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$ 1 00 VOL. LXXIV NO. 42 SERVING THE GRAND COULEE DAM AREA, WASHINGTON STATE JANUARY 14, 2015 Newsbriefs Chief candidate exams Grand Coulee’s Civil Service Commission will conduct oral ex- ams for six candidates who filed for the position of police chief. The top three candidate’s names, test scores and resumes will be given to the mayor for selection, and the selection will go before the city council for confirmation. City sets salaries Grand Coulee council ap- proved monthly salaries for department heads at its meeting last Tuesday night: Acting police chief, $8,568.61; utility fore- man, $5,090.46; and city clerk, $3,923.06. The council also formally approved an $115,000 contract with Electric City for police coverage. Three percent less junk Business at the Delano Re- gional Transfer Station was down $14,781 from 2013 totals, the Re- gional Board of Mayors learned Monday. The Transfer Station did $439,404 in business in 2013, compared to $424,623, in 2014. The Transfer Station’s busiest month in 2014, was September, when it did $46,838. Gym roof nearing completion All of the insulation and seal- ing material should be finished on the Lake Roosevelt High School gym this week and the gym will soon have a new roof cover- ing. Fulcrum Environmental, a Spokane firm, is out this week cleaning any traces of asbestos dust from the inside of the gym, and when that is finished the Raiders will resume sports play in their own gym, rather than at the old middle school gym in Grand Coulee. Blood drive Monday Inland Northwest Blood Center will conduct a blood drive, Monday, Jan. 19, in the Coulee Medical Center professional center on the hospital campus. Blood donor hours are from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. All donors receive a Retro T-shirt and are eligible for free cholestrol testing. INBC has a goal of 200 donors. Karaoke for kids offered The Ridge Riders will host a kid’s karaoke and activities this Friday, Jan. 16, at the Ridge Rid- ers clubhouse in Delano. Music begins at 7 p.m. Phishing scams targeting businesses Scammers are at it again. This time, they are targeting Washing- ton citizens and businesses with fraudulent emails asking them to pay off tax liens owed to the state. The email reads that the Department of Revenue has filed a lien in county probate courts or with the Secretary of State. The taxpayer is directed to make a cash-by-wire-transfer payment before Jan. 20. Neither the email nor fax number listed in the email for Revenue is legitimate. Lunch counter A couple of immature bald eagles sit on the edge of the ice on Banks Lake’s Osborne Bay Monday as a flock of waterfoul gather on the water. — Scott Hunter photo Study proposed: Should cities unite? Chamber offers to lead effort to ask the question by Scott Hunter If you’ve ever found yourself wondering if it might be more efficient to have one city instead of four to govern the local area, you’re not alone. The local cham- ber of commerce offered Monday to head up efforts to look at the question of consolidating at least two local cities. Their overture met with en- couraging words from the may- ors of both cities — Chris Chris- topherson, of Grand Coulee and Jerry Sands, of Electric City. “I’m encouraged by this,” Christopherson said. “I think it would work,” added Sands. The exchange came at Mon- day afternoon’s regular monthly meeting of the Regional Board of Mayors, an organization whose existence arose out of the need to invent a way for Grand Coulee, Coulee Dam, Electric City and El- mer City to jointly govern a com- mon interest — the Delano Land- fill, now the transfer station. Three chamber board members presented the idea. Bob Valen said the chamber had been ap- proached by elected officials from each city, who asked that cham- ber take on the issue as a neutral party. The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce formed in the 1970s from a merger of a Cou- lee Dam chamber and a Grand Coulee chamber. Grand Coulee volunteer ambulance numbers reported by Roger S. Lucas Grand Coulee’s volunteer fire department responded to 216 am- bulance calls within its jurisdic- tion in 2014 and the department made an additional 51 ambulance calls in Coulee Dam, Fire Chief Richard Paris told the city council recently. The ambulance crews were busy with 112 transports from Coulee Medical Center to other hospitals or to the airport where patients were picked up by Med- Star and flown to other sites for treatment. Four additional trans- ports were made for other juris- dictions, Paris reported at the council’s Jan 6 meeting. Firefighters responded to 37 fire calls during 2014. Paris asked for the council to authorize him to start the process of acquiring a new ambulance. The newest ambulance the city has now has 90,000 miles on it. Paris told the council that the city may have an opportunity to “piggy back” with another munici- pality or department to speed up delivery time. The cost of an ambulance, $150,000, is in the city’s 2015 bud- get. USBR matching grant will ease park district finances by Scott Hunter The park district that struggles to find ways to pay for maintaining North Dam Park will have an easier time financing the effort with a new grant from the U.S. Bureau of Rec- lamation. Coulee Area Park and Recreation District commissioners learned Monday night the dis- trict will get a five-year matching grant from the USBR, totaling up to $149,703. “We can spend as much as we can match,” Commissioner and Treasurer Phil Hansen told the commissioners. Maintaining the park costs about $30,000 a year, Hansen said. The grant will help pay for that mainte- nance and for upgrades to the park, which it has dubbed North Dam Park and Events Center to reflect its uses that draw in people, including tourists, which makes it eligible for funding from lodging taxes taken in by three local towns. Convincing them to let go of those dollars for upkeep of a park is not easy, however, and Coulee Dam this year declined the request. The district will receive $5,000 from Elec- tric City’s hotel/motel tax fund and $7,500 from Grand Coulee, which had the park for decades but walked away from the expense after its lease with the USBR was up, leaving the larger community to scramble to save the asset. Commission Chairman Bob Valen said the district has also benefit from sponsors this year, who have agreed to help bridge the fund- ing gap. Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union has pledged $3,000 a year for five years. Coulee Medical Center committed to $5,000 for three years, specifically for advertising and promot- ing events. In addition, volunteer hours can be add- ed up to help meet the match for the grant at a rate of $26 per hour, Valen said. Several groups, such as local softball clubs or others, can contribute to that. “We can look forward to not having to worry about how w’re going to finance maintenance of the park,” Hansen said. by Roger S. Lucas School district patrons will vote on a four- year $1.13 million replacement levy, Feb. 10; one that reduces the current rate of $4.55 per thousand to $3.95 per thousand of assessed valuation for taxpayers. Locally, a levy committee is meeting weekly to see that information gets out to taxpayers. The levy committee meets again today (Wednesday) at 4 p.m. at the library at Lake Roosevelt Junior and Senior High School. Vol- unteers are encouraged to attend and assist in the levy campaign, said chair Karen Depew. The levy replaces the current four-year levy of $1.119 million. If successful, the district will qualify for $535,000 in “levy equalization” funds from the state. Many school functions are financed through special levies since state funding for many programs falls far short of what they actually cost. This is the third four-year levy proposed by the district. The earlier two passed easily. Soon, the district will circulate a question- and-answer type release providing informa- tion of how levy monies are used. Depew stated that volunteers are needed to get signage out, and support cards signed. Members of the committee will make them- selves available to come to meetings and talk about the levy. A simple majority is needed to pass the levy. Students gets some art history by Roger S. Lucas Students from the second to sixth grades are getting an extra boost in art history and training by a volunteer who continues to provide help and information for students who are interested. Kathy LaPlace, who had a sim- ilar program at the middle school last year, continues the program in the new art room at the high school once a month, on Mondays, from 2:15 to 3:30 p.m. This week, students learned about Frida Khalo, a surrealist artist from Mexico. Students, about 10 in number who are signed up for the class, learned about the artist and her husband, Diego Rivera, and then made a self-portrait of themselves in the artist’s style. Feb. 23, students will learn about Bridget Riley, a British art- ist, specializing in “optical-art.” LaPlace said the students will learn about Riley and op-art and do an op-art masterpiece of their own. On March 23, students will study Dale Chihuly, a well known glass sculptor from the Seattle area. Students will learn how Chihuly got his start in sculpting and how he creates his master- pieces. LaPlace said students will get to create their very own Chihuly style sculpture. Students interested in taking part can get a sign-up sheet at the elementary school office. See CITIES page 2 Readers now must choose volunteer of year by Scott Hunter Readers have until next Wednesday, Jan. 21, to make their wishes known on choosing the person to be honored as the 2014 Volunteer of the Year. All letters nominating eligible volunteers are published in this week’s Star, starting on page 3. The letters are also online. In all, nine people were nomi- nated this year. Two other writers named persons who had already received the honor in years past, which makes them ineligible to receive it this year. Readers can make their pref- erence known through an online poll, which will be linked in this story on The Star’s website at grandcoulee.com or by dropping off or mailing a signed slip of pa- per with their preferred honoree written on it by Jan. 21. The honoree will be announced in the paper Jan. 28. The Star’s annual tradition of selecting a person to honored for their selfless service began in 1985.

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VOL. LXXIV NO. 42 SERVING THE GRAND COULEE DAM AREA, WASHINGTON STATE JANUARY 14, 2015

Newsbriefs

Chief candidate exams

Grand Coulee’s Civil Service Commission will conduct oral ex-ams for six candidates who filed for the position of police chief. The top three candidate’s names, test scores and resumes will be given to the mayor for selection, and the selection will go before the city council for confirmation.

City sets salaries

Grand Coulee council ap-proved monthly salaries for department heads at its meeting last Tuesday night: Acting police chief, $8,568.61; utility fore-man, $5,090.46; and city clerk, $3,923.06. The council also formally approved an $115,000 contract with Electric City for police coverage.

Three percent less junk

Business at the Delano Re-gional Transfer Station was down $14,781 from 2013 totals, the Re-gional Board of Mayors learned Monday. The Transfer Station did $439,404 in business in 2013, compared to $424,623, in 2014. The Transfer Station’s busiest month in 2014, was September, when it did $46,838.

Gym roof nearing completion

All of the insulation and seal-ing material should be finished on the Lake Roosevelt High School gym this week and the gym will soon have a new roof cover-ing. Fulcrum Environmental, a Spokane firm, is out this week cleaning any traces of asbestos dust from the inside of the gym, and when that is finished the Raiders will resume sports play in their own gym, rather than at the old middle school gym in Grand Coulee.

Blood drive Monday

Inland Northwest Blood Center will conduct a blood drive, Monday, Jan. 19, in the Coulee Medical Center professional center on the hospital campus. Blood donor hours are from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. All donors receive a Retro T-shirt and are eligible for free cholestrol testing. INBC has a goal of 200 donors.

Karaoke for kids offered

The Ridge Riders will host a kid’s karaoke and activities this Friday, Jan. 16, at the Ridge Rid-ers clubhouse in Delano. Music begins at 7 p.m.

Phishing scams targeting businesses

Scammers are at it again. This time, they are targeting Washing-ton citizens and businesses with fraudulent emails asking them to pay off tax liens owed to the state.

The email reads that the Department of Revenue has filed a lien in county probate courts or with the Secretary of State. The taxpayer is directed to make a cash-by-wire-transfer payment before Jan. 20. Neither the email nor fax number listed in the email for Revenue is legitimate.

