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VOL. LXXII, NO. 12 SERVING THE GRAND COULEE DAM AREA, WASHINGTON STATE JUNE 20, 2012 

Newsbriefs 

Money OK’d 

for park 

district 

Mayor Jerry Sands at Electric 

City got an OK from the council 

to sign an agreement for the city 

to provide $10,000 to the Coulee 

Area Park & Recreation District, 

to help fund maintenance activity 

at North Dam Park. The city had 

already budgeted that amount 

from its hotel/motel tax monies. 

Records 

clerk 

wage set 

The Coulee Dam Council voted 

at its last meeting to set the 

wage for its new records clerk 

at $17.31 a hour. The records 

clerk will be responsible, among 

other things, to follow through on 

public records requests. 

Bird 

to retire 

The current head of the Lake 

Roosevelt National Recreation 

Area will retire at the end of this 

month. Superintendent Debbie 

Bird announced her retirement 

at the weekly luncheon of the 

Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber 

of Commerce last week. 

Bird took the position in 

November, 2002 after 25 years 

with NPS. 

She and her husband plan to 

stay in the area for some time. 

Curb 

appeal 

Electric City council awarded 

a curb replacement project to 

Jackson Construction at last 

Tuesday night’s meeting. 

Jackson Construction had 

the low bid of $4,154.15, including 

sales tax. The curb replacement 

is at Crest and Hillcrest. 

Fugitive 

arrested in 

Coulee City 

Grant County Sheriff’s 

deputies and Coulee City police 

searched for a wanted felon who 

fled the scene of a shots-fired 

call Tuesday morning. 

By 4 p.m., deputies found 

Cody Seely hiding in a field near 

town and arrested him. 

It started about 5:30 a.m. 

when, deputies believe, several 

people at 617 West Douglas 

Street were using drugs and 

shooting guns, not at anybody, 

just shooting. 

Cody Seeley was sought by 

the U.S. Marshals Task Force on 

a warrant for residential burglary. 

Two others were also arrested. 

No stealing 

the rocks 

Two people from the Spokane 

area got in a bit of trouble 

for taking rocks from the wall 

near the top of Grand Coulee 

Dam. 

The Bureau of Reclamation’s 

Plant Protection notified police 

that there was a theft in progress 

after security cameras revealed 

that the two were loading rocks 

into their sedan. 

Police got a description of the 

vehicle and stopped it near the 

north entrance to Grand Coulee. 

The two, one from Cheney 

and the other from Spokane, 

said they didn’t think it was a 

problem picking up rocks. 

Police asked them to return 

the rocks to where they had gotten 

them. After the pair returned 

the rocks, they were permitted to 

go on their way. 

Margie Gallagher displays her goods made of Pendleton wool, as Roy Hamilton of Shaw’s Fruit and Produce 

chats with customers in the background at the Saturday Market. — Scott Hunterphoto 

Saturday market starts up 

The Saturday Market kicked off its second season 

last Saturday, and will continue each Saturday 

through September. The chamber of commerce-sponsored 

market is open from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Morrison 

Street across from Safeway in Grand Coulee. 

Those wishing to have a booth in the market can 

call market master Leroy Perry, 631-2032, for a space 

reservation or additional information. 

Food vendors and crafts vendors are welcome to 

place booths along the market area, Perry said. 

City gets new rules of 

conduct for council meetings 

by Roger S. Lucas 

There will be no “hooting” at 

Electric City council meetings. 

Nor any “jeering,” according to 

new rules laid down by council 

members last Tuesday night. 

One section, called “Conduct of 

Audience” states that you can be 

removed from the council chambers 

if you clap, cheer, hoot, holler, 

gesture, whistle, guffaw, jeer, boo, 

hiss, make remarks out of turn, 

use profanity or the like. 

The council had a difficult time 

explaining to itself and a few residents 

scattered in the chambers 

how citizens should address the 

council. 

Mayor Jerry Sands explained 

that complaints should go to city 

hall, where they can be written up 

and sent to respective department 

heads to solve. 

Jeff Ihlers, who lives on Goodfellow 

and has been regularly attending 

council meetings, asked 

if the audience could still bring 

things up. 

Sands explained that some 

items were “complaint, complaints” 

and other things were just a complaint. 

The mayor said there was a 

fine line between the two. You can 

take “complaints” to city hall and 

write them up on a form provided. 

The “complaint, complaints” you 

could still bring to council. 

Ihlers was still confused and 

said that it was stated that the 

council would follow Robert’s 

Rules of Order in the conduct of 

city business, but according to the 

new policy the council will follow 

Robert’s Rules of Order, except 

when it doesn’t. 

The new rules state that all 

votes shall be by “roll call,” which 

the council violated the rest of the 

meeting. Discussion on this two 

weeks ago centered on which side 

the mayor would follow on taking 

roll call votes. 

Another interesting item in the 

new council procedures is in voting. 

“If any council member refuses 

to vote aye or nay, their vote shall 

be counted as a nay vote and their 

conduct shall be considered disorderly 

and malfeasance of office.” 

When Ihlers asked who wrote 

the new policy, he was told the 

city’s attorney. 

Earlier in the meeting, the 

council voted to add a citizen on 

all council committees in an effort 

to get residents involved. 

Ihlers said it was confusing that 

the council wanted participation 

but then passed a policy that made 

it more difficult. 

America walker having 

the time of his life 


It all started for Bruce Maynard 

at the Peace Arch in Blaine. Where 

it will end is anybody’s guess. 

Will he be walking to Alaska, or 

from Lisbon to Beijing, China? 

Maynard was weaving his way 

back across to Blaine when we 

caught up with him here in Grand 

Coulee. 

Near 78 years old, Maynard, 

like Forsest Gump, just started 

walking one day -- from the Peace 

Arch to Key West, Florida. It was 

March 20, 2010, when he took off, 

contrary to the wishes of his four 

sons and daughter, who thought 

then, and still do, that he should 

end it here and now. 

He’s walked through most 

states, after traveling the world 

during a variety of jobs, and claims 

to be healthier now than most 

35-year-old men. 

He walked to La Push, Wash., 

took the coastal highway to California, 

then over to Bakersfield, 

across the Mohave through New 

Mexico to El Paso, and along the 

Gulf Highway to Key West. It took 

eight months. 

“I try to average about 32 miles 

a day,” Maynard said. “Some days 

it’s more, some less.” 

After losing his wife, due to an 

illness, Maynard said he got “restless.” 

That’s when he made the big 

decision to walk across America. 

There was no axe to grind, no 

compelling reason, no place that 

drew him -- he just decided to 

walk. 

“See the corner in the road?” 

Maynard said, pointing to the 

bend across from The Star newspaper. 

“Around that corner there 

may be something interesting. 

That’s what motivates me.” 

After Key West, Maynard made 

his way to the Carolinas, where he 

assisted in hurricane relief, and 

then March 20, started his way 

back. Coming back, he’s driving a 

motor home, and was scheduled to 

be back in Blaine June 25. 

That’s when he will decide 

whether the next walk is along the 

Alcan Highway to Alaska — one 

of the few states he hasn’t been 

in — or from Lisbon, Portugal to 

Beijing. 

“I have never been away from 

home,” Maynard contended. He 

looks upon where ever he is as 

home. See WALKER page 2 

Bruce Maynard, who at 78, has walked 

across America, stopped over in Grand 

Coulee last week for an overnight stay 

before returning to the Peace Arch in 

Blaine to complete his trip. He plans 

to either walk to Alaska next or from 

Lisbon to Beijing. — Roger S. Lucas 

photo 

Despite resistance, 

town moves on 

with plant plans 

DOE brushes off 

Elmer City concerns 


The Coulee Dam Town Council 

voted last Wednesday night to 

sign a loan agreement with the 

state Department of Ecology for a 

$4.992 million loan for its proposed 

wastewater treatment plant. 

In addition the council voted to 

move ahead and give the okay for 

Gray & Osborne, the town’s engineering 

firm, to proceed with the 

design for the plant. 

The action was taken in spite of 

questions raised by a local resident 

Greg Wilder and the town of Elmer 

City, who have questioned the size 

of the plant and some of the redundancies 

in equipment as well as 

other aspects of the project. 

Elmer City’s Council on Thursday 

asked Mayor Mary Jo Carey to 

set up a meeting with the town’s 

attorney, K & L Gates, a Spokane 

firm. The council is still trying to 

figure out if a 50-year agreement 

between the towns of Coulee Dam 

and Elmer City establish whether 

Elmer City is a partner in the 

proposed wastewater treatment 

plant or just a customer of Coulee 

Dam. Elmer City will spend $275 

per hour of its attorney’s time to 

find out. 

Meanwhile, a copy of a letter 

sent to the Department of Ecology 

by the Colville Confederated Tribes 

asks that its loan agreement with 

Coulee Dam be held up while a 

number of the issues being raised 

are reviewed. 

That letter was dated June 7, 

and was sent to the United States 

Department of Environmental Protection 

and the Washington State 

Department of Ecology, with copies 

to Washington’s two U.S. senators, 

Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell, 

as well as State Senator Linda 

Evans Parlette. 

While listed to receive a copy 

of that letter, town officials said 

Monday that they have not received 

it. 

The state’s Department of Ecology 

had already sent a letter to 

Elmer City’s Mayor Carey, dated 

May 15, essentially brushing aside 

the concerns that she raised about 

the wastewater project. 

In that letter, DOE went through 

the grant and loan process and 

stated that Coulee Dam’s wastewater 

treatment plant project ranked 

21 out of 90 received and will be 

funded at an interest rate of 2.7 

percent over the 20-year period. 

The DOE letter states that 

at each juncture in the process 

Petitions ask council 

to reconsider project 


Petitions are circulating this 

week that will ask residents of 

Coulee Dam and Elmer City, and 

other areas served by Coulee Dam’s 

wastewater treatment plant, to 

ask town council members to reconsider 

the present wastewater 

treatment plant project as it now 

stands. 

The petition reads: “Notice is 

hereby given that we, the undersigned, 

oppose the Coulee Dam 

Wastewater Treatment Plant 

Project as adopted by the Coulee 

Dam Town Council. “Although 

we know that this petition is not 

a legal instrument, nor binding 

we hope it will serve to cause the 

Town council to reconsider the 

more modest $2.1 million (or less) 

proposal instead of the $6.2 million 

proposal; and/or delay the project 

pending additional public involvement 

that includes the people of 

Coulee Dam, Elmer City, and the 

Colville Confederated Tribes.” 

The drive has been spearheaded 

by Sharon Cox of the Tee Pee 

Drive-In in Grand Coulee, who 

lives in Elmer City. 

The sewer plant upgrade proposal 

as it now stands could cause 

sewer rates to spiral up to $70 

a month for those served by the 

system. 

Petitions are posted at the Tee 

Pee Drive-in and CR Lumber. 

Other locations might be added 

later, Cox stated. 

One incumbent 

survives 

tribal election 


One lone incumbent, Colville 

Business Council Chairman Michael 

O. Finley, kept his seat after 

polling results Saturday. Six others 

either lost their seats in the 

primary election or trailed by a 

significant vote after Saturday’s 

polling. 

In Nespelem District, William 

“Billy” Nicholson, who ran on giving 

half of a $193 million settlement 

with the federal government 

directly to tribal members, outpolled 

incumbent Harvey Moses, Jr., 

134-97 for Pos. 1. And challenger 

Nancy C. Johnson is leading incumbent 

Ricky Gabriel, 126-106 

for Pos. 2. 

In Omak District’s Pos. 1 race, 

Nancy “Lynn” Palmanteer-Holder 

has a significant lead over incumbent 

Aaron “Scarbo” Marchand, 

226-96. 

See PLANT page 2 

While polling results are official, 

absentee ballots could still change 

final results. They will be counted 

on Thursday and official results 

announced then. Successful candidates 

will be sworn in July 12. 

Sylvia Tatshama Peasley in the 

Keller District and Ernie A, Williams 

in the Omak District both 

lost out in the May primary. 

If Saturday’s numbers hold up, 

they will be replaced by Joseph L. 

Somday at Keller, who had 41 votes 

to Jack W. Ferguson’s 34; and John 

Sirois, who polled 194-129 against 

Ben E. Marchand in Omak Pos. 2. 

Finley outpolled his opponent, 

Lou Stone, 121 to 74, in Inchelium 

District Pos. 2; and Jim Boyd outpolled 

incumbent Doug Seymour, 

114-89 for Pos. 1. 

The Star will post results online 

as soon as they are available 

Thursday.

Page 2 The Star • JUNE 20, 2012 

deputy prosecutor named 

special assistant U.S. attorney 

A deputy prosecuting attorney 

for the Colville Tribes has been appointed 

as a special assistant U.S. 

attorney (SAUSA), Colville Business 

Council Chairman Michael O. 

Finley announced Monday with a 

written statement. 

Melissa V. Simonsen has has 

worked for the Colville Tribes since 

April of 2010. 

“This is an honor for Ms. Simonsen, 

and an opportunity for the 

Colville Tribes to be more involved 

in the prosecution of federal crimes 

on our Reservation,” Finley said. 

“She can assist the U.S. attorney's 

office in the prosecution of crimes, 

the processing of federal search 

warrants, and be a resource to both 

the Tribes and the US Attorney on 

criminal matters.” 

Simonsen graduated cum laude 

from Gonzaga University School of 

Law in 2007. She also worked for 

two years in the Office of the Public 

Defender for American Samoa, 

from 2008-2010. 

