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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Congressman Dan Newhouse visited Lake Roosevelt Schools Tuesday, touring the building and learning about the challenges the school district faces, particularly financial issues. Newhouse represents Washington's 4th Congressional District, which spans Central Washington from Oregon to Canada, including most of the Grand Coulee Dam area. Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Paul Turner and school board Chairman Rich Black showed the congressman around, and three members of Newhouse's...
People like getting packages. It's a little bit like Christmas. And someone who has been delivering peoples' packages in the area for 40 years is retiring from United Parcel Service. Merle Roberts started working for UPS on March 23, 1979, working out of what Roberts describes as "a little makeshift unloading dock" in Grand Coulee, "outside year round" before UPS had opened an office on Van Tyne Avenue 13 years later. The job was Roberts' first "real job" aside from doing some farm work in the...
CITY OF ELECTRIC CITY NOTICE OF PUBLIC WORKSHOP Comprehensive Plan And Capital Facilities Plan NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a public workshop will be held by Electric City from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. on May 7, 2019 at City Hall located at 10 Western Avenue, Electric City, Washington, to receive public input regarding revisions to the Comprehensive Plan and Capital Facilities Plan. The draft amendments can be found on our website at www.electriccity.us under the Government Tab then Planning and Zoning. The public is encouraged to attend, comment and... Full story
Earth Day celebration Friday The Colville Tribes are hosting an Earth Day celebration at the Nespelem Powwow grounds Friday, April 19 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event will have informational and interactive booths, a free hot dog lunch, a raffle, and more. Easter egg hunt on Saturday The Lions Club’s 82nd annual Easter egg hunt will be held at the former middle school’s athletic field in Grand Coulee at 11 a.m. on Saturday, April 20. The event is free for children 0-10 years of age. School board accepts donations The board for the Grand Coulee...
Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High School is getting a new principal. Kirk Marshlain currently teaches English language arts and special education at Foothills Middle School in Wenatchee, and will take on the principalship at LR for the 2019-20 school year. Marshlain grew up in Lake Chelan, and after graduating from high school there, received a baseball scholarship to Simpson University in Redding, California, where he played baseball and earned a bachelor's in English for teachers in 2010....
Chamber This Week Chamber will be meeting at noon this Thursday, April 18, at Siam Palace. Dr. Hsieh, Chief of Staff at Coulee Medical Center, will be the guest speaker. GCD School Board Meeting The Grand Coulee Dam School District will be holding its board meeting at 6 p.m., Monday, April 22, at the LRHS library. Food Bank Distributing Easter Meal Items This Friday The Care and Share Food Bank will be giving out Easter meal items this Friday, April 19. It will be open 1 hour earlier from 1-4 p.m. The food bank normal operating hours are every...
GCD School District 301J 2018-19 Budget Hearing Notice is hereby given that Grand Coulee School District No. 301J is preparing to change the 2018-19 Capital Project Fund budget. The Directors will meet on May 2nd, 2019 at 6:00 p.m., in the Lake Roosevelt High School library for the purpose of fixing and adopting these changes for the current fiscal year. Any person may appear at this time and be heard for or against any part of the budget. By order of the Board of Directors, B. Paul Turner, Superintendent. (Publish April 17 and 24, 2019) GRAND... Full story
Cathy LaPlace’s criticism of having half days of school for the state tourney was a bit miscalculated. I find it hard to believe that she or anyone else would think that a sport affects only the participants. Lake Roosevelt’s teams represent the identity of the schools and are a source of pride for both students and the Grand Coulee Dam Area community. On top of that, it’s a pleasure to read about the school’s success even if one doesn’t live there. I say congratulations to the schools and community and I hope to be there with you next year...
Time is running out to submit applications for Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association scholarships. The applications must be postmarked by May 1, 2019. The awards are open to high school graduating seniors and college students who are direct descendants of former students who attended any of the Grand Coulee School District 55 schools. College students must have successfully completed at least one year of college. Also eligible to apply for the scholarships are all Lake Roosevelt High School graduating seniors from the class of 2019....
Is it right to disrupt school for hundreds of students because of a sport played by a small percentage of them? That was a topic of discussion at the Grand Coulee Dam School District’s Board of Directors meeting March 25. Cathy LaPlace addressed the board in the public-comment section of the meeting. LaPlace is the wife of Director George LaPlace, and the two have students in the district. Cathy LaPlace criticized the school’s last-minute decision to have two half-days of school in March because of the Raiders high school basketball team com...
A school board last week discussed the idea of seeking student input on issues related to the school that students attend. At their March 25 meeting, directors of the Grand Coulee Dam School District tossed around the idea of having a representative from the Associated Student Body attend school board meetings to bring thoughts and concerns from the student body to the board, and to take information back to the student body from the meetings. Superintendent Paul Turner cited Manson School District as having an ASB representative attend their...
No Chamber This Week Chamber will not be meeting this Thursday. Meetings will resume Thursday, April 11 at the Siam Palace. Special School Board Meeting April 8 The Grand Coulee Dam School District will be holding a special school board meeting Monday, April 8 at 6 p.m. in the LRHS library. Eagles Auxiliary to Meet Eagles Auxiliary will meet Tuesday, April 16, 6 p.m. at the Eagles Lodge. The group meets the first and third Tuesdays of every month. Senior Volunteers Offering Caregivers a Break Senior Center volunteers will be offering free...
Twenty Years Ago The Electric City Town Council last night turned down a request from Rose and Andy Bise to operate a car detailing business out of their soon-to-be home. Grand Coulee Dam Area Junior Miss Brita Montes heads to Pullman Jan. 17 where she will participate in the state Junior Miss competition. The GCD Area Chamber of Commerce will conduct its annual installation banquet on Jan. 15. Five eighth graders came to the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce meeting last Thursday to present their design ideas for flood-proof housing....