Lunch counterA couple of immature bald eagles sit on the edge of the ice on Banks Lake’s Osborne Bay Monday as a flock of waterfoul gather on the water. — Scott Hunter photo

Study proposed: Should cities unite?Chamber offers to lead effort to ask the questionby Scott Hunter

If you’ve ever found yourself wondering if it might be more efficient to have one city instead of four to govern the local area, you’re not alone. The local cham-ber of commerce offered Monday to head up efforts to look at the question of consolidating at least two local cities.

Their overture met with en-couraging words from the may-ors of both cities — Chris Chris-topherson, of Grand Coulee and Jerry Sands, of Electric City.

“I’m encouraged by this,” Christopherson said.

“I think it would work,” added Sands.

The exchange came at Mon-day afternoon’s regular monthly meeting of the Regional Board of Mayors, an organization whose existence arose out of the need to invent a way for Grand Coulee, Coulee Dam, Electric City and El-mer City to jointly govern a com-mon interest — the Delano Land-fill, now the transfer station.

Three chamber board members presented the idea. Bob Valen said the chamber had been ap-proached by elected officials from each city, who asked that cham-ber take on the issue as a neutral party.

The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce formed in the 1970s from a merger of a Cou-lee Dam chamber and a Grand Coulee chamber.

Grand Coulee volunteer ambulance numbers reportedby Roger S. Lucas

Grand Coulee’s volunteer fire department responded to 216 am-bulance calls within its jurisdic-tion in 2014 and the department made an additional 51 ambulance calls in Coulee Dam, Fire Chief Richard Paris told the city council

recently.The ambulance crews were

busy with 112 transports from Coulee Medical Center to other hospitals or to the airport where patients were picked up by Med-Star and flown to other sites for treatment. Four additional trans-ports were made for other juris-

dictions, Paris reported at the council’s Jan 6 meeting.

Firefighters responded to 37 fire calls during 2014.

Paris asked for the council to authorize him to start the process of acquiring a new ambulance. The newest ambulance the city has now has 90,000 miles on it.

Paris told the council that the city may have an opportunity to “piggy back” with another munici-pality or department to speed up delivery time.

The cost of an ambulance, $150,000, is in the city’s 2015 bud-get.

USBR matching grant will ease park district financesby Scott Hunter

The park district that struggles to find ways to pay for maintaining North Dam Park will have an easier time financing the effort with a new grant from the U.S. Bureau of Rec-lamation.

Coulee Area Park and Recreation District commissioners learned Monday night the dis-trict will get a five-year matching grant from the USBR, totaling up to $149,703.

“We can spend as much as we can match,” Commissioner and Treasurer Phil Hansen told the commissioners.

Maintaining the park costs about $30,000 a year, Hansen said.

The grant will help pay for that mainte-

nance and for upgrades to the park, which it has dubbed North Dam Park and Events Center to reflect its uses that draw in people, including tourists, which makes it eligible for funding from lodging taxes taken in by three local towns.

Convincing them to let go of those dollars for upkeep of a park is not easy, however, and Coulee Dam this year declined the request.

The district will receive $5,000 from Elec-tric City’s hotel/motel tax fund and $7,500 from Grand Coulee, which had the park for decades but walked away from the expense after its lease with the USBR was up, leaving the larger community to scramble to save the asset.

Commission Chairman Bob Valen said the

district has also benefit from sponsors this year, who have agreed to help bridge the fund-ing gap.

Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union has pledged $3,000 a year for five years. Coulee Medical Center committed to $5,000 for three years, specifically for advertising and promot-ing events.

In addition, volunteer hours can be add-ed up to help meet the match for the grant at a rate of $26 per hour, Valen said. Several groups, such as local softball clubs or others, can contribute to that.

“We can look forward to not having to worry about how w’re going to finance maintenance of the park,” Hansen said.

by Roger S. Lucas

School district patrons will vote on a four-year $1.13 million replacement levy, Feb. 10; one that reduces the current rate of $4.55 per thousand to $3.95 per thousand of assessed valuation for taxpayers.

Locally, a levy committee is meeting weekly to see that information gets out to taxpayers.

The levy committee meets again today (Wednesday) at 4 p.m. at the library at Lake Roosevelt Junior and Senior High School. Vol-

unteers are encouraged to attend and assist in the levy campaign, said chair Karen Depew.

The levy replaces the current four-year levy of $1.119 million.

If successful, the district will qualify for $535,000 in “levy equalization” funds from the state.

Many school functions are financed through special levies since state funding for many programs falls far short of what they actually cost.

This is the third four-year levy proposed by

the district. The earlier two passed easily.Soon, the district will circulate a question-

and-answer type release providing informa-tion of how levy monies are used.

Depew stated that volunteers are needed to get signage out, and support cards signed.

Members of the committee will make them-selves available to come to meetings and talk about the levy.

A simple majority is needed to pass the levy.

Students gets some art historyby Roger S. Lucas

Students from the second to sixth grades are getting an extra boost in art history and training by a volunteer who continues to provide help and information for students who are interested.

Kathy LaPlace, who had a sim-ilar program at the middle school last year, continues the program

in the new art room at the high school once a month, on Mondays, from 2:15 to 3:30 p.m.

This week, students learned about Frida Khalo, a surrealist artist from Mexico.

Students, about 10 in number who are signed up for the class, learned about the artist and her husband, Diego Rivera, and then made a self-portrait of themselves

in the artist’s style.Feb. 23, students will learn

about Bridget Riley, a British art-ist, specializing in “optical-art.” LaPlace said the students will learn about Riley and op-art and do an op-art masterpiece of their own.

On March 23, students will study Dale Chihuly, a well known glass sculptor from the Seattle

area. Students will learn how Chihuly got his start in sculpting and how he creates his master-pieces.

LaPlace said students will get to create their very own Chihuly style sculpture.

Students interested in taking part can get a sign-up sheet at the elementary school office.

See CITIES page 2

Readers now must choose volunteer of yearby Scott Hunter

Readers have until next Wednesday, Jan. 21, to make their wishes known on choosing the person to be honored as the 2014 Volunteer of the Year.

All letters nominating eligible volunteers are published in this week’s Star, starting on page 3. The letters are also online.

In all, nine people were nomi-nated this year. Two other writers named persons who had already received the honor in years past, which makes them ineligible to receive it this year.

Readers can make their pref-erence known through an online poll, which will be linked in this story on The Star’s website at grandcoulee.com or by dropping off or mailing a signed slip of pa-per with their preferred honoree written on it by Jan. 21.

The honoree will be announced in the paper Jan. 28.

The Star’s annual tradition of selecting a person to honored for their selfless service began in 1985.

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Parents - Ian and Cara Tuner of Electric City; Sibling Kinley, 18 monthsMaternal Grandparents Dale & Doris Erickson, Hunters, Wash.

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SafewaySeaton’s Grove Gifts & Greenhouse

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Our Special Thanks To:

Mayors of four local municipalities in the monthly meeting of the Regional Board of Mayors Monday. They were presented with a proposal to study consolidating cities. From left: Elmer City Mayor Gail Morin, Coulee Dam Mayor Greg Wilder, Grand Coulee Mayor Chris Christopherson, board secretary Donna Deckman and Electric City Mayor Jerry Sands. — Scott Hunter photo

An economic development com-mittee within the chamber has met with a consulting firm that has had experience in examining the joining of aspects of munici-palities around Joint Base Lew-is-McChord, SCJ Alliance. (This writer serves on that chamber committee.)

Kevin Porch said the effort could make for a better business environment and eliminate some of the current difficulties between the two towns, which currently bills each other, and sometimes argues over, services provided to each other.

Debbie Starkey said busi-nesses researching opportunites are sometimes confused by the

fragmented community, finding statistics on towns of about 1,000, instead of a community of 4,000.

She said the group was hesi-tant to include only Grand Cou-lee and Electric City in the initial study, but SCJ said several factors would make it more complicated to extend it further, including a lack of a contiguous boundary be-tween Grand Coulee and Coulee Dam.

Merging two towns has hap-pened only once in state history, Starkey said SCJ Alliance found. In 1957 Chelan and Lakeside joined.

Starkey passed out an outline proposal from SCJ, estimating they could facilitiate the process

for up to $30,000, which could be cut in half with enough volunteer effort. That’s a sum the city coun-cil’s would have approve of spend-ing with community support.

The mayors invited the group to present the idea at their city councils. Each stressed it’s an idea that would only work if vot-ers were in favor, but their initial openness was markedly different than the attitude that eventually ended a similar study a couple de-cades ago.

“I think we’re in a different age,” Mayor Christopherson said, even as he predicted a merger might well lead to better service to the people, but likely no cost savings.

Woman dies from flu

Firm contracted for groundwater tests

Training on how to use Kindle or iPad offered at the library

Cities Continued from front page

by Roger S. Lucas

Grant County Health District was notified this week that a Grant County woman has died as the result of influenza complica-tions.

“Since the beginning of Decem-ber, there has been a significant increase in influenza cases in all age groups in Grant County,” said county Health Officer Dr. Alexan-

der Brzezny.According to the Washington

State Department of Health, 16 other Washington state residents have died this flu season.

The county health office de-clined to name the recent death of the county resident.

The symptoms of the flu in-clude temperature greater than 100 degrees with a cough and or sore throat. Those with the flu

may also get headaches, runny or stuffy nose, muscle or body aches, fatigue (tiredness) and sometimes vomiting and diarrhea.

Brzezny stated it isn’t too late to get a flu shot. Call your local clinic or pharmacy to arrange for a shot, Brzezny stated.

The health district advises that if you are sick, stay home to not spread the flu to others.

Grand Coulee Community Li-brary, a branch of North Central Regional Library, will be offering E-book training on Tuesday, Jan. 27. Registration is needed so the available time slots will be able to reach everyone. Each slot will feature just one type of device (Kindle, Nook/Reader, or iPad/ Tablet).  There can be three peo-ple with the same type of device during each time slot. Register at the library in person or by phone by calling 509-633-0972.

The library is located at 225

Federal Ave. in Grand Coulee and offers books, music, DVD’s, maga-zines and audio books that you can check out as a library patron. Every Friday there is a Pre-school Story Time at 10:30 that empha-sizes Early Literacy Skills.

The library also has extended its hours.

Monday                   9:30-6:00Tuesday                  10:30-7:30Wednesday               9:30-6:00Thursday                10:30-7:30Friday                       9:30-5:30

The library offers Zinio maga-zines, Overdrive audio and eb-ooks (to check out on your favorite gadget), public computer use and free WI-FI. 

Also, those that use the library can join or create a Book Club,.These information services plus more are available to all patrons of NCRL at the Grand Coulee Community Library. A library card number and password are required to access many of these materials. Need help? Come to the library.

by Roger S. Lucas

The Regional Board of Mayors contracted with URS, an engi-neering firm, to do its quarterly and annual groundwater testing and reporting for 2015.

