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The Lady Raiders are continuing to dominate their opponents, winning all five of their games and leaving all opponents behind with combined scoring of 76-10. The Lady Raiders defeated the Pateros Nannies 14-4 at home on April 30. "Complete team effort with the bats," Head Coach Jaci Gross said about the win, in which LR had 11 hits to Pateros' four. Cassidy Reyes pitched for the Lady Raiders, striking out six batters while allowing just four hits, and walking four. The Raiders defeated Manson...
IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SPOKANE In Re the Interest of: LUKE MICHAEL CANO AKA INFANT STRASBURG, (DOB: 04/24/2019) A Person under the age of 18. NO. 19-5-00216-32 SUMMONS AND NOTICE BY PUBLICATION OF PETITION/HEARING RE: TERMINATION OF CHILD/TERMINATION OF PARENT/CHILD RELATIONSHIP The State of Washington to the said: Chris Andrew Espersen, alleged birthfather of Luke Michael Cano aka Infant Strasburg, (DOB: 04/24/2019) or anyone with a paternal interest: 1. You have been named as the alleged... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 4/12 - An employee at the Hi-Co station on SR-174 reported a counterfeit $20 bill, checked with a special pen. The customers were an identified man and unknown woman. The woman was said to have tried to get the bill back, which the clerk denied. The man later said he got the bill when he sold a bluetooth speaker. The police report states the fraudulent bill is consistent with what is sold online at a particular website. 4/26 - A German man vacationing in the United States when he learned his bank account had been...
It’s hard for a child to learn in a classroom if other students are being disruptive, even violent. A conversation about this took place at the Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors’ meeting April 22. Clarissa Cawston addressed the board, bringing up behavioral issues in her daughter’s second-grade class, where she began volunteering daily after noticing her daughter’s grades slipping. “She has one kid over here chucking stuff across the room, one kid over here just non-stop talking, one kid over here who will just walk out — and...
Easter Sunday is the holiest day for observant Christians worldwide. It is the day followers of Jesus Christ celebrate his resurrection, and many believers choose to be baptized or receive their first communion on the special day. It is the day on which Christians celebrate the central tenets of our faith, which is why the coordinated suicide bombings on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka that targeted minority Christians at four churches as well as foreigners at four hotels shocked that island nation and the world. The terrorists targeted Christian pl...
Chamber This Week Chamber will be meeting at noon this Thursday, May 2, at Siam Palace. Ryan Holterhoff, Public Affairs Officer at Grant County PUD will be the guest speaker. There will be no chamber next week as setup for the Colorama celebration will be going on. Food Bank Distributing Hours The food bank normal operating hours are every Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. It is located at the Church of Nazarene, Hwy 174, Grand Coulee. Clients are encouraged to provide their own containers to carry groceries home in. Call Pastor Shawn for information:...
It’s Colorama time next week, when the carnival comes to town, runners lace up those shoes, cowboys ride into town and people line the streets of Grand Coulee for the parade. Here’s a quick rundown of what to expect. We’ll get into more detail with a special section in next week’s Star. Rainier Amusements will again bring in the carnival, as they did last year, beginning Thursday, May 9, at 4 p.m. Presale tickets are still available for less money than you’ll pay at the carnival. The Colorama Color Run is set for 9-11 a.m. Saturday, May 11, a...
The Lady Raiders defeated the Lady Shockers in a tight game on April 23, winning 6-3. "Emma Marchand brought home the win on the mound," Head Coach Jaci Gross said about the freshman who struck out 10 batters, walked two, and allowed just four hits. "The win was dedicated to Terry Warnecke, LR's pitching coach, who is battling illness at Sacred Heart," Gross added. Warneke is also the grandfather of Marchand. "All of the team wrote 'TW' on their arms and in face paint in his honor," Gross said....
Grand Coulee 4/23 - A man who lives in an apartment on Main Street was upset that a man moving into the apartment upstairs was making so much noise he couldn’t hear the TV, and also that his mirror had fallen off the wall and broken while they were moving in upstairs. There was no crime committed. - A caller on Goodfellow Avenue reported that an elderly woman had fallen on her front steps and was lying motionless. The caller didn’t want to check on the her, deciding it was more important to take a shower, the police report states. Police arr...
The local Rotary club will offer a spaghetti dinner this Saturday from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. at the Lake Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School cafeteria. The club’s annual fundraiser will support club efforts, including raising money to replace the now non-existent stage curtain at the Lake Roosevelt gym. The curtain, expected to cost about $15,000, is used at special events and performances, including during the annual graduation ceremony. The Grand Coulee Dam Rotary is celebrating its 70th year, and earlier this year listed 40-some local p...
Congressman Dan Newhouse visited Lake Roosevelt Schools Tuesday, touring the building and learning about the challenges the school district faces, particularly financial issues. Newhouse represents Washington's 4th Congressional District, which spans Central Washington from Oregon to Canada, including most of the Grand Coulee Dam area. Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Paul Turner and school board Chairman Rich Black showed the congressman around, and three members of Newhouse's...
Lake Roosevelt students presented projects at a science fair held by the Parent Teacher Association on Thursday. Students from grades 1 through 10 presented projects to a dozen judges, community members with various scientific backgrounds. Projects and experiments presented at the event involved Morse code, the effect petting a dog has on blood pressure, projecting lights onto the inside of a cardboard box - a camera obscura, decomposing vegetables, dissolving bath bombs, the interaction of...
