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All are invited to a Memorial Celebration of Rodney“Rod” Wayne Green’s life to be held in a place he loved - the main arena of the Grand Coulee, Washington Ridge Rider Rodeo Grounds at 1 p.m., Saturday, September 29, 2012. On Monday, September 10, 2012, Rod, 50, quietly passed away in Grand Coulee, surrounded by his loving family following a courageous battle with cancer. Rod was born in Coulee Dam, on May 18, 1962, just minutes apart from his twin brother Ron. A graduate of Lake Roose...
Raymond G. Stroh, 85, a retired electrical and consulting engineer died September 10, 2012, in Tracy, Calif. Mr. Stroh, a native of Tower City, North Dakota, grew up in a farm family of eleven children. He received his higher education at the North Dakota School of Science in Wahpeton, N.D. This is where, in 1946, he met the love of his life Katherine Neubauer. They were later married in 1948. His life and education were interrupted by his service in the United States Navy during World War II from January 1945 to July 1946. He commenced his...
Phyllis Jean Avey, born November 9, 1931, in Spring Canyon, Utah to Elias and Thelma (Henningson) Degn, passed on to her heavenly home in Moses Lake, Wash., on Tuesday, Sept. 4, 2012. A 1950 graduate of Grand Coulee High School, Phyllis married Clifford Wayne Avey on November 22, 1959, in the little LDS Church which stood at the intersection of Civic Way and Yucca in Coulee Dam. Together Phyllis and Cliff built their home in Coulee Dam on Walnut Street, with Phyllis moving wheelbarrow loads of c...
Rebecca Miles-Heilman and Levi Redd are proud to announce the birth of their son Jackson Alexander Redd on Saturday, Sept. 15, 2012, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 6 lbs., 7 oz., and was 19 inches in length at birth. Maternal grandparents are Chay and Jerry Heilman of Grand Coulee. Paternal grandfather is Robert Redd of Yakima. Great-grandparents are Judy Kitchen of Pinehurst, Idaho, and Angelina Valenzuela of Freemont, Calif....
Grant County Fire District 14 to Meet The regular monthly meeting of the Grant County Fire District 14 will be held Monday, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m., at the Electric City Fire Station. PEP to Meet Planet Earth Players will be meeting Thursday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. at the Grand Gallery Theater in Grand Coulee. Ideas for a December performance will be discussed and a report will be given about the musical review to be held in October. PEP welcomes people interested in stage crew and set construction, sound and light technology and costumes, as well as...
Center Elementary students present a giant “Thank You!” banner to to firefighters at North Dam Park Friday as a gesture to all those who battled the Barker Canyon Complex blazes that blackened more than 91,000 acres and threatened Grand Coulee and Coulee Dam last week. — submitted photo...
Grand Coulee Police 9/12 - A man who used his credit card to buy cigarettes later noticed it missing. The store where he’d used it didn’t have it, but someone must have taken his card from the counter. More than $400 in clothing was charged to it and sent to a house in Omak. The card was cancelled and police in Omak are checking on the delivery site. - An Electric City woman living on West Grand called police to say a goat was in an alley behind her place. She said that she tried to coax the goat into her yard but it would either charge her...
With North Dam Park hosting fire crews this week, the Rotary Club has moved their Spaghetti Feed fundraiser to the Church of the Nazarene. The church is located just 1/4 mile E of Grand Coulee on Hwy 174, 45925 SR 174N, Grand Coulee WA 99133. The feed will be held tonight (Friday, Sept. 14) from 4 to 8 p.m. All proceeds are going to construct a new handicapped fishing pier at Steamboat Rock State Park. Tickets will be available at the door. For more information, call Rotary member Jerry Kennedy...
Six fires broke out in the area Saturday night following an electrical storm that swept the state, igniting about 100 blazes and stretching firefighters thin across the region. Two of the local fires threatened local residences in Grand Coulee, Coulee Dam and in Douglas County, driven and aimed by high winds. A third burned the Columbia River Breaks north of Leahy Junction on SR 174 and jumped the river near the Tim Brothers Ranch, and two more caught near Keller. The Barker Canyon Complex...
The Apple Valley Chapter of the American Red Cross has opened an emergency shelter at the Grand Coulee Dam Middle School. By day, the school’s gymnasium is the center of activity for more than 200 students. By night, the gym floor houses a number of emergency cots for those who have either been burned out of their homes or have been ordered to evacuate. Two volunteer workers, Pat Grentz and Lyn Foley, both from Wenatchee, were manning the shelter Tuesday. “We haven’t had any activity yet, but we...
The community will welcome hundreds of athletes from the United States and Canada this week for Saturday’s ninth Grand Columbian Triathlon. Traditionally, athletes show up here a few days early to preview the various venues and practice for Saturday’s event. The starting venues will be scattered with the swim and bike events starting at Spring Canyon. The bike leg will end at the park below the Visitor Center where the run begins (times for the various events are listed in the special section inside this week’s Star). Athletes will have their...
You didn’t train, but still want to take part in the Grand Columbian Triathlon this Saturday? You can; become a volunteer. Those competing will tell you how important volunteers are and how they appreciate them. There’s still time to register as a volunteer. All you have to do is visit the following website: volunteer@trifreaks.com - you can register there. Also, a volunteer meeting is set for 6:30 p.m. Thursday at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee. Attend the meeting, register as a...
