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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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The Bureau of Reclamation is planning to build a new fire station. It's the "where" that's in question. The Bureau is seeking public comment to identify issues to be addressed in an environmental assessment, due out this fall. The Bureau is looking at two locations for the new fire station: one, on land it owns, near the intersection of SR-155 and "B" Street; the other on land managed by the National Park Service at Crescent Bay, uphill from the boat launch and adjacent to the access road. A... Full story
Electric City’s council voted to give the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce $9,000, instead of the requested $6,000, to help promote the area’s new Laser Light Show on the west side of the mountains. The chamber had outlined a media buy on the Seattle side of the state and had requested that each of the three cities, Grand Coulee, Coulee Dam, and Electric City, that collect hotel/motel tax monies, pony up $6,000 each. At its last meeting, Grand Coulee voted $6,000, and last Tuesday night, May 13, Electric City, after considerable dis... Full story
Coulee Dam’s town council was slow to convince last week that the town should reach down in its hotel/motel money reserves and provide the chamber of commerce and the Coulee Area Park and Recreation District with more funds. Grand Coulee Dam Chamber of Commerce officials, and Rec Commissioner Phil Hansen, appeared before the council May 14, each asking for more money. The chamber was asking for $6,000 as Coulee Dam’s portion of a media campaign cost to try to lure visitors from western Washington to the new Laser Light Show. Hansen was asking f... Full story
The towns of Elmer City and Coulee Dam passed resolutions at their last council meetings to take part in the formation of a regional council of governments in Okanogan County. A similar resolution will be on the agenda at other cities and towns and at the county level to develop an organization that can come together and deal with issues that they hold in common. This organization, if formed, would deal with county-wide transportation issues. Earlier cities, towns, and county government in Okanogan County fell under the North Central Regional... Full story
Police have questioned a man after someone reportedly grabbed a child at Center Elementary School last Wednesday. Police Sgt. John Tufts said the man denied touching any child at the school, and conflicting stories from children who were at the scene have made it difficult to determine if anything really happened. Tufts said the child was with several other children, and that his sister, who was only four feet away, couldn’t confirm that anyone had been grabbed. “We are not getting confirmation that anything really happened from the other kid... Full story
Coulee Gas, a new fuel and convenience store at 212 Midway Avenue, could open within a few weeks, workers at the site said Tuesday. Raj Sandhu, one of the owners, took out a business license in the name of Sangam Investment LLC on April 29. According to the applicant, the store will sell gasoline and diesel fuel and convenience food products. The building was getting its red, white and blue colors Tuesday, and a worker said she was doing sheetrock work inside. Sandhu, from Kennewick, was not available for comment on the opening. He is involved... Full story
The chamber of commerce is getting additional money from hotel/motel tax funds to promote the all-new Laser Light Show on Grand Coulee Dam, which will begin May 24. The chamber had asked the three cities that collect the tax, Electric City, Grand Coulee and Coulee Dam, to provide $6,000 each so it could make a media buy promoting the show in the Seattle area. Grand Coulee was the first to respond, the council voting $6,000 at its last meeting. Electric City, according to Mayor Jerry Sands, planned to vote the same amount at its Tuesday night... Full story
A new, longer day will provide more variety for students, cost just a bit more and extend contact time that teachers have with students by 80 hours over the course of the school year, beginning next September. The longer day will re-introduce a seven-period schedule in the grades 7-12 wing of the new school, allowing for more course offerings. It’s all part of a plan the Legislature put into place a year ago that increases student contact time and requires 24 credits to graduate. In the current school year, classes begin about 8:30 in the m... Full story
