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Grand Coulee Police 1/13 - A woman reported that she had received a call from a party who said they represented the PUD and if she didn’t pay her back bill they were going to shut her power off. She told the caller that she didn’t owe a back bill and then called PUD customer service who said they were aware of the scam and she should call police. She gave the police the number the party called from. - Two suspicious males were reported to police, who met up with them and questioned them. One was wanted on an arrest warrant from Kennewick, but h...
Grand Coulee’s volunteer fire department responded to 216 ambulance calls within its jurisdiction in 2014 and the department made an additional 51 ambulance calls in Coulee Dam, Fire Chief Richard Paris told the city council recently. The ambulance crews were busy with 112 transports from Coulee Medical Center to other hospitals or to the airport where patients were picked up by MedStar and flown to other sites for treatment. Four additional transports were made for other jurisdictions, Paris reported at the council’s Jan 6 meeting. Fir...
The park district that struggles to find ways to pay for maintaining North Dam Park will have an easier time financing the effort with a new grant from the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. Coulee Area Park and Recreation District commissioners learned Monday night the district will get a five-year matching grant from the USBR, totaling up to $149,703. “We can spend as much as we can match,” Commissioner and Treasurer Phil Hansen told the commissioners. Maintaining the park costs about $30,000 a year, Hansen said. The grant will help pay for tha...
Chief candidate exams Grand Coulee’s Civil Service Commission will conduct oral exams for six candidates who filed for the position of police chief. The top three candidate’s names, test scores and resumes will be given to the mayor for selection, and the selection will go before the city council for confirmation. City sets salaries Grand Coulee council approved monthly salaries for department heads at its meeting last Tuesday night: Acting police chief, $8,568.61; utility foreman, $5,090.46; and city clerk, $3,923.06. The council also for...
Ian and Cara Turner of Electric City, Wash., are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Linnea Aliza Turner, born Sunday, January 11, 2015, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 7 lbs., 10 oz., and was 19 inches in length at birth. She joins sister Kinley, 18 months, at home. Maternal grandparents are Dale and Doris Erickson of Hunters, Wash. Paternal grandparents are Paul and Brenda Turner of Tonasket. Great-grandparents are Dave and Barbara Bauer and Lavelle Turner, all of Priest River, Idaho, and Shirley Dashiell of...
Grand Coulee Police 12/28 - There was a report of a vehicle stolen from a residence on 2nd Street. The owner of the vehicle said it had been locked and the transmission didn’t work. She stated that she told a man he could have it if he transferred title to his name. The man in question has been incarcerated for sometime. Police are investigating. - A man on Young Street said that two cars parked in front of his home had been prowled during the night. Taken were several dollars and loose change. The man said he followed tracks in the snow but l...
Richard James Wippel, 58, of Disautel, entered into eternal rest on the evening of Friday, December 19, 2014, in Grand Coulee, Wash. He was born in Ellensburg, Wash., to Robert Wippel and Mary Miller-Wippel on March 12, 1956. Richard Wippel attended school in Omak, and Pateros in his youth then graduated from Lake Roosevelt High school in 1974. As a young boy Richard was raised in the Methow with his family. He and his cousins would spend all their time exploring the Methow valley. He was...
Tysha Seymour and James O’Hara III of Electric City, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Kameryn Monroe O’Hara on Monday, Dec. 15, 2014, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 7 lbs., 13 oz., and was 19 inches in length at birth....
Jan. 8 • Greg Wilder, the new mayor of Coulee Dam, asked the Douglas County Sheriff to investigate the possible theft of public property and destruction of public records, that of a missing computer used by the former mayor, and the computer’s hard drive. Jan. 15 • A majority of hospital district commissioners voted to immediately hire new legal counsel. The move came as commissioners worked on a turnaround of the administration. Jan. 22 • After receiving extensive burns last Nov. 18 from a fire started by the switch gear for Pump Generat...
Grand Coulee Police 12/7 - Police went to a house on Stevens Avenue in Electric City on a report that a Nespelem man had been hit over the head with a beer bottle. Police went inside and found the injured man holding a bandana over his head. He told police to “get out” and that they were not welcome. Police waited on the porch for medical staff to arrive and when things got under control left the premises. 12/19 - A man living on Continental Heights told police that he is being harassed by another tenant. He is trying to get an ant...
by Scott Hunter Following a shakeup in the Coulee Dam Fire Department that came to a head two weeks ago, town leaders last week stated their confidence that citizens are safe and that calls for emergency services will be met. “In terms of providing protection, we’re safe,” Mayor Greg Wilder said in an interview Wednesday, but he said there are definitely longterm issues that are being addressed. Within the week, Wilder had received three resignations of longtime fire department and ambulance personnel. First, the fire chief, Robert Jacks...
A 58-year-old man was found inside his vehicle in a ditch on “B” Street near the gate to the Bureau of Reclamation industrial area Friday night. The driver, Richard J. Wippel, was later pronounced dead at Coulee Medical Center. Police had to break a side window to gain entrance to the locked pickup, whose driver was then taken to the hospital. The police report stated that there was no sign of a pulse and it appeared that some type of medical condition caused the vehicle to leave the road. The vehicle was not damaged. Washington State Pat...
