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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Grand Coulee Police 11/13 - A driver was given a speeding ticket for going 55 mph in the 35-mph zone on SR-174 near F Street. - A Division St. woman reported a vehicle prowl on her convertible, where she believes someone was trying to detach the rear window from the fabric of the roof. She believes it happened on Halloween when she recalls a vehicle speeding off when she went to get her mail. - A man reported a cut padlock on the ground near an enclosed utility trailer that was parked at his shop. The owner had previously removed his...
Books and wine event tonight A new Friends of the Grand Coulee Library group is working to make people aware of its benefits and is inviting people to an unusual type of promotion: “Reading Between the Wines,” which will take place at The Wine Bar on Grand Coulee’s Main Street tonight (Wednesday) from 5 to 7 p.m. Called a “book tasting,” those who attend the event (adults only; it is a bar) will learn more about services offered at the library and can browse a collection of books for sale that the group will bring. Electric City wants mor...
Elmer Rinard, left, Josephine Ayers and Fred Long pose for a photo together as the three WWII veterans recognized at an assembly to honor veterans at Lake Roosevelt School on Friday. Each received a standing ovation at the annual assembly, which drew 83 veterans for the program. Sandy Hood's eighth-grade students devlivered certificates of appreciation to them in the audience. The students had written to some 200 veterans in preparation for Veterans Day, which vets at the assembly said they...
Citizens of Grand Coulee may want to sit down before reading this, and specifically may want to sit down on the toilet. The Grand Coulee City Council voted last week to raise residential sewage rates by about 63 percent. The $20-per-month hike will cover the expenses of running the system. “As much as I hate the idea of rate increases and taxes, to keep providing services, we’re gonna have to make some changes,” said Mayor Paul Townsend. “Our increases right now, we’re just looking to get up to par with our expenses.” Residential rates will...
Ron Bjorklund had a mission: to golf in all 50 states. And he accomplished that mission on Oct. 9, 2018, at the Cape Cod Country Club in Massachusetts. The daring feat became a goal for Bjorklund in 2007 when he golfed with his brothers at the Mendenhall Golf Course in Juno, Alaska. "I figured if I could get Alaska, I could probably get the rest of them," Bjorklund said. "I already had Hawaii and a lot of the western states. My daughter lives in Montana and we get over there frequently; her...
Need a ride somewhere? Dude, just take an Uber. Hail a cab. Oh yeah! It's the Coulee, so you can't do any of that stuff. Or can you? Teresa Bower has started a company called Blue Dot Transit Connect, which isn't associated with Uber, but offers similar services and has similar rates. Having moved to Electric City via Renton, Washington, earlier this year with her husband David, Bower saw the need for a taxi service in the area. Bower said that Blue Dot is named after the blue skies you see...
After helping people file their taxes for 24 years, Charlie Long is retiring from the tax preparation program offered at the local senior center, leaving a gap that needs to be filled by anyone interested. “It was fun and I enjoyed it,” Long said about the job. “I didn’t especially like the computers, but I like to meet the people and help them get their paperwork together.” Long said that before doing the work on computers he’d do the taxes by hand. Back then the program was located in the basement of what is now North Cascades Bank. The 2...
The universe, estimated by scientists to be about 14 billion years old, vast and full of mystery, will be the topic of a presentation at the Grand Coulee Library this Thursday. Astronomer Kevin Manning, a former consultant with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and founder of Look Up to the Stars, will host a family-friendly presentation that explores the universe from the very small to the very large. “Learn about the beauty and harmony of the universe on this virtual journey through the cosmos,” the event description rea...
Gonzaga professor Jessica Maucione will be at the Grand Coulee Library on Monday, Nov. 19 at 6 p.m., making a free presentation titled "Writing in the Margins, Transforming the Stories We Tell About Race." "Humans have evolved and maintained our integrity as a species because of our ability to collectively create and tell stories," a description of the event reads. "But what happens when those stories divide, segregate, and even encourage violence among us? In this talk, professor Jessica...
Grand Coulee Police 11/6 - A man got a speeding ticket for going 60 miles per hour in the 35 mph zone on SR-155 near Western Ave. - A Roosevelt Drive woman reported unknown people pounding on the side of her house. She didn’t see them, but heard them running away. She said this has happened in the past. 11/7 - A driver, pulled over near North Dam for having a defective license plate light, was cited for that and for driving without insurance. - A red Kia was reported to have a loud exhaust while driving slowly down Dill Ave. The officer found t...
The Grand Coulee Dam School District will be proposing an “enrichment levy” for 2019 meant to bring in approximately $450,000 each year, the second part of a two-levy approach intended to replace the single levy now taken over by the state. Needing to submit a list of items that match up to $450,000 to the state Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction, the district board Monday night approved the following list of areas the money would support: Special Education - $120,000 Pre-School - $80,000 Driver’s Education - $8,000 Scien...
Lake Roosevelt graduate Calen Farmer spent six years in the Navy before pursuing an electronics engineering degree, and the experience took him around the world. Farmer graduated from Lake Roosevelt in 2008 and enlisted in the Navy in February of 2012, just two days before his 22nd birthday. " Like most young people, I was lost in life and didn't know what to do with my future," Farmer said. "I tried going to school, but it just was not for me at the time. After realizing I wasn't going...
Sixth-graders at Lake Roosevelt Elementary look up with a wow a second after launching a group of three rockets Friday afternoon. They, and high schoolers earlier in the day, had just assembled the rockets inside the school, with coaching from University of Washington students and faculty in coordination with NASA. The program had also visited Nespelem Elementary and schools in Keller and Inchelium. The group is hoping to recruit young students into science fields and is offeirng a contest...