The Adams County Pet Rescue plans to hold a “Wiggles ‘n’ Wags” adoption event in Grand Coulee next week. Chris Holeman said he expects about 10 dogs to be on hand for potential new owners to get to know at North Dam Park between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 23. Holeman said he has three dogs from the organization, himself. He said the event will offer a relaxed setting for those thinking about getting a dog to get to know one first. “We’re going to have a good time,” he said....
Susan Miller is retiring this week after serving 14 years as manager of the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce. It was her day, last Thursday, as members met at the Eagles Lodge to say farewell to the popular Electric City resident. She was congratulated by chamber president Scott Hunter who laughingly referred to her “long lists” from which she worked. “We probably will be finding some of these lists for a long time,” he said. Prior to the past 14 years, Miller worked eight years f...
The Rotary Club is holding its annual spaghetti feed this Friday night at North Dam Park picnic area to raise what members hope will be enough money to complete the club’s handicapped-accessible fishing pier at Steamboat Rock State Park. The project has been on the Rotarian agenda for about 10 years. Club President Jerry Kennedy said the feed should raise enough money to complete it. The new pier would be part of a major improvement at the state park. In the past three years the park has added two new camping section, the latest addition i...
Ten Years Ago The recent decision of two local towns to no longer use the Delano landfill may make the cost of paying for the new landfill in several years more difficult for local residents. At the August 28 Electric City meeting, Mayor Halsey said the town councils of Almira and Wilbur have decided to no longer use the Delano landfill past September 30. A mistake by the Grant County elections department nearly prevented Electric City voters from helping to decide if the Grand Coulee Dam School District should redistrict. Grant County Auditor...
Back in the early 1990s, I was sent to the Chelan area for a large fire that was burning. Deano McPherson, Flint Bjorson and I took a structure truck over there as part of a “structure protection strike team.” One day we were set up in the Navarre Coulee and were told the fire was coming but it would be hours. Our main objectives were to protect the homes we could and to not let the fire cross the highway. We spread out our trucks at the different residences there and started our wait. The hou...
Jezelle Elizabeth Marconi entered the Coulee Dam, home of Urisha “Ookie” and Randi Pakootas-Marconi on March 5, 2006, and for the next six years brightened the lives of everyone she touched with her infectious smile and exuberant love of life. Thursday evening, September 6, 2012, with her beloved family surrounding her Spokane, Washington hospital bed, Jezelle quietly slipped away following her courageous battle with aplastic anemia. A proud first grader at Grand Coulee’s Center Eleme...
A Celebration of Life will be held for Dale S. Hilson on Saturday, Sept. 15, beginning at 3 p.m. at the banquet room in Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee. Dale passed away August 20, 2012....
Shirley M. Best, 76, our wonderful wife, loving mother and grandmother, passed away peacefully on August 3, 2012. The daughter of Charlie O. and Edith McCullough, Shirley Mae entered this world December 19, 1935. During her childhood, Shirley’s parents worked for Kaiser Shipyards in Portland, Ore., building Liberty Ships for World War II. Her family then moved to the Grand Coulee Dam area, where she was a member of the 1953 Coulee Dam High School graduating class. Shirley’s next and greatest adventure began on August 10, 1953, when she mar...
Do you need to improve your basic skills or get your GED certificate so you can get that better job or go to college? Have you started but not finished taking your tests? This fall is the time to prepare for your GED exam, especially if you’ve already started taking the series of exams. You must finish by December 2013. In January 2014, a new GED test will be used and any tests completed using the old series will not count towards a GED. GED classes are offered locally through Big Bend Community College. Fall quarter classes begin September 2...
Chamber to Meet at Eagles Lodge Grand Coulee Chamber will meet Thursday, Sept. 13,at noon at the Eagles Lodge in Grand Coulee. Stefan Newbury and Dana Barkdull will give update on the Grand Columbian Triathlon Saturday. OES to Meet Grand Coulee Dam Chapter Order of the Eastern Star will meet Thursday, Sept. 13, at 7:30 p.m. A potluck dinner will preceed the meeting beginning at 6 p.m. Officers will wear chapter dress and perform long-form opening. Refreshments will be provided after the meeting by Bonnie Farr. Lincoln County Fire Dist. 9 to...
Grand Coulee Police 9/3 - Police were told a man was going to kill himself. He was reached near Martin Road and told the officer that did indeed want to kill himself because of stress and said he was just putting his plan together. The officer took the man to Coulee Medical Center where he was put in the care of a mental health official. 9/5 - Two people who went to the hospital to visit a patient scared the patient, who asked medical workers if one of them had a gun. He asked that no visitors be allowed to his room. The two men returned the...
Raymond G. Stroh, 85, a retired electrical and consulting engineer died September 10, 2012, in Tracy, Calif. Mr. Stroh, a native of Tower City, North Dakota, grew up in a farm family of eleven children. He received his higher education at the North Dakota School of Science in Wahpeton, N.D. This is where, in 1946, he met the love of his life, Katherine Neubauer. They were later married in 1948. His life and education were interrupted by his service in the United States Navy during World War II from January 1945 to July 1946. He commenced his...
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