The firm has been doing this service, and the RBOM’s agreed to a new contract for the current year at its meeting Monday.

URS will prepare groundwa-ter monitoring reports presenting data for the four quarters and an annual report.

The firm also will provide, if necessary, negotiations with the Department of Ecology and the Grant County Health District.

The estimated cost for the

quarterly and annual reports is $25,195. The estimated cost for representing the mayor’s group

in any negotiations with the DOE and health district would be $1,870.

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Nine nominated for Volunteer of the Year, 2014

Below we present several well-thought-out nominations for Volunteer of the Year for 2014.

Karen Depew for Volunteer of the YearI would like to Nominate Kar-

en Depew as Volunteer of the Year. I know I only know a very small part of Karen Depew’s vol-unteer activities, but hope others will fill in the blanks. This past year, Karen has been one of the Coulee Pioneer Museum’s most active volunteers, and, along with Constance Wilson, has organized several displays at the museum,

not only bringing the ideas to the museum but rounding up the things necessary for the displays and getting them delivered and set up.

During the last great fund raising, the Historical Calendars, Karen took the lead to help with the setup, getting the right pho-tos, and arranging for printing and assembling.

She is a sub teacher at the school and very active in several activities through the school.

So please help myself and oth-er show Karen that we recognize her for her long time volunteering to the community and school sys-tem.

Birdie Hensley

Emily Robinson for Volunteer of the YearIt’s about time the community

knows what a jewel Emily Robin-son, the owner of Flo’s Café, is!! She has put on countless dinners and benefits for us. She always donates for all kinds of kids and sports. She has a good heart and helps out whenever she is needed.

She is a very civic minded one and helps the chamber a lot.

Her loyal patrons and custom-ers as well as her sister Patsy can all vouch for her on her many ac-tivities.

Please consider her for Volun-teer of the Year, okay?

I would love to see her face when she’s told! She is a very wor-thy person!

Shirley ShelbyMarysville, WA

Earl Cole for Volunteer of the YearIt has been brought to my at-

tention by more than a few people (I agree) that Earl Cole would be a good candidate for Volunteer of the Year.

He isn’t in the spotlight but does his good deeds on the quiet. If he hears of someone being ill or in the hospital, he has stopped and mowed their lawns without a

word being said. When he hauls brush and sees some in front of homes he will stop and pick it up, add to his own, no word said. When he is on the job he goes be-yond and sticks around changing light bulbs, moving sprinklers and other small jobs.

This sums up a very caring per-son. So, we would like to add him

to the candidacy for Volunteer of the Year. He is very deserving.

Jerry BeiermanRay Clover

Lonna BussertKris Piccolo

Felix Marcolin

Donna White for Volunteer of the YearI would like to nominate Don-

na White as Volunteer of the Year.Since moving to the Grand

Coulee Dam area in the early 1980s, Donna has been very ac-tive in our community, the un-sung worker that steps in any-where she is needed.

Donna has been a volunteer “Grandma” in the Grand Coulee Dam schools, where her grand-daughter Areielle is a student, and in Nespelem, where daughter Tracy is a classroom teacher.

Donna leads an exercise class at the senior center, and, once a month, takes the seniors to the convalescent center in Grand Coulee to exercise with the resi-dents there.

Donna is an active member of Zion Lutheran Church and sells cards and stationery to support its Sunday School.

And once a week, for four months out of the year, Donna is hard at work at the local food bank, organizing other volunteers

and helping them to help others by stocking shelves, bagging rice, filling grocery sacks to be loaded into cars, and cleaning up when the afternoon ends.

Selecting Donna White to be Volunteer of the Year would be a great way to say “Thank You!” to her and to let Donna know that we recognize and appreciate her service to our community.

Linda Rise

Fern Blaylock for Volunteer of the YearWe are nominating Fern Blay-

lock for the Volunteer of the Year, as a belated acknowledgement of the countless hours and years she has served our communities with her support of the local food bank, the needy, and the students in our schools. Fern is the inveterate volunteer, helping people of all ages in our area.

Fern has managed the Grand Coulee Dam Area Food Bank for the past 13 years. During that time she has overseen a large growth in families served each week. When she started, the Food Bank served about 10 families with a few items, and now serves up to 160 with several bags of food from multiple sources. That means she has had to supervise the corresponding increase in volume of donations, commodi-ties, storage, and equipment. She also supervises the volunteers from the community, who pick up, stock, bag, distribute, and deliver from the various sources to the recipients, throughout the year. In order to do this, Fern has to coordinate with various food programs and participate in regional food bank associations. That means keeping up with ever changing government rules and regulations. Her former business and government work experience is an asset for dealing with the various agencies. Locals requir-ing community service time can count on Fern to provide them work and supervision. Although Fern refuses to take compensa-tion for her job at the food bank, she works countless hours over

and above what is required, de-spite physical limitations and pain. There is no other local or-ganization that does more for the needy than the Food Bank on a regularly scheduled basis.

Through the Grand Coulee Dam Area Charities (a communi-ty of local churches), Fern manag-es a funding and referral process to help the needy in our commu-nities with such things as: food, clothing, utility bills, housing de-posits, gas, or even a hot meal or warm place to spend the night.

Fern has volunteered for the children of the Grand Coulee Dam School District for more than a decade. She has worked with all grade levels from pre-school to se-niors in high school. She has tu-tored students in reading, math, and writing. She has supported and volunteered in the P.T.A, Americorp, and SHARP Kids programs and most recently the Colville Tribal Foster Grandpar-ent Program. As a school mentor, she helps struggling students and those needing to fulfill their com-munity service requirements. In the past, she has even ridden the morning and afternoon buses to help supervise and reinforce safe-ty and student compliance to the bus rules.

As a Foster Grandparent vol-unteer, Fern has spent the last six and a half years working with the kindergarten class in the morn-ing and the first grade class in the afternoon. She tutors and helps students complete their work, and individually tests them in order to help teachers monitor progress.

Even though the Foster Grand-parent program was recently dis-continued, and she no longer gets a gas and food stipend, Fern con-tinues to work an 8 hour plus day. Many children in the school know her and call her “Grandma Fern”.

The Tribal Foster Grandparent Program nominated Fern for a Washington State Volunteer Ser-vice Award. On April 25, 2013, in recognition of the 2013 Volunteer Appreciation Week, Governor Jay Inslee presented her with one of 44 awards during the Ninth An-nual Governor’s Volunteer Ser-vice Awards at the governor’s mansion in Olympia. If the state recognizes her, why shouldn’t we?

Fern is truly a treasure who does all she does because she loves people and children, and wants them to have the best in life. For many area students and teachers, Fern is their “Volunteer of the Year” every day, and they love her.

Thank you Fern, for all the peo-ple you help!

Pastor Adrian Harris, Grand Coulee

Nazarene Church Rev Shawn Neider,

Zion and Bethel ChurchesFather Robert Himes,

St. Henry Catholic ChurchMonty Fields, Grand Coulee

Methodist ChurchJan and Keith Erickson,

Carolyn McNeil, Bob and Pat Piekarski, Mary Jane Bailey

Kathy Rice for Volunteer of the YearThis last summer I quit my job

and brought my mother home to live with me and my husband.

I knew that her Dementia was quite far along, but I was not to-tally prepared for the grief that would assault me once I got a clear picture of her world.

I soon knew two things; my mother would never have wanted to be like this, and, that I could never let anyone else take care of her. My heart broke.

I was saved this summer by a neighbor who began to drive to my home several times a week.

We bundled my mother into an adult stroller and we walked — often 1.5 hours. Some walks were cut short by mom’s needs, but many were nice and long.  

My neighbor talked to me. She told me about the land where we live; she knows much of the his-tory. Her stories are interesting, and I felt my heart healing.

In learning of her, I found that she is a very busy woman. She works as a tax volunteer at the Senior Center each year. She is very active in church, commu-nity functions, and activities, and

she’s a Hospice volunteer. She is active in the goings-on of her fam-ily farm and was feeding a home full of hired men through much of the summer. Yet still, she made time to literally save my life.

She’s a beautiful person inside and out, as I am sure many could attest to this.

With all my heart, I nominate Kathy Rice as your Volunteer of the Year.

JoAnn Ehlers

Kathy Rice for Volunteer of the YearI would like to nominate Kathy

Rice for the honor of “Volunteer of the Year.”

Kathy has for many years been the treasurer for the Lions Club and taken care of the cemetery books. If you need information on purchasing plots or the location of a loved one, a call to Kathy will get you all the information you need.

For many years, Kathy has been involved with the Hospice Program as a volunteer in our area. She has touched many fami-

lies with her willingness to come to their homes and visit or just sit with dying patients so that the caregivers can have some free time.

Kathy has been treasurer for the Methodist Women’s Group of Washington for many years also. If you need books audited for any organization, she is always will-ing to do this for just the love of numbers and wanting to help people.

Kathy, through the years, has been involved in 4-H and Girl

Scouts as a volunteer leader. Kathy is one of those gracious,

warmhearted, and caring people that is always ready to help any-one that needs her help. It takes a special person to be a Hospice Vol-unteer and Kathy is one of those people.

I hope you will all vote for Kathy Rice as Volunteer of the Year.

Diane Canady

Donna Shear for Volunteer of the YearI am writing to nominate Don-

na Shear as Volunteer of the Year. Donna spends every Saturday at the VFW donating her time orga-nizing items, cleaning and mak-ing sure everyone is taken care of.

Donna will be back again this year, and she works with pride. The veterans who also work there refer to her as the “Boss.” Donna does whatever is asked of her and

never a complaint is had.Donna takes items home to

mend, wash, iron, and she washed approximately 50-60 coats so they could be given away. She is always one of the first ones at the VFW and one of the last ones to leave.

I have been fortunate to meet her, and I call her a very dear friend. She is very kind and giv-ing.  She always makes sure that

the little ones she knows has a gift at Christmas, takes care of homes that are part-time residences for others, mows lawns, weeds and never sits still.

Please consider Donna as a Grand Coulee area volunteer for 2014.

Ms. Gerry L. Salstrom

Bubba Egbert for Volunteer of the Year I would like to nominate Bubba

Egbert as “Volunteer of the Year.” For the past few years he has coached several local youths in football, basketball and baseball. Being a coach is a very demand-ing position to take, and he takes it in stride.

My son is one of the local youths who have had the honor of gaining knowledge and experi-ence, in the sports that he loves, from Bubba. The knowledge and lessons he has learned will ben-efit him for a lifetime.

Bubba not only teaches the fundamentals of the game, but also the importance of being a team player and how to accept the fact that a bad call will be made

and a call may be missed. After all, life isn’t always fair, but that the children need to stay focused and move on and continue to work together toward the ultimate goal, which is to work as a team and support each other. He also stresses the importance of good grades and being accountable for your choices and actions.

