coronavirus Aid, Relief, Economic Security (CARES) Act funds the county received. Local bus...
Voting by mail in Washington is safe and secure, Kim Wyman, the secretary of state and the state's top election official has said repeatedly over the last several months. But President Trump's insistence that it's not, as well as changes happening in the U.S. Postal Service lengthening delivery times have concerned the public. That's had Wyman, a Republican seeking her third term in office, also touting the state's system of ballot drop-off boxes. "Our experience in Washington," she wrote in... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 9/29 - A woman reported her iPhone stolen from her vehicle parked at Safeway. - A 93-year-old woman was accidentally locked out of her Second Street home. - Someone “egged” a Pontiac Grand Prix on Sunset Drive. 9/30 - Police responded to a report of squatters at a King Street trailer. They found no one at the residence, but plywood covering the back entrance had been removed. - Police were unable to locate a woman said to have been in an abandoned residence on Grand Avenue and had gone “in the face” of a city employe...
For as long as I can remember, political signs have been a staple during the campaign season. And, historically, both parties and candidates have respected the First Amendment rights of one another to support their candidates by displaying campaign signs. These are often displayed in citizens’ yards, on their private property or on public land where allowed. Although, some neighborhoods, such as ours, have a covenant that prohibits yard signs. We were made immediately aware of this fact after putting two Biden-Harris signs and Gov. Inslee s...
Once again, we endured the intrusion of wildfire smoke into our atmosphere. The National Weather Service has taken note by releasing interesting data regarding wildfire smoke. The data show the percentage of time certain areas have had smoke days for the months of August and September going back to 2006 and compare how often National Weather Service stations in the Spokane County Warning Area reported smoke or haze. The weather stations include: Coeur d'Alene, Spokane (Spokane International...
CITY OF ELECTRIC CITY MOSQUITO DISTRICT POSITION #4 VACANCY The City of Electric City is requesting letters of interest to fill vacant position #4 on the Grant County Mosquito District No. 2 Board. The Mosquito District meets monthly on the second Thursday of the month, at 5:00pm, and is a volunteer position. Please mail, or hand deliver, a letter of interest by October 7, 2020, addressed to Mayor Diane Kohout, PO Box 130, Electric City, WA 99123. City Hall is accessible to persons of all abilities. This position is open until filled. If you... Full story
Florence Michaud passed peacefully on September 28, 2020 due to complications from a hip fracture and after a long battle with dementia. She was 86. Florence was born in Port Angeles, Washington on April 29, 1934, to CE "Ernest" and Jessie Davis, joining a sister, Carroll. A true Washington native, she proudly related her paternal grandfather brought the first Holstein cattle to the Skagit Valley in what was then Washington territory. When she was still young, the family moved to Seattle, where... Full story
John Lee Richardson 74, was born in Morenci, Arizona, on June 21, 1946, to William Frank and Nella Mae Richardson. He lived at Blackriver Pumping Station on the Apache Reservation untill he started school in Morenci, Arizona in 1951. He moved after sixth grade to Duncan, Arizona, where he lived until graduating from school in 1964. He worked for the forest service one summer, attended Eastern Arizona Junior College and worked for Phelph's Dodge in the Smelter, until he joined the Navy in... Full story
Diane Marie Barham, 74, "Beloved Wife, Mom, Grandma and Friend", passed away peacefully with her family by her side at her Grand Coulee, Washington home, Wednesday, September 30, 2020. She was born in Seattle, Washington to Charles and June Pilling on February 27, 1946. After attending Blanchette Catholic High School, Diane went on to college and graduated from Seattle University earning her AA Degree. On October 4, 1969 Diane Pilling united in marriage with Dan Barham in Brewster, Washington.... Full story
The Grand Coulee branch of North Cascades Bank (NCB) is collecting new or gently used coats for local children in need. Cash donations will be used to purchase new coats. All items will be distributed to schools in the Grand Coulee Dam School District. Donations will be accepted at NCB through the end of October. Please help keep our local kids warm this winter! If you have any questions about the coat drive, please call 633-1700. NCB, Member FDIC... Full story
Jazmyne Marchand and Daniel Tonasket of Keller, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Cecelia Eileen Tonasket born Friday, September 11, 2020, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. She weighed 6 lbs., 7 oz. and was 17 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Kaviix age 4 and Bella age 2. Maternal grandparents are Desiree LaPlante and Steve Marchand. Paternal grandparents are Rhondi West and Daniel Tonasket Sr. Great-grandparents are Veronica and David Nee.... Full story
COVID-19 incidents are down slightly in Grant and Douglas counties while incidents are up in Okanogan and Lincoln counties, as well as in Washington State as a whole. Here are the latest data for COVID-19 in Grant, Okanogan, Lincoln, and Douglas (GOLD) counties. As of Oct. 6: Okanogan County had 1,082 total cases, including 13 deaths.There have been 11 cases in Coulee Dam, five in Elmer City, and 25 in Nespelem. The county has had 17 new cases in the past 14 days, making for an incidence rate of 39.8,, up from 28.1 since Sept. 29. Grant County... Full story