“This appointment indicates the 

U.S. Attorney's confidence in the 

Colville Tribes Prosecuting Attorney's 

office, and I am very pleased 

to receive it,” Simonsen said today. 

“I will be reporting to the Colville 

Business Council soon on the work 

that I do as a SAUSA.” 

Bill Elliott, director of the tribes' 

Public Safety Department, said 

the appointment will benefit the 

Tribes in number of ways, including 

the possible usage of the U.S. 

Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) 

to provide a more comprehensive 

response to the complex jurisdictional 

issues on the Colville 

Reservation. 

U.S. Attorney Michael Ormsby 

was notified of the appointment by 

a letter from Jane F. Reimus, of the 

Executive Office for U.S. Attorneys, 

on June 13. The appointment is for 

one year, until June 12, 2013. 

Fishing hole found 

Colville Tribal Fish and Wildlife personnel help kids catch fish in a big tank at the tribal museum in Coulee Dam Saturday 

for the chamber of commerce-organized Kids Day. Kids caught trout they could take home. — Scott Hunter photo 

Kids 

Day’s 

big winner 

Chamber board member Jesse Utz 

gives Benjamin Jordan, 7, the big 

prize of a Kindle Fire at the end of 

Koulee Kids Day at Village Cinema 

Theatre. Jordan took the prize in a 

drawing after having taken part in at 

least four of the days activities around 

town. — Scott Hunter photo 

Plant 

there were periods set aside for 

comment and none of significance 

were made. 

The DOE further stated that 

the life of a wastewater treatment 

plants is anywhere between 20-25 

years and Coulee Dam’s plant is 

nearly 40 years old. 

Currently, Coulee Dam is going 

through the final environmental 

evaluation, which the town says 

is just about over. 

DOE stated that Coulee Dam 

could not spend any money on the 

design until this was complete. 

Walker 

He started out as a stenographer 

in the Air Force and was involved 

with the peace talks between the 

two Koreas, after the “police action” 

there. He has worked at Cape 

Kennedy and with Lockheed as a 

crane operator, and been in and 

around the space program. 

When’s he going to hang up the 

“tenny-runners?” Not anytime 

soon, he says. 

This Friday & Saturday 

DJ Brandon 

Marchand 

Continued from front page 

Charles McKinney, section 

manager for the DOE, stated that 

his department would be happy to 

facilitate a meeting to help inform 

all those involved in, and affected 

by, the process. 

Coulee Dam Mayor Quincy 

Snow said his town would be delighted 

to have a meeting so that 

all the parties would get correct 

information. 

A few weeks ago, the town 

council of Coulee Dam voted to 

Colville 

Continued from front page 

Born in Seattle and a graduate 

from high school in the Tri Cities 

area, it seems like he has been on 

the run ever since. 

“I had a heart attack in 1995,” 

he said. “That’s when I decided I 

needed to change my life. No one 

wants to give up the status quo, or 

the comfortable side of life. It took 

awhile, but here I am having the 

time of my life.” 

Bar 

& Grill 

instruct its engineering firm, 

Gray & Osborne, to file a request 

for a lower interest loan with the 

state’s Public Works Trust Fund 

for a 1-percent loan. That was filed 

just before the May 31 deadline; 

however, a decision on that won’t 

be forthcoming until sometime in 

August. Mayor Snow said Monday 

that he didn’t think that application 

would produce anything for 

the town. 

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Deep winner 

With a paint job as deep as the lake behind him, Jerry Pitts’ El Camino took the honors in its category at Saturday’s Coulee 

Cruizers show and shine event. — Scott Hunter photo 

2012 Coulee Cruizers 

Show and Shine Winners 

Pre 35 

1 st , Ed Nelson, 1934 Ford Tudor; 2 nd 

Marline Laynnoe, 1934 Ford Coupe 

1935-48 

1 st , David Gibson, 1939 Lincoln Zepher; 2 nd , 

Bob Murry, 1937 Dodge Convert. 

1945-59 

1 st , Lorin Brown, 1954 Studebaker Conv.; 

2 nd , Ben Broyles, 1956 Chevy BelAir 

District takes 

bids for 

Wright 


The Grand Coulee Dam School 

District started advertising for 

bids for the demolition of Wright 

Elementary School this week. 

The preliminary estimate for 

the base bid was $320,000, the bid 

request stated. 

Superintendent Dennis Carlson 

said the district will cease taking 

bids at 3 p.m., July 11, and that 

he plans to have a special school 

board meeting that evening to 

award the bid. 

A pre-bid conference is planned 

for interested bidders June 26, at 

11 a.m. 

The bid calls for removing 

the existing Wright Elementary 

School building, including asphalt 

paving and abatement of hazardous 

materials. 

A consulting firm had visited 

the school, opened up walls to examine 

the building for hazardous 

materials, and this information 

will be made available to bidders. 

The bid material calls for the 

demolition work to be completed 

within 75 days of notice to proceed. 

The district held a garage sale 

of surplus materials at the school 

last week and took in $1,300, Carlson 

stated. 

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1960-69 

1 st Joe Gonzalez, 1964 Chevy Chevelle; 

2 nd , Gaylen Chilton, 1966 Mustang Coupe 

1970-79 

1 st , Bob Duffin, 1972 Gran Torino; 2 nd , Sam 

Picicci, 1970 Boss 302 Mustang 

80+ 

1 st , Ryan Escure, 1996 Ford SVT Conv. 

2 nd , Miguel Hernandez, 2007 Shelby 

GT500 

PICKUPS 

Pre 43 

1 st , Bob Kent, 1951, Chevy PU 

1943-54 

1 st , Mike Harvill, 1954 Chevy PU; 2 nd , Jim 

Lynch, 1950 Chevy PU 

CMC Cares About… 

1955-66 

1 st , Jerry Pitts, 1964 Chevy El Camino; 2 nd , 

Jerry Knebel, 1966 Chevy PU 

67+ 

1 st , Tic Silva, 1972 Chevy PU; 2 nd , Gary 

Gagnon, 1978 Chevy El Camino 

Best in Progress 

Bob Dovel 1965 Plymouth Valiant 

People’s Choice 

Bob Sherman, 1955 Mercury Monclair 

Sunvalley 

Club Recognition Awards 

Lucas Bird, 1993 Toyota Camry Race 

Car; Ken Conner, 1946 Ford Conv.; Lanny 

Ross, 1947 Ford Cabriolet; Tom Shaw, 

1940 Ford Coupe 

Out of 67 entries there wer 25 trophies and 

awards presented. 

CAFÉ ESPRESSO! 

If you haven’t been to the 

hospital lately, you haven’t 

seen CMC’s newest addition 

– Café Espresso! Owned by 

Teri Shattuck and Kerry Higgins 

of Coulee Hardware and 

managed by Wendy Olbricht, 

Café Espresso offers a wide 

variety of specialty coffee 

beverages for CMC’s employees 

and patients. 

“When I was approached with 

the opportunity to manage 

another coffee stand at the 

hospital, it was a no-brainer. 

Some of my best customers 

work at the hospital,” she said. 

Wendy has lived in the Grand 

Coulee area for the past 20 

years. She is married to Martin 

Olbricht and they have two 

children, Kelsie, 11 and Gage, 5. 

When she’s not working, she 

Wendy Olbricht, left, and Shayla Reyes 

Coulee Medical Center: 633-1753 

Coulee City Medical Clinic: 632-5701 

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enjoys spending time with 

family and friends, boating, and 

working on their family farm. 

She has managed Café Espresso 

for 15 years and currently 

oversees six employees. Shayla 

Reyes, one of her long-time 

employees, primarily works at 

Café Espresso in CMC. 

Café Espresso accepts all debit 

and credit cards, as well as 

offers punch cards (buy 12 

drinks, get one free), gift cards, 

and pre-paid drink cards. At the 

moment, Wendy is working on 

getting a blender at the hospital 

location so that granitas and jet 

tea smoothies can be added to 

the menu! 

Café Espresso is located next 

to the CMC Café in the lobby 

and is open from 6 am – 1 pm 

Monday through Friday. 

We Care For You

The Star • JUNE 20, 2012 

Page 3 

O P I N I O N 

Little-known insights 

about ruling rules 

In a flash of progressive openness (or an attempt 

to control discussion, depending on your 

perspective) the Electric City Council adopted 

new rules about how that legislative body’s meetings 

are conducted. 

It’s a noble gesture, and perhaps a step in the 

right direction, but could be devastating to the 

newspaper business. If council leaders around 

here start following rules of discussion, they’ll 

probably cut back way too much on public gaffes, 

which would make things less interesting for 

reporters and their readers. 

But relax, in my experience — 23 years of attending 

local government meetings — it’s never 

been done. 

Oh, sure, they all profess to be guided by Robert’s 

Rules of Order, but none of them actually 

are. If they followed those rules, council meeting 

times would all be cut in half. 

One of those rules, you see, says discussion on 

a motion should not be undertaken until a motion 

has been made and seconded. That way, if 

someone offers a motion that no one else thinks 

is a good idea, no one has to take time to discuss 

it. It’s dead. This forces back-room politicking up 

a notch, but from what we hear, that would pose 

no challenge for Electric City’s council members 

Letters From Our Readers 

anyway and could only help local drinking establishments. 

But what did Henry Martyn Robert know, 

anyway. His rules, first published in 1876, came 

about because he was embarrassed after having 

failed miserably at conducting a public meeting 

held in a church. The rules have only just been 

published in their 11th edition. 

One provision of the city’s new rules is actually 

not new at all. The part that calls a council member’s 

failure to vote on a motion “malfeasance of 

office” is written in state statute. It’s against the 

law for someone occupying a seat on a city council 

to not vote when it comes time, and they can only 

“abstain” for a very few legitimate reasons, which 

must be stated. No cowardice allowed. Bravo for 

reinforcing that provision. 

The part that demands that jeering be outlawed 

at council, on the other hand, would suggest 

Electric City will conduct itself with more 

decorum than the British Parliament. Kinda 

doubt that. 

But good luck with the rest of it. 

Scott Hunter 

editor and publisher 

Electric City citizens, do you know what’s going on? 

My name is Sam Stanczak and 

I’m writing this letter to try to inform 

our readers on what is going 

on in our city government (Electric 

City). Now don’t get me wrong, I’m 

not a pot stirrer or a troublemaker; 

what I am writing is the truth and 

my opinion on the matter. After 

reading this letter, please form 

your own opinion. 

I’ve been going to the council 

meetings for about two years 

trying to learn how the system is 

supposed to work (what a pain). 

Now, after attending these meetings, 

and doing some research, 

my opinion is that our council is 

(elected) into office to work for the 

people. We trust them to do what 

is right. Now, I understand it is 

difficult to balance what is right 

for the people and what is good 

for the city, but I feel they are not 

looking out for the people. 

Now, here are some things that 

have been changed or passed in the 

last two years. They have changed 

the zoning without homeowners 

knowing about it; a council member 

even made that statement in 

a business downtown about the 

fact. They have annexed land into 

the city against the homeowner’s 

protest. They have adopted an 

ordinance that is very extreme 

for our little town (oh sorry, we 

are not a town anymore, we are 

a city). They have stopped taping 

the meetings, and now they have 

passed a new ordinance about public 

comments. You can’t just go to 

the meetings and ask questions or 

complain about anything without 

going into city hall first and filling 

Say “Thanks” to your community! 

Recently my cousin and I were 

traveling on vacation and passed 

through your community. We were 

only a few miles from your town 

when our small motor home developed 

a rather serious mechanical 

problem. Of course, where it happened 

there was no cell service to 

call for help. That is when our true 

adventure began. 

We were partially blocking 

the two-lane highway headed up 

toward Wilbur. Within a very few 

minutes, folks started stopping to 

offer assistance. Two good Samaritans 

headed in opposite directions 

offered to call for a tow truck. One 

very kind young man pulled out a 

tow strap and towed us out of the 

road to a better spot where we 

could wait safely for help. A state 

policeman arrived all the way from 

Arrogance or malfeasance? 

The Colville Confederated 

Tribes took the high-road regarding 

the overly expensive Coulee 

Dam Sewer Treatment plant 

project. The tribe offered to help, 

in exchange for involvement … 

for a legitimate place at the table. 

In a letter to the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA), the tribe 

stated that they would involve 

the Indian Health Service and 

bring a needed project review and 

financial assistance to help with 

the costs for this $5 million - $7 

million project. This could reduce 

the cost impact for all of us — the 

native and non-native community 

alike. The tribe went so far as to 

suggest that they would work with 

the town AND the other regulators 

to review (and possibly relax) 

the discharge standards so that 

the Sewer Treatment Plant could 

continue to operate without permit 

violations… so long as there was a 

meaningful dialogue between the 

primary stakeholders (the tribe 

and the towns of Elmer City and 

Coulee Dam). The letter from the 

tribe ends with, “… we remain 

willing to cooperate and coordinate 

with them (Coulee Dam), 

and the other regulatory agencies, 

the Spokane area. 

Soon, the tow truck from Tim's 

Towing arrived to load us up and 

haul us back to town. We can't 

say enough good things about 

the whole crew at Tim's. We were 

treated with such kindness and 

generosity. Since this happened 

on a Saturday afternoon nothing 

could be done till Monday, and 

we spent the weekend … and the 

next three days … in the parking 

lot. When the part arrived, it was 

installed much quicker than we 

anticipated and we were on the 

road Wednesday afternoon. 

