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 this Thursday July 18 at noon at Sunbanks. Dan Foster, new superintendent of the National Park Service will be the guest speaker and will present his envision for the local park system. Gun Club Organizational Meeting A meeting will be held Saturday, July 20, at 6 p.m., to organize a gun club in the Grand Coulee Dam area. The meeting will be held at the Eagles Lodge, 122 B. Street, Grand Coulee. Everyone is welcome. This is a chance to be a founding member. Any questions...
Teddy Kirk of Coulee City, Wash., was one of seven children, born August 20, 1931, at her grandmother’s home in St. John Wash., to Ted and Margaret F. (Davis) Schuster. She entered into the arms of her Lord and Savior Jesus Christ on Wednesday, July, 3, 2013, while loved ones were gathered around her. Teddy was raised on a farm and knew the value of hard work. She was very resourceful and approached her work with a sense of joy and vigor, enjoying the fruits of her labor while always sharing with those around her. She passed on these s...
Some upcoming activities at the Grand Coulee library are: July 19, 11 a.m. - Dig into Geology with Phil Hansen. July 26, 11 a.m. - NCRL Puppet Show. August 2, 11 a.m. - Renowned NW author / illustrator Eric Brooks August 9, tba - Dig into Archaeology. August 16, 10:30 a.m. - SRP Gala -games, crafts, food, FUN! Summer Reading Program participants will also earn prizes after they have read a total of ten hours. Lots of drawings and prizes throughout the summer. This summer an opportunity to participate in summer reading on the internet with...
Grand Coulee Police 7/9 - Police banned a man from property on Fortuyn Road where he had been looking into cars. The property owner said he had run the man off and gone to the store, and when he returned the man was back. - An Electric City man reported two dogs loose on Stevens Street and they appeared uncared for. Police found the dogs in the residence there and they appeared well cared for. - A man on “E” Street requested extra patrols because a neighbor said he was going to come over and beat him up. - A woman told police that a pit bul...
An Electric City man was arrested by Grand Coulee police Sunday and, according to Grant County Prosecutor Angus Lee, is being charged with rape in the second degree, unlawful imprisonment, interfering with the report of domestic violence and obstructing justice. The charges against Michael Berry, 29, of Washington Place, were made after a preliminary hearing Tuesday. Lee said Tuesday afternoon a judge had found there was probable cause on all four counts and Berry remained in jail with bail set at $75,000. An arraignment is scheduled for July...
NOTICE OF STATE’S INTENT TO NEGOTIATE LEASES Department of Natural Resources will begin negotiation of an expiring irrigated agriculture lease No. 12-077200 with existing lessee on a 400 acre portion of Section 36, Township 25 North, Range 28 East, W. M. in Grant County, WA. This lease is being early terminated and re-leased. The lease is subject to third party bids by interested parties. Lease terms and bidding information is available by calling the Southeast Region at (509) 925-0927 or by visiting the Region Office at 713 Bowers Road, E...
Fleeing suspects in an Ephrata burglary literally drove the tires off their car after Grand Coulee police put down spike strips to deflate the tires Friday night. Grand Coulee police deployed the spike strips at the north edge of Coulee Dam about 11:30 p.m., to stop the speeding car coming into the area from Omak with Omak police in pursuit. The vehicle had been going up to 90 mph through the Colville Indian Reservation and police reports stated it later traveled some 50 mph through Grand Coulee and Electric City. The silver 2005 Toyota lost...
The debut of the all new Laser Light Show, which had been scheduled for Aug. 8, will now occur next year, officials at the Bureau of Reclamation said this week. A group of stakeholders from the area, who are working with the company preparing the new show, said after a preliminary viewing that the show needed work. Accordingly, bureau Public Affairs Officer Lynne Brougher said it was decided to move the new show to next season. LumaLaser, a company out of Gresham, Ore., which has the $1.6 million contract, has been working with the stakeholder...
A member of the state Transportation Improvement Board will be in Grand Coulee Aug. 6, to meet with the city council. The city has a $215,000 grant and has been asked by the TIB to come up with a comprehensive plan on how they would use it. The grant was first given to the city to build sidewalks on Spokane Way, but that was before officials realized that sidewalks to Center School probably were not necessary because the school will be closing in the fall of 2014, when students move into their new school in Coulee Dam. Then the city quickly...
Chick Norris Derby Rayneger (Rayne Rabe), grimaces at left as Shank (AdriAnn Smith) leaps to avoid a pileup during the first Red, White and Bruise Scrimmage put on by their team, the Grand Coulee Derby Dames, at North Dam Park Saturday night. Teams came from several cities to the support the competition, including some junior teams, and referees from the Tacoma area. About 200 people attended the event. — Scott Hunter photo...
Grand Coulee police arrested an Electric City man Monday afternoon when he tried to prevent workers from dismantling his burned-out house. Police arrested Michael Lowry, who had ordered the two workers, Timothy Powell and Patrick Peterson, off his property at 214 2nd Street. Lowry told the two they were trespassing, and according to Powell, he was told that he would be shot if he continued demolishing the building. Lowry’s home burned June 4, and Powell told police that he and his partner had been contracted by Fenix Restoration to demolish t...
A young teacher from Wenatchee is spending his first summer off standing on the water, for 1,200 miles. Matt Honor pulled his paddle board ashore at Crescent Bay Saturday afternoon, needing portage around Grand Coulee Dam. Honor had called ahead, and chamber of commerce members met him to help. He decided he wanted to watch the outgoing laser light show on the dam, and so stayed the night at the Columbia River Inn, resuming his trip Sunday morning with a ride to Seaton’s Grove boat launch. His b...