Chamber This Week Chamber will meet this Thursday, March 20, at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille beginning at noon. Ryan Rodin, Government Contracting Specialist from Greater Spokane will be conducting a workshop on the in’s and out’s on how to obtain HUBZone certification for your business. HUBZone certification is the hardest goal for federal agencies to hit in terms of contracts awarded, so there’s a good incentive for businesses to be certified. School Board to Meet March 25 The Grand Coulee Dam School District will be holding a school board meet...
Discipline issues at Lake Roosevelt Elementary School are going down, and students are performing better in English Language Arts and math, according to the principal. Principal Lisa Lakin spoke to the Grand Coulee Dam Area School District board of directors March 11 about the elementary school, and presented a draft of an “Elementary School Improvement Plan.” Lakin discussed the need to improve students scores in English Language Arts and math, but said that scores are going up. “We have students that have already made, this year, two or th...
Out of five candidates, Kirk Marshlain has been chosen as the new Lake Roosevelt Junior-Senior High School principal. The Grand Coulee Dam School District board approved giving Superintendent Paul Turner the go-ahead to hire Marshlain at their March 11 meeting. “I think he’ll be a great addition to our team,” Turner said about Marshlain. Marshlain currently works as a special education teacher in the Wenatchee School District and has worked at a home for troubled youth, Turner said. He’s currently finishing an administrative internship in Wena...
3th District reps to hold town hall meeting Reps. Mike Steele, R-Chelan, and Keith Goehner, R-Dryden, will hold a “town hall” meeting on Saturday, March 23, at Wenatchee Valley College’s Grove Recital Hall, 1300 Fifth Street from 10 a.m. to noon. The lawmakers will provide an update on the 2019 legislative session. Community members in the 12th District, which includes much of the Grand Coulee Dam area, are invited to attend, ask questions and share their comments about state government-related issues. Local kids to star The Missoula Children...
Are you interested in helping make a difference in the local cities, parks, schools, hospital, or elsewhere? There are 28 local offices up for election this fall, including positions on city councils, school boards, and various districts in the area. Those interested in running need to file their candidacy with their county elections office between May 13 and 17. Cities Electric City has four city council positions, as well as the mayor’s office, up for election this fall. Three of the four council positions are for four-year terms; the fourth...
Twenty Years Ago Work has begun on the expansion of Banks Lake Golf and Country Club. The Grand Coulee Dam is one of few dams which hasn’t been mentioned for removal, but according to economic consultant Bob Lonn, the disappearance of other dams in an effort to save fish populations will be damaging to the local economy. The continued slow crumbling of the hillside below Coulee Community Hospital and parallel to Fortuyn Road has forced the hand of the Grand Coulee Council to declare a city emergency. Going to state wrestling for the Raiders i...
An audition will be held for the Missoula Children’s Theatre’s production of THE FROG PRINCE (Monday, March 11, 2019 at the Lake Roosevelt High School gymnasium) from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Those auditioning should arrive at 3:30 p.m. and plan to stay for the full two hours. Some of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the audition. Among the roles to be cast are three sisters – who also happen to be Princesses, two students to play the lonely Frog, Ollie the Aspen Tree, bumbling Knights, kindly Swamp... Full story
The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Grand Coulee Dam School District disagree on the impact a bureau project will have on local schools. The USBR is planning a 10-year project to update three generators, named G19-21, in the Third Powerhouse starting in 2023, similar to the ongoing project of updating G22-24 that started in 2010, and is estimated to cost $100 million. The USBR’s Environmental Assessment for the proposed G19-21 update states that the project would have at most 103 workers and “could result in an increased enrollment of five stu...
The Lake Roosevelt High School gym will likely be closed during the summer to upgrade its heating, ventilation and air-conditioning system. The new HVAC system will be installed on the roof, keeping the noise from the system out of the gym, and granting easy access to the system. The board and superintendent of the Grand Coulee Dam School District discussed the upcoming project and others at their Feb. 25 meeting. The projects will be paid for with about a million dollars from the district’s Capital Projects Levy, which will bring in roughly h...
Twenty Years Ago Last Wednesday evening a small section of the hillside just below Coulee Community Hospital fell. What it exposed was the danger the hospital is trying to avoid in moving its electric transformers away from the edge. Two fire departments attacked a house fire in Coulee Dam Thursday morning, but despite their best efforts the home of Doris Matt was burned severely. Cougar sightings continued last week, but none have been captured. All the cougars have been seen just beyond the end of Central Drive in Coulee Dam. First baby of...
Chamber This Week Chamber will meet this Thursday, February 21, at La Presa Restaurant beginning at noon. Allan Peterson of the Grant County Economic Council will be the guest speaker. Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District #14 will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 25, at the Electric City fire barn. GCDSD Board to Meet Grand Coulee Dam School District school board will meet Monday, February 25, in the LRHS library beginning at 6 p.m. Child Find at Nespelem School Child Find will be held Wed.,...
A levy to support the Grand Coulee Dam School District appeared to be passing with vote counts listed for the four counties in favor by 58.14 percent. Passage of a school levy requires a simple majority of 50 percent plus one. The replacement levy, which asked voters to approve an approximate $1.50 rate per thousand dollars of assessed property value, was approved in each of the counties: by 61 percent in Douglas County, 61-39 votes; by 55.79 percent in Grant County, 260-206; 56.89 percent in Lincoln County, 49-37; and by 61.92 percent in...