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$1 00VOL. LXXII NO. 27 SERVING THE GRAND COULEE DAM AREA, WASHINGTON STATE OCTOBER 3, 2012Connecting reedsStudents and helpers handle reeds at a basket-making station during the CulturalAwareness Gathering Thursday, as students and teachers from several schools,NewsbriefsNew ferry set toarrive in MarchA new ferry, the Sanpoil, whichwill replace the Martha S ferryat the Keller Ferry crossing, willbe delivered to Grand Couleein three pieces for assembly inMarch, 2013, Laura Johnson ofthe Washington State Departmentof Transportation Ferry Divisionsaid last week.The new ferry is being constructedby the Foss Maritimecompany in Rainier, Ore. Theferry will be transported by truckin three pieces to Crescent Bayboat launch, where it will be assembledand undergo final testingbefore being put into service.Town will cleanup unownedpropertyThe town of Coulee Dam plansto clean up the property where aSept. 18 fire destroyed a house at611 Holly Street.The house poses a hazard tothe town, Police Chief Pat Collinstold council members. He saidthe town would have someoneclean up the property and thenslap a lien on it in the hopes ofrecovering the cost.Complicating the problem isthe fact that no one owns thehouse, Collins stated.Big woodcarvingsproposedThe two tall stumps in MasonCity Park may soon be home tobear, eagles and salmon.Mayor Quincy Snow toldcouncil members last Wednesdaynight that a wood carver hadgiven an estimate of $12,000 tocarve animals and fish on thestumps, using hotel/motel taxmoney.The two trees were decimatedduring July’s major wind stormand the trunks were salvaged bythe mayor for carvings similar tothose along the road in Bridgeport.Officeclosedfor a dayGrant PUD’s local office inGrand Coulee will be closedMonday for training. Customerswill still be able to speak with acustomer service representativethat day by calling (509) 754-0500or toll free 1-800-422-3199. Thelocal office will reopen Tuesday,Oct. 9 at 8 a.m.Crowd asks questionson $20 tabs proposalby Roger S. LucasAbout a dozen people showed up for Electric City’spublic hearing on its proposed “transportation benefitdistrict.”Most got answers to their questions, but all theywon was a delay in action by council members.The delay, in part, was because the city didn’t haveall the answers. An explanation of what a transportationbenefit district is and how it operates waselusive.If, or rather when, the city votes for the specialdistrict, it will mean that city residents who renewtheir vehicle license tabs will have to pay an extra$20, which will go into the city’s street fund.Bob Hollingsworth, who has four vehicles, askedwhy he would have to pay the extra $20 on everyvehicle, since he only drives one or two.Former city council member Willie Bott said he hadlooked up information on transportation districts andfound that only 22 cities throughout the state hadvoted one in. He had questions about which vehicleswould get the $20 tab fee applied.Mike Chamberlain told the council that the extrafee would cost him $200. He said that some of therigs he owns are not kept in Electric City, and heRequest:allowchickensin cityby Roger S. LucasWill the chickens come home toroost in Electric City?A resident of 56 Sunset Drive,Jeremey Miller, asked the citycouncil last Tuesday night to permitchickens in the city.The idea got a good review fromat least two council members.Bob Rupe, and newcomer to thecouncil, Brad Parrish, both hadfavorable comments.Miller said that some communities,including Seattle, allowresidents to own four chickens …no roosters to disturb the peacethere.He said that four chickens couldsupply enough eggs for a fourmemberfamily.Miller stated that any odorsfrom chickens can easily be avertedby moving the cages from placeto place.Miller supplied a printed sheetof information about chickens forMayor Jerry Sands.Miller stated that he has hadchickens for the seven months thathe has lived at his residence.“I want to apologize for havingthem when the city doesn’t allowit,” he said.City Clerk Jackie Perman saidthat the city would look intoMiller’s request.Fresh eggs, anyone?Colville tribal members and helpers met at the Grand Coulee Dam Middle Schoolto explore aspects of the Indian cultural heritage of the local area.— Ralph Rise photowondered if he would have to pay the fee on those.It was explained that vehicle owners had to revealtheir home addresses, so he would have to pay forall of them.All in all, it was an amiable meeting. Most understoodthat if Electric City didn’t form a transportationbenefit district, then the county could and take themoney. At least, Mayor Jerry Sands explained, themoney would stay here and benefit the street programif the TBD were formed in the city.Sands stated that the $20 tab fee would likely raise$25,000 annually for the city.City Clerk Jackie Perman passed out a chartshowing a nearly 25-percent decline in the city’sstreet fund, going from $1,105,764, in 2006, down to$835,219, in 2011.Sands explained that the city’s reserve street fundearned the city some $35,000 interest in 2006, andonly $1,497 in interest in 2011, due to the decliningsavings rate.In the past two years the city hasn’t put any moneyfrom property tax revenue into the street fund.The council will further develop its informationon the ins and outs of the transportation benefit districtso it can deal with the issue at its next councilmeeting Oct. 9.Port planning forgolf course survivalby Roger S. LucasPort district officials were cautiouslyoptimistic last week aboutthe 2013 golf season.Chairman Orville Scharbachsaid at the Port District 7 commissionmeeting Thursday thatthrough a combination of increasedmembership dues and volunteerlabor at the course, the seasonlikely would get underway.He was optimistic despite the$100,000-plus contribution theport district made to this year’s operationand the lack of any reservefunds for next season.Scharbach noted that BanksLake Golf Course is in much bettercondition now than it was whenthe port salvaged it from closurelast spring.Membership dues will go from$400 for individuals to $600; thecouple and family rate from $450to $700; and the junior rate from$50 to $100.Scharbach said if membershipscontinue at their present number,84, then it should raise aboutBurned powerpoles costlyto replaceRotary to finish pier projectby Scott HunterNorth Central Washington isabout to get what local Rotary Clubmembers believe will be the firsthandicapped-accessible fishingpier in the region.The club’s board of directors votedlast Wednesday to add $4,197from the club’s general funds to finishthe project, which a successfulfund raiser and a grant put withinreach Sept. 15.That’s when community membersand triathletes ate their fillat the club’s spaghetti feed, contributingover $2,000 to the cause,and when club members learnedthat the Columbia Basin Foundationhad granted a second $5,000toward the project.Last fall, the club installed aconcrete base for the pier at SteamboatRock State Park. Sometimethis fall, EZ Doc of Chelan willinstall the actual pier, capping themore-than $60,000 effort after 12years.It began in a different era. In2000, the budget for the StateParks Department wasn’t completelydependent on sales of accesspermits, and the agency wasbeginning to look ahead to its 2013centennial. A fishing pier that metthe spirit and specs of the AmericansWith Disabilities Act would fitright in to plans for growth, stateofficials told the club. Since then,the park has seen expansions, butthe pier was not funded.