News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Anyone who has ever tried to work in community economic development has heard it repeatedly: “You guys should just get a grant.” Easier said than done, most of the time, but opportunities do exist. Finding them is often the problem. But not one that would stop Birdie Hensley. Hensley has had a goal for years of founding a local museum that would showcase the area’s rich history and its pioneers. In the last year she has turned to focusing on that goal. With that in mind, she helped arran... Full story
Family and friends are grieving for a young man killed in an electrocution accident last week. Dakotah Holt, a 2011 graduate of Lake Roosevelt High School, was following his chosen career as a lineman in Kansas Thursday when a new power pole he and other workers were setting up fell against a nearby power line after wind twisted it from the grapple hooks on a boom truck, according to news reports quoting the Barber County Sheriff’s Office. Holt, 20, an apprentice lineman with Track Utilities a... Full story
Hundreds of athletes from throughout the United States and Canada are putting their finishing touches on training for the 10th annual Grand Columbian Super Tri triathlon scheduled here Saturday, Sept. 21. Some 300 to 325 athletes are expected to compete. The event, sponsored by Tri-Freaks, a Kirkland racing firm, will kick-off all swimming events at Spring Canyon Campground, with the bike portion of the tri-event beginning at the end of the swim and ending at the park below the Visitor Center... Full story
The PTA meeting is Sept. 12 at 7 p.m. in the library at Center Elementary. Please Join us to see what the PTA is all about. The Grand Coulee Dam PTA would like to thank Harvest Foods for the food supplied to the Back to School BBQ at the high school and the Ice Cream at the middle school, and Shaw's for the fruit supplied for Center Elementary Orientation. PTA would also like to thank the following people for all their help with the back to school BBQ and orientations: Karen DePew, Becky Lock, Kim Stout, Crystal Jones, Wednesday Antoine and... Full story
Ten Years Ago Singing, fireworks and the dedication of Coulee Dam’s Douglas Park have all been planned this weekend for the ceremonial end of summer. The Labor Day weekend activities include 14-year-old singer Jared Wagner at the Grand Gallery theater Saturday, the Spokane band “Sidetracked” followed by the laser light show and fireworks on Sunday and the dedication of Douglas Park Monday. Boat Races - Saturday and Sunday Sept. 6-7 at Sunbanks Resort, Osborne Bay. Morgan’s Musings: Sam Halvorsen has a point. A very good point, as a matter... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, Thursday, Sept. 5, at La Presa. On the agenda is 2014 planning. Grant County Mosquito Dist. 2 to Meet The Grant County Mosquito District 2 will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 4, at 7 p.m., at the Electric City City Hall. TOPS Meetings TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter meets on Tuesdays at 9:15 a.m. at Grand Coulee Senior Center prior to the exercise group gathering at 10 a.m. Come and join for the health of it. TOPS#WA1490, Coulee Dam... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 8/27 - A woman told police that a man about 18 years old and riding a kid’s bicycle stopped to ask her if she had recently had a death in the family. The incident occurred when she was walking home to Jackson Street in Electric City after being at a bar. The woman said she had never seen the man before and he was dressed all in black. - A woman called in to report a missing person. She told police that the man’s cigarettes and cell phone were still in the house. A check revealed that the man had been at the Wolf’s Den Bar an... Full story
It was storm story time in the coulee area Sunday night as the region was hit by a severe wind, thunder and lightning storm. Power was out for some, trees were down, traffic in some areas was stalled or rerouted, and tree limbs and debris were everywhere. The wind tore shingles from roofs, with the most serious being the Coulee Dam Casino, where the wind curled the metal part of the roof like a sardine can, covering the casino’s rooftop sign. Traffic on SR 155 near Pole Park was stopped b...
Early deadlines for next issue The Star newspaper will be closed, Monday, Sept. 2, in observance of Labor Day. Deadline for news articles and for ordering display and classified advertising is Friday, Aug. 31. Classifieds, however, may be placed anytime before Monday night online at grandcoulee.com. Chief: street needs repair The Grand Coulee City Council approved its six-year street plan last Tuesday night. Fire Chief Rick Paris testified that the street off Fortuyn Road that feeds the entrance to Coulee Medical Center is rough and needs...
Construction on the K-12 school facility is finally catching up to its original schedule, Superintendent Dennis Carlson told the Grand Coulee Dam School District board Monday night. By working Fridays, contractors are nearly back on their original schedule. Contractors faced some delays due to mistakes made on the original surveying of the school site. As a result of that, the site had been covered by about two extra feet of fill sand material. The added expenses incurred as a result of this is being covered by the insurance company of the...
Students in the Grand Coulee Dam District will soon be able to participate in a therapeutic horsemanship program. The idea was presented to the school board Monday night by Heather Downs, and it received support from the board. Downs explained that a small group of people here are cooperating with the Okanogan County Sheriff’s Office in regard to abused and neglected horses. Currently the group has three horses, housed at the Chris Holman residence in Delano. It was proposed that working with the horses would be a good experience for special n...
Can you bake a berry pie? Or an apple pie? Then you better get ready to enter the community pie contest during the Harvest Festival at North Dam Park, Sept. 13-14. In fact, Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce Manager Peggy Nevsimal said, “better bake two.” The plan is that one of the pies (either berry or apple) is for the tasting judges and the other is to auction off. It’s just like the community or county fair that all have enjoyed. A blue ribbon awaits some local baker whose pie recipe will hit the charts, at least for a day. Nevsi...
