Articles from the June 26, 2019 edition
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No fireworks allowed at North Dam this July 4
Citing a dry landscape, federal officials this week put a halt to what has become something of a tradition in recent years at North Dam, where local families have set off fireworks on Independence Day. The Bureau of Land... — Updated 6/26/2019
Colville Business Council poll results are in, absentee votes to be counted Thursday
Poll results are in for the general election for the Colville Business Council, with the absentee ballot count to be held on Thursday. At the polls, incumbent Joel Boyd leads Larry Allen 89 votes to 47 for the Inchelium... — Updated 6/26/2019
Fireworks law in local areas
• The city of Coulee Dam forbids fireworks year round. • No fireworks will be allowed in Grand Coulee this July 4 because of a federal ban on them in the only normally designated spot: North Dam. • Elmer City, being on the Colvi... — Updated 6/26/2019
Full court press
Jesse Prewitt, of Vancouver, Washington-based Cougar Mountain Gym Floors, uses a drum sander on the floor of Lake Roosevelt's Gailord Nelson Gymnasium June 20. Prewitt said that... — Updated 6/26/2019
Meetings & Notices
Chamber this Week The next chamber meeting will be held at La Presa Restaurant on Thursday, June 27, at noon. General business is on the agenda. Save the Date - TOPS Meetings Mary Falconer, TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Area... — Updated 6/26/2019
Short term rentals ban made official in Electric City
The Electric City council voted unanimously to not allow short-term rentals anywhere in the city. Short-term rentals are instances in which a home owner who doesn’t live in a residence rents that residence out to someone for l... — Updated 6/26/2019
City will apply for Ferry sidewalk grant
Coulee Dam will move ahead with applying for a grant to fix the sidewalks on Ferry Avenue, several portions of which have been heaving several inches as tree roots underneath push up the concrete. Councilmember Fred Netzel and the... — Updated 6/26/2019
Frank A. Whittington
Frank A Whittington, 68, of Grand Coulee, Washington, passed away Friday, June 14, 2019. He was born to Henry and Florence Whittington on August 16, 1950, in Toppenish, Washington.... — Updated 6/26/2019
Dee Munter
Heaven gained another saint, our beloved mother, sister, (great) grandmother, (great) aunt, and friend passed peacefully away at age 73 on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Her journey on... — Updated 6/26/2019
Roxanne Rae (Williams) Allen
Roxanne Rae (Williams) Allen passed peacefully on Saturday, June 15, 2019, in Sierra Vista, Arizona, surrounded by loving family and friends. Roxanne was born on October 5, 1959,... — Updated 6/26/2019
Coulee Cops
Grand Coulee Police 6/20 - A man was reportedly walking his pitbull on a leash near Coulee Boulevard when a “weiner dog” came running out of a garage toward him and his dog. The dogs fought, and the man was bitten on his hands by... — Updated 6/26/2019
Legals for June 26 , 2019
NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR FOOD MANAGEMENT SERVICES The Grand Coulee Dam School District is accepting written food service proposals from qualified food service management companies (FSMCs) to provide food services accordi... — Updated 6/26/2019
Rare Earth metal dilemma
Hopefully, when American and Chinese leaders meet to resolve trade differences, talks won’t break down and result in a new round of tariffs or product restrictions. It is in both n... — Updated 6/26/2019
This little light of mine
This is a different kind of summer for Karrie and me. We have a summer job. It consists of a little 4-month-old that I call granddaughter. But there is more, much more. We start our... — Updated 6/26/2019
Geezer beach controversy can teach lessons
The stated reasons for banning vehicles from geezer beach seem devoid of logic and common sense. The implication is that geezers and geezeretts are hopeless, bumbling, incompetents who need to be protected from themselves. Geezers... — Updated 6/26/2019
Only you can prevent forest fires
Did you listen to Smokey the Bear? He wasn’t just talking to children; he was talking to you there, mister, flicking your cigarette ashes out of the car, lighting fireworks to enjoy their exploding lights and sounds, mowing the law... — Updated 6/26/2019
Lake Roosevelt trying for positive discipline rather than fear-based
Do fear tactics work as a discipline technique in schools? Not according to a slideshow that the Grand Coulee Dam School District board presented at their meeting in the Raider Hub at Lake Roosevelt High School. Between 30 and 40... — Updated 6/26/2019
Ice Age Park could be done as soon as summer of 2020
The Ice Age Park in Electric City may be done as soon as the late summer of 2020. The city council June 11 approved to have SPVV Landscape Architects, who designed the master plan for the park in 2018, move forward with specific... — Updated 6/26/2019
Shooting buffer zone established near city
A buffer zone between the residential neighborhoods of Electric City and Osborne Bay, where the discharge of firearms will not be allowed, was made official at the June 11 Electric City city council meeting. The 500-foot-wide,... — Updated 6/26/2019
Bureau employees are shown appreciation
The Bureau of Reclamation held an employee appreciation event June 19 that included a picnic, some games, and guest speaker Bill Sims, an author who spoke about safety and wrote a... — Updated 6/26/2019
"Elmer City Fire" burns nearly 2,000 acres north of town
A fire about 4.7 miles North of Elmer City burned approximately 1,979 acres Sunday, calling out 100 firefighters and nine aircraft and prompting the evacuation of 250 residents.... — Updated 6/26/2019
