May 18, 2016
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May 18, 2016
1 $ 00 VOL. LXXVI, NO. 8 Newsbriefs Council against shipping out youth Elmer City’s town council passed a resolution last week to ask Okanogan County commissioners to keep its juvenile detention facility and not send juveniles to a facility out of the county. The council cited the negative impacts, both socially and economically, this would have on youth and their families. Horsemanship clinic this weekend The Ridge Riders, with Lucia Clemetson, CHA certified riding instructor in charge, will offer its Horsemanship Clinic May 20-22, at the rodeo grounds. There will be sessions for beginners, intermediates and advanced riders. Those attending will learn how to put on saddles and bridles correctly as well as other skills. Those wanting information can contact Janet Doughty at 633-1263. Music festival this week Sunbanks Lake Resort kicks off its blues festival this Thursday, running through Sunday. Sunbanks has won the state’s top Rhythm and Blues festival award six times. Some 20 blues individuals and groups from all over the United States will be performing on stage at the resort in Electric City. Softball signups under way The local recreation softball league is in the process of getting under way. A brief meeting of coaches is set for Wednesday, May 25, at 5:30 p.m. at Loepp Furniture and Appliance. The season will likely get underway June 6, with a tournament Aug. 4–6. For more information, call Kevin Portch at 633-0430 or 631-0139. Visitors’ guide inside Subscribers this week will receive a copy of this year’s Grand Coulee Dam Area Visitors’ Guide. The guide was published late in April and currently is being distributed throughout the state. Supplies bid awarded The H.D. Fowler company of East Wenatchee was awarded work to provide water and sewer supplies to Electric City. The bid was for $12,173.90. Public works director Ken Dexter said the awarding of the bid saves the city considerable money. Jazz it up for free A “Jazzmasters” jam, at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille, will be held at 4 p.m., Wednesday, May 25, and it will be free. The session will feature “oldies and jazz.” The public is invited. SERVING THE GRAND COULEE DAM AREA, WASHINGTON STATE MAY 18, 2016 Future of city, pathway project discussed by Roger S. Lucas About 40 people showed up Saturday at the Vet’s Center to hear and take part in discussions about the revitalization of Electric City. The meeting, the first of two scheduled, was to get input on what residents would like to see in the future for the city. Washington State University professor Kathleen Ryan conducted the meeting after Electric City Deputy Clerk Russell Powers explained the reason for the meeting — to get ideas from the public of what they would like to see Electric City become in the future. Ryan, Professor Bob Krikac, and four students from WSU made up the team from the school’s Rural Communities Design Initiative. The plan is for the WSU team to take the ideas and return in a few weeks with a tentative plan of how the city might proceed. Powers said he thought the next meeting would be in July. The discussion quickly turned to a proposed pathway and trail system in the city. The design group sought ideas of the components of any trail system as well as thoughts on other parks and city improvements, including sidewalks. There was strong feeling that the Ice Age story should be told along the trail system so visitors would learn more about the area. Comments were made about restrooms, picnic tables, possible lighting on the trail, and a station where those with electric cars could recharge their vehicles. There was concern that a trail system through neighborhoods might produce vandalism, burglaries and scattered debris. Those are some of the things that the WSU team will try to ad- What Electric City could look like in the future was the subject Saturday as about 40 people showed up at the Vet’s Center to share their ideas. People were asked to break apart in small groups and discuss items of interest. Most hovered over large aerial prints of the area to see how their ideas would work out. Here, WSU Professor Bob Krikac visits with Coulee Playland employee Lou Nevsimal (pointing from the right) about one of the features on an aerial print. City Councilmember Lonna Bussert is in the left foreground. Electric City Mayor John Nordine II is at the end of the table. — Roger S. Lucas photo dress before their next meeting here. The city council has already approved $40,000 from its hotel/ motel fund to pay the expenses of the WSU team and for Gray & Osborne, the city’s engineering firm, to put a plan together. The council also set aside $400,000 of hotel/motel funds to be used for matching money for Resort, stated that he was opposed to any trail system. He said he thought the use of hotel/motel tax money for a trail was inappropriate. It was pointed out by Powers that Welton would have plenty of time to discuss this later in the program, and that this part of the program was to collect ideas from the audience. Some residents were concerned Free fresh food coming Tuesday by Roger S. Lucas The Mobile Food Bank of 2nd Harvest will distribute free produce, nutritious perishable products and other groceries for families in need at Zion Lutheran Church, Tuesday, May 24 from 10 a.m. to noon. Last year’s 2nd Harvest visit distributed 7,230 pounds of vegetables and perishable foods, and officials here said that about 10,000 pounds of free food should be available this year. Those attending the free food distribution are asked to bring their own boxes. This year, there will be two such free distributions of food by 2nd Harvest. The second visit is scheduled for Sept. 22, and will be sponsored by Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union, as part of its 75th anniversary. Next Tuesday’s free distribution is sponsored by Zion Lutheran Church, Grand Coulee Community Church, Thrivent Financial and American Legion Post 157. The 2nd Harvest receives support from Asuris Northwest Health. The distribution event is open to the public and no documentation is needed. For additional information, call Evelyn Russell at 633-0648 or the 24-hour Mobile Food Bank information line at 509-252-6270. work on phase one of the trail. Powers had to keep bringing the group back to the purpose of the meeting, to share ideas. People in the audience wanted answers on how much the trail would cost, where the money would come from and specifics that are not readily available until there’s a plan to work from. Pat Welton, of Sunbanks Lake that any trail system would go between their property and Banks Lake. The Bureau of Reclamation owns land along the shore of Banks Lake and any trail system along the lake would presumably be on Bureau property. Still, nothing has been decided and the WSU team will return in July with more specific ideas. See CITY page 2 Contract voided by council by Roger S. Lucas The chamber of commerce’s 2016 contract with Electric City, good for nearly $27,000 for advertising use, was voided last Tuesday night by city council members because the wording of the contract returned to the city in April had been altered. The city is sending out the original contract again this week. If it isn’t signed and returned, the hotel/ motel funds will continue to remain with the city. The council had agreed to provide the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce $30,000 for this year but would take back $3,208.51, the amount the city says the chamber went over its agreement for 2015. The original 2016 contract stated that advertising expenses for the chamber festivals Colorama, Triple Fish Challenge, Festival of America (July 4), See CONTRACT page 2 Tribal voters choose candidates in primary by Roger S. Lucas All of the incumbents who filed for re-election in the Colville Tribal Business Council primary election last week made it into the general election, scheduled for June 17. Only one councilmember up for election, Nancy Johnson, for the Nespelem District Position 2 seat, did not file. The top vote getters for that seat — Sheliah Cleveland with 177 votes, and Brian Nissen, a three-time former council member with 164 votes — will make it into the June general election. Others in that race were Charlene E. Bearcub, 151 votes; Cory Christman, 114 votes; and Joaquin J. Marchand, 111 votes. In Nespelem District Position 1, William “Billy” Nicholson II, gained 272 votes and will face challenger Willie Womer, who received 250 votes. Others in that race were Amelia AM (Moses) Marchand, 158 votes, and Clarita A. Vargas, who received 40 votes. In Inchelium District Position 2, incumbent Marvin Kheel got 158 votes and will face Larry K. Allen, who received 149 votes, in See ELECTION page 2 Going down Bureau of Reclamation workers are lowered from the top of Grand Coulee Dam Tuesday to dissemble catwalks on which they’ve been working for weeks along the bottom of the drum gates. The walkways are put in place at the top of the spillway whenever maintenance work on the drum gates is taking place. At the end of Tuesday, catwalks remained along three drum gates. — Nora Jenn photo THE STAR • MAY 18, 2016 PAGE 2 Large crowd attends county Colorama parade winners listed meeting on juvenile hall by Fred Netzel, special to The Star Approximately 100 concerned citizens from across Okanogan County attended a special session of the Okanogan County Board of Commissioners May 10. At stake: the future of Okanogan County juvenile detainees. A quiet group waited patiently for their opportunity to tell the three county commissioners one thing: Do not move troubled youth out of Okanogan County. Included in the group were District Court judges Charles Short and Robert Grim and Superior Court judges Christopher Culp and Henry Rawson. Questions from the judges and comments from citizens followed a 90-minute presentation by three representatives from Martin Hall, a juvenile detention facility located approximately 150 miles east in Medical Lake, Washington. This special session was the fourth of six scheduled sessions as the county commissioners gather facts and figures from Chelan County, Martin Hall and Okanogan County administrators in order to determine where to best detain juvenile offenders before, during and after appearance in Okanogan County Superior Court. Commissioners stated that costs associated with detention, transportation and rehabilitation services, as well as impacts to juveniles and their extended families, will be considered before a final decision is reached. Contract Koulee Kids Fest, Harvest Festival, and for the Grand Coulee Dam Area Visitor’s Guide, would be paid upon receipt of invoices. The chamber had stated earlier that this wording was too restrictive and tried to improve the language of the contract, adding “and general tourism.” The council was supportive of the work of the chamber, but felt that it had voided the agreement by changing the wording of the contract. Electric City had sent the contract out in January. Electric City advised the chamber of commerce by letter last week that it needed to sign the original unaltered contract Election Martin Hall Juvenile Justice Facility is a 63-bed facility constructed in 1935 and leased from the state of Washington by a consortium of nine Washington counties. Management and dayto-day operations of the facility are provided through a five-year contract with Community, Counseling & Correctional Services (CCCS), a private, not-for-profit corporation headquartered in Butte, Montana. CCCS has 14 correctional facilities located in Montana, North Dakota, Idaho and Washington. The company also provides approximately 90 percent of the transportation services associated with moving prisoners incarcerated in the Montana Correctional Facility system. Lincoln County Commissioner Scott Hutsell, chairman of Martin Hall, led a discussion that focused on the process the nine-county consortium uses at the end of each calendar year