News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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No Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not meet this Thursday. Happy New Year! American Legion to Meet The American Legion Post 157 holds legion meetings on the second Tuesday of each month. The next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 10, at the Vet Center in Electric City. Care and Share Food Bank Is Open Fridays The food bank at the Church of the Nazarene has normal operating hours every Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. It is located at the Church of Nazarene, Hwy 174, Grand Coulee. The bank still can use... Full story
The National Park Service, along with local groups, will hold a discussion of an Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail long-range interpretive plan here on Jan. 23. The meeting will take place at 1 p.m., at the Coulee Dam community room at town hall. Denise Bausch will make a 45-minute presentation of the Ice Age Floods Trail plan, followed by a question-and-answer period. Also making a presentation will be Russell Powers, deputy city clerk of Electric City, on what the city is doing on its Pathway & Trail plan. The city plans a recreation... Full story
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, Dec. 22, at Siam Palace, in Grand Coulee. Guest speaker will be Tera Redwine, from Columbia Basin Publishing. Local AA Meetings Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are held on Mondays and Fridays at 6 p.m. 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... Full story
No Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not meet this week. Care and Share Food Bank Is Open Fridays The food bank at the Church of the Nazarene has normal operating hours every Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. It is located at the Church of Nazarene, Hwy 174, Grand Coulee. The bank still can use clean, plastic grocery bags. Local AA Meetings Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are held on Mondays and Fridays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul at 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings. New Hope Group... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, Dec. 8, at Siam Palace. Jaci Gross will be talking about her hike of the Camino de Santiago. American Legion to Meet The American Legion Post 157 will be meeting at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec 12 at the Vets Center in Electric City. Monday Sew-Ins All are welcome at the Coulee Creators Sew-in Monday, Dec. 12, from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. at 512 Federal Ave., Room 207, Grand Coulee. Contact marlene@kissedquilts.com or 509-386-5715 for info. Alumni to meet on... Full story
No Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not meet this Thursday due to the upcoming Vintners and Brewers event Saturday night. Meetings will resume at noon Thursday, Dec. 8. American Legion to Meet The American Legion Post 157 holds legion meetings on the second Tuesday of each month. The next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Dec 12 at the Vets Center in Electric City. Democrats to Meet Okanogan County Democrat are holding a no-host luncheon and reorganization meeting at noon on Saturday, December 3, at The... Full story
A light for security Jerry Sands and Paulette Webley requested that a street light be placed on a pole in the alley near the Grand Coulee Veterinary Clinic. Sands’ letter noted that several of his storage units had been broken into, and Webley had the same problem with her units. Sands said, it “may help keep the thieves away.” The Grand Council City Council approved the request, and Sands will pay for the power used. Golf cart request Dale Baty, owner of Center Lodge Motel, asked Grand Coulee Council if they would look at allowing golf carts t... Full story
No Chamber for the Next Two Weeks The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not meet this Thursday due to the Thanksgiving Day holiday or Thursday, December 1, as organizers will be busy preparing for the Vintners and Brewers Tasting and Auction on December 3. Meetings will resume at noon Thursday, Dec. 8. Grant County Fire Dist 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District 14 wil hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m., Monday, November 28, 2016, at the Electric City Fire Station. Local AA Meetings Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are... Full story
Chamber To Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, November 17, at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee. General business is on the agenda. Blood Drive Monday, Nov. 21 Inland Northwest Blood Center, along with the Grand Coulee Community Blood Drive volunteers led by Sommer Hicks, will be holding a blood drive Monday, November 21, at the community room at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. Donation hours will be 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. A single donation can save the lives of up to three people! Local AA... Full story
Chamber To Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, November 10, at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee. Bill Kinney from the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation will be the guest speaker. Coulee Creators Meet Every Tuesday Coulee Creators, a sewing group, meets every Tuesday, 1-4 p.m., for a sew-in at 412 Federal Ave., Room 207. To RSVP, contact marlene@kissedquilts.com or call 509-386-5715. Monday, Nov. 14, there will be a sew-in from 9 a.m. - 5 p.m. at Kissed Quilts. Grant County Port Dist. 7 to Meet Grant Count... Full story
Chamber To Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon this Thursday, November 3, at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee. General business is on the agenda. American Legion to Meet The American Legion Post 157 regular meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, November 8 at the Vets Center in Electric City. Local AA Meetings Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are held on Mondays and Fridays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul at 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings. New Hope Group meetings are held... Full story
Chamber To Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, October 27, at the Moose Lodge in Grand Coulee. Mona Kaiser, a Master Gardener from Soap Lake will be the guest speaker. Care and Share Food Bank Is Open Fridays The food bank at the Church of the Nazarene has normal operating hours every Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. It is located at the Church of Nazarene, Hwy 174, Grand Coulee. The bank still can use clean, plastic grocery bags. Local AA Meetings Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are held on Mondays... Full story