$48,000 for next season.Letters to members announcingthe new rates and informationabout spring are going out thisweek.“We plan two tournaments thismonth (October),” Scharbach said.The first, Saturday, Oct. 6, has a$25 entry fee, and the second, Oct.13, has a $60 entry fee with $50of that going to purchase neededfairway fertilizer.“The greens are in much bettershape than in the spring, and theplan is to spray them so we won’thave the winter damage we hadlast year,” Scharbach stated.Added to this year’s high operationcost was the lease of golf cartsand mowers at just over $6,000 amonth for seven months of operation.Already, commissioners aremaking plans to cut that expensedown.The port is looking at changingthe number of carts and its sourcefor the equipment, with the possibilityof purchasing used carts.Commissioner Stan Conklin,See SURVIVAL page 2At the site, Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club Past President Kelly Buche, left, accepts a $5,000 check from the ColumbiaBasin Foundation Executive Director Donn Cook and President Tom Moncrief, along with Past President LoisChilton and current Treasurer Merle Kennedy. — Scott Hunter photoRotary members, having begunthe fund raising for it, determinedto see it through.Former president Kelly Bucheby Roger S. LucasThe town of Coulee Dam is lookingat about $75,000 in power polereplacement costs, public worksdirector Barry Peacock told councilmembers last Wednesday night,The Barker Canyon blaze ofabout three weeks ago severelyburned 10 poles and damagedanother 15 to the extent that theywill have to be replaced.Peacock said the 25 poles arepart of the 55-pole line that extendsfrom near the Bonnevillesaid some $12,720 of the total weredonated time and materials for thebase constructed last year withthe help of local concrete man BillPower Administration line at thetop of the hill overlooking the townto the river.The cost to replace one pole,including labor, Peacock told thecouncil, is about $3,000. That wasconfirmed by Councilmember BobPoch, who is associated with NespelemValley Electric.Peacock said he is looking intogetting federal disaster assistancemoney through Okanogan County,and if that fails the town wouldhave to take funds from its powerfund.The poles were not insured.Wiyrick. A state park backhoe excavatedthe foundation. The actualdock will cost $37,015. The totalproject will come to $60,635.

Page 2 The Star • OCTOBER 3, 2012Musical history reviewto cap new fall festivalby Roger S. LucasYou can hear some of the old cowboy classics madefamous by western matinée idol Gene Autry, and puton by the “Grand Dames”, Oct. 11-13.It’s all part of the chamber of commerce’s “CouleeFall Festival” that includes a wide range of activityfor both young and old.The “Short History of Western Music with a Saluteto our Hero Gene Autry” will bring back specialmemories, particularly to the older set who paid anickel or a bit more to get into Saturday matinéessome 50 or more years ago.The younger set also has been touched by thesinging cowboy, who has a regular television programfeaturing some of Autry’s old films.Becky Kerns, Judy Curtis, Jamie Holeman andDarlene Morava, will all don their cowboy hats andGrand Coulee Dam VisitorCenter operations moveThe Grand Coulee Dam VisitorCenter temporarily moved operationsto the John W. Keys III PumpGenerating Plant Monday.The move was made for safetyreasons while new high-powerelectrical lines are strung acrossthe Columbia River, some passingover the VC.Tourist operations will remainat the pumping plant at the top ofthe dam until mid-December.Traffic is also being slowed orstopped this week, as workers ontowers and in helicopters bring thebig 500 kilovolt lines across theriver from the Third Power Plant.“The safety of our visitors andour employees is our top priority,”said Grand Coulee Dam PublicAffairs Officer Lynne Brougher.“Moving visitor center operationsis our best short-term solution.”The new lines run over the visitorcenter and the visitor parkinglot from the forebay dam behindthe Third Power Plant to 300-foottowers on the hillside on the westContinued fromfront pageSurvivalwho has volunteered hundreds ofhours at the course this year, saida good team of volunteers will beavailable for next year, cutting laborcosts significantly. Labor coststhrough September were about$70,000.Port officials have met withGrant County’s Strategic InfrastructureProgram committee,asking for grant funding to finishgreens repair and for a 30-pad recreationalvehicle park where theold driving range was located.Scharbach said the port’s engineeringfirm is designing thetrailer park as part of a redefiningof the course’s master plan and willsubmit a request for funding fromGrant County’s SIP fund.“The trailer park project wouldenable people to stay right at thegolf course, provide some operatingcapital for the course, and increaseindividual play,” Scharbachstated.He added, “We have some$20,000 expenses coming up forwater, assessments and taxes beforewe can open in the spring.”The golf season typically getsunderway March 1.NOW OPENside of highway 155.In total, some 54 new lineswill cross the river in 18 tripletbundles. They will replace aginglines that currently run througha tunnel in the dam.The project is expected to takeabout two more months. Duringthat time, visitors will still be ableto view exhibits and speak withReclamation guides at the pumpgeneratingplant. They will alsohave access to viewing areas outsideof the pumping plant wherethey can watch the placement ofthe new lines.The John W. Keys III PumpGenerating Plant will be openGrandDamesattire, and sing a number of songs associated withAutry, many of which he wrote.You’ll be able to hear the likes of “Deep in theHeart of Texas,” and “The Tennessee Waltz.” Andsome of the classic westerns, such as, “Home on theRange” and “You