Articles from the May 2, 2018 edition
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Congressional candidate holding town hall Wednesday night
A candidate for Congress announced a tour of the state’s 4th Congressional District that includes a town-hall meeting tonight (Wednesday) in Coulee Dam and a coffee shop visit the next morning. The Christine Brown for Congress... — Updated 5/7/2018 Full story
CNA class to be first step in skill center vision for school
The Grand Coulee Dam School District is visualizing possibilities for what they call a “skill center,” a place where students can learn skills that lead directly to jobs, particularly jobs in the local area. The district is... — Updated 5/7/2018
Popular fishing hole reopens
You can now fish along the east side of the Columbia River near the Third Powerhouse of Grand Coulee Dam from sunrise until sunset. Closed after the September 11 terrorist attack... — Updated 5/2/2018
National Honor Society swears in 23 at LR
President Rylie Pitner leads a ceremony of the Lake Roosevelt High School Chapter of the National Honors Society as new and existing members are sworn in April 25. From left,... — Updated 5/2/2018
Meetings and Notices
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at La Presa Mexican Restaurant at noon this Thursday, May 3. General business is on the agenda. The public is welcome. Coulee Creators Meet Coulee Creators m... — Updated 5/2/2018
Regional firefighters get training
Del Ostenberg provides training information to regional firefighters at a special wildfire session held at Electric City last week. Firefighters were receiving their annual hours... — Updated 5/2/2018
Steven Kent Berg
Steven Kent Berg passed away Saturday, April 28, 2018, in Spokane, Washington. He was born December 6, 1955, to Earl Kent Berg and Barbara Box in Bremerton's Harrison Hospital. He... — Updated 5/2/2018 Full story
Randolph B. "Randy" Tonasket
Randolph B. "Randy" Tonasket, 62, left us unexpectedly Monday afternoon, April 23, 2018, from Grand Coulee, Washington. Born Sunday, October 30, 1955, in Coulee Dam, Washington, to... — Updated 5/2/2018 Full story
Cyril Antoine
Cyril Antoine passed away Sunday, April 29, 2018. A wake will be held at 5 p.m., Thursday, May 3, at the Keller Community Center. Funeral services will be held the center on Friday, May 4, at 11 a.m.... — Updated 5/2/2018 Full story
Angie Blanco Rymer
A celebration of life for Angie Blanco Rymer will be held Saturday, May 5, 2018, at 320 Sunny Drive, Electric City, beginning at 2 p.m. Angie, who passed away December 17, 2017,... — Updated 5/2/2018 Full story
Robert "Bob" Clarence Mattson
Robert "Bob" Clarence Mattson, of Electric City, Washington, passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2018, at the age of 69. Bob was born to parents Buddy and Evelyn Mattson on April 11, 1... — Updated 5/2/2018 Full story
Build up the artist
I was honored this weekend to spend some time with some truly gifted men and women. I attended a training session put on by First Peoples Fund, in partnership with Northwest Native Development Fund (NNDF). The training was about... — Updated 5/2/2018
Color me red, white, and blue
Some politicians, pundits, and lobbyists launched vile attacks on the student survivors of the mass murder at a school in Parkland, Florida. That seems counterintuitive, since we usually exhibit sympathy toward innocent victims.... — Updated 5/2/2018
Progress in Congress on protecting Northwest hydropower
For months, my Pacific Northwest congressional colleagues and I have been raising our voices and working on legislation to prevent increasing forced spill at the lower Snake and Columbia River dams from raising electricity rates... — Updated 5/2/2018
Are we biased?
Are we biased? The short answer is yes – everyone is, like it or not. Our brains categorize people based on what we’ve learned from our family, community, television, social media, and other sources. Our brains, in part,... — Updated 5/2/2018
Change is budding out all over
Change and rebirth are evident in more than the green buds on the trees in the coulee area. With a bright new coffee shop to hang out in, Colorama around the corner, new educational programs in planning at local schools, and... — Updated 5/2/2018
Clarification on PUD article
In last week’s article titled “PUD installing new meters,” we reported that one advantage of the new meters will be that Grant PUD users won’t need to report outages. Although this is true, this benefit won’t take effect... — Updated 5/2/2018
Dinner time
Young diners get served up spaghetti dinner at the Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club's fundraiser Saturday at the Raider Hub at Lake Roosevelt Schools. The club raised about $1,400... — Updated 5/2/2018
Rodeo to include big-screen replays
The 62nd annual Colorama Pro-West Rodeo is ready to go, Ridge Rider president George Kohout said this week. The rodeo will play out over two days, May 11 and 12, beginning at 6 p.m. Friday night and then at 4 p.m. on Saturday at... — Updated 5/2/2018
Coffee house opens
Solveig Chaffee cuts a big ribbon with a chamber-supplied big scissors at Saturday's grand opening of her new Voltage Coffeehouse. Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce... — Updated 5/2/2018
Free food offered this Thursday
The Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union, in conjunction with 2nd Harvest, is sponsoring a “free food distribution” Thursday at the Zion Lutheran Church parking lot. It will be the third year that the credit union has sponsored the... — Updated 5/2/2018
Newsbriefs
Deadline approaches for flags It’s just about time for the Isle of Flags dedication. The deadline for ordering flags for the dedication is May 18. If you want to have a flag dedicated and in place to honor your deceased veteran... — Updated 5/2/2018
State Supreme Court to visit Colville Tribes
The Washington State Supreme Court will hold its court at the Lucy Covington Government Center at the Colville Agency near Nespelem on May 7 and 8 as part of its public outreach program. An April 30 press release from the court... — Updated 5/2/2018
Buttons, parade, helicopter coming
The Colorama Festival Button for this year’s celebration is now on sale. Buy a button for $3, help support Colorama, and you’re in the mix to win one of the many prizes attached to the buttons. All the buttons are numbered and... — Updated 5/2/2018
Fish-raising program needs volunteers to continue
The fish-raising program that keeps Banks Lake supplied with trout is in danger of ending. Carl Russell, who ran POWER (Promoters of Wildlife and Environmental Resources) for a number of years and is still active in the... — Updated 5/2/2018