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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Sometimes good news comes in waves. Yes, this is exactly about that. Our bowling alley is back open. Oh, you thought I was referring to a different wave that swept the country last night, a “blue wave,” meaning a Democratic Party mid-term win across the country with a return to control of Congress to the Ds. To be honest, the two happenings are a little tied together in my mind, only because yesterday (election day) I got to interview a 30-year-old entrepreneur who hopes to make a little money while improving life in the coulee by re-...
When former Republican President Richard Nixon lied about his involvement in the Watergate break-in that occurred in June of 1972, congressional Republicans told him to resign or else be impeached and convicted — removed from office. Nixon knew they would keep their word and resigned. When Republican President Donald Trump has continually and pathologically lied--much, much worse than Nixon--most congressional Republicans, and especially our own US Representative Michael Baumgartner, have promoted those lies and voted to institutionalize t...
Election Day. In 1845, Congress passed a federal law designating the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November as Election Day. Prior to this new law states were allowed to hold elections any time they wanted, though within a 34-day period before the first Wednesday in December. That thinking was flawed, the potential for early voting results affecting turnout and swaying opinion in states and of voters who voted later. Why Tuesday in November, you ask. In the mid-1800’s about 70 percent of citizens were farmers, living far from t...
Democrats want voters to believe they’ll stop Trump’s war of choice in Iran if they’re given control of the House and Senate in the November election. It’s a bad bet. In the American system, changing congressional majorities may rearrange power on Capitol Hill, but it does not alter the military chain of command. Since Operation Epic Fury began on February 28, Congress has taken up an Iran war-powers measure at least nineteen times. The House has passed measures directing an end to hostilities multiple times, most recently on September 15. But...
Last week I went to our hardware store. I needed a part for a repair job. When I got what I needed, I also asked workers about the project, and I needed a referral to someone who could help me. They said, “We can help you!” In fact, the one fellow said he’d come out and help me. I was overwhelmed! He said, “This is a small town, lady. This is what we do!” I’m betting no one says that at the Home Depot in Omak, Moses Lake or Spokane. This is what makes living in this small town so great....
“I tolerate my democrat friends and family but, you see it your way and I see it my way. I’m not you and you’re not me. You see Trump’s arrogance, I see Trump’s confidence. You see Trump’s nationalism, I see Trump’s patriotism. You hear Trump’s unsophisticated words, I hear Trump’s honesty. You see Trump’s racism, I see Trump’s words being misconstrued and twisted by the media daily to fit their narrative. You see Trump as a Republican, I see Trump as a Patriot. You see Trump as a dictator, I see Trump as a leader. You see Trump as an Autho...
I believe it is safe to say our wildfire season for this part of Montana is behind us. Having our first winter storm laying a heavy blanket of wet snow over this beautiful landscape our concerns put to rest for another season. We had many fires however most were controlled before developing into a huge devastating event. In Washington state, Grand Cooley Dam area, they had the huge Kaiser Canyon fire that burned over one hundred thousand acres. My wife’s family has ranched in this area for over four generations. This fire had the potential t...
I had never really thought much about Halloween etiquette (other than “Don’t put somebody else’s elbows on the table, Igor”), but then I saw a clip of “Pittsburgh Today Live” featuring etiquette expert Liz Aquino. Aquino and the hosts shared some commonsense courtesy rules for homeowners and trick-or-treaters alike. Granted, they should have dealt more with “helicopter parents” taking a break from sports to micromanage their tykes’ door-to-door candy-seeking interactions. (“Hey, Smith, why...
Election Day. In 1845, Congress passed a federal law designating the first Tuesday following the first Monday in November as Election Day. Prior to this new law states were allowed to hold elections any time they wanted, though within a 34-day period before the first Wednesday in December. That thinking was flawed, the potential for early voting results affecting turnout and swaying opinion in states and of voters who voted later. Why Tuesday in November, you ask. In the mid-1800’s about 70 percent of citizens were farmers, living far from t...
Many people are awakening to the significant changes artificial intelligence is beginning to have in various endeavors. But most of what we are individually aware of can amount to nothing more than a diversion away from what is actually important, even critical, regarding AI at this point in history. Less attention should be paid to the distraction lest we miss the central reality of the age: it could be wonderful, or it could be catastrophic. “Since late November of 2022, when ChatGPT was officially released, savvy readers began to notice s...
Those of us who have reached a certain age have a responsibility to younger generations to be informed about our government, and especially our elections, as younger people often look to us. That responsibility includes vetting our news sources, fact-checking what we hear, read, or see on the internet, radio, and television, and not spreading hysteria-ridden misinformation from sources trying to divide or anger us to advance their own agenda. With yet another unnecessary, stupid war raging in the Middle East (a war started by the US, and based...
The people of Washington have said 10 times that we don’t want a state income tax but the Democrats have decided on their own that we don’t know what we want so they decided to implement one. The call it a “millionaire’s tax” but refused to put a bottom threshold limit on when they passed it. Not one cent has been collected and they are already calling for the million-dollar income threshold amount to be lowered. How long will it take them to lower it to where it hits your income level? You’ve probably seen the ads on TV calling for voters...
October 21-22, 1967, Anti-Vietnam war protesters rallied to Washington D.C. The Mobilization Committee to End the War in Vietnam organized the protest seeking national visibility for the anti-war movement. At the Pentagon, protective efforts were made by the military. Military Police encircled the facility. U.S. Marshals were on hand to arrest any intruders. Inside the Pentagon, were several thousand-armed Army troops. It was unknown what action the protesters would take. That early evening, a mass estimated at thirty-five thousand protesters h...
