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VOL. LXXIII NO. 19 SERVING THE GRAND COULEE DAM AREA, WASHINGTON STATE AUGUST 7, 2013

Triathlon volunteers to meet

A meeting of volunteers for the Grand Columbian Triathlon, scheduled for Sept. 21, has been set for Wednesday, Aug. 14, at the LaPresa Restaurant in Grand Coulee at 6:30 p.m.

Dana Barkdull, of TriFreaks, the sponsoring firm, stated that it takes a lot of volunteers to put on the triathlon and asked everyone who would like to participate to attend the meeting.

Group on bikes at meet and greet

The Coulee Dam Community Church will host a group of bicy-clists next week on a Rhode Island-to-Seattle trek to raise money and awareness for affordable housing.

If you like to bike and want to support affordable housing, the church invites you to meet with the Bike & Build group for dinner at 6:30 p.m. next Tuesday, Aug. 13, and hear stories about their experi-ences along their 3,914-mile and 70-day trip.

Bike & Build says it has has contributed more than $4 million to housing groups to fund projects planned and executed by young adults.

You can learn more at bikeand-build.org or if you have any ques-tions you can call the church office at 633-1790.

A separate bicycling group, also supporting the housing cause, stopped in the area Monday night.

Astronomy alert

A National Park Service pro-gram will give people a chance to take in a little astronomy this week.

National and state parks offer some of the few places left where the night sky isn’t obscured by light pollution, notes NPS Education Specialist Janice Elvidge, who says the Grand Coulee Dam area offers “spectacular views of the night, and daytime, sky.”

Elvidge is planning both “solar observation” and “stargazing” events.

Thursday, Aug. 9 from 1 to 3 p.m. at the Spring Canyon day use area, you can find out what the sun looks like using solar filtered tele-scopes and solar glasses for safe viewing of the nearest star.

The “Solar Observation” event is scheduled to repeat on Aug. 10 at the Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center from 1 to 3 p.m.

“Stargazing and Sky Tours” are set for both evenings from 8:30-11:30 p.m. at Crescent Bay.

They’ll also watch for meteors in the Perseid Meteor Showers, which should peak August 12-13 but are visible even now.

The events are free to all and will only be canceled in case of cloudy skies.

Serious volunteers wanted

Grant County commissioners said last week they are looking for citizens interested in serving on the county’s civil service commission or its housing authority.

The Civil Service Commis-sion meets once a quarter to set rules, give exams, hear appeals and complaints and create eligibil-ity lists of those seeking county employment.

Applications will be accepted until Aug. 15.

The Housing Authority owns and manages $65 million in real estate and administers the Hous-ing Choice Voucher program and operates state and federally funded Homeless Assistance programs.

Its commissioners meet once a month for about three hours.

Applications will be accepted until Aug. 19.

Neither position is compensated except for training and travel.

Applications are available online at www.grantcountyweb.com. The County Commissioners’ office can be reached at 509-754-2011.

Newsbriefs

Board to review energygrant, construction site

Steel frames rise at the district’s K-12 school project in Coulee Dam. Workers started putting up steel a week ago. This week, they started pouring con-crete slabs. Contractors plan to have the building enclosed by the end of October. -- Roger S. Lucas photo

by Roger S. Lucas

The school board will meet tonight (Wednes-day) in an informal setting with members get-ting a look at how the district’s energy grant was spent, and then given a walk-through of the new K-12 school site.

The meeting begins at 6 p.m. and members of the board will meet at the Lake Roosevelt High School Industrial Arts Building. The meeting, officials said, will last about an hour and the public is invited to attend.

The energy grant, just under a half million dollars, enables the district to upgrade the ventilation system in the shops and upgrade several features in the present gymnasium.

The grant will be used in areas that will remain in use after the construction of the new facility is finished.

The grant was used to cover energy efficient lighting, HVAC upgrade, controls, insulation, and windows in both the industrial arts areas and the gym.

The grant was part of a $40 million grant

total coming out of the Office of the Superinten-dent of Public Instruction late last year.

The grant enabled the district to make the improvements outside the funding the district received for the main K-12 project, enabling the district to stretch its building fund.

After the tour of the shops and gym, school board members will walk to the K-12 building site where they will see the progress being made on the 1,100-foot long retaining wall and the steel outline of the elementary school wing.

Fire cause still unknownby Scott Hunter

The cause of the fire that de-stroyed the Colville Tribes’ ad-ministration building July 29 is still unknown, Tribal Police Chief Cory Orr said Tuesday.

Orr said private investigators had been unable as yet to deter-mine a cause and federal investi-gators from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives

are continuing the investigation.The building’s charred remains

all collapsed into the basement of the building, leaving a black pile of rubble to sift through. Investi-gators still have to do that, Orr noted.

He said earlier statements about an electrical cause only meant that the cause could possi-bly be electrical, not that it was.

“Unfortunately, there’s a lot of speculation right now,” he said.

In an Aug. 1 letter to tribal members, Colville Business Coun-cil Chairman Michael O. Finley stated that Public Safety Director Bill Elliott had “provided notifica-tion the preliminary investigation indicated the fire was not man caused.” Finley said Elliot was “relatively confident it was an only a horrific accident.”

Finley also said the CBC is pursuing a possible low-interest loan for construction of the al-

ready-planned replacement for the building, which would render unnecessary plans to finance the $40 million construction with money received in a $193 million settlement with the federal gov-ernment.

“Retaining this loan means that no monies from the sustainable fund of the Quam Quampt plan will be used, so it can remain in the bank, accumulating interest,” Finley wrote.

Shop suffers another break-in

Ferry to be christened next weekby Roger S. Lucas

The Sanpoil, the new Keller Ferry, will be christened in special ceremonies Aug. 14, at the south shore terminal, officials reported.

Ceremonies will be from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m., after which the Sanpoil will go into service, replacing the Martha S.

The $12 million 20-car ferry was built in pieces by Foss Maritime at its Rainier, Ore., plant and trucked to Grand Coulee for assembly at a special location at Crescent Bay.

Monday the Sanpoil was out on Lake Roosevelt going through tests conducted for the Washington State Department of Transporta-tion.

The public is invited to the spe-cial ceremonies where a traditional bottle breaking will highlight the christening.

The Colville Confederated Tribes, which contributed $2 mil-lion to the cost of the ferry, will offer a special blessing for the new boat.

Shortly after christening, the Sanpoil will begin moving vehicles across Lake Roosevelt and connect the south and north sides of SR 21, running from 6 a.m. to midnight,

seven days a week.Officials stated that the San-

poil meets all the latest US Coast Guard requirements and is expect-ed to provide decades of reliable service. The new vessel is more fuel-efficient, and can carry eight more passenger vehicles per trip than the Martha S.