We passed some of our time in 

town walking around. We visited 

most of the stores that were open, 

stopped in the Chamber office and 

were given some great information. 

The library was warm and 

to achieve a mutually beneficial 

outcome.” 

Good news, I think (or thought)! 

Good news, most of us would think. 

Finally, an opportunity to do this 

thing right and maybe both get 

(and save) some money in the 

process. But, and again, no rational 

thinking in Town Hall! The 

town of Coulee Dam’s answer to 

the tribe (and the rest of us) was 

to immediately take the action 

necessary to move ahead with 

the $5-plus million project and to 

authorize the expenditure of about 

$400,000 for engineering services. 

They know well and good that a 

$2 million project will do the job 

just fine! So get ready for your 

$75- to $90-a-month sewer bills 

just to fund a growing arrogance 

and open defiance of the better 

public good. And do you know, the 

increased rates will include over 

$65,000 a year for things having 

absolutely nothing to do with the 

utility? In other words the town 

will profit, or additionally enrich 

itself, by over $2 million during 

the useful life of the facility. 

The town was quick to ask the 

tribe for money, but quicker still to 

exclude them from any meaningful 

out a request so they have it prior 

to the meeting. 

There are already rules of order 

and laws that address this. Do we 

really need this new ordinance? 

What is really going on here? If 

there is anyone concerned about 

this, please start coming to the 

meetings. The meetings are two 

nights a month, the second and 

fourth Tuesdays of every month. 

They start at 7 p.m., and they 

last about an hour. I know I would 

rather be fishing, but it is important 

for us as citizens to attend 

these meetings to find out what 

is going on. 

Sam Stanczak 

Nancy Bolyard 

inviting and we were grateful to 

have the use of wifi. The ladies 

at the senior center invited us to 

play cards with them. Dinner at 

the Eagles was delicious. Fuller 

& Sons Rental was kind enough 

to accommodate us with a rental 

car for a few hours with no previous 

reservation and that enabled 

us to sightsee a bit further than 

walking. 

What a great community you 

live in. We want to say THANK 

YOU to all of you! Your kindness 

and friendliness to two stranded 

women meant more to us than you 

can ever know! 

Molly & MaryAnn 

Sandy, Ore. 

participation … again! This matter 

brings me back to a discussion 

I had with Mayor Snow (before the 

great rift) about coordinated tribal/ 

town programs and actions: “Greg, 

you don’t understand how hard 

it is to work with ‘those’ people.” 

I wrote it off as just an ignorant 

comment from an arrogant mayor; 

given the town council’s action last 

week, I wonder if my dismissing 

the comment was equally wrong. 

Now I know, and shame on me! 

The tribe has leverage, the tribe 

has authority, and the tribe is a coregulator 

with the EPA. The tribe 

should exercise all of these tools to 

force what they could not achieve 

by reasonable protocol! Over 250 

native families will pay a combined 

sewer rate increase of over, 

probably well over, $135,000 per 

year when less than half of that 

will build all we need! Then, too, 

there are those of us retired and on 

fixed incomes — how about us? 

Recalls happen when arrogance 

evolves to malfeasance … just 

some food for thought. 

Greg Wilder 

More Letters 

To all the nice people out there 

I wanted to let everyone know 

that I’m in my new home. It’s been 

a long time getting there, but it 

finally happened. I also wanted 

to tell everybody at this time how 

much I want to thank everyone 

who helped me find enough stuff to 

furnish my house (specially Edna 

and Genny). From a picture to 

hang on my empty walls to a couch, 

TV and many more wonderful 

things. Without all of you I would 

have a very empty house. 

Also, thanks for the clothes that 

Ten Years Ago 

After years of working around 

the problem, a permanent solution 

to the water damage at the Grand 

Coulee Dam Middle School should 

soon begin. Grand Coulee Dam 

School District Head of Special 

Instruction Leon Johnson said the 

district received a $100,000 state 

grant, mainly to repair the roof on 

the middle school. 

The employees of Grand Coulee’s 

Wastewater Treatment Plant 

recently received an accolade recognizing 

their dedication to the 

job. At the June 4 Grand Coulee 

City Council meeting, state officials 

presented a plaque that 

recognized an outstanding performance 

in 2001 by the plant’s Chief 

Operator Darrel Fleischman, 

Grand Coulee Public Works Director 

Dennis Francis and Operations 

Assistant Jim Anderson. 

Two Lake Roosevelt athletes 

and a coach have been named as 

finalists for an award given to the 

best athletes in the north central 

Washington area last year. Garrett 

Strocscher football, basketball 

and baseball and Jason Beagle 

football, wrestling, and track and 

field, were nominated as finalists 

for the State Farm NCW Awards 

high school male athlete of the 

year award. Football coach Matt 

Bona also received a nomination 

as male team coach for the NCW 

awards. 

Pvt. Russell H. Marchand Jr. 

of Nespelem graduated from the 

School of Infantry, Marine Combat 

Training at Camp Pendleton, Calif. 

on Tues. June 11, 2002. 

Twenty Years Ago 

The explosive and colorful 

incendiaries traditional for the 

Fourth of July celebrations are 

being declared too dangerous for 

most of Washington state’s tinderlike 

conditions. 

A storage tank for used oil was 

officially opened at the Delano 

Landfill last Wednesday afternoon. 

Placement of the tanker was an 

environmental project of the GCD 

Rotary Club. 

A local ceremony scheduled 

from 2-3 p.m. at Grand Coulee 

Dam will help mark the U.S. Bureau 

of Reclamation’s 90 years 

of service in the West. Governor 

everyone provided for me. 

Special thanks to a wonderful 

lady in Elmer City and her grandchildren, 

for Willy (Runt) Willy is 

doing a good job at keeping me 

busy as I lost my dog in the fire. I 

forgot how much work comes with 

a puppy. 

Thanks also to my neighbor Bob 

for all his help. Also to Quincy for 

the help with ground set up and 

all the finish work he did on the 

house. 

The biggest thank you is to my 

Coulee Recollections 

Booth Gardner has proclaimed 

June 17 as a day to honor and recognize 

the agency in Washington 

state. 

Thirty Years Ago 

Dr. Richard McCartney and 

Lee Chu are pleased to announce 

their association with Dr. Robert 

Richardson, M.D., who has joined 

them in practice at Coulee Comprehensive 

Health Clinic. 

The Eagles Auxiliary presented 

a $1,000 check to the Grand 

Coulee Senior Center at a dinner 

last Friday. 

Patty Davis, daughter of Mr. 

and Mrs. George Davis of Coulee 

Dam, has been named a 1982 J.S. 

Seidman Scholar for excellence in 

acting at the New York University. 

Davis will receive her BFA degree 

in theatre from NYU this month. 

The area firemen had their 

annual competition Saturday in 

the industrial area of the USBR 

Grand Coulee Dam project. Five 

teams participated including 

USBR teams A & B, Grand Coulee 

teams 1 & 2 and the Coulee Dam 

Fire Department. 

The Coors Fast Pitch team 

finished its season in perfect form 

with 29 wins and 0 losses. 

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brother Jerry; if he didn’t know 

how to do it, he found someone 

who could explain how to do it. 

Without him, I would not be living 

in my house. 

So thanks again to everyone. 

Peggy Sandgren 

P.S. I almost forgot to thank 

Micki for letting me move in with 

her for few weeks and ending up to 

being months. Hope I didn’t drive 

you too crazy. 

Forty Years Ago 

Steve and Danny Morrison, 

sons of Mr. and Mrs. Michael Morrison 

of Grand Coulee, have won 

a three-day trip sponsored by the 

Spokane Daily Chronicle. They are 

to fly by jet to Los Angeles. One 

full day will be spent at Disneyland 

and the boys will also tour 

the Queen Mary as well as visit 

Knotts Berry Farm, Safari Land 

and Universal Studios. 

The first graduation of Lake 

Roosevelt High School was held 

last week with 104 students receiving 

diplomas. The Valedictorian 

was Gary Jackson and Sandra 

Olson was Salutatorian. 

Jeanine Ellis of Wenatchee 

will become the first lady barber 

in Grand Coulee. Jeanine joins 

barber Bill Sanders of Bill’s Barber 

Shop. 

Fifty Years Ago 

Awarding of trophies for the 

year has been completed by journalism 

students at Central Washington 

State College in Ellensburg. 

Among students honored were 

Paul Allen, Grand Coulee named 

best freshman in journalism for 

the school year. 

Army Specialist Five Keith M. 

Fish recently participated in the 

weeklong fifth U.S. Army Rifle and 

Pistol Matches at Fort Riley, Kan. 

Sixty Years Ago 

Dancers and listeners from 

all over the Big Bend were here 

Thursday night to enjoy the music 

of Jimmy Dorsey and his orchestra. 

New officers elected at a recent 

meeting of the Operators Wives 

Club were: Mrs. Alex Parker president; 

Mrs. William Koehler vice 

president; Mrs. J.W. Honodel secretary 

and Mrs. James Crawford 

treasurer. 

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Page 4 The Star • June 20, 2012 

Obituaries 

Meetings & Notices 

Susan Danette Arroyo 

Susan Danette Arroyo, 62, a 

resident of the Promisedland 

Farm, east of Elmer City, Wash., 

left this earth on 

Wednesday, June 

13, 2012, and now 

resides with the 

Lord Jesus in the 

Kingdom of Heaven. 

Danette was born 

October 24, 1949, at 

a Naval hospital in 

Memphis, Tenn., to 

Daniel and Francis 

Weisser. 

D a n e t t e w a s 

most known for 

her God-given talent 

with quilting as well as her 

very loving and generous heart 

of giving to people in need. She 

exemplified the true heart of a 

Roy Fulton passed away peacefully 

on Tuesday, Feb. 7, 2012, in 

Gresham, Ore. Born 

in Sprague, Wash., 

on December 5, 1927, 

to late Merdo and 

Marinda Fulton, Mr. 

Fulton grew up in 

Washington and Oregon. 

He served in 

the Army from 1946 - 

1947, and graduated 

at the University of 

Oregon in 1953. He 

spent most of his career 

in supervision of 

heavy construction 

projects while residing in Orinda, 

Calif. He retired in Gresham in 

2001 where he enjoyed walking 

Roy Lee Fulton 

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Godly woman. 

Danette is survived by her 

very much loved husband Daniel, 

whom the Lord 

placed them together 

in 1967; daughter 

Leah, son Jesse and 

wife Jeanine, and 

five grandchildren: 

Jessica, Jennifer, 

Joshua, Jonah and 

Jerusa. 

She was laid to 

rest at the Odessa 

Cemetery near her 

beloved Granny and 

other members of 

her King family. 

She always wanted 

her life to be a testimony to her 

faith in the Lord God our Father, 

through our Savior Jesus. 

and being around people. 

He was preceded in death by his 

wife Diana W. Fulton, 

companion Patricia 

Regner; sister Naomi 

Say, and will be forever 

missed by his 

family and friends. 

He is survived by 

his children: Curtis, 

Bradley, Lorraine, 

and Margo; six grandchildren; 

and five 

great-grandchildren. 

A funeral service 

is planed at Spring 

Canyon Cemetery at 

Grand Coulee, on Saturday, June 

23, at 10 a.m. 

Celeration of Life 

for Eddie Mae Pfeifer 

A celebration of life for Eddie 

Mae Pfeifer will be held on Saturday, 

June 30, 2012, at Spring 

Canyon Park in Grand Coulee, 

starting at 1 p.m. It will be a potluck 

picnic. 

Eddie Mae passed away Wednesday, 

June 6, in East Wenatchee at 

the Highline Care Center. 

Clara M. Sears, 108, passed 

away on Saturday, June 16, 2012, 

in Davenport, Wash. She was born 

on January 9, 1904, 

in Latty, Ohio to 

Frederick and Katherine 

Zurbrugg. 

She graduated from 

Colville High School 

in 1922. 

She is survived 

by her son Richard 

Sears and Karen 

of Alameda, Calif.; 

daughter-in-law 

June Sears; sons-in-law Don 

Crowther and Elten Klein; 12 

grandchildren, 21 great-grandchildren, 

and 31.5 great-great 

grandchildren (one due in Sept.). 

and several great-great-great 

grandchildren. 

Clara M. Sears 

She was preceded in death by 

her parents, her husband Clarence, 

one son Neal Sears, two daughters, 

Pauline Crowther and 

Lois Klein; six brothers, 

two sisters, and two 

grandchildren and three 

great-grandchildren. 

F u n e r a l S e r v i c e s 

will be held on Monday, 

June 25, at 11 a.m. at 

the Chapel of Strate Funeral 

Home, Davenport. 

Concluding services and 

vault interment will follow 

at Spring Canyon Cemetery, 

Grand Coulee, at 3 p.m. 

Please go to www.stratefuneralhome.com 

to sign the guestbook. 

Strate Funeral Home, Davenport, 

is caring for the family. 

Chase M. Warrington 

Chase M. Warrington, 23, 

passed away on Monday, June 

18, 2012, in Wilbur, Washington. 

A graveside inurnment will be 

held on Saturday, June 23, at 11 

a.m. at Wilbur Cemetery. A Celebration 

of Life Memorial Service 

will follow at noon at Wilbur High 

School Gymnasium. Pastor Paul 

MacArthur will officiate. 

