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VOL. LXXIII NO. 4
SERVING THE GRAND COULEE DAM AREA, WASHINGTON STATE
APRIL 24, 2013
Teacher pleads not
guilty to fraud, ID theft
by Scott Hunter
Charli Knight works before her first class at LRHS Tuesday on details for her upcoming walk to raise awareness
of domestic violence. Registration forms are available at the school and at The Star — Scott Hunter photo
Big senior project born
of personal conviction
Walk will raise
awareness of
domestic violence
issues, benefit
shelter
by Scott Hunter
Life changed for Charli Knight
after her sister was murdered by
her husband in 2009.
Charli was a freshman in high
school at the time, and her dream
was to become a chef, an ambition
that lost its luster after Collette
Pakootas’ death at the age of 23.
Charli needed to make a difference
of a another kind, to help bring
justice to the world.
She’s a senior at Lake Roosevelt
High School now, and that meant
deciding on some sort of senior
project. A walk to benefit a women’s shelter sounded like a good
idea. Little did she know.
Tuesday morning, Charli sat in
the school library before her first
class, counting money, attending to
registration forms and details for
her “Walk for a Fight” coming up
May 4. It’s a much bigger project
than she’d counted on, and she’s
nervous.
“I’m scared,” she says. “The
whole community knows.” What
will happen if it doesn’t go well?
she worries. Many have promised
to take part, but she has just 14
registrations in hand.
She’s come a long way since
starting from scratch, knowing
nothing about organizing an event
like this.
“I have so many people helping,”
she says. Especially, Peggy Nevsimal at the chamber of commerce,
she notes. “She organized me.”
The goal-oriented young woman, a Gates Scholarship winner,
credits local businesses for donating to help cover the cost of
t-shirts. NCNB, the Coulee Dam
Credit Union, Coulee Medical
Center and more have all helped.
Sunflower Graphics cut her a
break on the shirt printing.
To get it all done Knight skipped
her senior year of track, despite
hopes she’d had to go to state in
javelin.
“I’m here every day after school,”
she says, a box full of literature on
domestic violence on the table. “I
knew what I needed to get done.”
The 5K walk will use the Downriver Trail along the Columbia
River. Each walker is asked to donate $10. Proceeds will go to benefit The Support Center, a shelter
for battered women in Okanogan,
picked after interviews with three
See PROJECT page 2
Teacher Ralph Rise
receives statewide award
by Scott Hunter
Science teacher Ralph Rise was
presented with a statewide award
last week, an example for educators across the state.
Sonia Siegel Vexler, co-director
of LASER, the Pacific Science
Center’s Leadership Assistance
for Science Education Reform,
presented Rise Wednesday with a
check for $5,000 and a trophy in
the form of a Galileo thermometer
with a special inscription. Rise
will give the money to the school to
further the science programs that
have built him a reputation over
the last several years. The money
comes from Boeing.
Vexler said the board deciding
on their five winners this year all
knew of Rise’s work.
“Everybody in the room, except
me, knew who Ralph Rise was,”
she said, and they talked non-stop
about his programs.
To present the award, before
the Grand Coulee Dam Rotary
Club at the Siam Palace, Vexler
listed some of the Lake Roosevelt
High School teacher’s efforts that
give him the reputation of a fine
educator and an advocate for his
students and for science education:
• He set up a pre-college chap-
LR science teacher Ralph Rise accepts an award at the Rotary Club Wednesday from the Pacific Science Center Director Sonia Siegel Vexler for his science education advocacy.
ter of the American Indian Science Engineering Society, and
through this affiliation has been
able to reach out to Colville tribal
employees in STEM areas, who
collaborate and give expertise to
the class.
• He reached out to universities. “He could just sit here and
say, ‘I am in this small little town
and woe is me, but instead he
said, ‘I’m going to the University
of Washington and I’m going to get
their partnership.’”
• He is involved in Educurious.
LR is one of six pilot sites across
nation that gets professors at
universities as mentors through
this program.
• He wrote a $1.2 million grant
for project-based learning for a
biomedical curriculum at the high
school.
• He has a Boeing software
architect dedicated to four hours
a week for face to face meetings
with students to help them with a
Rotary International Project.
“Because of Ralph’s science
education advocacy … his students are excited about science
and they’re engaging at a higher
level,” she said.
“He’s an excellent teacher, and
he has truly gone over and beyond
his job description,” she said. “Congratulation again for the great
work that you do here and for the
impact that you’re having across
the state.”
At an arraignment hearing
for his brother Monday, Carlos
Guzman Romo anxiously showed
a reporter a portfolio stuffed full
of evidence he thought showed
that his brother is a “really good
guy” who had put himself through
the University of Washington by
working hard as a technician.
Guillermo Guzman Romo, 43,
a teacher at Lake Roosevelt High
School since 2008, is accused of
fraud and identity theft. Police
say he was using another man’s
Social Security Number to stay in
the country illegally.
Carlos was surprised by all his
brother’s accomplishments. With a
note handwritten by Guillermo on
an envelope, Carlos had retrieved
a container of certificates of technical training and letters of recommendation from people attesting
to Guillermo’s hard working and
affable nature.
“I didn’t know he had all this,”
Carlos said.
A thick folder of certificates
from Microsoft, Sony and other
tech companies, and letters from
supervisors or teachers speak to
Guillermo’s skills and character.
And one document from the
U.S. Department of Homeland
Security’s Citizenship and Immigration Service provides a glimpse
of an apparent attempt to gain a
visa with the help of his brother
Conrad, a United States citizen.
The Notice of Approval of Petition for Alien Relative, addressed
to Conrad, is dated April 6, 2011,
some 10 years and one month
after the application had been
made.
The document says Guillermo is
Carlos Guzman holds one of his brother’s certificates. — Scott Hunter photo
classified as an immediate relative
of a citizen with no guarantee that
he would eventually be declared
eligible for a visa. It also notes
that Guillermo “is in the United
States and will apply to become a
lawful permanent resident.”
Monday afternoon the teacher
sat in Okanogan County Superior
Court, waiting for his lawyer to
get the chance to argue on his
behalf, waited as other lawyers
parsed the fine points in cases involving alleged murder and drug
dealing.
Several hours later, the teacher
pleaded not guilty to both charges,
and attorney Jay Manon told
Judge Henry Rawson that his client was not someone who would
run away, having lived in the United States for 22 years, teaching for
eight of them, five at LRHS.
The state opposed allowing
him free without bail, noting that
Tourist arrested
on bomb threat
by Roger S. Lucas
A California woman arrested last Thursday who
allegedly made a bomb threat while on a tour at
Grand Coulee Dam, was booked into Okanogan
County Jail and released the next day on her personal
recognizance.
Christina Frisvold, 33, was arrested by Coulee
Dam police officer Michael Sullivan after she told him
two times that she had a bomb, according to police.
She was on the tour with her boyfriend, Robert
Marty, also from California, who, according to a police
report, had told her to stop talking about a bomb.
Guzman may not have control
over where he will be because of
the immigration matter in federal
hands.
The judge set bail at $7,500,
10 percent of which is normally
posted.
His brothers had planned to
post the bond, which would basically have put him into the hands
of the Border Patrol for questioning in Tacoma about his status.
Carlos Guzman said Tuesday they
would not do that until Monday,
after another hearing.
Manon said Guzman is not in
danger of being deported, but that
the federal agency has some matter to clear up.
Noting the approval of his 2001
petition, Carlos Guzman said
Tuesday he’s sure the case will
turn out all right.
“I’m 100 percent sure that
everything will be just fine,” he
said.
She later told officials that she was only kidding,
but the threat wasn’t taken lightly.
Frisvold was separated from the rest of the tour
and when asked why she made the comment, she
said it was a joke.
The threat was made at Station 2, near the metal
detector area.
Frisvold was taken to the Coulee Dam police department and then taken to Okanogan.
Coulee Dam Sgt. Larry Hall said that Frisvold
has been given a court date and is being charged on
the bomb threat.
City to consider
rezoning for daycare
by Roger S. Lucas
Grand Coulee is going to make
an effort to get a daycare center
in its Central Business District
zone.
The public interest in a daycare
center has attracted the attention
of city officials, and the ways and
means of making a zoning change
was discussed last Tuesday night
with Vivian Ramsey of SCJ Alliance, the city’s planning group.
The city’s planning council,
made up of council members and
city staff will have to be reconvened and a recommendation will
have to be made to council.
When this is done the recommendation goes before the State
Environmental Policy group (SEP),
to weave its way through this
group’s checklist.
The city, since the change is so
small, can request that the review
be expedited and this could be
done over a 14-day period.
The interest in a daycare center
on the city’s Main Street came
when Andrea Marconi and Angela Feeley came to council in late
March, saying they would like to
start a licensed daycare center
in the Richard Button business
location when Button’s business
“Button It” moves to its new location right next to where it is now
located.
They reasoned that there isn’t
a licensed daycare available for
Bureau of Reclamation and Coulee Medical Center workers and
that one is sorely needed.
The city took a dim view of the
request, stating how difficult it
would be to change the Central
Business District zoning. It was
stated that it could take at least
six months. One council member
had stated that once you start
changing things you could get
on a “slippery slope” where there
could be a trend towards making
changes.
A second attempt was made
by the pair, with essentially the
same result.
But community interest got the
attention of the city, and Mayor
Chris Christopherson said that the
city would explore the process.
Meanwhile, the women report
on their Facebook page they may
have found another suitable location in Electric City, in a house
owned by Dale and Kathy Baty.
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The Star • APRIL 24, 2013
Power goes out in Coulee Dam
by Scott Hunter
Electric service went down in
the town of Coulee Dam just after
7 a.m. Wednesday, morning and
would not be restored until late
afternoon.
Lake Roosevelt High School
dismissed for the day, and businesses in town were closed.
It’s unusual for the whole town
of Coulee Dam to lose power at
once, since it has redundant power
feeds coming into the town’s utility.
Or at least it normally does.
That was the problem. Last year’s
big fires took out wooden power
poles that carry the town’s “Feeder
From left, Colville Business Council members Nancy Johnson, Lynn Palmanteer-Holder, Darlene Zacherle, Billy
Nicholson and Brian Nissen; former school board member Donna DeWinkler; board members Ken Stanger, Carla
Marconi, and Ted Piccolo; former school board member Nita Haag, Superintendent Dennis Carlson and board
Chair Joette Barry (not in picture, to right) thrust gold painted shovels into the ground in a ceremony to officially
break ground Tuesday on the district’s new K-12 school complex. — submitted photo
District breaks ground
on new school
by Roger S. Lucas
The K-12 school project is underway.
It started at 9 a.m. Tuesday with a formal groundbreaking, and immediately Grand Coulee Dam School
District Superintendent Dennis Carlson met with
builder representatives from Walker Construction
to get the project moving.
Four members of the school board, Joette Barry,
Ken “Butch” Stanger, Carla Marconi and Ted Piccolo,
all turned the initial spades of dirt over to declare
the near $23 million project started.
Members of the Colville Business Council also
turned the dirt and a number of local residents
braved the chilly wind to take part.
Tribal drummers gave the ceremony an official air
as they pounded out a tribute to the project.
Walker Construction pulled a trailer office to the
site, and students at Lake Roosevelt High School
vacated the north parking lot at the school as was
evidenced by the string of cars parked along the
curbside next to the school.
Walker was selected by the school board over only
one other overall bid, and planned on staging equipment immediately in the north LRHS parking lot.
The plan originally called for the project to be
completed in time for students to move into the new
facility when school started in the fall of 2014.
However, due to a bid process delay, Carlson said
the school probably won’t be complete until midOctober that fall.
Initial work will be a major fill project bringing
the level of the building site up about five feet, and
constructing a large retaining wall. Actual work on
the buildings will likely begin about the time students leave for their summer vacation.
Sidewalk project looks
for different locale
by Roger S. Lucas
Grand Coulee officials are trying to get a sidewalk project on
Spokane Avenue changed to the
same kind of improvement on
Federal Avenue.
A sidewalk on Spokane Way lost
its main focus when city officials
realized that Center School would
no longer be in use after the 20132014 school year since students
would move to a new building in
Coulee Dam. The project’s main
intent had been to provide sidewalk service to Center school.
Now the city is checking with
the State Transportation Improvement Board, the source of the
funds, to see if the arterial along
Federal Avenue could be a substitute project.
The TIB had agreed to provide
some $215,000 to the city for the
Spokane Avenue project.
Sidewalks on Federal Avenue,
which service the Senior Center
and link to Main Street businesses, are in need of repair. On one
side, the sidewalks are crumbling,
and on the other side a tree has
caused sidewalks to heave. Both
sides are a safety hazard for older
people using them, city officials
had stated.
