News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Dear Mayor Poch and City Clerk Bowden, Please share this email with Council Member Black, Council Member Schmidt, Council Member Adkins, Council Member Hall, and Council Member St. Jeor, since I can’t seem to locate their email addresses on the Town of Coulee Dam website. I understand the challenges our communities face, especially rural towns, when balancing pinched budgets during these difficult times. I have spent the last year participating in these discussions across the state, and I’ve seen how difficult these decisions can be and how...
On behalf of all of us at the Grand Coulee Care & Share Food Bank, I just wanted to take the time to give out a BIG THANK YOU to all of the Boy Scouts and their leaders! You are all amazing and appreciated very much for your outstanding work this past Saturday. You brought to us over 2,600 pounds of food! This will really make a difference in helping those in need. Thanks also to all of you that contributed by leaving bags of food on your front porch! We truly live in a wonderful very Blessed community! God Bless all of you! Dave Noggles...
In appreciation, I wanted to mention someone we lost recently that was a true angel on earth. Judy Kuiper was a one-in-a-million human. She was a simple, humble, wonderful, loving, optimistic individual who was unwavering in her faith. Judy was such an amazing person, woman, wife, mom, grandma and community member. She always saw the best in everyone, was comforting and could put anyone at ease. Judy was a tremendous role model and will be greatly missed. I was fortunate to have known her for decades and she made me a better person. I enjoy...
I’m gonna need Democrats to stop cosplaying as conservatives. It’s not funny anymore. It’s not useful anymore (if it ever was). Conservatives play a real and vital role in American society. They’re the ones who hold onto the past, who grip the edges of our traditions and say, “This is who we are. Don’t forget where we came from.” That instinct isn’t always right, but it’s valuable. It keeps us connected to our roots; to the stories, lessons, and boundaries that give us identity. But progressives, often Democrats, are supposed to do the opposite...
November 14, 1851, Herman Melville’s classic American novel, Moby-Dick, was first published in the United States. The novel captures Melville’s real-life experiences aboard a whaling ship. Melville was a crew member aboard the whaling ship Acushnet, and departed from New Bedford, Massachusetts on January 3, 1841. Melville was 21 years old when he signed on in December 1840, he never completed the journey with the ship. They sailed around Cape Horn and across the Pacific Ocean. Melville and another crew member deserted in July 1842 when the shi...
Please renew my subscription to The Star. The editor has won national and local awards; the paper provides important community news and a variety of insightful perspectives that entertain and enlighten its readers. The editor prints editorials from perspectives with which I sometimes disagree and perhaps which the editor himself has reservations over as well. Yet, consistently, his belief in permitting his community to speak through The Star overrules whatever his own political perspectives might be. The community is fortunate to have such an...
Anyone who expects a newspaper’s editorial policy to exactly match their own political ideology, or is triggered by editorial cartoons, would be better off in a dictatorship. The free press should not be a safe space for those who fear their beliefs questioned. The Star’s editorial page regularly features columns by our Republican Congressman Dan Newhouse, and conservative business columnist Don Brunell, as well as local conservatives. It’s hardly a leftist, “woke” space. But apparently, it doesn’t pass some potential readers’ purity test f...
Well, well, well. It seems like your relentless pounding of your TDS “Trump Derangement Syndrome” drum has reached the ears of others too? Maybe the “Wayfinders” can find a way to convince me that open borders, illegal immigration, assault on ICE officers, and defunding the police is a good idea? America is 250 years old. Never had a monarchy, never will. Where they get this “no kings” idea? Your left-leaning, liberal rag is republishing garbage of a “cartoon syndicated editor.” No ideas of your own? Maybe so, huh? What’s wrong with the st...
We are now in the sixth week of the federal government shutdown, and Senate Democrats still refuse to vote to reopen the government. The latest victims of what will ultimately be the longest shutdown in history are recipients of benefits from the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, or SNAP. On November 1 funding for SNAP expired, meaning that nearly 42 million Americans — and over 900,000 here in Washington state — will not receive their full benefits. In response to a federal court order, the Trump Administration announced it would fun...
November 7, 1837, defending the site of his anti-slavery newspaper, the St. Louis Observer, Elijah Parish Lovejoy was killed by a pro-slavery mob. His death strengthened the abolition cause. Lovejoy was born in Albion, Maine, after college, he decided to head to the Midwest. His funds were low, so he walked to St. Louis, Missouri. Over time he became editor and part-owner of the St. Louis Times. In 1832, he went through a religious conversion, sold his interests in the newspaper to attend seminary. By 1834, he was editor of the St. Louis...
I learned on my first trip to Japan to go into the small shops if you want to find interesting things to purchase. I was in Tokyo and my hotel faced one of the large, wide city streets. I got a city map and decided to wander around on my own. Just off the large street was what looked like an alley. It was wide enough for a single car and was full of tiny shops. I started going from one to another and found that the small shops had a few very interesting items. I had heard that you can purchase things and have the merchant send them to you, for...
In response to Arlo Roell’s letter last week about the bias editorial page, yes, and why is the one-sided weakly stupid cartoon always about making fun of Republicans? Then there’s the front-page splash about how this certain person started this embarrassing weekly sign demonstration because she wanted to do something about Trump’s abuse of power and bad decisions. REALLY? Were you asleep during that awful Biden presidency that drove our country into the ground? Republican versus Democrats has always been and always will be nothing but head...