The Martha S has served the route since 1948. The history of a ferry crossing at that location goes

back to the 1890s, and the Sanpoil will be the fifth vessel to serve the route, officials stated.

The Martha S has been out of service for over five weeks, and travelers will welcome the new vessel because they won’t have to find an alternate route to get from Lincoln County to Ferry County.

The ferry was down while the Max J. Kuney Company of Spo-kane reconfigured the terminal

ramps at a cost of $2 million.The Sanpoil is 116 feet long,

compared to 80 feet for the Mar-tha S.

Officials asked visitors to the christening to carpool, if possible, since parking is limited on the south side of the ferry run.

Officials stated that Elder Jarred has been selected to spon-sor the vessel and will break the ceremonial bottle on the hull.

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The Sanpoil undergoes “sea trials” on Lake Roosevelt Tuesday, as Foss Maritime crews test and document its capabilities before handing it over to the state Dept. of Transporation. — Scott Hunter photo

by Roger S. Lucas

The Galaxy Smoke Shop has been broken into again.

An employee, Jesus Lopez, said that he noticed the door ajar when he reported to work at 9:45 a.m., Sunday.

Lopez reported that the door had been damaged around the deadbolt, and the door pushed in to gain entry.

The shop was also burglarized July 18, and a 26-year-old, Michael Stead, was arrested after that break-in.

When officers entered the build-ing Sunday, they noticed that packs of cigarettes had been scattered all over. Some $80 in cash that had been lying under the cash register in plain sight was gone. The bur-glar also tried to gain entry into the safe, which held the weekend re-ceipts, but failed in that attempt.

About $500 in surveillance equipment was taken from a back room.

Lopez said that after he noticed the door ajar and looked inside, he hailed down a Tribal police officer who was going past the store.

Owner Billy Nicholson told po-lice that the staff hasn’t been hav-ing trouble with any customers.

An Internet line behind the building had been cut sometime during the incident.

Wilder leads in race for mayorby Roger S. Lucas

Challenger Greg Wilder gar-nered 67 percent of the primary vote ended Tuesday night to place himself solidly in the general election race against Coulee Dam Mayor Quincy Snow. A third candi-date, Shawn Derrick, placed third with 17 votes.

Wilder picked up 160 primary votes to Snow’s 61.

“I think the people sent a clear message,” Wilder said Tuesday night after the returns came in.

The final count will be made on Friday, allowing time for ballots mailed at the last minute, Okano-gan County election officials stated. A total of 238 ballots had been counted Tuesday.

Snow is seeking his fifth four-year term and is being challenged largely out of conflict that grew progressively over the past year regarding the town’s wastewater treatment plant project.

Wilder has repeatedly chal-lenged the town’s decision to go ahead with a $4.92 million waste-water treatment plant, opting for a smaller version and later sug-gesting that an alternate location should be studied.

In the melee, Wilder picked up support from Elmer City, who ar-gued that the town was actually a partner in the project, not just a customer.

Slowly, Wilder’s persistence in pleading his cause picked up mo-mentum with town residents show-

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College president touts successes Blaze guts Coulee Dam homeby Scott HunterJust under a year ago, Terry

Leas took over as president of Big Bend Community College, and he is impressed with the organization he has joined.

Speaking to the Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club Wednesday at the Siam Palace, Leas outlined the Moses Lake two-year college’s strengths and challenges.

He said the people of the institu-tion have impressed him with their commitment to finding out what works and pursuing it.

“The college really works as a community, as members of a team,” focused on teaching and learning, Leas said.

From Washtucna to Grand Cou-lee, BBCC serves 3,500-4,000 stu-dents in a 4,600-square mile area. And students here, just as they are all over the nation, struggle with math, he said.

BBCC students had a 40-per-

cent success rate in math courses until the college decided to switch to an “empo-rium” math model that “ f l ips” the c l a s s r o o m and home-work: Stu-dents watch a lesson on-l ine , then bring their questions to class to get he lp f r om the instruc-tor.

Leas said the college’s success rate h a s n o w jumped to the 80-per-cent range, which feeds successes in all its STEM (Sci-

ence, Technology, Engineering and Math) courses.

The most in-de-mand courses at the college include its two-year regis-tered nurse course, fl ight training, aviation mainte-nance, industrial electricity, welding, and mechanized irrigation system technology.

The college has also just restored its computer sci-ence division be-cause of demand from the region’s growing server farm industry, and they’re looking at programs to sup-port skills for the Global Positioning

System and possibly even un-

manned aircraft — drones.Leas said the challenges that

face him, as president, involve selling the Legislature on capi-tal funding for the school, which hasn’t gotten any from the state for 50 years. He said the school needs a new professional/technical cen-ter for its departments still housed in aging, ill-designed buildings left over from its airbase history.

The welding school, he noted, is housed in former officers’ quar-ters.

Leas also interested in exploring an AVID program for the school, to follow up on success some high schools in the area have with the Achievement Via Individual Deter-mination program.

Leas had met earlier in the day with Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Dennis Carlson to talk about the possibil-ity of a “College in the High School” program here.

Terry Leas, presidentBig Bend Community College

by Roger S. Lucas

A late night fire last Wednesday destroyed a home at 1131 Tilmus Street in Coulee Dam.

The house was occupied by Glo-ria Simpson, and firefighters said that there were no injuries.

The blaze was reported at 10:30 p.m., with fire units responding from Coulee Dam, Grand Coulee, the Bureau of Reclamation and

Elmer City.Grand Coulee Fire Chief Rich-

ard Paris said that one room in the house was left pretty much intact, but the rest of the residence was lost.

“It appears that 90 percent of the structure is gone,” Paris said.

Investigation of the blaze is being conducted by the Colville Tribal police, who didn’t respond to calls.

Raptor knows bestFledgling ospreys in a nest in Coulee Dam appear to be taking a parental lec-ture Monday morning, with Grand Coulee Dam’s Third Powerhouse in the back-ground. — Scott Hunter photo

ing up at council meetings asking many of the same questions.

Now Wilder will face off against Snow in the November general election.

Wilder also said that he looks forward to working with Derrick, whom he said was “the kind of person who should get into city government.”

A total of 474 ballots were issued for residents of Coulee Dam. No estimate was made of how many ballots have yet to be counted.

The election will be certified on

Challenger leads in school board race

At least one Nespelem school board member could be in jeopardy of losing his seat after Tuesday’s primary election.

Challenger Nancy J. Armstrong-Montes received 69 votes compared to 31 for longtime school board member Andrew C. Joseph, Jr. Joseph is also a member of the tribal Colville Business Council.