to determine a daily bed rate to charge facility users during the following year. The facility houses between 22 and 25 juveniles per day this year, with a recent peak of 40 juveniles. The average stay at Martin Hall is 14 days. Members of the nine-county consortium are charged for a total 27 beds used 365 days per year, whether the beds are used or not. The bed rate this calendar year is $155 per day for a total of approximately $ 1.53 million. Continued from front page so advertising invoices could be paid. The chamber had already submitted invoices for this year and payment of them is pending receipt of the signed original contract. Chamber Executive Director Peggy Nevsimal said the contract, unaltered, had been signed and returned to the city Tuesday. “We are disappointed that we won’t be allowed to advertise anything other than the five festivals,” she said. “Festival are only a small part of what we have to offer.” Continued from front page the general election. Others in that race were James Esquivel, with 12 votes, Cary L. Rosenbaum Sr., 73 votes, and Stevey Seymour with 74 votes. In the Inchelium District Position 1 race, incumbent Jim Boyd, who received 148 votes, will meet George Simpson, who got 142 votes, in the general election. Others in that race were Sarah J. Finley with 125 votes and Douglas Seymour with 55 votes. In the Keller District Position 1 race, Joseph L. Somday received 107 votes and will square off against Billie Jo Bray, who had 37 votes. Kelly Jarred, also in the race, attracted 28 votes. In Omak District Position 1, incumbent Edwin L. Marchand, with 297 votes, will face Darlene “Dar” Burke, who had 141 votes. Gene Allen got 95 votes. In the Omak District 2 race, Michael E Marchand got 217 votes and will face Karen Condon, who received 138 votes. Others in the race include Richard Allen with 95 votes, and Anne Marchand with 85 votes. Non-consortium counties and other judicial jurisdictions, such as Indian tribes and states, have access to the remaining 36 beds in Martin Hall in two ways: First, the jurisdictions can contract for one or more beds for 365 days for one year at the same daily rate the consortium members pay ($155 per bed per day this year). Garfield County has used this approach in the past. The second approach is to contract for beds on an as-needed basis. This is the approach most commonly utilized by tribes. This year, the consortium is charging $200 per day per bed under this approach. Hutsell and his team, commissioners Jack Johnson, of Stevens County, and Bill Smith, of Douglas County, provided additional information during the special session. The team covered educational and behavioral modification counseling, capital improvements and day-to-day maintenance and transportation costs. Currently, CCCS provides transportation services to consortium members at no cost. Coulee Dam Mayor Greg Wilder drew a buzz from the audience during the comment period when he stated that the notion of free transportation was little more than “smoke and mirrors.” Further informational sessions are scheduled at the Okanogan County Commissioners Hearing Room in the Grainger Building on the county justice campus in Okanogan. On June 14, Court Administrator Dennis Rabidou will present information on programs and services currently available to juvenile offenders at Okanogan County Juvenile Detention. On June 21, Superior Court judges will discuss legal issues associated with preliminary detention, transportation and court appearances. Sessions will start at 6 p.m. The public is welcomed and encouraged to attend. City Continued from front page The people broke up into smaller groups and occupied several tables that were set up with large aerial prints. People were marking where any community trail might go as it wound its way through the city. The WSU contingent had placed sheets of paper on the walls with different ideas where people marked interest in both a community trail and one proposed as a nature trail along Osborne Bay. Powers pointed out that any sidewalk project would be funded through grants from the Washington State Transportation Improvement Board. Currently, the city does not have any sidewalks through its main business area. The city’s mayor and all five council members were at the meeting. Everybody loves a parade, including those who enter the parade and win trophies. The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce, sponsor of the annual parade gave out a number of awards at the Colorama Festival parade of a week ago. The Grand Sweepstakes Award went to the Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union for its float. The chamber gave the President’s Award to the Newport Ro- Nespelem School’s Run-Walk Club walks the parade route while advisor deo Pooper Scoopers. Sue Dicky gets a hug. The group took first place in the Organization catIn Community entries, Miss egory in the Colorama Parade. — Scott Hunter photos Creston Royalty took first, Grand Coulee Public Library took second and a 1947 Willys Jeep took third. In the Organization category, the Run-Walk Club of Nespelem School took first, Eagles Women’s Auxiliary took second, and third was awarded to Banks Lake Bass Club. In the Business category, Coulee Medical Center won first, Nespelem Valley Electric was awarded second and DWK Fowler Playhouse was given third place. In bands, Bridgeport 7–12th grade band was first, Brewster High School band was second, and Lake Roosevelt band was given third. In the Classic Car category, a 1958 Chevrolet won first, a 2009 Mustang won second and Dave Baum won third with his entry. In the Equestrian category, Newport Rodeo was first, Miss Spangle Days was second and Miss Gem State Stampede was third. Coulee Medical Center’s float garnered first place in the Business categoIn Hot Rods, a 1968 AMX won ry, while its walkers handed out sun screen. first and a 1939 Chevrolet won second. The parade lasted about an • Tammy Warren, Weber BBQ canvas thermal bag from Tauryn hour and played out to scores of Shar, from Coulee Hardware, people who lined Midway Avenue. • Gary Norris, Electric City • Tammy Norris, four free lunches at Koulee Kids Fest from Bar & Grill gift certificate, • Lorie Gross, numbered postthe Senior Center, • J. D. Davis, 18 holes of free age stamp print from the Grand golf and use of cart, Banks Lake Coulee Post Office, Winners were announced this Golf Course, • J. Summer, 49-inch LG LED week for the Colorama button • Kate Steffens, Electric City TV from Grand Coulee Dam Area drawing held on Saturday, May 7. Bar & Grill gift certificate, Chamber of Commerce, and The numbered buttons had been • Marilyn Harder, $75 Visa gift • Birdie Hensley, $75 Visa gift on sale throughout the area. card from CDFCU. card from CDFCU, Winners were: • Emily Robinson, year sub• Kali DeChum, framed art- scription to The Star newspaper, work by Janis Heuvel, HIGH DAM TAVERN • Char Livell, two Colorama • Casey Munson, $25 gift cer- rodeo tickets from the Ridge Ridon Main St., Grand Coulee tificate from Fusion Café, ers, • Barb Schmidt, 18 holes of • Alivia Richards, Banks Lake free golf and use of golf cart by Pub gift certificate, Banks Lake Golf Course, • Amanda Welch, “Thirty-one” • Gary Haven, six “The Works” car washes at Jack’s Four Corner New owners Service, Frank & Ora Christman • J. Summer, $75 Visa gift card NEW HOURS from Coulee Dam Federal Credit Sunday 4-11 p.m. Mon. & Tues. 2 p.m. - 2 a.m. Union, Wed. - Sat. 11 a.m. - 2 a.m. • Danny Smith, $30 gift certifiDrawing every Friday Grill Open until 11 p.m. cate at the Senior Center Thrift (Orders taken until 10:45 p.m.) at 6:30 p.m. Deep Fried Food until 1:30 a.m. Store, As of May 6 SPECIALS • Lonna Bussert, $20 Junkers Mon. - Meatloaf with Mashed Potatoes Tues. - Deep Fried Tacos gift certificate, Wed. - Wings Hot or BBQ Thurs. - Spaghetti • Jose Santistevan, rifle rest, Fri. - Fish Tacos or Fish Sandwich Hamburgers & Potato • Susan Duclos, gift basket INDIAN TACO THURSDAY Last Thursday of every month from Coulee Pioneer Museum, Salad this Friday Other items on menu • Josh Long, $25 Fusion Café 6 oz hamburger • 2 oz Sliders HAPPY HOUR 3:00 to 6:00 p.m. Every Day Fish & Chips • Broasted Chicken gift certificate, • J. Summer, 60-minute masHAPPY HOUR 4 P.M. - 6 P.M. sage at Good Medicine Massage, • George Myers, $25 Flo’s gift Main St., Grand Coulee 216 Continental Hts., Grand Coulee 509-633-9888 certificate, 633-0555 • MEMBERS ONLY • Justin Carlson, 10,000 BTU portable air conditioner from Loepps, • Pat Canady, framed artwork by Darlene Morava, • Showaway Hunt, $75 Visa gift card from CDFCU, Button drawing winners noted Queen of Hearts 50/50 Raffle! WIN $1870.50 FOOD DISTRIBUTION Memorial Day Breakfast Saturday, May 28 7 a.m. to 11 a.m. Pancakes, Eggs, Sausage, Ham Served by Veterans Breakfast is Free (Donations accepted) At the Vets’ Center Electric City Isle of Flags Memorial Day Ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. on Monday, May 30 at Spring Canyon Cemetery • Free produce, nutritious perishable products and other groceries for ALL families in need of food assistance. • OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! No appointment or documentation needed. Held rain or shine. Contact Evelyn Russell at 509-633-0648 or the 24-hour Mobile Food Bank Info Line at 509-242-6207 Tuesday, May 24 • 10 a.m. - Noon Zion Lutheran Church (parking lot) 348 Mead, Grand Coulee, WA PLEASE BRING A BOX FOR YOUR FOOD Thanks, in part, to generous support from (subject to change) PAGE 3 THE STAR • MAY 18, 2016 O P I N I O N How would you answer Kate? Approached by someone who knew nothing about the area you live in, how would you answer them if asked for the most important facts they should know before or during a visit to the area we call home? That’s the essence of a question asked by Kate, who plans to bicycle through the area in August on a cross-country trek with a large group of bicyclists — all the way from Providence, Rhode Island. “I was wondering if there was any information you think visitors should know about Grand Coulee,” Kate wrote in a recent email to The Star. That’s a broad question with a lot of potential answers, the basis of the format for the special section found in this issue for many readers. Subscribers to The Star will find in this issue “The Grand Coulee Dam Area Visitors’ Guide 2016.” Its question-and-answer format was conceived long ago to answer questions commonly asked by people like Kate. But this is a new age with new capabilities, which we embrace. Where our printed visitor guide leaves off, our on- line blog picks up at gcdvisitor.com. We’d like your help with it. The intent of the online product is to offer visitors updates on what’s happening right now and to explore in greater depth the topics that will keep them (and you) interested. This week, for example, we’ll post about this weekend’s music festival at Sunbanks Lake Resort. But that doesn’t answer Kate’s more timeless question. How would you answer her? We’d like to know. If you’d like to tell us, feel free to write in, answer in the comments section online or in the comments to this article on our Facebook page at www.facebook.com/GrandCouleeStar, or our Twitter feed, @ culestar. Oh, and take a look at this year’s visitors’ guide, just to get you started. Scott Hunter editor and publisher Letters from Our Readers A theme cropped up in hearing on change in juvenile facilities On May 10, a public meeting was held in Okanogan involving a possible change on where our troubled juveniles would be housed over a period of time. The three Okanogan County commissioners were there, also three commissioners from other counties who gave a presentation on their experiences with Martin Hall, a private, not-for-profit group who handles juvenile offenders from nine counties. A standing-room-only group of people from all over Okanogan County was there to listen as the Martin Hall program was explained to us by Lincoln County Commissioner Scott Hutsell. It was made very clear at the beginning of the meeting that the