Articles from the April 24, 2013 edition
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A citizen is a terrible thing to waste
The first time I met Guillermo Guzman he had just done the butterfly stroke across Crescent Bay and back in September. I had taken his photograph for possible use in the paper and so introduced myself and asked his name. His thick... — Updated 4/30/2013 Full story
Jean Nicholson
It was a warm sunny morning in the Wenatchee Valley, the pink blossoms of the cherry trees and pink dogwood trees along with the sunshine yellow forsythia with white apple blossoms... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
Big senior project born of personal conviction
Life changed for Charli Knight after her sister was murdered by her husband in 2009. Charli was a freshman in high school at the time, and her dream was to become a chef, an... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
A boy for the Pulsifers
Derek and Alicia Pulsifer of Brewster are proud to announce the birth of their son Nicholas Lee on Tuesday, April 2, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 7 lbs., 9 oz.,nand was 20-1/2 inches in length at... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
A girl for the Jennets
Marcella and Charles Jennett of Grand Coulee are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Riley Eden Jennett on Friday, March 22, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 6 lbs., 6 oz., and was 21 inches in... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
Delafield has a girl
Karrie Denise Delafield of Electric City is pleased to announce the birth of her daughter Zoie Mae Sommers on Monday, March 25, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 6 lbs., 6.5 ounces and was 18 inches in... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
Hoppes have a girl
Coltan and Kelsey Hoppe of Wilbur are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Kendall Jo on Friday, March 22, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 8 lbs., 5 oz., and was 21-1/2 inches in length at... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
Jean Campbell
Graveside services for Jean Campbell will be held Saturday, April 27, 2013, at Spring Canyon Cemetery at 1 p.m. Dress is casual but the family is wearing pink in her honor. Jean passed away November 14, 2012, in... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
Mary Ann "Mare" McNeilly
Surrounded by her adoring family, Mary Ann “Mare” McNeilly, 77, peacefully passed into the arms of her loving savior from her Coulee Dam, Washington, home Thursday morning, April 11... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
Nancy Lou Rosco
Nancy Lou Rosco passed away on April 14, 2013. She was survived by her husband of 52 years, Vernon D. Rosco; five children: Russell, Lynn, Gail, Gary, Tom; and five grandchildren,... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
Dorothy L. Clark
Dorothy Louise Young Clark, 91, Grand Coulee, passed away Monday, April 15, 2013, at Sacred Heart Hospital in Spokane, Wash. She was born December 23, 1921, in Centralia, Wash., to... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
Coulee Recollections
Ten Years Ago Plan finalized for water sharing. Grand Coulee and Electric City will soon share another resource when a pipe joins one water supply to the other. Last night, the Electric City town council approved a contract that... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
Obama administration tactics violate due process
Last summer, news reports broke that the U.S. Department of Labor was effectively holding hostage the crops of blueberry farmers in Oregon until they signed documents agreeing to alleged violations to federal labor laws. Since then... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
An appreciation of simple
If Mark Jenson, the Bureau of Reclamation power manager sees it as a hardship living right here presently, he should have tried it before we got our Variety Store. A lot of us enjoy life in Coulee Dam because each morning, Iris,... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
A history of housing and activities for USBR employees
I am a former graduate of Coulee Dam High School and read with interest the article on lack of housing or activities for employees at the dam. In the 1950s this was a problem, too, and the USBR provided a dorm for the single... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
Paving project will reroute traffic
The Lower Crest Drive project in Coulee Dam will begin Monday, public works director Barry Peacock reported. The quarter-mile road project will go from River Drive to the city limits at the bottom of the hill. Granite... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
Professor: Guzman's plight must be a misunderstanding
I have known Guillermo for many years, ever since he was a student of mine at the University of Washington. So I am very, very surprised to read this story. There must be some gigantic misunderstanding. Guillermo was not only a... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
Beer tent comes back to Colorama
The Chamber of Commerce will host a beer tent during the Colorama Festival celebration at North Dam Park. Chamber Manager Peggy Nevsimal said a 1500 square-foot tent will be located on the tennis court at North Dam Park and... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
Power goes out in Coulee Dam
Electric service went down in the town of Coulee Dam just after 7 a.m. Wednesday, morning and would not be restored until late afternoon. Lake Roosevelt High School dismissed for... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
Sidewalk project looks for different locale
Grand Coulee officials are trying to get a sidewalk project on Spokane Avenue changed to the same kind of improvement on Federal Avenue. A sidewalk on Spokane Way lost its main focus when city officials realized that Center School... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
District breaks ground on new school
The K-12 school project is underway. It started at 9 a.m. Tuesday with a formal groundbreaking, and immediately Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Dennis Carlson met wi... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
Teacher Ralph Rise receives statewide award
Science teacher Ralph Rise was presented with a statewide award last week, an example for educators across the state. Sonia Siegel Vexler, co-director of LASER, the Pacific Science... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
City to consider rezoning for daycare
Grand Coulee is going to make an effort to get a daycare center in its Central Business District zone. The public interest in a daycare center has attracted the attention of city officials, and the ways and means of making a... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
Teacher pleads not guilty to fraud, ID theft
At an arraignment hearing for his brother Monday, Carlos Guzman Romo anxiously showed a reporter a portfolio stuffed full of evidence he thought showed that his brother is a... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
Tourist arrested on bomb threat
A California woman arrested last Thursday who allegedly made a bomb threat while on a tour at Grand Coulee Dam, was booked into Okanogan County Jail and released the next day on her personal recognizance. Christina Frisvold, 33,... — Updated 4/24/2013 Full story