A third candidate, Zekkethal “Val” Vargas-Thomas, got 11 votes.Montes is a retired school teacher and her strong primary support

indicates that there might be interest in change for the district. The Position 5 seat is for four years.

In another Nespelem School Board race, incumbent P. Jolene March-and got 52 votes, to Dorothy Palmer’s 33 and Enid T. Wippel’s 27.

Armstrong-Montes and Joseph go to the general election in that race and Marchand defends her post against Palmer in November.

A total of 111 votes were counted Tuesday and the next and final count is Friday.

City’s sidewalk projects growingby Roger S. Lucas

The state’s Transportation Im-provement Board came to town and Grand Coulee’s city council liked what they heard at their meeting Tuesday night.

Executive Director Stevan Gorcester told the council that the TIB would be interested in assisting the city repair or replace sidewalks on Main Street and on Federal Avenue at a cost far beyond what a present grant is for.

The TIB had okayed a side-walk on Spokane Way, but when members found out that Center School was moving, the project was nixed.

The city hurried and came up with a project to improve sidewalks on Federal Avenue, but when that hit the TIB, they wanted to reconsider.

That’s when four from the agency decided to come to town and see what projects they could come up with.

The original grant was for just

over $200,000.Gorcester said that the scope

of things the TIB would like to help do might come to $430,000. And he suggested that other small projects such as paving or chip sealing might be also done when a contractor was already working in the area. He said it was his experi-ence that doing it then would save a considerable amount of money.

“We are using Grand Coulee as a study area,” Gorcester told the council. He explained that the TIB works with 165 small cities and

towns in the state.“We don’t like the money to

drive the project, but the project drive the money,” he told the council.

The TIB team also had two en-gineers from Gray & Osborne in tow for the Grand Coulee study.

Gorcester stated that the proj-ect would repair or replace most of the bad sidewalks on Main Street and Federal Avenue and that this could be done all at the same time. Some wheelchair ramps could be done at a later date, in a year or two, he stated.

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Coulee Recollections

Jess,shut up!Jesse Utz

Ten Years Ago At the Coulee Community

Hospital district meeting July 30, Director of Nursing Services Bev Haffner said CCH has already delivered 92 babies this year at the hospital. The hospital had only projected 56 baby deliveries through 2003.

At the Village Cinema - Pirates of the Caribbean.

Kids from the Grand Coulee Dam Area and Nespelem will spend next week playing a game based on the television show “Survivor.” The Grand Coulee Dam Program called Survivor 21st Century will pit teams of high school students against each other to collect points. Twenty Years Ago

All five council positions for the city of Grand Coulee were without candidates when last week’s filing period closed at 5 p.m. Friday.

The new surgeon at Coulee Community Hospital is sewing up uncertainties in the facility’s financial outlook. With the arrival of Dr. Gene Gross, the number of surgeries has increased dramati-cally at CCH.

Thirty Years Ago Stacy Taylor, local Rotary Ex-

change Student and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Len Taylor of Electric City was the guest of honor at Rotary last Thursday she spoke of her year in Australia.

This last weekend the GCD All Stars went up to Okanogan for their last tournament of the season where they took first. On the team are Mike Jackson, Bob Morin, Greg Wendt, Kelly Green, Brett Flowers, Adam Monson, KC Curtis, Shay Logue, Shane Bird, Paul Smith, Eric Garvin and Chad Kiser.

Forty Years Ago There are now a number of

fires within the exterior bound-aries of the Colville Reservation - one near Hall Creek and some of which are now also on the na-

tional forest. The Grand Coulee Dam Area

float received second place at the Peach Festival in Penticton, B.C. Royalty included Mary Baxter, Teri Gerard and Jodi Sharr.

Fifty Years Ago A fire in the Rex-Delrio area at

Cecil and Harold Thoren’s burned over 1,000 acres of wheat. Sixty Years Ago

A grain fire near Hartline on Monday on the William Sieg ranch brought out the rural fire truck from Almira.

Altruism on Tilmus as neighbors help save a homeA week ago, I was recovering

from knee replacement at Lincoln County Transitional Care Center in Davenport. The procedure had been done at Sacred Heart Hospi-tal in Spokane. I experienced a re-action with unexpected outcomes that delayed my return home, so it was great to finally leave Dav-enport for my home of 30 years in Coulee Dam. I was only home a short while as I traveled regularly to Spokane to consult with my or-thopaedist. I had no idea what was about to happen last week.

Much of my time since coming home has been spent either resting or doing physical therapy exercis-es. As I watched TV from my Lazy-Boy Wednesday night, the doorbell suddenly rang. This was highly unusual for the late hour, and for a few moments I intended to dis-regard it, thinking my wife Rosie could get to the door sooner than I. The chime rang again followed by a frantic rapping as I struggled to get up and get my hands on my walker. I turned the front porch light on and saw a young fellow out there with a water hose. When I got the storm door open, he stated, “We’re spraying your roof to keep it from catching fire, the house next door is burning.” Right behind this young man was another whom I recognized as Daniel Loch who had mowed our lawn a few years ago. Daniel was asking, “Do you have another hose?”

I glanced next door as the fire escalated, and my cedar fence had just started burning. I expressed

my thanks and asked, “Where is the Fire Department?” The first young man turned out to be Dan-iel’s brother Nathan Loch who responded, “They’re on the way.” I told Daniel that my other hose was in our detached garage, but I couldn’t help because I had just had knee surgery. I then noticed a crowd had gathered across the street, but I didn’t recognize any-one. Nathan instructed me to close the door to keep the water out so I made my way to the inside kitchen entry closer to the burning house.

The flames were now burning the roof and interior of the build-ing next door. A shed near my fence was fully-engulfed. I was extremely worried as I stumbled almost falling twice. I had hope that fire trucks would arrive soon and there’d be nothing to worry about. The help from our wonder-ful young neighbors from down the street also boosted my hopes. After what seemed like 30-45 minutes, the fire trucks finally arrived. The actual time factor was much short-er. It looked uncertain for awhile as I continued to stumble around try-ing to decide what to grab before my escape … at this point every-thing and nothing seemed of value. My recent knee operation impeded my ability to move quickly, and I became confused and flustered. Without thinking, I abandoned my walker and almost fell again.

My initial move was to get some shoes on and clear the main entry way while checking the fire through the kitchen windows ev-

ery few minutes. Working together, Rosie and I turned on all of our out-door lights so the firemen could see our yard and driveway. Eventually the teams of fire fighters gained control, but adrenalin and stress had control of our systems and we couldn’t relax or rest. Sleep was pretty much out of the question.