audience was free to comment at the proper time if they had signed for it, but not to ask questions. The crowd listened very carefully and quietly until we reached the comment period. As I listened to the comments, one theme kept cropping up: The people commented over and over that the distances involved in keeping “our kids” so far from home was the last thing our young people needed. At a time like that, they needed all the support that it was possible to give them. We have our own Okanogan facilities that provide the same services right in Okanogan, a site much more accessible to our county residents. It was pointed out that finding transportation for our families would be very difficult and in the winter might involve a stayover due to road conditions, making it even more expensive. Another point brought up was the loss of jobs in our county if our present facility were shut down. Jobs are not all that plentiful in our county that we can afford to lose not only the person employed, but their families, and the money that gets spent right here at home. As a former teacher at Nespelem, I can say from experience that any support we can give “our kids” is vital to prevent them from spiraling further down the chain that too often begins with a first offense, a sentiment that was echoed over and over. There was a field of statistics offered on costs and savings, but they did not seem to impress the audience. Mayor Wilder of Coulee Dam was one of the commentators who pointed out that any “freebies” in the Martin Hall program were being paid by somebody, some way, and we should be skeptical of them. There will be another public meeting on June 14 in Okanogan in which our own county program and facilities will be presented to the public and the Okanogan County commissioners. I urge you that if you possibly can attend, to go and make up your own mind on the best place for our kids. The commissioners have the final say on the decision, but we need to make our voices heard. That is how a democracy should work, but it takes effort on our part to live up to our responsibilities. I HOPE TO SEE YOU THERE, at the County Commissioners Office. Carol Netzel Wanted! New Okanogan County commissioners Sheila Kennedy and Ray Campbell have both announced their interest in being reelected as Okanogan County commissioner.s Given their track record, we can’t let that happen. So far, Campbell is running unopposed. The deadline to declare your candidacy is this Friday! We need qualified candidates for District 2 with a sincere interest in addressing the concerns of constituents and the integrity and business savvy needed to put our county back on track. Candidates must register and pay the filing fee with the Okanogan Auditor by 4:30 p.m., Friday, May 20, online at okanogancounty.org. Payment must be made in cash or by check. Okanogan County commissioners receive an annual salary of approximately $64,500. Recently, your county govern- ment has spent large amounts of time and money engaging in expensive lawsuits, making illegal decisions they were later forced to reconsider, and thwarting public participation. In the past three years: 1) They have attempted to thwart efforts to provide a public transportation system in spite of voters approving funding. 2) Commissioners Campbell and Kennedy voted to vacate the Three Devils Road, ignoring the advice of the hearing examiner and testimony of over 200 area residents with concerns about access to public lands and emergency exit in case of fire. 3) Okanogan County’s top two economic drivers have historically been farming and ranching, yet recently, our county commissioners have zoned the majority of private land in the county for urban densities rather than agri- culture. 4) Kennedy and Campbell are also spending an inordinate amount of time and money pursuing the transfer of federal lands, an effort to take the “public” out of public lands. 5) The Commissioners are currently pushing to shut down local facilities for juvenile detention and contracting with a facility in Spokane — ignoring public outcry and the advice of local judges and youth advocates. Help us find a new county commissioner for our Okanogan County District 2. Encourage qualified individuals to run for county commissioner. For more information, go to the website for Represent Okanogan County at rocon2016.org. Pat Leigh Winthrop And now some advice for 2016 grads Relax. That’s right, I said it. Relax. You have had a strenuous senior year and you are thinking that this has been so hard. Note that I said “thinking.” I use that word because for most of you, you think the last four years were the most grueling, difficult and dramatic times that will ever be. But, unfortunately, they won’t be. Soon you will be thinking back, wishing life were as simple as it was in Jesse Utz 2016. So relax, and while relaxing do this other “R” word: reflect. Very soon, you will know the pressures of adult life, and that is where things start to get sticky. Those of you who start school right away and hit the college campuses will soon realize that Kelton and Daniels were easy on you compared to Professor “Real Life” and his endless notes and impossibly long papers. Those worker bees who will hit the job force head on will soon realize that good jobs are hard to come by and making those paychecks stretch over the entire bill stack (that you are now responsible for), leaves you no room for new shoes. And these are just the small things coming up. I say relax and reflect because you must know for certain where you’re going. You don’t have to know what you’re going to do, but you had better know where you’re going. While relaxing and reflecting, come to an understanding with yourself. What do I enjoy doing and how do I make that work? Don’t understand yet? Let me explain more. If you love animals and get a sense of fulfillment working with them, then you have options. Long-term goals might include zoology, biology or veterinary careers, but the short-term might be volunteering at an animal rescue or veterinary clinic. But be happy in what you do. One more thing to add to your “R” list: Relationships, and I am not talking about boyfriends and girlfriends. I am talking about your parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles, mentors, pastors and friends. Cultivate them. Learn from them. Right now, they have a mountain of experience both good Jess, shut up! When tribal leadership incompetence becomes racketeering It’s one thing to be ignorant of one’s own stupidity and incompetence, but TR 2016-217 rubs it in the face of the Colville Tribal Peoples, a cruel insult to the members of the CCT who are ashamed, especially, of the criminal racketeering by Tribal Government. Such racketeering is a result of the influences of conspiratorial corruption, cronyism, and nepotism institutionalized within tribal government, the racket that spans the corporatecouncil relationship. (Editor’s note: The writer refers to a tribal resolution passed May 5, approving a loan of $7.4 million to the Colville Fuels Division to build a Moses Lake truck stop with money from a community projects fund from a federal settlement.) It is important to realize why a council-corporate team violates the major rule of saving face when a person or a group finds herself in total error, turning to fraud: “When you find yourself in a deep hole, stop digging.” The business failures from one decade to another, first solely under tribal government (Colville Business Council [CBC]) then in partner with Colville Tribal Enterprises Corporation (CTEC) turned Colville Tribal Federal Corporation (CTFC), just by name changing (capitalist shape-shift) alone, illustrates how tribal government runs away from liability for these failures. The transition from CTEC to CTFC illustrates how attempted liability escape simply kicks the can down the road rather than corrects the stupidity, incompetence, and criminality of the operations and enterprise of what has become racketeering. Keep in mind there are a few well-used tools to sustain the racket. Censorship of criti- cisms of so-called leaders who orchestrate the racket has also been orchestrated by two CBC (one current, one former, yet business partners now) members. The Tribal Tribune (TT) is now void of criticism, and the letters-to-the editor policy guides only supportive commentary from members for tribal operations and enterprise. The other main method for sustaining the racketeering is the intentional toothless Council Ethics Code controlled solely by the CBC. Bullying dissenters by threats of job loss and trumped up charges are other tools used to curry favor for the CBC tribal administration and policy setting. So, “where’s the beef”? On the subject of TR 2016-217, “the beef” is that it was required because the operations and enterprise won’t stop digging their own hole. The CBC, CTEC, and CTFC have exhausted their defenses by all their collective errors which resulted and continue to result in insurance claims and law suits. These insurance claims have caused the insurance rating of the racket to virtually disappear which has resulted in the lowest of low credit rating that even the scams by the CBC’s political games couldn’t sustain. No number of ridiculous bought-and-paid-for “Indian Enterprise of The Year” awards can overcome the poor credit rating. The corporate failures and government incompetence reached their points of no return for creditors, who will no longer extend credit to the corporation. At least the creditors stopped the excavator from digging the hole deeper. TR 2016217 is corporate borrowing of The Peoples’ funds that were formerly asked to be paid out to The Peoples from “The Settlement” funds. But no, the CBC’s infinite greed-funded-grift retained the funds to spend down, and spend it down they are. If the corporation was as successful as it claims at every annual charade under the name of “The General Membership Meeting,” such corporation could fund its own growth rather than borrow from The Peoples’ funds. To put it another way, where are the “profits” from the corporation that should be sustaining cash dividends to The Peoples over the decades? Adding insult to injury, The Peoples are offered up the public humiliation by an individual actually using this charade as a parlay for congressional campaign in Washington State’s 5th Congressional District. But, even this humiliation is leveraged by a perception that any con can, so we are left with incumbents and candidates clawing and scratching for the musical chairs of the CBC elections. Filling the position from one clown to the next is a pathetic social-cultural tragedy. Yes, we have our own clown cars to disable. The musical chairs, sadly, embarrassingly, reflect leadership void from necessary constitutional and operational changes that would benefit The Peoples and our cultures, and which would honor, rather than insult and dishonor, our Ancestors. And, all the while, capitalist-“privilege”colonizers, settlers, and pirates grin … and bank it. Lou Stone and bad. Learn something from their stories, life tragedies and triumphs. Take some time this summer and sit down with them over a cup of coffee or a slice of pie and just talk. Tell them about your ambitions and listen to their advice. Calculate it all into your mind and listen with your heart. They might surprise you when you say you want to be an actor/actress. They may have had those same aspirations and might steer you away from the road blocks that trumped them. Or they may give you a dose of reality that sets your mind down a different path. Keep an open mind, and cherish the time you have with loved ones. There is one more relationship that my failure to mention would do you a very big disservice — a relationship with our Savior. I struggled down that slippery path called life a long time before realizing that I can do nothing by myself. I am not saying that even if you are walking with Jesus that hard times won’t come to you; they will, but once you realize that there is a higher power, a