Memorial donations may be 

made to the Wilbur Fire Department, 

Sacred Heart Hospital – 

Pediatric Oncology, or American 

Childhood Cancer Org. INW; PO 

Box 8031, Spokane, WA 99203. 

Please visit www.stratefuneralhome. 

com to sign the guestbook. A full 

obit will appear in next week’s 

Star. Strate Funeral Home, Wilbur, 

is caring for the family. 

Request a free 

information kit: 

633-1350 

Toulou/Aldrich 

to wed July 28 

Madisyn and Wyatt Toulou would like to announce the engagement 

of their parents along with Malcom Carson Jr. who would like to announce 

the engagement of his mother Kisha Marie Aldrich and Ronald 

Carl Toulou, both of Coulee Dam. 

The couple has set their wedding date for Saturday, July 28, 2012, 

in Cole Park in Coulee Dam beginning at 3 p.m. A reception will follow 

in the ballroom of the Town of Coulee Dam building. 

Births in the Coulee 

It’s a boy for Desautel 

Racheal Marie Desautel is proud to announce the birth of her son 

Mackiah Lee Tom on Saturday, May 26, 2012, at Coulee Medical Center 

in Grand Coulee. He weighed 7 lbs., 7 oz., and was 21-1/2 inches in 

length at birth. 

Siblings include Brother Zayden Desautel 4, brother Damian Tom 

1,and sisters Mackenzie Tom and Simarah. 

Valenzuelas has a boy 

Jessica and Brennan Valenzuela of Nespelem are proud to announce 

the birth of their son Erik Riley Valenzuela on Friday, June 1, 2012, at 

Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 9 lbs., 10 oz., and 

was 21-1/2 inches in length at birth. 

Siblings include Trent 8, Logan 5 and John 2. Maternal grandparents 

are Brenda and David Cirk of Nespelem. Paternal grandparents are 

Kathy Brann and Ron Valenzuela. 

It’s a girl for Friedlander/Ogle 

Tasheena Friedlander and James Ogle of Nespelem are pleased to 

announce the birth of their daughter Larryssa Leslie Lynn Friedlander 

born on Saturday, June 2, 2012, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand 

Coulee. She weighed 7 lbs., 9 oz., and was 20 inches in length at birth. 

Maternal grandparents are Suzette Aripa and Les Moses. Paternal 

grandparents are Erin Ogle and Larry Ogle. 

Pre-Registration for 

Lavender Wreath Classes 

Class Limited to 8 • Don’t Miss This Opportunity 

$25 A Wreath 

2 class times on Sat., June 30 * 10 a.m. and/or 2 p.m. 

Register online at springcanyonalpacas.com 

or Call 509.633.2854, leave message. 

D&M GARDENS/ 

Spring Canyon Alpacas 

44581 Stagecoach Lane, Grand Coulee 

Mary Jo Monteith - 509.633.2854/509.633.3440 

e-mail: springcanyonalpacas@gmail.com 

Join the Fight! 

In an effort to stamp out breast 

cancer, CMC and local businesses are 

teaming up to promote breast health 

awareness throughout the year. 

In June, anyone who receieves a 

mammogram at CMC will be entered 

for a chance to win a local gift 

certificate! 

In addition to the monthly drawings, 

Loepp’s will be giving out a 

$200.00 gift certificate every 

quarter. 

It is our goal to encourage and 

reward women who are proactive 

about getting these important health 

screenings! 

Call today 

to schedule your 

appointment! 

509-633-1753 

June Gift Certificates: 

$40.00 at 

Siam Palace 

$60.00 at 

Good Medicine Massage 

No purchase necessary. 

Contact CMC Radiology for details. 

GCD Ch a m b e r to Me e t at Ho m e t o w n Pi z z a 

Grant Chamber will meet at Hometown Pizza in Grand Coulee this 

Thursday at noon. Quincy Snow, mayor of the Town of Coulee Dam, 

will give an update on the Fourth of July Festival in America.. 

Gr a n t Co u n t y Fi r e Di s t. 14 to Me e t 

Grant County Fire District 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting 

on Monday, June 25, at 7 p.m. at the Electric City Fire Dept. 

Pl a n e t Ea r t h Pl ay e r s to Me e t 

Planet Earth Players will meet this week on Thursday, June 21, at 7 

p.m. in the Grand Gallery Theater on Main Street in Grand Coulee. 

Vacation Bible 

School to begin 

All kids from preschool to 

middle school are invited to a 

great week of exciting wilderness 

thrills as they head out to beautiful 

“SonRise National Park” for a 

community vacation Bible School. 

This event is being held Monday 

– Friday, June 25-29, from 9 a.m. 

– noon. 

Brought on by the local churches, 

kids will have a fantastic time 

Rainiers & Chinooks Available 

Fresh Asparagus 

Walla Walla Sweet Onions 

Apple Cider - Fresh Pressed 

Walnuts - Whole or Shelled 

Sorghum & Black Strap Molasses 

We have Kincaid Creek Trading Company Fresh Baked Cookies, 

Biscotti & Granola from their local bakery. 

HOURS: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. daily, 7 days a week. 

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENE 

Welcomes you 

Everyone’s invited. 

Pastor Adrian Harris 

2 miles east of Hwy 155 on Hwy 174 

Sunday School............................... 9:30 a.m. 

Sunday Worship........................... 10:45 a.m. 

Church office 633-2186 

Church Website: www.grandcouleenaz.com 

COULEE DAM 

COMMUNITY CHURCH 

Presbyterian (U.S.A.) 

Offers You a Warm Welcome! 

PASTOR KEVIN LIND 

. 

SUMMER SCHEDULE 

Worship Service.................................... 10 a.m. 

Nursery Care Available 

509 Central Drive, Coulee Dam 

Church: 633-1790 

www.couleedamchurch.org 

FAITH COMMUNITY 

A Foursquare Church 

PASTOR STEVE ARCHER 

NOW MEETING IN OUR NEW BUILDING 

16 Grand, Electric City 

Sunday Morning Service:.......................10 a.m. 

KIDS’s CHurch and Nursery 

Call the Church Office 633-1244 to find out 

about other regular scheduled meetings. 

Come Worship The Lord! 

with music, crafts, games and stories 

as they learn the most important 

survival skill of all: that they 

can always depend on Jesus! 

Register by contacting Coulee 

Dam Community Church at 633- 

1790 or info@couleedamchurch. 

org or register at the Kickoff Family 

Fun Night Sunday, June 24, 

from 5-7 p.m.. 

Open June 19 (available Tuesdays) 

Dancing River 

Counseling 

Alison Hadley, LICSW/DCSW 

Clinical Social Worker • Over 32 Years Counseling 

Individuals, Couples, Families, All Ages 

Most Insurances Accepted 

404 Burdin Blvd., Grand Coulee (in Coulee Wellness) 

509.481.5590 • www.alisonhadley.com 

3533A Hwy 155, Coulee Dam 

633-0133/shawsfruit.com 

Washington Sweet CHERRIES 

BANKS LAKE BIBLE CHURCH 

25 School Avenue, Electric City, 633-0670 

Affiliated with I.F.C.A./N.I.C.E. 

Pastor Bill Williams 

Everyone Welcome! 

Sunday School, all ages............ 9:30 a.m. 

Coffee Fellowship.................... 10:30 a.m. 

Morning Worship...................... 10:45 a.m. 

Evening Worship........................ 6:00 p.m. 

Prayer............................ Wed., 11:00 a.m. 

Bible Study.............................. Wed., noon 

Seventh-day Adventist 

Welcomes You for Worship & Praise 

103 Continental Heights, Grand Coulee 

Church (509) 633-3030 

Pastor Mel Pond (509) 775-8129 

Saturday Bible Study............................ 9:30 a.m. 

Children’s Bible Story Time................. 10:00 a.m. 

Saturday Worship Service...................11:00 a.m. 

All Church Fellowship......................... 12:30 p.m. 

Midweek Bible Study Wednesday............ 6 p.m. 

UNITED METHODIST 

Modeling our ministry after the New Testament 

405 Center St., Grand Coulee 

Monty Fields/Tom & Elizabeth Poplawski 

Certified Lay Ministers 

EVERYONE WELCOME! 

Church Office 633-0980 

Worship Service................................ 10:00 a.m 

Thursday Bible Study......................... 1:30 p.m. 

Join us every 3rd Sunday for brunch 

and fellowship following worship service. 

. 

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 Worship........................................11:00 a.m. 

Nursery Available • NEED A RIDE? CALL 633-2566

The Star • The Star • JUNE 20, 2012 

District to try 

guaranteed 

learning program 



District will enter a two-year 

“guaranteed education” pilot 

project beginning with the senior 

graduating class of 2014. 

Superintendent Dennis Carlson 

has been talking about the idea for 

some time and last Wednesday 

asked the board to embark on a 

two-year pilot project to which the 

board readily agreed. 

The program would guarantee 

graduating seniors, for one year, 

that if they had difficulty moving 

on in college, the military, or a 

work situation, the district would 

come to their aid. 

Carlson said the program would 

pay to provide tutoring at a college 

or university level if a student 

tried and failed an entrance examination. 

He also stated the same would 

School board 

approves hirings 


District board approved several 

hires, one retirement, and a oneyear 

leave of absence at its last 

meeting. 

Retiring is Linda Peterson as 

Center School librarian. Teresa 

Miley, para-educator, was granted 

a one-year leave of absence. 

Hired were Shannon Rounds, 

Title 7 para-professional at Center 

School; Raehanne Piturachsatit, 

assistant girls’ volleyball coach 

at Lake Roosevelt; Holly Weston, 

district assessment coordinator; 

Joe Tynan, assistant football 

coach; and Kyle Desautel, head 

boys’ basketball coach at Lake 

Roosevelt. 

Also, the board approved a number 

of supplemental contracts: 

Joette Barry, S.A.F.T.Y.E./ 

S.A.D.D. club advisor ($559); 

Shelly Black, 12th grade advisor 

($559); Karyn Byam, 11th grade 

advisor ($559); Rosella Covington, 

counselor Middle School, 

10 extra days ($3,498); Sheila 

Darnold, Middle School athletic 

director ($2,146); George Davis, 

Keller bus maintenance ($7,000); 

Carrie Derr, Middle School ASB 

advisor ($1,620); Carrie Derr, 

Middle School tech support ($750); 

Sue Hinton, Title 7 coordinator 

($2,500); Sandy Hood, Middle 

School annual advisor ($1,000); 

Steve Hood, prep, cleanup time 

Proctor 

receives UM 

scholarship 

Cody Proctor, of Grand Coulee, 

has been awarded a $6,000 Montana 

Broadcasters Association/Joe 

Durso Jr. Memorial Scholarship 

from The University of Montana. 

Proctor is a UM senior majoring 

in broadcast journalism. She is a 

2008 graduate of Lake Roosevelt 

High School and the daughter of 

Gordon and Kathleen Proctor of 

Grand Coulee. 

The scholarship was established 

in 1999 by MBA board members in 

memory of Durso, who was a UM 

professor of radio-television. 

Little Diamond Lake KOA! 

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Just 30 minutes North of Spokane 

New RV Pullthru’s w/water & 50 amp 

Tent Sites • Spacious Family Lodge 

Swimming Pool (Seasonal) • Hot Tub 

Kids Activities • Store • Driving Range 

Open 

April 13 to October 15 

From Newport: Take US 2 S 

for about 6 miles. Turn right 

onto Southshore-Diamond 

Lake Road. Follow for 2 miles to Diamond 

Lake. Turn right onto Northshore Road. 

Follow for 2 miles Turn right onto 

McGowen Road, follow for 1 mile to KOA. 

Directions Spokane: From Division St “Y” on north end 

of town, travel about 27 miles on US 2. Turn left onto 

Northshore-Diamond Lake Road. Follow signs for 4 miles 

Turn left onto McGowen Road. Follow for 1 mile to KOA. 

800-562-4788 or reserve online @ KOA.com 

be true if a graduating senior tried 

to enter the military, but couldn’t 

pass the test. 

And, Carlson told the school 

board, if a student tries to enter 

the workforce and has trouble 

passing any test, a tutor would 

be made available to assist the 

applicant, also at the district’s 

expense. 

Carlson told the board that this 

would increase public trust in the 

district’s program. 

Carlson said there would be 

some restraints on the program 

— namely, that parents would 

have to sign on, and there would 

have to be an agreement on such 

things as attendance, conduct and 

grades. 

The grade point average suggested 

by the board ranged from 

2.4 - 2.7. 

The board asked Carlson to 

bring a draft of the proposal to the 

July board meeting. 

($830); Cathy Huston, Title 1 coordinator, 

10 extra days ($3,498); 

Cathy Huston, special education 

coordinator, 10 extra days ($3,498); 

Lee Largent, prep and cleanup 

time ($1,000); Melissa Marin, 

10th grade advisor ($559); Shayla 

Picard, Center School tech advisor 

($750); Kathy Proctor, prep and 

cleanup ($1,000); Kathy Proctor, 

vocational director ($1,500); Kathy 

Proctor, Independent study project 

coordinator ($6,000); Kathy Proctor, 

high school annual advisor 

($1,000); Derek Pulsifer, band & 

chorus at the Middle School and 

high school ($5,300); Ralph Rise, 

high school tech support ($750); 

Mary Schilling, grant coordinator 

($5,000); Kim Stanger, Native 

American advisor ($559); Mandi 

Strocsher, enrollment, P210, CE- 

DARS, food service, employee 

safety ($1,500); Mandi Strocsher, 

S-275, assist personnel, budget, local 

receipts and revenue ($1,000); 

Karrie Utz, 12th grade advisor 

($559); and Debbie VanGeystel, 

high school ASB advisor ($3,400) 

for a total of $63,894. 

