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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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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... Full story
NOTICE OF PUBLIC HEARING TOWN OF ELMER CITY The Town of Elmer City will conduct a Public Hearing to consider the Six Year Comprehensive Street Program for 2014-2019. The Public Hearing will be held at Elmer City Town Hall, 505 Seaton Ave., Elmer City, WA., during the regular council meeting on Thursday, July 11, 2013 at 7:00 p.m. All interested persons will be given opportunity to provide written or oral comments at said meeting. Renee Tillman, Clerk/Treasurer (Publish July 3 and 10, 2013) Nespelem School District 14 BUDGET HEARING AND... Full story
Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Dennis Carlson was pleased with the new state budget signed by the governor Sunday. The new state two-year budget fully funds all day kindergarten, a switch from the past when the state funded kindergartens by only 50 percent. The fully state-funded kindergarten will save the district an estimated $150,000 a year. Prior to this the board of directors had committed the district to funding the half not funded by the state because the members felt that early learning needed a boost in the district.... Full story
Using the Colville Tribal TERO office as a hiring headquarters is working well, according to officials on the Grand Coulee Dam School District’s new K-12 school project. A report by Walker Construction to the school board showed that through June 14, 73 percent of hours worked so far on the school project were worked by Native American workers. The report made to the school board was affirmed by Roger Easling, construction manager for the Wenaha Group, a firm that follows the project for the school district. TERO (Tribal Employment Rights O... Full story
Ten Years Ago Armed with only garden hoses, several Coulee Dam residents helped prevent a fire from destroying two Coulee Dam homes last Friday. Coulee Dam Mayor Quincy Snow said strong winds knocked a poplar tree over on Yucca Street. That caused a short in the line at the pole behind Dennis King’s home at 702 Tulip Street and started the fire. Village Cinema - Movie of the week: Bruce Almighty. Starting next year, when a student puts money into a vending machine to buy a candy bar, someone will keep a closer eye on how it’s counted. That’s on... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam School District board approved a number of hires at its Monday night meeting. Anne Cain, from Monitor, Wash., was hired as a third kindergarten teacher. Karmen Cecil, who taught fifth grade last year in the middle school, was hired as a developmental preschool teacher. Andrea Sperberg, from Spanaway, was hired as counselor at Lake Roosevelt High School. Victor Camarena was also hired under a supplemental contract to coach wrestling at the Grand Coulee Dam Middle School. In other business, the board accepted a $5,678 grant... Full story
SUPERIOR COURT OF WASHINGTON FOR KING COUNTY IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF E. DORIS SKORHEIM, Deceased. No. 13-4-08539-6 SEA PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030 The personal representative named below has been appointed as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the decedent must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statue of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal... Full story
Proctor retiring Longtime teacher and coach Gordon Proctor will be honored tonight, beginning at 5:30, for his 35 years with the Grand Coulee Dam School District. Proctor has been at Lake Roosevelt High School since 1978, and retires at the end of the school year. The reception will be at the Ridge Riders Rodeo Grounds. The public is welcome. Rodent reduction The Bureau of Reclamation had Banks Lake Park and the top of North Dam closed off Tuesday morning until 11 a.m. for marmot control. Council cancelled The Coulee Dam council meeting for Wed... Full story
Those tomato seeds that went into space back in the 1990s are still working their wonders here in the coulee. Nancy Carlson, teacher, now retired, obtained seeds from NASA and used them as a science project for fourth and fifth graders. It was a perfect opportunity to not only watch the seeds grow, but a chance to plant science seeds of a different nature along the way. While Carlson didn’t note any difference between the tomato seeds that gone into space and ordinary tomato seeds and their u... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam School District last week announced the sponsorship of a Simplified Summer Food Program for Children. Meals will be made available at no charge to attending children 18 years of age and younger. Meals will be served at Center School, 317 Spokane Way, Grand Coulee, from July 1-Aug. 1, Monday-Thursday only. There will be no service on July 4. Meals to be served include breakfast, between 8:30-9:00 a.m; and lunch, served between 12-12:30 p.m. All meals must be eaten on site.... Full story
Lincoln County Public Works NOTICE Starting on June 18, 2013, the Old Coulee Road, located in Lincoln County, will be closed for construction from M.P. 13.96 (at the Grant County Line) to M.P,. 12.15, (250’ west of the Bagdad Intersection). Please use Hwy174 and Bagdad road for an alternative route. Questions about the Project can be directed to Lincoln County Public Works at 509.725.7041. (Publish June 12, 2013) Notice of Special Meeting of the GCD School Dist. Board of Directors 6:00 p.m. June 12, 2013 110 Stevens Avenue Coulee Dam, WA 99116... Full story
Commissioner: Golf course not closing “It is not our intention to close the golf course in July,” O. J. Scharbach said Friday at The Star. “I’ve heard this three or four times. I don’t know who is starting that stuff.” The chairman of the Port District 7 commission said the golf course, which is being maintained this year with volunteer labor, is looking better than ever. He said they could use more help with some clubhouse work, however, so the lone employee doesn’t end up doing maintenance outside and missing sales inside. New disc golf cou... Full story