Colville Tribal Business Council Chairman Michael O. Finley was defeated in the primary election, certified last Thursday. Finley represents Position 2 in the Inchelium District and that general election race will see Marvin Joseph Kheel (97 votes) go against Yvonne Swan (96 votes). Finley came in third with 74 votes. Others in that race were Martin R. Simpson (37 votes) and Pat Laramie-Brooks (28 votes). In Omak District’s Position 1 race, Edwin L. Marchand led with 169 votes to John E. Gorr’s 91. Shirley K. Charley came in third with 83 vot... Full story
An Electric City man was sentenced in Grant County Superior Court to 67.5 months in prison for second-degree rape and other charges. Michael Timothy Berry, 30, was sentenced on charges originating July 8, 2013 in Electric City. He had been in county jail previous to sentencing. Berry pled guilty to rape in the second degree, attempted rape, (domestic violence), unlawful imprisonment (domestic violence), and obstructing a police officer. The sentence calls for 67.5 months in prison, and 180 days in jail with 150 days suspended, and that he have... Full story
An incident of a woman refusing to pay her bar bill ended with her hitting the owner of Banks Lake Pub with a metal cane and a trip to jail, police said. Police were called by Charles Potts, owner of the Pub, May 3, when he reported that a woman refused to leave or to pay her bar bill in full. The woman, Connie J. Watt, 44, when asked to leave by police officer Sean Cook, swung her metal cane and hit Potts on the side of the head, dropping him to the floor unconscious, according to Cook’s report. Cook told the woman she was banned from the bar... Full story
Biographies of five local women will be featured along with a "Rosie the Riveter" quilt at the Visitor Center soon. The five are: Ida Bartels, Toby Ann Levy, Lynda G. Nutt, Barbara Ann Meyer and Roberta "Birdie" Hensley. The five have all made a number of contributions to community life here. Ida married Sid Bartels in 1940, and the two purchased the Deppman Mill at Belvedere just a few days later, only to see it go up in smoke from a fire that someone had set. She served many years on the Grand... Full story
A man confronted by a Sunbanks Resort employee for driving too fast in the resort was finally charged with fourth-degree assault after an ensuing argument. Robert G. Capshaw, 34, was charged after he allegedly pushed groundskeeper Joe Sanders over some rocks and later hit him with his jacket, which had a tool in the pocket. Sanders was not injured. When Sanders asked Capshaw why he was driving so fast in the resort grounds, Capshaw, a police report stated, shoved Sanders with both hands and he fell over some rocks into a flower bed. When... Full story
A man from London was questioned by police for taking pictures of the large bust of President Franklin D. Roosevelt overlooking the lake that bears his name. Grand Coulee Dam’s Plant Protection office asked about 9 a.m. on May 4 that a Grand Coulee police officer question a “suspicious” man who was filming the dam and area. Facilities at the dam are under electronic video surveillance. The bust of Roosevelt is mounted just upstream of the dam on the west side of the lake near the Plant Protection office. Martin A. J. Curtis, 60, told the offic... Full story
About 45 people gathered last Tuesday at Electric City’s fire hall to tell how they needed larger accessory buildings to house their “toys” and to criticize government for being too obtrusive. It was the city’s planning commission workshop, held to discuss the pros and cons of the size of accessory buildings as outlined in the comprehensive plan. Most who spoke were in favor of larger buildings; currently, accessory buildings are limited to 850 square feet. They suggested that the size be raised to 1,600 square feet, and then 2,000 square... Full story
Brandon Byers was selected to be the principal of the new upper division assignment in the new school complex. Byers, who currently holds the principal position at Lake Roosevelt High School, will be administrator of grades 7-12, when school opens Sept. 15. Byers was interim principal of the Grand Coulee Dam Middle School before moving up to the high school two years ago. There were five candidates for the position. Byers had taught at the high school earlier for over four years. At the same meeting Monday the board also approved the... Full story