are my Sunshine.” And how about“I Want to be a Cowboy’s Sweetheart.”For that one, Morava said, “Judy Curtis had tolearn how to yodel.”The performances will be at 7:30 p.m. each of thethree nights and tickets go for $5.Other featured events of the Fall Festival, includea pet parade down Midway Avenue; a karaoke timefor kids, from noon to 4 p.m. at North Dam Park; anda community-wide yard sale from 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. atNorth Dam Park. Look for food and other treats aspart of the celebration.Project costincreases OK’dby Roger S. Lucasdaily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Toursinto the pumping plant will be offereddaily at 10 a.m., noon, 2 p.m.and 4 p.m. until October 13.Visitors should use the parkinglot to the south of the pumpingplant, where the statue of FranklinD. Roosevelt overlooks LakeRoosevelt. A free shuttle van willbe available to transport visitorsfrom the parking area to the pumpingplant. View a map of the areaat http://goo.gl/maps/Ma5D8.For more information, call theGrand Coulee Dam Visitor Centerat (509) 633-9265 or visit thewebsite at http://www.usbr.gov/pn/grandcoulee/.Electric City council approved $10,520 in change orders on the arsenictreatment plant project.Among the change orders, was a $5,536 item to place compactedcrushed material four inches deep over an area that had earlier calledfor hydroseeding.Another change added a new computer and the cost of sending it toa firm that would program it and set it up. This prompted one councilmember to say, “our present computer is only six years old and alreadyobsolete.”One of the other major changes was $1,809, to modify the electricalinstallation associated with the chemical feed equipment.The council quickly approved the changes.The arsenic treatment plant is costing the city $1.2 million.Steel bighornsLook for Virgil “Smoker” Marchand’s latest wildlife sculpture overlooking Omak Lake off the river road. The two mountainsheep are located on a ledge overlooking the lake and right along the highway. The mountain sheep sculpture was sponsoredby the Colville Tribes Fish & Wildlife Department. Marchand placed the two mountain sheep on Sept. 23. — Roger S.Lucas photoIMPACT2.7 Million Prospects.One Phone Call.Reach 2.7 million Washington newspaperreaders for as low as $1,250 per ad.AD SPECIAL Learn how it works, call 360.659.1300509.633.1350Need ColorCopies Fast?We can dothem for you.ThePossessionFri. & Sat. 7 p.m.NEW TIME - Sunday 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.515 River Drive Coulee Dam633-3522GOLF COURSEHere’s What’sComing Up!Oc t. 6t hDSFD Fun TourneyDifferent Strokes For Different FolksGolf Ball Drop $5 Per TicketFun for Family and FriendsSponsored by Birdie Hensley and BLGGGo WestA short history ofCountry Music and a Saluteto Our Hero Gene AutryOct. 11, 12, 13, 20127:30 p.m.Grand Gallery TheatreMain St., Grand CouleeOc t. 13t hMemorial TournamentSponsored by Banks Lake GolfCourse Fertilizer Fund633-1400Admission $5.00Tickets available at:Credit Union, NCNBor at the door

The Star • OCTOBER 3, 2012Page 3O P I N I O NOur take on the news• The $20 car tab charge proposed in ElectricCity is just the latest swing of a very largependulum. We love services, we hate taxes.Government tries to meet our needs, then getsshot down for spending too much. That’s howinitiative king Tim Eyman makes a living, as hewas doing when he convinced voters to hack offthe huge excise fees we used to pay for our cartabs. Yes, they could be excessive, but they didpay for stuff, including some of Electric City’s(and others’) road work.By the way, at a newspaper conference inYakima last week, several newspaper peoplementioned that municipalities they cover werealso wrestling with the $20 tab issue. It’s notjust Electric City.• For weeks, we’ve been breathing smokefrom several fires in the state, some of whichhas been spotted by satellite over the Atlantic.The fall early morning dew smells like soot.Utilities, including Coulee Dam’s, must replacewooden power poles at annoyingly high andunanticipated costs. Saved from the dramaticravages of the flames, we still have to deal withthe mundane aftermath of a lightning storm.Did you know?… that the the ambassadorto Libya, Mr. Chris Stevens, wasan enrolled tribal member of theChinook Indian Tribe. ChairmanRay Gardner said, “To all of theChinook Members and all thefriends of the Chinook Nation Iam hopeful that you will includethe family of Chris Stevens, theformer Ambassador to Libya, thatlost his life while working towardslasting peace to the region, in yourprayers.”Letters From Our ReadersThe Star reserves the right to edit for length, spelling and grammar, but every effort is made to keep thewriter’s intent. Libelous material and UNSIGNED LETTERS WILL NOT BE PRINTED.A writer’s name may be withheld by request but only after editorial board review.Please include a daytime phone number so we can contact you if we have questions.Send letters to The Star, Letters, P.O. Box 150, Grand Coulee, WA 99133.Fax to (509) 633-3828 or e-mail The Star at: star@grandcoulee.comI am a teenager. I stay up too late; I wake up toolate. I get emotional. I don’t want my parents circlingme like hawks, and I definitely don’t want them totry to tell me what to do, especially behind the wheel.However, now that students are falling back into theschool routine, it’s time for everyone to pay attentionto teen safety on the road.Daily, young people get behind the wheel to go toclass, work or extracurricular activities, but if you’rea teen driver like me, your odds on the road aren’tgood. Young drivers are the most dangerous categoryof driver, to themselves and to everyoneelse. According to the CDCwebsite, individuals ages 15-24represent only 14 percent of the U.S.population, but they account foralmost 30 percent of the total costsof motor vehicle injuries -- leavingthem highly overrepresented. Inaddition, per mile driven, youngdrivers ages 16-19 are four timesmore likely than “more experienced”drivers to get in a car crash, and male drivers andpassengers ages 15-19 are twice as likely to die in acar crash as females.The disproportionate number of teen crashes isthe result of several key factors. One of the centralreasons is the obvious -- lack of experience. Teens aremore likely to underestimate risky situations and tobe unable to recognize hazardous ones. They are alsomore likely to drive closer to the vehicle in front ofthem, reducing their time to react if necessary. Also,because the judgment center of their brains is stilldeveloping, teens are more susceptible to the influencesof peer pressure and emotion. The likelihood offatal teen crashes increases as teens add more passengersto their vehicles, which they are more likelyto do because they are social animals. Unfortunately,those teen passengers and drivers are also morelikely not to be wearing their seatbelts. In 2009, themajority (56 percent) of young people 16 to 20 yearsold involved in fatal crashes were unbuckled.Yet despite overwhelming evidence that teen driversand teen driver safety merit the nation’s attention,prior to this year, federal highway safety legislationbarely mentioned teens and the federal agency in… that the FBI was looking formy brother, Verdan L. Marchand,and found him in Seattle? Theyneeded to know how to “spell” hisname! They are going to put it ona memorial on the FBI Buildingat Quantico, VA; He was a blackbelt karate instructor for the FBIsome time ago. I am very proud ofmy brother, congratulations.