Heavenly Father, walking that same path with you, things take on a different perspective. You can always rely on Him. He is there during your worst sins and happiest moments. He does not want you to struggle in life one more second and wants you to partner with Him on this journey. Jesus will carry your burdens for you, but you have to let Him. A good friend of mine just realized this recently. Steve had lived a long hard life and was ready to throw in the towel on many occasions, but Christ found him when he called out. Really, he had been there the whole time. Steve just had to grab the outstretched arm and trust. Faith is a big word that we take for granted a lot of the time, but with it we can conquer the biggest of challenges in our lives. Grab hold. I know most of you will have to live your lives a while before grasping any of this. I just hope that you will not have to dig a very deep hole before you realize that a relationship with God is the most important life lesson any one of us can embrace. Years ago This undated picture is of an Indian fishing camp at Kettle Falls. THE STAR 3 Midway Ave., P.O. Box 150, Grand Coulee, WA 99133 (509) 633-1350/FAX (509) 633-3828/E-MAIL: star@grandcoulee.com Consolidated with the Grand Coulee News - Times and the Almira Herald. The Star Online - grandcoulee.com The Star is published (USPS#518860)weekly at Grand Coulee, Washington, and was entered as second class matter, January 4, 1946. ©2016 Star Newspaper. Periodicals postage paid at Grand Coulee. Postmaster send address changes to: Star, PO Box 150, Grand Coulee, Wash. 99133 Subscription Rates: GOLD Counties $24; Remainder of Washington State $33; Elsewhere within the United States $37; Single Copy Price $1 Scott Hunter ......................................................................................................................................Publisher/Editor Gwen Hilson.....................................................................................................................Production/Office Manager Roger Lucas.....................................................................................................................Advertising/Special Projects Launi Ritter.................................................................................................................................................Proofreader PAGE 4 Obituaries Mildred Williamson Loving mother Mildred Williamson of Grand Coulee, Washington, went to be with the Lord on Saturday, May 14, 2016, after a courageous battle with cancer. Memorial services will be held Friday, May 20, at 2 p.m. at Strate Funeral Home in Grand Coulee, with burial to follow at Spring Canyon Cemetery. A complete obituary will be printed in an upcoming issue of the Star. Valeta Bernice Long Valeta Bernice Long, 89, was born into the Wellington, Texas home of Odis B. and Inez Reasoner on Saturday, September 12, 1926. Tuesday morning, May 10, 2016, in Grand Coulee, Washington ,with her beloved husband, Fred, by her side to say farewell, Valeta gently departed this world to be with her Savior Lord Jesus Christ in Heaven. Following her graduation from high school Valeta Reasoner worked as a waitress in Kirkland, Washington. On January 1, 1946, Fred R. Long, had just been discharged from the military, came in for a cup of coffee, and was enamored with this 19-year-young dark-haired beauty working there. Just three months later, Tuesday, April 2, 1946, found Fred and Valeta standing before a preacher in the minister’s Juanita, Washington home, embarking on a journey together as husband and wife, which would last over 70 years. As well as being a waitress, Valeta also worked as a cashier at Seattle Theaters and as a bookbinder for the school district in Spokane, Washington. She and Fred lived at their Grand Coulee home for 23 years and they attended Faith Community Church in Electric City, Washington. Valeta enjoyed growing vegetables and flowers but her greatest joy was always being with her children. In Fred’s words, “She was the most beautiful…best wife in the world for me!” Valeta’s legacy lives on through her husband and love of her life: Fred R. Long of Grand Coulee; son, David Long (Lois) of Connecticut; daughter, Cathy Ward (David) of Florida; grandchild, Adrenne Deck (Damien); great-grandchild, Sophia Deck of Connecticut; and Valeta’s brother, Jerry Reasoner of California. Valeta’s memorial service took place Sunday afternoon, May 15, 2016, in Faith Community Church. A private burial has taken place at the Washington State Veteran’s Cemetery in Medical Lake, Washington. Strate Funeral Home of Grand Coulee, is honored to be serving Valeta’s family. Please sign Valeta’s online guest book at www. stratefuneralhome.com. Walter H.P. “Steve” Nuehring Walter H.P. “Steve” Nuehring, 59, “Dad,” “Brother,” “Veteran,” “Consummate Actor,” took his final curtain call from this earth’s stage Saturday evening, March 7, 2016, in Grand Coulee, Washington. Born Saturday, October 13, 1956, in Orleans, France, to Leon and Janine Nuehring, Steve found his love of the theatre while still in school, acting in various school productions. Following his graduation from high school, Steve joined the U.S. Navy, serving on the ballistic submarine - USS Simon Bolivar. Following his honorable discharge from military service, Steve worked as a systems administrator for St. Peter Hospital and in I.T. for the State of Washington, prior to moving to the Grand Coulee area, where he quickly became a well-known figure within the community. Steve attended Faith Community Church in Electric City, Washington, choosing to be baptized at Spring Canyon in the fall of 2015. He was a member the Electric City American Legion, Grand Coulee Eagles, Grand Coulee Moose, Grand Theater in Grand Coulee, and ran the sound system for Grand Coulee’s 2016 Colorama Parade. Steve was an accomplished horseman, a skilled photographer, and loved his animals and riding his motorcycle; and there was his ever-present passion for the theater. Steve appeared on stage as the King in “The King & I,” Shem in “The Peach Tree” and Big Daddy in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof” (for which Steve garnered especially rave reviews), to name just a few. Steve’s greatest love, though was always his family, especially his son, Walter Nuehring. Steve is survived by his son, Walter Nuehring; brother, Philip Nuehring and his two four-legged buddies: Dominic and Harley. A celebration of Steve’s life will take place Thursday, May 19, 2016, at Faith Community Church in Electric City, Washington, with burial to take place at Cochise Memory Gardens in Sierra Vista, Arizona at 10:30 a.m., on Saturday, May 21, 2016. His family requests that donations be made in his honor to any of the organizations listed above. Please sign Steve’s online register book at www. stratefuneralhome. com. Strate Funeral Home of Grand Coulee is honored to be serving his family. Marvin Kuest Memorial services will be held for Marvin Kuest on Saturday, May 21, 2016, at 11 a.m., at the Zion Lutheran Church in Grand Coulee. Mr. Kuest passed away on Good Friday, March 25, 2016. Anna Jeannette Roberts Anna Jeannette Roberts, age 90, passed peacefully on Sunday, May 8, 2016. She lived a wonderful and loving life. Jeannette was born December 16, 1925, in Baker, Montana. She was the fourth oldest of eight siblings. After moving several times, she and husband Charles (Bob) Roberts moved to Wilbur, Wa s h i n g ton, in the early 1970s, and Jeannette quickly turned it into her home. She touched the lives of many, not only in her personal life, but also as a CNA caring for folks that were frequently younger than she was. Jeannette was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Charles (Bob) Roberts, and son, Edward Roberts. She is survived by her children: Chuck Roberts, Ann Roberts, Jim Roberts and Tom Roberts, along with six grandchildren and eight greatgrandchildren. Jeannette will be greatly missed by her family and many friends. A celebration of life will be held Saturday, May 28, at 1 p.m., at Strate Funeral Home in Wilbur. Star Obituary Policy There is a $50 charge for obituaries published in the Star. This includes a photo and up to 500 words. Reminders for Celebrations of Life and Death Notices are $25. Articles must be either e-mailed, faxed or dropped off at the Star office. They will not be accepted over the phone. The deadline to submit an article is Monday by 5 p.m. For more information, call 509.633.1350 or visit our website at grandcoulee.com. THE STAR • MAY 18, 2016 It’s a girl for Batten/Bob Happenings in the Coulee Fri., May 20 Deadline to dedicate flag for Memorial Day program. 633-0663 Fri.& Sat., May 20-21 Horsemanship Clinic, Ridge Rider Rodeo Grounds. 633-1263 Josie Batten and William Bob, of Grand Coulee, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Elora Shamayne Bob, born Monday, May 9, 2016, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 8 lbs., 2 oz., and was 20-1/2 inches in length. Siblings include Ayamae, 8; Koen, 7; and Bristol, 2. Maternal grandparents are Carey Picking (Reyes), of Belvedere, Washington, and George Batten of Nespelem, Washington. Paternal grandparents are Thomas and Wilma Bob of Nespelem. Great-grandparents are Diana Picard (Zacherle) and Gary and Andi Reyes. Mon., May 23 – Fri., May 27 Book Fair at LR Elementary School during conferences Wed., May 25 4 p.m., Jazzmasters at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille, Grand Coulee New/Jim have a boy Marriah New and Thaddeuas Jim of Elmer City are proud to announce the birth of their son, Jystin Kacee Jim, born Friday, May 13, 2016, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. He weighed 5 lbs., 4 oz., and was 18-1/2 inches in length at birth. Meetings and Notices Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting this Thursday, May 19, at La Presa in Grand Coulee. Coulee Medical Center CEO Debbie Bigelow will be giving a presentation entitled “How would you improve on this process?” Maternal grandparents are Angel and Walter New. Paternal grandparents are Karen Jim and Byron Desautel. Great-grandparents are Dee and Tick New, Sharon and Jerry Jim, and Nelson and Jennifer Iukes. Local AA Meetings Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are held on Mondays and Fridays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul at 633-3377 days or 6333345 evenings. New Hope Group meetings are held Wednesdays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center. These Fruit Cup, Tropical Rice Pudding are open and non-smoking. In Nespelem, the group Wed., May 25 – Dinner Bound and Determined holds BBQ Chicken, Salad and Fruit its meetings Monday evening at Bar, Cake/Cupcakes 7 p.m. at the Catholic Church. Thurs., May 26 – Dinner Contact Myrna at 634-4921 for Salmon, Baked Potatoes with more information. Sour Cream and Chives, Squash, Fruit Cup, Strawberry Shortcake TOPS Meetings Fri., May 27 – Breakfast TOPS (Take Off Pounds Biscuit and Sausage Gravy, Sensibly) Chapter 1524 meets on Eggs, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice Tuesdays at 9:15 a.m. at Grand Mon., May 30 – Breakfast Coulee Senior Center prior to the Sausage Patty, Eggs, Pancakes, exercise group gathering at 10 Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice a.m. Come and join for the health of it. The SAIL exercise class Tues., May 31 – Dinner Darla’s Pork Ribs (1’ers for follows this meeting beginning easy eating), Salad and Fruit Bar, at 10 a.m. There is no charge. Also, a SAIL exercise class is Cinnamon Rolls held Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from 3 to 4 p.m., in the basement of the Coulee Dam town hall. What’s cookin’ at the seniors Wed., May 18 – Dinner Pork Loin Chops, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Steamed Vegetables, Applesauce, Birthday Cake. Happy Birthday! Thurs., May 19 – Dinner Swiss Steak, Smashed Potatoes, Mixed Vegetables, Fruit Cup, Cake/Cupcakes Fri., May 20 – Breakfast German Sausage and Eggs, Hashbrowns, Toast, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice Mon., May 23 – Breakfast Scrambled Mess (Meat, Eggs, Onions), Hashbrowns, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice Tues., May 24 – Dinner Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Steamed Vegetables Hear THE SOUNDS OF Columbia Hearing Centers provides quality care in Grand Coulee. Visit our board certified Hearing Instrument Specialist, Laura Strasser, at the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center. CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE Welcomes you. Everyone is invited. Pastor Adrian Harris 2 miles east of Hwy 155 on Hwy 174 Adult Sunday School.......................... 