Coulee Medical Center lost nearly $100,000 in May after income fell some $430,000 short of expectations, although June numbers were looking far better, commissioners were told June 26. Financial statements given to Public Hospital District 6 commissioners indicate the latest bad month for CMC brought the year-to-date loss to $321,213 on total net operating revenues of $9,027,825, a margin of negative 3.5 percent. The facility had budgeted for a year-to-date gain of nearly the same amount by the...
What and eventful week. The last seven days have been jam packed with action in the Coulee. So in case you missed it, recap through my eyes and ears. There is a little store in Electric City that has been there as long as I can remember. H&H Grocery is where my recap starts. I think we started a new 4th of July tradition this year. The Norris family is a jewel in the crown of our community; we spent time at their fireworks stand with Klendon and Susan Duclos, Kramer Carlson (Go Huskies), and oth...
Ten Years Ago A master plan is now in the works for Coulee Dam’s Mason City Park and all of the town’s residents can help decide what the plan will contain. A proposed master plan with a rough outline of future changes to the east Coulee Dam park was approved by the town council last Wednesday. The town of Coulee Dam has received a grant of $3,000 to inventory its trees and prepare a plan to maintain and expand one of the town’s most visible and valuable assets, an official committee announced in a press release. The first brush fire of the sum...
Memorial services for Evelyn Mattson will be held Saturday, July 13, at 3 p.m. at Spring Canyon Cemetery, Grand Coulee. Pastor Shawn Nieder will be officiating. Mrs. Mattson passed away April 7, 2013. Attendees are invited to join the family for a picnic following the services at 313 Roosevelt, Grand Coulee....
Elizabeth (Betty) Green, 94, passed away Monday, July 8, 2013. Daughter of August and Mary Bauer, she spent part of childhood in the Colville and Spokane area. When her parents came home to take over the family farm south of Wilbur, Betty attended and graduated from Wilbur High School. She married Irvin Green in 1938 and the couple moved to a cattle ranch 10 miles east of Nespelem, Wash., where they raised registered and commercial cattle for the next 42 years. Betty was a proud homemaker and an excellent cook. No one ever left Irvin and Betty...
Thelma Hakola passed awayTuesday, July 2 after an extended heroic battle with cancer. She was born on April 13, 1928, in Colorado Springs, Colo., the last of 15 children born to John and Myrtle Hitchcock. She married Matt Hakola on March 23, 1946, and they remained best friends and sweethearts throughout their lives. Thelma was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, 13 siblings, a grandson, and a great- great-grandson. She is survived by her children Chip (Chrys) Hakola, Connie Hakola and Shelly Sprugel; three grandchildren: Brian...
Marcella Frances “Marcy” Stoelil-Jones, 90, born April 15, 1923, into the Olivia, Minn., home of William and Frances Stoelil, passed into the arms of her Lord Jesus Christ on Wednesday, July 3, 2013 from her Coulee Dam, Washington home. Following high school, Marcy joined the United States Marine Corps in which she served her country during World War II. Marcy was a long time member of the Marine Corps Women’s Auxiliary and had worked as switchboard operator, but loved spending time as a volun...
Maybelle M. Gendron, 89, passed away in Spokane, Wash., on Monday, July 8, 2013. Services will be at the Nespelem Community Center in Nespelem, Wash. Rosary and wake will be begin 7 p.m., Wednesday, July 10. Mass will be at 10 a.m., Thursday, July 11, with burial to follow at Nespelem Catholic Cemetery. Strate Funeral Home of Grand Coulee, is honored to be serving Maybelle’s family....
Some upcoming activities at the Grand Coulee library are: July 12, 11 a.m. - Chelan PUD; Incredible Forces. July 19, 11 a.m. - Dig into Geology with Phil Hansen. July 26, 11 a.m. - NCRL Puppet Show. August 2, 11 a.m. - Renowned NW author / illustrator Eric Brooks August 9, tba - Dig into Archaeology - TBA August 16, 10:30 a.m. - SRP Gala -games, crafts, food, FUN! Summer Reading Program participants will also earn prizes after they have read a total of ten hours. Lots of drawings and prizes throughout the summer. This summer an opportunity to...
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet this Thursday, July 11, at noon at Sunbanks. On the agenda is general business and discussion of the 4th of July activities. Grant County Mosquito Dist. 2 to Meet Grant County Mosquito Dist. 2 will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, July 10, at 7 p.m,. at the Electric City City Hall. Events to Raise Funds for Blood Cancer Cure The family of a Center Elementary first-grader who died last September encourage participation in an effort to fund a cure for blood...
The K-12 Parents-Teachers Association have set the second Thursday of every month to hold their meetings. This month it will be Thursday, July 11, at 7 p.m., at the Center Elementary School library in Grand Coulee. Let’s support the teachers and K-12 grade youth of the community by working together. See you at the meeting....
Rob Skordas, who had a chiropractic practice in Grand Coulee years ago but changed careers, is now the manager of Bureau of Reclamation’s Lower Colorado Dams Office, which manages, operates and maintains Hoover, Davis and Parker dams and associated facilities on the Colorado River. Rob is the son of Tom and Kathy Skordas of Coulee Dam. In 1999, Robert Skordas changed directions in his life and took an apprentice power plant operator position at Grand Coulee Dam. In 2002, he worked in the M...
June was wetter than the month’s mean. We measured 1.32 inches of precipitation at the home weather station compared to a mean of 0.99 inches. Our high temperature was 92.9°F and occurred on the last day, while the coldest day of June was on June 1 at 44.8°F. Records for June are: highest rainfall - 4.29 inches in 1937; lowest rainfall - 0.04 inches in 2003; one day maximum - 2.31 inches in 1996. I was recently asked by a reader of this column to define the difference between the words “average...