Articles from the October 29, 2014 edition
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Legals for October 29, 2014
Town of Nespelem Notice of Public Hearings Notice is hereby given that the Town of Nespelem will hold a Preliminary Budget Hearing on Wednesday, November 12, 2014, 5:00 PM at Town Hall. Copies of the 2014 Preliminary Budget are... — Updated 6/17/2015
By District will keep Center School and land
The Grand Coulee Dam School District board authorized the purchase of Center School and land adjacent to it at its meeting Monday night. The title to the site used by local school districts for decades stipulated that ownership... — Updated 11/4/2014
Homes are haunted by the Halloween spirit
Halloween for a couple of houses in the area is a real production. Children have a couple of favorite places to visit on Halloween, one in Electric City and the other in Coulee... — Updated 10/31/2014
NPS plans fee raises for Lake Roosevelt
National Park Service officials at Coulee Dam presented their proposal last week to boost boat launch and camping fees for Lake Roosevelt. One of their main concerns, said Lake Roos... — Updated 10/29/2014
Senior Menu for November
Mon., Nov. 3 - Breakfast Polish Sausage and Cheese Scramble, Hashbrowns and Toast, Apricots, Orange Juice. Tues., Nov. 4 – Dinner Pork Cutlets, Scalloped Potatoes Assorted Vegetables, Molded Fruit Salad, Apple Surprise. Wed., N... — Updated 10/29/2014
Ladies prepare for tiebreaker
Lady Raider Volleyball will play a tiebreaker match to settle the matter of who is the number-five team in the North tomorrow at Pateros High School. LR will be playing Liberty... — Updated 10/29/2014
Board accepts personnel changes
The Grand Coulee Dam School District board approved a number of hires, allowed a leave of absence, and approved the retirement of a veteran counselor at its meeting Monday night. The board met in the new school after providing a... — Updated 10/29/2014
Buy a Paver to help build a gym
The LRHS Associated Student Body has been selling "Pavers" as a fundraiser to support extra-curricular programs, this time we are running this fundraiser to have the funds go to... — Updated 10/29/2014
It's a girl for the Parks
On Oct 1, 2014 Jamie and Michael Park are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Brookelynn Eileen Park, born Wednesday, Oct. 1, 2014, in Las Vegas, Nev., at 9:23 p.m. She weighed 6 lbs., 7 oz., and was 18 inches in... — Updated 10/29/2014
Meetings and Notices
Chamber Meeting The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet this Thursday, Oct. 23, at noon at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee. Debbie Bigelow and a team from Coulee Medical Center will be speaking on PPE (... — Updated 10/29/2014
Burned out house comes down
Jeremy Walker, of Eastside Wood Recycling from Moses Lake, starts work on the tear-down of a house at 611 Holly Street in Coulee Dam Monday. It burned Sept. 18, 2012. The firm bid... — Updated 10/29/2014
Charles "Tom" Logan
Charles “Tom” Logan, 63, passed away at Sacred Heart Medial Center in Spokane on Friday, Oct. 17, 2014, as a result of a long battle with lung and heart complications. At his request no service will be held. He is survived by his... — Updated 10/29/2014
Coulee Recollections
1 years ago Marine Lance Corporal Rusty Marchand, a 1999 Lake Roosevelt High School graduate and former student of the Nespelem School, was home on leave this month, returning to his base at Twenty Nine Palms, Calif. where he... — Updated 10/29/2014
Perspective on Ebola
Some of our national news media and some politicians have sensationalized Ebola. Is that reasonable? We cannot know the future. Ebola may eventually become the Halloween trick of the century, but right now it is not. We are... — Updated 10/29/2014
Chats that mean something
I have had the privilege the past few months to have had a couple of chats that I will cherish for the rest of my life. Sometimes in a world of fast paced mayhem and “gotta go” att... — Updated 10/29/2014
Local marijuana moratoriums prevent job development
These ridiculous moratoriums against legal marijuana businesses only stops jobs from coming to our community! I understand that the people that are opposed to these businesses have all the money they need to get by. ALL THE REST... — Updated 10/29/2014
Rotary planning sign project
The Grand Coulee Dam Area Rotary Club has started planning for a few community projects. One project is to gather all the individual services club, church and other not-for-profit... — Updated 10/29/2014
Vote down Electric City Proposition No. 1
Voting for a property tax increase for Electric City (E.C.) police protection is one thing, but in effect giving the city government a blank check to determine the type of police services is another. E.C. recently sent a letter to... — Updated 10/29/2014
Sailing to a new horizon
OK mates: It’s time to bid adios to the Airport Addition. During the past 34 years our three kids have graduated from college and are well on their way to seeking their fortunes, o... — Updated 10/29/2014
Don't steal the rocks
Since 9-11 I have watched the evolution of Bureau security in and around the Dam. For a long time, it appeared that the after a shaky start, the program would mature with age. I now think I was wrong. In the beginning, the powers... — Updated 10/29/2014
Contract extended for superintendent
Dr. Dennis Carlson’s contract as superintendent of schools was extended for an additional year by the Grand Coulee Dam School District board Monday night. The extension will take Carlson’s contract through June 30, 2016. This is... — Updated 10/29/2014
Newsbriefs
You have our permission sleep in Daylight Savings time ends this Sunday morning. Move clocks back one hour. Boat launch permits available online Seasonal boat launch permits for Lake Roosevelt are now availabe online and at Coulee... — Updated 10/29/2014
Totals for fixing up old school OK'd
The Grand Coulee Dam School Districts board at its Monday night meeting approved seven construction change orders for $613,199 for work relating to the building of the new school complex, upgrading the old high school and... — Updated 10/29/2014
Chief's job keeps civil service protection
Grand Coulee Mayor Chris Christopherson has lost his bid to remove the police chief job from Civil Service Commission protection. He has stated it was his goal to remove the police chief from under the Civil Service Commission. He... — Updated 10/29/2014
School furnishings will be sold soon
Following the move from the old elementary and middle school buildings in Grand Coulee to the new school complex in Coulee Dam, hundreds of items left in the two buildings will be tagged for sale. The new school has all new... — Updated 10/29/2014