Pie contest planned for festival by Roger S. Lucas Can you bake a berry pie? Or an apple pie? Then you better get ready to enter the community pie contest during the Harvest Festival at North Dam Park, Sept. 13-14. In fact, Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce Manager Peggy Nevsimal said, “better bake two.” The plan is that one of the pies (either berry or apple) is for the tasting judges and the other is to auction off. It’s just like the community or county fair that all have enjoyed. A blue ribbon awaits some local baker whose pie r...
A move to assure that class pictures and trophies at both the Grand Coulee Dam Middle School and Lake Roosevelt High School are saved and put up in the new building got approval from the school board Monday night. The walls in both schools are covered with graduating classes and the two trophy display cases are filled with trophies representing many memorable accomplishments. A letter to the school board from Lonna Bussert, the chair of the Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association, advocated the move. “With the opening of the new school w...
Ten Years Ago A woodpecker stuck its beak where it didn’t belong yesterday and set off a fire that brought several fire departments to put down the blaze. A Grand Coulee Dam area party that’s for the birds could be coming this fall to celebrate the publication of a birding map that covers north central Washington. Electric City council told Sunrise Disposal that they would allow garbage carts on a volunteer basis, but wanted some changes to the contract. Clerk Lori Hilton said the contract should allow the town to charge the user their pre...
James Dean Davis James Dean (JamesZee) Davis entered into eternal peaceful rest on Monday, July 29, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center. He was born on July 3, 1958, to Moses W. Davis, Sr. and Agnes Andrews at the Coulee Dam Hospital. He attended the Nespelem School and was proud to be a “Savage”, where he was a member of the basketball team and had earned an MVP; Columbia Jr. High at Coulee Dam where he was a pitcher on the Mustangs baseball team; Grand Coulee Dam Jr. High at Grand Coulee; Lake Roosevelt High School where he was a member of the Rai...
The Grand Coulee Dam Cooperative Preschool is about to start up again for fall. The cooperative, which has operated for decades in the area, is currently taking applicants for two age groups of children: those who will be 3 years old by Nov. 1 for the regular preschool, and those who will be 4 by Sept. 1 for the pre-kindergarten class. Classes are taught by Becky Loch, who said she had only two openings left for the Pre K class on Mondays, Wednesday and Fridays from 8:30 to 11:30 a.m., which costs $100 a month She said there were still several...
Seniors will soon find out if two is better than one. Friday, seniors received their second 14-passenger bus from People to People, a 2005 version, which will help serve the needs of local seniors. The Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center recently received their first bus, gifted from the People to People program. Already, seniors, once a month for $15, can catch the bus to Spokane for medical or shopping needs. Now a second bus will help seniors plan a variety of extra services as well as have a backup bus in case one goes down. The seniors are now...
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet with a barbecue picnic at noon, Thursday, Aug. 29 at North Dam Park. The picnic is being catered and the cost per person is $11. Free Pinochle at the Seniors Free pinochle is offered at the Grand Coulee Senior Center Monday, Wednesday and Friday beginning at 1 p.m. Care and Share Food Bank Open The food bank at the Church of the Nazarene normal operating hours are every Monday from 2 to 4 p.m. It is located at the Church of Nazarene, hwy 174, Grand Coulee. The bank still...
Home Based Instruction Forms Available Parents who plan to home school their children are required by law to file a signed Declaration of Intent each school year indicating that the parent is planning to have their child receive home based instruction according to Washington State Law, Chapter 28A.200RCW. Forms are available at the Grand Coulee Dam School District Office at 110 Stevens, Coulee Dam. You may also obtain a form by calling Peggy Day at 633-2143 weekdays from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m Mondays through Thrusdays. Forms are to be turned in...
Notice to those previously receiving Special Education Services If you received special education services at Grand Coulee Dam School District and you were born in 1985-1986, you may have records at the District Office. These records can be picked up at the Grand Coulee Dam School District Office at 110 Stevens Ave. in Coulee Dam until 3:00 pm October 31, 2013. Records still remaining after this date will be destroyed....
Childfind Screening Applications Available At School District Office Birth to age five preschool children not currently enrolled in the Grand Coulee Dam School District may be eligible for a free developmental screening. Interested parents should request forms for a developmental screening and health inventory from the School District Office. It is especially important for a parent to complete the forms if they think their child may be developmentally delayed, i.e. be in need of occupational/physical or speech therapy, or other possible health...
Grand Coulee Police 8/19 - Three youngsters flagged down a police officer in the Safeway parking lot to report that their bicycles had been taken. The three said they were in Safeway about 25 minutes and when they came out their bikes were gone. - Police got a call to check on a National Park Service employee who was out with a subject in Osborne Bay. Police contacted the NPS employee and everything was fine. - Officials at the USBR’s Visitor Center asked for assistance in regard to a car blocking the entrance to their parking lot. The officer...
A new exhibit unveiled by the Office of Secretary of State celebrates Washington’s great triumphs – from the making of the Boeing Company that ushered in passenger air travel to the coffee culture inspired by Howard Schultz. “Grand Coulee to Grunge: Eight stories that changed the world” is an image-driven exhibit that recounts feats in business, science, technology and music with influence around the globe. Secretary of State Kim Wyman says the free, privately funded exhibit is designed to foster a better understanding of Washington, from it...
Coulee Pioneer Museum news The Coulee Pioneer Museum thanks the “Historical Book Committee” and “Them Dam Writers,” Edith Lael and 4-Bears for their timely gift so that the museum could purchase access to one of the largest databases to foundations all over the world. Such foundations donate grants to organizations such at the Coulee Pioneer Museum. The museum will be working closely with the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce to receive monies to help preserve the history and heritage of the Grand Coulee Dam Area and share this area’s...