Mayor Chris Christopherson
Project
and the city council last Tuesday
decided to move ahead with the
effort and will ask the city’s engineering firm, Gray & Osborne to
work with the TIB on the alternate plan.
The mayor mentioned that new
sidewalks on Main Street could
also be an alternative project, but
stated that the Main Street project would cost more than TIB had
OK’d for the original project.
Four” line, leaving
the town without
backup.
A c o n t r a c t o r,
Christenson Electric, Inc., working
on replacing those
poles dug too close
to the buried main
l i n e, c o n f i r m e d
Barry Peacock the
town’s superintendent.
Power was restored after a day
of hand splicing On a steep hillside above town, Barry Peacock walks
the cable cut by a away from a repaired cable at the heart of last week’s
trackhoe digging power outage. — Scott Hunter photo
to set a new 55-foot
pole.
Beer tent comes
back to Colorama
by Roger S. Lucas
The Chamber of Commerce
will host a beer tent during the
Colorama Festival celebration at
North Dam Park.
Chamber Manager Peggy Nevsimal said a 1500 square-foot tent
will be located on the tennis court
at North Dam Park and staffed by
volunteers.
Nevsimal said that people’s
IDs and age will be checked at the
entrance to the area and that beer
and wine will be available.
She said the beer tent will be
open from 4-9 p.m. Thursday, May
9; 4-9 p.m. on Friday, May 10; and
Saturday, May 11, from 4-10 p.m.
Live music will be featured
both Friday and Saturday, Nevsi-
mal stated. Love Stitch will be the
featured band on Friday and Rock
A Bar on Saturday.
Once a staple of Colorama, the
beer tent hasn’t been a part of
the event for a couple of decades.
Chamber board members said people still miss it and want a central
place to gather, many as they come
back to town for a visit.
Paving project will reroute traffic
by Roger S. Lucas
The Lower Crest Drive project
in Coulee Dam will begin Monday,
public works director Barry Peacock reported.
The quarter-mile road project
will go from River Drive to the city
limits at the bottom of the hill.
Granite Construction, from
Wenatchee and Omak, won the
bid to do the project and it could
take about two weeks or more to
complete.
The town received a federal
grant of $302,750, for the project,
and the State Transportation
Improvement Board is paying the
town’s matching share of $47,250,
Peacock stated earlier in a council
meeting.
Motorists who normally take
the Lower Crest Drive cutoff to
go to Lone Pine or Elmer City
will have to go to Elmer City on
SR-155, and in the case of Lone
Pine residents, backtrack on the
Lower River Road.
The project includes new guard-
rails, and a complete overhaul of
the roadway on the hillside.
The plans and bidding process
were controlled by the state.
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A Potluck Dinner
Saturday, April 27 ~ 4 p.m.
Donations Needed For The Auction
Members & Bonafide Guests Only
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Grand Coulee • 633-0555
GCD Chamber of Commerce’s
Business
After Hours
Thursday, April 25 ~ 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Funzee’s
on the Midway, Grand Coulee
Refreshments Being Served
Business After Hours is a Chamber of Commerce sponsored networking event for both
Chamber of Commerce and non-Chamber of commerce business professionals.
These quarterly events give individuals the opportunity to discuss and share
ideas while learning about other local business. It is a relationship-building
experience held in a relaxed setting that benefits you and your company
through added contacts and resources.
For more information
Peggy Nevsimal, Chamber Manager
509.633.3074 / peggy@grandcouleedam.org
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such agencies.
But Charli also wants to raise
awareness of the traps people fall
into that lead to domestic violence.
Her sister had been in a relationship for 11 years with her husband
Kevin Pakootas, one Charli says
was marred by black eyes and a
cutting off of family, who had tried
interventions.
“It was always that type of
relationship,” she recalls. But the
violence “doesn’t only affect the
victim or the perpetrator,” she
says. “It affects everyone.”
In 2011, Kevin Pakootas was
sentenced to 20 years in prison
by the U.S. District Court in Spokane.
Charli Knight’s longterm goal
now is to become a lawyer.
But first, she has to make this
walk happen.
One step at a time, Charli. One
step at a time.
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The Star • APRIL 24, 2013
O P I N I O N
A citizen is a terrible
thing to waste
The first time I met Guillermo Guzman he had
just done the butterfly stroke across Crescent Bay
and back in September. I had taken his photograph
for possible use in the paper and so introduced myself
and asked his name.
His thick Mexican accent was compounded by the
fact that he was shivering terribly, his teeth chattering, yet he politely entered conversation as if he
weren’t dying to get dried off from the frigid lake
water.
I’ve had little interaction with him since that 2009
encounter until this spring, when he hit on the idea
of raising money for a field trip. He wanted to take
his Spanish students to an event where they would
be at least semi-immersed in the language and get
a taste of Mexican culture as well, a Mariachi band
festival in Wenatchee.
His plan was to put his own skilled labor up for donations. He is a certified computer technician, he told
me, and he could raise the extra money that way.
As high school students can be, his seemed less
than enthused about the idea when I visited the classroom at his invitation. But while there, I learned that
he had taught himself guitar and started a Mariachi
band while he attended the University of Washington,
open to anyone — a couple Mexicans, some white
guys, a couple African Americans. They were terrible,
his brother told me Monday, but they got much better
and eventually got fairly good.
The determination to set goals and see them
through despite obstacles speaks to the character of
a man. Guzman realized his dream of becoming an
educator through hard work, intelligence and incredible energy. He lives very simply so that he can send
money to his mother in Mexico, and while he is in jail
pesters his brother to not forget to send her money.
Knowing all this made it very hard to listen for
hours to attorneys in court hang onto the slimmest of
arguments in hopes of negating a police case against
a client the police said they had caught dealing drugs
on a dark street. Our system prioritizes such efforts
ahead of hearing whether a man pleads guilty or
not, no matter that he has spent his life overcoming
obstacles, earning his knowledge and offering bits of
experience and wisdom to children who may not appreciate it, and doing it all with a smile.
Our country needs citizens with such attributes.
And yet, 12 years after he initially applied to become
one, Guzman found himself waiting again in a red
jumpsuit unbefitting such a human.
Our system of laws on immigration needs to be
fixed sooner than later. We are wasting good citizens.
Scott Hunter
Publisher & Editor
Letters to the Editor
Professor: Guzman’s plight must be a misunderstanding
I have known Guillermo for
many years, ever since he was a
student of mine at the University
of Washington. So I am very, very
surprised to read this story. There
must be some gigantic misunderstanding. Guillermo was not only a
brilliant student in all my classes,
but he is one of the most wonderful, compassionate, thoughtful,
and dedicated students I have had
in thirty years of teaching. His
own personal story of overcoming
hardships and challenges growing
up, and then his passionate commitment to education, has been an
inspiration to all his friends and
acquaintances as well — and even
to his former teachers! His goal
was always to give back to his own
students the joy of learning that
he had discovered in school, and in
order to do that he went on to get
a Masters degree in education so
he could teach high school.
I have actually Skyped with one
of his classes just a few months
ago (while I was still in Seattle),
and enjoyed every minute of the
conversation with his students. I
earnestly hope that this misunderstanding can be cleared up as
soon as possible so Guillermo can
be back in the classroom where he
belongs!
Alan Wood
Professor, History
University of Washington
Bothell
A history of housing and activities for USBR employees
I am a former graduate of Coulee Dam High School and read
with interest the article on lack of
housing or activities for employees
at the dam.
In the 1950s this was a problem,
too, and the USBR provided a dorm
for the single employees. Many of
our teachers boarded there. As for
activities … everyone in the community attended all the school
games, concerts, plays, the movies
changed three times a week, there
were tennis courts (six of them), a
swimming pool, plus all the water
recreation behind the dam, sledding in the winter and ice skating
on the tennis courts … it was a
garden of activities!
It is all there … just needs to
be promoted. It is a great place
to live!
Also … wanted to express my
sympathy to the family of Mary
Ann Henke McNeilly. She was a
lovely lady and high school friend.
We kept in touch during the years
she lived in Seattle, but lost track
of each other until meeting again
at the Class of 1953 Reunion in
Coulee Dam. I still have her wedding photo! She was a beautiful
bride!
Donna Cunning
Obama administration
tactics violate due process
Last summer, news reports broke that the U.S. Department of Labor was effectively holding hostage the
crops of blueberry farmers in Oregon until they signed
documents agreeing to alleged violations to federal
labor laws. Since then, similar cases have popped up
on the west side of our own state of Washington.
Agents from the Department of Labor accused these
farmers of a variety of labor violations and invoked
an abusive tactic known as the “hot
goods” provision — impounding the
farmer’s crops until they agreed to
sign a form admitting to breaking
Doc Hastings
the law.
Congressman
Make no mistake, I believe that
the enforcement of labor laws is
important. However, I’m concerned
with the manner in which these investigations were carried out. Many
of the growers that were victims of
this “hot goods” policy believed that
they were not guilty of the violations they were accused of. However, as we all know,
blueberries are a perishable crop and our farmers are
left with little choice: either admit to the violation
and pay a substantial fine in order to preserve their
harvest, or contest the investigation and lose their
crop while waiting for a court resolution. No one in
America should face the choice of giving up their ability to defend themselves against accusations from a
government agency or losing the fruits of an entire
year’s work — possibly even leading to bankruptcy.
An appreciation of simple
If Mark Jenson, the Bureau of
Reclamation power manager sees
it as a hardship living right here
presently, he should have tried it
before we got our Variety Store.
A lot of us enjoy life in Coulee
Dam because each morning, Iris,
our town’s mail carrier, walks up
to my house; she says with a smile,
“Good morning Frank.”
Coulee Recollections
It’s that simple.
Frank Ward
Coulee Dam
Government not always works for good
While watching three hours of
news reporting one evening it was
brought to my attention that President Obama had lied to the people
more than 30 times. What a poor
example to convey to the people
of our great nation, especially the
younger generation. My grandmother told me as a youngster
every time I told a lie I would have
a black spot on my heart.
His latest lie was he once told
the American people Obama Care
would reduce health insurance by
$2,500 per family. It has increased
40 to 60 percent and Obama Care
is still being implemented.
President Obama uses Air Force
One like a kid going down the block
to visit a friend. He always has a
big grin on his face, which tells me
he sure had a lot of fun spending
a million or so dollars of taxpayers
money.
I guess I shouldn’t be surprised
to see water going over Grand
Coulee Dam in April. A former
Bonneville Power employee told
me all the wind driven generators
(and there are a lot of them) cost
about a million dollars each. Bonneville Power didn’t need any wind
machines but their owners went to
court and won so Bonneville Power
has to buy their power.
Why didn’t our Senators
Cantwell and Murray stop the big
waste of wind generators as we
have enough hydropower in the
northwest. Politics waste a lot of
money to get votes or something I
am not aware of.
The above are just a few cases
where our government is not always working for the good of the
people.
Don McClure
Nespelem
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Prohibiting the shipment of produce is grossly
unprecedented, unfair, and does not honor the right
to due process afforded to all Americans.
So far, to my knowledge no one in my district in
Central Washington has yet been a victim of the “hot
goods” tactic. However, I am concerned that it’s only a
matter of time before it will be employed on growers of
many of our region’s leading perishable crops, such as
cherries, apples and asparagus.
Many believe, as I do, that the
Obama Administration is overstepping its authority and that
the “hot goods” order should only
be used on nonperishable food
items and only in extreme cases.
I have long-advocated for policies that support our farmers and
growers. That is why I’m proud to
cosponsor H.R. 1387, introduced
by Representative Kurt Schrader
of Oregon, which exempts perishable agricultural commodities from being subject to
the “hot goods” provision.
The Department of Labor must take steps to ensure
that perishable agriculture producers are provided
due process and that producers can harvest, pack,
ship, and market their fruit and produce in a timely
manner — without having their crops held hostage
for an admission of guilt.
Roger Lucas................................................... Reporter
Linda Morgan............................................ Proofreader
Ten Years Ago
Plan finalized for water sharing. Grand Coulee and Electric
City will soon share another resource when a pipe joins one water
supply to the other. Last night,
the Electric City town council approved a contract that promises to
lead to the eventual connection of
the town’s water supply to Grand
Coulee’s water supply.
Old west shootout possible
for Colorama. The traditional
Colorama theme of the old west
may be taken one step further this
year. Several Okanogan County
residents plan a shootout before
the grand parade.
A committee in the town of
Almira hopes to build on the popularity of bird watching to bring a
much needed economic boost to
their town. And for that to happen,
they used a Grand Coulee man’s
birdhouses as a basis for their plan.
