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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Marjorie Ann Drolet died peacefully on Tuesday, February 14, 2023 at Coulee Medical Center under the care of her endearing hospital staff. Marjorie was born April 1, 1929, to Frank and Pearl Epperson. Her parents, originally from Missouri, moved to Washington where they had three daughters one son. Margie had a husband, Jack, and two sons, Don Sr. and Richard, who all proceeded her in death. Marge is survived by many grand and great-grandchildren. She was young at heart and full of love and... Full story
Blood Drive to be Held Monday Vitalant Blood Drive will be held this upcoming Monday, April 17 at the American Legion in Electric City. The drive will be held from 1:30 - 5:30pm. For more information go to vitalant.org or call 877-25-VITAL. Grant County Mosquito District to Meet Grant County Mosquito District #2 will hold its monthly meeting, Thursday, April 13, 2023 at 4:00 pm at 210 W. Coulee Blvd in Electric City, WA. Okanogan County School Retirees to meet Okanogan County School Retirees' Association will hold a general meeting Friday,...
Grand Coulee Police 3/31 - Police went to Wenatchee Avenue to investigate a possible burglary. It turned out, a man thought he was going to his friend’s house, but went to the wrong house. His friend’s house was across the street. 4/1 - At the request of Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office, an officer waited with a patient at the hospital following a collision until a deputy from LCSO arrived. 4/2 - Police received a report of a man and woman arguing and the woman running towards the road in the Four Corners area of SR-174 and Midway Avenue. No on...
Grand Coulee Senior Center NOTICE OF BID REQUESTS Grand Coulee Senior Center needs a new flat roof with downspouts, must work with nonprofits, call Dave Roberts at 509-633-2321 for appointment. 203 Main Street, Grand Coulee Washington 99133. (Publish April 12, 2023) CCT Department of Transportation REQUEST FOR QUOTES Mag Chloride Quote Request Nespelem, Washington Closing Date: April 24, 2023 @ 2:00 P.M./P.S.T BID Opening Date: April 24, 2023 @ 3:00 P.M./P.S.T. For complete information go here https://www.colvilletribes.com/... Full story
The March Food Drive brought in over 2,000 pounds of food and over $,3000 to help provide nutrition to those in need for months to come, the food bank announced. "Care & Share Food Bank of Grand Coulee Dam expresses its thanks and gratitude to the entire community for their support of our March Food Drive ... It was inspiring to have the community work together for this noble cause in uncertain times," stated Shawn Neider, president of the food bank and pastor of Zion and Bethel Lutheran...
Wesley O. "Wes" Jr. Seyler, (71) of Wilbur, Washington passed away the morning of Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Spokane, Washington surrounded by his loving family. Born Friday, August 17, 1951 in Nespelem, Washington to Wesley O. Sr. and Barbara M. Quill-Seyler, Wes graduated from Chilocco, Indian School of Kay County, Oklahoma in 1971. Wesley served his country with the United States Air Force from October of 1975 to August 30, 1977, when he transferred to the Air National Guard, serving with... Full story
Richard Dennis Henry (59) of Electric City, Washington, born Friday May 3rd, 1963 in Renton, Washington to Richard D. & Sharon J. Henry, passed away Tuesday February 28th, 2023 in Grand Coulee, Washington. Richard attended High School in Kent, Washington, where he was a member of the football team. Following his graduation in 1981, Richard was proud to serve his country with the United States Army for three years. After receiving his Honorable Discharge from the US Military, Richard went on to... Full story
Robert (Bob) Clifford Morgan was born Dec. 11, 1937, and died Monday, March 13, 2023. Bob was born on the family farm near Lebanon, MO to parents Clifford H and Mary Emma (Hansen) Morgan. He attended the one room Bolles school through the 4th grade when the family moved to California for a year. They moved to Electric City, Washington and Bob graduated from Grand Coulee High School in 1955. Bob attended WSU and joined the Kappa Sig fraternity where he made life-long friends. Bob and a college fr... Full story
Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to meet Grant County Fire District #14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, April 10th, at 6pm at the Electric City Fire Station. AA Meetings in the Area AA meetings are held Monday through Saturday at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul at 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings. New Hope Group meetings are held Wednesdays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center. 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...
Grand Coulee Police 3/28 - Four “safety chains” were stolen from the dumping area of the Delano transfer station. It cost the station $318.07 to replace the chains. The manager showed police a cut section of fence believed to have been used to access the station, and estimated the cost to repair the fence to be about $200. - Police saw a man using a dipstick to try and gain entry to a vehicle parked on Alcan Road. The man told police he had permission from the owners to try and gain entry to the vehicle. Police spoke to the owners of the veh...
After a week of holding two opponents scoreless in four games, the Lady Raiders ended their last game too early Friday when Presley Steffens suffered a broken leg. It happened at Liberty Bell High School, where Steffens was making a play at second base to put out a runner who slid into her. Steffens suffered a complete break of both the major bones in her lower leg and won't be playing the rest of the season. The game, the second of a doubleheader, was called at the bottom of the second inning....
Over 400 individually curated Easter baskets stand ready at the Grand Coulee Dam Area Senior Center Monday after volunteers put them together recently for the center's annual fund raiser. They go on sale today, Wednesday. - Gwen Hilson photo...
Brian Walters, a UPS driver and Grand Coulee Volunteer Firefighter, is awarded the 2023 Life Saving Award by Grant County Sheriff Joe Kriete. In July 2022, Walters pulled a 7-year-old out of a pool at the Smokiam Resort outside Soap Lake and performed CPR on her. - Grant County Sheriff's Office photo...