Legal 

Notices 

PUBLIC NOTICE 

OF MEETING 

CANCELLATION 

The regularly scheduled Public 

Hospital District #6 Douglas, 

Grant, Lincoln & Okanogan 

Counties Board of Commissioners 

meeting scheduled for June 27, 

2012 has been cancelled. 

(Publish June 20, 2012) 

PUBLIC NOTICE 

A claim has been filed on found 

property, a 26-inch wheel mountain 

bike, found recently in the 

Grand Coulee area. RCW 63.21 

– If the owner fails to claim the 

bike within 60 days it will revert 

to the person who found it. 

(Publish June 20 and 27, 

2012) 

Public Hearing 

Notice 


District Board of Directors will 

begin their 6:00 pm June 25th 

regular scheduled board meeting 

with a public hearing to discuss 

and to accept public input regarding 

the 2012-2013 School Year 

Operating Budget. Following the 

public discussions, the Board of 

Directors will take action during 

their meeting to revise and/or 

adopt the 2012-2013 Budget. A 

copy of the proposed 2012-2013 

Operating Budget may be viewed 

or received by contacting Dennis 

Carlson, Superintendent at the 

Grand Coulee Dam School District 

Office, 633-2143 or at 110 Stevens 

Ave., Coulee Dam. 

(Publish June 13 and 20, 

2012) 

LHRS 

honors 

students 

and teacher 

Lake Roosevelt High School announced 

its students of the month 

for May. They were: Jared Holt, Keya 

Fasthorse, Charli Knight, Jazlyn 

Adrian, Kylie Leiss, Jazmine Sumner, 

Kendra George, Winona Ramos, 

Holly Carierre and Natasha French. 

May staff member of the month was 

Guillermo Guzman, spanish teacher. 

— submitted photos 

NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 

(Supplemental Appropriation) 

Legal Notices 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN by the Coulee Area Parks and Recreation 

District (CAPRD) Commissioners that a public hearing is set 

for 4:30 PM, June 21, 2012 to consider a supplemental appropriation 

to the CAPRD’s budget for 2012. Said funds are from U.S. Bureau of 

Reclamation Title 28 Grant in the amount of $50,000. The supplemental 

appropriation will be used for Operation and Maintenance of 

North Dam Park and Event Center and for new construction within 

North Dam Park targeted toward meeting Federal Handicapped Access 

standards within the Park and Event Center. The hearing will be 

held in the Faculty Meeting room at Middle School in Grand Coulee, 

Washington. 

(Publish June 13 and 20, 2012) 

Public Notice 

Town of Coulee Dam 

ORDINANCES ADOPTED BY THE 

TOWN OF COULEE DAM 

Ordinance 705 – An Ordinance of the Town of Coulee Dam, Washington, 

Setting Salaries and Wages for Officers and Employees of the 

Town for the calendar year 2012 and Amending Ordinance 701. 

Full and complete copies of the above ordinances are available at 

Town Hall during normal business hours. 

Carol Visker 

Clerk / Treasurer 


Notice of Public Hearing 

Town of Coulee Dam 

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held 

to consider the Six-Year Comprehensive Street Program (TIP) for 

2013 – 2018 and an amendment to the Six-Year Comprehensive Street 

Program (TIP) for 2012 – 2017. The Public Hearing will held in the 

Coulee Dam Town Hall Council Chambers, 300 Lincoln Ave, Coulee 

Dam Washington, at the regular council meeting of Wednesday, June 

27, 2012 at 6:00 p.m. at which time the public may give written or 

oral testimony. 

Carol Visker 

Clerk/Treasurer 


NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING 

CITY OF ELECTRIC CITY 

Notice is hereby given that a public hearing to consider the 

Six-Year Comprehensive Street Program (TIP) for 2013-2018 will be 

held in the Electric City Council Chambers, 10 Western Ave., Electric 

City, Washington, at the regular council meeting Tuesday, June 26, 

2012, at 6:45 p.m. The public is invited to make their recommendations 

at this meeting or send their written suggestions to City of Electric 

City, PO Box 130, Electric City, WA 99123 before June 28, 2011. City 

Hall is handicapped accessible. 

Jacqueline M. Perman 

Clerk/Treasurer 


Lady Raiders will 

be stronger, 

says new coach 

by John R. McNeil II 

Nathan Piturachsatit is taking 

over as the head coach for 

Lake Roosevelt volleyball with 

a strength and fitness emphasis 

which he hopes will make for a 

better Lady Raider team. 

Coach Piturachsatit is a sixthgrade 

teacher at Grand Coulee 

Dam Middle School, where he has 

been the head track coach for the 

Pirates. His emphasis there on 

fitness has lead to league championships. 

This is the first time Nathan 

Piturachsatit has coached volleyball, 

but his assistant, and wife 

Raehanne has coached volleyball 

before at Rogers High School in 

Spokane. 

Piturachsatit will bring his 

“Piratesentics” to the Lady Raider 

volleyball program that has few 

returning starters from last fall. 

That being said, Piturachsatit 

had 26 upperclassmen attend 

an interest meeting this spring. 

Along with six incoming freshmen, 

the Lady Raiders have 32 

athletes turning out. That means 

for the first time in years Lake 

Roosevelt could have a C Squad 

for volleyball. 

Page 5 

GRAND COULEE DAM SCHOOL DISTRICT 

WRIGHT ELEMENTARY DEMOLITION INVITATION 

TO BID   

GRAND COULEE DAM SCHOOL DISTRICT 

110 Stevens Avenue , Coulee Dam, WA 99116 

DESIGN WEST ARCHITECTS 

254 E. Main St., Pullman, WA 99163 

Tel: 509-332-3113 / Fax: 509-332-3327 

You are invited to bid on a General Contract for construction of the 

Grand Coulee Dam School District – Wright Elementary Demolition 

Project in Coulee Dam, Washington. The project generally consists of 

removing the existing Wright Elementary, including asphalt paving 

and abatement of hazardous materials. 

Preliminary Estimate: 

Base Bid: $320,000  

Proposals will be accepted by the Superintendent for the Grand Coulee 

Dam School District until 3:00 PM, prevailing time, on Wednesday, 

July 11, 2012 at the Grand Coulee Dam School District Administrative 

Office at 110 Stevens Avenue, Coulee Dam WA 99116. Bid proposals 

will be opened publicly and read aloud at 4:00pm. Interested parties 

are invited to attend. 

A Pre-Bid Conference, recommended for all prospective bidders, 

will be held June 26, 2012 at 11:00 AM at the Project Site, Wright 

Elementary School Coulee Dam, WA 99116. 

Plans and Specifications are available, June 18, 2012, through the 

Architect at $100 per set (limit 2 sets to General Contractors and 1 

set for subcontractors) or emailed plans and specifications at no cost. 

The cost is refundable provided the documents are returned in good 

condition within 10 days after bid opening. Additional sets may be 

purchased at cost, non-refundable. Bid security amounting to five 

percent (5%) of the total Base Bid and five percent (5%) of each bid 

alternate must accompany each Bidder’s proposal in accordance with 

Instructions to Bidders. 

Contact Chelsea Holstad, Office Manager with Design West Architects 

at 509/332-3113 or cholstad@designwestpa.com with questions 

or to request documents. 

Bid documents will be available for examination during the bidding 

period at the following locations: 

Associated Builders & Contractors, Inc. – Spokane Valley, WA 

Associated General Contractors – Coeur d’Alene, ID & Spokane, 

WA 

Walla Walla Valley Plan Center – Walla Walla, WA 

McGraw-Hill Construction – Spokane, WA 

Spokane Regional Plan Center – Spokane, WA 

Tri-City Construction Council – Kennewick, WA 

Yakima Plan Center – Yakima, WA 

Reed Construction Data Electronic Plan Room– Norcross, GA 

No bidder may withdraw his proposal after the date and time set 

for opening thereof or before Award of Contract, unless said award is 

delayed beyond 30 days. 

Substantial Completion shall be achieved within 75 days of the Notice 

to Proceed, however contractor shall not be held responsible if a delay 

is caused by the utility provider. 

The District reserves the right to accept or reject any or all proposals, 

and in particular, to reject a proposal not accompanied by the required 

bid security or data required. The process shall comply with WAC 180- 

29-105, RCW 28A.335.190 and RCW 43.19.1906. There are no federal 

funds associated with this project. 


The Lady Raiders will be competing 

in the Central Washington 2B 

League that has only eight member 

schools for this classification cycle. 

The combo North Central League 

with the 1B schools that appeared 

to be a done deal last winter has 

fallen apart for unknown reasons. 

Now the Lady Raiders will travel 

not only to White Swan but to Oroville 

for league play. 

With Riverside Christian fielding 

a volleyball squad, the Lady 

Raiders will be playing 14 league 

matches, leaving only two nonleague 

matches compared to last 

year's six. 

With the longer league play and 

the fact that Kittitas and Riverside 

Christian are returning much of 

their starting lineups, the Lady 

Raiders must start now to be in 

competitive shape to challenge for 

a state berth. 

To do just that, Piturachsatit has 

instituted a new policy: In order 

to play, players must come to the 

workouts on Monday, Wednesday, 

Friday in the evenings, starting 

at 7 p.m. in the Lake Roosevelt 

weight room. The Lady Raiders 

will be traveling to Whitworth for 

a team camp August 14-16 before 

starting fall training, which starts 

on August 20.


C L A S S I F I E D S 

Jobs 

PATIENT COORDINATOR 

This full-time position will assist in 

the coordination of clinic patient care; 

schedule patients for clinic appointments; 

receive and distribute patient messages; 

pre-register patients by telephone; locate 

and prepare medical charts; follow up with 

patient orders and discharge summary; 

TED assist in quality improvement; maintain 

knowledge of regulations, policies and 

procedures; perform other duties as 

assigned. One year experience in 

r vacant positions 

medical setting is preferred. Knowledge 

ormation, please 

in medical terminology, diagnosis and 

ribe’s website at: 

procedure codes desirable. 

illetribes.com 

@colvilletribes.com 

HOUSEKEEPER 

Resources Office at: 

Duties include keeping assigned areas 

espelem, WA 99155 

clean, sanitary and aseptic by scouring, 

(800) 506-9434 

scrubbing, mopping, polishing, using 

9) 634-2864 

germicides and wet dusting. Use floor 

care equipment in order to meet or 

exceed industry standard for cleaning 

and maintaining floor space. Make beds 

and perform other duties as directed by 

Environmental Services Supervisor. High 

School diploma or equivalent required. 

Prior institutional cleaning experience 

helpful, but not required. 

Coulee Medical Center offers a 

competitive salary and benefit package. 

Apply online at: www.cmccares.org 

Or email information to: employment@ 

cmccares.org 

PHONE: (509) 633-1753 

FAX: (509) 633-0295 

E.O.E. 

Deadline for Advertising is Monday at 5 p.m. • 509-633-1350 • FAX 509-633-3828 • e-mail ads@grandcoulee.com 

Cost is $5.80 for first 20 words/Business $5.80 for first 15 words; 10¢ for each additional word 

Jobs 

HOUSEKEEPER NEEDED – Call Trail West 

Motel 633-3155 ask for Sam. (T5-9-tfc) 

Farm Help - We are seeking a summer 

tractor operator for farming operations. 

Please call 509-449-0459. (CC6-13-2tp) 

MERCHANDISER: FGXI seeks a part-time 

merchandiser to service a store in Grand 

Coulee, WA. Please apply at www.fgxi. 

appone.com 

COLVILLE 

CONFEDERATED 

TRIBES 

Is recruiting for vacant positions 

For more information, please 

log onto the Tribe’s website at: 

www.colvilletribes.com 

or e-mail - jobs@colvilletribes.com 

Contact Human Resources Office at: 

P.O. Box 150, Nespelem, WA 99155 

Toll Free: 1(800) 506-9434 

Fax (509) 634-2864 

seeking applicants for: 

BARTENDER 

$9.15 p/hr 

Full Time 

For more information, please contact Teila 

St. Paul, Human Resources 634-3211 or 

Gina Aldrich Casino Manager 634-3241 at 

the Coulee Dam Casino at 633-0766. 

Jobs 

BARTENDER – Part-time, Moose Lodge – 

apply at the lodge. (M6-20-1tc) 

WANTED – EXPERIENCED BARTENDARS 

ONLY – Apply Wolf’s Den, Grand Coulee. 

(W6-20-1tc) 

WANTED – Full-time sales person. Loepp 

Furniture. Submit resumé in person at store. 

Main St., Grand Coulee. (L6-20-1tc) 

INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL Exchange 

Representative: Earn supplemental income 

placing and supervising high school 

exchange students. Volunteer host families 

also needed. Promote world peace! www. 

afice.org/reps 

UP TO 30K Breeding program. We buy 

everything you raise. 4’ space 2 hours week. 

Free animal with appointment. Trades as 

good as cash. 1-509-720-3395 

DRIVERS -- Inexperienced/Experienced. 

Unbeatable career Opportunities. Trainee, 

Company Driver, Lease Operator. Lease 

Trainers. Ask about our new pay scale! 