Grand Coulee Police 12/11 - Loepp Furniture advised police that a big screen TV was missing from its warehouse. An employee had noted that the warehouse roll-up door was part way open when he went to get the TV for delivery. 12/12 - An Electric City resident reported to police that she had backed out of the Senior Center and hit a car across the street, causing minimal damage. - Police checked on a report of a man on Crest who was photographing himself with a sword. Police found the man behind the apartments in the parking lot. - A man who thou...
Following a shakeup in the Coulee Dam Fire Department that came to a head last week, town leaders this week have stated their confidence that citizens are safe and that calls for emergency services will be met. “In terms of providing protection, we’re safe,” Mayor Greg Wilder said in an interview Wednesday, but there are definitely longterm issues that are being addressed. Within the last week, Wilder has received three resignations of longtime fire department and ambulance personnel. First, the fire chief, Robert Jackson resigned. Then Ben A...
As Coulee Medical Center works to build up its business to a sustainable level, it’s finding success with a homegrown approach to recruiting talent, Chief of Staff Dr. Andrew Castrodale said Monday, and it needs to. The feasibility study that underpinned the decision to build a new hospital several years ago called for staffing the facility and its clinic with four physicians by this time, plus a variety of “mid-level” health care providers. It’s been kept open by just two staff physicians, one of whom just left town on a one-year sabbati...
1 years ago The preliminary 2005 budget has been released for the town of Coulee Dam with expenditures at $1.26 million with over $777,000 for police operations including revenue of $540,000 in USBR security contracts. Removed from the budget were roof repairs on the town hall and community building, two new patrol cars and paving for parking lots. Also removed from the budget were plans to match a grant from the Okanogan County Economic Alliance for improvements to Mason City Park. As the...
Danika Williams and Damon Day of Elmer City are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Dixie-Lyn Day, born Tuesday, Dec. 2, 2014, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 8 lbs., 6 oz., and was 20 inches in length at birth. Siblings include William Day 18, Honor Day 15, Gracie Day 13, Miles Livingston 7 and Taloulah Day 4. Maternal grandmother is Flodell Williams. Paternal grandparents are Dawn Duncan, the late William Tonasket. Great-grandparents are Ray and Dixie Buschbaher and the late Lorrain Williams...
Grand Coulee Police 12/2 - A woman on Hill Avenue reported that she was getting text messages and phone calls and wanted the party to stop making them. Police advised her to get a court order. She said she would. - USBR Plant Protection advised police that the gate at the 230 kV Switchyard wouldn’t close. Police stayed at the gate until the maintenance crew arrived. An hour later police received another call that the gate wouldn’t close. They stood by again while maintenance worked on the gate. - USBR Plant Protection advised police there was a...
1 years ago The Grand Coulee town council passed a $2.8 million dollar budget for fiscal year 2005 Tuesday night including $65,000 to replace the roof on city hall, a projected $733,000 budget for law enforcement, and $12,000 is earmarked for tourism activities sponsored by the chamber of commerce. The city will pay more than $860,000 in salaries, overtime and benefits plus an estimated $304,000 for the USBR police security contract. Tis the season for "eats" and good cheer with Stucks Bar and...
Philip Irwin and Amanda Gavin of Wilbur, Wash., are proud to announce the birth of their son Timothy Wayne Irwin, born Friday, Nov., 28, 2014, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 8 lbs. and was 21 inches in length at birth. Sibling includes brother Wyatt Gavin. Maternal grandparents are Tim Gavin and Sharon Gavin. Paternal grandparents are Judy Samek and Wayne Irwin....
The Grand Coulee Dam School District board made two decisions on athletic policy Monday night, one over the objections of one of its members. School board Director Ted Piccolo had issues with changing district policy so that student athletes can be failing one class and still participate in sports. The policy requires athletes to carry a 2.0 grade point average (C average) to participate in sports. The change the board approved allows an athlete to carry one failed grade. “I don’t think it’s too much to ask that a student passes all their...
Donny and Nichole Turcotte of Omak are proud to announce the birth of their son Ozzy Hawk Turcotte on Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 7 lbs., 7 oz., and was 20-1/4 inches in length at birth. Siblings include J’Kobi and Zoe Turcotte. Maternal grandparents are Dale and Beverly Molte of Malott Wash. Paternal grandparents are Cindi Reyes of Omak and Bob Turcotte of Rolette, N.D....
Tjode and Dustin Miley of Grand Coulee are proud to announce the birth of their son Stettson Cole Miley on Monday, Nov. 17, 2014, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 8 lbs., 4 oz., and was 20 inches in length at birth. Maternal grandparents are Joseph and Patti Cole. Paternal grandparents are Bill and Teresa Miley. Great-grandparents are Rose Gallagher and Josephine Cole....
Katy Silva and Randy Carson of Electric City are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Willow Dawn Carson on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2014, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 5 lbs., 7 oz., and was 17-1/2 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Talon, Kosumi and Malila. Maternal grandmother is Deorah Fugett. Paternal grandparents are Clara and Ronald Carson....
Grand Coulee 11/18 - Someone during the night broke into a shower coin box, took it and also tried to access a second coin box at Coulee Playland. Cameras showed those responsible arrived in a truck and spent about 45 minutes on premises. Damage was estimated at $500. Later, police were told by a man that he had been in the area and had seen two men enter the shower area. He gave police a good description of the vehicle. The man told police that he thought they were local. - Police were informed that the driver of a white van damaged the...