… that the families of Mrs.Cecelia Edwards, Mrs. Louise Gabriel,and Mrs Sophie Marchand,• The local Rotary Club’s persistence in pursuingits goal of a handicapped-accessible fishingpier is admirable, if surprisingly necessary. (Fulldisclosure: I’m a Rotarian.) The project began asa relatively easy one a dozen years ago, whenstate government had more money; Rotary wouldbe a community partner.Now the money is raised and the project’s endin sight. Kudos to all those who cooked or ate spaghettior participated in all the other fund raisersalong the way, and to the club presidents whomade it happen. Thanks, too, to the ColumbiaBasin Foundation, for seeing the project worthyof $10,000 in grants.• People who want chickens in town must bemindful that some don’t. One must assume thatthere are good reasons for most cities banninglivestock within their borders. There was a timewhen our ancestors kept the family cow in thehouse. I doubt anyone would advocate that, butmight allowing chickens in town be a tiny stepback toward that direction?— Scott Hunter publisher and editorwill be having a family get togetherand celebrate Thanksgivingat the Omak Longhouse, SaturdayOct. 6 starting at 2 p.m.? All of youwho said they didn’t know, NOWKNOW! Please come and visit,meet your People and enjoy a gettogether without a funeral, for achange.Arnie MarchandOkanogan Indian, memberof the Colville Tribescharge of promoting safe driving behavior on thehighways, NHTSA, had spent only 0.2 percent of its2010 budget on this high-risk category.While teen drivers have previously been an overlookedgroup of motor vehicle operators, the recentpassage of the highway bill, the Moving Ahead forProgress in the 21st Century Act or MAP-21, markeda change in the trend, seriously addressing teendrivers for the first time in legislation. MAP-21 establishesfunding for distracted driving, an area thataffects teens more than others; and also provides incentivesfor progressive GraduatedDriver’s License programs.GuestColumnCarrie Louise SandstromSADD NationalStudent of the YearMost important to me, MAP-21encourages states to includea peer-to-peer component inany teen traffic safety programthey adopt, acknowledging thatteens must be part of the solutionfor an issue that so directlyaffects them.Peer-to-peer efforts, like thoseprovided for in the MAP-21 legislation, are key to thesuccess of any attempt to keep teens safe, as theyencourage teens to take an active part in reaching outand touching one another in ways that teens knoware effective. My friends and I are not oblivious to therisks we face when behind the wheel, and we are notpassive in the fight for safer roads. After all, we’re theones primarily at risk. Thousands of students andmany student organizations across the nation, includingSADD, are engaged in creating positive changefor our generation -- working to improve our safetyon the road and the safety of everyone else as well.I am grateful that teens themselves are now beingrecognized as a key part of something as importantas traffic safety policy.I am a teenager. I have things to say. I havethoughts, and ideas, and influence. And I am notalone. I, along with all of my peers, have the power toredefine our generation’s safety on the road. We areenthusiastic. We are passionate. And we are leadingthe way for positive and meaningful change.Carrie Louise SandstromSADD National Student of the YearTen Years AgoLarry Curtis is a lucky man.That is, if you can call it lucky thathe managed to have a massiveheart attack while in a recoveryroom after cancer surgery. Curtisdoes not remember that day, July15, except that he recalls someoneasking him if he had pain. (Inphoto Larry Curtis displays thebucket given to him by the “UdderGirls”.Safeway Employee of the Quarteris Norene Kosloski.The Lake Roosevelt footballteam dominated North BeachHigh School in a game Friday thathad the team travel all the wayto the Pacific Ocean. The Raidersdefeated North Beach at OceanShores, scoring 11 touchdowns onthe way to a 75-12 victory. The winimproved their non-league recordto 2-1.The Lake Roosevelt volleyballteam evened out their recordagainst Caribou Trail Leagueteams last week as league competitionopened for the season. TheLady Raiders defeated Orovillein four games Saturday at LakeRoosevelt, 15-12, 15-12, 7-15 and15-10.Twenty Years AgoJim Black, publisher of theStar Newspaper for the past sevenyears is leaving his position withthe paper effective today, Sept.30. Black is moving to Yakima tobecome managing editor of theGood Fruit Grower. Named as hisreplacement at The Star is ScottHunter, a reporter for the newspapersince 1988.A new United States flagflies proudly over Delano becauseof Wade Burnside’s rock-harddetermination and Lions Clubgenerosity.Coulee Community Hospitaladministrators are optimisticabout the future and they havesubmitted a 1993 budget proposalthat says so. They expect the hospitalto earn $126,000 in 1993.The Star won 14 writing andpublishing awards including newsdivision sweepstakes at the annualWashington Newspaper PublishersAssociation convention held inYakima recently.Kathleen Rice will retire fromthe postal service Oct. 2. Ricestarted her career at the GrandCoulee office in April 1965.Finishing USBR apprenticeshipsincluded Mary Cox, electrician;Rod Egbert, electrician; BobScott Hunter .............................Editor and PublisherGwen Hilson............................. Production ManagerCoulee RecollectionsNielson, electrician and MikeZowada, pipefitter.Thirty Years AgoMarla May, 10, Grand Couleewon the All-Around Trophy Saddleat the Burbank Junior Rodeo inBurbank, Wash.Dr. Kathy Knapton was givena surprise birthday luncheon partyat the Wildlife Restaurant.Linda Thomas and Lad Flowersexchanged wedding vows Sept.8 in Las Vegas, Nev.In sports action, the Raiderfootball team was defeated by theOkanogan Bulldogs 