I don’t want to forget his wife (Dana Egbert), who has to deal with just as much (or more) as Bubba does. Being a parent of an athlete is demanding as well, but I love it and support my children to no end. But to be a coach, I can’t even imagine. He has to focus on the children, on the plays and the schedules. All of which he has to

work into his own life and family demands. I’ve told him before that I don’t know how he does it, but I am glad he does!

The time and lessons he gives will guide my son, and all the other youth, throughout their life. And for this I am thankful and believe he deserves to be recog-nized as “Volunteer of the Year.” Because all the time, effort and knowledge he puts into our local youth will pay off. I believe we will see great things from these future Raider Athletes, all thanks to Bubba Egbert and us dedicated parents.

Niki Wippel

More letters

Heros among usThis is a story of a real account that happened in

the Coulee recently. I will change some of the names to protect the innocent.

A husband and wife ride together to work every day. Except today the wife will be going alone be-cause her husband is home sick. She made the trip to work with little trouble but her day at work was horrible. She was mad, sad and overwhelmed as she left work after putting in even more time at the end of the day. It was dark out already as she made her way to her car. She was not looking forward to the drive home but was ready to be home and leave this day behind her. Not far down the road the sound of a flat tire alarmed her and she pulled over. Yep, a flat tire.

Now this is not just a bad sit-uation for the woman in the sto-ry, but the man at home is also panicking now. Sick and at home with no car, his mind races with ways to help his wife. Verbal di-rections on the phone, directions on how to get the jack and spare tire on a car he has never even changed a tire on. He can hear the frus-tration in his wife’s voice and his mind scrambles to think of someone to help his bride. The few people he thinks of to come to her rescue are busy or not avail-able and his wife’s situation pains him deeply.

She is trying to figure out just how to do all this when a few people come to her rescue. Juan, from the Melody, is the first. In his clean apron and chef ’s attire he comes down from his business to assist her and even offers her his car to drive home. Soon a Coulee Dam police officer arrives and assists, also. Her daughter also arrives, not to help so much, but to be there for moral support. She brings warm clothes for her mother as she waits. Many people the woman recognizes drive by looking but none stop to offer help. The four of them struggle but manage to get the tire changed and the wife is soon on her way.

The wife still has a foggy drive ahead of her, but at least she is on the road now. The husband is breath-ing easier now, knowing she has been saved by some that did more than was even to be expected. It was an uneasy experience for both of them, but one thing warms their hearts.

When people drop what is going on in their lives to help someone in a bad situation, that is exactly what we should do as a community. Juan left his livelihood, his restaurant where he is the only chef, to help someone. To do a job that he knew he was

going to get dirty doing. Is he a hero? Yes he is. At least he is in the couple’s eyes.

This also applies to the Cou-lee Dam officer. He helped light up the area and assist where he could. He is also a hero, although the job he does every day is a he-roic one to begin with, he did not have to stop or stay as long as he did. But he went beyond the call of duty. Helping a damsel in dis-tress if you will. A hero? Yep, who

knows what could have happened to the woman if she was on the side of the road by herself, struggling to do something she was not all that comfortable do-ing to begin with.

The daughter is also a hero. Although she was not the most knowledgeable one for the work needed, she was willing to do what she could, even though it was inconvenient. Warm clothes and moral support were what she had to offer to the situation, and she reached out in a dire time of need.

This is what our area needs more of. If we con-tinue helping each other like this, we can change the world one encounter at a time and encourage people that there are still those out there that care about their fellow man. Thank you Juan, CD Police Officer Brian Walter and a loving daughter for instilling the aura of community back into the heart of a couple of fellow citizens.

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CHURCH OF THE NAZARENEWelcomes you

Everyone’s invited.Pastor Adrian Harris

2 miles east of Hwy 155 on Hwy 174Adult Sunday School .......................... 9:30 am.Sunday Worship ............................... 10:45 a.m

Community Youth Group Sundays 4-5:30 p.m. at GCD Middle School.

For middle school/high school students Church office 633-2186

COULEE DAMCOMMUNITY CHURCH

PRESBYTERIAN (U.S.A.)Offers You a Warm Welcome!

Worship Service ..................................... 9 a.m.Fellowship........................................ 10:00 a.m.Sunday School ................................ 10:30 a.m.

Nursery Care Available509 Central Drive, Coulee Dam

Church: 633-1790www.couleedamchurch.org

FAITH COMMUNITYA Foursquare Church

PASTOR STEVE ARCHER16 Grand, Electric City

Sunday Morning Service: ......................10 a.m.KIDS’ Church and NurseryCall the Church Office 633-3044 to find out about other regular scheduled meetings.

Come Worship The Lord!

BANKS LAKE BIBLE CHURCH25 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 ADVENTISTCome Worship & Praise With Us

103 Continental Heights, Grand CouleeChurch (509) 633-3030

Pastor Eric Chavez - (509) 207-9460

Fit For Life ............................................ 9:00 a.m.Bible Study ......................................... 10:00 a.m.Worship Hour ......................................11:00 a.m.Fellowship Meal ................................. 12:30 p.m.Midweek Mannah (Wednesday) ............... 6 p.m.

UNITED METHODISTModeling our ministry after the New Testament

405 Center St., Grand CouleeCertified Lay Ministers

Tom Poplawski & Monty Fields EVERYONE WELCOME!Church Office 633-0980

Worship Service ............................... 10:00 a.mJoin us every 3rd Sunday for brunch

and fellowship following worship service.

ZION LUTHERANPASTOR SHAWN NEIDER

348 Mead Street, Grand Coulee Church 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 .......................................11:00 a.m.Wed. Quilting Study ...9 a.m. Quilting ..... 10 a.m.Wed. Evening Study, call about soup ... 7:00 p.m.

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Obituaries Meetings & NoticesThaddeus D. “Pete” Moore

Thaddeus D. “Pete” Moore (81) was born December 29, 1933, in Spokane, Wash., and passed away during the evening of Saturday, January 3, 2015, in Spokane.

Raised in the El-mer City, Wash., home of his parents, George and Lois “Hank” Walling-Moore, Pete attended Elmer City Elemen-tary, Mason City Ju-nior High and high school in Nespelem, Washington. Dur-ing his senior year Pete left high school to serve his country with the US Navy, his favorite port of call being Japan. During the Korean Conflict, Pete served aboard the Destroyer Escort USS Foss DE-59, which earned one battle star and at various times provided essential ship to shore electri-cal power at Chinnampo, Inchon, Hungnam and Ulsan, Korea.

Following his discharge, Pete belonged to the UA Local 44- Spo-kane Plumbers and Steamfitters, working as a Pipefitter on the Alaska Pipeline, various paper mills, Hanford Nuclear Power Plant and Grand Coulee Dam. A proud member of Tribal Ameri-can Legion Post 114 of Nespelem, Pete had also belonged to both the Grand Coulee Moose and Eagles clubs. He loved Blue Grass Mu-sic and could play piano and any instrument which had strings. “Sneeky Pete” as he was known to his CB buddies, loved life and had many interests including HAM Radio – “KD7 CLN”, being a card

shark at Texas Hold’em, exercis-ing his artistic side – drawing, sketching and painting and espe-cially spending time on Lake Roo-sevelt in his boat – “just fish’n”.

Pete will be remem-bered by those who knew him as one who would give the last shirt off of his back to someone in need.

Predeceased by both his parents; nephew David, as well as Viola, Marti, Shari and Dawn; Pete’s legacy lives on through his chil-dren: Thad Moore, Charlotte Moore-McCoy (Douglas), Richard Moore,

Loyce Moore and Damian Moore; honorary daughter: Lori Johnson-Oles (Ben); grandchildren: Joshua Moore and Rachel McCoy-Aagard (Robert); sisters: Harriet “Sally” Moore-Williams, Helen Moore-York, Patricia Moore-Hammond and Charlene Moore-Thrash; as well as numerous nephews and nieces.

All are invited to Pete’s 1 p.m., graveside committal, Saturday, January 17, 2015 at Spring Can-yon Cemetery in Grand Coulee.

Please send any gifts in Pete’s memory to Hospice of Spokane, 102 W. Rhodes, Spokane, Wash. 99208 or to the charity of your choice.

Please sign Pete’s online reg-ister book at www.stratefuneral-home.com. Strate Funeral Home of Grand Coulee, WA is honored to be serving Pete’s family.

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Jim MusserJim Musser passed away Jan-

uary 10, 2015, at his home in Grand Coulee, Wash., following a short and challenging battle with cancer.

Jim was born in Hillsboro, Ore., on February 3, 1934, to Joe and Henrietta Musser. He gradu-ated from Vancouver High School, Vancouver, Wash., in 1953. While serving in the military as a para-trooper in Germany from 1954-57, Jim played football for the Army. After graduating from the Uni-versity of Oregon with a Bachelor Degree in Science in 1960, Jim married his college sweetheart, Karen Proctor. Additional gradu-ate work included a Master’s Degree at Western Washington University in 1964 where he was assistant football and wrestling coach.

Jim started his teaching and coaching career at Pleasant Hill High School in Oregon, then moved to Fort Vancouver High School and to Lake Washing-ton High School in Kirkland. In 1971, Jim and a partner started a boat building business, Blue Wa-ter Boats, which built 38’ Ingrid ketches in fiberglass. In 1974, Jim formed Musser Inc., which devel-oped and sold 25’ Folk boat hulls and 50’ Hansen Marine Trawlers in fiberglass.

Jim had many adventures, in-cluding a 1973 sailboat trip with Karen to the South Pacific in his 38’ boat. He also had his pilot’s license and flew to Mountain Vil-lage, AK, where Jim and Karen taught school in the “bush.”

He loved to learn how to do new things, challenged himself to various projects, built hotrods, tinkered with motorcycles and took joy in sharing ideas with his

buddies.Most important to Jim was

his walk with Christ. God called him when he was 15 to a belief and faith in Christ. At that time Jim chose his life verse from He-brews 10:38: “But my righteous one shall live by faith; and if he shrinks back My soul has no pleasure in him.” His last conver-sational words to his wife were quoted from Jude 21 and 22: “But you, beloved, building yourselves up in your most holy faith, pray-ing in the Holy Spirit, keep your-selves in the love of God, waiting anxiously for the mercy of our Lord Jesus Christ to eternal life.”

Jim is survived by two sisters: Shirley Ross of Centralia, Wash., and Shirley Musser of Grants Pass, Ore., and his wife Karen. He was predeceased by his parents and two brothers.

At Jim’s request there will be no memorial service.

Please sign Jim’s online reg-ister book at stratefuneralhome.com. Strate Funeral Home of Grand Coulee, Wash., is honored to serve Jim’s family.

Chamber at PePPer Jack’s

The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon this Thursday, Jan. 15, at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee. The program will be an update on the Senior Center by senior center president Birdie Hensley.

Demos to meetOkanogan County Democrats

are meeting on Saturday, Jan. 17, at El Paraiso Restaurant next to Okanogan Inn off of Highway 97. The meeting will begin at noon.

consortium to meet

Coulee Corridor Consortium will meet Friday Jan. 16, at noon, at Corral Restaurant, 120 S. Main St. , Warden.

