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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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School boards to meet together The boards of Nespelem and Grand Coulee Dam school districts will hold a joint meeting Wednesday, March 22, at La Presa Restaurant, in Grand Coulee, at 6 p.m. The joint board meeting is open to the public. Park board considering bids The Coulee Area Park and Recreation District is considering bids from three companies interested in taking care of North Dam Park. Bids were opened at the commission’s regular meeting March 6, and commissioners are weighing price, experience, proposed work and references in their deli...
City officials in the four towns will be more than happy to see winter end, but they all fear what is going to happen to city streets in the region. Ken Dexter, public works director for Electric City, summed it up last week when he stated, "It has been the worst winter I've seen in 20 years or so." Dexter has been with Electric City for over 30 years and will be retiring at the end of March. City streets there are showing signs of breaking up, with frost heaves just showing up. Typical of...
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, March 16, at La Presa Mexican Restaurant, Grand Coulee. General business will be on the agenda. Coulee Creators Meet Coulee Creators meet every Tuesday 1-4 p.m., except for Monday, March 28, which has been canceled. Contact Marlene Oddie 509-386-5715 or marlene@kissedquilts.com for details. Enter east end of building, push in door knob to release door latch. Grant County Demos to Meet The regular monthly meeting of the Grant County Democratic...
Grand Coulee Police 3/6 - Vandals did about $125 damage at Young’s Welding. Boys with long skateboards were thought to be responsible. The suspects tipped a display over and broke a rock, the police report stated. 3/7 - USBR Plant Protection was notified by a citizen of two small juveniles on the Coulee Dam bridge who appeared to be distraught. The department tried to contact Coulee Dam police, but when they couldn’t, a Grand Coulee officer drove to Coulee Dam. No one was on the bridge. - Police assisted Coulee Dam and tribal police in serving...
Colorama will have a new carnival this year, Rainier Amusements, out of Portland, Oregon, the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce announced this week. The new carnival is one of the featured attractions for this year’s Colorama Festival, May 12-14. “We are pleased that we have been able to contract with such a highly respected amusement organization,” chamber Executive Director Peggy Nevsimal stated. The final details of the contract with Rainier Amusements were signed late last week. The Portland amusement group stated in its news relea...
The Grand Coulee Dam School District has had its problems with the harsh winter, and will have to repair sidewalk and playground concrete walkway problems when spring arrives. Sidewalks in front of the new school have had surface problems and the same problems have cropped up on playground surfaces, Superintendent Paul Turner advised the school board at its last meeting. The surface in front of the school appeared to partially be because of using snow and ice removal chemicals. Turner said that he didn’t think that personnel used salt. In a...
Next week, thank a classified employee March 13-17 has been proclaimed Classified Public School Employees Week by Washington Governor Jay Inslee. There are 60,000 classified school employees in the state who are involved in nearly every aspect of education, the proclamation says. They are involved in maintaining buildings and grounds, preparing and serving meals, keeping school facilities clean and neat, assisting in the classroom, performing and conducting research activities, and providing information technology and media services. Those...
Richard McBride, superintendent of the North Central Educational Service District 171, leads a discussion on developing a strategic plan for Grand Coulee Dam School District in a Lake Roosevelt school library this week. Composed of both school district personnel and community members, the planning team met Monday and Tuesday to shape a plan that will help the administration and school board tackle issues within the district in the future. District Superintendent Paul Turner helped facilitate...
It’s not easy to get used to driving 10 miles per hour slower on a short stretch of highway you’ve been traveling daily for decades. That’s a problem many folks face trying, straining, braking to navigate the multi-lane stretch of highway 155 by the Bureau of Reclamation’s Grand Coulee Project, which the bureau slowed from 40 to 30 mph because it’s building a new fire station across from Pole Park. Even if traveling more slowly in front of a fire station is warranted, slowing the entire stretch seems a bit much. Admittedly, that complaint sound...
Workmen operate prepakt grout equipment as they pump grout into prepakt areas at the base of the right training wall. Equipment shown here includes, at top, two double-drum grout mixers; center, two F.S. Simplex pumps; and bottom, four triplex grout pumps with hose connections. This work was performed by the Pacific Bridge Company, as part of their contract to repair the spillway bucket section of Grand Coulee Dam. - March 1949 photo...
Chamber meets at La Presa [Corrected] The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon Thursday at La Presa. Star Publisher Scott Hunter will provide a program. Grand Coulee Library Mystery Program The Grand Coulee Library will be holding a Mystery Program March 21-24. This is for kids of all ages. Clues will be given to solve a mystery. The program is broken down by age groups. Check with the library for more information. Library hours are Monday and Wednesday 9:30 a.m. - 6 p.m., Tuesday and Thursday 10:30 a.m. - 7:30 p.m., and...
Lachelle Ives and Nicholas Barnaby, of Coulee Dam, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Landon Donald Barnaby, born Thursday, February 23, 2017, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 7 lbs., 15 oz., and was 21.5 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Chantelle Pakootas, Twila Ann, and Clyde Barnaby. Maternal grandfather is Mark Ives. Paternal grandparents are Suzy Spangler and Boozer Barnaby....
Three student athletes who placed at the state wrestling tournament in Tacoma last month were treated to lunch at The Siam Palace with the Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club Wednesday. Lake Roosevelt Raider wrestling Coach Steve Hood introduced Kaleb Horn, Tony Nichols and Jon Shelley, all of whom had also just been awarded at a school assembly for high academic marks. At the state tournament, Horn took first place in the 113-pound division for 2B schools; Nichols took third at 138 and Shelley took...