AA Meetings in the Area AA meetings are held Monday through Saturday at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul at 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings. New Hope Group meetings are held Wednesdays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center. 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 at 634-4921 for more information. Food Bank Open Care & Share Food Bank regular hours are Fridays 1-3 p.m. Join our Facebook Group. Questions call Pastor Shawn at...
Grand Coulee Police 3/21 - Police spoke to three females and a male in a car that ran out of gas and was parked on the dirt road to the Crescent Bay area off SR-155. The officer estimated them to be about 18 years old. There was an empty Twisted Tea alcoholic beverage on the floorboard, and it appeared that the three young women had smoked marijuana, while the young man hadn’t, and said he had been the one driving. One of the young women was sitting in the driver’s seat, and allegedly gave police a fake name. She faces charges of making a fal...
The Raider softball team scored their first win of the season Tuesday night, putting Liberty Bell's girls down 15-0. The win broke a four-game losing streak. Lake Roosevelt lost to Quincy, there, March 16, 5-2. Okanogan beat them 12-1 in Grand Coulee March 21, then twice in last Saturday's doubleheader in Okanogan 13-2, 15-5. Tuesday night, Raider Sawyer Steffens hit a home run. Lake Roosevelt will play Bridgeport in Grand Coulee on Thursday, March 30 at 4:30 p.m. The Liberty Bell gets another...
Workers in protective gear on top of Grand Coulee Dam get inundated with dust as they sandblast a lowered drum gate Friday. The gates hold back Lake Roosevelt when it's close to full, and the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation takes advantage of lower lake levels to get some maintenance done. The lake was at about 1,249 feet above sea level at this point, following a curve similar to last year but a little lower, earlier, and about at the average low point in early May. "Full pool" is 1,290 when these...
Police arrested two men last week after “an alert citizen” reported the two were burglarizing storage units on SR-174 near Lakeview Terrace, the Lincoln County Sheriff’s Office reported. The sheriff’s office asked Grand Coulee Police to respond until deputies could arrive. Sgt. Dan Holland and Officer Shaffer arrived and split up to search different facilities. L&M Storage owner Rod Boutaine told Shaffer the two were headed down Spring Canyon Road. Coulee Dam Police Chief Paul Bowden also responded. Before long, Shaffer had them at gunpoin...
Grand Coulee Police 3/8 - Police received a complaint about someone “blasting” music at apartments on Continental Heights. Police went there but didn’t hear any music. A resident said she had not been blasting music and that she hadn’t heard music be blasted either. - A city worker told police that a woman arrived at the city shop on Dill Avenue and threatened to sue her. After some arguing, which included profanities, the woman left. Police spoke to her at her home. She told police the city worker was out to get her. The woman said she was...
Wesley O. "Wes" Seyler, 71, of Wilbur, Washington passed away Saturday, March 18, 2023, in Spokane, Washington. A Community Wake and recitation of The Rosary for Wesley will be at 7:00PM on Thursday, March 23rd, 2023 at the Inchelium Community Center in Inchelium, Washington. Funeral Mass will be held at 10:00AM Friday morning, March 24, 2023 also at the Inchelium Community Center. Graveside services will follow at Kewa Cemetery. Wes' full obituary will run in the next edition of the Star...
Sharon Ann (Wiese) Rinker of Mansfield, Washington passed away just after her 90th birthday, around 10:50pm the evening of Monday March 13, 2023. Sharon Rinker was born Sunday, March 12, 1933 to Herbert Walter Wiese and Catherine Adeline (Lunday) Wiese. She was the 2nd of three siblings. Saturday, June 18, 1949 Sharon married Willard "Bill" Rinker at St. Benedict's Catholic Church of Coulee Dam, Washington. Willard passed away in 2016, following their 67 years together. Survived by her...
William "Billy Joe" Mollenberg, 74, of Coulee Dam, Washington, "Loving Dad, Grandpa, Adventurer and Classic Car Guy", left us the morning of Monday March 13, 2023, from Grand Coulee, Washington. Bill entered this world Tuesday, June 8, 1948 to Jefford Mollenberg & Leona Seastrom in Oregon State. As a child Bill was adopted and lovingly raised by his grandparents: Eark & Emma Toulou-Crawford. Bill excelled as a member of the Inchelium High School Hornets Basketball and Baseball teams, graduating...
Isaiah Frank Adolph, 20, known as "Shark Boy" to Friends and Family, of Nespelem, Washington, left us all much too soon on Thursday, March 9, 2023. Born in Grand Coulee, Washington to Noland and Mitzi Seymour-Adolph, on Saturday, September 21st, 2002, Isaiah graduated from Lake Roosevelt High School in 2021. A member of the Colville Confederated Tribes and Catholic Church, Isaiah was always active and with a ready smile for all. He enjoyed gaming, being on "Tik Tok", playing a round of golf...
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS TOWN OF COULEE DAM WEST COULEE DAM LIFT STATION General Notice Town of Coulee Dam (Owner) is requesting Bids for construction of the West Coulee Dam Lift Station Project. Bids for construction of the Project will be received by the Owner via electronic submission only, until 2:00 PM, April 12, 2023 local time. Bids will be opened and read aloud virtually via the following link: Join with Google Meet meet.google.com/opy-wegi-idy Join by phone (US) +1 505-445-2467 PIN: 694 455 289# A bid summary will be issued after...
A recently formed non-profit group threw an introductory event Friday night to introduce its vision and hopes, which started with friends putting on a fishing tournament but now embraces much more. Nic Alexander told a group gathered at Voltage Coffee House after hours that the new "Reel Recreation" non-profit aims to encourage kids to get outside. The group sponsored the informal event. The group of friends originally got together to take over the management of the Grand Coulee Dam Area...