9:30 a.m. Sunday Worship............................... 10:45 a.m. Church office 633-2186 FAITH COMMUNITY A Foursquare Church PASTOR STEVE ARCHER 16 Grand, Electric City Sunday Morning Service...................... 10:00 a.m. KIDS’ Church and Nursery Call the Church Office 633-3044 to find out about other regularly scheduled meetings. Come Worship the Lord! BANKS LAKE BIBLE CHURCH 25 School Avenue, Electric City, 633-0670 “An Independent Bible Church” Pastor Bill Williams - Everyone Welcome! Adult Sunday School.................. 9:30 a.m. Coffee Fellowship..................... 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship...................... 10:45 a.m. Evening Worship........................ 6:00 p.m. Call for schedule of mid-week events. SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTIST Come Worship & Praise With Us 103 Continental Heights, Grand Coulee Church (509) 633-3030 Pastor Eric Chavez - (509) 207-9460 Fit For Life............................................. 9:00 a.m. Bible Study.......................................... 10:00 a.m. Worship Hour.......................................11:00 a.m. Fellowship Meal.................................. 12:30 p.m. Mid-week Mannah (Wednesday)......... 6:00 p.m. GRAND COULEE COMMUNITY CHURCH An Independent Congregation Modeling our Ministry after the New Testament 405 Center St., Grand Coulee Pastor: Monty Fields Pulpit Supply Pastor: Rev. Paul Ashbrook Church Office 633-0980 Contact Number 633-3319 EVERYONE WELCOME! Come Worship and Praise God with Us! Sunday Worship.....................................10:00 a.m. Join us for coffee and fellowship after the service ZION LUTHERAN 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 Bible Study & Sunday School....... 9:30 a.m. Zion Worship........................................11:00 a.m. Wednesday Bible Study........................ 7:00 p.m. Nursery Available • NEED A RIDE? CALL 633-2566 • Evaluation of hearing aid candidacy • Education on use & care of hearing aids • Hearing aid fittings • Post fitting follow up visits • Hearing aid cleaning • Batteries and other needed supplies • Minor repairs • Hearing aid pickup / delivery of repairs LAURA STRASSER A.A.S., BC-HIS, CALL 509.789.1020 TO SCHEDULE AN APPOINTMENT A D IVISION OF C OLUMBIA S URGICAL S PECIALISTS THE STAR • MAY 18, 2016 Many Raiders named to 2B North all-league squads By John R. McNeil II Lake Roosevelt’s baseball and softball teams had several members named to the Central Washington 2B North All League squads last week. Khani Priest was named to the First Team softball squad. Priest was a big part of the Lady Raiders’ turnaround season. Sean Garvin was named to the second team. Garvin will be a big part of the Lady Raiders’ future as the team looks to build on the success from this season. Senior Lachelle Bearcub and junior Tristen Adolph each were given an honorable mention. Bearcub has been a big feature for the Lady Raiders and leaves some big shoes to fill next season. Adolph continued to be a consistent player for the Lady Raiders. The Raider baseball team had three named to the first team. Senior Devan Black was named to the first team for great play during the season. Black looks forward to trying to play after high school. Senior Chance Garvin was also named to the first team for his play. Garvin will be going to Idaho to walk on the basketball team this fall. Junior Tyrell Kiser was named to first team for his great pitching. Senior Taren Redstar was named to the second team. Freshmen Kolby Picard was named to the honorable mention list. Head Coach Billy Nicholson was named co-coach of the year, along with Todd Phillips of Brewster. This was a first for a Raider coach in many years. appearance. The 2016 season was Lake Roosevelt’s the seventh straight winning season. Looking to next year, there are a lot of question marks for the Raiders. Seven of the eleven who played this season are graduating. Many of those seniors have been big contributors for the squad for the past four seasons. Another uncertainty is whether LR will have enough players turning out to have a team. For now, the Raiders will look back on the success they had this season with 16 wins and seven losses, including postseason, and consider how to build on their successes for the future. and for whom the season would be over. Lake Roosevelt’s doubles team of Jordan Charles and John Drapela will advance to districts as a number-four seed. Head Coach Steve Archer said he was proud of how Charles and Drapela played, especially in Saturday’s final match. “The match against Entiat was an up-and-down affair, with the first two sets being won decisively, one set for each team,” Archer said. “In the third and deciding set, Jordan’s leg cramped up and he needed a 10-minute injury time out.” March students of the month PAGE 5 Bulldogs end Raiders’ postseason By John R. McNeil II Raider baseball’s season came to an end Saturday at Moses Lake as the Okanogan Bulldogs defeated the Raiders 6-0. LR had to win to stay alive in the postseason. It was the furthest the Raiders have gone in the postseason since the 2011 state tournament Third through Sixth Grade: back row – Carly Neddo, Addison Picard, Aehsley Piturachsatit, Alyssa Batten, Hunter Palmer, Matthew Hevener; bottom row – Makaela McKinney, Tristian Louie, Gisela Bejar Churape, Kaden Cecil, Simon Beery, Marteena O’Flynn-Fulfer, Logan Valenzuela, Shyanne Marchand, Kate Onepennee, Trevan BarnabyLesser. – submitted photo Tennis moves on to districts by John R. McNeil II Raider Tennis took part in the Central Washington B League Tennis Tournament in Omak at the North Cascades Athletic Club last Friday and Saturday. The results from the matches determined both who would advance to the district tournament against the Caribou Trail League schools Five tracksters move on to districts By John R. McNeil II Five members of the Raider boys’ track team qualified from the sub-district competition May 11 to this Saturday’s district meet in Ephrata. At the sub-district level last week at Oroville, the Okanogan Bulldogs won both the boys’ and girls’ titles. For the Raiders, Nathaniel Hall advanced in the 100-meter dash, finishing fourth with a personal-record time of 11.71 seconds. Robert George advanced in the 110-meter high hurdles, finishing fifth in 18.35 seconds. In field events, Nathan Morrell moved on to districts in discus, taking fifth by throwing 115 feet, 9 inches. Matthew and Cameron Tillman each qualified in the pole vault, with Cameron Tillman earning the sub-district champion title by clearing a PR height of 9 feet. Matthew Tillman placed 4th, clearing 8 feet, 6.25 inches. No Raider girls at Oroville qualified for districts, but Jonell Denschel closed the season by throwing a PR in the javelin of 56 feet, 8 inches. Marisha Hobrecht also closed the season by throwing 60 feet in the discus, also a PR. Keianna Vera ran a PR in the 100-meter in 14.63 seconds. Madeline Piccolo also ran a PR in the 100, finishing at 15.32 seconds. At Ephrata on Saturday, the Raiders will be competing against all the 2B schools in both districts 6 and 5. All races and field events are considered finals, as only eight will be competing in each event. The top four in each event will move on to the state 2B meet at Eastern Washington University May 26 – 28. Saturday’s district meet at Ephrata starts at 11 a.m. at Ephrata High School. s k n nba See TENNIS page 8 This week in sports Sat., May 21 TBD, HS Baseball – Regionals TBD, HS Tennis – Districts 10 a.m., JHS Track – Junior Olympics, Cashmere 11 a.m., HS Track – 2B Championships, Ephrata RELOCATE YOUR BUSINESS 1,080 to 5,186 SF Retail Space Available Kindergarten through Second Grade: back row – Rydor Wilson, Caches Parish, Jonathan Simpson, Miranda Bejar Churape, Ethan Croasman, Peyton Gallaher-Ostenberg, Pharaoh Hudson, Cora Nicholson, Ava Sam, TK Galler; front row – Canyon Socula, Robert Michel, Rayden McCraigie, Zaland Dick, Carter Senator, Emmaline Piturachsatit, Lacey Kent, Gideon Piturachsatit. – submitted photo FAX it at the Star 633-3828 We’ve Got You Covered Your Ad in 96 Local Papers Go Statewide or Choose from 3 Regions Call this Newspaper for Details The Star - 633-1350 We Care for You At CMC, our entire team is on a mission: to give you the best care possible. 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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. Rentals RENOVATED furnished 1 bdrm. apt. Quiet location, river view, washer and dryer. Sewer garbage and water included. Tenant pays power. Call 633-3315. (N4-6-tfc) WANTED: a 4 bedroom house to rent. 3 bedrooms if there is a basement room, or large rooms. Must be pet friendly. Needed by June 1. Call or text 575-551-0206 (S5-43tpp) REALTOR® CLEAN LARGE STUDIO for one. Ideal for out-of-town worker. Completely EQUALfurnished. HOUSING $450-$550 month, w/cable andOPPORTUNITY high speed internet. 631-0301. (C6-17-tfc) ELECTRIC CITY: 3 bdrm 2.5 bath home for rent. Newly updated home, newer carpet, hard floors and refrigerator included. 2 car garageREALTOR + additional 1 car garage. $1,200/mo + $1,200 sec. deposit. Pets okay. 760-7805403. (R5-18-1tpp) OFFICE/STORE/BUSINESS SPOT FOR RENT – 1000 sq. ft., 102 Stevens Ave., Coulee Dam. $475 month, w/s/g paid. 6311222. (C10-14-tfc) CLEAN 2 bdrm. house in Coulee Dam. $625/ month, first, last, security. Credit check. No smoking, no pets. 509-670-4187. (E5-18-tfc) LARGE 2 bdrm. apt., Electric City, w/s/g, basic cable, $550 per month. 509-631-2039 or 509-928-1805. (N9-30-tfc) 3 BDRM., 2 bath, west Coulee Dam. Fenced back yard, lots of storage, hardwoods, granite, luxury, washer/dryer, $1200/month. 509-338-0990. (E5-18-tfc) FROM OUT OF TOWN? Clean, modern apartments located near shopping, restaurants, banking and walking distance to the dam. Available now. One fully furnished $550/mo., one unfurnished $450/mo. All units non-smoking and no pets allowed. First and last, $500 damage deposit. Favorable background check from ACRAnet of Spokane. For more information, please contact 509-633-3167 or 509-4495413. (W4-27-tfc) RV SPACE for rent. Close to Banks Lake. Fish out your back door. 633-0434. (H1118-tfc) ® GRAND COULEE – Trailer home, fully furnished, 1 bdrm., laundry room, quiet neighborhood, off-street parking, no pets, $450 per month, first month and last month required. 633-5631. (B5-18-1tp) TRAILER SPACES AVAILABLE for short or long term starting at $300. Also space for doublewide. LAKEVIEW TERRACE MOBILE HOME PARK 509.633.2169 L10-31-tfc ly 2 BDRM. APT. for rent – Electric City, w/s/g paid, $500 per month plus deposit. 6310311 or 633-2008. (E4-6-tfc) NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS 1/2 OFF 1st Month’s Rent!! 1 BR Apts starting as low as $500/mo 2 BR Apts starting at $565/mo Pet Friendly, Onsite Laundry Clean & Updating! Columbia View Apartments, Coulee Dam 509-895-9245 grafinv.com One Bedroom Units Rent Based on Income Please stop by the Grand Coulee Manor Please stop by the Senior Manor 211 Continental, Grand Coulee, WA 509-633-1190 or contact the Housing Authority, 1139 Larson Blvd., Moses Lake, WA 98837 Homes FOR SALE: small 2 bedroom, one bath home in Coulee Dam. Recently remodeled. $149,000. Other properties for sale. For more information call 633-2485. (F7-8-tfc) Realty RV/Boat 1991 - 29’ ALPENLITE 5th wheel. 8’ slide, very clean and well appointed. $5,000. 