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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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2 years ago Low income or disabled senior residents, 62 and older, qualify for a five-percent utility discount from the town of Coulee Dam, starting this year along with the same discount already available for garbage service. The discount amount is set by he Dept. of Community Trade and Economic Development and each eligible recipient must prove a yearly income based on federal tax returns. A town newsletter from Mayor Rod Hartman, sent out just before Christmas, said the 1995 town budget will increase the average homeowner’s utility taxes b... Full story
About 50 volunteer firefighters and emergency medical service personnel turned out Dec. 13, at Grand Coulee's fire hall for an annual meeting and special awards banquet. Charles Pope, who was last year's "Rookie of the Year," this year won the "Terry Sieker" award as firefighter of the year. This year's "Rookie of the Year" award went to Nic Alexander. Also receiving an award was Ben Alling, who was named the "Robert McGuire EMS Responder" of the year. Ryan Fish was recognized for making the... Full story
One of Grand Coulee's first female electricians has been recognized for distinguished government service at the close of her 38-year career. Mary Cox received the Federal Columbia River Power System Meritorious Service Award during a Dec. 16 ceremony in Boise. Cox is an electrical foreman for the Third Power Plant at Grand Coulee Dam. She is a native of Nespelem and has worked at the dam since July, 1976. Presenting the award was Bureau of Reclamation Pacific Northwest Regional Director Lorri... Full story
Electric City was set to make a decision late Tuesday on providing police protection for the city after its current contract with Grand Coulee expires at the end of the year. The Star, which had an early deadline due to the New Year’s holiday, will file an online update at grandcoulee.com with the results of the 8 p.m. special council meeting. Council committees from both Electric City and Grand Coulee met Dec. 23, in an effort to see if they could come to an agreement differing from one they had reached earlier. The two council committees ... Full story
Men arrested on Banks Lake Fish and Wildlife officers arrested men on Banks Lake Dec. 8 on multiple charges, seized seven gill nets and 376 whitefish. Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife Police Detachment 16, which patrols Douglas, Grant and Adams counties, conducted patrols in two-man teams throughout the night and into the early morning hours using covert surveillance techniques to observe many shore fishermen and boats at the north feeder canal, the department reported. One person there was apprehended allegedly using a gill net on... Full story
Construction activity proceeds on a 24-hour per day basis at Grand Coulee Dam. - December 28, 1938... Full story
NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORKSHOP NOTICE IS HEREBY that the City of Electric City Planning Commission will hold a public workshop at 3:00 pm on Tuesday, January 6, 2015 at the City Hall located at 10 Western Avenue. The purpose of the workshop is to review and discuss proposed amendments to the Zoning Code, Title 18 of the Electric City Municipal Code. The amendments to the zoning code have been developed by the Commission and staff to address: modifying definitions and increasing height and size regulations in 18.40.020 for accessory structures in... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 12/7 - Police went to a house on Stevens Avenue in Electric City on a report that a Nespelem man had been hit over the head with a beer bottle. Police went inside and found the injured man holding a bandana over his head. He told police to “get out” and that they were not welcome. Police waited on the porch for medical staff to arrive and when things got under control left the premises. 12/19 - A man living on Continental Heights told police that he is being harassed by another tenant. He is trying to get an ant... Full story
by Scott Hunter Following a shakeup in the Coulee Dam Fire Department that came to a head two weeks ago, town leaders last week stated their confidence that citizens are safe and that calls for emergency services will be met. “In terms of providing protection, we’re safe,” Mayor Greg Wilder said in an interview Wednesday, but he said there are definitely longterm issues that are being addressed. Within the week, Wilder had received three resignations of longtime fire department and ambulance personnel. First, the fire chief, Robert Jacks... Full story
Grand Coulee and tribal police are looking for a 28-year-old Nespelem man who avoided capture after a 100-mile-an-hour chase Dec. 12, that ended up on the Colville Indian Reservation. Michael D. Desautel, Jr., was seen by Tribal Police Cpl. Harold Allan Oneal, at Coulee Gas and informed police dispatch of the incident. Oneal knew the red 2012 Ford Escape had been reported stolen from Melvin Zacherle, a Nespelem resident. Dispatch notified Grand Coulee officer Dan Holland, who saw Desautel get into the car at the gas station, across the street... Full story
Grand Coulee’s new police chief will have civil service protection because of action the city council took Dec. 16. The council undid work from its previous meeting when members had been persuaded by Mayor Chris Christopherson and city attorneys to remove civil service protection when the city hires its new chief of police. The back-and-forth council action came after the mayor previously had stated that he would let the Civil Service Commission do its work in advertising for and testing police chief applicants. A few weeks ago the council h... Full story
Star takes a long weekend The Star office will be closed for Christmas Dec. 25 and 26. News items and advertisements may be left in the dropbox outside the front office door along with contact information, or emailed to star@grandcoulee.com. The next issue will be published Dec. 30, a day early to avoid publishing on the New Year’s Day holiday. City hall closed, too Grand Coulee’s city hall will be closed Friday, Dec. 26, so staff can be with their families during the holiday. City hall will open for business Monday, Dec. 29. Ridge Riders elect... Full story
I have lived here for 65 years and I have never seen such quarrelsomeness among the entire community. In the past we have had our shares of disagreements between the towns and between the people of the towns. But now we seem to have reached a state where it seems like we can make no progress going forward, only backward. For example, Coulee Dam cannot go forward with their waste-water treatment plan until Elmer City decides whether or not it will join in a communal plan. Electric City is faced with a lack of police protection until it can... Full story