PuD closeD Next moNday

Grant PUD’s Grand Coulee of-fice and call center will be closed for training on Monday, Jan. 19. The office will reopen at its regu-lar time on Tuesday, Jan. 20 at 8 a.m. To report a power outage on Jan. 19, call 1-800-216-5526.

toPs meetingsTOPS (Take Off Pounds

Sensibly) Chapter 1524 meets on Tuesdays at 9:15 a.m. at Grand Coulee Senior Center prior to the exercise group gathering at 10 a.m. Come and join for the health of it. Due to popular demand the Chapter TOPS #WA1554 will be meeting Wednesdays with weighin from 5 to 5:30 p.m., and the meeting from 5:30 to 6:30, prior to the SAIL exercise class which starts at 6:30.. They meet at the Coulee Dam Community Church-Presbyterian. For more information call Vivian Dugan 633-2164.

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GED classes and more beginBig Bend Community College

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Zekkethal “Val” Vargas-Thomas for Volunteer of the YearVal has been my basketball

coach since about 1980, when I was the age of 9, and I still go to her for basketball and life guid-ance. I remember being about 4th grade or so and a member of the Nespelem girls’ basketball team “Val’s Gal’s”. She was one of my first coaches, and to this day con-tinues to volunteer coach for the youth at the Nespelem Commu-nity Center. She’s just rounding out the end of her 3rd & 4th grade boys season.

Val has been part of the com-mittee for Mill Pond Days since the event started in 2004. Mill Pond Days was started to bring the community out to celebrate the Town of Nespelem. The event includes a parade, a 3-on-3 bas-ketball tournament, 5k run, a horseshoe tournament, commu-nity vendors, among other things. Val volunteered to lead this event in the beginning and has been our president for years and not always by choice. As a commu-nity we were very lucky to have someone take on such a feat, and she didn’t even have to ask! Mill Pond Days is around Father’s Day weekend in June.

Val is also a breast cancer sur-vivor! I, as part of the community and not only a friend of Val’s, am very blessed that she was and is such a fighter and continues to provide community support, breast cancer awareness, and early detection. Whether it’s do-nating to the cause, being a shoul-

der to lean on or participating in a fundraiser, she is there to lend any support needed.

In 2011, Val coordinated the Northwest Indian Youth Confer-ence, which was sponsored by the Colville Tribes and lasted 7 days. This conference is voted on by the youth 2 years in advance and in the spring of 2009, Colville Tribal youth got the bid when the Spokane Tribe was hosting. This great endeavor includes sched-uling workshops and key-note speakers to provide information and leadership to approximately 1,500 youth from Tribes all over the Pacific Northwest, along with a traditional dinner and pow-wow. Val gathered and coordinated all the volunteers to put on this huge event along with locating addi-tional funding to make it a true success.

Val has worked with the Tribal Health Program in various posi-tions and she always seems to go above and beyond for the people. Whether it means staying after hours and often sacrificing her family time for the community, she schedules workshops and trainings for suicide preven-tion, diabetes prevention, among many, many others.

Even though Val’s known me all my life, I know her from an-other role, on a more personal level. My auntie Donna Williams (who passed away 5/8/14) was very fond of Val’s daughter, Kim, and that’s when I got to know

“Kim’s mom Val”. I noticed how she always had kids with her and I assumed they were hers, but turned out they were friends’ or their extended family members’. That was when I began look-ing up to Val as another “mother figure.” To this day, Val’s family consists of a full household of her first two children, Kimberly (Var-gas) McCall and Augustus Smith, and through the grace of God, she and her husband Joe added 6 ad-ditional children to their family. The world truly needs more peo-ple like Val and Joe to accept chil-dren as their own through adop-tion and foster parenting.

This is just all I can remember in my 43 years on this earth. Al-though my earliest memory goes back to probably 1976, when I was in kindergarten, I’m pretty sure there is so much more that Val has done for this community before that. I know she will say she couldn’t have done it alone, which is true, but it takes some-one with her passion to get people going and keep them going. She would say she doesn’t want any recognition for anything but with what she continues to do every year for the community, she de-serves to be recognized.

Please consider my nomination for Zekkethal “Val” Vargas-Thom-as as Volunteer of the Year 2014. Thank you.

Deidre Williams

Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 7 lbs., 10 oz., and was 19 inches in length at birth.

She joins sister Kinley, 18 months, at home. Maternal grandparents are Dale and Do-ris Erickson of Hunters, Wash. Paternal grandparents are Paul and Brenda Turner of Tonasket. Great-grandparents are Dave and Barbara Bauer and Lavelle Turn-er, all of Priest River, Idaho, and Shirley Dashiell of Hunters.

com or 633-3611. Class sessions began Tuesday, January 6 at 3:30 p.m. in the old Grand Coulee Dam

Middle School Annex. A mini-mum number of students is re-quired for these course offerings.

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Two wins include OT battleby John R. McNeil II

The Raider boys capped last week with an intense overtime victory at home, one of two wins of the three games played and a lesson in pressure.

The week left them at “2-1 overall” and “moving in the right direction,” Head Coach Matt Simpson said. “We wanted to go 3-0 this week for sure; however, we played well when it needed to happen and grew as a team in multiple ways.”

The week started off with a trip up to Tonasket for a league matchup against the Tigers Jan. 6, the Raiders came away with a 66-48 win.

This win was a booster going into the home matchup with the Central Washington 2B North-leading Brewster Bears Jan. 8, when the Raiders stayed close with Brewster the entire first quarter.

A Jacob Palmer three point-er closed the first quarter with a one-point lead for LR, 12-11. Palmer opened the second with another three pointer that start-ed a Raider rally, building a lead over the Brewster. Then Bears came roaring back to take the lead by seven points going into halftime, 34-27.

After the half, the Bears came out hot and the Raiders struggled to respond. Midway through the third LR and Brewster traded three’s, but the Bears still held on

Wrestlers continue success

Lady Raiders in fourth place Lachelle Bearcub rises above Lady Shockers to lead LR scoring with 12 points Saturday. — Scott Hunter photo

by John R. McNeil II

The Lady Raiders won two of three games last week to set themselves up in fourth place in Central Washington 2B North standings.

At Tonasket Jan. 6, Lake Roo-sevelt defeated the last-place Ti-gers, 43-27.

Jan. 8, the LR hosted Brewster, which was not the juggernaut of the past but is still a tough foe. LR took an early lead in the first quarter of the low-scoring contest, 9-4. In the second, the Lady Bears came back to tie the game at 16.

LR took the lead in the third quarter, when Brewster was cold from the floor. At the start of the fourth, the score was LR 26, Brewster 21.

Brewster came alive in the fourth quarter and retook the lead. Lady Raider fouls assisted the Lady Bears to keep ahead of LR. Poor ball handling and shot choices also hampered the Lady Raiders.

Even with all that was going in Brewster’s favor, the game still came down to the final seconds when the Lady Raiders could not score and Brewster came away with the 38-34 victory.

LR bounced back Saturday against Waterville at Grand Cou-lee.

In the first, the Lady Raiders again took a lead, and Shocker trouble on the court aided LR.

Jocelyn Moore was called for a flagrant foul, but the Shockers missed both free throws. The first quarter ended 9-5 for LR.

Both squads’ offenses came alive in the second quarter, when the Lady Raiders pushed their lead to 10 before the half. At the start of the third quarter the score was Lady Raiders 23, Shockers 13.

The LR offense went cold in the third, while the Shockers heated up. The Lady Raiders saw their 12-point lead cut down to three before a basket put it back out to five. At the end of the third, LR

led 27-22.In the fourth period, neither

side pushed the score and both offenses cooled, the Lady Raiders held off the Shockers for the win at 39-30.

Lachelle Bearcub led the Lady Raiders with 12 points. Jocelyn Moore scored 11 against the Shockers. Alana Epperson put up six, while Riley Epperson scored five points for the Lady Raiders. Khani Priest recorded four points, Katelynn Schilling contributed two, and Kayla St. Pierre added a point for LR.

This week, the Lady Raiders again play three games, starting last night at the league leading Okanogan Bulldogs. Thursday at 6 p.m. in Grand Coulee the Lady Raiders host Liberty Bell Mt. Li-ons, who have won only one game thus far. Then, on Saturday the Pateros Nannies come to Grand Coulee for a 4 p.m. matchup. The Nannies lead the Central Wash-ington 1B League with a perfect record.

by John R. McNeil II

Raider wrestlers won 10 of their 11 matches at Wilbur last week, then took home three med-als from a tournament, north of Spokane, full of big-school talent.

“Another good week of wres-tling,” Head Coach Steve Hood said “The guys are working their rears off to compete at the very high level week in and week out.”

Last Wednesday the Raiders travelled to Wilbur for a mixer where the Raiders won 10 of their 11 matches.

Oscar Pakootas continued his

run of victories, pinning both Connor Beattie of Davenport and Cole Swanson of Lakeside.

Jacob Smith was the only Raid-er to wrestle three matches at Wilbur. He lost to Joe Peterson of Wilbur-Creston-Keller, 15-0, then beat Austin Stauffer of Davenport 10-2 before pinning Justin Chap-man of Davenport in 17 seconds.

Reese Caddy pinned both his opponents — Cole Swanson of Lakeside and Beattie of Daven-port.

Gabe Moses picked up two wins by pin in Wilbur, over Matt Delifield and Bailey Hanfau, both of Davenport.

Octavio Alejandre also con-

tinued his dominance of the 285-pound bracket with two pins over Trevor Morris of Davenport and Randy Bahnet of Wilbur-Creston-Keller.

A match at Liberty Bell sched-uled for Jan. 8 was moved to an-other date without the Raiders’ knowledge. LR travelled to Lib-erty Bell in the Methow Valley to find out that the Mt. Lions had left for Olympia early. LR shook it off and prepped for the tourney at Riverside on Saturday.

There, the Raiders faced a field of great competitors from the Spo-kane area, including many Great-er Spokane League JV squads.

Jackson Louie puts up a basket against Waterville. He led Raider scoring with 23. — Scott Hunter photosSee BASKETBALL page 8

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The family of Dorothy Flowers-Lawrence would like to thank everyone for the flowers, cards, calls and words of encouragement during the loss of our sister and aunt.We truly live in a very caring community. Again, thank you all so very much.