Ten Years Ago A group working to bring a swimming pool back to the area has been scrambling recently to raise money for the cost of running an election. Coulee Area Recreation Effort Chair Sean Hess, who attended the Electric City and Coulee Dam council meetings last Tuesday and Wednesday, said the pledges will help defray the costs of running the November 4 general election and starting up a five-member board of commissioners for a public recreation district. A plan by the Washington State Patrol to monitor last weekend’s Spirit Ridge b... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam School District’s Title I and Learning Assistance Programs (LAP) will have an annual parent meeting on Monday, June 10, at 5 p.m., in the Grand Coulee Dam Middle School Library. This meeting is for all parents/guardians of children served by Title I/LAP programs in the district and for any other interested community members. The meeting will be for the purpose of sharing information about the current program and gathering input for next year. Parents are encouraged to complete a survey to assist in program planning for t... Full story
Unhealthy matters Grant County Health District reported a possible case of measles in the Grand Coulee Dam School District. The health district said it is working with school officials to investigate. The disease spreads easily from coughing and sneezing. In a separate report, the health district stated that a Moses Lake family is receiving rabies treatment as a precaution after children in the home were found playing with several dead bats. Mosquito board has vacancies Grant County commissioners said Thursday they’re looking for citizens inter... Full story
The general contractor building the new school complex is hauling some 22,000 cubic yards of sand from the Bureau of Reclamation’s giant sandpile for fill on the K-12 school project to bring the building site to grade, officials stated this week. The arrangement with the bureau will mean that it will save the school district some $22,000, Superintendent Dennis Carlson said Tuesday. Walker Construction had made arrangements with the bureau to secure the sand at $1 per cubic yard, however, bureau officials suggested they would waive the fee as l... Full story
Dozens of local elected positions are among more than 3,000 in the state for which people interested in serving the public filed intentions to seek or keep office last week. Incumbents in Electric City fared best in primary election filings with no incumbents challenged. Mayor Gerald “Jerry” Sands will go after his second term, and council members John Nordine II, Bradley Parrish and Lonna Bussert all are unopposed. In Coulee Dam, three are running for mayor. Incumbent Mayor Quincy Snow is being challenged by F. Gregory Wilder and Shawn Der... Full story
On behalf of the Friends of Rachel Clubs at Lake Roosevelt High School, Grand Coulee Dam Middle School and the students of Center Elementary I want to say thank you to the community members that offered support and encouragement to our students and parents marching in the Colorama parade. For those unfamiliar with Rachel’s Challenge, the program is based upon the writings of Rachel Joy Scott, who was the first victim of the 1999 school shooting at Columbine High School. One of the many goals o... Full story
Ten Years Ago The public has the chance to help determine what proposed playground changes will look like in Coulee Dam. The town council last week approved spending approximately $25,000 to purchase new playground equipment. A donation by General Electric Co. could ensure that this year’s Fourth of July festival will feature the largest fireworks show yet. Coulee Dam Mayor Quincy Snow said GE is donating $10,000 toward fireworks. And they’ll set up a 40-foot wood structure to support fireworks shaped into the GE logo in the staging area by... Full story
Jane Arlene Rice passed away Friday, May 17, 2013, at NCWH. Jane was born September 17,1947, to Grace and Al Rice of Seaton’s Grove. Jane is survived by sisters Elaine Witters of Okanogan, Aleta Rice of Pullman, and brother Todd Rice(Katrina) of Wongarbon, NSW, Australia. Jane’s favorite people in the world were her nieces and nephews: Beth Yarnell (Dave) and son Jarrod of Riverside, Ben Poch (Alicia) and children Danielle, Carly, and Eli of Kent, Nick Poch and sons Jackson and Zach of Pul... Full story
Registration night for Summer Rocks and the SHARP Kids Middle School Summer Program is Thursday, May 23 from 4-6:30 p.m. at the Grand Coulee Dam School District Office. Space in each program is limited and enrollment will close when programs are full. No early registrations will be accepted. Dates for Summer Rocks and SHARP Kids Summer Program are: 9 a.m. to noon, July 1-Aug. 1, Monday-Thursday (no program July 4th). An LRHS Independent Study Program is available this summer to high school students interested in retrieving a Washington State... Full story
Center School could get a little crowded next fall. The district will have three first grades and three kindergarten classes as well as providing preschool for 3- to 5-year-olds, according to Superintendent Dennis Carlson. The district received word that Grant County Head Start ceased operating here as of April 26, more than three weeks earlier than planned, due to a 5.27-percent cut in federal funds due to the sequester. Sally Gundry, executive director of Grant County Family Services, the agency in charge of the local Head Start, said the... Full story
Candidates for upcoming elections are filing for positions on school boards, city councils, hospital boards and some junior taxing districts this week. In early filings, three have filed for positions in Hospital District 6. These include two incumbents, Kristen Hare and Jerry L. Kennedy. Betty Brueske has filed for a six-year short and full term on the local commission, which has one vacancy. John Nordine II, has filed for a four-year term on the Electric City council, a position he now holds. In Elmer City, Gail Morin, who is currently on... Full story
Ten Years Ago The possibility of bringing a swimming pool back into the Grand Coulee Dam area seems to be closer to reality after several county governments are encouraged by it. Sean Hess, chair of the Coulee Area Recreation Effort (CARE), and others in the grass-roots group met with the Okanogan County commissioners Monday about becoming the lead country for a proposed Parks and Recreation District. Lake Roosevelt alumna Kristen Shields won the 100 meters and anchored the Whitworth College 4x100 relay win at the Ken Foreman Invitational in... Full story
Registration night for Summer Rocks and the SHARP Kids Middle School Summer Program is Thursday, May 23 from 4-6:30 p.m. at the Grand Coulee Dam School District Office. Space in each program is limited and enrollment will close when programs are full. No early registrations will be accepted. Dates for Summer Rocks and SHARP Kids Summer Program are: 9 a.m. to noon, July 1-Aug. 1, Monday-Thursday (no program July 4th). An LRHS Independent Study Program is available this summer to high school students interested in retrieving a Washington State... Full story