Articles from the March 6, 2013 edition
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Long-time 4-H Volunteer Leaders Honored
February 26, 2013 – The Colville Confederated Tribes Business Council recognized and honored four long-time 4-H leaders for their volunteer service. During the (CDC) Community D... — Updated 6/17/2015 Full story
Newsbriefs
Spring Ahead Set your clocks ahead one hour Saturday night. Daylight Savings Time begins at 2 a.m. Sunday, March 10. City joins EDC The city council in Electric City voted last week to support Grant County’s Economic Development pr... — Updated 3/10/2013 Full story
Updated -- Major accident occurred at Grand Coulee Dam
The explosion at Grand Coulee Dam this morning was not a transformer or a generator, but a line and equipment connecting the two. Conflicitng reports this morning suggested that... — Updated 3/9/2013
Sequestration in the coulee means uncertainty
In this community, whose economy is based overwhelmingly on a federal payroll and outsourced contracts, not a lot is yet certain about how the latest fiscal political drama emanating from the other Washington will play out.... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
Engineers lay out rationale, timing for plant project
A rehash of Coulee Dam’s wastewater treatment plant project dominated the town’s regular council meeting last Wednesday night. Gray & Osborne engineers Jeff Stevens and John Wilson took the council and about 15 people who attended... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
Kohl’s Cares Scholarship Program accepting nominations
The 2013 Kohl’s Cares® Scholarship Program will award $425,000 in scholarships and prizes to more than 2,300 young volunteers across the country. The Kohl’s Cares® Scholarship Program aims to honor youth who have made a posit... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
Bowling Scores
COLUMBIA LEAGUE TEAM W L Riverview Lanes 18 10 Galaxy Smokes 17.5 10.5 The OLDS 5 13 Don’t No’s 13 15 Rolling Thunder 9 19 High Game: Riverview Lanes 715; Vaughn Weed 232; Sara Zlateff 168 High Series: Riverview Lanes 1997; Dan... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
Senior Meals
Senior Meals Wed., March 6 - Dinner Beef Stroganoff over Noodles, Mixed Vegetables, Fruit Yogurt, Bread Pudding. Thurs, March 7 - Dinner Charlie Long’s Curried Chicken over a Bed of Rice, Carrot Salad, Veggies, Apple Surprise. G... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
Meetings and Notices
Chamber to Meet at La Presa The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its regular meeting Thursday, March 7, at noon at La Presa in Grand Coulee. The program will be presented by Bob Valen, weather hobbyist. Lincoln C... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
All were special at Queen of Hearts pageant
A total of 18 girls each gained a title at the Feb. 16 Queen of Hearts pageant held at the Village Cinema. Organizer Heather Downs said it was standing room only at the theater, the... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
Coulee Recollections
Ten Years Ago The roar of boat motors will fill the air of Banks Lake this summer as competitive boat racing returns to the Gand Coulee Dam area. The Northwest Water Competition is... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
Thanks for a job well read
Thank you to the following who read to our classes to celebrate Dr. Seuss's Read Across America. Your generosity of time and fun stories that you shared with our students made their day! Together we can all make a difference in... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
People helping people
In November 1982, our state’s unemployment rate peaked at 12.2 percent, the highest since the Great Depression. Interest on a fixed rate home loan was 13.4 percent, and an 11.5-perc... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
Re: “Bureau cuts eagle roosting trees on lake”
The main reason the trees were cut down is because they were rotten, and every time the wind blew large limbs were coming down and getting dangerous to anyone or anything there. I was told by BOR they did a core sample and found... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
An opportunity to make a difference
With the announcement least week of an upcoming vacancy on Port District 7’s commission, someone wishing to make a difference for the community got another opportunity. Port districts across the state vary in the services they o... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
Meetings changed to one a month
The Electric City Council has decided to cut its meetings from two a month to one. Mayor Jerry Sands said the city had caught up on updating its ordinances and got the arsenic treatment plant up and running, so the amount of... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
Councilman wants it clear, no dope on job’
Electric City’s Bob Rupe has asked that the city’s drug and alcohol policy be reviewed by attorneys so it includes the use of marijuana and other controlled substances. He wrote in a recommendation to the council that language be i... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
Councilmember objects to joining chamber
Sensing a sticky wicket, Electric City Mayor Jerry Sands took the issue of joining the chamber of commerce off the city council’s agenda last Tuesday night and it will appear on the agenda again,March 12. The $100 joining fee g... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
Port commissioner to resign
Jerry Birdwell will resign as a Port District 7 commissioner effective April 1, he advised Chairman Orville Scharbach on Thursday. Birdwell stated Friday that he had a number of things going on that will require that he leave the... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
Benefits include night vision
A presenter from Northwest Medstar states her organization’s features to chamber of commerce members at their Thursday luncheon at Pepper Jack’s. She noted the airborne amb... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
Coulee Dam’s charges to Elmer City detailed
Coulee Dam officials did the math last week after someone said they thought Elmer City residents paid too much for Coulee Dam to handle the smaller town’s wastewater. The average amount per residential unit that Coulee Dam c... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
Can’t beat free
Car owners wait in line for a free car wash Friday at the end of a two-day free car wash event at Jack’s Four Corners. The giveaway followed a rebuild of the car wash and was a c... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
Airport to get snow plow, building
The local airport’s runways will be kept open in winter with a new snowplow. Port District 7 commissioners learned Thursday that they will get a new replacement truck with snow plow equipment, plus a building to house it. A $... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
Engineer: double loan period would reduce rates
Gray & Osborne engineers outlined ways for Coulee Dam and Elmer City to get their monthly sewer rates down in a letter to Coulee Dam mayor Quincy Snow that was distributed after last Wednesday’s city council meeting. Coulee Dam res... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story
Big tent for a big boat
Workers at Crescent Bay fasten the tarp-like covering over high steel frames of a covering under which to assemble the new Keller ferry. Soon workers from Foss Maritime will be... — Updated 3/6/2013 Full story