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A little egg hunter in an Easter dress finds the last egg in the 1- to 3-year-old area at the Lions Club's 82nd annual egg hunt Saturday at the former middle school in Grand Coulee. The club places some 2,500 plastic eggs on the athletic field, with candy or prizes inside. A dozen of those contain special prizes. Winners of those were, in the 1-3 year-old group: Milo Desjardins, first; Isabella Rose, second; Race Cobra Bird, third. In the 4-5 group: Alice Atkins, first; Kameryn O'Hara, second;...
It’s just about time for the Isle of Flags dedication The deadline for ordering flags for the dedication is May 18. If you want o have a flag dedicated and in place to honor your deceased veteran or this year’s event, call Ben Alling at 633-0663 before the deadline....
Anglers can tackle a unique challenge this weekend on Banks Lake int the chamber of commerce’s Triple Fish Challenge tournament. In its seventh year, the tournament tasks fishers with finding three types of fish — bass, walleye and trout — in the two-day event. Competitors can sign up in either the adult category or for 14 and under. More information is available at www.grandcouleedam.org/triplefish....
Auditions for the next Masquers Theatre production, “Arsenic and Old Lace,” will be April 29th and 30th at 6:00 pm at Masquers Theatre in Soap Lake. Director Adam Zaleski and assistant director Holli Bosnar have a need for 13 actors to add a Masquers twist to this well known comedy. Rehearsals will start in early May, four nights a week. This production opens June 14 and runs through June 30, 2019, on Friday and Saturday nights and Sunday matinees for a total of 9 performances. Any questions, please call Adam Zaleski at 509-750-8975 (leave msg...
Chamber This Week Chamber will be meeting at noon this Thursday, April 25, at Siam Palace. Dan Foster, superintendent at Lake Roosevelt National Recreation A rea ad Eric Mlaba, from Lake Roosevelt’s sister park, Spioenkop Nature Reserve in South Africa, will be our guest speakers. Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet The Grant County Fire District 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, April 29, at 7 p.m., at the Electric City Fire Station....
USBR tour guide Theresa Wilder watches as kids at the Earth Day celebration in Nespelem Friday interact with an exhibit on renewable energy, brought by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation. The event "was a huge success," said Joaquin Bustamante who manages Colville Tribal Recycling. "We gave away over $15,000 in giveaway items. Food items. That's the most we've ever given out. That was a huge thing. Between what we put on and the message that everyone was giving out there, it was positive towards...
Taneesha LaCourse, 10, of Nespelem, takes S-Cat around the Nespelem Junior Rodeo arena Monday, where she will ride as the 2019 queen of the Nespelem Junior Rodeo on Saturday. The daughter of Bernadette Heinen and Henry LaCourse, Taneesha has been involved with rodeo since about the age of 2, her mother said. She likes steer riding and barrel racing. - Scott Hunter photo...
Chamber This Week Chamber will be meeting at noon this Thursday, April 18, at Siam Palace. Dr. Hsieh, Chief of Staff at Coulee Medical Center, will be the guest speaker. GCD School Board Meeting The Grand Coulee Dam School District will be holding its board meeting at 6 p.m., Monday, April 22, at the LRHS library. Food Bank Distributing Easter Meal Items This Friday The Care and Share Food Bank will be giving out Easter meal items this Friday, April 19. It will be open 1 hour earlier from 1-4 p.m. The food bank normal operating hours are every...
Two couples go four-wheeling on trails on northwest side of Banks Lake, southwest of Grand Coulee Friday. - Jacob Wagner photo...
Sunrise Service – 7 a.m., a joint Easter Sunrise Service Sunday at Crown Point Grand Coulee Community Church 7 p.m., Good Friday Service 7 a.m., Sunrise Service, Crown Point 10 a.m., Easter Service Zion and Bethel Lutheran Churches Holy Thursday, 7 p.m., Zion; Good Friday – noon, Bethel, 7 p.m., Zion; Easter Sonrise and Brunch – 7 a.m., Zion; Easter Worship and Brunch 9 a.m., Bethel The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints 10 a.m., Easter Service...
Two young hunters, Carson Daniels, 13, left, and Cole Sigler, 14, got both these birds on opening morning of youth turkey season. The turkeys had 10-inch beards and 1.25-inch spurs. - submitted photo...
Chamber This Week Chamber will be meeting at noon this Thursday, April 11, at Siam Place. Brian Larsen from Rural Website Design will be here speaking about how small businesses in rural areas can benefit from having a website built by his company. Grant County Mosquito District 2 to Meet The Grant County Mosquito District #2 will hold its monthly meeting at 5 p.m., Thursday, April 11, at 210 W. Coulee Blvd., in Electric City. Eagles Auxiliary to Meet Eagles Auxiliary will meet Tuesday, April 16, 6 p.m. at the Eagles Lodge. The group meets the...
No Chamber This Week Chamber will not be meeting this Thursday. Meetings will resume Thursday, April 11 at the Siam Palace. Special School Board Meeting April 8 The Grand Coulee Dam School District will be holding a special school board meeting Monday, April 8 at 6 p.m. in the LRHS library. Eagles Auxiliary to Meet Eagles Auxiliary will meet Tuesday, April 16, 6 p.m. at the Eagles Lodge. The group meets the first and third Tuesdays of every month. Senior Volunteers Offering Caregivers a Break Senior Center volunteers will be offering free...
Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet at 7p.m., Tuesday, April 9, at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, 127 South Mission, Wenatchee. Richard Waitt, Research Geologist with USGS Cascades Volcano Observatory, Vancouver, will talk about his book, In the Path of Destruction—Eyewitness Chronicles of Mount St. Helens. The book portrays Mount St. Helens’ May 18, 1980 eruption through first-person stories of people caught in, racing from, or witnessing the blast. Included are tales of the spring-1980 pre-eruption cri...
Chamber This Week Chamber will meet this Thursday, March 20, at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille beginning at noon. General business is on the agenda. Eagles Auxiliary to Meet Eagles Auxiliary will meet Tuesday, April 2, 6 p.m. at the Eagles Lodge. The group mets the first and third Tuesdays of every month. Senior Volunteers Offering Caregivers a Break Senior Center volunteers will be offering free activities for those with mild to moderate dementia whose caregivers need time for other tasks. For more information call Cheryl at 509-431-1027, Char a...
At their March 14 board meeting, Ken Anderson, left, chairman of the Grant County Mosquito Control District #2 honors Carl Russell, board member, retiring after10 years of volunteer service for the district. - Commissioner Dennis Lohrman photo...
Chamber This Week Chamber will meet this Thursday, March 20, at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille beginning at noon. Ryan Rodin, Government Contracting Specialist from Greater Spokane will be conducting a workshop on the in’s and out’s on how to obtain HUBZone certification for your business. HUBZone certification is the hardest goal for federal agencies to hit in terms of contracts awarded, so there’s a good incentive for businesses to be certified. School Board to Meet March 25 The Grand Coulee Dam School District will be holding a school board meet...
Wendy Bolger stands ready for another case of peanut butter from Dean Paculba as the two help help load shelves at the Care and Share Food Bank. The shelves are converted computer server racks, donated by Microsoft and re-engineered for the food bank by John Nordine, whose wife, Carol, manages the operation. They were on hand Thursday to unload four tons of community-donated food. That story is on the front page. - Scott Hunter photo...
Chamber This Week There will be no Chamber meeting this week due to the Installation Banquet being held on Thursday, March 13, at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille beginning at 6 p.m. The public is welcome. Lincoln County Fire Dist. 9 to Meet Lincoln County Fire District 9 will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m., Thursday, March 14, at the Nazarene Church. Grant County Mosquito District #2 to Meet The Grant County Mosquito District #2 will hold its month meeting Thursday, March 14, at 5 p.m., at 210 W. Coulee Blvd., in Electric Cit...
Cody Maldenhauer, left, pushes through six inches of snow on the tennis courts at the high school Friday as Jeff Wilt (background) and his son, Tecumseh, work on clearing the courts of snow two weeks after spring sports practice started. Maldenhauer and Wilt, who is helping with the tennis program this year, were joined later by Adrian Aspinall. Maldenhauer and Aspinal work with Wilt as electrical engineers at Grand Coulee Dam. Several more inches of snow fell on Tuesday. - Scott Hunter... Full story
The Arbor Day Foundation is making it easy for everyone to celebrate the arrival of spring by planting trees. Join the Arbor Day Foundation in March 2019 and receive 10 free white pine trees or 10 white flowering dogwood trees. “White pine trees or white flowering dogwoods will add beauty to your home throughout the year,” said Matt Harris, chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “Dogwoods are known for their showy spring flowers and red berries that attract songbirds during winter. White pine trees are fast-growing landscape trees that wi... Full story
An audition will be held for the Missoula Children’s Theatre’s production of THE FROG PRINCE (Monday, March 11, 2019 at the Lake Roosevelt High School gymnasium) from 3:30 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. Those auditioning should arrive at 3:30 p.m. and plan to stay for the full two hours. Some of the cast members will be asked to stay for a rehearsal immediately following the audition. Among the roles to be cast are three sisters – who also happen to be Princesses, two students to play the lonely Frog, Ollie the Aspen Tree, bumbling Knights, kindly Swamp... Full story
Grand Coulee 2/18 - A man and woman on Dill Avenue agreed to separate for the night following an incident involving a knife and a deodorant bottle. 2/19 - An Electric City man and woman gave up ownership of a husky dog they couldn’t keep contained in their yard, which had recently been running at large. A Sunny Drive man had taken possession of the dog while it was running at large this time, and can rehome the dog as he sees fit, the police report states. - A driver known to have a suspended license was pulled over near the intersection of C...
Chamber This Week Chamber will meet this Thursday, February 28, at La Presa Restaurant beginning at noon. Ted Piccolo from Northwest Native Development Fund will be the guest speaker....
Deer in Coulee Dam's Cole Park appear unfazed Wednesday after a fresh blanket of snow. The forecast for the week includes possible single-digit temperatures next Tuesday and more snow possible in the interim. See the forecast on page 8. - Sheri Edwards photo...