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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. Single copy price $1.Roger Lucas.................................................ReporterLinda Morgan...........................................Proofreader
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