News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Chamber To Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at the Melody Restaurant in Coulee Dam on Thursday, April 9, at noon. Guest speakers will be Teresa Boyer and Deb Dzuck from the WSU Foundation. They will be talking about Estate Planning. CMC Guild to Meet Coulee Medical Center Guild will hold its meeting Monday, April 13, at noon at the hospital. Come early for lunch. Memberhsip dues are only $5. Please join us. Guild meetings are the second Monday of the month. Care and Share Food Bank The food bank at the Church of the... Full story
Jamie L. Pakootas of Nespelem, is proud to announce the birth of her daughter Mary Ernestine George on Saturday, March 28, 2015, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 8 lbs., 1 oz., and was 21-1/2 inches in length at birth. Maternal grandparents are Mary E. Adolph and Philip S. Pakootas.... Full story
Donita and John Carson of Grand Coulee are proud to announce the birth of their son Corby Lee Carson, born Tuesday, March 31, 2015, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 9.49 lbs., and was 21 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Alexus Hoffman 14, Annika Carson 6 and John Carson 4. Maternal grandparents are Teresa Whitney and Donnie Swan. Paternal grandparents are Teresa Whitney and Donnie Swan. Paternal grandparents are Clara Carson and Ronald Carson. Great-grandparents include Terrance Whitney and Maxine Whitney, Corby... Full story
Dr. Tom McNalley, an assistant professor of rehabilitative medicine at the University of Washington gives a talk on concussions to about 20 people at Coulee Medical Center Monday, including hospital personnel, coaches and athletic directors from several school districts. UW medical student Jon Patberg, currently studying at CMC, arranged the session to help provide information and encourage consistant methods of dealing with what can be dangerous injuries for athletes. - Scott Hunter... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 3/22 - Safeway advised the police that there had been a vehicle prowl in its parking lot. A woman said that someone had taken prescriptions. The woman’s husband said the vehicle was locked and there was no way anyone could have gotten into the vehicle. They told police that they didn’t want to report the incident. - An Electric City man was banned from Coulee Medical Center for the second time after he went to the clinic complaining of an earache, then stayed in the lobby for six hours after treatment. A nurse had tal... Full story
Chamber To Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at the Moose Lodge in Grand Coulee on Thursday, March 26, at noon. The program will be presented by members of the Moose on what is happening in the local lodge. Support Center of Okanogan County Community Planning Process The Support Center of Okanogan County, your Community Sexual Assault Program, invites you to participate in a Community Planning Process to allocate Specialized Sexual Assault funds. The three services to consider are: Therapy, Support Groups and Medical... Full story
Grand Coulee 3/13 - A clerk at Safeway reported to police that he saw a man come into the store and take a bottle of vodka and leave the store without paying for it. He pursued the man out of the store but he sped away. The man was known to the clerk who gave his name to police. – Police were advised of a suicidal subject sitting outside Coulee Medical Center who refused to come inside. Mental Health issued a pickup order and the person went inside and was waiting to see a mental health worker. - A man reported two females he hadn’t seen bef... Full story
Supporting the bigger picture Electric City’s council agreed to support the work of the Grant County Economic Development Council and voted $500 in support of the group’s work. The agreement is through Dec. 31. A lot of sludge Electric City has hauled about eight tons of sludge from its arsenic treatment plant to the Grant County Landfill in Ephrata so far this year. Public works director Ken Dexter said about 24 additional tons of sludge are ready to be hauled to the landfill. The sludge comes from cleaning out a large arsenic treatment tan... Full story
An educational event about concussions in student athletes will be offered March 30 from 1-2 p.m. at Coulee Medical Center. Dr. Tom McNalley, MD, an assistant professor of rehabilitative medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine will be here from Seattle to talk about the effects of such brain injuries and the importance of watching for them. The public is encouraged to attend, and organizer Jon Patberg says anyone who tells him they’re coming by Monday, March 23 gets a free lunch. He can be reached at 419-699-3111. Patberg h... Full story
Grand Coulee 3/5 - A woman told police that she had been advised by the IRS that someone had tried to access her account and gain her tax refund. 3/9 - A man on Hill Avenue reported a suspicious man taking pictures near his house. He told police that someone has been trying to get into his house and he thought the man might be casing his place. Police couldn’t find the man but are beefing up patrols in the area. 3/10 - Police noticed a man at a service station known to have a warrant out for his arrest. He was told to get out of the car. W... Full story
Julieanne LaFountaine, 36, was born April 16, 1978, in Seattle. She passed away quietly, due to a sudden cardiac arrest, surrounded by those who loved her most in the late afternoon on Friday, March 6, 2015, at Harborview Medical Center. Julieanne attended school in Half-Moon Bay, California and then Lake Roosevelt High School in Coulee Dam, Washington. Even though Julie grew up on the reservation, she did not like the quiet life and would always go back to Seattle. One would say that the city... Full story
Kara J. Durate of Keller is proud to announce the birth of her son Abel Thomas Durate born Wednesday, March 4 2015, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 8 lbs., 5 oz., and was 21 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Atom, age 4, Alastar, age 2-1/2, and Rocksand, 1-1/2. Maternal grandparents are Richard and Laura Thomas of Nespelem. Paternal grandmother is Anabel Parra of Fresno, Calif. Great-grandparents are Richard Thomas Sr. and Esther Thomas of Nespelem and Meachum and Celia Tulee of White Swan, Was... Full story