(877-369-7105. www.centraldrivingjobs.net 

21 st Century Community Learning Centers 

SHARP Kids is hiring for the position 

of Kitchen Assistant. This individual will 

work with the Summer Cook to prepare 

and serve meals to students at the 

USDA Summer Meal Site. This person 

will also help with clean up and general 

maintenance of the kitchen. Position pays 

$10 per hour. 4 hours per day available. 

Kitchen open June 18 th -21 st and July 2 nd - 

August 2 nd (Monday-Thursday). Potential 

for work on up to 3 Friday’s during field 

trips. Food Handler’s Permit Required. 

If you are interested in this position, please 

submit a letter of interest, resume and 

classified application to Mandi Strocsher, 

Payroll/Personnel. The application can 

be obtained online at http://www.gcdsd. 

org/DistrictOffice/jobApplications.asp or 

email mandis@gcdsd.org or call 633- 

2143. Open until filled. 

Jobs 

National Honor Society Advisor 

 3 hours per day 

Bus Driver  4 hours per day 

If you are interested in these positions, 

please submit a letter of interest, 

resume and classified application to 

Mandi Strocsher, Payroll/Personnel. 

The application can be obtained online 

at http://www.gcdsd.org/DistrictOffice/ 

jobApplications.asp. For job descriptions 

please email mandis@gcdsd.org or call 

633-2143. Open until filled. 

Autos 

FOR SALE – 1974 Ford F100 pickup, one 

owner, clean, no dents/dings. Runs good, 

with attached canopy and mounted snow 

tires – well maintained. Contact Ben Horton 

633-1064, $2000 firm. (H6-20-2tp) 

1993 FORD F250 4x4 w/canopy $1500 647- 

2014 H or 631-0081 cell, leave message, 

Bob. (B6-20-1tp) 

Services 

Patty’s 

Hands of Labor 

Housekeeping by the 

hour or the job. 

2 hour min. 

Monday - Thursday 8-5 

(509) 633-8144 

Sales 

ELECTRIC CITY 

YARD SALE – Sat., June 23, 8 a.m. – 3 p.m. 

17 Miller Ave. Troybilt Chipper/Shredder, 

furniture, tools household goods and much 

more. (B6-20-1tp) 

YARD SALE – Saturday, 7 a.m., 104 Gerard 

St. (D6-20-1tp) 

BIG GARAGE SALE – Sat. & Sun. 9 a.m. – 

1 p.m. 48 Electric Blvd. 5 – horse saddles, 

rifles, pistols, big and small power tools, 

pool table with new balls and sticks, lots 

of guy stuff, clothes, toys, furniture, lots of 

misc. stuff. (S6-20-1tp) 

Events 

EVENTS-FESTIVALS - ANNOUNCE your 

festival for only pennies. Four weeks to 2.7 

million readers statewide for about $1,200. 

Call this newspaper or 1 (206) 634-3838 

for more details. 

Eagles Lodge 

BBQ Cheeseburgers 

Corn on the Cob 

Potato Salad 

$8.95 

Mon. June 25, 4-8 p.m. 

Everyone Welcome. 

FINANCIAL - LOCAL PRIVATE INVESTOR 

loans money on real estate equity. I loan on 

houses, raw land, commercial property and 

property development. Call Eric at (800) 

563-3005. www.fossmortgage.com 

Misc. 

SAVE MONEY, insure your driver license 

instead of your vehicles. Call 509-826-1700, 

North Valley Insurance, 2S Main St., Omak, 

WA 98841. (N6-20-4tp) 

Single bed adjustable plus vibrate, like new, 

$1600 in 2011, sell for $300; country-style 

couch, both ends go out to recliners. Like 

new from Loepps, new around $1800-$2000 

asking $500. 633-0405. (S6-20-1tp) 

CAREER TRAINING ATTEND COLLEGE 

online from home. *Medical *Business 

*Criminal Justice. *Hospitality. Job placement 

assistance. Computer available. Financial 

Aid if qualified. SCHEV certified. Call 866- 

483-4429. www.CenturaOnline.com 

Eagles Lodge 

TACO NITE Wed. 4-8 p.m. 

STEAK NITE Sat. 4-8 p.m. 

BREAKFAST Sun. 8-noon 

$6.95 Adults * Kids $3.95 

Eagles Lodge 

CHEF SALAD 

& GARLIC BREAD 

$7.95 

Tues., June 26, 4-7 p.m. 

Everyone Welcome. 

An alley you can play in… 

Riverview Lanes 

Tues. 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.* Wed. Noon - 10 p.m.* 

Thurs.: 3 - 10 p.m.*Fri. 3-10 p.m.* Sat. 3-10 p.m.* 

* depends on business 

509-633-2225 

515 Ri v e r Dr i v e, Co u l e e Da m 

Get the Net Fishing Guide 

Wa l l e y e, Tr i p l o id s, Tr o u t, Ba s s, La k e Tr o u t 

Kids 12 and Under Fish FREE 

With Paid Adult 

Contact Dennis Lea 

509.302.3625 • 253.569.0338 

TRI-COUNTY 

LICENSE AGENCY 

633-2821 

HOURS: Monday-Friday 

9:00 a.m. to 1 p.m. 

2 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. 

416 Midway, Grand Coulee 

in Coulee Hardware 

FOR INSURANCE 

CALL 

Bruce 

Cheadle 

308 Spokane Way 

Grand Coulee 

633-0280 

FINANCIAL SERVICES 

Like a good neighbor, 

State Farm is there.® 

State Farm Insurance Companies 

Home Offices: Bloomington, 

Ken Doughty, Owner 

Free Estimates 

Residential/Commercial 

Over 25 Years Experience 

Licensed & Bonded • KDPA1**026LN 

633-1332 • Electric City 

James Heuvel 

Strate 

Funeral Homes 

& Cremation Service 

Since 1928 - Three Generations of 

Our Family Serving Your Family 

“Neighbor Helping Neighbor” 

– Complete Pre-Planning Availablestratefuneralhome@hotmail.com 

Grand Coulee • 509-633-1111 

Wilbur • 509-647-5441 

stratefuneralhome.com 

HOUSECALL 

CHIROPRACTIC 

Quality Chiropractic Health Care 

Brought to Your Home, 

Office or Workplace 

J.D. Scharbach, D.C. 

NEW NUMBER 509-721-0384 

Everett Leishman, owner 633-2082 

CARPET & GENERAL 

CLEANING 

Locally owned 

Rosenberg Resource Services 

509-647-5400 

Coulee Hardware 

Do it 

Best 

Grand Coulee Dam Area 

Rental Center 


509-633-1090 

Open 7 Days A Week 

For ALL Your Heating & 

Air Conditioning Service & Repair Needs 

(Including N/G, Oil & Propane) 

Senior Discounts Available 

ROB BRUCE, owner/operator 

509-641-2472 

Licensed - Bonded - Insured • #WECARCA894NQ 

CONCRETE 

Copenhaver 

Construction Inc. 

is now delivering concrete in your 

area. Discounts for ordering 3 or 

more days in advance. For questions 

or to place an order - Please call 

NOW OPEN 

CAR WASH 

RV - BOAT - CAR 

NICK’S 

Tammy’s 

Talons 

Full service nail salon 

Focusing on healthy nails for 

both women and men. 

Manicures, pedicures and all 

artificial enhancements 

Tammy Morin, Manicurist 

509.633.3210 

BY APPOINTMENT ONLY 

HOME 

REPAIRS 

Remodel - New Construction 

Tractor Hoe - Roofing - Flooring 

Sprinkler Systems - We Do It All! 

NICKSHR999LJ 

633-8238 • 631-0194 

GOOD 

MEDICINE 

MASSAGE 

Swedish Massage, 

Therapeutic Massage, 

Nutritional Response Testing (NRT) 

Esther DeRusha, LMP, LPN 

Angie Blanco, LMP 

509-633-0777 

Electric City • Across from the 

Post Office next to Changes 

Starting at just $5.75 per week (must run 4 weeks) 

633-1350 or ads@grandcoulee.com • Deadline is Monday at 5 p.m. 

FOR RENT 

633-1350 

I am looking for women 

who want to be pampered 

Every women deserves to feel beautiful. 

Treat yourself to a free, 

no obligation Mary Kay facial 

Learn how to look and feel GREAT in the 

comfort of your own home. I will share 

with you all the advice and help you need. 

I specialize in: Make-up techniques, 

Age-fighting/acne treatment, Bridal events, 

Spa parties, and Mother & Daughter parties. 

Please contact Mykel Lester 

(509) 823-5681 or (888) 231-9306 

to arrange a time to 

achieve radiant skin. 

mykelschroeder@marykay.com 

marykay.com/mykellester 

Roofing & Siding Specials 

FREE ESTIMATES 

• New & Remodel Construction 

• Concrete (Slabs, Footings & Walls) 

• Framing •Roofing • Doors & WIndows 

• Siding • Decks • Pole Buildings 

• Excavations 

509.634.1128 

FLOWESC913KD 

Margi Overman 

Independent Consultant 

margio@televar.com 

www.margio.scentsy.us 

www.margio.velata.us 

633.1946 

631.0900 

Coulee 

Wellness Center 

Balancing Body, Mind and Spirit 

Tasha Enochs, LMP 

509-631-7307 

Coulee Professional Bldg. 

404 Burdin Blvd., Grand Coulee 

Remodels - Concrete Const. 

Pole Buildings • Fences 

Decks • Excavations 

Free Estimates 

Shawn Deckwa 

Lic#DECKWC*892R3 

(509) 237-2124 

D.W.K. FOWLER 

CONSTRUCTION LLC 

Wayne Fowler 

DWKFOFC949R8 

General Contractor 

Call for free estimate on any 

type or size of job. Pole Building 

Remodel Homes, Additions 

Backhoe Services Available 

(509) 633-2485 

Cell 631-0135 

FOISY & KENNEDY INSURANCE 

Great Service - Great Rates 

Instant Quotes Available Online at: 

www.foisykennedy.com 


509.633.0410 

HEALTH TOUCH 

MASSAGE THERAPY 

Robin Sanford LMP 

Now Accepting 

Most Major Insurances 

Office 633-0545 • Home 633-3553 

Joshua F. Grant, P.S. 

Attorney at Law ~ since 1975 

Medicaid Eligibility Planning 

Elder Law 

Estate Planning - Wills - Probates 

Real Estate Sales Closings 

Member, National Academy of Elder Law Attorneys 

509-647-5578 

Hanson Building 

6 SW Main Avenue 

Wilbur, WA 99185 

CHAPARRAL CYCLE 

SERVICE, LLC. 

Tire Repair All Bikes 

Tuning Service • Parts 

Performance Engine Work 

Specializing in Harleys 

By Appointment • Grand Coulee 

633-8284 • 679-5171 

THE FRAME KING 

Custom Picture 

Framing 

Digital Photos 

DENNIS KING 

633-2295 

306 Spokane Way 


509-633-3222 

www.manonlaw.com 

Debbie 

Vancik 

Independent 

Consultant 

509-631-4220 

before 2 p.m. 

CHA 

By Appo 

633-82 

COULEE DAM 

CONCRETE 

Your Fulltime, Quality, 

Experienced Local 

Concrete Supplier 

We a r e Wa s h i n g t o n 

Stat e De pa r t m e n t o f 

Tr a n s p o r tat i o n Ce rt i f i ed 

UBI#601861914 

Concrete IS Our 

Business 

For superior 

concrete call us 

633-1665 

• Excavating • Clearing • Hauling 

• Septic Systems 

• Sand & Gravel Products Delivered 

• Heavy Equipment 

• Concrete Work 

• All Underground Utility Work 

• Home Site Prep 

• Experienced Crews & Quality Local 

Concrete Products Used 

(509) 633-2425 

KARLSSD991PE 

New Construction 

COULEE DAM PLUMBING 

Remodels - Repairs 

Replace Garbage Disposals, 

Water Heaters, Faucets, 

Drain Cleaning 

LICENSED, BONDED & INSURED 

COULEDP000JC 

24 HOUR EMERGENCY SERVICE 

633-6630 

Serving Grant County Over 10 Years 

JACKSON 

CONSTRUCTION 

LLC 

Sand & Gravel 

Excavation • Remodels 

Pole Buildings 

Concrete Work 

509-631-1977 

509-633-6522 

JACKSCL988CA • Electric City 

Look what we 

can do for you 

Janitorial Services • House Cleaning 

Carpet Cleaning • Floor Refinishing 

• Rental Clean-up 

• Construction Clean-up 

• Flood Damage • Fire Damage 

• Consulting • Property Management 

• Janitorial Supplies & 

Equipment Sales 

Kay Taylor 

SECURITY SERVICES 

Video Surveillance 

Residential & Commercial 

(509) 633-1531

The Star • The Star • JUNE 20, 2012 

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 

available on an equal opportunity 

basis. 

Storage 

C.J.’s Mini Storage 

Various Sizes Available 

Grand Coulee & Electric City 

633-8074 or 631-1222 

LYNN’S 

STORAGE 

633-0246 

EQUAL HOUSING 

OPPORTUNITY 

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT – EQUAL Coulee HOUSINGDam, 

OPPORTUNITY 

1000 sq. ft., 2 bath, w/s/g paid, $475 per 

month. 631-1222. (C1-4-tfc) 

1 BDRM. APT. – Microwave and refrig., 

computer, $500 month, first month + deposit. 