As Thursday morning arrived, we felt genuinely grateful for such expert fire departments of our community and for altruistic young men like Nathan and Dan-iel. Mere “thanks!” cannot quite express how we feel about the assistance extended to us in what seemed imminent danger of los-ing our cherished home. You who came to our aid are all super heros, and today is a great day to live in Coulee Country. We’re genuinely thankful that altruism exists here on Tilmus Street and in our com-bined communities.

A huge blessing was the absence of wind. I had never previously thought of myself as being among the “frail elderly” as I continue to seek medical care and treatment. Rosie and I have always considered ourselves “survivors,” but this was a frightening experience.

God bless our home and every-one who helped. God bless Coulee Country and God Bless America!

RC Covington1133 Tilmus

Coulee Dam, WA 99116633-1051

Re: “Safeway manager making changes”I would like to welcome the

new Safeway manager, Mr. Ryan Dykes, to Coulee country. I'm sure Safeway has made a good choice in asking you to come and give them and us some much needed help. I know that you have already

been asked to give us help with being able to afford to purchase local fuel. It is very disappointing to drive through our neighboring communities and see listed prices 30 cents lower than our home-town stations. My friends and I

wish that Safeway would buy the nearby closed service station so we could afford to shop at home.

Lloyd Olbricht

Season of lost husbands and the NFL

Reining in the Federal Government

I have been addicted to fantasy football since I was in high school. There, I admitted it. That’s part of the healing process. I can now move on.

At the worst part of the addiction I was in six or seven leagues at the same time. That was a stress-ful time and it made watching the games even more confusing.

Now, I know some of you out there have no idea what I’m talking about and there are others that just sali-vate at the idea of a keeper league. Others, like wives or girlfriends of a team owner, just cringe at the sound of phrases like “trade deadline” and “draft night.”

So after all these years of play-ing you might think I have an edge. I thought so once too. But just like hunting or fishing, there are no guarantees in Fantasy Football and it’s about being in the right place at the right time. So I am going to give some of my predictions. Yep, you heard me, my predictions. So take ’em or leave ’em, but here we go. Let’s start with the AFC.

The Buffalo Bills are in a rebuilding process, and normally you stay away from teams that are retool-ing, especially if they have not decided who to build around yet. The Bills have not made that decision, so they are looking at the number-one pick overall next year. Miami Dolphins are an intriguing team this year; they spent a whole lot of money in the off season and have a top-flight defense. Mike Wallace will be the person to watch, and if he does well in the warm climate, so will Miami.

NY Jets — well I have in the past had all the hope in the world for Mark Sanchez, and I just don’t anymore. The Jets will lose more than they win and next year they will be shopping for a new head coach and quarterback. The Patriots are busy dealing with headlines again this year and Brady is getting older and two key pieces are gone on offense. It’s finally time for the Pats’ dominance to falter. But they will make the playoffs and they are most dangerous there. Pick a Patriot and score points.

Baltimore will not return to the Super Bowl. They lost two major leaders that cannot be replaced over-night. Their offense is good, but not high scoring. Their defense will struggle. Cincinnati will be the surprise team of the year.

Finally, Marvin Lewis will lead his team deep into the playoffs. Pick Bengals and score points. Cleveland is still rebuilding and I’m not even sure where their strong points start and where the weak points begin. Trent Richardson is going to be the new Adrian Peterson. There ya go, my first steal. Pittsburg has to do it right now, if it’s going to hap-pen at all. Ben is getting old and fragile and they are losing

pieces on both sides of the ball. That being said, they will miss the playoffs. I see Big Ben being hurt most of the year.

Houston has been on the edge of greatness for some time now. Is this the year? Well, draft Texans either way because they score points. The Colts: well, Andrew Luck was good last year and took them into the playoffs in his first year. But unlike other young QBs succeeding in the NFL Luck’s supporting cast is headed the other way. Stay away from Colts.

The Jags are somewhere between winning and los-ing. They can’t seem to find themselves and or wins. Tennessee, look out, this is the year of Jake Locker and the Titans. Draft them often and early. Everyone is healthy and its going to be beautiful.

I hate the Broncos. Just saying. But they do score points and that’s what this game is about. So I will swallow my pride and pick a few Denver receivers. KC is on the incline and made big changes in the off season. Changes for good. Surprise Chiefs will win the division. Oakland will live and die on the legs of McFadden, and SD is on the down cline.

My pick for the Super Bowl in the AFC — Cincin-nati Bengals. Next week the NFC.

When our country was founded, Thomas Jefferson declared that governments should only derive their power from the “consent of the governed.” Four score and seven years later, at Gettysburg, President Abra-ham Lincoln reminded us that ours was a government “of the people, by the people, for the people.” Last week, the House of Representatives paid worthy tribute to the legacy of our Found-ing Farmers. We have renewed our commitment to putting people before politics.

Last week, House Republicans took legislative action to curb an out-of-control, overreaching federal government. No matter where I go or whom I talk to, everyone in East-ern Washington and across America tells me the same thing: that the federal government is making their lives harder. Federal regulations have had an enormous impact on families, small businesses, and the state of the economy in Eastern Washington. Yet many do not understand the costs they impose on our daily lives. Costly regulations af-fect the price we pay for groceries, the cars we drive, and the appliances we use in our homes.

In fact, 2012 was the costliest year on record for federal regulations with White House figures pegging the amount at $19 billion, double the regulatory costs of the next most expensive year. Already this year, the federal government has published $61 billion in compliance costs and 84.9 million annual paperwork burden hours.

Through the years, Congress has delegated an

excessive amount of lawmaking authority to federal agencies. This has created a lack of accountability, allowing agencies to issue rules that are too costly, complex, and ineffective. This has to stop.

As Americans continue to recover from the recent economic downturn, instead of increasing burdens on families and businesses, the federal gov-ernment should support small businesses and industries in their efforts to expand and cre-ate jobs without the burden of red tape.

Last week, the House ap-proved the Regulations from the Executive in Need of Scru-tiny Act of 2013 (REINS Act). The REINS Act would require

Congress to hold an up-or-down vote on any major regulation, with an annual impact of more than $100 million. In addition, to promote greater accountability, the president would also have to sign the regulation before it could be enforced on the American people, employers, or state and local governments. The REINS Act would restore congressional accountability by requiring Congress and the President to approve major rules before they can be enforced against the American people.

In an era of high unemployment and record spend-ing, Congress can no longer allow the unaccountable growth of the regulatory state. The REINS Act would help restore a responsible government, uphold the legacy of America’s great founders, and make the lives of everyday Americans better.

Connecting With Cathy

CathyMcMorrisRodgers

RepresentativeFifth Dist.