41-8.Winner of the 100 gallons ofgasoline at Dale Chev-Olds wasMitch Windsor of Spokane. Heguessed 239 pingpong balls inthe jar.Forty Years AgoDanny Skinner of LakeviewTerrace, Grand Coulee, was theproud winner of the .270 cal. Remingtonrifle at the drawing at theFirst Annual Delrio Grange RifleShoot. Winners in the 22 eventswere Ted Dittmer, 22 rimfire opensights; Mark Holt, 22 rimfire withscope; Mark Holt 22 rimfire mixedscopes and iron sights; P.T. Beanwon the 150 yard event for all calibers.In the 100 yard event for 6.5to .30 caliber winners were JerryBrenchley, Roy Campbell and P.T.Bean. In the buddy shotgun event,prizes were taken home by LeroySanderson, Jim Carzoli, TomSteffens and David Jurgensen.Winner of both the moving targetevents were Roy Campbell andP.T. Bean.Craig Nelson, son of Mr. andMrs. Kenneth (Swede)Nelson ofElmer City was elected Raider ofthe Week by the football team andcoaches at LRHS. Craig is a seniorthis year. He played lineback andmiddle guard on defense and fullbackon offense.Fifty Years AgoGrand Coulee Dam had over60,000 visitors las month. ArthurRothstein, “Look” magazine photographerwas here compilingmaterial for a special article whichwas being planned for the magazine’sJanuary issue.Clyde Keefer Jr. was namedchairman of the Coulee Dam AdvisoryCouncil. Dean Klaas, PatMcVay and Robert Hirts werecouncil members for a one-yearterm. Council members for a twoyearterm were L.A. Wyngaarrd,Ed Dittmere and W. Boydston withDick Berguiest as secretary.Sixty Years AgoMabel Good was elected andinstalled junior regent to fill thevacancy left by the resignationof Edna Sieker at the Mondayevening meeting of Grand CouleeChapter of the Women of theMoose. Two new members includedBessie Wagner and IreneStallman.Don Leaton, well knownGrand Coulee public accountant,has accepted a position as headbookkeeper in the city utilitiesoffice. He will be assisted by DorisKelty.the Coulee Dam Employeessoftball team defeated theEphrata IDEA team Sunday ina game played at Ephrata. Thescore was 6-5.Seventy Years AgoFire endangered the GreenHut for the fourth time early Saturdaymorning. Coulee Dam volunteerfiremen were called out at5:27 a.m. when flames and smokewere discovered in the boiler room.In sixteen minutes the fire was undercontrol, with the damage heldto the circulating pump motor at acost estimated at $50 to $60.An aroused Grand Coulee Tigerfootball team pushed Okanoganall over a wet field here Fridaynight to win a 14-0 decision beforea crowd of over 500. Rain fell intermittentlythroughout the contestcausing numerous fumbles.Construction of a third powerhouse for Grand Coulee Dam isthe next step in Cong. Henry M.Jackson’s campaign to providemore power for the expandingPacific Northwest. Bureau of Reclamationengineers have informedJackson that a mile-long penstockfrom Roosevelt Lake in back ofCoulee Dam could channel enoughwater to a power house locationbelow the dam to operate six newgenerators. This would produce750,000 additional kilowatts offirm power.Plans for the World Day ofPrayer November 2 when theCoulee Dam Community Churchwill be host to other church womenin the area were made on Tuesdayat the general guild meeting.Each of the five groups will beginmaking comforters for Koreanoverseas relief under the directionof Mrs. J.W. Stansfield, welfarechairman.The StarThree Midway Ave., P.O. Box 150, Grand Coulee, WA 99133 (509)633-1350/Fax(509)633-3828. Email: star@grandcoulee.comConsolidated with the Grand Coulee News-Times and the Almira Herald.The Star Online - grandcoulee.comThe Star is published (USPS#518860) weekly at Grand Coulee, Wash., and was enteredas Second Class matter January 4, 1946. Periodical Postage paid at Grand Coulee,Wash. 99133© Star Publishing, Inc.Subscription Rates: GOLD Counties $24; Remainder of Washington state $33;Elsewhere within the United States $37. 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Page 4 The Star • OCTOBER 3, 2012Births in the CouleeA girl for Raymond/JohnsonStephanie Raymond and Matthew Johnson of Grand Coulee areproud to announce the birth of their daughter Holly Denise Johnsonon Sunday, Sept. 23, 2012, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee.She weighed 6 lb., and was 19 inches in length.Maternal grandparents are Reyan and Denise Raymond. Paternalgrandfather is David Johnson. Great-grandparents are Carol Johnson,Jim Johnson, Cheryl Flowers-French and Hollis Meyer.Christmans have a girlCory and Krystal Christman of Elmer City are pleased to announcethe birth of their daughter Payton Louise Christman on Monday, Sept.24, 2012, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 7lbs., 12 oz., and was 20-1/2 inches in length at birth.Siblings include Kaden 3-1/2 and Collin 2. Maternal grandparentsare Kerry Green of Elmer City and Kelly Eldefonso. Paternal grandparentsare Ora and Frank Christman of Elmer City and Dannee Pierreof Laramie, Wyo. Great-grandparents are Gaylene and Larry Green,Patricia Antioquia, Vivian Pierre and Penny Yates.It’s a girl for the ConnorsUriah and Betty Connors of Grand Coulee are proud to announcethe birth of their daughter Evalyn Idalia Connors on Tuesday, Sept. 25,2012, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 8 lbs.,10 oz., and was 21-1/2 inches in length at birth.Siblings include Katrina and Amy Connors. Maternal grandparentsare Corina and Larry Thornton of Burlington, N.D. Paternal grandparentsare Edith Jacobs of Grand Junction, Colo., and Kyle Connors ofFairbanks, Alaska.It’s a girl for the GalesLisa and David Gale of Provo,Utah are proud to announce thebirth of their daughter, LenoraJacquelyn Gale, born Wednesday,August 15, 2012, at Utah ValleyRegional Medical Center in Provo,Utah. She weighed 8 lbs. 11 oz.and was 20.5 inches in length atbirth.Maternal grandparents areThomas and Jacquelyn Reese ofCoulee Dam. Paternal grandparentsare Craig and Cynthia Galeof Orem, UT. Great-grandparentsinclude A.J. and Roseann Bate andLeah Gale.Meetings & NoticesGCD Ch a m b e r to Me e t at La Pr e s aThe regular monthly meeting of the GCD Chamber of Commerce willbe held at noon at La Presa in Grand Coulee. On the agenda is generalbusiness and fall festival updates.Do u g l a s Co u n t y Fi r e Pr o t e c t io n Di s t. 3Co m m i s s io n e r s Me e t i n gDouglas County Fire Protection District 3 fire commissioner meetingwill be held Thursday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. at the Douglas County Shop,highway 174 and mile post 14.4.Zion Lutheran Churchto celebrate 75 yearsZion Lutheran Church is busypreparing to celebrate it’s 75th Anniversary.Pastor Hugo Guerneycame to town in 1935. Zion wasincorporated on October 4, 1937,and has been a part of the communityever since.The 75th Anniversary celebrationwill be on Sunday, October 7with former Pastor Dan Wursterpreaching at the regular morningservice at 11 am. Pastor Wursterserved Zion from 1973 to 1976during the building and dedicationof the currrent building. PastorKen Goodfellow, who served Zionfrom 1969 to 1973, will preach atthe special afternoon service at 4p.m.There will be a meal to followthe afternoon service. Membershave been busy preparing music,food, decorations and even a shortaccount of our history. This pictureshows Dorothy Geisler, DorotheaGrandorff, Mary Ann Boll andPastor Shawn Neider studying thescrapbooks and sharing memories.Zion is looking forward to connitueto be active in the community formany years to come.From left - Dorothy Geisler, MaryAnn Boll, Dorothea Grandorff andPastor Shawn Neider.