Articles from the June 15, 2016 edition
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Citizens should fill out chamber's brief survey
Pop quiz: How would you feel about merging local towns? That’s the essence of a new, very short survey that likely arrived in your mailbox early this week. It’s being asked by the local chamber of commerce in order to gauge the int... — Updated 6/19/2016 Full story
Updated:Kids Fest, bull ride, cars, this weekend
Update: Despite a rainy day, the Wenatchee Youth Circus is performing at Lake Roosevelt's football field with a few umbrella protected fans in the stands. The current local... — Updated 6/18/2016 Full story
Supertanker will fly in area for training
If you see a huge aircraft flying low over the Colville Indian Reservation from now through next Tuesday, you're seeing the world's largest supertanker aircraft and crews... — Updated 6/17/2016 Full story
Two resign from school athletics
Two major resignations within the athletic department at Lake Roosevelt High School were received last week. Resigning was Athletic Director Richard Black, who has held that position for the past five years. The second resignation... — Updated 6/17/2016 Full story
P.O.W.E.R. receives wildlife award
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife recently gave P.O.W.E.R. an award for 30 years of conservation work. P.O.W.E.R. (Promoters of Wildlife and Environmental Resources)... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
Rinkers celebrate 67th anniversary
Willard and Sharon Rinker are celebrating their 67th wedding anniversary Saturday, June 18, 2016. They have two sons (Larry and Randy), one daughter (Valerie), seven grandchildren... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
Clune has a girl
Jessica Clune is proud to announce the birth of her daughter, Stella Nicole Cotton, born Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 7 lbs., 9 oz., and was 19 inches in length at... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
Original musical theatre development at Masquers
Masquers has a history of pioneering new plays by local playwrights. The latest chapter in that endeavor is a musical. “This Ain’t Me” is the name of it, and it was written by Vince Bryant, with assistance from his wife and daugh... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
Ankney/Bearcub have a boy
Kelly Ankney and Nicholas Bearcub Sr., of Nespelem, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Nicholas Spade Bearcub, Jr., on Sunday, June 5, 2016, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 7 lbs., 12... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
It's a girl for the Marrises
Greg and Alvina Marris, of Coulee Dam, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Nancy Jane Estelle Marris, born Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. She weighed 8... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
Meetings and Notices
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting this Thursday, June 16, at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee. Tim Culbertson, of Columbia Basin Hydropower, will be speaking. American Legion to Meet The... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
Lori Ann Garcia
Lori Ann Garcia, 53, passed away Thursday, May 26, 2016, at 1:12 p.m., at Hospice Home of Spokane, Washington, after a 10-year battle with cancer. She is now reunited with her... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
Susan Louise Palmer
Susan Louise Palmer, 67, passed away in her Elmer City, Washington, home, surrounded by her loving family Friday morning, June 10, 2016. Born in Spokane, Washington, to Charles and... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
Eleanor Mae (Fahr) Reihs
Eleanor Mae (Fahr) Reihs passed away on Monday June 6, 2016 at the age of 85 in Issaquah, Washington. Eleanor was born on December 31, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois. Eleanor graduated... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
Jack L. Kennedy
Jack L. Kennedy passed away at his home in Electric City, Washington, on Tuesday, June 14, 2016. A full obituary will follow in next week’s paper. Services are tentatively scheduled for Saturday, June 25.... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
Seventy-six years ago
Miss Coulee, the first big passenger boat to go into service on the lake behind Grand Coulee Dam. - Summer 1940... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
America's answer to radical terrorism must be strength
To face a threat, we must begin by calling it exactly what it is. Our nation has once again been attacked by radical Islamists. Early Sunday, Americans woke up to the horror that 49 innocent individuals had been killed and dozens w... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
What it takes to be an effective citizen
It’s so easy in a presidential election year to forget that our system is not about a single person. This year especially, when the dynamics of the presidential contest have dominated news coverage so thoroughly that even the S... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
Moose Lodge rewards two scholars
Two Lake Roosevelt High School seniors, Michael Thomas and Areielle White, appeared before Moose Lodge officials last Tuesday night to thank them for the $1,000 scholarships they received. Family members and friends appeared with... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
Navy band to play here
A Navy brass quartet will perform an open-air concert just prior to the laser light show, Sunday, June 26, according to Bureau of Reclamation Public Affairs Officer Lynne Brougher. The quartet is part of a 35-piece Navy band... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
Newsbriefs
Tribal vote Saturday Saturday, June 18, Colville Confederated Tribes members will go to the polls to elect Colville Business Council members in their general election. All six incumbents made it through the primary vote to the... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
Beer garden OK'd for parking lot
The Coulee Dam Town Council approved a chamber of commerce request to move its “beer garden” to the Melody Restaurant front parking lot during the upcoming Festival of American celebration. The beer garden will be open both Sun... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
Inflatable water slides added to plans for Festival of America
A new feature for the July 4 Festival of America celebration will be a number of inflatable water slides in a water park. The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the event, stated that Jump N2 Fun, from Post... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
Mayors approve backup plan for dump haul
The Regional Board of Mayors Monday approved a plan to have Sunrise Disposal provide backup hauling services for the Delano Transfer Station. The RBOM had advertised to find someone with a commercial driver’s license (CDL) who w... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
In support of a mission
The Colville Tribes launched a dugout canoe Friday from the Spring Canyon boat launch, on a mission to revive an old tradition in support of exploring a new possibility: bringing... — Updated 6/15/2016 Full story