Almira resident Joyce Minges said
the idea for the approximately 120
bluebird houses, which line the
poles and fences along Old Coulee
Road in Lincoln County, came from
Jim Klein’s birdhouses.
A Keller sixth-grader has
been selected as the queen of this
week’s Nespelem Junior Rodeo.
Alicia Abrahamson will ride her
14-year-old bay gelding Cody in the
grand entry openings at 4 p.m. this
Friday, Saturday and Sunday.
Twenty Years Ago
The Coulee Dam Town Council
heard Wednesday the first reading of an ordinance amending the
budget so the town can open the
swimming pool when school gets
out this spring.
Dawn Lippert and Todd Stoner are proud to announce their
engagement and forthcoming
marriage. The bride-elect is the
daughter of Bob and Marilyn Lippert of Coulee Dam. Stoner is the
sone of Ed and Candi Stoner of
Davenport. The couple plan to wed
July 17 in the Coulee Dam Community Church.
Nespelem Junior Rodeo Queen
Kim Smith invites everyone to the
Nespelem Junior Rodeo this weekend. She is the daughter of Jim
Smith of Inchelium and Valerie
Vargas-Smith.
Thirty Years Ago
The 1983 Royalty for the
Nespelem Junior Rodeo is Queen
Debbie Campbell, daughter of
Larry and Mary Campbell of
Owhi Flats, Princess Pete Palmer,
daughter of Fred and Colleen Leskinen of Nespelem and Princess
Cheryl Kosewicz, daughter of Ted
and Ann Kosewicz of Belvedere.
New cement park seating has
been constructed at North Dam
Park. The project was a four-town
community project.
A spectacular fireworks display from the top of the Grand
Coulee Dam spillway where flowing waters will be illuminated in
brilliant colors will be a highlight
of the project’s 50th birthday party
here July 16.
Winners in a poster essay
contest sponsored by the Grant
County Board of Realtors were:
Melissa Langley, JoDee Feeley,
Amy Alling and Jess Utz.
Forty Years Ago
For the first time in Colorama
history, the committee this year
chose two local girls as Rodeo Royalty. They are Tina Snyder and Gail
Lacy. Named as Grand Marshal is
George Friedlander.
Telephone rates here will increase May 1 if new tariffs filed
by Pacific Northwest Bell are approved by the Washington Utilities
and Transportation Commission.
An individual residence line will
increase from $4.75 to $4.95 and
a four-party residence line will
change from $3.35 to $3.40.
Members of the winning team
of the Hi Lo League, the Adorn
Beauty Salon, gathered to celebrate
at the Continental Cafe last week.
Members of the team included Vivian Heckart, Lucille Smith, Shirley
Voyles (sponsor), Winnie Marchand
and Nila Noble.
Fifty Years Ago
Grant County Sheriff Ralph
Hall said that almost $75 in cash,
plus liquor, cigarettes and other
items were taken in a break-in at
Grand Coulee’s Silver Dollar Tavern Wednesday night.
Five boys from Columbia School
participated in the Okanogan Invitational Trackmeet last Saturday.
Ray Harrison won three blue ribbons for softball throw, broad jump
and 160 yard dash. Dan Zlateff
placed 3rd in the softball, Gilbert
Desautel placed 3rd in the softball
throw, Bob Johnson tied for 3rd in
the 160 yard dash.
The Star • April 24, 2013
Page 4
Births in the Coulee
Obituaries
Dorothy L. Clark
Dorothy Louise Young Clark,
91, Grand Coulee, passed away
Monday, April 15, 2013,
at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, Wash. She was born December 23, 1921, in Centralia, Wash., to Odin and
Claudia Young. She
moved to Grand Coulee
with grandparents in
1933. She attended
school in 5th grade in
a one-room school; in
1934 the main school
was built and she finished school there.
She married Bill Walker in December, 1941; they had two daughters Terri and Tana. She married
Jay Clark in October, 1948, and
had son Kim. Jay passed away
in 1953. Dot raised
Kim in Grand Coulee
until his graduation
in1968, she then moved
to Ephrata. In 1989 she
moved back to Grand
Coulee and resided at
the Senior Manor until
her death. Dot worked
in the food service business in both Grand
Coulee and Ephrata. She made many dear
friends throughout her
lifetime.
Dot was an active member of
the Eagles Auxiliary, Women of the
Moose, and Hospital Guild. She
has given knitting and crocheting classes to many ladies in the
area. She made the caps for all
the newborn babies at the local
hospital and many afghans for
local raffles. Dot is survived by her daughters Terri (Derrell) Siau of Shreveport, La., and Tana Bonzon of
Spokane; son Kim (Debby) Clark of
Electric City; 7 grandchildren, 17
great-grandchildren and 4 greatgreat-grandchildren. She was
preceded in death by her parents,
grandparents, husband and two
granddaughters.
At her request there will be
no services. Cremation and interment at Willamette National
Cemetery, Portland, Ore.
Nancy Lou Rosco
Nancy Lou Rosco passed away
on April 14, 2013. She was survived by her husband of 52 years,
Vernon D. Rosco; five children:
Russell, Lynn, Gail, Gary, Tom;
and five grandchildren, Tim, Paula,
Landon, Scott, and Lindsey. She
was preceded by her parents, Doug
& Colleen White.
She was born on August 28,
1944, in Salmon, Idaho. She attended Bonners Ferry High School
where she met her husband. She
continued to reside in the Bonners Ferry area for many years
until moving to Ione, Washington.
After leaving Ione, they moved to
Elmer City, Washington where
they resided for a number of years.
They finally settled in the Omak,
Washington, area. Nancy worked
at the Coulee Community Hospital, Omak Family Care Center, and
Mid-Valley Hospital as a medical
insurance biller for over 25 years.
She enjoyed sewing, and spending time with her children and
grandchildren.
At her request there will be no
services. Marty Robbins and Wayne Newton
who on one memorable occasion
dropped to one knee and sang to
her. Mary Ann’s bubbly personality shined as bright as the neon
lights in Vegas!
In 1983, Mary
Ann and Bob
moved back to
their roots in Coulee Dam and lived
the rest of their
lives there. During that time they
took about 2 years
and traveled extensively in their
RV throughout
the United States
and parts of Canada. Mary Ann
loved traveling,
seeing new sights
and learning new
things in regards
to history, culture and geography.
Mary Ann was known throughout the Grand Coulee area for her
community involvement including: Singing in the Community
Choir, hospital guild member and
volunteer, assisting with the “Over
the Dam Run”, helping at the
food bank, Coulee Dam visitor
information center, Grand Coulee
Senior Center and as a member
of Faith Community Church, to
name a few.
She was an accomplished artist with oil paints being her chosen
medium. She enjoyed playing the
piano and she also enjoyed fishing
and boating with Bob. Mary Ann
was a fierce competitor, especially
when it came to cards. Known as
the “Rummy Queen” by all, she
could be a so-so loser, but the absolute WORST Winner (“Yes – Mare
could Gloat”). Mary Ann was a
whiz with electronics and had to
have the latest electronic gadgets
and gizmos. Additionally, Mary
Ann’s family and friends know
how she loved “wild and crazy
adventures”: During a two week
Alaskan cruise, 74-year-young
Mare as well her three very reluctant daughters, went down the
5,495 foot long Hoonah, Alaska
Zip Line with it’s vertical drop of
1,320 feet. Then, at age 75, Mary
Ann went skydiving! Despite a
four-year battle with cancer, she
kept her sense of humor and zest
for life until she passed.
On September 11, 2011, following 59 years together, Mary
Ann was predeceased by the love
of her life Robert “Bob” McNeilly.
Also predeceased by 1 brother, 1
grandchild and 1 great-grandchild;
Mary Ann’s adventurous legacy
lives on through her five children:
Bob M. McNeilly (Tina), Terri
Walker (Milo), Archie McNeilly
(Laura), Colleen Faye and Jean
Alfano (Bill); 14 grandchildren;
15 great-grandchildren; 1 greatgreat-grandchild; 2 brothers: Larry
and Jerry Henke; 2 sisters: Patty
Stenson and DeeAnn Fuchs and
numerous nephews and nieces.
At her request, cremation has
taken place. All are invited to a
celebration of Mary Ann’s life at
1 p.m., on Saturday, May 4, 2013,
at Faith Community Church in
Electric City, Washington. Mary
Ann’s family requests that in lieu
of flowers, donations be made in
her memory to Coulee Medical
Center, 411 Fortuyn Rd., Grand
Coulee, WA 99133 or Faith Community Church, 16 Grand Ave.
East, Electric City, WA 99123.
Strate Funeral Home of Grand
Coulee, WA is honored to be assisting with this celebration of Mary
Ann’s life.
Jean Campbell
Graveside services for Jean Campbell will be held Saturday, April 27, 2013, at
Spring Canyon Cemetery at 1 p.m. Dress is casual but the family is wearing pink
in her honor.
Jean passed away November 14, 2012, in Spokane.
Marcella and Charles Jennett
of Grand Coulee are proud to announce the birth of their daughter
Riley Eden Jennett on Friday,
March 22, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She
weighed 6 lbs., 6 oz., and was 21
inches in length at birth.
She joins Kaia Jennett at home.
Maternal grandparents are Paul
and Kathy Braun. Paternal grandparents are Chuck Jennett and
Patty Richardson.
From Jean
I stopped this day just to say
I love you all each and every
day.
Blessings I will send you along
the way.
Family and friends wanted me
to stay
But I will dance and play with
friends from old and yesterday.
My sister has called me home
to stay,
With my mother, my father, my
sister and my brother with Jack
and family I will away.
God bless you all from far
away.
Love, Jean
Shonita and Shawn Ankney of Electric City are proud to announce
the birth of their daughter Mavrick Mae Ankney on Monday, April 15,
2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 6 lbs., 4
oz., and was 18-1/2 inches in length at birth.
Sibling is sister Dariane Seyler.
Maternal grandparents include Gerald Ratcliff and the late Lynda
Palmanteer-Ratcliff. Paternal grandparents are Stephanie “Pete” Palmer
and Duran “Tony” Ankney. Great-grandparents include Rose Happ and
Jerry Happ of Rogue River, Ore., Colleen Leskinen of Nespelem, the late
Donna Lee Hahn-Palmanteer, Norris Palmanteer and Fred Leskinen.
Bryants have a boy
Kanya and Matt Bryant of Grand Coulee are proud to announce the
birth of their son Bo Matthew Bryant on Thursday, April 18, 2013, at
Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 6 lbs., 14 oz., and
was 20 inches in length at birth.
Siblings include Kaven 12 and Keely 4. Maternal grandparents are
Clark and Jackie Perman of Electric City. Paternal grandparents are
Buddy and Ruth Bryant from Creston. Great-grandparents include
Irene Perman and Maggie Breen, both of North Dakota.
Senior Meals
Vote For
KAREN CONDON
Colville Business Council
Omak District Position #1
P.O. Box 627, Omak, WA 98841
509.631.1228 • kcondon2000@gmail.com
Paid for by Karen Condon
Karrie Denise Delafield of Electric City is pleased to announce
the birth of her daughter Zoie Mae
Sommers on Monday, March 25,
2013, at Coulee Medical Center
in Grand Coulee. She weighed 6
lbs., 6.5 ounces and was 18 inches
in length at birth.
Maternal grandmother is Wanda Hauser of Newport, Wash.
CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE
Danniell Lee Croasmun and
Charles R. McNeil of Wilbur are
proud to announce the birth of
their son Skyler Ray McNeil on
Friday, April 5, 2013, at Coulee
Medical Center in Grand Coulee.
He weighed 9 lbs., 8 oz., and was
21 inches in length at birth.
Siblings include Gracy Lee
McNeil 7 and Lillyann McNeil 2.
Maternal grandparents are Tod
Croasmun and Tracy Croasmun.
Paternal grandparent is Madonna
Dawson. Great-grandparents are
Red and Clara Croasmun.
Seventh-day Adventist
Welcomes You for Worship & Praise
Welcomes you
Everyone’s invited.
Pastor Adrian Harris
2 miles east of Hwy 155 on Hwy 174
Sunday School............................... 9:30 a.m.
Sunday Worship............................ 10:45 a.m
A boy
for the
Pulsifers
Derek and Alicia Pulsifer of
Brewster are proud to announce
the birth of their son Nicholas
Lee on Tuesday, April 2, 2013,
at Coulee Medical Center in
Grand Coulee. He weighed 7 lbs.,
9 oz.,nand was 20-1/2 inches in
length at birth.