— submitted photoCome on and hearCome on and hearCoulee Community Choir will be holding a free concert Sunday, Oct.21, at 3 p.m. at St. Henry’s Catholic Church in Grand Coulee. Comelisten to old-time songs. Refreshments to follow.EmergencypreparednessHow stressful has it been with these fires? Have you looked aroundyet? It is amazing how close the fires came to friends and neighbors.Would you be ready to leave your house NOW? Do you really have whatis important?An informational day is being planned for this month on how andwhat to take to be ready in case of an emergency.The CMC Guild is planning this event soon. Keep watching thepaper for a date and time. For more information, call Patty Taylor, cell509-860-6583.Get foodworkercardsonlineGrant County residents can getfood worker cards onlineThe Grant County Health Districtis pleased to announce theavailability of food worker cardclasses on the internet for GrantCounty residents. Residents willneed a credit card and printer.To get your food worker cardover the internet go to: http://foodworkercard.wa.gov or www.granthealth.orgWith the convenience of theinternet class, the Moses LakeHealth District office will no longerbe offering the 5 p.m. classon Thursdays. The remainder ofhealth district in-person classeswill continue.Recycling• demolitions• clearing • grading• utilities • hauling• site prepLocal company doinghonest businessWe have great references!Licensed • Bonded • InsuredENeedCopies?We can do them!Star Publishing509-633-1350isdomEARTHWORKSVictor Wisdom 425-508-6765 or 509-631-0638P.O. Box 127 Monroe, Wa. 98272102 Noble Rd Grand Coulee, Wa 99133Gr a n t Co u n t y Mo s q u i to Di s t. 2 to Me e tGrant County Mosquito District 2 will hold its regular monthlymeeting Wednesday, Oct. 3 (tonight) at 7 p.m. at the Electric City CityHall.Co-o p to Ho l d An n u a l Me e t i n g Fr id ayMembers of Nespelem Valley Electric Cooperative, Inc. will attendtheir 73rd annual meeting at Nespelem School Friday at 7 p.m.NVEC will start the evening with dinner catered by the LonghornBBQ, a health fair and time to visit and catch up with old friends, saidGeneral Manager Laura McClure.The business meeting starts at 7 p.m.Members will vote for trustees from three of the nine districts nominatedby a committee Aug. 7.Highlights of the meeting will include many door prizes (must bepresent to win), McClure said, plus reports from the board presidentand auditor, as well as 4-H awards to area youth. During the businessmeeting, a movie for children under 12 will be shown in the schoollibrary and prizes will be awarded.McClure noted member should follow the detour signs to the school,as the bridge is still under construction.We n at c h e e Va l l e y Er r at i c s Ch a p t e r to Me e tWenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institutewill meet 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 9, at Wenatchee Valley Museum and CulturalCenter, 127 South Mission, Wenatchee. Jack Powell, geologist withState DNR, will discuss “The Last Billion Years of Washington State’sGeologic History.” About a billion years ago, Washington’s coast, withan expansive coastal plain, lay just west of Spokane. Over the last twohundred million years, as the North American plate moved west, smallcontinents came crashing in from the Pacific, accreting to the coastlineto form what we now recognize as Washington. First the Okanogan subcontinent,then the North Cascades micro-continent. Columbia RiverBasalt flows and Ice Age Floods are our recent history. The program isfree & open to the public.Ea g l e s #2577 Me e t i n g sThe Eagles #2577 Aerie meets on the second and fourth Tuesday ofevery month. The next meeting is October 9 at 7 p.m. The Auxiliarymeets the first and third Tuesday of every month. Next meeting isscheduled for October 16.Fr e e Pi no c h l e at t h e Se n io r sFree pinochle is offered at the Grand Coulee Senior Center Monday,Wednesday and Friday beginning at 1 p.m.Th e m Da m Wr i t e r s Me e tThem Dam Writers meet the first and third Wednesdays of eachmonth. The meetings are held from 1-3:30 p.m. in the art room at thesenior center. The next meeting will be October 3 (today).Market to 2,700,000 Prospects across WashingtonBYPLACINGJUSTONE ADSTATEWIDEdetails:Take advantage ofthe benefit of beingpart of a communitywith a WNPA-membernewspaper WNPA.comwe put it in over 100 newspapers for you • ad this size averages less than $12 per paper!target regions also available as low as $350The Star • 633-13503533A Hwy 155, Coulee Dam633-0133/shawsfruit.comTHE PUMPKINPATCH IS OPENCome and check out the variety of sizes,pok-e-mons, Baby Boos, Munchkins and Decorative Gourds.Bring your Kids, Gramps and the Camera.Peaches - Elbertas and O’HendrysGreat for canning, freezing or dryingApples - Galas, Goldens, Akane, Swiss Gourment,Gingergolds, Dulcets, McIntosh, Gravensteins, Honeycrisp,Mutsu, Jonagolds, Jonathan, EmpiresPluots & Pears • Cantaloupe & Yakima CornWalla Walla Winter Sweet OnionsCucumbers, Tomatoes, Green Beans, ZucchiniApple Cider - fresh pressed, try it Hot & Spicy for Fall Parties,Hunting Trips or HolidaysCarmel Apple Dip, Apple Chips, Apple Wedgers-Corers, Soup & Bread Mixes,Steel Cut Oats, Huckleberry Lemonade, Pickled Asparagus, Little Bears Honey,Dried Beans, Rice & Lentils, Huckleberry Taffy, Huckleberry White Chocolate Cocoa Mix,or Chocolate by the Numbers and Pasta Mama’s Dried Pasta.HOURS: 9:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m. daily, 7 days a week.CHURCH OF THE NAZARENEWelcomes youEveryone’s invited.Pastor Adrian Harris2 miles east of Hwy 155 on Hwy 174Sunday School............................... 9:30 a.m.Sunday Worship............................ 10:45 a.mCommunity Youth GroupSundays 4-5:30 p.m. at GCD Middle School.For middle school/high school studentsChurch office 633-2186Church Website: www.grandcouleenaz.comCOULEE DAMCOMMUNITY CHURCHPresbyterian (U.S.A.)Offers You a Warm Welcome!PASTOR KEVIN LIND.SUMMER SCHEDULESunday School...................................... 