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OFFICE SPACE FOR RENT - at Coulee Professional Building on Burdin Blvd., across from the hospital. 633-0496. (S5-15-tfc)

3 bdrm., quiet corner in Almira. 20 minutes from dam, new kitchen, bath, paint, appliances, w/d, electric fireplace, a value while we make it new, $495, 509.647.0117. (Mc11-26-tfc)

IN GRAND COULEE – Now taking applications – 2 bdrm., 1000 sq. ft, completely furnished duplex, w/s/g paid. No smoking, no pets. $950 per month, 631-1222. (C12-3-tfc)

TRAILWEST MOTEL RENTALS – Monthly $450; 2 Weeks $375; Weekly $225. 108 Spokane Way, Grand Coulee, Wash. (T11-5-tfc)

CUTE 2 bdrm., smaller home, big fenced yard, new paint and appliances, big tub and shower, ready now, a steal at $375. 509.647.0117. (Mc11-26-tfc)

PERFECT FOR OUT OF TOWN WORKER: Furnished studio apt. $450/mo., including all utilities. Grand Coulee. 509.631.0124. (P12-10-tfc)

FOR SALE OR RENT - 5 bedroom, 3 bath, garage, arena, stalls, tack room, electric heat, propane fireplace, 3 acres all irrigated & steel fenced, paved driveway 1 mile south of Electric City, $1500./month rent or $355,000. Kathy McKay 775-3511 or [email protected] (Mc12-17-6tpp)

From Out Of Town? Clean, fully furnished, one bedroom apartment. Located in Coulee Dam, short walk to restaurants, grocery shopping, school, casino and the dam. A must see! Month to month with minimum 2 month stay. $700/mon, includes electricity, sewer and garbage. First, last, and $500 damage deposit. Favorable back ground check required at applicant expense from Airfactz of Spokane. Contact landlord at (509)633-3167. (W12-17-tfc)

3 bedroom / 2 bath home. wonderful home for rent in Electric City. Please call Virginia at 509-990-1471 for details. (M12-24-3tpp)

ROOMS FOR RENT – Electric City, $300 to $350 per month. Call Mark at 633-8235 for details. (H1-7-4tp)

FOR RENT – 2bdrm., 1 bath MH, Grand Coulee. $550 per month + utilities. 1st, last + deposit. Call 631-0194. (N1-5-tfc)

Small two bedroom mobile, City utilities paid! Small, clean, two bedroom mobile for rent. Located in a quiet Electric City park. Rent includes water, sewer, and garbage. Newer carpet, nice kitchen and bath. Washer dryer available with lease agreement. 550 per month. Dan 509-217-2456, Esther 509-638-1151. (G1-7-3tpp)

FOR RENT – RV/MOBILE HOME LOT in Electric City. 509-633-2410 or 631-2033. (B1-14-tfc)

Finish building this home on the best 4-lot corner in Wilbur. New home (or double your money). $29,900. 509-647-0117 or 509-641-2141. (Mc12-3-tfc)

HOUSEKEEPER WANTED – Trail West Motel. Call 633-3155, ask for Sam. (T11-5-tfc)

Full Time Delivery & Installation Technician. • Must apply in person. • Must have a valid drivers license. • $9.50/HR. Apply at Loepp Furniture, on Main St., Grand Coulee. (L1-14-1tc)

MEDICAL BILLING TRAINEES NEEDED! Train at home to process Medical Billing & Insurance Claims! NO EXPERIENCE NEEDED! Online training at Bryan University! HS Diploma/ GED & Computer/Internet needed. 1-877-259-3880

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101 Silver Drive, Electric City, Large Split level home built in 1978 that has been well cared for over the years. Home has 1,359 sf on the main level, plus another 1,359 sf downstairs. The Living Room features a wood FP and has updated flooring. There are 3 Bedrooms and 2 baths on the main level, plus another bedroom and bath down. It has central vac, dim arch tab roof, Electric bb heat & wall AC, copper plumbing and multi-level deck in the backyard. The 2 car att garage is 24’ by 24’ and has 2 auto openers. The property is appr 9,800 s.f. with mature landscaping. List price is $179,500 with a $2,500 closing cost allowance.

101 Silver Drive, Electric City

55793 Bay Area Drive NE, Electric City, Custom 2 Bedroom Home with wonderful view of Banks Lake, Castle Rock and the Coulee. Home was built in 2007 and has just over 2,000 s.f. on the main level, plus appr. 425 s.f. upstairs in the open loft. The home has granite countertops, Hardy Board Lap siding, Electric Central H & AC with HP and vaulted Ceilings. Sunken Living Room with hardwood floors and gas fireplace. Detached pull through garage/shop is appr 1200 s.f. with 6” exterior walls that are finished and ¾ bath. The list goes on and on. Property is 5 acres in size and adjacent to Federal land. List price is now just $395,000

33 Diamond Street, Electric City, Immaculate 3 Bedroom - 2 Bath home. Built in 1980 it has over 2,450 s.f. of fin living area. Spacious LR with gas FP, formal dining room, kitchen with oak cabinets and large family room with nook for piano or desk. Downstairs is a craft area, exercise room and hobby room. The home has electric bb and rec wall heat with wall AC, updated 2 pane windows and dim arch tab roofing. The property includes an extra lot to bring the total size of the property to appr. 20,475 sf or just under half an acre. The property is all fenced and includes an auto sprinkler system and a basketball court. List price is now just $227,400.

#411 Banks Ave, Grand Coulee. Enjoy beautiful lake views from this custom built Grand Coulee home. This home features 3 bedrooms, 2 1/2 baths, a large 2 car garage, RV Parking and an private yard area. The home has 1,120 s.f. on the main level, plus another 1,120 in the basement. The home was built in 1995 and has vinyl siding, vinyl 2 pane windows, Central H & AC, and Metal Roof. The lower level has a huge family room, large storage & mechanical room and 3rd bedroom with 3/4 bath. Beautifully maintained property. List Price is now just $199,900.

1109 Camas Street, Coulee Dam, Completely renovated in 2012, this 2 Bedroom Home is in overall great shape. The home has 1,100 square feet and it is all on one level. It has a Metal Roof, Vinyl lap siding, Vinyl 2 pane windows, and all new plumbing and wiring. Beautiful Oak cabinets in Kitchen with all stainless steel appliances included. There is also a pantry for additional storage. Home has Central forced air heating and cooling with a Heat pump. The property is appr 65’ by 120’ and has a fenced backyard with auto sprinklers, and a large 747 s.f. Detached shop and garage with 11’ sidewalls. List price is now just $147,500.

810 Holly St., Coulee Dam. Large Ranch style home with appr 1,850 of living area. Home has been rewired and has new 200 amp cb service. It also has been all re-plumbed as well. Living Room has wood fireplace and vaulted ceilings. Home presently has 2 Bedrooms and 2 bathrooms, but it could be changed back to 3 bedrooms without a lot of work. There is still some sheetrock work to be completed. The property is 130’ wide by 80’ deep and has lots of off street parking, a great place for a swimming pool and nice covered patio area. List Price is just $135,000.

1009 River Drive, Coulee Dam, Need a home all on one level? This ranch style home is appr. 1,550 square feet in size and built in 1968. Home has 3 bedrooms and 1 ¾ baths and a huge family room. It has wood lap siding and was recently painted. BB electric heat and window air conditioning, and covered patio. Oversized Attached 2 car garage with shop area is 620 s.f. all together. The property is appr 155 feet wide by an average of appr 125 feet deep with additional building site possible. List price is just $129,500. 111 and 111 ½ Young Street, Grand Coulee, 3 Bedroom 1 bath unit on the main level plus a 1 bedroom basement apartment on the lower level. Built in 1948, the main level is just over 1100 s.f. in size. The basement apartment and storage room is appr. 925 s.f. all together. Home has Comp 3 tab roof, covered entry and deck, electric bb and rec wall heat and wall ac. The property is two parcels. The home sits on a 44’ by 85’ deep parcel. The garage parcel is appr 2,000 s.f. in size and includes detached 2 car garage that is 480 s.f. in size. Home was built in Includes stove, ref, and dw upstairs and down. List price is $107,000.

711 Cedar Street, Coulee Dam, Darling 2 Bedroom Ranch Style Home in very good condition. The home is just under 950 s.f. in size and has newer carpeting, newer int & ext paint, and newer Dimensional Composition roof. The home has a spacious kitchen with oak cabinets and includes stove, ref, and dishwasher. The home has a 200 amp cb service with updated wiring, 2 pane windows, rec wall heat and Wall AC. The lot is 98’ wide by 80’ deep, or 7,825 square feet all together. With the extra property, you have room to add on to the home if you wish to down the road. There is a det 1 car garage & storage shed. List price is just $94,500 #428 Roosevelt Drive, Grand Coulee, Cute 2 Bedroom Home that is just under 800 sf in size. Built in 1936, it has newer kitchen cabinets and countertops with stove and ref included. Home has vinyl lap siding, metal roof, bb electric heat, and 1 pane wood windows. Updated electrical with 200 amp cb service. The backyard area is fenced and there is a nice patio/deck area to relax in the sunshine. The property is almost 70’ wide in front and 80’ deep or appr 5400 sf with ample off street parking, a 420 s.f. workshop and storage building, plus an 18’ by 26’ metal carport with concrete pad. List price is now just $72,500

57921 NE Lakeview Blvd, Grand Coulee, 2 bedroom 1 bath cottage located in Delano. The home has 1,030 s.f. on the main level and is on a large lot. The home has stucco siding, metal roof, galvanized plumbing, 200 amp cb service, and electric bb heat. The home is serviced by an on-site septic system. The property is appr 13,000 s.f. in size and is partially fenced. List price is now just $65,000.

105 Prims Place, Grand Coulee105 Prins Place, Grand Coulee. Large home with 3 bedrooms and 3 bathrooms all together. Home has about 800 s.f. on the main level, plus 350 s.f. upstairs and another 800 s.f. in the unf basement. The home has vinyl lap siding, a newer Dim Comp Roof and mostly vinyl 2 pane windows. The upper level has hardwood flooring. The owner has the outside pretty much done, just needs some paint and flooring and it should be good to go. The property is 3 lots that total appr 4,625 sf. There is a 1 car basement garage and a carport. Buy as an investment or live in it yourself. List price is just $77,500 with a $3,000 closing cost credit.

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The Nespelem School is accepting applications for a Paraprofessional. Must be able to work with students; preschool – 8th grade, have a desire to work with children, and monitor students during recess.

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Per Diem Dietary AideOpen until filled

CMC is seeking a Per Diem Dietary Aide. This position must prepare, deliver and distribute food and beverages for patients, residents, staff and visitors. Must be high school graduate or equivalent. Current State Food & Beverage Service Worker’s Permit is required.

Part-time Dietary AidePosition close – Jan. 31, 2015

CMC is seeking part time Dietary Aide. This position must prepare, deliver and distribute food and beverages for patients, residents, staff and visitors. Must be high school graduate or equivalent. Current State Food & Beverage Service Worker’s Permit is required.

ENDOCRINOLOGISTAccepting applications until April 2015

Coulee Medical Center is seeking a fulltime endocrinologist to provide care and treatment to patients with endocrine disorders including diabetes, thyroid disorders, infertility, metabolism, glandular cancers, growth hormone deficiency, genetic dysfunction, heart disease, osteoporosis, obesity and hormonal imbalances.