633-1298. (P4-18-tfc) 

OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT – Burdin Blvd., 

across from the hospital. 633-0496. (S5-23- 

tfc) 

FROM OUT OF TOWN? Clean newly 

remodeled large 1 Bdr, fully furnished apt. 

with kitchen, laundry on site. Walk to dam, 

shopping, restaurants. Come check this one 

out. $650/mo. First, last and $500 damage 

deposit. Electricity, cable, Internet renter 

responsibility. 633-3167. (W6-6-tfc) 

Grand Coulee Commercial space available. 

Office, clothing, barber, boutique, floral. 

Located on Midway across from Safeway. 

1,000 square feet. $550. 1-866-395-7767. 

(D6-6-4tp) 

RALPH’S STORAGE UNITS 

AVAILABLE 

12x35 - $76 10x14 - $53 

1-509-633-2458 

Rentals 

FOR RENT – 1 bed., 1 bath, $650 month 

with cable. $600 without cable. Grand 

Coulee – 1-425-359-1430. (J6-6-3tp) 

LEASE THIS 52’ HOUSEBOAT for the 

summer – Stay and play on Lake Roosevelt. 

Sleeps 11, furniture, BBQ, slide, lots of 

extras. 509.647.0117 or 641.2141. (McD6- 

6-tfc) 

Rental Needed - Responsible family looking 

REALTOR ® 

for a 3 to 4 bedroom house. We have 3 kids 

and a med/small well mannered dog. Dawn 

509-631-7370 (CC6-13-2tp) 

REALTOR ® 

FOR RENT – House across from middle 

school, Grand Coulee. 3 bed., 2 bath, w/d, 

large garage, $900 rent, $500 deposit. (509) 

979-6694, 633-2669. (W6-13-tfc) 

ROOM FOR RENT - Completely furnished 

kitchen, laundry privileges, sat. TV, wireless 

internet, available July 1 st . No drugs, Coulee 

Dam, $300 pm. Call anytime 633-1289. 

(W6-13-3tp) 

Cute, clean home for rent in Coulee Dam. 

2-bdroom, fenced yard. $500. 1-866-395- 

7767. (D6-13-1tp) 

TWO BDRM. APT. with garage privileges, 

located on quiet residential street, $460/ 

month. Utilities included. 633-0836. (?6-13- 

1tp) 

APARTMENT FOR RENT - One bdrm apt 

for rent, Grand Coulee Ave. $425.00 per 

mo. Call for information: 633-2485. (F6-20- 

tfc) 

FOR SALE OR LEASE 

• Wilbur – 3 bdrm., 2 bath, 2-1/2 car garage, 

corner, new paint, carpet and appliances 

$595 month. 

• Almira – 3 bdrm., 1 bath, corner, new 

carpet & paint $495; 2 bdrm., 1 bath, new 

paint and carpet and kitchen $395 

• Electric City - 3 bdrm., 2 bath, new 2002, 

all appliances, w/s/g paid $645. 

• Lake Roosevelt – Large lodge with washer, 

dryer, internet, TV, community room and 

kitchen everything paid, $20 per night. 

(509) 641-2141 or (509) 647-0117, Brad. 

(McD6-20-1tc) 

APARTMENTS AVAILABLE 

Low Income • HUD Housing 

SPRING CANYON 

APARTMENTS 

(509) 633-3481 

COLUMBIA VIEW APTS. 

1201 River Drive, Coulee Dam 

(509) 429-9674 

2 - 1 bdrm. apts. 

$525 month w/s/g 

Rentals 

NICE QUIET 

1 APARTMENT 

IN WILBUR 

Subsidized, quality, like-new affordable 

housing with many amenities. 

Rent based on income. Must be 

income eligible. 

For information, call manager at 

1-509-467-3036 or 

TDD #1-800-545-1833, ext. #530. 

This institution is an equal opportunity 

provider, and employer. 


Senior/Disabled 

NOW ACCEPTING APPLICATIONS 

One Bedroom Units 

Rent based on Income 

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 

(509) 762-5541 

Homes 

FOR SALE OR RENT – 2 bdrm. house, totally 

remodeled, located at 801 Pine, Coulee Dam, 

$149,500. Call for details 633-2485 or 631- 

0135. ((F3-21-tfc) 

FOR SALE – 3 bdrm., 2 bath, 2600 sq. 

ft. ranch-style home. 1200 Central Drive, 

Coulee Dam. 509.633.2034. Love the 

house, but love visiting the the grandkids 

more! Pictures available at www.zillow.com 

Asking price is negotiable. (H6-6-4tp) 

2554ft 2 - view home - $188k, 3br, 4 bath, 

Large landscaped yard, 2 car attached 

garage. 522 Banks Ave, Grand Coulee 

pictures at http://bigbrick.com/116930 509- 

750-5278 (G5-30-4tp) 

BRICK 

RANCHER 

$203,500 

Well maintained 3 bedroom, 2 bath 

home, 3100 sq. ft., 120 Electric 

Blvd., Electric City, Wash. Contact 

Gail (608) 334-5238 for appointment. 

( R6-6-3tp) 

Check Out These Listings!! 

Homes 

BEAUTIFUL VIEW HOME – in Columbia 

Springs, newly remodeled throughout, lots 

of tile, wood floors, stainless appliances, 3 

bdrm., 2 bath, 1800 sq. ft. on 1.57 acres. 

Asking $299,000. Owner 425-210-1184, 

located at 45860 Geostar Dr., Grand 

Coulee. (H5-30-4tp) 

RECENTLY UPDATED manufactured home 

on 4/10 th of an acre at 57789 Cardinal Place 

NE, Grand Coulee. See to appreciate. 3 

bdrm., 2 full baths, vaulted ceiling, wood 

stove, walki-n closet. Appliances stay, a.c., 

lg. covered porch, back patio, carport, shop, 

large storage shed. May consider holding 

contract $122,900. (509) 474-1100. (A6-13- 

3tp) 

$149,000 

IN DELANO 

For Sale - 3 bdrm., 2 bath mobile home 

with 40x40 shop and lots of land. 

Call 509-631-0194. 

GREAT VIEW! Home for sale on 1/2 acre 

above Coulee Playland. Plenty of room 

to park all your 

toys. 2,260 sq. ft. 

on main floor. 1930 

sq. feet in partially 

finished basement. 

Two bdrms upstairs, 

three bathrooms, 

family, living 

and dining rooms. 

Kitchen has eating 

bar, office, utilty room, atrium, three-car 

attached garage and patio with hot tub 

overlooking Banks Lake. 

Priced to sell $435,000. 

Call Wayne at (509) 633-0603 

Thanks 

A big “Thank you” to Melvin (aka Binky) 

Toulou “Jr.” for making such a huge 

difference in the Burdin Blvd. clean up. 

I appreciate all the junk and debris that 

you removed from the neighborhood, 

and also for creating the play area for the 

neighborhood kids, It’s just a start to making 

the whole neighborhood look nice, but what 

a welcome sight. Again Thank you, and 

keep up the good work. 

Sincerely, Becky Billups 

* * * 

Wanted 

LOOKING TO BUY SCRAP 

Cars - Trucks Farm Equipment 

CASH PAID ALL 

Buying Aluminum 

Jeff’s Towing 

Coulee City 

681-0081 

Will Pick Up 

Personals 

4 years have gone by so fast, 

being your Mom & Dad is such a blast 

Happy 4th Birthday Robert & Abby Rockwell 

We love you always & forever 

Love Mom & Dad 

It takes the courage and strength of a 

warrior to ask for help… Emotional Crisis? 

Call 1-800-273-TALK (8255), press 1 for 

veterans. www.suicidepreventionlifeline.org 

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LEGAL SERVICES - DIVORCE $135. 

$165 with children. No court appearances. 

Complete preparation. Includes, custody, 

support, property division and bills. 

BBB member. (503) 772-5295. www. 

paralegalalternatives.com divorce@usa. 

com 

Animals 

PUPPIES FOR SALE – Chiweanies and 

ShizWeines – 4 females and 7 males. Call 

633-9919. (K6-13-2tp) 

FAX IT 

at the Star 

633-3828 

21 Stevens Ave., Electric City 

#21 Stevens Ave, Electric City, Charming 3 Bedroom home with just 

over 1,375 square feet all together. Home was built in 1970 and has 

large living room with fireplace insert, metal lap siding, newer arch tab 

roof, and a huge covered deck. The property is fenced and has an 

auto sprinkler system. The property is appr. 19,440 s.f. in size and has 

lots and lots of off street parking. There is a large concrete pad for a 

basketball court or tennis court or skateboard park, whatever you want. 

504 Banks Ave, Grand Coulee, Classic Ranch Style home that has been 

pampered over the years. The home has appr. 2,050 s.f. on the main level, 

plus another 1,000 s.f. of finished living area in the lower level. There are 

4 bedrooms and 2 and a half baths. The Living room is 16.5’ x 22.25’ and 

has a tiled fireplace with insert and built in shelving. The kitchen has been 

transformed with custom oak cabinets. The home has Central F/A heating 

& cooling with a heat pump, vinyl siding and vinyl windows and over a 1,000 

s.f. of workshop space in addition to the attached 900 s.f. garage. Too 

many amenities to list them all. The property is just over an acre in size. 

List price is just $249,500. 

144 Sunset Drive, Electric City. You have dreamed about having a horse 

your whole life, this property can make your dream a reality. The property 

is 2.48 acres in size and has an automatic sprinkler system for the entire 

pasture and irrigation water that costs just $200 a year. The home is just over 

2,100 square feet all together. It has 3 bedrooms and 3 baths and was built 

in 1978. It has vinyl siding, Arch tab roof and Central Heat & Air Conditioning 

with a Heatpump and hardwood flooring. There is a detached 3 car garage 

that is 26’ by 36’ plus a 24’ by 30’ pole building with attached lean to, plus a 

large deck. List Price is reduced to just $224,950. 

1110 Tilmus St, Coulee Dam. 5 Bedroom home that’s ready for you to 

move in. The home has a large living room, updated kitchen with lots of oak 

cabinets and lots and lots of storage. There are 2 bedrooms and 1 bath on 

the main level, plus 3 more bedrooms upstairs with another full bath. The 

finished basement has a rec room, office, TV room and Utility room. Built in 

1965, the home has almost 3,000 s.f. of finished living area all together as 

well as vinyl siding and windows, large deck and garden spot. The garage is 

almost 700 s.f. in size and has a shop area on the end. The property is just 

over 10,000 s.f. and has an auto sprinkler system. List price is now just 

$197,500 with the seller paying up to $2,500 of Buyer’s closing costs. 

#918B Buffalo Lake Road, Nespelem, Beautiful 2005 Valley Quality 

Manufactured home on 20 Acres. The home is just over 1,800 s.f. in size 

and has 3 Bedroom and 2 full baths. Vaulted sheet-rocked ceilings, Central 

Heat, Vinyl 2 pane windows, Copper Plumbing & Comp 3 tab roof. The 

kitchen has tons of cabinets and counter space. Side by Side Ref, dw, ctop, 

oven, washer & dryer, and freezer all stay. The home was built to Super 

Good Cents construction standards so it has high energy values and 6 inch 

exterior walls. The property dimensions are 661’ by 1,320’ and are mostly 

flat with some trees and partially fenced. List Price is just $174,900. 

#124 E. Grand Coulee Ave, Grand Coulee. Immaculate 1,700 square 

foot 3 Bedroom - 2 bath Marlette Manufactured home in town. The home 

was built in 1986 and the seller is the original owner. It has Central Heat 

213 Roosevelt Drive, Grand Coulee 

213 Roosevelt Drive, Grand Coulee, Here is a wonderful Cozy 

Home with a Spectacular View, this surprisingly large home has 3 

bedrooms and 2 beautifully tiled bathrooms, a very spacious living 

room & a formal dining room with 1025 s.f. upstairs and 850 s.f. 

downstairs and a 500 s.f. garage. There are hardwood floors and 

some carpeting upstairs, main floor utilities, plus a finished Daylight 

basement. All appliances included. This home also has a Storage 

Shed, Greenhouse and RV parking with FULL hook up. The home, 

garage & shed all have new roofs & updated electrical with 200 amp 

breaker panel. There is a large spacious deck and a fully fenced yard. 

The property is approximately 8,500 square feet. List Price is just 

$129,500. 

& Air Conditioning, 2 pane windows, Metal siding, and a composition 3 

tab roof. There is a wood stove in the FR and a large patio, part with a 

cover. The property is 4 lots that total 160’ wide by 97’ deep or one third 

of an acre. There are several out buildings & room for a big shop or 2nd 

home site. List price is now just $109,900. 

6538 Sunny Hill Lane N, Grand Coulee, Located just 7 miles from 

Grand Coulee is this 3 Bedroom – 2 bath Manufactured home on 6.18 

acres overlooking Lake Roosevelt. The home is just under 1,050 s.f. 

in size and was built in 1982 by Skyline. It has Central Heat and Air 

conditioning, copper plumbing, 200 amp circuit breaker service and 

medium sized deck. But the best part is the wonderful view of Lake 

Roosevelt. List price is just $99,500 and the seller will pay up to 

$5,000 of buyer’s closing costs. 

317 2 nd Street, Grand Coulee, Old D&L Building Supply building gives 

a buyer options. The building was built in 1980 and has 2,700 s.f. on the 

main level, plus another 1,300 s.f. upstairs. (Part with limited height). 

