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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Air Force Airman Guy R. Payne graduated from basic military training at Joint Base San Antonio-Lackland, San Antonio, Texas. The airman completed an intensive, eight-week program that included training in military discipline and studies, Air Force core values, physical fitness, and basic warfare principles and skills. Airmen who complete basic training earn four credits toward an associate in applied science degree through the Community College of the Air Force. Payne is the son of Guy and... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 10/26 - A Roosevelt Drive resident reported that one of his tires had been slashed, apparently with a knife. Cost of repair tire was $150. 10/28 - Police checked on a 911 call from the Jack’s Spring Canyon Service. When checking on the call, the officer learned that someone had gassed up and then left without paying. The amount was $50. The person who drove off returned and paid for the gas. - Lincoln County officials asked for assistance in contacting a woman who had left the scene of an accident. Local officers tried to r... Full story
Chamber to Meet at Noon The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its noon meeting at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee on Thursday, Nov. 7 This week’s program will be presented by CPA Kelly Buche of JR Newhouse on the end-of-year tax preparation. CMC Guild The Coulee Medical Center Guild (auxiliary) will hold regular meetings on the third Tuesday of each month. The next scheduled meeting and lunch is November 19 at noon at CMC. The Guild is in need of new members. Please join us. For information call 633-0405. OES to Meet Order of E... Full story
This week marks the beginning of Trees of Sharing 2013. The community-wide Trees of Sharing program is a special way that Grand Coulee Dam area residents may anonymously bless local children who might not otherwise receive a gift this Christmas season. Names of children may be submitted on wish slips and dropped into collection boxes located at Safeway, Coulee Medical Center, and Harvest Foods. “Trees of Sharing” is specifically for children residing in the Grand Coulee Dam area. School age children must be enrolled in the Grand Coulee Dam Sch... Full story
SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR LINCOLN COUNTY NO. 13-4 00058-8 Estate of SIDNEY C. ATCHISON, deceased PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS (RCW 11.40.030) PLEASE TAKE NOTICE The above Court has appointed me Personal Representative of Decedent’s estate. Any person having a claim against Decedent must present the claim: Before the time when the claim would be barred by any applicable statute of limitations, and In the manner provided in RCW 11.40.070: By filing with the foregoing Court the original of the signed Creditor’s Claim, and By serving upo... Full story
Officials in the town of Coulee Dam are hopeful that they will be able to make a deal with the Bureau of Reclamation on a law enforcement contract. Mayor Quincy Snow, Police Chief Pat Collins and Councilmember Bob Poch met last Wednesday with the Bureau’s regional director, Lorri Lee, to make another attempt to land a contract. Chief Collins said that another meeting is scheduled for later this week and that “negotiations continue.” Recent developments saw the Bureau award a continuing contract to Grand Coulee, but Coulee Dam’s law enforce... Full story
Residents of Coulee Dam reported hearing, and feeling, a loud explosion coming from Grand Coulee Dam Wednesday afternoon. It was basically man-made thunder. Workers getting ready to test a generator under repair in the left powerhouse opened a gate to the penstock that flows water from behind the dam to the turbine that powers G-8, the generator under repair, explained Public Affairs Officer Lynne Brougher. Excess water in that process overflows through a bypass valve and out onto the face of the dam through a large tube that opens onto the... Full story
The Candy Point Trail is in trouble, and Carol Netzel has asked the Coulee Dam Town Council for help. Access to the Candy Point Trail is through Netzel’s front yard and when you arrive at the top you are afforded a bird’s eye view of Grand Coulee Dam and the town of Coulee Dam. In a letter to the council last Wednesday, Netzel appealed to town officials to come up with a plan to fix the deteriorating trail. “Although this is not on city land, it has always been considered one of our local attractions,” Netzel wrote to the council. A sign in... Full story
Grand Coulee Dam District schools will take part and allow Native students to participate in a Colville Indian suicide prevention day this Friday. Karee Picard, manager of the Colville Tribes’ K-12 Youth Program, appeared before the school board Monday night asking members to allow a minute of silence during lunch hour Friday to remember those on the reservation who have succumbed because of suicide. She told the board that the Friday suicide program will be held in four places on the reservations and last most of the day. Meetings will be h... Full story
Ten Years Ago The trial of former Grand Coulee School District bus driver, Dennis Clinkenbeard, is scheduled to start Tuesday in Okanogan County Superior Court. He is accused of two counts of second-degree child molestation, sexual misconduct and communication with a minor for immoral purposes. Misty Rose Fulfer and Nathan Lee Krohn announced they were united in marriage. The two were married outside at Cole Park in Coulee Dam last June. Lake Roosevelt boys’ cross country team began the week as Caribou Trail League champs and finished with a v... Full story
Stan Rawley of Coulee Dam, Wash., passed away at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee on Wednesday, Oct. 23, 2013, at the age of 83. He was born on January 31, 1930, in Brewster, Wash. As a child, Stan's family moved to the Grand Coulee Dam area where his mother worked very hard as a switchboard operator for the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation to raise her two young sons. Stan attended grade school and high school in Coulee Dam where he excelled at many different sports, and upon graduation he joine... Full story
Museum supporters take part in a spaghetti dinner fund raiser for the new museum effort Friday night. The dinner at the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center was sponsored by Flo's Café. - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
Chamber to Meet at Noon The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will hold its noon meeting at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee Thursday, Oct. 31. Jerry Kenned from Foisy & Kennedy will be speaking about the Affordable Care Act. CMC Guild The Coulee Medical Center Guild (auxiliary) will hold regular meetings on the third Tuesday of each month. The next scheduled meeting and lunch is November 19 at noon at CMC. The Guild is in need of new members. Please join us. For information call 633-0405. OES to Meet Order of Eastern Star wil... Full story
October 12, 2013 – Colville Reservation youth celebrated National 4-H week by participating in 4-H Super Science Saturday at Keller. This event was a fun-filled day of hands-on science experiments designed to ignite an interest in scientific exploration and encourage youth to learn about the different sciences. Youth from across the reservation came together to experience a variety of science topics such as Forestry, Power Generation, Mapping, Building Bridges, Magnetic Attractions, Water T... Full story
1/18- An Electric City man told police that a person was trespassing on his property by parking on 2nd Street and putting “junk” on his property. He told police that he owns 2nd Street. - A woman on Burdin Boulevard told police that someone had stolen her two dogs. She later told police that they got loose and she found them. - USBR Plant Protection asked police to search for a man about 30 years old who was seen on the Brett Pit Access Road. Police looked for the man but couldn’t find him. - A Curlew driver is in a heap of trouble after polic... Full story
IN THE DISTRICT COURT OF THE SECOND JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF THE STATE OF IDAHO, IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF IDAHO CASE NO. CV42787 ROXIE RAE GEORGE, Plaintiff SUMMONS Vs. MANNY ISADOR MCDOUGAL, Defendant. NOTICE: YOU HAVE BEEN SUED BY THE ABOVE-NAMED PLAINTIFF. THE COURT MAY ENTER JUDGMENT AGAINST YOU WITOUT FURTHER NOTICE UNLESS YOU RESPOND WITHIN 20 DAYS. READ THE INFORMATION BELOW. TO: MANNY ISADOR MCDOUGAL You are hereby notified that in order to defend this lawsuit, an appropriate written response must be filed with the above designated court...