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GENERAL SURGEONAccepting applications until April 2015

CMC is seeking a fulltime general surgeon with specialized knowledge and experience related to the diagnosis, preoperative, operative, and postoperative management, including the management of complications, in the following components of surgery: alimentary tract, abdomen, breast, skin, and soft tissue, head and neck, vascular system, endocrine system, surgical oncology, and trauma.

Per Diem NACOpen until filled

CMC is seeking Per Diem NACs to work in our Acute and LTS departments. Must have current Washington State NAC license and BLS.

HERE’S YOUR OPPORTUNITY

Are you looking for Job Security, Growth Opportunity, A Great Benefits Package with a Strong Progressive Company that wants you to grow with them?If so, we’re ready to invest in you!Fertilizer/Chemical Technicians needed. Quality, self-motivated/self-starting team players please apply.Call Shawn Groh at 509-639-2421 or stop by our office in Almira.

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The Town of Coulee Dam is accepting applications for a full-time Park & Utility Maintenance Crewmember position. Starting Salary: $20.42 per hour. Benefit package includes: Medical, Dental, Vision and Retirement. Full and complete summary of position is available upon request of application. Town of Coulee Dam is a drug free workplace and an equal opportunity employer. Closing Date: January 30, 2014. Applications may be obtained at Town Hall, 300 Lincoln Ave, Coulee Dam WA 99116 during normal business hours. 1-14-3tc

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City of Electric City Planning CommissionNOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING

Jobs

The Grand Coulee Dam School District has openings for the following positions:

JOM Paraprofessional at Lake Roosevelt Elementary· Native American Preference will be given for this position· Provide Native American Students with the opportu-nity to learn about their culture and incorporate activities that enhance their culture· Provide additional academic assistance to students especially in Math and Reading· Prepare monthly reports for the JOM Committee· Assist the committee in the collection of data· Attend JOM Committee meetings· Maintain appropriate records· Adhere to confidentiality standards· Identify the daily needs of students and respond ac-cordingly without direction from certificated staff· Assist with the preparation of classroom materials as requested· Flexibility in daily duties and routines as directed by the teacher· Strong communication skills· Self-starter with the ability to work independently· Must hold a current First Aid/CPR card· Must have an AA degree or equivalent or have passed the Paraprofessional Assessment· Other duties as assigned by the Principal· Must pass a valid Washington State Background Check· 5 hours per day, 5 days a week, working until 6pm every Tuesday and Wednesday· Pay is $13.39 per hour· Position is for the remainder of the 2014-15 school year, unless funding is available for the next school year

LAP Paraprofessional at Lake Roosevelt Elementary· Must possess knowledge and demonstrate skills and abilities to assist students in reading· Analyze situations in the classroom and take ap-propriate action· Must have strong classroom management and dis-cipline skills· Comply with the established policies and procedures of the Grand Coulee Dam School District· Adhere to the rules and regulations for LAP· Adhere to confidentiality standards· Identify the daily needs of students and respond ac-cordingly without direction from certificated staff· Assist with the preparation of classroom materials as requested· Flexibility in daily duties and routines as directed by the teacher· Self-starter with the ability to work independently· Supervise students on the playground and/or during lunch· Must hold a current First Aid/CPR card· Must have an AA degree or equivalent or have passed the Paraprofessional Assessment· Other duties as assigned by the Principal

· Must pass a valid Washington State Background Check· 3.25 hours per day, 5 days a week from 12pm-3:15pm· Position is contingent upon funding· Pay is $13.39 per hour

1st Grade Teacher- Temporary for the remainder of the 2014-15 school year· Develop lesson plans and instructional materials and provides individualized and small group instruction in order to adapt the curriculum to the needs of each student.· Use a variety of instruction strategies, such as in-quiry, group discussion, lecture, discovery, etc.· Translate lesson plans into learning experiences so as to best utilize the available time for instruction.· Establish and maintain standards of student behav-ior needed to achieve a· functional learning atmosphere in the classroom.· Evaluate students’ academic and social growth,· Communicate with parents through conferences and other means to discuss students’ progress and interpret the school program.· Identify student needs and cooperate with other professional staff members in· assessing and helping students solve health, at-titude, and learning problems.· Create an effective environment for learning· Maintain professional competence through in-service education activities provided by professional growth activities.· Participate cooperatively with the appropriate admin-istrator to develop the method by which the teacher will be evaluated in conformance with guidelines.· Supervise students in out-of-classroom activities during the school day.· Participate in curriculum development programs as required.· Participate in faculty meetings· Other duties as assigned by the Principal· Bachelor’s degree of related subject from an ac-credited university· Must meet the NCLB requirements for Highly Quali-fied· Washington State teaching certificate· Must pass a valid Washington State Background Check· Position will be from the middle of March until the end of the 2014-15 school year· Pay is based on the State Salary Allocation Schedule for Certificated Staff after 20 consecutive days worked

Along with your application, please include a letter of interest, resume, a placement file and/or three reference letters, a copy of your certificate and transcripts.

If you are interested in these positions please apply here https://grandcoulee.cloud.talentedk12.com/hire/Index.aspx on or before 4pm, Wednesday, January 14, 2015.

NOTICE IS HEREBY that the City of Electric City Planning Commission will hold a public hearing at 7:00 pm on Thursday, January 22, 2015 at the City Hall located at 10 Western Avenue to take public testimony on proposed amendments to the Zoning Code, Title 18 of the Electric City Mu-nicipal Code. The amendments to the zoning code have been de-

veloped by the Commission and staff to address: definitions and increasing height and size regu-lations in 18.40.020 for accessory structures in residential zones; clarifying fence height and loca-tion regulations in 18.45.080; and adding a new section on home occupations to eliminate the re-quirement for a Conditional Use Permit for specific home business-

es. Copies of the proposed amend-ments are available for review at City Hall. All persons requiring assistance in accessing City Hall or needing other assistance are requested to contact City Hall at 633/1510 prior to the hearing.

Russ PowersDeputy Clerk(Publish Jan. 7 and 14, 2015)

SUMMARY OF ORDINANCE NO. 1022of the City of Grand Coulee, Washington

On the 21st day of October, 2014, the City Council of the City of Grand Coulee, Washing-ton, passed Ordinance No. 1022. This Ordinance will be effective the 3rd day of November, 2014. A summary of the content of said Ordinance, consisting of the title, provides as follows:

ORDINANCE NO. 1022AN ORDINANCE OF THE

CITY OF GRAND COULEE, WASHINGTON, AMENDING CABLE TELEVISION FRAN-CHISE ORDINANCE NO. 911, AS AMENDED, TO EXTEND CABLE FRANCHISE SERVICE FOR AN ADDITIONAL ONE YEAR PERIOD; CONTAINING A SEVERABILITY CLAUSE;

AND SETTING AN EFFECITVE DATE.

The full text of this Ordinance will be mailed upon request.

DATED this 21st day of Octo-ber, 2014

CITY CLERK, CAROL BOYCE

(Publish Jan. 14, 2015)

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12/28 - There was a report of a vehicle stolen from a residence on 2nd Street. The owner of the vehicle said it had been locked and the transmission didn’t work. She stated that she told a man he could have it if he transferred title to his name. The man in question has been incarcerated for some-time. Police are investigating.

- A man on Young Street said that two cars parked in front of his home had been prowled dur-ing the night. Taken were sev-eral dollars and loose change. The man said he followed tracks in the snow but lost them on Hill Avenue because of the snow being trampled by traffic.

12/31 - A man on West Grand Avenue in Electric City reported that a computer and amplifier had been taken from his resi-dence, where a padlock was bro-ken on an outside storage area and a hole punched through the wall.

1/1 - An overdose was reported on Roosevelt Drive. Police found a man intoxicated and he had tak-en an unknown quantity of pills. He was taken to Coulee Medical Center by EMS.

- A woman on Lakeview Boule-vard NE was arrested and taken to Grant County Jail after an al-leged assault involving a 51-year-old man who told police that the woman had struck him. He was bleeding from a cut on his face when police interviewed him. The woman said the man had pushed her, hit her in the face and held her down. But her story was not supported by witnesses.

1/3 - Police took another trip to the open gate at the 500 switch-yard off SR-174.

1/4 - Police returned to the 500 switchyard again because the gate was left open.

- Police went to the 500 switch-yard again because the gate was not fully closed.

- A Burdin Boulevard woman was cited for having expired tabs and for not having insurance. The officer tried to stop the woman and had to watch as her vehicle slid down the hill and finally stopped when it hit the curb.

- Police found the 500 switch-yard gate open again. The officer closed the gate and advised Plant Protection.

- Police responded to a Roos-evelt Drive address after dispatch reported a weapons incident. Offi-cers found a man with a rifle who said he was leaving the residence after an argument with his girl-friend. He said the rifle was the only thing of his in the house. He asked police to keep the rifle because he didn’t want to walk through town at midnight carry-ing it. Police checked to see if the rifle was stolen. It was not, so the department will keep it until the man wants it back. The woman at the residence told police she wanted to get a protection order against the man.

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1/5 - Police noted that the stop sign at the intersection of Crest and Electric Boulevard was miss-ing and found out that the city crew had picked it up after a car skidded into it and broke it off be-cause of snowy conditions.

- A person who was highly in-toxicated and didn’t have a place to stay the night was arrested for trespassing and disorderly con-duct and taken to Grant County Jail.

He had been to a residence on Hill Avenue twice trying to get lodging, had an encounter on Spokane Avenue with a business owner and then reportedly was banging on the Flo’s Restaurant door. Police had three different calls on the man.

They were concerned for his welfare in the 20-degree weather.

1/6 - Police checked on a report that a woman had reported she had been assaulted by her hus-band and that he had a shotgun and had made threats. Officers learned that the couple had been arguing about money and there had been no assault.

- A woman reported that she had been receiving abusive text messages from another woman and asked that they be stopped. The officer looked at the text mes-sages, many with obscene lan-guage, and went to the home of the person sending them. He tried to explain that the woman should stop sending the text messages or she would be cited. The wom-an became agitated and said she had first amendment rights. The woman receiving the messages was advised to get a no-contact court order.

1/7- A woman told police that her husband had to punch a dog in the nose to keep it from attack-ing him. She said the dog runs loose in the Van Tyne area. An of-ficer talked with the owner of the dog and advised her to keep the dog on a leash or in the house.

- A man on Electric Boulevard in Electric City told police that someone continually was knock-ing over his garbage can and showed the officer tire tracks leading up to the container. He told police he though it was a man that he had let go. Police tried to locate the suspect but he wasn’t home.

- A driver who was observed failing to stop at two stop signs was cited and warned about talk-ing on her cell phone while driv-ing and not having registration for her vehicle.

- An officer advised a man on Burdin Boulevard that if he let his dog run loose he would be cit-ed. He was also advised to license the animal.