631-0141 or 633-3127. (H3-30-tfc) LAND FOR SALE: overlooking Lake Roosevelt, just three miles east of Grand Coulee. Several parcels beginning at $75,000. Other properties for sale. For more information call 633-2485. (F7-8-tfc) Sales Lost 125 ROOSEVELT AVE, Electric City. New tri-level 3 bdrm., 3 bath, 2200 sq. ft. on 110’ X 75’ city lot. Heat pump, A/C. $188,833. Call owner 360-387-9229 or 425-239-0299. More info and pics saavylane.com. (J5-181tpp) YARD SALE – Saturday May 21st. 8 a.m., to 1 p.m.,3/4 mile North of Elmer City on Hwy 155 and Lower River Road. Beige house, come take a look. (R5-18-1tc) GARAGE SALE – Sunday, May 21, 10 a.m., 301 Lincoln, Coulee Dam. Furniture, mattresses, Sleep Number bed, steam washer/dryer, water ski stuff, storage rack, clothes, and more. (A5-18-1tpp) Mobile Home HELP BRING JUSTIN HOME Yard Sale and BBQ fund-raiser for Justin Arnold We're a go for 5/21 at Harvest Foods 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. FOR RENT $600/Mo or LEASE OPTION TO BUY Ed will be grilling HOT DOGS AND SAUSAGES for us and we'll have a YARD SALE in front of the Harvest Food store. Decent and clean, used yard sale items can be dropped off earlier behind Faith Community Church in Electric City ....or at the store the day of the sale. Check out your closets and garage for item you aren't in need of anymore. If you can help the day of the sale --taking items down to store or helping with money or helping with food .. Give me a call 633-0520 70x14 Trailer home 2 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms Mostly furnished Sitting on double space which includes water and payment to sewer district. Missing four-year-old Border Collie named Tex. Missing since April 10. If you find him, please call (509)641-0105 or (509)641-0615 NO DOGS. LAKEVIEW TERRACE MOBILE HOME PARK 44900 State Route N. Hwy 174 Grand Coulee, WA 509-633-2169 or 509-633-3640 for appointment VENDORS WANTED Wild Goose Bill Days Fri. & Sat. May 20 & 21 10’x10’ booth only $50 for this two-day event Upcoming Misc. AIR CONDITIONER, 18,000 BTU through window or wall, 110 volt. $100. 633-0648. (?5-18-2tp) Grand Coulee Manor IMMEDIATE OPENINGS Anyone Can Apply Homes 3 ACRES, mobile home, shop and all utilities. HAS UNOBSTRUCTED VIEW OF LAKE ROOSEVELT. 4 miles from Grand Coulee. $169,000. Call Keith 509-994-9957 or 509-633-0883. (Y5-4-3tc) Contact Diane Johnson 509-647-2100 for more information American Legion Post 157 Annual VET CENTER YARD SALES DOWNSIZING – 2 rocking chairs, 2 matching casual chairs, lamps, glass-top dining table with four director chairs, marbletop wash stand, yarn and hobby things. 6310308. (S5-18-1tp) The Grand Coulee PTA SCHOLASTIC BOOK FAIR Electric City, WA 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. SATURDAYS 2016 June 4 – August 27 DONATIONS WELCOME Call John 509-846-3762 Taking reservations for June Lavender Wreath Classes Elementary School Library Mon., May 23 – Fri, May 27 The book fair is open to the public 8 a.m. – 4 p.m. all week with a special Late Night Wed., May 25 Open until 6 p.m. There will be books for all ages, including adult titles. Hope to see you there! springcanyonalpacas@gmail.com 509-431-7820 (509) 762-5541 Events PROMOTE YOUR REGIONAL EVENT for only pennies. Reach 2.7 million readers in newspapers statewide for $275 classified or $1,350 display ad. Call this newspaper or (360) 515-0974 for details. EAGLES LODGE Jack of Spades Drawing Saturday 7 p.m. As of Sat., May 14 Pot is at $500 TACO NIGHT - Wed. 4-8 p.m. BURGER NIGHT - Sat. 5-8 p.m. Cheeseburger or Hamburger with Fries - Only $5 THESE ARE OPEN TO THE PUBLIC Karaoke – Wednesday 7-11 p.m. BINGO Every Thursday & Friday Club Hours - 1-10 p.m. every day except Wednesday - 1-11 p.m. on B St., Grand Coulee 509.633.0162 Check Us Out at grandcoulee.com Storage 10x20 STORAGE UNIT FOR RENT – In Grand Coulee. ALSO BOAT AND RV STORAGE. Call 631-0194. (N701-tfc) 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 - $82 10x14 - $57 509-633-2458 CONCRETE Starting at just $5.75 per week (must run 4 weeks) Call today Have questions? Give us a call! 633-1350 Don’t Just Clean It Restore It www.couleecarpetcleaning.com Your #1 choice for carpet cleaning Featuring Rotovac Technology Systems NOW OPEN! 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FOWLER CONSTRUCTION LLC “ProvidingQuality,AffordableElectricalSolutions” LICENSED:BOWMAEL848DTBONDED&INSURED Wayne Fowler DWKFOFC949R8 Call the Dam Plumber COULEE DAM PLUMBING Replace Garbage Disposals, Water Heaters, Faucets, Drain Cleaning 509.647.2238 Bruce Cheadle Marlene Poe, DVM Stefani Mark, DVM Lawn Mowing, Mon. – Fri. 9 a.m. – noon / 1– 5:30 p.m. YOURLOCALRESIDENTIALELECTRICIAN 319 A Street, Grand Coulee Hedge Trimming, Spring “Providing Quality, Affordable, or Fall Clean-Ups grandcouleevet.com Electrical Solutions” and Flower Bed Licensed: BOWMAEL848DT Maintenance BONDED & INSURED New Construction Remodels - Repairs 214 SW Main, Wilbur, Wash. S NICK’ FOR INSURANCE INSURANCE CALL Hanson Building 6 SW Main Avenue Wilbur, WA 99185 Board Certified Providers Monday - Friday 9 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Everett Leishman, owner 634-1724 Joshua F. Grant, P.S. Attorney at Law ~ since 1975 Construction Inc. is now delivering concrete in your area. 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(509) 633-0340 407 Burdin Blvd - Grand Coulee, WA www.GillespieEyeCare.com CARPET CLEANING SPECIAL Extraction $129 or $43 per room Encapsulation (water free method) $89.95 (509) 633-2485 Cell 631-0135 (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 • MAY 18, 2016 Jobs Jobs WANTED: Experienced carpenters and finish carpenters. Call 633-2485 or 6310135 for an application. DWK Fowler Construction LLC. (3-2-tfc) HELP WANTED – Accepting applications for Deli Bakery/Cashier. Competitive pay. Inquire in person at Harvest Foods, Coulee Dam, or call 633-2202. (H5-11-2tc) TRAIL WEST is now hiring a housekeeper. Call 633-3155 ask for Sam. (T3-2-tfc) NOTICE OF POSITION OPENING LATERAL LEVEL POLICE OFFICER The City of Grand Coulee is accepting applications for a lateral level police officer. Currently one opening. JOB TITLE: LATERAL POLICE OFFICER JOB CLASS: Full Time, Union (Teamsters) JOB HOURS: As assigned SALARY: $4,578.40 to $4,968.44 per month DESCRIPTION: GENERAL FUNCTION: The role of the Police Officer is to work in partnership with the community to protect life and property, reduce crime and enhance security and quality of life. This classification provides emergency services, security and protection of the citizens of the city by patrolling businesses and residential areas, responding to requests for information and assistance, investigating criminal activity and otherwise ensuring the proper enforcement of all local, state and federal laws and regulations. EDUCATION, EXPERIENCE and REQUIREMENTS: Must be: 21 years of age; a U.S. Citizen; able to read, speak and write the English language fluently. Must be: certified by the Washington State Criminal Justice Training Commission (WSCITC). Must: have no convictions for a felony offense, possess a high school diploma or GED, have a valid Washington State driver's license and a driving record acceptable to the City and the City’s insurance carrier (free of serious or frequent violations). Successful completion of polygraph and psychological examinations, physical exam, drug screening and criminal background investigation are required prior to hire. TO APPLY: 1. All applicants must complete an official city application. Application may be obtained at City Hall - address/telephone number listed below. Or contact City Hall via email at depclerk2@gccitywa.org. 3. Attach a resumé. 4. Attach a cover letter detailing your interest in the police officer position. 5. If claiming Veteran's preference, attach form DD-214 to your application packet. (Preference will not be given if you do not submit this form). Mail the complete application package to: City of Grand Coulee Attn: Kris Thiesfeld - Civil Service Secretary PO Box 180 / 306 Midway Grand Coulee, WA 99133 (509) 633-1150 OR Email the complete application package to: secretarycsc@outlook.com Completed application packets must be received by 5:00 p.m., June 1, 2016. No postmarks will be accepted. The City of Grand Coulee is an equal opportunity employer committed to a diverse workforce. Bank Teller: North Cascades Bank has 1 opening for teller position in our Grand Coulee branch. You will fill a key customer service role and be an integral part of our daily operations. Experience is preferred but we will train the right applicants. If you are an energetic, highly-detailed individual who is committed to providing exceptional customer service and are looking for a company with the same qualities, please apply at www.ncnbank.com. Click on Employment Opportunities and search for open jobs by “city.” Equal Employment Opportunity #19984 Coulee View Road NE, Electric City. Come discover the quiet enjoyment of country living. This custom home was built in 1994 and has been well cared for over the years. It has 4 bedrooms and 2 baths and an open floor plan. The home has 1,575 s.f. on main level, plus another 919 s.f. on the lower level. It has Central FA H & AC w/ HP, Vinyl 2 pane windows, and updated floorings throughout. There is a huge deck for lounging outdoors and taking in views of the picturesque coulee walls. The property is just over 2 acres all together and is beautifully landscaped. List Price is just $315,000. #1113 River Drive, Coulee Dam, Immaculate 3 bedroom & 1 ¾ bath ranch style home that is appr. 1,300 s.f. in size. Spacious guest house is an additional 1,155 square feet, or rent it out for additional income. Main home has generous sized living room with brick FP, and large kitchen with lots of counter space and new Central H & AC with HP. The home has a newer dimensional comp roof, 2 skylights, and beautiful landscaping. The property is 13,175 sf and has a fenced backyard and in ground auto sprinkler system. But wait, there’s more, Huge RV garage/shop is 30’ by 36’ deep and has 16 1/2 foot ceilings and a 477 s.f. att. garage as well. List Price is just $207,500 with $3,000 Buyer closing cost contribution. 100 Banks Avenue, Grand Coulee. This 3 bedroom home has had lots of recent updates. Professionally painted throughout, it has appr 1,000 SF on the main level. Large living room with gas heating stove and generous sized dining room. 2 bedrooms and recently renovated 3/4 bath. Plus there is another 700 SF on the lower level, which includes a 3rd bedroom, 3/4 bath, large utility room and a huge family room. The home has metal siding, metal roof and a nice sized covered patio. The property consists of two parcels that total appr 26,000 s.f. all together. Extra off street parking, storage shed, and nicely landscaped. List price is $162,500 and seller will pay up to $5,000 of your closing costs. 810 Fir Street, Coulee Dam, 3 Bedroom - 2 bath ranch style home in Coulee Dam. Home has appr 1,700 square feet and is all on one level. Huge living room has a wood fireplace with insert and newer carpeting. The home has aluminum lap siding and aluminum shingle roof, 2 pane windows, BB electric and rec wall heat and a Wall AC. There is also a Family Room with laminate flooring. Large patio, part covered and part open, lets you enjoy the great outdoors. There is a 2 car garage and shop that are just over 825 sf. The property is three lots that total appr. 190’ wide by 80’ deep and gives you options. List price is $154,900. #2 Spokane Avenue, Coulee Dam. 4 Bedroom home with all the room you would ever need. The home has just over 1,200 square feet on the main level, plus another 600 square feet upstairs, plus a full unfinished basement. Built in 1934, the home has a metal roof, wood lap siding, and large Kitchen and Huge Living Room. There is a det 2 car garage that is 25’ by 26’ and the property is a corner lot that is approx. 