10 a.m.Worship Service.....................................11 a.m.Community Youth GroupSundays 4-5:30 p.m. at GCD Middle School.For middle school/high school studentsNursery Care Available509 Central Drive, Coulee DamChurch: 633-1790www.couleedamchurch.orgFAITH COMMUNITYA Foursquare ChurchPASTOR STEVE ARCHERNOW MEETING IN OUR NEW BUILDING16 Grand, Electric CitySunday Morning Service:.......................10 a.m.KIDS’s CHurch and NurseryCall the Church Office 633-1244 to find outabout other regular scheduled meetings.Come Worship The Lord!BANKS LAKE BIBLE CHURCH25 School Avenue, Electric City, 633-0670Affiliated with I.F.C.A./N.I.C.E.Pastor Bill WilliamsEveryone 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., noonSeventh-day AdventistWelcomes You for Worship & Praise103 Continental Heights, Grand CouleeChurch (509) 633-3030Pastor Mel Pond (509) 775-8129Saturday 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 METHODISTModeling our ministry after the New Testament405 Center St., Grand CouleeMonty Fields/Tom & Elizabeth PoplawskiCertified Lay MinistersEVERYONE WELCOME!Church Office 633-0980Worship Service................................ 10:00 a.mThursday Bible Study......................... 1:30 p.m.Join us every 3rd Sunday for brunchand fellowship following worship service..ZION LUTHERANPASTOR SHAWN NEIDER348 Mead Street, Grand CouleeChurch 633-2566Coulee City Bible Study........................ 8:00 a.m.Coulee City Worship............................. 9:00 a.m.Zion Sunday School/Bible Study.......... 9:45 a.m.Zion Worship.............................................11 a.m.Zion 75th Anniversary Service Oct. 4... 4:00 p.m.Nursery Available • NEED A RIDE? CALL 633-2566

Page 8 The Star • OCTOBER 3, 2012C L A S S I F I E D SJobsPART-TIME WAITRESS – Siam Palace, 18or older only. Experience preferred. Apply inperson. (S10-3-2tp)HELP WANTED - UP TO 30K, BreedingProgram. We buy everything you raise.4’ space 2 hours week. Free animal withappointment. Trades as good as cash.1-509-720-3395HELP WANTED – DRIVERS - WE VALUEour drivers are our most Important Asset!You make us successful! Top Pay andBenefits Package! CDL-A required. Join ourteam now! 1-888-414-4467.COLVILLECONFEDERATEDTRIBESIs recruiting for vacant positionsFor more information, pleaselog onto the Tribe’s website at:www.colvilletribes.comor e-mail - jobs@colvilletribes.comContact Human Resources Office at:P.O. Box 150, Nespelem, WA 99155Toll Free: 1(800) 506-9434Fax (509) 634-2864BASKETBALL OFFICIALSNEEDEDEarn extra money and stay in shape- Join the Columbia Basin OfficialsAssoc. We are now looking for newindividuals for the upcoming season.Training sessions start in October. Wecover 16 different school districts. Youare paid for mileage and each game.For more information contact RickCole at basketballassigner@yahoo.com or call 509.760.7655. (B9-12-3tp)Deadline for Advertising is Monday at 5 p.m. • 509-633-1350 • FAX 509-633-3828 • email ads@grandcoulee.comCost is $6.15 for first 15 words; 10¢ for each additional word - Yard Sale ads are $8.00 for the first 15 words, includes two free neon yard sale signs.JobsDRIVER -- Full or Part-time.. $0.01 increaseper mile after 6 months. Choose yourhometime: Weekly - 7/ON/7OFF, 14/ON/7/OFF. Requires 3 months recent experience.800-414-9569 www.driveknight.comAutosFOR SALE – 1978 Ford F250 flatbed 4 w.d.$2000 o.b.o. 509.633.0549. (O8-29-tfc)FOR SALE – 1989 Ford F250 extendedcab 4x4, lock out hubs, V8, diesel, 5 speed,camper shell, $2250 or offer. 509.633.9959.(P10-3-1tp)RVs1987 - 31’ Holiday Rambler Trailer. Allalum., 4 seasons, rear bath, twin beds, frontkitchen, $5,950. Very nice trailer, ElectricCity. 631-1222. (S9-12-tfc)2001 Salem 23’ travel trailer, sleeps 6.Microwave, a/c, rear bath, nice trailer, weare down sizing, four new batteries, fournew tires, $7000 o.b.o. See at 29 StevensAve., Electric City or call Mike or Betty 633-3605. (M10-3-2tp)ServicesPatty’sHands of LaborHousekeeping by thehour or the job.2 hour min.Monday - Thursday 8-5(509) 633-8144StorageAOK STORAGE12’x40’ & smallerInterior light & powerHwy 155, Electric City509-633-0883Young’s WeldingBlue Lake StorageNear Hwy 17 & Blue Lake,Coulee City12’ x 10’ to 12’ x 30’available now509-632-5358or wadek@centurytel.netC.J.’s Mini StorageVarious Sizes AvailableGrand Coulee & Electric City633-8074 or 631-1222LYNN’SSTORAGE633-0246RALPH’S STORAGE UNITSAVAILABLE12x35 - $76 10x14 - $531-509-633-2458RentalsPUBLISHER’S NOTICEAll real estate advertising in this newspaper is subjectto the Fair Housing Act which makes it illegal toadvertise “any preference, limitation or discriminationbased on race, color, religion, sex, handicap, familialstatus or national origin, or an intention, to make anysuch preference, limitation or discrimination.” Familialstatus includes children under the age of 18 livingwith parents or legal custodians, pregnant womenand people securing custody of children under 18.This newspaper will not knowingly accept any advertisingfor real estate which is inviolation of the law. Our readers arehereby informed that all dwellingsadvertised in this newspaper areavailable on an equal opportunitybasis.EQUAL HOUSINGOPPORTUNITYOFFICE SPACE FOR RENT - Coulee Dam,1000 sq. ft., 2 bath, w/s/g paid, EQUAL $475 HOUSINGperOPPORTUNITYmonth. 631-1222. (C1-4-tfc)WHAT A VIEW - 2 bdrm. apartment for rent$540 - Columbia View Apartments, 1201River Drive, Coulee Dam 509-429-9674.(G9-26-tfc)3 Bedroom trailer for rent. Located at #12 BST. Grand Coulee. Opening in October thistrailer has nice fenced in yard and a washer/dryer. $700 a month with a $600 deposit.Call Jimmy @ (509)631-1718. (B9-19-3tpp)Duplex unit for rent - Available Oct. 15,recently updated duplex unit. 3 bedroom, 2bath, carport and storage unit. Approximately1200 sq. ft. Sorry no pets. Located at 40Park in Electric City. $850 per month. Formore info call 509-631-0383 or 509-631-4080. (B10-3-2tpp)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.(D10-3-5tp)APT. FOR RENT – Coulee Dam, 2 bdrm.,$500 + deposit. 633-1178. (D10-3-1tp)FOR RENT IN COULEE DAM – 2 bdrm., 1bath $550/month. 