They are one, two, three in their class, and like three peas in a pod.They are this year's Gates Millenium Scholars at Lake Roosevelt High School. The three - Chyenne Kelly-Marconi, Daniel Campobasso and Brandin Smith - have all won a full ride at the university of their choice as a result of their selection by the Gates organization. The three make up the 14th, 15th and 16th Gates scholars selected from Lake Roosevelt. There were 10 Gates scholars selected this year in Washington state, and... Full story
Colville Business Council Chairman Michael O. Finley is behind two challengers in Saturday’s poll votes for the tribal leadership election. Finley currently holds Position 2 in the Inchelium District and chairs the 14-member council. Both Marvin Joseph Kheel (61 votes) and Yvonne Swan (52 votes) garnered more poll votes than Finley’s 45. Polling was certified Monday. Others in that race include Marlin R. Simpson (30 votes) and Pat Laramie-Brooks (15 votes). Absentee ballots have yet to be counted and will be certified May 8. The top two can... Full story
There will be bucking bulls, and more bucking bulls, and a wild horse race! A wild horse race? That's right, an added feature to the third annual Cleatis Lacy Memorial Bull Riding event this year, May 24, is a wild horse race. It will all happen in the Ridge Rider Rodeo arena, and goes something like this: The Ridge Riders are seeking 12 teams of three cowboys each to take part in the wild horse race. The idea is that one has the bit, another holds the head and the third cowboy tosses the... Full story
The Coulee Dam Town Council approved a four-year lease with new owners of Riverview Lanes Bowling Alley at its Wednesday night meeting. The lease with present owners, Pat and Sara Zlateff, who have had the eight-lane alley for the past seven years, expires May 1. The new owners are Sherry and Jeremy Moore, who reside in Electric City. It was a fast turn around for the town, and will mean that Riverview Lanes will remain open without a break. The four-year lease is along the terms of the lease the town held with the Zlateffs, at $675 a month... Full story
Three Lake Roosevelt High School students were named Gates Millennium Scholars last week. The three are Brandin Smith, Chyenne Kelly-Marconi and Daniel Campobasso. The scholarships are given to minority students who come from low-income families and who qualify under an extensive process. Ten Gates Millennium Scholarships were given in the state of Washington this year, with Lake Roosevelt students given three. With the three being named this week, that makes a total of 16 Gates scholars from... Full story
Shawn Derrick was elected to fill a vacant seat on the Coulee Dam Town Council Wednesday night, but not without some twists and turns. Bob Poch, the councilman that Derrick replaces, had a lot to do with Derrick being seated at the meeting. When the vacant position came up during the council meeting, Derrick was nominated, and received two votes, those of council members Gayle Swagerty and Ken Miles (Councilmember Duane Johnson was away). Then Councilmember Ben Alling nominated Carol Netzel,... Full story
Twenty-two candidates have filed for office in the Colville Business Council primary election scheduled for May 3. In the Nespelem District Position 1 race, incumbent William “Billy” Nicholson is being challenged by Shawnee N. BearCub and Amelia (Moses) Marchand. In Nespelem Position 2 race, incumbent Nancy Cawston Johnson is being challenged by Charlene BearCub, Brian J. Nissen and Harvey Moses, Jr. In the Inchelium District’s Position 2 race, incumbent and current Chairman Michael O. Finley is being challenged by four tribal members: Pat L... Full story
Driving by Mason City Memorial Park people did a double take when they noticed the big chain saw sculpted salmon was gone from its base. Have no worry, the Chinook salmon is safely stored in the Coulee Dam town warehouse, where it awaits some final changes to its rather stiff and upright stance. The town is trying to figure out a new mount for the fish - changing it from a vertical position to its original idea of a fish leaping. The salmon and a companion wildlife sculpture were the result of a... Full story
Susan Dechant walked Coulee Dam council last Wednesday night through the intriguing tale of a monument lost and a new one proposed. Lost for non-payment was a monument erected in 1938 along the then main road in Delano to honor workers who died during construction of Grand Coulee Dam. The bill on the American Legion monument, some $1,750, Dechant noted, wasn’t promptly paid and the Legion asked for more time. That was granted by the Colville monument maker. However, when the Legion tried to talk him down to $500, the monument owner lost his p... Full story