Siblings include Kara 8, Emily
6 and Matthew 3. Maternal grandparents are Tad and Peggy Loutzenhiser of Newport. Paternal
grandparents are Katy Pulsifer
of Washougal and Dan Pulsifer of
Battle Ground, Wash.
Fri., Apr., 26 - Breakfast
Bacon & Eggs, Hashbrowns,
Toast, Peaches, Orange Juice.
Mon., Apr. 29 - Breakfast
Minced Ham & Eggs, Waffles,
Apricots, Orange Juice.
Tues., Apr. 30 - Dinner
Tuna Noodle Bake, Mixed Vegetables, Julie’s Apple Waldorf Salad,
Bread Sticks, Banana Cream Pie.
Wed., Apr. 24 - Dinner
Scandinavian Beef Roast,
Baked Potatoes, Sour Cream and
Butter, Cauliflower & Broccoli,
Rolls, Bowl of Fruit.
Thurs., Apr. 25 - Dinner
Anita’s Beef Stroganoff over a
Bed of Noodles, Mixed Vegetables,
Fruit Salad, Dee’s Bread Pudding,
with Lemon Sauce.
Delafield
has a girl
Croasmun/
McNeil
have a boy
Jean Nicholson
It was a warm sunny morn- described above. She had been
ing in the Wenatchee Valley, the working so hard to come home. Just
pink blossoms of
as the doctor came
the cherry trees and
around the corner, she
pink dogwood trees
gave her last breath.
along with the sunAt Jean’s request
shine yellow forcremation has taken
sythia with white
place. A memorial
apple blossoms
celebration of her life
blooming among
will take place at the
the others like bits
Church of Jesus Christ
of cotton on the
of Latter Day Saints
trees, Mom loved
in Coulee Dam, Wash.,
the Wenatchee Valat 1 p.m., on Saturday,
ley.
April 27, with dinner
Jean Nicholson
to follow. Ashes will
passed away peacebe interred at Spring
fully during a day
Canyon Cemetery
later that day.
Coltan and Kelsey Hoppe of
Wilbur are proud to announce the
birth of their daughter Kendall
Jo on Friday, March 22, 2013, at
Coulee Medical Center in Grand
Coulee. She weighed 8 lbs., 5 oz.,
and was 21-1/2 inches in length
at birth.
Maternal grandparents are
Wade and Traci Starzman of Wilbur. Paternal grandparents are
Gail Hoppe of Harrington and Lon
Hoppe of Post Falls, Idaho. Greatgrandparents include Dale and
JoAnn Portch of Wilbur, Shirly
Groh of Odessa and Ralph and
Mick Starzman of Stevenville,
Mont.
A girl
for the
Jennetts
Mary Ann “Mare” McNeilly
Surrounded by her adoring family, Mary Ann “Mare” McNeilly, 77,
peacefully passed into the arms of
her loving savior from her Coulee
Dam, Washington, home Thursday
morning, April 11,
2013.
Born Mary Ann
Meyers on June 8,
1935, in St. Louis,
Missouri, Mary
Ann happily spent
much of her early
childhood at the
home of her dearly
loved great-aunt
and uncle: Mary
(Mayme) and Otto
Goellner. In 1944,
nine years young,
Mary Ann moved
to Grand Coulee,
Wash., with her
family. As a teenager she sang in
the church choir, waitressed at
Grand Coulee’s Green Hut Cafe,
was a student at Coulee Dam High
School where she did tumbling
and cheerleading and met Bob
McNeilly, who was immediately
taken by this vivacious 15-year-old
majorette. In 1952, 17-year-old
Mary Ann Meyers then took Robert D. McNeilly as her husband
and soon thereafter they moved to
West Seattle, Washington. During
her time in Western Washington
Mary Ann raised their family,
was a Girl Scout Leader, active
member of the PTA, sang in the
Lyric Opera for two seasons and
worked as a checker at the A&P
Grocery Store (later “Tradewell”).
In 1977, Bob and Mary Ann moved
to Las Vegas, Nev., for five years,
where she worked in two casinos
and became the first female Limo
Driver in Vegas. As such she met
many famous celebrities such as
It’s a girl for
Hoppes
have a girl the Ankneys
103 Continental Heights, Grand Coulee
Church (509) 633-3030
Pastor Mel Pond (509) 775-8129
Saturday Bible Study............................. 9:30 a.m.
Children’s Bible Story Time................. 10:00 a.m.
Saturday Worship Service....................11:00 a.m.
All Church Fellowship.......................... 12:30 p.m.
Midweek Bible Study Wednesday............. 6 p.m.
Community Youth Group
Sundays 4-5:30 p.m. at GCD Middle School.
For middle school/high school students
Church office 633-2186
Church Website: www.grandcouleenaz.com
COULEE DAM
COMMUNITY CHURCH
Presbyterian (U.S.A.)
Offers You a Warm Welcome!
PASTOR KEVIN LIND
.SUMMER SCHEDULE
Sunday School...................................... 10 a.m.
Worship Service.....................................11 a.m.
Community Youth Group
Sundays 4-5:30 p.m. at GCD Middle School.
For middle school/high school students
Nursery Care Available
509 Central Drive, Coulee Dam
Church: 633-1790
www.couleedamchurch.org
FAITH COMMUNITY
A Foursquare Church
PASTOR STEVE ARCHER
NOW MEETING IN OUR NEW BUILDING
16 Grand, Electric City
Sunday Morning Service:.......................10 a.m.
KIDS’ Church and Nursery
UNITED METHODIST
Modeling our ministry after the New Testament
405 Center St., Grand Coulee
Monty Fields/Tom & Elizabeth Poplawski
Certified Lay Ministers
EVERYONE WELCOME!
Church Office 633-0980
Worship Service................................ 10:00 a.m
Thursday Bible Study......................... 1:30 p.m.
Join us every 3rd Sunday for brunch
and fellowship following worship service.
WAY OF THE CROSS
INDIAN BAPTIST CHURCH
Nespelem, WA
(509) 634-4974
Pastor Bob Phillips
405 Center St., Grand Coulee
EVERYONE WELCOME!
Worship Service.................................11:00 a.m
Full Meal........................................... 12:30 p.m.
Second Service.................................. 1:00 p.m.
ZION LUTHERAN
Call the Church Office 633-1244 to find out
about other regular scheduled meetings.
Come Worship The Lord!
PASTOR SHAWN NEIDER
348 Mead Street, Grand Coulee
Church 633-2566
Coulee City Bible Study........................ 8:00 a.m.
Coulee City Worship............................. 9:00 a.m.
Zion Sunday School/Bible Study........... 9:45 a.m.
Zion Worship.............................................11 a.m.
BANKS LAKE BIBLE CHURCH
25 School Avenue, Electric City, 633-0670
Affiliated with I.F.C.A./N.I.C.E.
Pastor Bill Williams
Everyone Welcome!
Sunday School, all ages............. 9:30 a.m.
Coffee Fellowship..................... 10:30 a.m.
Morning Worship...................... 10:45 a.m.
Evening Worship........................ 6:00 p.m.
Prayer............................. Wed., 11:00 a.m.
Bible Study.............................. Wed., noon
Nursery Available • NEED A RIDE? CALL 633-2566
.
The Star • APRIL 24, 2013
Page 5
Meetings and Notices
No Chamber at Noon –
Business After
Hours Instead
The Grand Coulee Dam Area
Chamber of Commerce will not be
holding a noon meeting April 24
due to its Business After Hours
that evening. It will be held at
Funzee’s on the Midway, Grand
Coulee from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m.
Time for Flag Dedication
For those wishing to dedicated a
deceased veteran’s flag for the Isle
of Flags should contact Ben Alling
at 633-0663. The deadline is May
17, 2013.
POWER to Meet
The POWER group will be holding a meeting on Thursday, April
25, at 7 p.m., at the Senior Center
in Grand Coulee. Nomination and
election of officers will be held.
Also a recap of the past year and
a review of the coming year.
Food Worker Card
Exams May 8
Food worker card exams will be
given by the Grant County Health
District at the city hall in Grand
Coulee, on Wednesday, May 8,
2013. There will be ONLY ONE
class at 10:30 a.m. In addition
to reading the health card book,
which is available at the Grand
Coulee City Hall, applicants must
attend a 30 minute video in order
to take the exam. Please be on
time. LATE ARRIVALS WILL
NOT BE ADMITTED.
If you bring your current card
and it is within 60 days before
the expiration date, you will still
need to watch the video and take
the test, but you may renew your
card for 3 years. Picture ID will
be required. Cost of the exam is
$10.00. Cash only.
TOPS Meetings
Grant County Port Dist. 7 will
hold its regular monthly meeting
Thursday, April 25, at 5 p.m., at the
Grand Coulee Dam Airport office.
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter meets on Tuesdays at
9:15 a.m. at Grand Coulee Senior
Center prior to the exercise group
gathering at 10 a.m. Come and join
for the health of it.
TOPS#WA1490, Coulee Dam
meets on Wednesdays at 6:30
p.m., meeting following weigh in
downstairs in the ground level
fellowship hall in the Coulee Dam
Community Presbyterian Church,
509 Central Ave., across from the
Colville Tribal Museum. TOPS
(Take Off Pounds Sensibly) is a
non-profit weight loss organization.
Order of Eastern Star
Eagles #2577 Meetings
Grant County
Fire Dist. 14 to Meet
Grant County Fire District 14
will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, April 29, at 7 p.m., at
the Electric City Fire Station.
Grant County
Port Dist. 7 Meets
Grand Coulee Dam Chapter
#237 OES to meet Thursday at
7:30 p.m., with Worthy Matron
Linda Carlson and Worthy Patron
Dwayne Farr presiding. Opening
will be short form and April birthdays will be celebrated.
Refreshments to be served by
Marjoe Richards and the birthday
cake baked by Joyce Moore. All
area Eastern Star members are
invited to attend.
Meeting to Discuss
Wildfire Action Plans
Douglas County will hold meetings on a Community Wildfire Action Plan being developed. Officials
want to understand the vulnerability of county residents, businesses and resources to wildfire.
The closest meeting is at Mansfield
Community Center, 26 Main, on
April 30 at 6 p.m.
The Eagles #2577 Aerie meets
on the second and fourth Tuesday
of every month. The next meeting
is May 14, at 7 p.m. The Auxiliary
meets the first and third Tuesday
of every month. Next meeting is
scheduled for Wednesday,May 1.
Free Pinochle
at the Seniors
Free pinochle is offered at
the Grand Coulee Senior Center
Monday, Wednesday and Friday
beginning at 1 p.m.
Care and Share Food
Bank Open
The food bank at the Church of
the Nazarene normal operating
hours are every Monday 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.
Library has
Friday Story Time
The Grand Coulee Library
Story time is every Friday at 10:30
a.m. Regular library hours are
Mondays and Thursdays 12:30 5:30 p.m.; Tuesdays 12:30 - 7:30
p.m. and Wednesdays and Fridays
9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. For information concerning library programs
or services call 633-0972.
Local AA Meetings
Confused in the Coulee AA
meetings are held on Mondays at 7
p.m., Friday at 6 p.m. and Sunday
at 9 a.m.. at the Vets Center in
Electric City. Call Paul 633-3377
days or 633-3345 evenings. New
Hope Group meetings are held
Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Vets
Center. For more information call
John 633-2448. These are open,
non-smoking and handicap accessible.
In Nespelem the group Bound
and Determined holds its meetings Monday evening at 7 p.m.
at the Catholic Church. Contact
Myrna 634-4921 for more information there.
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To the Colville Tribal Membership:
I thought I was done with the arena of tribal politics, but
apparently not. I am truly disheartened and dismayed that some
present Council and Tribal Administration to do as they wish with
our assets, over and over. We, as Tribal members, elected them
into positions of power to represent our interests – and now they
ignore us. We must act as one to have our voices heard.
I recall just a little over a year ago, the outcry of unjust actions
taking place at the Council table and Tribal Administration, by a
number of individual members who made it their business to tell
the then-seated council that “all decisions had to be approved
by the membership before taking any actions.” Where are these
individuals and that perspective now? There was also a group
calling themselves the “7th Generation,” and claiming to represent
the membership and have their interests and the interest of “our great grandchildren, times 7” at
heart. This group appears as bad for the CCT as the “Tea Party” of the GOP has been for the nation.
They are hiring their own family, friends and supporters into key Tribal positions, without adequate
vetting and HR procedures.
I know I’m not the only one that reads the newspaper or listens to the news on TV: People, if we
continue to allow these unchecked actions at the CBC table to continue we will be complacent in our
own demise. Every CBC member took an oath of office to protect the assets of the Tribes, to defend
the constitution of the tribes, and to protect its members. This is not happening. Almost every action
occurring now by CBC is for themselves and to further their own self-interests.