The city of Electric City, as well as engineering firm Gray & Osborne, maintain that they did consider emergency traffic in regard to the upcoming intersection change in Electric City, although not speaking directly to the fire chief about it. An upcoming intersection change in Electric City, which will remove a stretch of Western Avenue at a Y-shaped intersection in front of city hall, was met with criticism by firefighters as well as citizens at an April 9 council meeting, particularly in...
People like getting packages. It's a little bit like Christmas. And someone who has been delivering peoples' packages in the area for 40 years is retiring from United Parcel Service. Merle Roberts started working for UPS on March 23, 1979, working out of what Roberts describes as "a little makeshift unloading dock" in Grand Coulee, "outside year round" before UPS had opened an office on Van Tyne Avenue 13 years later. The job was Roberts' first "real job" aside from doing some farm work in the...
John H. McNeil, 67, passed away Thursday, April 18, 2019, at Hospice House of Spokane in Spokane, Washington. He was born March 6, 1952, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane to John R. McNeil and Betty (Little) McNeil. John was raised in Coulee Dam, Washington, where he graduated from Coulee Dam High School in 1970. He went on to graduate from Washington State University, where he earned a BA in Political Science and Economics. After graduation, he returned to Coulee Dam, where he worked as a... Full story
Long time Napa employee GerLong time Napa employee Gerald (Jerry) Lawrence Maitha, formerly of Electric City, Washington, passed away the morning of Thursday, April 18, 2019, at Providence Saint Peter hospital in Olympia, Washington. Jerry was born July 11, 1948, in Trenton City, Mercer County, New Jersey, to Armand E. and Helen Grace Phillips Maitha. He was the oldest of three siblings. While living in Pennsylvania, he married Patty Mullins and they had two children: Christopher Selinske of... Full story
A little egg hunter in an Easter dress finds the last egg in the 1- to 3-year-old area at the Lions Club's 82nd annual egg hunt Saturday at the former middle school in Grand Coulee. The club places some 2,500 plastic eggs on the athletic field, with candy or prizes inside. A dozen of those contain special prizes. Winners of those were, in the 1-3 year-old group: Milo Desjardins, first; Isabella Rose, second; Race Cobra Bird, third. In the 4-5 group: Alice Atkins, first; Kameryn O'Hara, second;...
Rosa Ibarra and Sean Luna, of Electric City Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Roman Natalio Luna, on February 21, 2019, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. He weighed 5 lbs., 5 oz., and was 18 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Noah Luna and Naya Luna. Maternal grandparents are Rosa Lina Lara and Jose Ibarra. Paternal grandparents are Brenda Nault and Raul Luna.... Full story
Robert and Tiffany Seyler, of Electric City, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Daniel Owen Seyler, on Monday, April 15, 2019, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. He weighed 7 lbs., 14 oz., and was 20 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Alli and Kinsey; maternal grandparents are Douglas and Shannon Pickel, of Davenport, Washington, and Linda Pickel, of North Pole, Alaska. Paternal grandparents are Wesley and Christine Seyler, of Wilbur, Washington. Great-grandmother is Shirley Pickel of... Full story
The Lady Raiders are at the top of their league following three more softball wins last week. In Pateros April 16, the Lady Raiders won 14-0 as Emma Marchand pitched 10 strikeouts for LR while only allowing one hit. “The pitching was the difference in this game,” said Head Coach Jaci Gross. “Also, the girls had 10 hits and Pateros had one.” Marchand was effective on offense as well, hitting three triples and batting in six runs. The Lady Raiders beat the Lady Tigers twice in Tonasket Saturday in a doubleheader. LR narrowly won the first g...
CITY OF ELECTRIC CITY NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORKSHOP Comprehensive Plan And Capital Facilities Plan NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public workshop will be held by Electric City from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on May 7, 2019 at City Hall located at 10 Western Avenue, Electric City, Washington, to receive public input regarding revisions to the Comprehensive Plan and Capital Facilities Plan. The draft amendments can be found on our website at www.electriccity.us under the Government Tab then Planning and Zoning. The public is encouraged to attend, comment and... Full story
Grand Coulee 4/12 - A driver received a speeding ticket after being pulled over along SR-174 and F Street for going 49 miles per hour in a 35-mph zone. 4/13 - A woman pulled over near the overlook area just above Grand Coulee Dam for having expired tabs was cited for driving without a license. 4/14 - A woman on 3rd Street in Electric City reported intoxicated men fighting in the street. Turns out a man was housesitting a nearby house, and two of his friends came over, eventually fighting in the street. Officers spoke with one of the friends,...
Citizens, firefighters, engineers, and city officials discussed a controversial possible intersection change in Electric City at the city's April 9 council meeting. About 18 people in the crowd watched or participated in the discussion surrounding the city's plans to remove the stretch of Western Avenue directly in front of city hall and replace it with a sidewalk. Most only found out about the plans through recent articles in The Star, although the project is ready to go out to bid, with...
Cars and coffee are two things beloved around the world, and a way to celebrate cars while drinking coffee on a monthly basis may soon find its way to the community. Sam Hsieh, surgeon and chief medical officer at Coulee Medical Center, is also a car enthusiast. He recently bought a lot at the intersection of Main Street and Spokane Way, where he envisions people could congregate with their cars, drink coffee, and talk with their fellow community members. "The idea is to promote how we bring the...
Earth Day celebration Friday The Colville Tribes are hosting an Earth Day celebration at the Nespelem Powwow grounds Friday, April 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will have informational and interactive booths, a free hot dog lunch, a raffle, and more. Easter egg hunt on Saturday The Lions Club’s 82nd annual Easter egg hunt will be held at the former middle school’s athletic field in Grand Coulee at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 20. The event is free for children 0-10 years of age. School board accepts donations The board for the Grand Coulee...