6,600 sf all together. Average electric bill just $90 a month. List Price is just $154,900 with $5,000 buyer closing cost allowance. EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY REALTOR® EQUAL HOUSING OPPORTUNITY REALTOR® A written and physical test is required. Successfully pass a Criminal History, Background Check, Drug test, Polygraph Examination, and a Law Enforcement Psychological PreEmployment Evaluation. Applications and information may be obtained at the Town of Coulee Dam's Clerk's Office at 300 Lincoln Ave, Coulee Dam, WA 99116 and are available electronically by emailing cdclerk@couleedam.org. Submit on or before 4:00 p.m., Monday, June 6, 2016. PM Dietary Cook/Aide CMC is seeking a full-time Dietary P.M. Cook/Aide. This position must prepare, deliver and distribute food and beverages for patients, residents, staff and visitors. Must be high school graduate or equivalent. Current State Food & Beverage Service Worker’s Permit required. P.M. Dietary Aide CMC is seeking a full-time Evening Dietary Aide to assist in the preparation, delivery and distribution of food and beverages for patients, residents, staff and visitors. Current State Food & Beverage Service Worker’s Permit is required. Patient Account Rep. This is a full-time position in the Business Office. Responsible for performing the functions of billing and follow-up for specific patient accounts. Must be dependable and able to work independently, as well as be a contributing team member, possess excellent customer service skills, and be willing to learn new concepts. Preferred background includes prior hospital or clinic billing experience and use of billing systems such as Meditech, FSS and DSG. Basic knowledge of Medical Terminology, CPT and ICD-10 coding desired. Preference will be given to those with experience in Commercial Billing. Clinic NAC This full time Clinic NAC position will support the patient care cycle by assisting with care given by licensed and non-licensed personnel working in our Rural Health Clinic. Must have valid WA State NAC license. RN, LPN or M.A. CMC is seeking a RN, LPN, or Certified M.A. to work in our clinic. This position performs essential tasks, such as patient intake, including vital signs and medication review; performs a variety of patient care tasks, such as EKGs and PFTs. Must have good computer skills and excellent customer service skills. Must have a valid Washington State RN, LPN, or MA license and current BLS training. One year experience in clinic practice setting preferred. Apply online at: www.cmccares.org Or email information to: employment@cmccares.org PHONE: (509) 633-1753 FAX: (509) 633-0295 E.O.E. 201 Seaton Avenue, Elmer City #1 Civic Way, Coulee Dam, WA. Step back in time with this extraordinary home. As you tour this property for the first time, you will be simply amazed. It has character and charm that is hard to find in newer built homes. This ranch style home was built in 1935 and has over 3,400 s.f. of living area. It boasts an 18’ x 29’ Living Room with large wood fireplace and built in shelving, a 14.5’ by 16.5’ formal dining room. A grand total of 6 bedrooms which includes master bedroom with 4 closets and wood FP. The landscaping is well established and absolutely breathtaking. There is a large in ground pool, a mini orchard, a new kitchen and all new carpeting throughout the home. Too many amenities to list them all. List price is just $279,500. Minimum qualifications: High School Diploma or GED, Valid Washington State Driver’s License, US citizen, and 21 years of age. Legal Notices Nespelem School District #14 NOTICE OF BUDGET HEARING 2015-2016 Budget Extension & Hearing Notice is hereby given that Nespelem School District No. 14 is preparing to change the 2015-16 Capital Projects Budgets. The Directors will meet on May 23, 2016, at 4:30 p.m., in the district office for the purpose of fixing and adopting these changes for the current fiscal year. Any person may appear at this time and be heard for or against any change. The regular monthly board meeting will be at 5:30 p.m., following the budget hearing. By order of the Board of Directors, Rich Stewart, Superintendent. Rich Stewart, Secretary to the Board (Publish May 11 and 18, 2016) GRAND COULEE DAM SCHOOL DISTRICT Request for Qualifications Transition Consultant A complete listing of our properties can be found at our website FoisyKennedy.com #1 Civic Way, Coulee Dam, WA Police Officer (Entry/Lateral) Town of Coulee Dam PAGE 7 201 Seaton Avenue, Elmer City, 3 Bedroom -2 bath Tri-level home with a view of the Columbia River. Home has appr. 1,365 s.f. all together. Built in 1971, it has a big living room with wood FP, Dining Room with slider to the fenced backyard and patio. Kitchen with updated appliances. It has bb and wall electric heaters and Wall Air Conditioning. There is a 2 car garage, plus a 1 car carport. The property is a corner lot that is appr 8,100 s.f. in size. List Price is just $119,500 with a $3,000 closing cost allowance 2971 Road 26 Rex, Grand Coulee, If you are looking for some peace and quiet, then you have come to the right spot. This 4 Bedroom farmhouse was built around the turn of the century. The Home has appr 1,525 s.f. on the main level, plus another 575 s.f. upstairs that is mostly original. The home has a galv metal roof, wood lap and t1-11 siding, 200 amp cb service, a private well and on site septic system. There is a large detached shop building that is 30’ by 40’ with 16 foot sidewalls. The property is just over 10 acres. It needs lots of work, but gives you an opportunity to make it your own. Low Douglas PUD Electric. List Price is just $104,999. #535 Butler Square, Grand Coulee, View Location - Home has appr 1,075 s.f. on the main level, plus appr 525 s.f. downstairs. The Living Room has lam flooring & a brick hearth for WS. The kitchen has newer cabinets and countertops. There are 2 bedrooms on the main level, plus a full bath and UR. The dining room is on the lake view side as well. The home has 2 more rooms downstairs that could be used as bedrooms but are non-egress. Home as vinyl lap siding and vinyl 2 pane windows, and a 200 amp cb service. The lot is 80’ by 80’ and there is a 1 car garage and additional off street parking. Located just minutes away from Lake Roosevelt & Banks Lake. List Price is just $99,500 with $2,500 closing cost allowance. #12 Stevens Ave, Electric City, Cute 3 Bedroom home with a lot of updates. Home has appr 1,280 s.f. on the main level and has metal roof, ductless Heatpump and updated kitchen cabinets and countertops. There is one and a half baths, utility room, entry deck and several storage sheds and a workshop. There isn’t a garage, but there is off street parking. The property is 120’ by 80’ deep. List Price is just 99,500 with $5,000 closing cost allowance. 607 Fir Street Coulee Dam, 2 Bedroom Ranch Style home in East Coulee Dam. Home was built in 1971 and has appr. 900 s.f. of living area, Central H & AC, Updated floorings, and Metal roof. Living room is 11.5 by 17.5, and there is a large covered patio, fenced yard, and detached 1 car garage. The lot is 60’ by 80’ and the property taxes have been very reasonable. List Price is now just $80,000. 33 Stevens Ave, Electric City, 2 bedroom home with almost 925 sf of finished living area. This home has had a number of recent updates. Home has new 2 pane vinyl windows, New exterior paint, New bathroom. It has a metal roof and 200 amp cb service. There is a detached garage and work shop that is just over 475 s.f. in size, plus a patio area. The property is 80 feet wide by 80 feet deep. List Price is $74,000 and seller will provide a $2,500 closing cost allowance. 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 509633-0410. Foisy & Kennedy REALTY, INC. 633-0410 more listings at www.foisykennedy.com 309 Midway Ave., Grand Coulee Personal DIVORCE $155. $175 with children. No court appearances. Complete preparation. Includes custody, support, property division and bills. BBB member. (503) 772-5295. www.paralegalalternatives.com legalalt@ msn.com Card of Thanks Saturday, May 7, was a beautiful day for the Colorama Parade. I would like to thank all the participants in the parade this year – the imagination of so many was fun to see. With the help of so many, the parade came together and was a great success. The judges: Horses – Cindy Edwards; Car categories – Mark Winterer & Bob Bender; Bands, Commercial and Junior entries – Barb Schmid & Rose Downing; Community and Organizations – Jan Bender & Candi Eslinger. Thanks to Ken Hoke for escorting the Chamber Achiever of the Year, Debbie Bigelow. Thanks to Les Schwab for allowing us to stage in their bays. Rod Boutain for the trailer to transport the golf carts and Banks Lake Golf Club for loaning us the golf carts to use. Gary Norris for painting numbers, expediting the check-in of entries, and keeping me on track with the planning. Roy Hamilton and James Heuvel for announcing the entries. Lisa Lakin & Jan Bender for keeping the ball rolling, and the local police for traffic control and keeping us on time! Most of all, I thank the local and out-oftown participants for all their hard work. They make this parade fun for the community, young and old! Thanks everyone again and see you next year. Tammy Norris, Parade Coordinator The Grand Coulee Dam School District (the “District”) has hired Mr. Paul Turner as its new Superintendent of Schools who will be serving in that capacity beginning on July 1, 2016. The District is seeking qualifications for Transition Consultant services for the 2016-17 school year. The District is a municipal corporation duly constituted pursuant to RCW Chapter 28A.150 and will contract for a Transition Consultant pursuant to WAC 392-343-102. Interested parties will submit qualifications in response to this RFQ and the District intends to award the contract to the party whose qualifications offer the best combination of knowledge of the history and culture of the community; requirements of the school superintendency; grant development, application and close-outs; and a successful history of developing positive results when working with other governmental entities. The total project budget is approximately $65,000. The budget covers a time period not to exceed 100 days of service during the 2016-17 school year at a rate not to exceed $650 per day and reimbursement for related travel expenses at the District’s adopted rate of reimbursement. This RFQ is for Consulting services, wherein the selected consultant or firm will serve at the District Superintendent’s direction to complete selected grant applications and close-outs, advise on needed policy and procedure revisions, serve to facilitate inter-governmental communications, research property ownership records for submission as a part of the District’s Sec. 7002 grant application, and other tasks as may be directed by the Superintendent. The selected consultant must demonstrate at least 10 years of successful experience as a K-12 public school superintendent; at least 5 years of experience in grant writing, budget tracking, reporting results and closing out grants; and at least 5 years of experience working effectively with local, state and federal governmental entities. In order to be considered, interested firms should submit 3 copies of their qualifications, including: • Firm background and qualifications. • Firm’s qualifications and demonstrated ability to provide all services. • Public school references with names and phone numbers of contacts. • Resumes of key individuals participating in studies. Include specific past project information. • Any unique perspective or approaches your firm brings to the process. • Firm’s ability to perform the consulting services starting July 1, 2016. The District is a municipal corporation duly constituted pursuant to RCW Chapter 28A.150 and will contract for a Transition Consultant pursuant to WAC 392-343-102. Questions and proposals should be directed to: Dennis Carlson 509.633.2143 Grand Coulee Dam School District 110 Stevens Avenue Coulee Dam, WA 99116 dcarlson@gcdsd.org Proposals will be accepted until 2:00 p.m., Friday May 20, 2016. (Publish