A flap over law enforcement coverage at the Bureau of Reclamation has attracted the attention of its regional director. Recently the city of Grand Coulee was awarded a four-man contract, a renewal of an existing agreement, to provide police services on the project, leaving Coulee Dam, which had had a similar contract, out in the cold. That could change this week with Bureau of Reclamation Regional Director Lorri Lee in town, presumably to meet with interested parties and get things back to normal. Coulee Dam Police Chief Pat Collins said he... Full story
Are violators of pedestrian crosswalks a problem in the area? Yes, says Electric City resident Steve Salstrom, who has complained about the motorists who zoom by even when people are in the crosswalks. Salstrom stated that on one occasion he was midway across a crosswalk and had motorists pass him on both sides. He complained again at the Oct. 8 Electric City council meeting, stating that he had someone zoom by him at what he thought was about “45 miles per hour.” The crosswalk in question is the one by the Electric City post office and the... Full story
Mary Jo Carey did not respondGail Morin’s statement: Elmer City’s population has remained constant over the last twenty years and the tax base will likely not increase significantly in the near future. Generally speaking, that’s the way we like it. However, this doesn’t mean we should not be prepared for some managed growth within our planning area. The current need for water, sewer and garbage services is about 180-190 households. The rates for those services have not increased beyond the cost of living indexes, except for one case. The cos... Full story
Aaron Derr’s statement: My name is Aaron Derr and I am running for Electric City Council Position 1. I feel the greatest challenges for this position will be to provide a consistent and transparent governance for Electric City, and to work with the other three municipalities in similar fashion for the common good of the greater Grand Coulee Dam area. I feel this will be best achieved by being attentive to the common core concerns we all have when dealing with others. We all want to feel appreciated, to have our beliefs acknowledged, to be treat... Full story
Bus building sought Larry Curtis, representing the Senior Center, appeared again before Grand Coulee’s city council asking if the city will allow Seniors to build a garage in which to store their two buses. In a prior appearance, the council had advised Curtis that it appeared the garage would violate the city zoning code but that the city would get back to him. The Seniors own land to build the garage on but it isn’t allowed unless there is a residence on the same property. Mayor Chris Christopherson said that the city would get back to the... Full story
Ten Years Ago A commission that will help bring money for improvements to Elmer City was given the vote of approval Thursday. The commissioners are: Doris Bonertz, Wynne Dennis, Jeff DeWinkler, Ralph Rise and Robert Riley. A fallen pilot was honored with a quilt and wall hanging by a group of local quilters. The quilt called ”Silent Tribute” and the hanging called ”Randy’s Spirit Wolf” are in memory of Randy Harmon who died while fighting an arson fire near Keller. Twenty Years Ago The idea of combining the area’s police departments again was d... Full story
Frederick "Earl" DeCamp passed away Thursday, Oct. 17, 2013, one month shy of his 96th birthday. Earl was born November 28, 1917, on the DeCamp homestead eight miles north of Nespelem, Wash., to Earl DeCamp and Florence Knowles DeCamp. He graduated from Nespelem High School in 1935, joined a union and began working on Grand Coulee Dam. He was a member of Operating Engineers Unions in Washington, Idaho, California and Oregon, and worked on several projects and dams. He was also a Mason for over... Full story
No Noon Chamber Meeting The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not hold its noon meeting this week because of the After Hours event/ribbon cutting ceremony Thursday night from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Starkey Professional building, 17 Midway Ave., Grand Coulee. CMC Guild The Coulee Medical Center Guild (auxiliary) will hold regular meetings on the third Tuesday of each month. The next scheduled meeting and lunch is November 19 at noon at CMC. The Guild is in need of new members. Please join us. For information call 633-0405.... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 10/12 - A woman on Weil Place told police that some kind of oil was poured on her doorstep. She said that there were foot prints leading from next door to her door. Police took note of the type of shoe imprinted in the oil. The woman said she saw a known party in the vicinity and police looked for the man and when they found him he had on shoes similar to those imprinted in the oil. Police took the shoes as evidence and sent the report to the county prosecutor’s office. 10/14 - Police had a conversation with six children, 7... Full story