A forum for Okanogan County commissioner candidates was markedly civil Thursday night in Coulee Dam, despite a campaign season possibly among the most contentious in recent county history. That may have been due to a decidedly local focus in the questions put to the four by moderator Bob Valen, the vice president of the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce, which sponsored the event. Valen sprinkled in questions submitted from an audience of 18 among a dozen pre-written for the event. Commi... Full story
Chamber To Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, October 20, at the Moose Lodge in Grand Coulee. Steve Philips will speak about a student mentoring pro-gram. School Retirees’ to Meet Oct. 28 The Okanogan County Retirees’ Association general meeting will be a no-host luncheon at 11 a.m., Friday, October 28, at the Koala Street Grill, 914 Koala St., Omak..... Full story
The Electric City Council passed tourism promotion funding package for local interests at its meeting Tuesday night. There was money from the city’s lodging tax for new activities, but less money than the city had given the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce in the past. Through a number of proposals, the chamber received $16,500, down from almost $30,000 the year before. The city council tourism committee, made up of councilmembers Richard McGuire and Brad Parrish, had proposed $12,000 to the chamber of commerce for fireworks on July 4... Full story
A forum for voters to hear the positions of candidates for two contested Okanogan County commissioner seats will take place Thursday at Lake Roosevelt Schools. The two hotly contested races come after months of push-back on the existing commissioners on several issues that led to the formation of a group dedicated to unseating them. One of them, Commissioner Ray Campbell, lost in the primary election. Represent Okanogan County 2016 contends the board of commissioners is sacrificing local fiscal responsibility to affect national conservative... Full story
Chamber To Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, October 13, at the Moose Lodge in Grand Coulee. Tom Poplawski will be speaking about the Almira/Coulee Dam Community Church. CMC Guild To Meet The Coulee Medical Center Guild will be hold its regular meeting at noon next Monday, Oct. 17, at the hospital. Local AA Meetings Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are held on Mondays and Fridays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul at 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings... Full story
Okanogan County Board of Commissioners candidates will address the public in an open forum Thursday, October 13, in Coulee Dam at Lake Roosevelt Schools. The forum, sponsored by the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce, will take place in the elementary side cafeteria, from 7-9 p.m. Doors will open at 6:30. Two commissioner positions are at stake in the election. Chamber Vice President Bob Valen, of Lincoln County, will moderate. Republican incumbent Sheilah Kennedy, of Okanogan, faces challenger and independent Chris Branch, Omak, for... Full story
A judge of the superior court of one of the four local counties whose corners meet in the Grand Coulee Dam community has ideas he thinks should be considered across counties to help curb local crime. But he has to get re-elected first. Grant County Superior Court Judge David Estudillo addressed Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce members Thursday. Appointed by Gov. Jay Inslee a year ago to fill out the term of retiring Judge Evan Sperline, Estudillo now must seek election by the people,... Full story
Chamber To Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon this Thursday, October 6, at the Moose Lodge in Grand Coulee. Tom Poplawski will be speaking about the Almira/Coulee Dam Community Church and its launch on October 9. Grant County PUD Offices Closed for Training Grant PUD’s offices in Moses Lake, Ephrata, Quincy, Royal City and Grand Coulee will be closed on Monday, Oct. 10, for training. The Grant PUD Call Center will be open from 8 a.m. to noon. Our offices and call center will resume normal hours on Tuesday, O... Full story
Chamber To Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, September 29, at La Presa Mexican Restaurant in Grand Coulee. Judge Estudillo will be the guest speaker. Grant County Port Dist. 7 Budget Meeting Grant County Port District 7 will hold its preliminary budget meeting at the regular meeting on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 5 p.m., at the Grand Coulee Dam Airport office. Bible Study Fellowship for Women An international and inter-denominational Bible study fellowship for women is being offered Thursday evening... Full story
The school board has set four main goals as the Grand Coulee Dam School District heads into the new school year. Superintendent Paul Turner and members of the board met in a long evening retreat to discuss school affairs and to set some specific goals a few weeks ago. The four major goals are: • Improve student attendance and how attendance relates to a good education. • Address specific facility issues. • Improve communications and promotion of Lake Roosevelt. • Fine tune the budget process. On the attendance issue, the board is considering a... Full story
It was like grill heaven Sunday at North Dam Park. Seventeen grills were cooking and grill masters turned out from Idaho, Oregon and throughout Washington, going after prize money and having fun at the same time. Many of the top 10 competitors in the Northwest competed. It was the final event of a two-day Harvest Festival, in its fifth running. Vying for the big bucks, a Tacoma, Washington griller, Pitbull BBQ, picked up the top prize of $2,000 and the grand champion award. Wine Country Q, from Duvall, Washington, picked up reserve grand... Full story
No Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not meet this Thursday. The chamber will resume meetings at noon on Thursday, Sept. 29, at at La Presa Mexican Restaurant, with Judge Estudillo as the guest speaker. Grant County Port Dist. 7 Budget Meeting Grant County Port District 7 will hold its preliminary budget meeting at the regular meeting on Thursday, Sept. 29, at 5 p.m., at the Grand Coulee Dam Airport office. Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting... Full story
This would be a good weekend to stay in the Coulee and take advantage of the many facets of the fifth annual Harvest Festival. Gather the kids, the grandkids, and be at North Dam Park for a celebration designed for all ages. The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce has put together a host of events within the Harvest Festival so that all ages can have fun. The event will run Saturday and Sunday, September 17-18. For the kids, there will be pumpkin and zucchini decorating, water balloons, face painting and a bubble station 10-4 Saturday. Fo... Full story