A few examples: Using “our” natural resource money to build a $40 million administration building;
playing with tribal tax revenues; hiring friends, family or supporters into key tribal positions without
abiding by the approved employee policy manual (even with all it shortcomings); using Tribal Credit
funds to bankroll CTFC, when there is an existing resolution prohibiting this action. If the lending
action presented is allowed to take place there may not be funds for individual tribal member loans.
Finally, we all need to realize that we are not an independent country with unlimited resources or
revenues. We need to abide by our own rules and regulations, and follow the laws. We need to
be wary of those eyes watching our governmental operations – more often than not, they are not
friendly or supportive of our rights (counties, towns, and states). They would strip us of our right to
self govern in a heartbeat, given the opportunity. The federal government is eroding “our sovereignty”
through bad case law in the federal court system, and the inability of our elected leaders to act with
honor and integrity for the best interests of our membership, resources, and assets only highlights
our weaknesses to our adversaries.
Respectfully,
Harvey Moses Jr.
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Loepp’s Furniture employee Alan Rizzonelli talks with Cheryl Grunlose, the winner of the highlighted raffle prize, a refrigerator supplied by the store for the Colville Tribes Earth Day celebration Monday at the Nespelem Celebration Grounds.
The event attracted about 1,600 participants, according to organizer Joaquin Bustamante, and focused on environmental
initiatives, including creative recycling. The playhouse at right is made of eight used pallets, and the electric cart on the left
from recycled parts from the tribal recycling program. — Scott Hunter photo
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Chyenne Kelly-Marconi
shines for Raiders
by John R. McNeil II
Chyenne Kelly-Marconi scored
all 15 team points the Raiders
received at the Clifton Larson
Allen Invitational at Quincy last
Saturday.
Lake Roosevelt’s standout at
the big meet took home three
ribbons:
• In the triple jump, KellyMarconi took the second-place ribbon with a career personal record
jump of 33 feet, 6 inches, two feet
farther than she recorded just the
week before.
• In the long jump, she soared
to a third-place ribbon with another career PR jump of 15-3.25.
Her third ribbon came in the
300-meter hurdles, which she ran
in 53.43 seconds. Kelly-Marconi
just missed placing in the 100-meter hurdles, finishing 10th in 18.65
seconds.
LR had travelled to the big meet
with a small group that went up
against very
talented
opponents
from larger schools.
Some 22
schools
ranging in
size from
AlmiraCouleeHartline (B)
Mikel Friedlander
to Lakeside
(AA) took
part.
Sean Waters came close to
gaining points for the Raider
boys. He made the finals in the Chyenne Kelly-Marconi — Scott Hunter photo
shot put, but just finished short of
placing, finishing ninth, throwing
38-10. Over at the discus Waters the 100, picked up another career 4 p.m. The
PR at the 400 old North
had an off day,
in 61.30. In C e n t r a l
throwing only
his first ever B League
103-06.
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in the
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ished with a career PR of 13.09 in Mansfield High School, starting at Trail League at this meet.
The Star • April 24, 2013
Ladies pick up third win
by John R. McNeil II
Lady Raider softball had a roller coaster week
that finished with a win over the Oroville Hornets
on Saturday.
The week did not start off like LR would have
wanted as the league-leading Mountain Lions of
Liberty Bell took their April 16 game 16-1 over the
Lady Raiders. The game ended in the third inning as
per the mercy rules set by the WIAA.
“(The) Lady Raiders just could not get it together
after we had a injury to one of our teammates,” Head
Coach Jamie Lezard said.
Not looking for repeat of the 16th, on Saturday the
Lady Raiders exploded with offense up at Oroville
where the score in the first game was Hornets 25,
Lady Raiders 24.
Lezard believes the girls should have won but
committed a lot of mental errors and left too many
runners on base. Pitching errors also haunted the
Lady Raiders as they walked 18 batters and hit six
more with pitches.
In the second game, the Lady Raiders cleaned up
the pitching and defensive errors to win their third
game of the season 5-4.
“Team played good both games,” Lezard said. “We
just need to work on not having so many mental
errors and also need to not leave runs out on base
path.”
“(The) Lady Raiders are showing positive gains
and improvements as a team,” Lezard said. “We are
young and still trying to put it all together. Just going to take a little time, but we as a team will get
there.”
Lake Roosevelt sits in third place in the Central
Washington North standings going into this week’s
games.
Last night the Lady Raiders travelled to league
cellar dweller Manson for a single game match up.
On Saturday LR travels to Bridgeport to take on the
Fillies in a doubleheader starting at 1:30 p.m.
Raider rackets challenged
by John R. McNeil II
Raider tennis was challenged
in last week’s three matches by
fatigue, long bus rides, and tough
opponents.
LR traveled south to White
Swan April 16 for a Central Washington B match against the Cougars. The four-hour bus ride came
back to haunt the Raiders as
both squads were swept by the
Cougars.
Daniel Campobasso provided
a bright spot for the Raider boys
hanging in there with Xavier
Valladares in the first, forcing a
tiebreaker. The final score has Valladres winning 7-6 (7-2), 6-3.
“Daniel improved much over
his first match with Xavier, which
was our first match,” noted Head
Coach Steve Archer. “That score
was a loss at 6-1, 6-0.”
Lyric Witten’s loss to Maria A.
Anguiano 6-4, 6-4 was the closest
girls’ match.
In doubles, Areielle White and
Tanya Ang forced a tiebreaker set,
but could not come home with a
win. The final score in their match
was 6-2, 3-6, 1-0 (10-4).
Two days later, the Raider boys
bounced back from the disappointing loss. Back home, they defeated
the Okanogan Bulldogs 4-1.
Campobasso beat Nick Patterson soundly, 6-0, 6-1. Brandin
Smith held off Dawnson McCoy
6-4, 6-1. And Edmund Fenton
made his tennis debut against
Noah Brooks, losing 6-1, 6-2.
In doubles, Campobasso and
Smith sealed the win for the Raiders by beating Jose Alvarez and
Bradley Nearents 6-2, 6-2.
The Raider girls’ match against
the Bulldogs was not the rebound
they were hoping; they were swept
for the second time. Holly Carriere
and Emily Williams both forced
a third set, but could not secure
a victory. In doubles White and
Harmony Witten came close but
lost 6-4, 6-4.
The Raiders travelled to Pateros April 19, where the boys racked
up another win 4-1, and the girls
improved but still lost 2-3.
Campobasso and Smith again
won their singles matches and
teamed up for a doubles win.
Fenton improved in his second
match of the season, losing to Ryan
Durnell 6-4.
Emily Williams and Hayley
Baseball has tough week
by John R. McNeil II
Raider baseball had a tough
week last week as they dropped all
three games they played.
At Liberty Bell April 16, the
league-leading Mountain Lions
scored three runs in the first inning
and the Raiders could not answer
as they went on to lose 6-2.
Brady Black, on the mound for
five innings, gave up two hits, four
earned runs, and struck out four.
Kendall Piccolo came in to relieve and gave up only one hit in
his inning on the rubber.
Piccolo led the team at the plate,
going two of four. The Black brothers, Brady and Devan, scored the
two Raider runs. Daniel Loch drove
in a run.
Looking to recover, the Raiders
traveled to Pateros Saturday for
a doubleheader against the Billygoats. LR had to travel without
some of its key senior players, who
were off on college visits.
In the first game, with Justus
DeWinkler on the mound, the Raiders kept it close, losing by only one
run, 3-2. In the second game, Tim
Loch pitched his hardest, but the
defensive errors allowed the Bil-
Trey Nicholson covers first base at Pateros Saturday.
— Al Camp, Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle photo.
lygoats to rack up the runs for a
final of 7-3 Pateros.
Raider Head Coach Ted Piccolo
saw some good from the games
on Saturday. “On the bright side,
many young and future Raiders
were given the opportunity to play
varsity ball,” he said.
With the three losses, the Raiders drop to third in the Central
Washington North, behind Liberty
Bell and Pateros.
DAM KEGLERS
League Champions - Vaagen Bros.
2nd Place: Flyin W
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Team 2
Native Spirit
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Spring Canyon Alpacas
Congrats and thanks for the great
year!
COLUMBIA
TEAM
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The Olds
34
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Riverview Lanes
34
22
Galaxy Smokes
30.5 25.5
Don’t No’s
23
33
Rolling Thunder
18.5 37.5
High Game: Riverview Lanes 670;
Abe Batten 236
High Series: The Olds 1775; Jesse
Vieira 555
Splits: Sara Z. 4-5/3-10
• Galaxy Smokes and The Olds will
have a roll off for first place. Good
Luck.
TUESDAY HI LO’S
TEAM
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Riverview Lanes
45.5 10.5
Sunflower Graphics
29
27
Pepsi
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Fullers
26
30
Karl’s Site Development 25
51
KEYG 1490
16
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High Game: Riverview Lanes 466;
Sheila Allinson 171
High Series: Riverview Lanes 1378;
Karen 471
Splits: Melodie 2-7-8; Winnie 3-10;
Karen 5-10; Alana 2-7; Betty 2-7-8
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LR looked to end the losing skid
last night at Oroville.
For the last doubleheader of the
season, the Raiders will be hosting the Bridgeport Mustangs at
Greene Field on April 29, starting
at 3:30 p.m. These are important
games for seeding into the district tournament that starts on
May 2.
Save Big Bucks!
Colorama
Carnival
Bowling Scores
IT’S ALL GOOD
Spring Bowling
High Game: Team 7 533; Bob
Schryvers 213; Candy Weed-Butz 230
High Series: Team 2 1425; Percy Kuehne 546; Candy Weed-Butz 528
Splits: Gwen Hilson 2-7-10
Clean Game: Bob Schryvers
Seylor gave the Raider girls their
only two varsity wins of the week.
Williams held back Ireland Looper
8-5, and Seylor snuck past Kisa
McClosky 9-7.
In JV doubles action, the Raider
girls picked up two more victories
as Kendra Descoteaux and Harmony Witten beat Keira Moore
and Shannon Smith 8-5 and Riley Stout and Hayley Seylor took
down Madisyn Harrild and Erica
Osorio 7-5.
Coach Archer liked the way the
boys squad is improving at the
right time of the season. “They are
progressing very well as we head
in to the final weeks of the season
and heading into the district tournament,” he said.
For the Raiders girls, Archer
hopes the tables will turn in their
favor soon.
“Our girls are struggling to get
back to winning,” he said. “They
are working hard and hopefully
break through again.”
Raider tennis doesn’t get much
of a breather this week. They took
on Oroville last night at LRHS
courts and will travel to leagueleading Liberty Bell tomorrow for
a 4:30 p.m. match.
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The Star • APRIL 24, 2013
oulee
ops
Compiled from
police files
Grand Coulee
Police
4/14 - A Spokane woman was
stopped for expired tabs on her vehicle and the officer learned that
her license had been suspended. A
licensed driver who was with her
at the time took charge of the car
and the Spokane woman was cited
and given a court date.
4/15 - A woman on King Street
called police to say that her former
boyfriend was making threats
against her current boyfriend
and that they planned to drive
to Ephrata and get a protection
order. The former boyfriend was
contacted and he denied making
threats.
4/16 - Police were called to a
house on Bowen Street where a
man and woman were involved in
a domestic argument. The woman
was given a courtesy ride to another location and advised she
should seek a court order for a civil
standby while she retrieved any
belongings left in the house.
- A woman on W. Grand Avenue
told police that she had just run
off a woman who tried to enter
her home and asked to see her
son, who was not living at that
location. Police located the woman
and told her to stay away from the
place or she would be arrested.
- A woman on Bowen Street
said that a vehicle was blocking
her driveway. Police advised her
to have a towing company come
and haul the car away.
- Police responded to a disturbance at the Wolf’s Den Bar where
it was reported that a man, estimated to be 70, had put his arm
around a woman’s chest and the
woman’s son pulled the man’s arm
away, before the man left without
paying his bill. Police were given
a description of the man and his
name.
4/17 - A woman reported her vehicle was stolen. She said she left
her car with the keys in it while
being inside the Wolf’s Den and
when she came out it was gone.
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Later the woman called police to
say that she had found the car.
4/19 - Two men who went into
the Wolf ’s Den with each other
got into a fight inside and continued the argument outside. When
the men were refused entry back
inside the tavern, one of the men
beat on the door with his head and
then used a chair outside to break
out a window. The investigation
continues but the officer’s report
stated that charges would be filed
against the man who broke the
window.