Fishing camp at Kettle Falls. — date unknown


Obituaries

CHURCH OF THE NAZARENEWelcomes you

Everyone’s invited.Pastor Adrian Harris

2 miles east of Hwy 155 on Hwy 174 Sunday Worship ............................ 10 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

Church Website: www.grandcouleenaz.com

COULEE DAMCOMMUNITY CHURCH

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

PASTOR KEVIN LIND.SUMMER SCHEDULE

Worship Service ................................... 10 a.m.Nursery Care Available

509 Central Drive, Coulee DamChurch: 633-1790

www.couleedamchurch.org

FAITH COMMUNITYA Foursquare Church

PASTOR STEVE ARCHERNOW MEETING IN OUR NEW BUILDING

16 Grand, Electric CitySunday Morning Service: ......................10 a.m.KIDS’ Church and NurseryCall the Church Office 633-1244 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 WilliamsEveryone Welcome!

Sunday School, all ages ............ 9:30 a.m. Coffee Fellowship .................... 10:30 a.m. Morning Worship ..................... 10:45 a.m. Evening Worship ....................... 6:00 p.m. Prayer ............................ Wed., 11:00 a.m. Bible Study ............................. Wed., noon

SEVENTH-DAY ADVENTISTWelcomes You for Worship & Praise

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

Saturday Bible Study ............................ 9:30 a.m.Children’s Bible Story Time ................ 10:00 a.m.Saturday Worship Service ...................11:00 a.m.All Church Fellowship ......................... 12:30 p.m.Midweek Bible Study Wednesday ............ 6 p.m.

UNITED 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 CouleeChurch 633-2566

Coulee City Bible Study ....................... 8:00 a.m.Coulee City Worship ............................ 9:00 a.m.Zion Worship .......................................11:00 a.m.

Nursery Available • NEED A RIDE? CALL 633-2566

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There is a $50 charge for obituaries published in the Star. This includes a photo and up to 500 words.

Reminders for Celebrations of Life and Death notices are $25.Articles must be either e-mailed, faxed or dropped off at the Star office. They will not be accepted over the phone.The deadline to submit an article is Mon-day by 5 p.m. For more information, call 509.633.1350 or go to our website at

www.grandcoulee.com

Dig into archaeology at the local library

Some upcoming activities at the Grand Coulee library are:August 9, 1 p.m. - Dig into Archaeology.August 16, 10:30 a.m. - SRP Gala -games, crafts, food, FUN! Summer Reading Program participants will also earn prizes after

they have read a total of ten hours. Lots of drawings and prizes through-out the summer.

This summer an opportunity to participate in summer reading on the internet with Online Summer Reading being offered. Go to www.ncrl.org to join.

Online Summer Reading will allow you to share book reviews, keep track of books you read, link your information to your Facebook page, and automatically place you in a raffle for cool prizes.

Angelia Ann (Angie) McKayAngelia Ann (Angie) McKay

of Keller, Wash., passed away on Monday, July 29, 2013 outside El-mer City, following an automobile acci-dent. She was born on March 17, 1950, in Oklahoma City, Okla., to Marion and Jacqueline Burrows. Ange l ia en j oyed soaking in the hot tub, playing domi-nos and cards with friends, reading, the outdoors, Bible study and prayer groups and crafting flower arrangements. She was a member of the Keller Community Church, where she did “We Care Ministries” in the nursing home for the Spokane area for three years with her husband Dwight and was a member of the Red Hat Society. She married Dwight McKay on June 30, 1996, in Keller, where they made their home. She was a highway con-

tract mail carrier in the Wilbur, Keller and Republic area for many

years. She is survived

by her son and his girlfriend Shayne Izatt and Jessica Ka-plan; her sister Kay Kramer and brother Samuel Burrows, along with several nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents and her husband Dwight McKay in 2011.

Funeral services will be held on Thursday, August 8, 2013, at 11 a.m., at the Keller Community Center, Keller, with interment following at the Keller Community Cemetery. Memorials may be made to the Keller Com-munity Church. Please sign our online guestbook at www.strate-funeralhome.com. Strate Funeral Home, Wilbur, Wash., is caring for the family.

Class of ’73 to celebrateLake Roosevelt High School class of 1973 will hold its 40th class

reunion the weekend of August 9 – 10.Friday, Aug. 9, a get-together at Pepper Jack’s will begin at 7 p.m.

Saturday a final visit of LRHS will be held from 11 a.m. to noon. From 6 to 6:30 p.m. a get-together starts at the Electric City Bar and Grill. A taco bar will be available. Then on Sunday, Aug. 11, a breakfast buffet will be held at the Electric City Bar and Grill beginning at 10 a.m.

It’s a boy for O’Dell and Jackson

Mercedes O’Dell and Jacob Jackson of Coulee Dam are proud to an-nounce the birth of their son Kato Capone Jackson on Saturday, July 27, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 8 lbs., 5.2 oz., and was 21 inches in length at birth.

Siblings include Ryder Waters and Jacoby Jackson. Maternal grand-parents are Vanessa O’Dell and Anthony Miguel. Paternal grandpar-ents are James and Jeannie Jackson. Great-grandmother is Laurie O’Dell.

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Busy at the beach Tru and Carol Cole, 8 and 4, swim at Crescent Bay Tuesday as yellow jackets prowled the sandy beach. The water was the only safe place, commented their mother.

— Scott Hunter photo


Meetings and Notices

Notice of Public Hearing Town of Coulee Dam

NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Public Hearing will be held to consider the Six-Year Comprehensive Street Program (TIP) for 2014 – 2019 The Public Hearing will held in the Coulee Dam Town Hall Council Chambers, 300 Lincoln Ave, Coulee Dam Washington, at the regular council meeting of Wednesday, August 14, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. at which time the public may give written or oral testimony.

Carol ViskerClerk/Treasurer(Publish July 31 & Aug. 7, 2013)

Town of Coulee Dam, WashingtonWashington State Transportation

Improvement BoardLow Energy Lighting Implementation

Sealed Bids due 2:00 p.m. August 14, 2013.

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The Town of Coulee Dam, Washington, in conjunction with the Wash-ington State Transportation Improvement Board (TIB) invites bids to replace 291 utility grade high-pressure sodium (HPS) cobra-head style lights with new energy efficient and sustainable light-emitting diode (LED) street lights as a part of a TIB funded LED feasibility and implementation project. All the existing luminaire arms, poles, pole foundations, wiring, and conduit will be maintained and will not be replaced as part of this project.

The goal of this implementation project is to provide lighting im-provements that will lower energy consumption and maintenance costs while providing light levels along the roadway that, at a minimum, meet current levels. Therefore, both the obtained light levels and the operating wattages of the luminaires are important. The 291 cobra-head style HPS luminaires are located within the city limits.