May 11 and 18, 2016) SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE PASSED OF THE CITY OF ELECTRIC CITY, WASHINGTON On the 10 day of May, 2016, the City Council of Electric City passed the following ordinance. A summary of the content of said ordinance, consisting of the title, provides as follows: ORDINANCE NO. 518-2016 AN ORDINANCE REPEALING ELECTRIC CITY MUNICIPAL CODE CHAPTER 2.25 ENTITLED “IMPROVEMENT BOARD” A full and complete copy of the above ordinance is available at City Hall, 10 Western Avenue, Electric City, WA during normal working hours. Jacqueline M. Perman Clerk/Treasurer (Publish May 18, 2016) Lincoln County Fire Dist. 9 NOTICE OF MEETING CHANGE Lincoln County Fire District #9 did not have a quorum for last week’s meeting. The meeting date has been changed to Thursday, May 19, 2016, at 6 p.m., at the Nazarene Church on SR-174, Grand Coulee, Wash. (Publish May 18, 2016) C PAGE 8 oulee ops Compiled from police files Grand Coulee 5/7 - An Electric City man was banned from an Electric City tavern when he refused to leave after being asked. He had brought a couple of guitars and an amplifier into the bar and then used some of the equipment that belonged to the band playing. He gave Conrad Hilton as a reference. His equipment was returned to his car and he was told to leave and not come back. 5/8 - Police responded to a threat report at Jack’s Four Corner Service and found that the person making the threat had left. - A man in Electric City told police that he let a disturbed man stay at his house for a couple of days and let him use his car. He said there was a house key on the car key ring and he suspected that the man had entered his house later and taken some prescription medicine and $400 in cash. 5/9 - A woman with a Moses Lake address, who was stopped for going over the center line and nearly hitting a patrol car, allegedly gave a false name at first and had a suspended license. The officer found the woman had several warrants out for her arrest. She was taken to Grant County Jail and the officer is asking that lying to a police officer be added to charges. - A man was given a warning after his dog tried to attack and bite a man who was walking past the Spring Canyon apartments. He was told if it occurred again he would be cited. - Police responding to an alarm at a Banks Avenue house found that a door had been jimmied and someone had apparently been staying in the house. The owners of the house were notified and stated they would check on the place. - A man occupying a residence on Stevens Avenue in Electric City where the water had been shut off for non-payment is being accused of turning the meter on and off and drawing more than $40 worth of water. The prosecutor’s office has been notified. The man had reportedly done the same thing at another location in the city. - A man, with whom police had had several contacts within the past few days, was arrested for felony harassment after an incident at the school and taken to Okanogan County Jail. He allegedly had made threats to his wife and school officials. - A man driving a van was stopped for going 56 mph in a 40 mph zone and cited for speeding. 5/10 - Officers responded to a call that a small child had been found wandering the area around Goodfellow Avenue in Electric City. Later, an officer found an uncle who had been temporarily in charge of the child while its mother made some calls around town to pay some bills. The report stated that Child Protective Services had made contact on the incident. 5/11 - A Grand Coulee woman told an officer at the police station that she had received a letter telling her to appear in Grant County District Court and that she thought another person had used her name. A check by the officer confirmed that there was a warrant for her arrest and he took her to Grant County Jail. - A woman living on Butler Square told police that a man had been threatening her through social media. She is furnishing police with the copies of his statements. - Police stopped a Nespelem driver wanted on a warrant for her arrest from the Department of Corrections. At first, she allegedly gave a false name, but the officer got a description and photo from dispatch and it matched. The woman also possessed a double-edged dagger. Charges of giving false information to a police officer and being in possession of a dangerous weapon will be added to the woman’s other problems. - Safeway officials told police that a woman had taken a bottle of liquor and left without paying for it. An employee said he knew who it was. Police couldn’t find the woman but are asking for a recording from the security camera. - Police followed up on a noise complaint on Williams Street in Electric City and the occupant of the house told the officer, “I don’t even have it turned up all the way.” He was warned that next time he would be cited. - Police were called to Coulee Gas because a clerk stated that an intoxicated minor was there. Police intervened and found that a woman, 18, had in her possession cocaine, methamphetamines and marijuana. The woman, from Brownstone, Washington, is being charged with drug possession. The driver of the car, from Nespelem, faces charges of giving false statements to an officer, obstructing an officer, having no valid driver’s license and having an open alcohol container in the vehicle. 5/12 - A driver from Alcan Road was cited for driving with a suspended license and for not having insurance after being pulled over on Burdin Boulevard. - An Electric City man, who had been cited numerous times for driving while his license was suspended, was stopped again. Police are asking prosecutors to take this into consideration when the report is handled. The man broke his leg the day before, he said, so a friend came to drive him home. His car was towed. - A man on Roosevelt Drive told police that a neighbor had seven dogs and they were barking nonstop. The officer drove the area but couldn’t hear dogs barking. - Police checked on a report that there was an intoxicated person on highway 174, near the edge of the city. He became belligerent when asked questions and police told him to stay off the road. Later, the same man had made seven 911 calls and the officer returned. The man stated then that he had been trying to call his mother. The officer made the call for him, but the man’s mother refused to take the call because her son had earlier threatened her. The man was told again to stay off the road. - An officer checked on a woman reportedly crying at North Dam Park. The woman didn’t want to talk about it with the officer but said she just wanted to lie down in the park. 5/13 - USBR Plant Protection asked that police check on a man coming up the Coulee Dam hill who was bending over the guardrail. The man explained that he was just collecting rocks. He was told to stay on the sidewalk provided. - An Elmer City driver, stopped for a faulty headlamp, was also cited for no insurance and failure to display registration. - A Division Street woman, stopped for a faulty brake light, was found be wanted on a warrant for her arrest for escape of community custody. She could not provide any of the documents requested by the officer. She was cited for not having a driver’s license, having no insurance and not being able to provide registration. She was taken to Grant County Jail. - A man who told police he was a professional hitch hiker was banned from Jack’s Spring Canyon Service because he was scaring customers and refused to leave when asked to. The officer told him he had two choices — either leave or go to jail. He said he would walk. He cursed the officer and walked away, flipping the officer off. The officer then gave the man a ride to Lincoln County and told him he could catch the bus in about 35 minutes. He told the officer that he didn’t ride buses. - A woman living on Division Street told police that she was at an Electric City address to recover items that the owner had stolen from her. Police tried to find the man but couldn’t locate him. - A man sleeping in the USBR Visitor Center lower parking lot after hours was told he had to move. He did. Coulee Dam 5/3 - A woman came to the police department to report that she had gone in the restroom at Mason City Park and when she came out the lock on her truck was broken. Bird’s Auto was called and the truck door was opened for her. - A woman was stopped for going 10 mph over the speed limit on Elmer City Access Road. When the officer asked for the her license she said she had never had one. After smelling alcohol and giving her some basic field tests, the officer told her she needed to call someone to take charge of the vehicle. She called her brother, who came. The woman was charged with driving under the influence and then released to her brother. 5/4 - A woman complained about a barking dog. The owner stated that the dog barks when the kids come home from school. The person complaining was told of the explanation. THE STAR • MAY 18, 2016 Weather Watcher Forecast Grand Coulee Area Wed. Thu. Fri. Sat. Sun. Mon. Tue. Low 49˚ - 80˚ High Low 44˚ - 63˚ High Low 49˚ - 70˚ High Low 46˚ - 65˚ High Low 48˚ - 67˚ High Low 47˚ - 70˚ High Low 49˚ - 73˚ High Updates available at www.grandcouleeweather.info Tennis $ Raider matches Jordan Charles and John Drapela 1st match they defeated Lopez and Lopez from White Swan, 6-0, 6-0; 2nd match (quarter finals) they defeated Bo Cook and Marcolin from Tonasket 6-3, 6-1; 3rd match 29500 14000 14500 15000 15500 20000 2013 Ford Focus $ AWESOME gas mileage! ... 2010 Chevrolet Equinox $ GREAT family car! .............. 2004 Ford F150 $ CLEAN! Good first truck! .... 2012 Mitsubishi Outlander $ Third row seat! .................... 2013 Ford Escape $ GREAT commuter. .............. Malcom Carson and Corban Wilder 1st match they defeated Okanogan’s second double’s team of Duke and Poulin 7-5, 7-5; 2nd match they lost to Entiat’s Quezada and Olmos 6-1, 6-4; 3rd match they defeated Oroville’s Guzman and Mills 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (7-4) Isaiah Baty 1st match was a bye; 2nd match Isaiah lost to Chesledon from Okanogan 6-2, 6-2; 3rd match Isaiah lost to Burnell from Oroville 6-1, 7-6 (7-4) Edmond Fenton 1st match Edmond lost against Rojas from Pateros 6-1, 6-0 Tanya Ang and Rylee Pitner 1st match they defeated Delgado and Anguiano from White Swan 7-5, 4-6, 1-0 (100); 2nd match they lost to Frey and Matteson from Liberty Bell 6-2, 6-2; 3rd match they lost to Smith and Dixon from Okanogan 6-4, 6-2 Hannah Wapato and Savannah Hobrecht 1st match lost to Blackburn and Osorio from Pateros 6-0, 6-0 This was the loser- out round. Mary Clark 1st match lost to Yaretzy Ayala from Entiat 6-2, 6-2 This was a loser-out match. Alexia Ryan 1st match lost to Logan Butler from Liberty Bell 6-0, 6-2 This was a loser-out match. 2013 Chevrolet Avalanche Under 60K miles! LOADED!! $ (Semis) lost to the ultimate 1st place winners Cheesman and Nearants from Okanogan 6-2, 6-1; 4th match defeated our number 2 doubles team of Malcom Carson and Corban Wilder, 6-2, 4-6, 7-6 (8-6); 5th match lost to Entiat’s Quezada and Olmos 6-0, 1-6, 7-5 Just a sample of our amazing inventory! 2008 Ford F250 Good looking 4x4 19500 Continued from page 5 After a time out for Charles’ leg cramp, it looked good for the LR doubles team who were up 4-0, until they “lost the momentum,” Archer said. They finally lost with the close score of 7-5. “I wish the tennis enthusiasts of our town could have seen them play,” Archer said. “I was extremely proud of them; they carried themselves with class, even in defeat.” LR’s doubles team of Malcom Carson and Corban Wilder made it to the quarterfinals before losing to their teammates Charles and Drapela in a close match that was decided in a tiebreaker. Isaiah Baty made it to the third round before losing a close match. Tanya Ang and Riley Pitner also played three rounds before losing to Hannah Smith and Sarah Dixon of Okanogan. “They all played their hearts out,” Archer said. 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