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Chamber Meeting

at Town Hall

The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its noon meeting Thursday, Dec. 4, at the Coulee Dam Town Hall, where the group will be setting up for the Vintners and Brewers event. Lunch will be available.

Demos to Meet

The Okanogan County Democrats will hold its monthly meeting on Saturday, Dec. 6, beginning at noon, at the Breadline Café in Omak.

Weight Loss Discussion Group in the Mix

Anyone interested in starting a weight loss discussion support group after the TOPS meeting should call Vivian 633-2164.

Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter to Meet

Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet at 7:00 P.M., Tuesday, December 9 at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, 127 South Mission, Wenatchee. Central Washington University Geology lecturer and TV host Nick Zentner will discuss “Smart People Studying Washington Earthquakes.” Since the mid-1980s, major scientific breakthroughs have changed our view of Washington’s surprisingly active earthquake past and its seismic future. Zentner will highlight important research done in our region by talented geologists, such as USGS geologist Brian Atwater, Oregon State University geologist Chris Goldfinger, and others. Atwater found tsunami deposits along the coasts of Oregon and Washington, and tsunami evidence in Puget Sound during a Seattle Fault earthquake. Goldfinger located underwater landslide deposits off the Northwest Coast. Zentner is a dynamic and gifted teacher. Check out his “2-minute Geology” website: http://tinyurl.com/lxoruwk

The program is free & open to the public.

TOPS Meetings

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter 1524 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. Due to popular demand the Chapter TOPS #WA1554 will be meeting Wednesday mornings at 7:30 a.m. They meet at the Coulee Dam Community Church-Presbyterian. For more information call Vivian Dugan 633-2164.

Eastern Star Meets

Order of Eastern Start will hold a Friendship Dinner provided by Worthy Matron/Worthy patron on Thursday, Dec. 11. It will be Short Form, Christmas Finery. There will be a Christmas stocking auction. Refreshments and birthday cake will be provided by Lynette Zierden.

Open Sewing at

Senior Art Room

Tuesdays from 1-5 p.m. there will be open sewing at the senior center art room. There is no charge. For more information contact Marlene Oddiee of KISSed Quilts, 509.386.5715.

Care and Share Food Bank

The food bank at the Church of the Nazarene normal operating hours are every Friday 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 .

Local AA Meetings

Confused 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.