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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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The Grand Coulee Dam School District announced some staffing changes at their last school board meeting. The vice principal at the high school, Charlie Pierce, will be a full-time administrator again, and will no longer teach a construction class. The safety officer position is going to be eliminated, and the vice principal, along with a paraprofessional, will be taking on those monitoring duties. The elementary school vice principal position will be eliminated and replaced with a dean of students. A dean of students, unlike the VP, will not...
Two local Lions Club members attended the recent Lions International Multi District 19-Spring Conference in Worley, Idaho. Attending were Rob Loch and Birdie Hensley. Loch was honored by the group and given a certificate of appreciation for his “distinguished leadership” this past year as zone chairman for MD19-E2, which covers clubs from Almira, Davenport, Grand Coulee Dam, Reardan and Wilbur. Loch was nominated for the award by outgoing 19-E District Governor Harry Lippincott. Loch has been a member of the local club since 2010. The Gra...
Local area voters will be faced with deciding on approval of a school levy that would restore six figures of property taxes per year to the school district for the next four years, but not raise tax rates higher than they were in 2017, putting them back to 81 cents lower than they are for 2018. Property taxes supporting the school district currently take $4.01 per thousand dollars of assessed property value towards a local “operations and maintenance” levy. In spring of 2019, that number drops to $1.50 per thousand, a difference of $2.51 res...
The curtain on the stage in the Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High School gym, the one the class of 2018 will walk under to pick up their diplomas in June, is falling apart, a problem possibly remedied by spaghetti. At least that's what the Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club hopes to do with a fundraising dinner this Saturday at the school cafeteria. The club, famous locally for its spaghetti, is selling tickets for the dinner that will be dished up from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m. The curtains, said music...
Performances coming up Young students at Lake Roosevelt School will put on an elementary musical called “School Is Cool” Thursday at 1:30 p.m. It’s written by four fifth-grade students. Acting is done by the fifth- and sixth-grade students, with a chorus consisting of the third- and fourth-graders. They will perform it in the elementary school gym. Donations accepted The Grand Coulee Dam School District board approved donations at their meeting Monday night: $3,000 from Colville Tribes to the Northwest Indian Youth Conference for the Nativ...
Carnival tickets are on sale this week, offering substantial savings for early birds, a chamber of commerce official reported. Executive Director Peggy Nevsimal stated those who purchase carnival tickets by Thursday, May 10, will save $10. Tickets for early buyers are $20, while the same ticket will cost $30 the day of the carnival. Nevsimal said tickets will be available at the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce office, Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union, Coulee Hardware, The Star newspaper, Loepps Furniture, H&H Grocery and the Trading...
The Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club's "shred day" event succfeeded in shredding up more than 6,000 pounds of documents brought in by people, many of whom also donated to a collection that topped more than $300 for the Care and Share Food Bank Saturday. The event, sponsored by Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union and North Cascades Bank, was the fifth such day organized by the club. - Scott Hunter photo...
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at the Siam Palace at noon this Thursday, April 26. General business is on the agenda. The public is welcome. Coulee Creators Meet on Tuesdays Coulee Creators meet at 412 Federal Ave. Room 207, Grand Coulee. Contact Marlene Oddie at KISSed Quilts or 509-386-5715 for further details. Hours are normally Tuesdays 1-4 p.m. Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m. Monday, April 30, at the Electric City Fire...
Public Notice Town of Coulee Dam ORDINANCE ADOPTED BY THE TOWN OF COULEE DAM Ordinance 757 – an ordinance of the Town of Coulee Dam, Washington, amending salaries and wages for officers and employees of the Town for the calendar year 2018 and repealing Ordinance No. 750. Full and complete copies of the above ordinance are available at Town Hall during normal business hours. Stefani Bowden, Clerk / Treasurer (Publish April 25, 2018) Grant County Mosquito Dist. #2 PUBLIC NOTICE Grant County Mosquito Control District #2 has begun to prepare for th... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 4/16 - Police were informed of a 16-year-old intoxicated girl at a residence in Electric City. When police arrived, they learned of a warrant for her arrest, and she was taken to juvenile authorities in Okanogan County. - A woman told police that she had asked a person she only knew by a first name to use her bank card to get her groceries, and claimed a loss of $900. She had called 911 but hung up when they asked for her name. Police learned of a warrant for the arrest of the woman who claimed the loss. She was taken to jai...
The Colorama Festival Button for this year's celebration goes on sale this week. Buy a button for $3, help support Colorama, and you're in the mix to win one of the many prizes attached to the buttons. All the buttons are numbered and the drawing for the prizes will be held at 1 p.m. at North Dam Park, after the Colorama parade. Buttons are available for sale at a host of locations throughout the Grand Coulee area. Another popular feature of this year's celebration will be the helicopter rides....
Robert "Bob" Clarence Mattson, of Electric City, Washington, passed away on Sunday, April 22, 2018, at the age of 69. Bob was born to parents Buddy and Evelyn Mattson on April 11, 1949, in Grand Coulee, Washington. Bob spent the majority of his life in the Grand Coulee Dam area. He was a talented musician who took immense joy in playing music with his friends. Over the years, he played in several bands in Grand Coulee. He enjoyed many outdoor activities, such as camping, boating, and fishing... Full story
Coulee Dam passes pay raise The town council in Coulee Dam passed a pay raise for city employees last week, raising their wages by 4 percent. Triple Fish Challengethis weekend The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual fishing tournament that challenges anglers to catch three kinds of fish happens this weekend. Online registration continues until midnight Thursday, but on-site registration begins Friday at Coulee Playland at 5 p.m. Boat drivers will meet for rules at 8 a.m. Saturday. Anglers have to catch smallmouth bass, walleye a...