633-3208, 633-2008 or631-0311. (E10-3-tfc)RentalsAPARTMENTS AVAILABLELow Income • HUD HousingSPRING CANYONAPARTMENTS(509) 633-3481REALTORGrand ®Coulee ManorGrand CouleeSenior/DisabledNOWREALTORACCEPTING ®APPLICATIONSOne Bedroom UnitsRent based on IncomePlease Please stop stop by the by Grand the Senior Coulee Manor Manor211 Continental, Grand Coulee, WA509-633-1190 or contact theHousing Authority, 1139 Larson Blvd.,Moses Lake, WA(509) 762-5541HomesFOR SALE – 2 bdrm. house, totallyremodeled, located at 801 Pine, Coulee Dam,$149,500. Call for details 633-2485 or 631-0135. ((F8-8-tfc)Sweeping view of Lake Roosevelt fromthis custom built 2 story home. 3 bed, 2.5baths, 2 car garage, RV parking and lowmaintenance yard. $220,000.00 Katz RealtyInc., Call Alice Nachtigal 509-995-1721 fora showing. (K10-3-1tceow)HomesHOME FOR SALE: 420 Roosevelt Drive,Grand Coulee, 3 bedroom, 2 bath, utility,basement, one car garage, partially fencedyard, $104,000. Call 633-2485 or 631-0135.(D10-3-tfc)MANUFACTURED HOME FOR SALE:57970 Cardinal Road, Delano, clean 2bedroom 14 X 60, one bath, large shop 40X 60, $125,000. Call 633-2485 or 631-0135.(D10-3-tfc)HOME FOR SALE: 21970 Wenatcheein Delano, 2 bedroom, one bath, smallbasement for storage, 24 X 30 storagebuilding in back, $69,000. Call 633-2485 or631-0135. (D10-3-tfc)GREAT VIEW! Home for sale on 1/2 acreabove Coulee Playland. Plenty of roomto park all yourtoys. 2,260 sq. ft.on main floor. 1930sq. feet in partiallyfinished basement.Two bdrms upstairs,three bathrooms,family, livingand dining rooms.Kitchen has eatingbar, office, utilty room, atrium, three-carattached garage and patio with hot tuboverlooking Banks Lake.Priced to sell $435,000.Call Wayne at (509) 633-0603An alley you can play in…Riverview LanesTues. 10 a.m. - 10 p.m.* Wed. 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Page 10 The Star • OCTOBER 3, 2012From “free range” to “helicopter” parentingA couple of weeks ago, a rather notoriousmother in New York, Lenore Skenazy, startedan after-school program for children. This is thesame mother who, a few years ago, let her then9-year-old son ride the New York City subwayon his own, with nothing buta map and fare money. Hernew after-school program isan eight-week course costing$350 per child. All that is onthe schedule? Free play in aplayground in Central Parkwith the promise of absolutelyno adult supervision.Danielle VickIn fact, Skenazy herself willbe around the corner in aStarbucks.Skenazy’s movement, labeled as “freerange parenting,” is considered by many to beradical, but I wonder instead if it is simply atthe opposite end of the spectrum of the morepopular, and even more socially acceptable,helicopter parenting. Is her parenting stylejust a knee-jerk reaction to a movement shefinds overbearing and unsuccessful? Is it athrowback attempt, to a time when childhoodwas, presumably, slower paced?In either case, the arrival of free-range parentingis a spark for the always-conversationaltopic about parenting styles. In many areas ofthe country, the way you parent your childrenhas become a bit competitive. Whose child hasthe highest grades? Whose child has the fastestIn OtherWordstime, got into the best college?This pervasive competitive spirit amongsome parents has me wondering. What does itmean to be a successful parent? A child thatmakes it out of adolescence without bodilyharm to themselves orothers? Entrance intoan Ivy-League school?A well-rounded, happyadult? Is success as a parenteven something wecan measure, much lesscompare to others?In a poll conducted byVanity Fair last month, awhopping 95 percent ofus think we rate eitherthe same as, or better than, our own parents atparenting. What could possibly make us thinkso highly of something that is difficult at best tomeasure? Are we that self-assured that we areforming the next generation of super-adults?In actuality, despite the fact that more andmore of America’s children are achieving ahigher education, kids are taking longer to beindependent. This has even sparked the newterm “adultescence” to describe the extendedperiod of financial and emotional support providedby parents before children make the finalleap into adulthood. This phenomenon mightinstead suggest something larger in our society,whether it is the propensity of helicopterparents, over-scheduling of kids, or the long listof other factors that make “childhood” almostunrecognizable to the generations that camebefore this one.Free-range parenting leader Skenazy insiststhat total supervision of children is not onlyunnecessary, but harmful. When parents hoverand interact with children on a minute-byminutebasis, we neglect to let them experiencesuch things as frustration, disappointment, andeven anger. She insists that left alone, they willwork out any social transgressions and physicallimitations on their own.Here in the coulee, we aren’t presented withsome of the difficulties raising children in otherplaces are. There could hardly be a safer placeto let your kids go outside and play unsupervised,and over-scheduling is not necessarilysomething we have to worry about either. Butnationally, all these things are a daily presencefor many kids in America and it is somethinginteresting to think about. Would you let yourchildren play in a city park unsupervised?In my short three and a half years as a parent,I’ve found that, like politics, you can almostalways find credible information to supportyour beliefs as a parent. And, like politics, extremismas a parent ends up making everyonearound you crazy. Perhaps, for those of us in themiddle on the helicopter vs. free-range debate,it is simply another exercise in finding the rightbalance as a parent. After all, parenting is, ifnothing else, about finding a balance.The Grand Damessinging group is backwith a new showfeaturing the rootsof country music.If you missed lastyear’s show aboutlife, love and losing,you will have threedays, Oct. 11-13 at7:30 p.m. to enjoythe close harmoniesand outstanding solosfrom the localgroup, says producerLarry Curtis.This year, the productionof “GRANDDAMES GO WEST-A Short History ofFrom left, Darlene Morava, Judy Curtis, Jamie Holemanand Becky Kerns practice their history of countrymusic. — submitted photoCountry Music and a Salute to Our Hero Gene Autry” will be heldin conjunction with the Chamber’s “Coulee Harvest Festival” on thatSaturday.This year’s group returns some of the same voices with a couple ofnew additions. New artist Jamie Holeman joins returnees DarleneMorava, Becky Kerns and Judy Curtis in the quartet that providesthe lead in the performance. Various guest artists have been invited toparticipate in the program, plus there will be audience participationopportunities.Tickets to the show are $5 each and can be used any of the threenights. They are available for pre-sale at the Coulee Dam Credit Unionand the North Cascades National Bank and from cast members. Ticketswill also be available at the door for each show.1935Outstanding Selection — — Storewide Special Pricing!2012All Home Accessories 15% OffFURNITURE - FLOORING - APPLIANCESMain St., Grand Coulee509-633-0430www.loepp.comhrs: M-F. 9-5:30/Sat. 9-2