Articles from the January 11, 2012 edition
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Salmon eggs to grow at schools
Chinook salmon eggs were delivered Wednesday to the Grand Coulee Dam Middle School, which had received special equipment to support them before winter break, donated by Grant... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
In Other Words - Stories to inspire at all ages
It seems to me that as our world has changed from the hunter-gatherers we once were to the high-paced technological world we are today one thing hasn’t changed, and that’s the way... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
Raider sports dates
Tues., Jan. 10 Basketball here with Manson. 6 p.m., girls’ varsity, 7:30 p.m., boys’ varsity; Middle School - 6 p.m. boys’ JV/7:30 girls’ JV. Fri., Jan. 13 Basketball here with Oroville. 6 p.m., girls’ varsity, 7:30 p.m., boy... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
Winterfest to play up guys versus gals in LR spirit competition
Lake Roosevelt students will be locked in battle next week as the boys try to outdo the girls in a fundraiser for ASB funds and school spirit. The stakes are high, with sacrificial representatives of the losers subjected to the... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
SHARP Kids will offer another session in its series of NASA
Family Science Nights on Thursday, Jan. 19, at 6 p.m. at the Coulee Dam Community Church. “’Tis the Seasons” will answer the question as to “why we’re walking in a winter wonderland in December... but sizzling in the summer su... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
Raider wrestlers trying to find their groove
LR Wrestling returned from winter break with a mix-and-match at Chelan last Thursday against the Goats, Brewster and Pateros. The Raiders wrestled tough and competitive against all... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
USBR will take comments on local education impact
The Grand Coulee Dam School District will get its opportunity, a bit late, to comment on how the Bureau of Reclamation’s Third Powerhouse remodeling project could affect schools i... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
Raider boys open 3-0 in league play last week
The Raiders opened league basketball play last week with three wins over Liberty Bell, Brewster, and Pateros. At Liberty Bell Jan. 3, LR took it to the Mountain Lions, taking a... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
Extension Program wins national award
WSU Ferry County Extension’s Colville Reservation Extension Program, through promotion of the 4-H National Youth Science Day event, Wired for Wind, has earned a $3,000 award. The 2011 Toyota Innovation Award for Promotion and M... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
Meetings & Notices
Chamber to Meet The GCD Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular meeting this Thursday, Jan. 12, at noon at Pepper Jack’s Bar and Grille in Grand Coulee. OES to Meet Order of Eastern Star Grand Coulee Dam Chapter will meet T... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
Thomas/Green have first baby of 2012 at CMC
Ann Thomas and Kerry Green Jr., of Nespelem are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Sage Helen-Gayle Green on Monday, Jan. 2, 2012, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand... — Updated 1/13/2012
Sharon K. Tillman
YAKIMA – Sharon K. Tillman, 68, died December 24, 2011, at Yakima Regional Hospital. She was born November 8, 1943, in Hampton, Iowa, to Sanford and Lena Christian (Johnson). At a... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
Gretchen V. (Lindbergh) Stinson
Gretchen Stinson, age 97, passed away peacefully Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012, in Kennewick, Wash. She was born in Halliday, N.D., on September 12, 1914, to Dorothea and Clifford... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
David C. Doppler
David C. Doppler son of Alice and the late Edward Doppler, Coulee Dam, died December 23, 2011, in the Maldive Islands where he was an underwater welder. He had resided there most of his adult life. A private memorial service will... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
Weather Watcher - Can January muster up some “real” snow
December left only 1.3 inches of new snow here at the home weather station; a real disappointment. December 2010 we had 7.8 inches of snow (2009: 2.6 and 2008: 21.1). Temperatures w... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
Coulee Recollections
Ten Years Ago It’s a late winter afternoon, the water is cold and Don Miller is stepping carefully on two boards inches above the frigid water of Banks Lake. Miller, a senior, signed up to help a local group feed thousands of f... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
Thanks to a thoughtful officer
Often we hear (and repeat) only the negative on our area police officers, so I would like to give a positive word to one of our officers. I am sorry I didn’t get Officer Gary’s last name, but it is a small town, so hopefully he kno... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
Thanks a million from Trees of Sharing
Thank you, one and all, for celebrating the season with 212 children this Christmas. You are appreciated because you filled out tags, cut out ornaments, purchased gifts, made generous cash donations or gave store discounts,... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
A (too small) step in the right direction
A bill in the state Senate would take a small step toward correcting a major gaffe embraced by the Legislature last year, the Discover Pass. The wrongheaded attempt to close budget gaps by making public land users pay to stop... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
Discover Pass expansion gets senate committee nod
A pass for entry into state-owned lands, such as Steamboat Rock State Park, could be good in more than one car if a bill moving in the state Senate becomes law. The Washington State Senate Energy, Natural Resources and Marine... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
Hundreds of babies benefit from 10-year tradition
(Editor’s note: This article is edited from submissions from Coulee Medical Center Director of Customer Relations Parkes Tanner and SaDonna Heathman) Ten years ago, a young m... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
Pay rates set at local towns
The four local municipalities passed their salary ordinances in the past several days. Clerks, public works directors and police chiefs have a wide range of salaries. Most have the same benefits. Grand Coulee Police Chief Mel Hunt... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
Newsbriefs
More calls for help answered Grand Coulee Police Chief Mel Hunt told the city council last Tuesday that his officers had handled nearly 1,600 calls during 2011. It was an increase of about 8 percent over the prior year. Rick... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
Man busted on the courthouse lawn
A 22-year-old Grand Coulee man was cited and released by Grant County sheriff’s deputies Tuesday for possession of marijuana on the front lawn of the Grant County Courthouse in Ephrata. Around 1:30 p.m. Jan.10, citizens notified s... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
Pill pusher conviction upheld
The conviction of a Spokane woman, Maya Michelle Campbell, 29, who was convicted for having 750 Ecstasy pills in her purse, was upheld last week in appellate court in Spokane. The woman was arrested, along with Jeffrey Vernon... — Updated 1/13/2012 Full story