The City is seeking bids to remove the existing HPS cobra-head luminaires and install new LED luminaires in their place. The LED street lights must be sufficient to light streets to the specified stan-dards. The contract will be issued to the successful Bidder under a Price Agreement.

Questions and requests for information, including contract plans and the standard specification requirements, should be submitted via email to the TIB, attention Clint Ritter at [email protected] or via phone at 360-586-1151. Any questions must be submitted no latter than seven days before the bid opening.

A copy of the plans and the standard specification requirements for this project will be available at the following locations:

Town of Coulee Dam Town Hall at 300 Lincoln Ave Coulee Dam, WA 99116

Spokane Regional Plan Center at http://www.plancenter.net/Wenatchee Plan Center at http://www.wenatcheeplancenter.com/(Publish July 31 and August 7, 2013)

Legal Notices

SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR

OKANOGAN COUNTYIN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF

Bettye Jo Baltz, DeceasedCase No,. 13-4-000-54-6

PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORSRCW 11.40.030

The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Personal Representative or the Personal Representative’s attorney at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the Personal Representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1)(c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice. If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.

DATE OF FIRST PUBLICATION: August 7, 2013 PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Linda Louise Eaton ATTORNEY FOR PERSONAL REPRESENTATIVE: Jay Manon, WSBA #23855 of Manon Law Office ADDRESS FOR MAILING OR SERVICE: Manon Law Office P.O. Box 554 Grand Coulee, WA 99133(Publish August 7, 14 and 21, 2013)

CALL FOR BIDSTown of Coulee Dam

Removal of Structures & Debris611 Holly

The Town of Coulee Dam will receive sealed bids for Removal of Structures & Debris at 611 Holly. Specifications may be obtained by contacting The City Clerk’s Office, during business hours. Sealed Bids should be mailed to Town of Coulee Dam, 300 Lincoln Ave, Coulee Dam, WA 99116, or hand delivered by 2:00 p.m. on August 21, 2013. The Town of Coulee Dam reserves the right to reject any and all bids.

(Publish August 7 and 14, 2013)

City of Electric CityNOTICE OF APPLICATION FOR

SHORT SUBDIVISION:The City of Electric City has received an application for a SHORT

SUBDIVISON on the project listed below. This public notice is consis-tent with the requirements of ECMC Chapter 19.07.070.This notice is only intended to inform all interested parties of the proposed project and to seek comments from the public. It does not indicate approval of the proposed project. Comments will be taken until August 22, 2013. Date of Application: July 16, 2013, Determination of Completeness: July 29, 2013,

Notice of Application: August 7, 2013, Applicant: Bill B. Bras-hears, Address: 111 Sunset Dr., Electric City, WA. 99123, Le-gal Description: Tract #1 ,Sunset Tracts , according to the plat therof recorded in volume 9 of plats, Page 90 records of Grant County Washington, Project Description: The applicant sub-mitted a preliminary short plat application requesting that a 2.3-acre parcel be subdivided into two (2) residential lots within the Suburban (S-1) Zone. Any person has the right to comment on this application, receive notice of and participate in any hearings, and request a copy of the decision once made, and a statement of any appeal rights. Com-ments can be directed in writing to the City of Electric for 14 days after the date of this notice at: P.O. Box 130, Electric City, WA 99123.

Russell Powers

(Publish August 7, 2013)

Chamber to meetThe Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet this

Thursday August 8, at noon at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee. Ivan Snavely from the Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center will talk about working at the VC.

Grant County mosquito DistriCt 2 to meetGrant County Mosquito District 2 will hold its regular monthly

meeting on Wednesday, Aug. 7 (tonight) at 7 p.m. at the Electric City City Hall.

owner to speak on Grant County JournalThe Grant County Historical Society will hold a board meeting

Tuesday, August 13, at 11 a.m. at the Ephrata American Legion – 276 8th Ave. NW, Ephrata.

A $5 lunch will be served following the meeting with a guest speaker, Jeff Fletcher, owner of the Grant County Journal. Fletcher will talk about the “Past and Present of the Grant County Journal” newspa-per.

Those planning to have lunch should call the Legion at 509-754-2761. All members and guests are welcome.

erratiCs Chapter of iCe aGe flooDs institute to meet

Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet at 7 p.m., Tuesday, Aug. 13, at the Wenatchee Valley Mu-seum, 127 South Mission, Wenatchee. Guest speaker is Dr. Vic Baker, distinguished professor emeritus-Univeristy of Arizona-Tucson who will discuss J Harlen Bretz and the Spokane Flood Controversy. For an overview of the Ice Age Floods and more information go to the website www.ifi.org

notiCe of workshop meetinG for GCD sChool Dist. boarD

The Board of Directors of the GCD School District will hold a work-shop meeting at 6 p.m., Wed., Aug. 9 (tonight) to review and inspect the energy conservation and modernization project at the LRHS Industrial Arts Building and Gymnasium and construcito progress at the new K-12 site. The public is invited to attend the meeting held at the high school and it is expected to not exceed one hour.

tops meetinGsTOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter 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.

TOPS#WA1490, Coulee Dam meets on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m., meeting following weigh-in downstairs in the ground level fellowship hall in the Coulee Dam Community Presbyterian Church, 509 Central Ave., across from the Colville Tribal Museum. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) is a non-profit weight loss organization.

eaGles #2577 meetinGsThe Eagles #2577 Aerie meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of

every month. The next meeting is August 13, at 7 p.m. The Auxiliary meets the first and third Tuesday of every month. Next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, August 20.

free pinoChle at the seniorsFree pinochle is offered at the Grand Coulee Senior Center Monday,

Wednesday and Friday beginning at 1 p.m.

Care anD share fooD bank openThe food bank at the Church of the Nazarene normal operating

hours are every Monday from 2 to 4 p.m. It is located at the Church of Nazarene, hwy 174, Grand Coulee. The bank still can use clean plastic grocery bags.

library has friDay story timeThe Grand Coulee Library Story time is every Friday at 10:30 a.m.

Regular library hours are Mondays and Thursdays 12:30 - 5:30 p.m.; Tuesdays 12:30 - 7:30 p.m. and Wednesdays and Fridays 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. For information concerning library programs or services call 633-0972.

loCal aa meetinGsConfused in the Coulee AA meetings are held on Mondays at 7 p.m.,

Friday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 9 a.m.. at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings. New Hope Group meetings are held Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Vets Center. For more information call John 633-2448. These are open and non-smoking.

In Nespelem the group Bound and Determined holds its meetings Monday evening at 7 p.m. at the Catholic Church. Contact Myrna 634-4921 for more information there.

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Safety and education are highlighted during Keller Play Day

July 27, 2013 – The Keller Community Club hosted the An-nual Keller Play Day, at the Keller Rodeo Grounds.

