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Those wanting to start the new year off with a shock should meet the brave souls at noon, New Year’s Day, at Spring Canyon for the second Coulee PolarPlunge. The group will be meeting down in the park close to the boat launch area. Watch for signs!...
Kayakers will be meeting at noon on New Years Day at Coulee Playland for a new year paddle. For more info call Rod Hardin 797-3562....
Santa visits with Pazel, Amaris and Shai Miller at the Grand Coulee Library Dec. 13, after arriving on a fire truck during an annual event there with cookies and door prizes, in one of several visits to the Grand Coulee Dam area. He also visited with kids at the Moose Lodge and at the Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union. - Scott Hunter photo...
OLYMPIA – Dec. 12, 2018 – Washington State Parks invites the public to start the new year off with a First Day Hike on Tuesday, Jan. 1, at nearly 40 state parks across Washington. Some parks will offer more than one hike. “First Day Hikes are a terrific way to ring in the New Year and enjoy the substantial beauty of Washington state parks in the winter,” said Don Hoch, Washington State Parks director. “The First Day Hikes will have something for every fitness level and interest, including guided hikes with rangers, snowshoe treks, fat bike...
If your child still wants a visit with Santa, you have one last shot in the community this afternoon. He, along with his elf and Elsa are at the Coulee Dam Credit Union's Coulee Dam office today (Friday, Dec. 21) until 3 p.m....
Chamber This Week Chamber will meet at noon, Thursday, Dec. 20, at Voltage Coffee House. General business is on the agenda. GCD School Board of Directors to Meet Grand Coulee Dam School Board of Directors will be holding a regular school board meeting at 6 p.m. on Thursday, Dec. 20, in the LRHS library. Food Bank to Distribute Christmas Meals Dec. 21 The food bank at the Church of the Nazaren will be distributing Christmas meals on December 21 from 1 to 4 p.m. Normal operating hours are every Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. It is located at the Church...
City employees and community members join for a small lighting ceremony for a Christmas tree placed at Douglas Park in Coulee Dam Dec. 6. The tree, which is lit for the holidays at night, is a temporary stand-in for one that will be planted next year in the park. It was donated by the Colville Tribes. - Scott Hunter photo...
Faith Community Christmas Eve Candle lighting and carol singing service, will be held Tuesday, December 24, at Faith Community Church from 5:00 - 6:00 p.m. All are welcome to attend. Church of the Nazarene There will be a Christmas Eve Candlelight Service at the Church of the Nazarene at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 24. One hour of the reading of the Christmas story and singing the carols. We will close by lighting candles as we each receive, then share the light. Everyone is welcome. Come celebrate the real meaning of Christmas. Bring the family...
Members of the community are invited to a drop-in reception at the Nazarene Church on Wednesday, December 19, from 1 to 3 p.m. to honor Elmer Rinard for serving our nation in WWII. His quilt will be presented at 1:30 p.m. by Lt. Col. Emily Tate (retired USAF) from Spokane. The Quilts of Valor (QOV) Foundation began in 2003. The mission of the QOV Foundation is to cover service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing quilts of valor. Over 200,000 quilts have since been presented in all 50 states. A quilt of valor is sewn...
Santa and Mrs. Claus hear Phrazer's Christmas wishes at the Moose Lodge's annual Christmas party for kids Saturday. The event drew a standing-room-only crowd. - Scott Hunter photo...
The community is invited to the Grand Coulee Library Holiday Open House Thursday, December 13, beginning at 4 p.m. The gifts and services are provided by your library card and NCRL. Find out all about the wonderful services provided by your library free of charge. For example, learn about downloading ebooks, movies, audio books and music to your device; learn a new language, a craft, valuable computer skills, and many, many other services. Don’t have a library card?? No problem, we can make cards for anyone in the NCRL service area. (Please b...
Chamber This Week Chamber will meet at noon, Thursday, Dec. 13, at Voltage Coffee House. General business is on the agenda. Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet The Grant County Fire District 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, December 17, at 7 p.m., at the Electric City Fire Station. Grant County Mosquito Dist. 2 to Meet Grant County Mosquito Dist. 2 will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday, December 13, at 5 p.m., at the Mosquito District building. Senior Volunteers Offering Caregivers a Break Senior Center volunteers will...
Chamber This Week Chamber will meet at noon Thursday, Dec. 6, at Voltage Coffee House. General business is on the agenda. 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 at 425-879-5835, or Betty at 509-631-2201. American Legion to Meet The American Legion Post 157 next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 11 at the Vet Center in Electric Ci...
Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce President Kerry Higgins celebrates after his coin toss deteremined the winner of a "bead game" at the group's annual Vintners and Brewers auction, this year with a 1960s theme. Participants touch their heads or backsides to signal their choice for the toss, with the winners standing for the next toss. Ben Hughes, at center, won that game as he signaled heads and collected $490. The community spent nearly $28,000 in support of the chamber Saturday night,...