When Americans are injured in combat, we have a responsibility to make sure they receive the benefits they earned through their service and sacrifice. For tens of thousands of veterans, we are falling short of that promise. Under current law, many veterans who were forced to retire from the military because of combat-related injuries must give up a portion of their military retirement pay in order to receive disability compensation from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA). The Major Richard Star Act would change that. The bipartisan legisla...
The debate over gender identity has expanded far beyond medical care. It now reaches schools, locker rooms, and athletic fields, where we face a narrower question: should girls’ sports remain organized according to biological sex? Washington’s Initiative 638 addresses that question directly. The measure would establish sex-based eligibility standards for girls’ athletic categories in schools. The initiative is a clear attempt to preserve a distinct competitive category for female athletes. The underlying concern is physiological. Male puber...
I marked my birthday Oct. 8 and thought it’d be fun to Google the notables who entered our world on that date. What a bounty! I share it with filmmaker Edward Zwick, Netflix bigwig Reed Hastings, longtime Saturday Night Live cast member Darrell Hammond, Matt Damon, and Sigourney Weaver Duly emboldened, I expanded my search to Oct. 7 and saw rocker John Mellencamp is one day older than me. It also turns out Oct. 7 was the 30th birthday of Fox News. Talk about buzzkill. Is there anything new to say about that cesspool of lying liars, that f...
October 18, 1945, 24 Nazi government officials and organizations were indicted by the four chief prosecutors in the International Military Tribunal. Those four prosecutors were, Robert H. Jackson of the United States, Sir Hartley Shawcross of Great Britain, Francois de Menthon of France, and Roman A. Rudenko of the Soviet Union. The Tribunals jurisdiction covered crimes against peace, war crimes, and crimes against humanity. From November 30, 1945 to October 1, 1946, the Tribunal tried 24 of the most important military and political leaders of...
U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has a dangerous new rule beginning Oct. 22 that will threaten the healthcare of millions of Americans. The rule, “Indefinite Suspension of the De Minimis Exemption for Mail Shipments,” will effectively end Americans’ ability to personally import their prescription medicines. Importing prescription drugs from licensed international pharmacies is the only lifeline for seniors on limited incomes, people with high-deductible health plans, and the uninsured. That’s why CBP and the FDA have allowed it for dec...
What are they running on to help you? Well, what they are running on is as follows. Abolish prisons, abolish police, abolish President, abolish Senate, they want 13 to 17 Supreme court justices, congress to appoint president, eliminate the department of war, open the borders like what President Biden did, no one knows how many illegals entered the United States some estimates and 10 million, 15 million, 20 million. Expand full voting rights for all non-citizens and people convicted of criminal confections, abolish ICE, cut the federal military...
Perhaps worst of Michael Baumgartner’s habitual votes contradicting his policy statements is his continually advocating for slashing federal spending but then voting for One Big Beautiful Bill (OBBB). This added $4.1 trillion to the national debt which has doubled to $40 trillion since 2017, the beginning of President Donald Trump’s first term. The Baumgartner-supported Iran war costing over $75 billion and counting is another example raising the debt. Deceit-prone Baumgartner could have killed OBBB because it passed the House by just one vot...
In 1975, Central Washington University (CWU) President, Dr. Jim Brooke, proposed a simple idea: create a week-long summer camp at CWU to introduce high school students to the nation’s free-enterprise system while rubbing shoulders with leaders who own and run businesses. Brooke’s team developed a computer simulation---the operating system for Business Week. It became the blueprint for a start-up business which would be educational, bonding and fun. It worked like “magic!” Students came from different backgrounds and became ferocious competi...
October 10, 1973, Spiro Agnew resigned from his position as Vice President of the United States. That same day, he plead no contest to charges of federal income tax evasion in exchange for charges of political corruption being dropped. He was fined ten thousand dollars and sentenced to three years’ probation and was disbarred. Agnew was the second Vice President in history to resign from the office, the first was John Calhoun. Agnew was Vice President under Richard Nixon. The United States Department of Justice had uncovered widespread evidence...
Publication Title - The Star. Publication No. 518-860. Filing Date – October 8, 2025. Issue Frequency - Weekly. Number of Issues Published Annually - 52. Annual Subscription Price - $38.00/$48.00/$62.00/$52.00. Contact Person: Scott or Gwen. Telephone: (509) 633-1350. Complete Mailing Address of Known Office of Publication and Headquarters - #3 Midway Ave., P.O. Box 150, Grand Coulee, Grant County, Wash. 99133-0150. Publisher/Editor/Managing Editor - Scott Hunter, P.O. Box 150, Grand Coulee, WA 99133-0150. Owners - Star Publishing Inc., P.O. B...
Hopefully, the justices of the Washington State Supreme Court came to our community to learn a thing or two, because they probably did, whether they realize it or not. It’s the kind of knowledge that sneaks into your mind quietly, the kind that lets you look back on your former self and realize what has changed in you, that somehow the formerly obvious truth has slipped away in humble retreat before a rising inspiration that is just as true. Those nine already very wise men and women may someday look back to a conversation they had with a d...
Health from the point of view of the healer means not only health in the physical today, but also balance and harmony in all parts of life. The process of healing is really a process of remembering who you are. To remember who you are means (results in?) rediscovering your path. “Health” is an abstractly pliable concept. It may be defined merely as the absence of disease and disability. Or it may be given a much more positive meaning such as in The WHO Constitution. The WHO definition is: Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and soc...