Twenty-seven youths, along with their parents/guardians, came together for a day of horse education, fun and games. Ac-tivities were provide for those on horseback, as well as those who participate in the 4-H Horseless Horse Project and for youths that do not own a horse but are inter-ested in learning about them.

Community volunteers provid-ed arena activities that included barrel racing, pole bending, stakes races and goat tying/goat un-deco-rating. They also provided “horse-less” events for those that did not have horses. The very young participants were able to enjoy a slip-n-slide to cool off and “dig for money” in the sawdust pit.

WSU Colville Reservation-Fer-ry County Extension was called upon to provide educational infor-mation. Topics for the day included Helmet Safety & Fitting, Hay & Nutrition for Horses and Horse Identification. Linda McLean, extension educator, explained the need for helmet use when riding horses, “Head injuries, caused by falls from horses, account for most of the serious horse and rider inju-ries.” To demonstrate the need for proper headgear, McLean offered a hands-on experiment – Egg Drop. Each youth was given an uncooked egg and limited supplies, and were instructed to design a covering for their egg that would protect it from a six-foot drop. Some eggs survived unharmed, while others cracked, similar to what our skulls do upon impact. 4-H members participating in any 4-H eques-trian activity must wear an ASTM F1163 SEI approved helmet.

The educational information continued with Curtis Beus, WSU Okanogan County Extension Di-rector, providing information on

proper horse nutrition. Samples of feeds were passed around for participants to examine. Linda McLean wrapped up the horse education with information on how to identify horses by coat color, face and leg markings. Each youth participant made a “pool noodle stick horse,” complete with the face markings of their choice. To demonstrate their knowledge of the markings and practice public speaking skills, each youth intro-duced themselves, described the color of their horse, the markings they drew on their horse and the horse’s name. These stick horses were used later in the day for the “Horseless Horse Races.”

The educational portion of the

day ended with fire safety infor-mation provided by Henry Kuhne from Mt. Tolman Fire Center. Henry taught the youth about the fire triangle – oxygen, heat and fuel. He also provided information on campfire safety.

This event was organized and hosted by the Keller Community Club, along with partners Mt. Tol-man Fire Prevention and WSU Colville Reservation-Ferry County Extension. Partial funding for this event was provided by Colville Tribal Community Network/Skil-skin.

If you would like more infor-mation on this program or about 4-H, please contact Linda McLean, Colville Reservation-Ferry County

Extension Educator, (509) 634-2305 or [email protected] . Or you may contact Dan Fagerlie, Project Director, (509) 690-0009 / (509) 775-3087 or [email protected] or Debra Hansen, Interim Ferry County Director, (509) 775-5225 ext. 1116 or the Okanogan County Extension office (509) 422-7245.

Grandmother assists her granddaughter by properly adjusting the equestrian riding helmet. — submitted photo

VOL. LXXVII, NO. 39 SERVING THE GRAND COULEE DAM AREA, WASHINGTON STATE JANUARY 28, 2009

Raidersports continue 5

Group seeksplace forcommunity center 2

Landslide launchesbig waveon lake 2

Two cities argue over water chargesby Roger S. Lucas

Electric City and Grand Coulee are in dispute over water charges for the third quarter in 2008.

Grand Coulee buys water from Electric City through an “interlocal agreement.”

T h e t h i r d -quarter billing last year was more than twice the normal bill-ing because of a number of new charges added, Grand Coulee re-cords show.

Extra charg-es included line item amounts for salaries, commu-nications, insur-ance, equipment r e p l a c e m e n t , m a i n t e n a n c e and well testing that essentially double the bill to nearly $16,000. The bill usually fal ls between $ 6 , 5 0 0 a n d $8,000.

Electric City Council meeting two weeks ago asked about the late payment. Mayor Ray Halsey said the matter is before attorneys.

Grand Coulee contends such charges are covered on an agreed-upon percentage for “administrative and overhead” costs.

None of the extra charges had been agreed upon.

A letter to Halsey, written by Grand Coulee’s lawyer, Charles Zimmerman, stated: “…the water bill issued by Electric City does not comply with the terms and provisions of that certain Interlocal Agreement between Electric City and Grand Coulee.”

Grand Coulee currently pays a 17-percent fee to Electric City for its personnel and other costs in prepar-ing the water bill for payment. Also Grand Coulee pays $2l,240 per year for depreciation.

The letter to Halsey contin-ued: “Until the third quarter of

2008, Electric City had billed Grand Coulee in accordance w i t h t h e s e provisions on a quarter ly basis. Nothing in the Interlo-cal Agreement provides that Grand Coulee will ever pay for a portion o f s a l a r i e s and wages of Electric City, insurance, or other items de-scribed in the ‘quarterly cost’ line item iden-tified in the third quarter of 2008 water bill.”

Grand Coulee’s letter added: “As indicated in all of the previous invoices, the cost of ‘pumping water delivered to Grand Coulee’s water utility’ has always been the direct cost of the electricity tied to that activity. Payment by Grand Coulee for any other costs associated with pumping the water is included with-in the negotiated and agreed upon 17% administrative and overhead reimbursement and the deprecia-tion costs. Any other charges would be and are duplicative.”

The letter asks Electric City to resubmit the third quarter billing along the lines of what had been agreed upon.

District lobbies for school buildings

Balde Eagle Festival coming

by Roger S. Lucas

School officials felt like they made additional friends for the dis-trict when they attended a meeting in Olympia last week.

“We have some additional people who know about the condition of our schools,” Superintendent Jeff Loe stated.

Loe and school board Chair Donna DeWinkler met with State Sen. Rosemary McAuliffe, who chairs the Senate’s Early Learning & K-12 Education Committee, to explain the condition of our schools and provide information about the district.

“Sen. McAuliffe met with us about an hour, and we are putting together some additional informa-tion she has asked for,” DeWinkler said.

“It was unusual for Senator McAuliffe to carve out that much time for us while the legislative session is going on,” DeWinkler added.

Also attending the meeting was Sheila Stalp, deputy director for Congresswoman Cathy McMorris-Rodgers, and State Sen. Bob Mor-ton from the Seventh Legislative District.

“Sen. Morton has been very sup

by Edith Lael

As the bald eagles return to the area, they begin fishing in the three huge reservoirs, Lake Roosevelt, Lake Rufus Woods and Banks Lake. As evening approaches, they circle above the walls of Northrup Canyon before gliding down to their favor-ite nighttime perch in pine and fir trees and the long dead skeletons of evergreens.

Everyone is invited to come to the Grand Coulee Dam Area where the chamber of commerce has arranged numerous events in honor of the bald eagle.