Grand Coulee Police 2/21 - Police checked on a disturbance at a Hill Avenue apartment. Police encountered a woman who refused to stop and went around the corner of the apartment complex, where she fell, breaking her ankle. She had complained that a man had hit her. A woman who said he had not was found to be wanted on a warrant, arrested and taken to Grant County jail. An ambulance was called for the woman with the broken ankle. - A clerk at Coulee Gas said she wanted an Elmer City man permanently banned from the store after the man tried to...
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS TOWN OF COULEE DAM WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT Separate sealed bids will be received by the Town of Coulee Dam at the Town Hall, located at 300 Lincoln Ave, Coulee Dam, WA 99116, until 2:00 p.m., March 15, 2017, and publicly opened and read aloud at that time. The CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be examined at the following locations. 1. Town of Coulee Dam, 300 Lincoln Ave, Coulee Dam, WA 99116 (509) 633-0320 2. Varela & Associates, Inc., 601 W. Mallon Ave Ste A, Spokane, WA 99201 (509) 328-6066 3. Various plan...
The Grand Coulee Dam School District board had two issues on its agenda Monday night for passage; neither made it in a three-plus-hour-long, marathon meeting. The issues were new high school graduation requirements and a two-year school calendar. The board held the second reading of the graduation requirement policy, which is normally a slam dunk since board members normally get all their questions answered between the first and second readings. It was different Monday night. Seniors graduating in 2019 will need 24 credits, instead of 21. The...
The Grand Coulee Dam School District met with Grand Coulee’s planning commission Feb. 15 and received first hand some of the options it faces in selling the Center School property. Superintendent Paul Turner stated late last week that the meeting outlined potential roadways to the zoning process. First, if a potential buyer presents a plan that the commission members approve of, it would be possible to get a conditional-use permit. That process would require the city to hire, at the district’s expense, a lawyer to conduct a public hearing to...
Timing is everything, even when it involves a bill between two cities. A billing issue followed a lengthy discussion among Grand Coulee’s city council members last week as they tried to come to grips with a contract agreement between the city and its employees. The last offer employees had made for their contract would cost the city some $17,000. The council discussed where the city was going to find the money to meet the employees’ offer. It lasted about an hour and was pushed off to the next council meeting in March. That’s when the counc...
Dangerous crosswalk discussed Cheryl Hoffman, president of the local senior center, asked Grand Coulee City Council to do something about the dangers of the crosswalk on Federal Way. She said that seniors use this crosswalk and drivers coming down the hill are often speeding, making crossing the street dangerous to older people. She suggested a “hidden crosswalk” sign or putting in a four-way stop sign at the corner of Federal Way and Main Street. Fire and ambulance calls reported Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Chief Richard Paris reported tha...
Grand Coulee could soon have a park dedicated to world-champion bull rider Shane Proctor. A proposal was made to the Grand Coulee City Council Feb. 21 by Bob Valen, who made the request on behalf of the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce. Valen is a chamber member and also a commissioner of the Coulee Area Park and Recreation District. Valen proposed that Grand Coulee name its city park, on SR-174, “Shane Proctor Park.” Proctor has distinguished himself on the professional bull riding and rodeo circuits, having won the World Cha...
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, March 2, at La Presa Mexican Restaurant, Grand Coulee. Lisa Moore, librarian at Grand Coulee Public Library, will be the guest speaker. Coulee Creators Meet Coulee Creators meet at 412 Federal Ave., Grand Coulee, every Tuesday 1-4 p.m. Contact Marlene Oddie 509-386-5715 or marlene@kissedquilts.com for details. Enter east end of building, push in door knob to release door latch. Care and Share Food Bank Is Open Fridays The food bank at the Church...
Mara Landrum and Tristan Daniels of Coulee Dam, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Wesley Thomas Richard Daniels, born Friday, February 3, 2017, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 7 lbs., 3.5 oz., and was 20.25 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Baylee 18, Harley 14, and Trinity 20. Maternal grandparents are Lynette Zierden and Don Redfield. Paternal grandparents are Susan Watkins and Richard Kohloff....
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS TOWN OF COULEE DAM WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT Separate sealed bids will be received by the Town of Coulee Dam at the Town Hall, located at 300 Lincoln Ave, Coulee Dam, WA 99116, until 2:00 p.m., March 15, 2017, and publicly opened and read aloud at that time. The CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be examined at the following locations. 1. Town of Coulee Dam, 300 Lincoln Ave, Coulee Dam, WA 99116 (509) 633-0320 2. Varela & Associates, Inc., 601 W. Mallon Ave Ste A, Spokane, WA 99201 (509) 328-6066 3. Various plan...
Grand Coulee Police 2/17 - A Soap Lake man was arrested and is being charged with stealing a U-Haul vehicle and for having it in his possession. The truck was stopped near the Department of Transportation shop in Electric City and the man was taken to Grant County jail. 2/18 - An Inchelium woman was stopped and cited for going 41 mph in a 30 mph zone near Pole Park. - Police were alerted after a Grand Coulee woman posted what was interpreted as a suicide message on Facebook. The woman later contacted police to assure the officer that she was...
Yet again, local cities are forced to waste time, effort and money in a disagreement that wouldn’t exist if they did what may be the logical thing and merged. Electric City is objecting to a spike in their metered sewage flow into Grand Coulee costing Electric City more than a month does on average. If the two cities were one, it would be a technician’s problem only, with nobody else even needing to be aware of it. Like every other time the two cities have disagreed — police services contracts, charges for water or other intercity servi...