The building is concrete block construction and has metal roof. Zoning 

allows for single family residential, multi family or various commercial 

opportunities. Present occupancy is as a residence and in home salon. 

The property is 3 lots that total appr. 75’ by 120’. List Price is just 

$89,500. Owner is willing to deal. 

521 Butler Square, Grand Coulee, Looking for a fixer upper project? 

Then, we have a project for you. Home was built back in 1934 and has 

1,350 s.f. on the main level, plus almost 1,300 s.f. in the basement. It 

has a huge living room with fireplace, 1 bedroom, bath, kitchen and 

dining room. It has a wonderful view and sits on 1 lot that is about 5,750 

sf in size. Bring your big wallet because getting financing at this point in 

time isn’t going to happen. List price is $49,500. 

503 Butler Square, Grand Coulee, 2 bedroom home that is in the 

middle of being updated. The home is appr 950 s.f. in size and has 

a wood fireplace in Living Room. Newer 2 pane vinyl windows. The 

home has a concrete perimeter foundation and the present owner has 

enhanced the size of the crawlspace. The old kitchen cabinets have 

been removed and there are replacement cabs in the house to be 

installed. The home has a 200 amp cb panel and there is a detached 

storage shed for extra storage. The property is 50’ x 100’ in size. List 

price is just $39,500. 

2012 Coulee Cruizers Show And Shine 

Supporters Acknowledgement 

The membership of the Coulee Cruizers 

Car Club acknowledges the following for 

their generous support of this year’s event: 

Banks Lake Pub, Bird’s Auto Body, Colville 

Tribes, Coulee Dam Credit Union, Coulee 

Graphics, Coulee Hardware, Coulee House 

Motel, Coulee Playland, Electric City Bar 

& Grill, Farmer’s Insurance, DWK Fowler 

Construction, Flo’s Café, Foisy & Kennedy 

Inc., Fuller & Sons, Grand Coulee Liquor 

Store, Grand Coulee Motel, Grand Coulee 

RV Park, Grand Coulee School District, 

Grand Grindz, Hometown Pizza, Jack’s 

Coulee View, Jess Ford, King’s Court 

RV, Lions Club, Loepp’s Furniture, MPH 

Automotive, NCNB, Nick’s Home Repair, 

Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille, R&A Café, 

Safeway, Skydeck Motel, Star Publishing, 

State Farm Insurance, Les Schwab, 

Sunbanks Resort, Taylor’s Muffler, Tim’s 

Union 76, Trail West Motel, US Bureau of 

Reclamation. 

* * * 

Thank you to the Eagles Auxiliary Sisters 

for a great Father’s Day Breakfast. Your 

time, food and bakery donations werer 

appreciated by many. Thanks a bunch!! 

Eagles #2577 Auxiliary – People Helping 

People 

* * * 

A heartfelt thank you to all who put on 

the retirement party for the middle school 

retirees. I was so blessed! Lisa Lakin for 

organizing it. John and Cathy Huston for 

opening up your home to relax and enjoy all 

who came. Gary and Sheila Darnold for the 

delicious steak and to all those who brought 

food. 

Carrie Derr for the “Bucket List” entertainment. 

Thank you for the beautiful picture and poem 

which I will always treasure. 

Also to all those who donated toward the 

monetary gift. I deeply appreciate it. It 

has been a pleasure to work with such a 

dedicated, supportive group of people whose 

hearts are for the students and a willingness 

to work together. Unity is so important!~ 

God Bless each one of you. 

Terry Miley 

Looking for Land? We have a number of lots and building sites available both in and out of town. Prices start at $12,000 and go up from 

there. A complete list of properties for sale can be found on our website at www.FoisyKennedy.com, or give us a call at 509-633-0410. 

EQUAL HOUSING 

OPPORTUNITY 

EQUAL HOUSING 

OPPORTUNITY 

Foisy & Kennedy 

REALTOR ® 

REALTOR ® 

REALTY, INC. 

633-0410 

more listings at 

www.foisykennedy.com 

309 Midway Ave., Grand Coulee


C 

Compiled 

oulee 

ops 

from 

police files 


Police 

6/8 - A man on Sunset in Electric 

City advised police of automatic 

gunfire from the Osborn Bay 

area. Police responded and found 

a person shooting with a “slide 

stock” creating near-automatic 

firing speed. 

- A Nespelem man was stopped 

because he and a passenger were 

not wearing seatbelts. The two 

were cited for this and the driver 

was cited for not having registration 

present and not having 

insurance. 

6/11 - A dog named “Kujo” 

backed an Electric City worker up 

against his truck and made threatening 

motions on West Grand Ave. 

Police advised the owners of the 

dog that they needed to keep it 

penned up or on a leash and that 

the next time police were called 

about the dog, owners would be 

cited. 

- A woman reported to police 

that she was being harassed by 

a couple via text messaging. She 

said she had received so many text 

messages that her phone wouldn’t 

work. Police said to inform those 

sending the messages to stop, and 

not to answer them, and hold them 

for police. 

- A woman who lives on Crest 

Drive in Electric City called police 

to say she had in her possession 

two dogs that had been running 

loose. When police couldn’t reach 

the owners of the dogs, which were 

unlicensed, the dogs were taken to 

the veterinary clinic. 

6/12 - A woman reported that 

a glass-top table on her deck had 

broken during the night. Police 

could not find any explanation for 

the broken table. 

6/13 - A woman running on 

Ludolph Road in Electric City said 

a medium-sized dog came out and 

snarled and showed its teeth. Police 

told owners of the dog to keep 

it indoors. 

- A Spokane driver was stopped 

on West Grand Avenue in Electric 

City and cited for failing to stop at 

an intersection, having no insurance 

and no registration. 

- A Moses Lake driver was cited 

in Electric City for talking on her 

cell phone while driving. 

6/14 - Having an open beer 

container, and then tossing it in 

the back of a pickup when he saw 

an officer in a patrol car, earned 

an Electric City driver a ticket. 

He was also cited for not wearing 

his seatbelt. 

6/15 - A woman from Electric 

City told officers that her billfold 

was stolen from her car while she 

was in Safeway cashing a check. 

- An 18-year-old Grand Coulee 

man was cited for not wearing 

his seatbelt and for not having 

insurance. 

- Police checked on an Okanogan 

man who had fallen along 

the side of the road across from 

Pepper Jack’s Restaurant. He 

told the officer that he wanted to 

take a nap. 

6/16 - A Tonasket driver was 

stopped after an officer saw children 

shoot something out the 

back window with what appeared 

to be a slingshot. The officer 

learned that a 17-year-old and a 

15-year-old where shooting “Dots 

Candy” out the window. Neither 

of the two youths was wearing 

a seatbelt. The driver was cited 

for the 15-year-old not wearing a 

seatbelt and the 17-year-old was 

also cited. 

- A Seattle man was arrested 

for calling 911 falsely, violating 

a no-contact court order, plus lying 

to an officer. He was taken to 

Grant County jail. 

6/17 - Police stopped a known 

suspended driver in Electric City 

and cited him for not having insurance. 

The report went to the 

prosecutor’s office for possible citing 

for driving suspended. 

- Police checked on three youths 

reportedly standing in front of 

Safeway yelling. The officer found 

the three in front of the Variety 

Store. They said they were trying 

to get a poster in a frame on the 

building. 

- A Safeway official asked police 

to get a person out of the store 

because he was bothering customers. 

Police learned the man was 

wanted on two warrants for his 

arrest. He was told to wait for his 

ride across the street. 

Watch for the 

Festival of America 

supplement in 

next week’s Star 

There is a man in Seaton's Grove that has 

wisdom beyond a lot of us. 

I can first remember meeting this Wizard 

of Wisdom when I was a small child. I would 

go to his shop and look at all the fish. Tank 

after tank of colors and swimmers, crabs and 

fish. His greenhouse was a warm, misty walk 

of blooms that matched the color of his fish. 

The outside was just as glorious as the inside, 

a garden walk that was capped off with a frog 

pond. As I grew up in the area, I wandered into 

Seaton's Grove Green House a few times not 

knowing about John Francis and his wonderful 

gifts. 

My next memory of the Greenhouse was 

when it was on fire in the middle of the night 

in the fall of 1994. It was my first major fire as 

a firefighter and it might be my hottest one of 

memory. It was a total loss. No more fish, no 

more flowers and as I learned recently, almost 

no more John. 

He almost didn’t make it out of the greenhouse 

that night. He had to crawl out on hands 

and knees, searching for an unlocked door. He 

had dropped his keys while trying to unlock 

the front door and couldn’t find them because 

of the thick, black smoke. Thankfully for all of 

us, he made it out. For a while we thought in 

the Coulee that we may have just lost a major 

landmark in our community. But with determination 

and sweat and tears the business made 

Jess, 

shut up! 

Jesse Utz 

Unsecured loads 

getting charged 

Transfer Station manager 

Randy Gumm advised local residents 

to make certain that loads 

brought to the Delano site are 

covered or secured. 

The transfer station is now 

making additional charges for 

loads that are not either covered 

or secured so that they won’t fall 

off enroute to the dumping site. 

Gumm told the Regional 

Board of Mayors last week that 

he has had to make four different 

charges of $5 for unsecured 

loads. The added fee could be as 

much as $15, depending on the 

load size. 

Electric City Mayor Jerry 

Wisdom in a grove 

a full recovery. 

Today I know the wonderful man that sits 

behind a small counter, piled with flowers and 

greenery around him, making a bow with ease, 

while asking if I know “any new gossip.” His 

displays and bouquets are some of the most 

beautiful and thought out you will ever see. 

It’s almost as if he makes each one for the 

individual it represents. John doesn’t have a 

master gardener certification. (He does have a 

degree in adult education.) He has been planting 

a garden since he was in second grade and 

hasn’t missed a season since. 

We once had to use a flower shop on the 

coast and we paid twice as much and the flowers 

looked like they were put together by blind 

monkeys. My family truly appreciates the talent 

John has put to good use, as do many of the 

Sands noted that one person going 

to the transfer station with an 

unsecured load had dropped off a 

large black bag of material along 

the highway. 

The charges are required by 

Grant County. 

Check Us 

Out 

online 

grandcoulee.com 

people of our community and beyond. 

But this is not his only gift. Flowers, kitties, 

and vegetables are just a small part of the great 

person. His greatest gift is his willingness to 

share — sharing his thoughts and ideas, all 

the while listening to yours. His advice may 

be edgy and hard to listen to, but it is spot 

on. John doesn’t get out of his little corner of 

Seaton’s Grove much; he says he has only left 

twice in the last year. 

But if you friend him on Facebook, you will 

get daily treasures straight from his level 

headed mind. Although that doesn’t do him 

justice. You must go see and sit with John and 

you will learn not only the latest gossip, but 

you might learn about life. You tell him your 

stories, and he will share his, and you leave 

feeling really good that you just spent time 

with a great, wise man. 

The last few years, the business end of 

things have been a struggle for John. He has on 

many occasions thought of retiring and moving 

on. So here is my challenge, Coulee Country. 

Go to Seaton's Grove and seek out a plant, a 

flower, seeds or a vase. Or maybe just sit and 

enjoy the company and wisdom of the guy at 

the flower shop. Be warned, he might try and 

give you a cat as you leave. 

Thanks, John, for your service to our community 

and to your heartfelt words to me. Your 

dad would be proud. 

Music. Food. Fun. Something for everyone! 

Basin Summer Sounds 

2 complete days of FREE music in downtown 

EPHRATA, Washington 

July 20 & 21, 2012 

Music on the cool, green lawns of the historic Grant County Courthouse 

Friday Guest - 9pm 

VICCI MARTINEZ 

July 20 

Saturday Guest - 9pm 

BOWLING FOR SOUP 

July 21 

Saturday • CAR & CYCLE SHOW • rim2rim rotary 3on3 BASKETBALL 

Check the website for entire festival lineup 

www.basinsummersounds.com 

Over $13,000 Given Away 

IT’S OUR BIRTHDAY! 

Between June 18th & August 25th, earn entries into our 

17th ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION CA$H GIVE AWAY! Beginning 

August 9th and running thru August 25th, we will 

hold $170 progressive drawings between 6pm & 9pm. If 

there is NO winner, the prize 

amount will be added to 

the next drawing, so 

things could add up 

fast! THEN - on 

August 25th we will 

add $1,700.00 to 

the accumulated 

prize amount and 

one LUCKY CASINO 

PLAYER will get a 

BIG “17th 

ANNIVERSARY” 

SURPRISE! 

See the “PAC” for all the details! 

CELEBRATING OUR 

17th 

ANNIVERSARY 

Coulee Area Youth Baseball Association would like to 

express a huge thank you to our sponsors for all our little 

league baseball teams. Without your community support 

we would have no spring baseball, but more importantly 

we appreciate your investment into the kids’ lives. 

• Coulee Hardware • Gerard Builders • NCNB 

• Coulee House • Foisy & Kennedy • Bird’s • Loepps 

• CMC • CDFCU • Colville Tribal Credit • Jess Ford 

• H&H • DAV •Jay Worden • Button It 

• Bobby O’s •DWK Fowler 

Please support local 

businesses who 

care about our 

community! 

Thank You! 

CAYBA 

FREE Souvenir T-shirts & Cake on August 25th 

COULEE DAM CASINO 515 Birch Street, Coulee Dam, WA 800-556-7492

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