The Balde Eagle Festival will be held Feb. 19, 20 and 21. There will be interesting educational pro-grams for students in the fourth through seventh grades. Teachers are urged to make reservations for their classes. “Hoot” the Owl, birds of the area and their habitat, and the ever popular Raptor Show will be highlighted.

In the Grand Coulee Senior Cen-ter there will be displays manned by The National Park Service, Washington State Parks, Washington Department of Fish and Wildife and the Coulee Corridor Byway that stretches from Othello through to Omak.

A quilt show will be held in the main room of the senior center. Observers are urged to choose their favorites from the entries in seven different categories.

The aroma of the favorite soup and sandwich lunch served on Sat-urday by the seniors will give time to visit and tell of eagle sightings.

Across the street from the senior center at the Grand Gallery, you can

t a k e time to

look back into pre-Grand Coulee Dam days in a fascinating display of black and white photos.

Visit the art room above the se-nior center to see the display of stu-dent art work entered in the contest sponsored by The Columbia Arts Association. Winning entries will be depicted by ribbons. Also, take time to enjoy the poems and short essays entered in the annual contest

Cool and calmAn ice climber named Christian takes the lead in an ascent of “H2O2”, a frozen waterfall along SR-155 just north of the Million Dollar Mile Sunday. His group of five climbers from Sandpoint, Idaho, spent the day on the ice of the upper Grand Coulee. The coulee’s ice is popular enough in the sport to be named by location in a guide book that calls this one a true “bumper boy” because its located right next to the highway. — Scott Hunter photo

CTEC launching new business

Colvilles to focus on community issuesby Roger S. Lucas

The Colville Confederated Tribes Suicide CORE group is hosting a week-long series of meetings to develop community leadership to solve local problems.

Leading the meetings will be Don L. Coyhis, a member of the Mohican Nation, and the founder of White Bison, Inc.

The meetings begin Monday, Feb. 2, in Nespelem, where core groups from Nespelem, Omak, Keller and Inchelium, will begin the week with a combined meeting, lasting from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Tuesday’s meeting, Feb. 3, will be for Nespelem volunteers who want to be trained as community vision-ing facilitators.

Wednesday, Feb. 4, Coyhis will meet with Keller participants; on Thursday the meeting will be held for Omak participants and Friday, Feb. 6, the meeting will be at Inche-lium.

In the meetings, participants will explore a series of community issues in terms of “what is broken” and “how it would look if healing took place.”

Officials said youth in middle school and high school could also take part in the training.

Questions can be answered by calling 634-2944, or 634-2943.

The Colville Tribal Enterprise Corporation (CTEC) recently formed a new electrical company, the Coulee Dam-based corporation announced Friday.

Colville Electrical Contractors (CEC) will be headquartered in Ne-spelem and will provide power and communication, electrical, fiber and underground distribution services.

The tribally-owned company will provide another 10 to 15 new jobs within the first year of operation.

“Businesses such as CEC will help diversify the tribe’s economy and add employment opportunities,” Troy Johnson, chief executive officer of CTEC, stated in a press release.

“We are hopeful that we will be able to compete on federal, state, and local levels fairly quickly. Site visits with contracting officers to market our new business are our next step.”

Kary Nichols, director of busi-ness development, is applying to the Small Business Administra-tion’s 8(a), HUBZone and U.S. Department of Transportation

Disadvantage Business Enterprise programs.

“These programs are designed to provide business development as-sistance to startup companies. Once in these programs, it will enable the company to compete for federal contracts,” she said.

Ken Hopkins, director of Colville Tribal Construction, will also man-age this new company. Hopkins, a Colville tribal member, has over 20 years of experience in engineering and construction management, the release said.

“The SBA 8(a) program will pro-vide opportunities for growth not only for the company but also for its employees,” said Hopkins. “We anticipate receiving our certifica-tion in the program within 60 to 90 days.”

CTEC was founded in 1984 and currently manages 17 enterprises in gaming, recreation and tourism, retail, construction and wood prod-ucts. The corporation employs close to 800 people.

Added charges$1,325.38 salary and wages

$198.28 communications (telemetry)$3,369.42 insurance

$4,179.94 equipment replacement

$287.84 repairs/maintenance

$956 water/well testing.

$15,624.09 Total third-quarter water bill

Grand Coulee has paid between $6,507.58 and $7,825.90 for quarterly water service dat-ing back to the first quarter of 2006, records show.

To get the intertie pipeline built, Grand Coulee paid Electric City $1,899,329.71.

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July was flat out hot

I’m still wiping my brow of per-spiration from all that heat. The National Weather Service report-ed some near- and new-high tem-perature records throughout the region. Here at the home weather station we had a new record of 102.3°F on July 2. We recorded a total of 18 days at or above the 90°F mark. We didn’t come close to the all-time high o f 113°F t h a t o c -curred in 1939. Our low for the month was on the 13th at 52.9°f.

Precipitation was a measly 0.29 inches, well below the mean of 0.48 inches. The heaviest rain amount fell on 17th at 0.24 inches. As we entered August we got some additional rain that has already exceeded the total for July.

This is an opportune time to talk about heat and how it affects the human body. Working or play-ing in the heat, it doesn’t matter; one needs to be aware of it and take the needed precautions to prevent the following:

• Heat rash is usually a skin irritation that is a cluster of small pimples.

• Heat cramps are caused by a lowered level of salty body fluids brought on by heavy sweating.

• Heat syncope is fainting or dizziness caused by dehydration or lack of acclimatization.

• Heat exhaustion is the body’s response to an excessive loss of the water and salt, usually caused by excessive sweating. Lastly, we have …

• Heat stroke. It occurs when the body is unable to control its temperature, which rises rapidly. The sweating mechanism fails, and the body is unable to cool down. It could lead to death.

Continuing with the definitions of weather terms, I’d like to address those precipita-tion percentages we see in fore-casts, like “60% chance of pre-cipitation.” The National Weath-er Service shows percentages based on probable “trig-gers” that may cause precipita-

tion. The lower the percentage, there are fewer “triggers,” hence, the likelihood of rain or snow is lower. As the percentage increases there are more possible activation points and the chances of receiv-ing more rain or snow becomes higher. Our most recent low pres-sure system that brought storm activity also carried a considerable account of moisture. Therefore, the stated percentages were con-siderably higher too. Also, when forecasts are made like one for Grand Coulee, it is inclusive; that is, it covers the nearby environs or region. Temperatures will and do vary within the forecast area.

A full moon will occur on Aug. 21. Watch for the Perseids meteor shower through mid-month. Earth is entering a broad stream of de-bris from comet Swift-Tuttle, the source of the annual Perseids me-teor shower. Although the shower won’t peak until August 12-13, when Earth hits the densest part of the stream, the first Perseids are already arriving.

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