Miranda Carden and Colton Ellis of Omak are proud to announce the birth of their son Elum Ronald Ellis, born Tuesday, March 3, 2015, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 10 lbs., and was 20 inches in length at birth. Maternal grandparents are Brandi Toulou and Aaron Carden. Paternal grandparents are Dawn Elder and Bob Crowell Jr. Great-grandparents are Betty Howes and Peggy Wall.... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 2/27 - A man checking Center Elementary School told police that someone had thrown a rock through one of the windows. He said after the glass was cleaned up he planned to put plywood over the window. 3/2 - A man stopped on SR-155 in the middle of Grand Coulee’s business district for speeding pleaded with the officer that he had to go to the toilet. The officer escorted the man to the toilet and then gave him a ticket for not having insurance and a warning on the speeding infraction. - An officer noticed a vehicle with the l... Full story
Chamber to Meet at Pepper Jack’s The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet this Thursday, March 5, at noon at the Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee. General business will be discussed. CMC Guild (Auxiliary) Meetings Have Changed CMC Guild (Auxiliary) has changed monthly meetings to the second Monday of the month from noon to 1 p.m. at the Coulee Medical Center. The guild is seeking new members. The dues are only $5 per year. Please join the group on Monday, March 9, for lunch and become a member. Tax Forms Available For... Full story
Jamie Ward and Shawn Dahlenburg of Almira are proud to announce the birth of their son Camden James Dahlenburg on Tuesday, Feb. 24, 2015, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 8 lbs., 9 oz., and was 20-1/2 inches in length at birth. Sibling includes Liam Dahlenburg. Maternal grandparents are James Ward of Seward, Alaska and Deborah Ward of Electric City. Great-grandfather is Francis Reyes of Elmer City.... Full story
Brian and Randi Heizer of Coulee Dam are proud to announce the birth of their son Kolby Eugene Powell Heizer on Friday, Feb. 27, 2015, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 8 lbs., 5 oz., and was 20-1/2 inches in length at birth. He joins two sisters at home Kiley and Khloee Heizer.... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 2/22 - An officer stopped a motorcycle operator for failing to stop at an intersection on Spokane Way. He was cited for that and for not having an interlock device installed. - An officer saw a man wanted on two warrants and stopped him near Pole Park. He was cited for driving while his license was suspended, failing to register his vehicle within 30 days and not having insurance. The vehicle was towed and the man was to be booked into Grant County Jail on the warrants. - Dispatch advised police of a report of a man being ha... Full story
Two teenagers were killed and a third injured in Coulee City Friday night when the car they were in left the road and hit a light pole at the city park. The driver, Auston Frye, 17, of Hartline; and a passenger, Pedro Huitron, 18, of Lind, died in the crash that occurred about 8:30, the Washington State Patrol reported. Another passenger, Roberto Valdovinos, 16, also of Lind, was injured and flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The 1994 Honda Civic, in which they were traveling west... Full story
Coulee Medical Center managed to show a slim profit in January, following months of losses, mostly due to downward adjustments in the amounts due from Medicaid in 2014. CMC’s financial statements for January showed a $1,351 gain on the bottom line. “I’m the happiest person in the world to say that,” Chief Executive Officer Debbie Bigelow told the hospital district’s commissioners Monday night. The hospital and clinics recorded net operating revenue of nearly $1.9 million in January. Expenses of just over that amount left the bottom line with... Full story
Nancy Esther Ranum McChesney, 80, of Coulee Dam, Wash., died Sunday, Feb. 15, 2015, at Hospice House North in Spokane, WA, with family at her side. Born April 19, 1934, in Faribault, Minn., Nancy was the youngest of four daughters born to Luther H. and Esther Ann Riach Ranum. Nancy lost her mother on her fifth birthday, and her father three years later. She spent the remainder of her childhood living with various relatives in Minnesota and California. She often told her family that it was when... Full story
Chamber to Meet at Siam Palace The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet this Thursday, Feb. 26, at noon at the Siam Palace on Main St., Grand Coulee. Speaking will be Coulee Medical Center Dietitian, Jacie Johnson. Tax Forms Available For those needing 1040 forms and instruction books, they can be picked up at the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center on Main Street in Grand Coulee. Open Sewing Tuesdays from 1-5 p.m. there will be open sewing at the senior center art room. There is no charge. For more information contact Marlene Oddie... Full story
Two teenagers were killed and a third injured in Coulee City Friday night when the car they were in left the road and hit a light pole at the city park. The driver, Auston Frye, 17, of Hartline; and a passenger, Pedro Huitron, 18, of Lind, died in the crash that occurred about 8:30, the Washington State Patrol reports. Another passenger, Roberto Valdovinos, 16, also of Lind, was injured and flown to Harborview Medical Center in Seattle. The 1994 Honda Civic, in which they were traveling west on highway 2, left the road to the right and struck... Full story
Sewer plant updated meeting slated The town of Coulee Dam will hold a wastewater treatment meeting, Wednesday, Feb. 25, beginning at 5 p.m. at town hall. The findings of an alternative analysis for updating the town’s plant will be discussed. The town has been encouraging citizens to attend. “We want to hear from you,” a postcard to residents said this week. Blood drive scheduled The Inland Northwest Blood Center, along with Grand Coulee Community Blood Drive Volunteers led by Sommer Hicks, will conduct a blood drive from 11:30 - 5 p.m., Monda... Full story
Valentine’s month is a good time to celebrate the work that is being done to reduce healthcare-associated infections in our community and to engage consumers in their own care. After all, Coulee Medical Center shares its heart with everyone. We believe one’s family is the most important thing. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reports that each year in the United States, at least 2 million people become infected with bacteria that are resistant to antibiotics. At least 23,000 people die each year as a direct result of these inf... Full story