- A man stopped for having a
cracked windshield was found to
have three warrants out for his arrest. He was cited for driving with
a suspended license, possession
of a switchblade knife (considered to be as dangerous weapon),
failure to carry his registration,
no insurance and the defective
windshield. The man told the officer that you could purchase a
switchblade knife locally. He was
taken to Grant County Jail on the
warrants.
4/21 - Police were called to
the Grand Coulee City Park by a
resident on Roosevelt who stated
that youth were fighting in the
park. The officer found a number
of young people who stated they
were playing a game called “fugitive” which consisted of them
running to Sunbanks Lake Resort
trying to keep from being “captured.” The officer checked the
park and said there wasn’t any
damage in the area. Numerous
groups of youth were found during
the evening apparently playing
the same game running in alleys
and streets and by businesses. The
game ended about midnight, the
report stated.
- Police checked on an open door
in a residence and found that some
people were moving into the house
and had left the door open.
- An Electric City woman told
police that she struck something
with her car on SR-174, and drove
on to a location on Mead Avenue.
The officer’s report told of damage
to the vehicle and that it had been
driven to that location with the
tire flat and damaged. The officer
retraced the route but couldn’t find
out what the woman had struck.
Later the woman recanted her
story and reported that she had
hit a boat trailer with her car.
4/22 - Police had a report that
a person with a semi-trailer was
picking up scrap in the industrial
area. An officer told the driver to
make certain that the scrap metal
load was secured.
- A man reported to police that
a man came out of the Senior
Manor and took his picture. The
reporting party was on a bicycle
pulling a trailer and told police
he was heading to Spokane the
next day and wanted to report the
incident.
Coulee Dam
Police
4/14 - A car was stopped near
River Drive because it was missing a license plate.
4/15 - An obstructed license
plate resulted in a vehicle being
stopped on Columbia Avenue.
Warnings were given.
- A man on Central Drive called
police because part of his neighbor’s fence was lying over in his
backyard. Police tried to contact
the neighbor but were unable to
do so. The officer advised the man
to contact his neighbor because it
was a civil matter.
4/16 - Police were called to Walnut Street because a vehicle had
been parked there over a month.
Police checked and found that
the owner of the vehicle lived in
Omak and that the license tabs
had expired in 1998.
4/17 - A driver was pulled over
for having expired plates, and the
officer found that he had a license
suspended for not paying traffic
tickets. The officer advised the
young man that charges would
be filed out of Grant County. A
licensed driver in the vehicle took
charge of the car.
4/18 - A Lake Roosevelt High
School official reported an intoxicated person. An officer responded
to the call.
4/19 - Police were called to
Lake Roosevelt High School on a
harassment call. A female student
told officials at the school that
she had received a call on her cell
phone and as a result was afraid
for her safety. Police questioned
the caller, a boy at the school, and
forwarded a report to Okanogan
County juvenile officials.
- A man was stopped for expired
tabs and told the officer that he
had the tabs but forgot to put them
on his vehicle. The officer watched
the man put his tabs on.
Legal Notices
CITY OF GRAND COULEE
NOTICE OF SALE
OF SURPLUS ITEMS
The City of Grand Coulee will sell by sealed bids, a 1981 Ford Club
Wagon Van, approximately 58,190 miles, sold as is. It is available for
viewing at Grand Coulee City Hall, 306 Midway Avenue, Grand Coulee.
Minimum bid is $1250.00. Bids must be submitted on city supplied bid
form which may be obtained from the City Clerk’s Office, 306 Midway
Ave., PO Box 180, Grand Coulee, WA 99133. The Bids will be opened
and awarded to the highest responsive bidder before the close of business
April 26th, 2013.
(Publish April 17 and 24, 2013)
Town of Elmer City
Small Works/Vendor Roster
The Town of Elmer City is accepting applications from interested
contractors and vendors wishing to be placed on the Small Works Roster
and Vendor Roster.
Whenever the Town seeks to construct any public work or improvement with an estimated cost of $200,000 or less, the small works roster
may be utilitzed. The Vendor Roster may be utilized when purchasing
materials, supplies, or equipment not connected to a public works to a
public works project with an estimated cost of $15,000 or less.
All interested contractors and vendors are invited to submit an application. Interested parties can request application forms at Elmer
City Town Hall, 505 Seaton Ave., Elmer City, WA. 99124. Phone: 509
633-2872.
Renee Tillman, Clerk/Treasurer
Town of Elmer City
Phone: 509 633-2872
Fax: 509 633-3448
(Publish April 17 and 24, 2013)
Town of
Coulee Dam
PUBLIC NOTICE
STREET
CLOSURE
COULEE DAM LOWER
CREST DRIVE; – will be closed
to thru traffic beginning April 29th,
2013 for approximately 2 weeks.
This major street improvement
project is funded through the
Washington State Dept. of Transportation and the Transportation
Improvement Board. Your cooperation is appreciated during this
construction period.
(Publish April 24, 2013)
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In the North Central Washington Garden
The WSU Extension
Master Gardener Program
Mary Schilling and Laura Jones-Edwards,
Okanogan County Master Gardeners
The Master Gardener Program
originated in Washington state in
the early 1970s. At the time, Pierce
and King County extension agents
David Gibby and Bill Scheer were
attempting to respond to a renewed and burgeoning interest in
gardening. Initially, they thought
that gardening articles and radio
and TV shows would meet the
demand.
Their approach was clearly
inadequate; extension offices soon
became overwhelmed with requests for gardening information.
So Gibby and Scheer considered
other approaches. One possibility would be to recruit and train
volunteers to serve the gardening
public. This idea was presented to
subject matter specialists at the
Western Washington Research
and Extension Center in Puyallup. Initially, the specialists were
not enthused. They believed that
volunteers would be difficult to
recruit and possibly inadequate
since most of them would not be
horticultural specialists. Gibby
and Scheer responded by presenting trial clinics at local malls.
The clinics were very successful.
The specialists were impressed;
they became active supporters.
The volunteers became “Master
Gardeners,” a translation of the
German term “gartenmeister;”
gartenmeisters were well respected horticulturists in their
communities. (I have to admit that
some of our more modest members
feel a little twitchy about the word
“master.” We’re all trying to live up
to the title.)
Today there are Master Gardener Programs in every state
in the US and in four Canadian
Provinces.
In general terms, WSU Extension Master Gardeners ‘promote
gardening and agricultural land
use, inform the public about best
horticultural practices, enhance
environmental conservation, and
broaden gardening expertise in
their communities.’ Specifically,
Okanogan County Master Gardeners provide plant clinics, community service projects, classes, and
demonstration gardens. We hope
that you’ve had the opportunity
to talk with a Master Gardener
at the county fair or visit one of
our demonstration gardens, the
xeriscape (waterwise) garden at
the fairgrounds or the rose garden
near Mid Valley Hospital.
Our plant clinics are a great
opportunity to get your gardening
questions answered. If oregano
has taken over your vegetable
garden, your dogwood looks bad, or
you need to identify an insect call
(509) 422-7245. (Other questions
are welcome too.)
Master Gardeners will be on
site at the Extension office from
nine to noon on Tuesdays; that’s a
good day to bring in dying leaves,
unknown insects, or tomatoes
that are rotting before their time.
When gardening questions leave
us scratching our heads, we can
turn to excellent resources including WSU faculty and staff.
Eleven new Okanogan County
Master Gardeners will graduate this spring; anyone who is
interested in becoming a Master
Gardener should consider the next
class which will probably be offered in the early part of 2015.
One of our most popular events
is the annual spring plant sale.
This year it will be on May 11th
at the Civic League Park in Omak
from 9-2. See you there and happy
gardening!
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Piano Stools, Furniture Factory, oak ....................................................$119.95 ....Now $49 ea.
Bar Stools, red and black, metal .................................................................. $89.95 ....Now $65 ea.
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Jobs
MENTAL HEALTH THERAPIST - Grant
Integrated Services is looking to fill a
Therapist position in our Grand Coulee
office. Please go to www.grantcountyweb.
com for the details about this position and
to fill out an application. (M4-17-2tpp)
Help Needed Now - General Laborer needed
to work now through summer. Monday thru
Friday - start part-time to full-time. Working
outdoors in concrete manufacturing setting.
$12 per hour, forklift experience preferred.
Interviews will take place on-site in Grand
Coulee. E-mail resume to cjm99208@
hotmail.com or call office 509-487-2261
(Spokane) (c4-24-2tpp)
We are currently interviewing for an office
assistant at Loepp Furniture. Computer
skills are required, and bookkeeping
experience is a plus. The position is 4-5
days per week including Saturdays. 6330430. (L4-24-2tc)
Jess Ford of Grand Coulee, an authorized Ford dealership, currently expanding and in need of a:
Service Writer position.
Must have experience working with
customers. Friendly and outgoing with
excellent communication skills. Good
with computers and professional work
ethic. Full time position, pay based
on qualifications. Benefits included.
Please send resumes to: Jess Ford of
Grand Coulee Attn: Aaron Murray, PO
Box 48 Grand Coulee, Wa. 99133. (J424-1tc)
Jobs
Jobs
WE VALUE our drivers as most Important
Asset! You make us successful! Top Pay/
Benefits Package! CDL-A Required. Join our
team Now! 1-888-414-4467. www.gohaney.
com
GORDON TRUCKING Inc. CDL-A Drivers
Needed. Dedicated & OTR Positions
Available! Consistent Miles, Benefits, 401k &
EOE. Sign On Bonus! Recruiters available 7
days/wk! Call: 866-725-9669
SHARP Kids Coordinator: Part-Time
Coordinator of After-School Programs
Purpose of Position: Responsible for
carrying out goals and objectives of current
21st Century Community Learning Center
grant and providing leadership for on-site
programming team members. Partner with
the Director and local evaluator for data
collection and evaluations. Assist with
ongoing professional development for the
team members. Serve as a liaison between
community, school district, partners, state
and federal representatives for quality outof-school programming time will be divided
in the afternoons between the office and
on-site programs. Summer and some
school holiday programming required.
driver’s license and proof of automobile
MUST PASS A VALID WASHINGTON
liability insurance coverage.
STATE BACKGROUND CHECK
JJ’s Detail Service
Free Estimates
Residential/Commercial
Over 25 Years Experience
Licensed & Bonded • KDPA1**026LN
633-1332 • Electric City
509-633-2225
515 River Drive, Coulee Dam
TRI-COUNTY
LICENSE AGENCY
633-2821
HOURS: Monday-Friday
9:00 a.m. to 1 p.m.
2 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
416 Midway, Grand Coulee
in Coulee Hardware
Tammy’s
Talons
Full service nail salon
308 Spokane Way
Grand Coulee
Focusing on healthy nails for
both women and men.
Manicures, pedicures and all
artificial enhancements
633-0280
FINANCIAL SERVICES
Tammy Morin,
Like a good neighbor,
State Farm is there.®
Since 1928 - Three Generations of
Our Family Serving Your Family
“Neighbor Helping Neighbor”
– Complete Pre-Planning Availablestratefuneralhome@hotmail.com
Grand Coulee • 509-633-1111
Wilbur • 509-647-5441
stratefuneralhome.com
GOOD
MEDICINE
MASSAGE
Swedish Massage,
Therapeutic Massage,
Nutritional Response Testing (NRT)
Esther DeRusha, LMP, LPN
Angie Blanco, LMP
509-633-0777
Manicurist
509.633.3210
BY APPOINTMENT ONLY
State Farm Insurance Companies
James Heuvel
509.633.3210
Tues. 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.* Wed. Noon - 10 p.m.*
Thurs.: 3 - 10 p.m.*Fri. 3-10 p.m.* Sat. 3-10 p.m.*
* depends on business
Bruce
Cheadle
Funeral Homes
& Cremation Service
Strip & Wax ~ Great Service
Call for an appointment
Riverview Lanes
FOR INSURANCE
INSURANCE CALL
Strate
Interior Shampoo - Exterior Wash
An alley you can play in…
Across from Les Schwab
Ken Doughty, Owner
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Desired: Grant or
technical writing
Qualifications:
Education: Bachelor’s Degree in related For full job description please visit the Grand
field or comparable experience in working Coulee Dam School District Office. Salary
with youth, parents, school personnel, DOE, includes benefit package.
and/or provider agencies.
Position is grant funded and contingent on
Experience: Teaching or instruction grant award.
experiences that effectively engages If you are interested in this position(s), please
multicultural youth and adults. Supervision submit a letter of interest and resume to Lee
and leadership of multiple team members. Seekins, 21st CCLC Director 110 Stevens
Ave., Coulee Dam WA 99116 on or before
Licenses: Current Washington State 4:00 pm, Wednesday, May 1, 2013.
Starting at just $5.75 per week
(must run 4 weeks) 633-1350
or ads@grandcoulee.com
Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m.