1 years ago Electric City Mayor Ray Halsey said the city will have a balanced budget in 2005, totaling nearly $5.8 million with $294,000 taken out of cash reserves to make it balance with most of those funds going for a new fire truck. And $65,000 will go to the operations-maintenance section of the budget to make ends meet. The law enforcement contract with Grand Coulee will continue at a cost of $58,780, plus just over $9,000 in other law enforcement-related costs. During the last meeting for... Full story
St. Dunstan’s of Grand Coulee will hold a Christmas Eve Service on Wednesday, Dec. 24, at 4 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Coulee Dam Community Presbyterian Church will hold its traditional candlelight Christmas Eve service on Wednesday, Dec. 24, beginning at 7 p.m. Everyone is welcome. Zion Lutheran Church will be holding a Christmas Eve service at 7 p.m. in Grand Coulee and at 9 p.m. at Bethel in Coulee City. A Christmas Day service will be held on Thursday, Dec. 25, at 11 a.m.... Full story
No Chamber until Jan. 8 The Grand Coulee Dam Chamber of Commerce will not meet until after the holidays. The next meeting will be held Thurs., Jan. 8, at noon at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee. Care and Share Food Bank Closed Dec. 26 The food bank at the Church of the Nazarene normal operating hours are every Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. It is located at the Church of Nazarene, hwy 174, Grand Coulee. The bank still can use clean plastic grocery bags. The food bank will be closed on Friday, Dec. 26 and reopen on January 2. Merry C... Full story
Sixty years ago, the holiday season in the community stretching from Electric City to Nespelem featured all kinds of parties, programs and events. Here's a sampling of some of them and the folks who were here in our towns back then. Floyd H. Phillips, Bureau of Indian Affairs Superintendent at the Colville Indian Agency, Nespelem announced that a $200 per-capita payment will be distributed to approximately 4,000 Colville tribal members, just in time for Christmas. The distribution of $804,000... Full story
Grand Coulee Dam School District #301J AVAILABLE IMMEDIATELY, OPENING FOR SCHOOL BOARD MEMBER - POSITION #5 A vacancy exists on the Board of Directors for the Grand Coulee Dam School District. The Board is seeking letters of interest from those citizens living within the district’s Director District #5 who wish to fill the vacancy. Candidates shall be United States citizens and qualified voters resident in the following described director district: Director District 5 Starting at the intersection of Spokane Way and Main St. Northwest on Main S... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 12/11 - Loepp Furniture advised police that a big screen TV was missing from its warehouse. An employee had noted that the warehouse roll-up door was part way open when he went to get the TV for delivery. 12/12 - An Electric City resident reported to police that she had backed out of the Senior Center and hit a car across the street, causing minimal damage. - Police checked on a report of a man on Crest who was photographing himself with a sword. Police found the man behind the apartments in the parking lot. - A man who thou... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam School District Board of Directors Monday night approved a $1.1million four-year levy for maintenance and operations to go before district voters Feb. 10. In doing so, the board followed the recommendations of a special levy committee that had met twice to flesh out a levy plan for the district. The levy will ask district taxpayers to fund the $1,130,000 over four years, making it the third time the district has voted on a four-year levy plan. The levy, if approved, will help the district keep class sizes small, pay for pre... Full story
Following a shakeup in the Coulee Dam Fire Department that came to a head last week, town leaders this week have stated their confidence that citizens are safe and that calls for emergency services will be met. “In terms of providing protection, we’re safe,” Mayor Greg Wilder said in an interview Wednesday, but there are definitely longterm issues that are being addressed. Within the last week, Wilder has received three resignations of longtime fire department and ambulance personnel. First, the fire chief, Robert Jackson resigned. Then Ben A... Full story
When you make a 911 call to report a fire in Coulee Dam you expect a town fire engine and crew to respond. Don’t count on it. Last week, Coulee Dam fire chief Robert Jackson resigned after 12 years as chief. When reached he refused to comment on his resignation. The issue came up at the Coulee Dam Town Council meeting last Wednesday night, and shortly after announcing it to the council, Councilmember Ben Alling, who has been a member of the fire department for 38 years, announced his resignation from it. Since then, Mayor Greg Wilder stated, a... Full story
The town of Coulee Dam has made an offer to Electric City to provide police services. The offer was sent last week and outlined for Coulee Dam Town Council members last Wednesday night by Mayor Greg Wilder. The five-year offer would begin in 2015 at $101,253.50, and include annual cost-of-living increases in each subsequent year. Currently, Electric City contracts with Grand Coulee for police protection, but its five-year contract runs out Dec. 31. The final year on that contract was about $80,000. In spite of the fact that Electric City and... Full story
Electric City will spend thousands less on boosting tourism efforts and related job growth after the city council reversed itself in a 3-2 vote last week. The council last Tuesday night backed off its previous decision in November to spend 75 percent of its annual hotel/motel taxes each year, choosing instead to stay with its present ordinance that fixes spending at 50 percent of what comes in during a given year. John Nordine, one of two council members on the tourism committee, told the council that he would still like to see the city do a... Full story
Early deadline for newspaper Due to the Christmas holiday The Star newspaper has a deadline for its next issue for news and advertising at 5 p.m. this Friday. Next week’s issue will be published Tuesday, Dec. 23. Happy Holidays. Pay raise approved Coulee Dam’s council approved a 2.1-percent increase in wages and salary for Teamster Union employees and department heads for 2015, at its meeting last Wednesday night. The council also selected Councilmember Shawn Derrick as mayor pro-tem for 2015. Senior meals supported Electric City council vot... Full story