An Okanogan County Local Emergency Planning Committee (LEPC) meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, Dec. 12, from 1:30 to 3 p.m. at the Okanogan County Commissioners’ Hearing Room, 123 5th Ave North, Room 150, Okanogan. All meetings are open to the public. Anyone with comments or concerns is invited to attend. The intended audience is elected officials, such as mayors and commissioners, Washington State Patrol, PUD, utilities, fire, EMS, law enforcement, public health and Red Cross workers, press, school districts, public works, l...
A young shopper at the Vintage Christmas Market Saturday checks out handbags at Coulee Dam Town Hall. The Grand Coulee Community Church will hold a bazaar this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m., and a Coulee Christmas Bazaar will be held at the Lake Roosevelt Elementary School from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Next Saturday, the Senior Center Christmas Bazaar will be offered from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Main Street in Grand Coulee. - Scott Hunter photo...
No Chamber This Week Due to the Vintners and Brewers Tasting and Auction Dec. 1, there will be no chamber this week. Meetings will resume Thursday, December 6. Lions Club Meets The GCD Lions Club will be meeting at 6 p.m., on Tuesday, December 4, at the Melody Restaurant in Coulee Dam. American Legion to Meet The American Legion Post 157 next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, December 11 at the Vet Center in Electric City. AA Meetings for Area Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are held on Mondays and Fridays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center...
Steve Harrington, custodian at Lake Roosevelt High School, puts yellow tape around a damaged tree Tuesday to keep people away from it until the mess can be cleaned up. Big branches of the blue spruce fell down next to the Career and Technical Education building, the former high school. Superintendent Paul Turner speculated the branches may have been weakened by wind the night before and finally fell. No one was hurt. Harrington believes the tree will be fine once they remove the large branches....
The Trees of Sharing 2018 are now out decorated with ornament tags with children’s wishes. Pick up a tag and fill the wish. Trees are placed at North Cascades Bank, Safeway Pharmacy, Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union and Harvest Foods. All gifts wrapped and with tags attached to the outside of the package must be returned to a tree location by Monday, Dec. 10. Gifts are scheduled to be delivered Saturday, December 15 from 10 – 11 a.m. Please call Linda Black, 633-3611, to volunteer with Trees of Sharing. There are opportunities to organize, sho...
In January 1947, the United States Army had an excess of metallic sodium left over from World War II and determined that the alkaline waters of Lake Lenore would be a good spot to dump and neutralize the acidic element, which reacts with water with intense explosions. Barrels containing 20,000 pounds of metallic sodium were rolled off a cliff onto the frozen lake where, according to the video description, they were shot with machine guns to expose the sodium. As the sodium reacted to the water, an estimated 162,000 cubic feet of hydrogen gas...
Nebraska City, Neb. – Celebrate this year’s holiday season with friends and loved ones while supporting conservation and tree planting with the help of the Arbor Day Foundation. • Returning for the ninth season in a row, Give-A-Tree cards from the Arbor Day Foundation offer a unique holiday giving opportunity with conservation benefits that will endure for generations. And again, this year, Give-A-Tree cards can be purchased individually and with customized text. Cards can be purchased for $5.95. • Purchasing the Arbor Day Foundation’s coffee h...
The Trees of Sharing 2018 are now out decorated with ornament tags with children’s wishes. Pick up a tag and fill the wish. Trees are placed at North Cascades Bank, Safeway Pharmacy, Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union and Harvest Foods. All gifts wrapped and with tags attached to the outside of the package must be returned to a tree location by Monday, Dec. 10. Gifts are scheduled to be delivered Saturday, December 15 from 10 – 11 a.m. Please call Linda Black, 633-3611, to volunteer with Trees of Sharing. There are opportunities to organize, sho...
Pendleton Moses, left, makes decoys ducks out of tule reeds with students at Cultural Night, held at Lake Roosevelt on Monday. Moses explained that 2,500 year old decoy ducks had been found in a cave in Nevada, and that hunters would lure real ducks with the decoys before nabbing them for food. Culture night also had deer hides, traditional foods and herbs, painting, and more. From left clockwise are Pendleton Moses, Wiyaka Steinke, Colin Chaney, Paisley Chaney, Layla Carson, Lisa Carson, and...
No Chamber This Week or Next Due to the Thanksgiving holiday and then the Vintners and Brewers Tasting and Auction Dec. 1, there will be no chamber this week or next. Meetings will resume Thursday, December 6. 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 at 425-879-5835, or Betty at 509-631-2201. Food Bank Closed this Friday The food bank at the...
The Washington State Parks Winter Recreation Program reminds winter recreation enthusiasts that Sno-Park permits are now available for purchase online and through various vendors. Sno-Park permits allow visitors to park in specially cleared, designated parking lots with access to areas around the state for cross-country skiing, skijoring, snowmobiling, dog sledding, snowshoeing, tubing and other winter sports and snow play. Sno-Park permits are sold in person and online now through April 30 and must be displayed on the permit holder’s w...