RV & CAR WASH
NOW OPEN
Knowledge/Skills/Abilities Required: Ability
to communicate effectively with the public;
ability to foster and model teamwork;
knowledge of State and local learning goals
for youth; ability to correctly compose written
communication; operating office machines
and equipment; knowledge of computers
and computer programs (Outlook, Word,
Excel, PowerPoint, etc.); ability to work with
frequent interruptions by telephone calls and
urgent assignments; ability to periodically
travel to and attend off-site meetings; ability
to work independently and take initiative to
manage time effectively; and the ability to
comply with school district policies.
Coulee Hardware
Best Rental Center
Do it
416 Midway, Grand Coulee
509-633-1090
Open 7 Days A Week
Did You Know…
Keller Clinic is Open
to both Non-Tribal &
Tribal Members, for
Medical & Dental.
•Sliding fee available•
634-7300
GUNN LAW OFFICES
Ryan W. Gunn
Attorney at Law
(509) 826-3200
7 N. Main St., PO Box 532 • Omak, WA 98841
Coulee
Wellness Center
Quality Chiropractic Health Care
Brought to Your Home,
Office or Workplace
J.D. Scharbach, D.C.
NEW NUMBER 509-721-0384
CONCRETE
Copenhaver
Construction Inc.
is now delivering concrete in your
area. Discounts for ordering 3 or
more days in advance. For questions or to place an order - Please
call
633-1665
CARPET & GENERAL
CLEANING
Locally owned
Rosenberg Resource Services
509-647-5400
FOISY & KENNEDY INSURANCE
Great Service - Great Rates
Instant Quotes Available Online at:
www.foisykennedy.com
309 Midway, Grand Coulee
509.633.0410
THE FRAME KING
Digital Photos
631-0004
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NICK’
HOME
REPAIRS
Remodel - New Construction
Tractor Hoe - Roofing - Flooring
Sprinkler Systems - We Do It All!
NICKSHR999LJ
633-8238 • 631-0194
509-633-1000
For more information, please contact
HR Rep. Monica Carson 634-3211 .
Lost &
Found
Found near ATM on side of Star building
paperback book entitled The Elements of
Moral Philosophy. Come pick it up at the
Star, 3 Midway Ave., Grand Coulee. (S4-243tnc)
LOST – 4 year old 3 lb. miniature pinscher
and Chihuahua. Lost April 15 near Nazarene
Church. Answers to Itsy Bitsy. 641-1893 or
631-0626. (?4-24-1tnc)
20% OFF all Scentsy
Full Size Warmers
when you mention this ad at
Needles & Hooks.
Offer expires May 31st
Debbie Vancik - Independent Consultant
509-631-4220 before 2 p.m.
HEALTH TOUCH
MASSAGE THERAPY
Robin Sanford LMP
Now Accepting
Most Major Insurances
Office 633-0545 • Home 633-3553
Grand Coulee Dam Area
Pruning & Lawn Service
Small Engine Repair
Everett Leishman, owner 633-2507
Joshua F. Grant, P.S.
Attorney at Law ~ since 1975
For ALL Your Heating &
Air Conditioning Service & Repair Needs
(Including N/G, Oil & Propane)
Senior Discounts Available
ROB BRUCE, owner/operator
509-641-2472
Licensed - Bonded - Insured • #WECARCA894NQ
Medicaid Eligibility Planning
Elder Law
Estate Planning - Wills - Probates
Real Estate Sales Closings
Member, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys
509-647-5578
Hanson Building
6 SW Main Avenue
Wilbur, WA 99185
CHAPARRAL CYCLE
SERVICE, LLC.
Tire Repair All Bikes
Tuning Service • Parts
Performance Engine Work
Specializing in Harleys
By Appointment Grand Coulee
Dealer
CONSTRUCTION
LLC
DWKFOFC949R8
General Contractor
Call for free estimate on any
type or size of job. Pole Building
Remodel Homes, Additions
Backhoe Services Available
Sand & Gravel
Excavation • Remodels
Pole Buildings
Concrete Work
Call for estimates
509.631.4603
FREE ESTIMATES
KARLSSD991PE
(1)LINE CAGE CASHIER
$9.71 per hour + tips
(Seasonal Position)
633-8284
679-5171
JACKSON I Can Help You!
Roofing & Siding Specials
(509) 633-2425
304 6th St., Ste 4, Coulee Dam, WA
(509) 237-2124
Gary Haven
• Excavating • Clearing • Hauling
• Septic Systems
• Sand & Gravel Products Delivered
• Heavy Equipment
• Concrete Work
• All Underground Utility Work
• Home Site Prep
• Experienced Crews & Quality Local
Concrete Products Used
ATTORNEY
Shawn Deckwa
Lic#DECKWC*892R3
Wayne Fowler
New Construction
COULEE DAM PLUMBING
Remodels - Repairs
seeking applicants for:
Tena M. Foster
Remodels - Concrete Const.
Pole Buildings • Fences
Decks • Excavations
Free Estimates
CCHAVENQF8810P
Your Fulltime, Quality,
Experienced Local
Concrete Supplier
Concrete IS Our
Business
For superior
concrete call us
Coulee Medical Center offers a competitive salary and benefit package.
Apply online at: www.cmccares.org
Or email information to: employment@cmccares.org
PHONE: (509) 633-1753 • FAX: (509) 633-0295
E.O.E.
D.W.K. FOWLER
CONSTRUCTION LLC
(509) 633-2485
Cell 631-0135
DRIVER -- Two raises in first year. Qualify
for any portion of $0.03 quarterly bonus:
$0.1 Safety, $0.1 Production, $0.1 MPG.
3 months OTR experience. 800-414-9569
www.driveknight.com
PER DIEM RECORD SPECIALIST
This is a per diem position for a person who will be responsible for the health records
in a clinic setting. Duties include: filing, record maintenance, release health information,
and distribute charts as requested. Must have good computer, customer service,
communication, written, and verbal skills. Must be able to multi-task, stay focused on
priorities, work independently, and have an obsessive attention to detail. High School
Diploma or equivalent required.
DENNIS KING
HOUSECALL
CHIROPRACTIC
Jobs
DRIVERS -- Inexperienced/Experienced.
Unbeatable career Opportunities. Trainee,
Company
Driver,
Lease
Operator,
Lease Trainers. (877) 369-7105 www.
centraldrivingjobs.com
ACCOUNTANT
This full-time position provides accurate and timely financial and business analysis for the
facility. Reports and monitors financial performance, including base-line analysis to budget
and latest estimate. This individual is involved in the month end close, internal budgeting
and forecasting process. The position responds to day-to-day financial requirements of
the Chief Financial Officer and oversees the Accounts Payable department.
Coulee Professional Bldg.
404 Burdin Blvd., Grand Coulee
509-631-7307
Jobs
All jobs open until filled.
Tasha Enochs, LMP
COULEE DAM
CONCRETE
UBI#601861914
NOW ACCEPTING
JOB APPLICATIONS.
Apply at the Lodge.
Custom Picture
Framing
Balancing Body, Mind and Spirit
Electric City • Across from the Post
Office next to Changes
We are Washington
State Department of
Transportation Certified
Jobs
• New & Remodel Construction
• Concrete (Slabs, Footings & Walls)
• Framing •Roofing • Doors & WIndows
• Siding • Decks • Pole Buildings
• Excavations
509-631-1977
509-633-6522
JACKSCL988CA • Electric City
~ Create Beauty in your yard
~ Plan and plant your garden
~ Beautify your flowerbeds
~ Thorough & masterful pruning
Gayle Swagerty
Owner & Master Gardener
Coulee Gardens and Design
Landscape design, renovation and maintenance
Office: 633-8375 Cell: 509-680-4969
gayleswagerty@yahoo.com
CARPET
CLEANING
SPECIAL
3 Rooms For
$89.95
Replace Garbage Disposals,
Water Heaters, Faucets,
Drain Cleaning
LICENSED, BONDED & INSURED
COULEDP000JC
24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE
633-6630
Serving Grant County Over 10 Years
509.634.1128
FLOWESC913KD
(509) 633-1531
Facility Maintenance Services:
 Carpet Cleaning Services
 Floor Maintenance and Refinishing
For appointments and ask
 HVAC Duct Cleaning
 Windowabout
Washingother services
 General Cleaning Services
 Lawn and Ground Maintenance
 Weed Control Spray Services
 Construction and Rental Clean up
The Star • APRIL 24, 2013
Rentals
PUBLISHER’S NOTICE
All real estate advertising in this newspaper is subject
to the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal to advertise “any preference, limitation or discrimination based
on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familial status
or national origin, or an intention, to make any such
preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familial status
includes children under the age of 18 living with parents
or legal custodians, pregnant women and people securing custody of children under 18.
This newspaper will not knowingly accept any
advertising for real estate which is in
violation of the law. Our readers are
hereby informed that all dwellings
advertised in this newspaper are
eQUAl HoUSINg
available on an equal opportunity
oppoRtUNIty
basis.
LARGE STUDIO for one. Ideal for out-oftown worker. Completely furnished.
Month,
eQUAl HoUSINg
oppoRtUNIty
w/cable and high speed internet.
631-0301.
(C11-7-tfc)
10x20 STORAGE UNIT FOR RENT – In
Grand Coulee. Call 631-0194. (N2-27-tfc)
FROM OUT OF TOWN? Clean newly
remodeled 1 Bdr, fully furnished apt. with
kitchen, laundry on site. Walk to dam,
shopping, restaurants. Come check this
one out. $650/mo. First, last and $500
damage deposit. Electricity, cable, Internet
renter responsibility. 633-3167. (W3-27-tfc)
WHAT A VIEW – (2) 2 bdrm. apartments
for rent $575 - Columbia View Apartments,
1201 River Drive, Coulee Dam 509-4299674. (G4-17-tfc)
Rentals
FOR RENT/SALE – 6 bdrm. home, $850
per month. 509.765.8665 or 793.8956. (B410-1tp)
Wilbur Duplex - 2 (or 3) bedroom or rec
room (approx 1350 sq’) 1 bathroom (w/tub
and shower) separate utility room. Newly
remodeled, new cabinets,counters,windo
ws,carpet,paint,appliances. New roof and
insulation. Non-smoking. No pets. $725 per
mo. $500
security deposit. One year lease.
REALTOR
Ready June 1st. Call (509)307-0469 (D417-2tpp)
®
LARGE
RV SPACE FOR RENT – Electric
REALTOR
Cit $300 per month, water, sewer and
garbage included. 509.388.5441 after 5
p.m. (B4-17-2tp)
®
HOMES , RENT TO OWN – 2 bdrm. $395; 3
bdrm. $675; 4 bdrm. $695 with appliances,
some furniture, pets okay. 509.647.0117.
(M4-25-tfc)
FOR RENT/SALE – 6 bdrm. home, $850
per month. 509.765.8665 or 793.8956. (B424-4tp)
RENTALS
$450 - Monthly
$200 - Weekly
for short or long term
starting at $300.
Also space for doublewide.
LAKEVIEW TERRACE
MOBILE HOME PARK
509.633.2169 L10-31-tfc
Senior/Disabled
One Bedroom Units
Rent based on Income
(509) 762-5541
429 N. Columbia Ave. $169,000 Updated
and upgraded 3 bedroom 1 3/4 bath house
located on the Columbia River with easy
access to miles recreation land. Reply to
posting or call #406-291-9317. (H4-173tpp)
COULEE DAM 1121 Central Drive. 1979
custom built bi-level. Kitchen, dining,
living room, 3 bdrm., 2 bath up. Family
room, office/bdrm., laundry room down.
2-1/2+ car attached garage. Large fenced
treed backyard with decks. $175,000.
509.633.0836. (N4-25-1tp)
10-10-tfc
FOR SALE BY OWNER - Home/
shop on 15 acres. 4 bed., 2 bath
home with large shop in Wilbur.
Home features two separate living
areas, and very large kitchen with
walk-in pantry. Reduced to rock bottom $175,000. Call for details (509)
844-2988. (G4-24-4tp)
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
Low Income • HUD Housing
SPRING CANYON
APARTMENTS
(509) 633-3481
NICE QUIET
1 APARTMENT
IN WILBUR
Mobile
CLEAN 2 bedroom 14x60 mobile home for
sale in Delano, 57862 Cardinal Road, 2
baths and large shop, $125,000. Call 6332485 or 631-0135. (F12-19-tfc)
Subsidized, quality, like-new affordable housing with many amenities. Rent based on income. Must
be income eligible.
For information, call manager at
1-509-467-3036 or
TDD #1-800-545-1833, ext. #530.