Eyeing free grant money to help stretch local dollars, school leaders Monday told a consulting company to go after grants that would help modernize the heating and cooling system in the old gym at Lake Roosevelt High School and more. The Grand Coulee Dam School District board voted to continue to have the company McKinstry pursue grants for upgrades to school buildings. The district hired McKinstry to look for repairs and upgrades that could be made to the former middle school, the annex to the middle school where the Alternative Learning...
Coulee Dam rates heading up Residents and electric ratepayers in Coulee Dam can expect an increase in rates next year, town councilmembers indicated during discussion at a budget workshop Monday. Citing the need to replace large transformers and other electric system needs, councilmembers were leaning toward an increase greater than 20 percent, boosting the charge per kilowatt hour to 6 cents, plus increasing a base charge from $6 a month to $13. Charges for sewer service, currently at $56 a month, will likely go to about $67, a jump planned...
The annual veterans assembly at Lake Roosevelt Schools will be held this Friday at the gym in Coulee Dam. Changing things up from previous years, the event will be split into two segments: one for kindergarten through sixth-grade students, and another for seventh through twelfth grades, with an intermission in between. "Veterans and public are welcome to join us for either or both," said teacher Sandy Hood, who organizes the event and felt that one assembly with the full student body was a bit t...
Strong opinions surrounded a post on The Star’s Facebook page when The Star shared an article from the paper headlined “Transgender policy, club approved at school board meeting.” Opinions on both sides of the argument centered around the idea of boys using the girls’ restroom. “So this means that a BOY who thinks he is a girl or wants to be a girl can now go into the female bathroom with my daughter? If that’s the case I do not agree with it,” a Michael Dennis wrote on Facebook. “If you have a wiener you go into the bathroom where the sign...
STATE MEASURE 1631 G O L D Statewide Yes 3,585 2,448 718 1,825 850,861 No 16,005 6,414 4,040 6,288 1,097,277 STATE INITIATIVE 1634 G O L D Statewide Yes 14,474 5,441 3,362 5,374 1,062,381 No 5,731 3,395 1,394 2,726 876,921 STATE INITIATIVE 1639 G O L D Statewide Yes 6,316 3,153 1,207 2,962 1,181,218 No 13,900 5,730 3,549 5,177 775,902 STATE INITIATIVE 940 G O L D Statewide Yes 7,775 4,071 1,630 3,367 1,151,495 No 12,232 4,719 3,049 4,728 793,581 SENATE BILL 6269 G O L D Statewide Repealed 15,190 5,967 3,647 2,236 982,524 Maintained 4,239 2,451...
Grand Coulee 10/28 - Police were unable to locate a stolen vehicle that Colville Tribal Police suspected could be on Weil Place. 10/29 - A man and woman at North Dam Park were reported to be suspicious, possibly arguing and possibly on drugs. The woman reportedly had slammed a gate open. An officer spoke to the pair, noting they didn’t appear to be on drugs and were just walking through the park. - Police helped dispose of a fawn with a broken leg on Roosevelt Drive. - A Prims Pl. woman reported seeing a man she thought was stealing a bike. T...
The Grant County County Health District warned in an alert Tuesday that one of two cases in the county of a potentially serious, contagious illness involved a student at Lake Roosevelt Schools. Grant County Health Officer Dr. Alexander Brzezny issued the the alert to the Grant County media, stating that health district staff are investigating two Grant County residents with laboratory-confirmed whooping cough, also known as pertussis. The other case involves a student at Port Orchard Elementary in Moses Lake. “Exposure letters have been d...
Grand Coulee and its dam have been mentioned in songs by a number of popular artists over the years. Woody Guthrie started things off, penning a number of songs in 1941 mentioning Grand Coulee Dam. Most obvious is the song "Grand Coulee Dam," but the dam is also mentioned in what is easily one of the most famous and hauntingly beautiful folk songs ever written, "Pastures of Plenty," where Guthrie sings "Green pastures of plenty from dry desert ground/From the Grand Coulee Dam where the waters...
Second-grader and possible future basketball player Jace Lewis, dressed as a Zombie, makes a basket at the "Harvest Festival" held at Lake Roosevelt Schools Oct. 25. The event included a costume contest, food, games, and more, and was put on by The Grand Coulee Dam PTA, the Johnson O'Malley program, the Lake Roosevelt Elementary Associated Student Body and others. - Jacob Wagner photo...
The Grand Coulee Dam School District board has approved a policy related to transgender students and allowed the continuance of a club for lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, and straight ally students. At the Oct. 22 school board meeting, the board approved without much discussion a transgender policy that states: “The board believes in fostering an educational environment that is safe and free of discrimination for all students, regardless of sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or gender expression,” the policy reads. “To that...
The owner of a local restaurant was sentenced Oct. 22 on assault and criminal trespass charges to which he pleaded in Grant County Superior Court. Juan Moreno, 41, pled guilty to one count of criminal trespass and entered an Alford plea to one count of fourth-degree assault. With an Alford plea a defendant is not pleading guilty to a crime, but believes he would be found guilty if the case were to proceed to trial. Grand Coulee police had arrested him July 23 after his estranged wife and her boyfriend said he threatened them with a knife and...
Coulee Dam may raise its utility rates significantly over the coming years, if a discussion at last week’s town council meeting is an indication. With a shift in philosophies kicking in for the first budgeting season of a new council and mayor, town leaders were emphasizing a need to build up reserves for coming large expenses. Some reserves had been drawn down under the prior administration as then-mayor Greg Wilder felt it more prudent to take advantage of historically low interest rates where necessary, and to bring the town’s reserve fun...