- An Electric City man, after reading in The Star about a back-pack found with silver house-ware items in it, told police that he was missing some silverware. He looked at the silverware that was in the backpack but it didn’t match his own missing pieces.

1/9 - Police had to clear an un-secured box out of the southbound lane on SR-155 in Electric City.

- Police received a call about two bicycles in the empty lots near Four Corners. The officer found the bikes and also a scooter nearby and asked the city crew to take the items to a secure loca-tion.

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More Than Skin Deep“What is that?” This is what some-

one is sure to ask you at the check-out counter when you load your Jerusalem Artichoke, better known as a Sunchoke, on the conveyor. You’ll proudly do a little promotional pitch for the vegetable. “You should try them. They’re delicious! Like a cross between an artichoke heart and a potato.”

Like many tubers, sunchokes look a little strange. But when it comes to food, looks often can be deceiving. A sunchoke is the tasty, knobby root of a sunflower. Until recently, this native of North America was more popular in Europe than in the United States.

The sunchoke is a hardy perennial that can grow in a variety of condi-tions, and is not frost tender. With water shortages and the growing cost of agriculture, farmers were looking for ecologically sustainable crops, and the sunchoke fit their needs. Sunchokes now are being grown both commercially and by home garden-ers. Many small organic farms also are successfully growing sunchokes, so look for them at farm stands and farmers’ markets (they resemble a ginger root). The crop does have its downside: It has a tendency to grow wild, and can be invasive, presenting challenges for farmers and backyard gardeners alike.

As a healthy addition to our diet, sunchokes are a low-glycemic food, and possess a significant amount of protein and very little starch. They also are rich in inulin, a natural fruc-tose type of carbohydrate. Inulin is thought to be better tolerated by those with Type 2 diabetes.

When shopping for sunchokes, look for firm, brown-colored tubers. If they’re beginning to darken, they’re not fresh. After you get them home, store in paper towels in a plastic bag in the refrigerator for up to two weeks. Don’t wash your sunchokes until you’re ready to use them, as mois-ture can lead to spoiling. Sunchokes have a thin skin and don’t need to be peeled.

Sunchokes are extremely versatile. You can use them in the same way you typically use a potato. They have a crunchy texture and are delicious raw. When roasted, their nutty flavor

comes out. Steamed sunchokes can stand alone or mixed with other veg-etables, used in a gratin or to make a delicious soup. If you’re using sun-chokes in a creamed soup or puree and want to remove the peel for pre-sentation color, pass them through a food mill or a fine mesh strainer.

This recipe for Sunchoke Chips With Parmesan and Parsley is a deli-cious alternative to potato chips.

SUNCHOKE CHIPS WITH PARMESAN AND PARSLEY

2 pounds unpeeled sunchokes (also called Jerusalem arti- chokes), scrubbed Vegetable oil (for frying) 1 1/2 teaspoon salt 1/2 cup grated Parmesan 1 1/2 teaspoons minced fresh pars- ley

1. Fill a large bowl with cold water. Slice sunchokes into thin rounds

(about 1/16 inch thick), immediately dropping into bowl of water to pre-vent browning. Rinse and drain 3 times to remove some of the starch for a crisper chip. Pat dry with paper towels.

2. Pour enough oil into large deep skillet to reach depth of 1/2 inch. Submerge bulb of deep-fry thermom-eter into oil; lean top of thermometer against skillet rim. Heat oil to 375 F. Mix salt, Parmesan and parsley together in small bowl, blending well, and set aside.

3. Working in batches, fry sunchoke slices until golden brown, 3 to 4 min-utes, stirring occasionally. Using a skimmer, transfer chips to a wire rack placed over a paper-lined baking pan to drain. While chips are hot, sprinkle with the Parmesan and salt mixture. The chips won’t be crispy immedi-ately out of the fryer, so wait a few minutes for them to crisp up. Mound chips in bowl and serve. Serves 8.

To bake the chips:1. Preheat oven to 400 F. Line two

baking sheets with foil and lightly grease with cooking-oil spray. Place slices in a single layer on the two sheets. Spray each slice with oil, then sprinkle salt on top.

2. Bake for 10 to 15 minutes. If they aren’t golden brown and crisp, bake in 3 to 5 minute increments until done. Sprinkle with topping of your choice.

Alternate toppings:For protein boost and cheese flavor:

sprinkle chips with 1/2 cup nutritional yeast

For spicy flavor: sprinkle with 1 tablespoon chili powder and 1/4 tea-spoon cayenne pepper

For salt and vinegar chips: soak sun-chokes in vinegar for 2 hours before frying. Drain and pat completely dry. Fry or bake as directed, and sprinkle with salt.

***Angela Shelf Medearis is an

award-winning children’s author, culinary historian and author of seven cookbooks. Her new cookbook is “The Kitchen Diva’s Diabetic Cookbook.” Her website is www.divapro.com. To see how-to videos, recipes and much, much more, Like Angela Shelf Medearis, The Kitchen Diva! on Facebook. Read Gina Harlow’s blog about food and gar-dening at www.peachesandprosciutto.com. Recipes may not be reprinted without permission from Angela Shelf Medearis.

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- A school employee told police that someone had “keyed” his ve-hicle while parked at the school. He was told to get an estimate of damage and provide it for the re-port.

- A woman said her boyfriend had beat her up at a bar and pointed to a couple of scratches on her forehead. The police report stated that she was very drunk. Police checked with the bartender and another witness, who said that her boyfriend had not even been in the tavern and no as-sault had taken place. In fact, a

person from the bar had walked the woman home because she was intoxicated and reported that she fell down on the way home. The boyfriend said that there had been no fight between them.

1/10 - A traffic stop of a pickup truck yielded a man wanted on a warrant. He was taken to Grant County Jail.

1/11 - A Grand Coulee woman told police that she had had a “sneezing attack” while driving on Hillcrest in Electric City and her vehicle hit and knocked down a stop sign. There was $1,500

damage to the vehicle.- Police checked on a reported

“neglect” call on Goodfellow in Electric City where a 12-year-old had stated on social media that her parents had locked her in a bathroom and wouldn’t let her come out and she had only two crackers to eat. Police learned that the girl had locked herself in the bathroom because her par-ents wouldn’t let her go to a birth-day party and that she had more than the crackers to eat. The par-ents stated the child had been disrespectful.

1/12 - Owners of the Fusion Restaurant reported to police that someone had entered the firm, probably through an unlatched window, and taken $140 from the cash register. Police tried to take prints but couldn’t find any.

- Police arrested a man for assault and took him to Grant County Jail after he allegedly hit a woman several times in a Hill Avenue apartment. She told po-lice he had hit her several times in the face with a closed fist.

to a 10-point lead, then began to pull away to a 19-point lead going into the final quarter, 58-39.

In the fourth, the Bears be-gan to cruise while scoring an-other 19 points. LR tried to keep their heads up and scored 12 points during the fourth. The final score was Brews-ter 77- LR 51.

“They are very talented, coached well, and run their stuff well,” Simpson said. LR, he said, won the rebounding battle, and the teams each had about the same amount of turnovers.

The Raiders looked to bounce back from the loss against the Waterville Shockers at Grand Coulee on Saturday.

Early in the game, Chance Garvin fell hard to the floor and left the game for a few minutes. Many in the crowd and on the Raider bench looked for a foul that was not called. Waterville took advantage of the shakeup to take an early lead on a 9-0 run. Then, Jacob Palmer and Garvin hit back-to-back three’s to revi-talize their offense and give the Raiders a 15-2 run to close the first quarter leading 19-11.

In the second, Waterville put on the pressure and kept it close with the help of Raider fouls. At halftime the score was LR 32, Waterville 29.

Waterville came out of the half swinging and retook the lead, but neither team gained an advan-

tage in the third quarter, ending it 46-44, for LR.

Tempers began to flare in the fourth and fouls became a factor. Waterville capitalized on the fouls to stay in the game. LR tried to

hold on to a lead and close the game, but the Shockers made a last second-shot to push the game to overtime, with the score was knotted up at 62 apiece.

In OT, Wa-terville ran out

of gas and began to foul out. LR made the free throws and pulled away for the victory, with Merle Picard hitting five of six from the free-throw line.

Lake Roosevelt won 75-67.“Waterville is always tough

and physical and really a battle,” Simpson said. “You cannot re-create those games or that at-mosphere, so our guys needed to learn how to execute, perform un-der that pressure, and learn how to put games away.”

This week, the Raiders play three games again, including the last non-league matchup of the season. Last night the Raiders played the second-place Okano-gan Bulldogs in Okanogan. To-morrow at Grand Coulee, starting at 7:30 p.m., the Raiders host the Liberty Bell Mt. Lions, who are currently in fourth place in the CWL 2B North.

On Saturday, the last non-league game of the season will be played at Grand Coulee as the

Raiders take on the Pateros Bil-lygoats, starting at 5:30 p.m. Pa-teros is tied with Entiat for first place in the Central Washington 1B League.

1 2 3 4 FinalLR 12 15 12 12 51Brewster 11 23 24 19 77LR ScoringNault 2, Garvin 21, Rosenbaum 5, Palmer 6, Picard 2, Jackson Louie 15

Brewster Scoring:Najera 15, Hammons 19, Najera 2, Williams 25, Taylor 8

1 2 3 4 OT FinalLR 19 13 14 16 13 75Waterville 11 18 15 18 5 67

Basketball Continued from page 5

Merle Picard sinks a free throw in overtime.

At Riverside, Oscar Pakootas took home his fourth straight gold medal at 132. Pakootas pinned Ross of Central Valley, Miller of Deer Park, and Johnson of North Central.

Octavio Alejandre also brought home gold at 285 after pins of De Vore of Deer Park and Rojas of Royal City.

Jacob Smith came home with a third place at 120. Smith lost to Burns of Deer Park before pinning Moxley of Timberlake (Idaho) and Charlton of North Central.

Gabe Moses was the only other Raider competing at Riverside. He lost to Luckland of Deer Park, beat Zito of Lakeside, then lost to Bishop of North Central.

The Raiders have only one match this week when they take off to Rainier on Friday. At Raini-er the Raiders will see some of the best all around competition yet this season. The field at the tour-ney includes Rainier, Pateros, Ka-lama, Tenino, Elma, Castle Rock, Chelan, Kiona-Benton, South Whidbey, Eatonville, Vashon Is-land, Rochester, Bellevue Chris-tian, La Conner, Port Townsend, and Ocosta. Each weight class will have a 16-man bracket. Wrestling starts Saturday at 9 a.m.

LR Scoring:Nault 5, Garvin 19, Rosenbaum 2, Palmer 6, Picard 12, Nicholson 4, Redstar 4, Jackson Louie 23

Waterville Scoring:Riggs 5, Wall 15, Rund 11, Thomsen 4, Pate 3, Shafer 22 Prengschat 4

Success Continued from page 5

“Our guys needed to learn how to execute, perform under that pressure.”

— Coach Matt Simpson


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