SINGLEWIDE Marlett on large rented lot
with recent upgrades. Quiet lake view,
$16,500. 633-3578. (B4-24-1tp)
Realty
This institution is an equal opportunity
provider, and employer.
Realty
Please
stopstop
by the
Coulee
Manor
Please
by Grand
the Senior
Manor
211 Continental, Grand Coulee, WA
509-633-1190 or contact the
Housing Authority, 1139 Larson Blvd.,
Moses Lake, WA
FOR SALE – 2 bdrm. house, totally
remodeled, located at 801 Pine St., Coulee
Dam, $149,500. Call for details 633-2485 or
631-0135. (F1-30-tfc)
(509) 633-3155
Grand
Coulee
Manor
Grand
Coulee
NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS
HOME FOR SALE: 420 Roosevelt Drive,
Grand Coulee, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, utility,
basement, one car garage, partially fenced
yard. Call 633-2485 or 631-0135. (D1-30tfc)
MANUFACTURED HOME FOR SALE:
57862 Cardinal Road, Delano, clean 2
bedroom 14 X 60, two bath, large shop 40
X 60. Call 633-2485 or 631-0135. (D1-30tfc)
Ask for Sam
ROOMS FOR RENT with everything $20
per night 509.647.0117. (Mc4-25-tfc)
TRAILER SPACES AVAILABLE
Homes
20 ACRE PARCELS FOR SALE: $140,000
to $350,000, 2 lots discounted. Spring
Canyon Ridge in Lincoln Co. only one mile
from Grand Coulee. Call 633-2485 or 6310135. (D10-3-tfc)
22+ VIEW ACRES – great Lake Roosevelt
view, paved county road, 3 min+/- to the
lake. 7+/- to boat launch at Spring Canyon.
Best price in the area. Subdividable,
power across street, easy terms. 0 DOWN,
$129,000. 425-210-1184. (H4-24-2tp)
A complete listing of our properties can be found at our website FoisyKennedy.com
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Sales
Homes
4120 E PLUM POINT
Grand Coulee, WA
3 BEDROOM/2 BATH HOME
ON 15.5 ACRES
Listed at $399,900
Picturesque Lake Roosevelt views in this custom designed, aprox. 2200 sq.
ft., 3 bedrooms, 2 bath retreat; perfectly located on 15.5 private acres between Seven Bays and Grand Coulee Dam. Gourmet kitchen complete with
granite countertops and stainless steel appliances. Beautiful Great Room with
vaulted ceilings that opens to a covered wrap-a-round porch. Gigantic 40 X
30 detached shop/garage, custom BBQ/Fire Pit on brick paver patio, fenced
raised bed garden and so much more!
≠≠≠ Listed by: Stephanie Rowe - Windermere Cornerstone 509-4355935
Storage
Realty
COLFAX -- RIVERFRONT 9 acres was
$75,000 now only $39,500. Save $10K
April 20th. Bank Representative will be
onsite. One day price $29,500. Beautiful
valley views, quiet county road with electric.
Excellent financing provided. Call UTR
1-888-326-9048.
Misc.
2005 Bushog Grooming Mower deck PTO,
72 inch wide cut for field mowing. Used very
little, good condition. $700.00 Call Layne @
206 794 5801 (S4-10-3tpp)
HANDMADE WOODEN BUNKBEDS
$350. 631-0194. (N4-10-tfc)
-
Free - daffodils formerly planted at
Wright Elementary outside Mrs. Parker’s
classroom. 633-1579. (?4-24-1tnc)
For Sale: Solid oak lighted two-piece
entertainment center. 7’W x 6’T x 17”D.
2 Glass doors with three shelves behind
each. Four storage cabinets underneath.
Beautiful, like new. Asking $250. Call 6312275. (G4-24-1tnc)
OLD SCHOOL TV and stand to give away;
dresser to give away; small desk to give
away; Rainbow vacuum needs repair to
give away; 6’ height curio cabinet to give
away; coffee table $100. Call Marci 6331191. (M4-24-2tp)
EDUCATION/CAREER
TRAINING
ATTEND COLLEGE online from home.
*Medical *Business *Criminal Justice.
*Hospitality. Job placement assistance.
Computer available. Financial Aid if
qualified. SCHEV authorized. Call 866-6736209. www.CenturaOnline.com
FINANCIAL - LOCAL PRIVATE INVESTOR
loans money on real estate equity. I loan on
houses, raw land, commercial property and
property development. Call Eric at (425)
803-9061. www.fossmortgage.com
C.J.’s Mini Storage
Various Sizes Available
Grand Coulee & Electric City
633-8074 or 631-1222
LYNN’S
STORAGE
633-0246
RALPH’S STORAGE UNITS
AVAILABLE
12x35 - $76 10x14 - $53
509-633-2458
111 Williams St. N., Elmer City
504 Banks Ave, Grand Coulee, Classic Ranch Style home that has
been pampered over the years. The home has appr. 2,050 s.f. on the
main level, plus another 1,000 s.f. of finished living area in the lower level.
There are 4 bedrooms and 2 and a half baths. The Living room is 16.5’ x
22.25’ and has a tiled fireplace with insert and built in shelving. The kitchen
has been transformed with custom oak cabinets. The home has Central
F/A heating & cooling with a heat pump, vinyl siding and vinyl windows
and over a 1,000 s.f. of workshop space in addition to the attached 900
s.f. garage. The property is just over an acre in size. List price is just
$229,500.
#918B Buffalo Lake Road, Nespelem, Beautiful 2005 Valley Quality
Manufactured home on 20 Acres. The home is just over 1,800 s.f. in
size and has 3 Bedroom and 2 full baths. Vaulted sheet-rocked ceilings,
Central Heat, Vinyl 2 pane windows, Copper Plumbing & Comp 3 tab roof. The kitchen has tons of cabinets and counter space. Side by Side Ref,
dw, ctop, oven, washer & dryer, and freezer all stay. The home was built
to Super Good Cents construction standards so it has high energy values
and 6 inch exterior walls. The property dimensions are 661’ by 1,320’
and are mostly flat with some trees and partially fenced. List Price is
just $174,900.
57944 NE Spokane Blvd Grand Coulee, Large 6 bedroom home with
over 2,425 square feet of finished living area on main and upper floors all
together, plus there is a 975 s.f. unfinished basement for extra storage.
Originally built in 1938, the home has had a number of updates over
the years. It has newer laminate flooring and carpet, all newer built in
kitchen appliances, and an attached 2 car garage. Fenced yard with auto
sprinkler system. RV Parking, and more. The property is approximately
17,500 s.f. in size or .40 of an acre and has been recently surveyed.
List price is just $167,500 with Seller paying up to $4,000 of buyers
closing costs
1109 Camas Street, Coulee Dam, Completely renovated in 2012, this
2 Bedroom Home is in great shape. The home has 1,100 square feet,
all on one level. It has a Metal Roof, Vinyl siding, Vinyl 2 pane windows,
and all new plumbing and wiring. Beautiful Oak cabinets in Kitchen with
all stainless steel appliances. There is also a pantry along with central
F/A heating and cooling with a HP. The property is appr 65’ by 120’ and
has a fenced backyard with auto sprinklers, and a large 747 s.f. shop and
garage with 11 foot sidewalls. List price is just $149,000.
#611 Pine Street, Coulee Dam, Looking for an adorable 2 Bedroom
Cottage, close to everything? This home has been very well maintained
over the years. It has updated Vinyl Siding, a Newer Composition 3 tab
roof, and new updated double pane windows. There is a detached extra
large two car garage and a concrete RV pad adjacent. The property
is 2 1/2 lots that total appr. 128 feet wide by 77.50 feet deep, or just
under 10,000 s.f. The property has a beautifully landscaped fenced back
yard and includes a cherry tree and an apple tree. List price is just
$139,900.
eQUAl HoUSINg
oppoRtUNIty
eQUAl HoUSINg
oppoRtUNIty
803 Walnut Street, Coulee Dam
803 Walnut Street, Coulee Dam. Here is a large 3 Bedroom - 1 3/4
bath home with everything all on one level. Spacious Living Room and
Dining Room and a modern kitchen. The rec room gives you another
area to hang out or play games. The exterior wood lap siding was
recently painted. It has a Comp 3 tab roof, updated 2 pane windows,
updated electrical service and a huge backyard area that is mostly
fenced. The property is approximately 132’ wide by 112.50 deep,
so there is plenty of room for a big shop if you would like or develop
an area for a garden or maybe add a larger deck. List Price is just
$140,000 with a $3,000 closing cost allowance.
213 Lincoln Ave, Electric City, Very Cute 3 Bedroom 2 bath home
in Electric City. Home has 960 sf on the main level plus another 912
sf downstairs that is mostly finished. It has Vinyl siding, Vinyl 2 pane
windows, remodeled kitchen with oak cabinets and a Large Master
Bedroom. Downstairs, there is a Family Room with a pellet stove, 2
bedrooms, utility room, and huge storage room. The property is 80’
by 80’ and has a fenced yard, large patio area and a 2 car garage.
List price is $129,500 with a $2,500 closing cost credit.
46538 Sunny Hill Lane N, Grand Coulee, Located just 7 miles from
Grand Coulee is this 3 Bedroom – 2 bath Manufactured home on 6.18
acres overlooking Lake Roosevelt. The home is just under 1,050 s.f.
in size and was built in 1982 by Skyline. It has Central Heat and Air
conditioning, copper plumbing, 200 amp circuit breaker service and
medium sized deck. But the best part is the wonderful view of Lake
Roosevelt. List price is just $99,500 and the seller will pay up to
$5,000 of buyer’s closing costs.
702 Birch Street, Coulee Dam, Do you need lots of storage at an
affordable price? Then this might just be the place you’re looking
for. The home has 3 bedrooms and 1 bath on the main level and is
just over 1,050 s.f. in size, plus another 1,050 s.f. in the unfinished
basement. Plumbing all set up for installing a second bath downstairs.
Home has Wood lap siding, comp 3 tab roof, copper plumbing and bb
electric heat with a wall ac. Small yard makes it easy to care for. 1 car
carport provides off- street parking. List price is just $92,500.
57921 NE Lakeview Blvd, Grand Coulee, 2 bedroom 1 bath cottage
located in Delano. The home has 1,030 s.f. on the main level and is
on a large lot. The home has stucco siding, metal roof, galvanized
plumbing, 200 amp cb service, and electric bb heat. The home is
serviced by an on-site septic system. The property is appr 13,000 s.f.
in size and is partially fenced. List price is $74,900.
607 Cedar St, Coulee Dam, 2+ bedroom 1 bath home in need of
some updating. It has just over 1,150 square feet that are all on one
level. Home has metal lap siding, dimensional tab roofing and wood
fireplace in the living room. The plumbing is a combination of galv
and copper. The electrical is a 200 amp fuse service and home does
have perimeter foundation. The property is 120’ wide by 80’ feet deep,
or appr. 9,600 s.f. all together. It has a nice backyard and patio area.
List price is now just $69,500.
Looking for Land? We have a number of lots and building sites
available both in and out of town. Prices start at $13,500 and
go up from there. A complete list of properties for sale can be
found on our website at www.FoisyKennedy.com, or give us a
call at 509-633-0410.
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RVs
1987 - 31’ Holiday Rambler Trailer. All
alum., 4 seasons, rear bath, twin beds, front
kitchen, $5,950. Very nice trailer, Electric
City. 631-1222. (S9-12-tfc)
Autos
2001 FORD TAURUS SES, 176,000 miles,
runs great, new tabs, $2,250. 425-8940351. (P4-24-1tp)
VEHICLE AUCTION – Jack’s 4-Corner –
Tues., April 30. Viewing 10 a.m. Auction 11
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119 N. Division
16 S. 2nd
5 N. 3rd
16 N. 3rd
3rd & Maple
112 S. 3rd
4th & Main-Comm. Center
Behind Comm. Center
405 W. Main
4th & Oak
112 N. 5th
5th & Main
5th & Chestnut(3)
5th & Oak
7th & Elm
7th & Maple (2)
120 S. 7th
7th & Chestnut
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#111 Williams St N. Elmer City, Here is your chance to enjoy country
living without being miles from town. Multi level home has 3+ bedrooms
and almost 2,100 sf all together. It has appr. 845 sf on the main level, 400
s.f. upstairs and a 845 sf mostly finished basement. The home has metal
lap siding, Comp 3 tab roof, 2 pane windows and 2 wood fireplaces. The
property is appr. 109.7’ wide by appr. 193.90’ deep or just under one half
acre. There is an old outbuilding that needs to come down. Lots of room
for a big garage and or shop. Co-op irrigation system for outside irrigation
water. The list price is just $99,500.
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