Village Cinema is officially resetting its operations as the Village Cinema Performance, Events & Recreation Center, expanding what we do and how we serve our community. This next chapter opens the door for more than just movies. We’re building a creative, flexible space for performances, events, recreation, and community gatherings and all under one roof. This change allows us to bring even more diverse programming to the area while maintaining compliance with our updated public performance licensing. You’ll continue to see free and aff...
I want to remind our GCDSD upper brass that our schools belong to the community. Community members will continue to question dysfunctional, reactive actions that you make. Intimidation, retaliation or vindictiveness will not be tolerated. GCDSD ballot measures should not be supported when the upper brass continues to show zero responsibility with the funds involved. They need to quit boasting they are good stewards. They only have themselves to blame for the on-going crisis the organization is in. Over time, as I’ve shared thoughts, I’ve nev...
Last week, rumors of a proposal by the Trump Administration to import large quantities of beef from Argentina took the agriculture industry by surprise. The alleged plan suggests the United States will quadruple the amount of beef imported from the South American nation as a means of lowering beef prices for American consumers. While it is no secret beef prices are higher than years past, a decision to import beef from Argentina would be disastrous for American producers. The U.S. is already at a trade imbalance for beef with Argentina. In the...
I was born at the beginning of the Great Depression and survived it. I often write about how I had a good childhood in Palouse where I was born and went to school. I was the fifth of five in our family, four boys and one girl. My next youngest was my brother Bob, who was nearly five years older than me. They were all born in Minneapolis. Our house had a partial basement, with a dirt floor. My Dad was a carpenter, among other skills, and built racks to hold the canning foods my mother prepared that lasted part way through the winter, such as...
I’m proud to share that the 501(c)(3) paperwork came in and officially established the Village Cinema Foundation, a nonprofit I started to help preserve and improve the historic Village Cinema building in Coulee Dam. The Foundation’s focus is preservation, restoration, and capital improvements as a gift to the Town of Coulee Dam and the surrounding communities. Small towns like ours don’t always have the resources for major projects, so I’m working to bring in grants and outside support at no cost to local taxpayers. My first priority is the...
What is stopping me from subscribing to your paper is your editorial page bias. In my view a bunch of crybabies leftist people who spout false news. This side of the Cascades largely consists of Republicans. Surely the exceptions are the colleges. An editorial page should consist of views from both sides. Arlo Roell Editor’s response: The editorial page is at its best when it presents both viewpoints. When readers send letters in that represent them, they get printed....
Dear congressman Dan: Your paid vacation has lasted long enough. Get your lazy butt back to that other Washington and represent us. Oh, release the Epstein files while you are at it. Daniel Wixman...
I started fishing when I was in high school. A few of us would go up to places like Newman Lake, rent a rowboat, and try to troll for trout. Occasionally, we would catch something, but no real rewards. I have had only one successful fishing trip. On a couple of occasions, I caught a salmon on a charter boat, but I mean a real successful fishing trip. I had taken a job consulting for a newspaper owner who was getting her newspaper in Kodiak, Alaska ready to sell. Her receivables and payroll were both out of hand. She had hired some close...
The Pacific Northwest is blessed with strong hydroelectric infrastructure that makes it a prime region to establish a national system for hydrogen production. With over 150 hydroelectric projects producing affordable, reliable, and clean energy, at times we are left with excess hydropower that can be readily available to supply hydrogen projects, which in turn, can fuel heavy transportation and manufacturing projects. In April of this year, I wrote about the importance of the Pacific Northwest Hydrogen Hub and how it will help boost energy and...
Recently, governors Bob Ferguson (Washington) and Tina Kotek (Oregon) asked the federal court to lift a stay (hold) on litigation primarily directed at tearing down the four lower Snake River dams. President Trump’s executive order stopped federal agencies from taking part in litigation. It halted “behind the scenes” efforts to spend billions to tear down Ice Harbor, Lower Monumental, Little Goose and Lower Granite dams. Lately, breaching proponents switched their tactics to federal dam operations that curtail hydroelectric production and incre...
October 27, 1787, the first in a series of eighty-five essays by “Publius,” a pen name used by the real authors, Alexander Hamilton, James Mason and John Jay, appeared in the Independent Journal of New York. Those essays are known as the Federalist Papers. The essays, in part, addressed a widespread concern, that a national government, distanced from the people, would grow despotic (i.e. dictatorial or authoritarian). They eloquently and comprehensively argued that distributing power across the various branches of government provided che...
There is no denying that our schools face challenges. Attendance, achievement gaps, and accountability are real, and we cannot shy away from them. But it is equally true that these challenges are not being ignored. Every day, across our district, dedicated educators and staff are working tirelessly to lift up students and move us forward. Teachers are finding creative and culturally responsive ways to close learning gaps. Paraeducators are in classrooms, side by side with students, offering encouragement and academic support. Administrators...
Happy Indigenous People’s Day, friends. We need you, our allies, friends, and community, to be aware of the strategic and disheartening decision that has landed at the feet of many organizations like NNDF. The current administration has decided to abolish the CDFI Fund. To dismantle the CDFI Fund will have a disastrous domino effect for all of us ... not just for Indian Country, but for small businesses, aspiring and established, on and around Reservations, as well as families that benefit from financial resources provided by organizations like...