In 2016, alone, 15.4 million Americans suffered the loss of approximately $16 billion due to identity theft. One way to protect yourself from identity theft is to destroy, through shredding, unneeded paper records and files that contain your valuable personal information. “What should I shred?” According to the Washington State Attorney General’s website: “In short, destroy all sensitive information including junk mail and paperwork that includes account numbers, birth dates, passwords, PINs, signatures and Social Security Numbers.” “How do w...
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at the Siam Palace at noon this Thursday, April 19. Guest speaker is Launi Ritter, of Heaven-Sent Computer Services. She will be giving practical tips on how to talk with cancer patients. The public is welcome. Coulee Creators Meet Coulee Creators meet at 412 Federal Ave. Room 207, Grand Coulee. Contact Marlene Oddie at KISSed Quilts or 509-386-5715 for further details. Hours are normally Tuesdays 1-4 p.m. School Retirees’ Assoc. to Meet Okanogan County School R...
4/4 Both parties in a domestic dispute that involved an infant are each being charged, the woman for fourth-degree domestic violence and the man for first-degree trespassing. 4/5 - A Nespelem man driving in Electric City was cited for not having a driver’s license. He had been seen driving by an officer who knew his license had been suspended. 4/6 - Police checked into a suspicious package outside the Senior Center. The package contained an “old shirt” that was discarded in the dumpster. - Police were asked to stand by as a State Liquor Control...
The Grand Coulee Dam School District is looking for someone to serve on the school board. School board Chair Joette Barry recently resigned because she is moving outside the district, and the district is looking for a replacement. Since, for the most part, members of the board represent certain districts, a replacement for Barry would have to come from the Electric City area. If you live in Electric City and would be interested in serving on the board, write a letter stating your interest and drop it off at the district office in Coulee Dam....
Workers sandblast the first drum gate on top of Grand Coulee Dam Tuesday to prepare the surface for fresh paint. The Bureau of Reclamation follows a maintenance schedule for the drum gates, which control the flow of water over the top of the dam when Lake Roosevelt is full, when river conditions and lake levels allow during spring drawdowns. - Scott Hunter photo...
The local Rotary Club will put on a spaghetti dinner April 28, to raise funds to help replace disintegrating stage curtains at Lake Roosevelt Schools. The club, which took a lead role in organizing community support and talks around the new school, built in 2014, continues working toward school improvements with fund-raisers and member donations. The curtains on the stage of the old Lake Roosevelt gym, the one LR’s seniors walk across at graduation, has reportedly been in bad shape for decades and may be the kind of capital project that’s dif...
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at the Siam Palace at noon this Thursday, April 12. Stacey Jess of Jess Ford Auto in Grand Coulee will be the guest speaker, giving a history on Jess Ford. The public is welcome. Coulee Creators Meet on Tuesdays Coulee Creators meet at 412 Federal Ave. Room 207, Grand Coulee. Contact Marlene Oddie at KISSed Quilts or 509-386-5715 for further details. Hours are normally Tuesdays 1-4 p.m. Lions Club Meets First and Third Tuesdays The GCD Lions Club will be meeting at 6 p.m.,...
Grand Coulee 3/30 - A Grand Coulee man was cited for not having insurance after he ran into the back of a school bus at the Four Corners intersection. 3/31 - A Division Street resident in Grand Coulee was stopped when an officer saw her driving while her license was suspended. She was also required to have an ignition device, but failed to have it installed. A tow was required and the woman was cited for both offenses. - A woman suffering from dementia had dialed 911, and police were assured that everything was OK. - A man wearing a bunny suit...
Taylor Enterprises was chosen Monday to be in charge of grounds maintenance at North Dam Park in Grand Coulee through the end of October of this year. At the Coulee Area Park and Recreation District meeting Monday night, commissioners voted to accept Taylor Enterprises’ bid of $16,989 dollars for the company to mow lawns in the park, including the ball fields, tend to the grass and weeds of some adjunct areas, operate the irrigation system, fertilize the lawn, and perform general trash pickup through the end of October. The district has the r...
All the questions you have about small planes could be answered May 12, during a special fly-in at the Grand Coulee Dam Airport. The fly-in is sponsored by four organizations: The Colville Confederated Tribes, NASA Science Mission Directorate, Northwest Earth and Space Pipeline (NESP), and the Red-Tailed Hawks Flying Club from Everett, Washington. NESP spokesman Tedrick Mealy said last week that he expects at least seven planes for the event, which will run from noon to 3 p.m. It will be a teaching experience with pilots explaining the...
1 Years Ago Coulee Dam woman arrested with millions of dollars worth of cocaine: A Coulee Dam woman has been arrested with millions of dollars worth of cocaine in California, where she was scheduled to make a court appearance. She had 71 bricks of cocaine in the back seat of her vehicle which she was allegedly driving at 90 miles per hour on the freeway. 40 Years Ago Spillway Lighting Is Assured During Summer: The Popular spillway program at the Grand Coulee Dam is assured for the 1978 visitor season. That assurance came from the Bureau’s Regi...
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at the Siam Palace at noon this Thursday, April 5. Kelly Buche from JR Newhouse will be speaking about new tax laws. The public is welcome. Sign Up Now for Annual Eco-Gardening Symposium The fourth annual Columbia Basin Eco-Gardening Symposium promises to offer a sensational diversity of speakers, exhibitors, door prizes, and food. The event takes place Saturday, April 21, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Technical Skills Center at 900 Yonezawa Blvd., in Moses Lake. It is...