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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Chamber This Week This week’s meeting will be held at noon at Voltage Coffee House in Grand Coulee. General business is on the agenda. Celebrating Life in Recovery A 14-week program entitled Celebrating Life in Recovery is being held 4:30 p.m. Saturdays, 103 Continental Heights, Grand Coulee. Contact 631-1072 with questions about this program. Okanogan County School Retirees’ Assoc. to Meet Okanogan County School Retirees’ Association will hold a social gathering 11 a.m., Friday, November 16 at Roadhouse 97, 914 Koala St, Omak. Connie Palme...
A Ten-Penny Auction will be held in the Lake Roosevelt High School cafeteria Saturday at 11 a.m. This year the annual event will be sponsored by both the junior and senior classes of LRHS to earn funds towards their senior trips....
Ten Penny Auction happening LR right now, with lots of good items to throw your "pennies" at.... Full story
The universe, estimated by scientists to be about 14 billion years old, vast and full of mystery, will be the topic of a presentation at the Grand Coulee Library this Thursday. Astronomer Kevin Manning, a former consultant with the National Aeronautics and Space Administration and founder of Look Up to the Stars, will host the family friendly presentation that explores the universe from the very small to the very large. "Learn about the beauty and harmony of the universe on this virtual journey... Full story
The Grand Coulee branch of North Cascades Bank (NCB) is collecting new or gently used coats for local children in need. Gloves, scarves, hats and other warm outerwear for children are also welcome. Cash donations will be used to purchase new coats. All items will be distributed to schools in the Grand Coulee Dam School District. Donations will be accepted at NCB through the end of October. Please help keep our local kids warm this winter! If you have any questions about the coat drive, please call 633-1700. NCB, Member FDIC...
Allan Peterson, of the Small Business Development Center in Moses Lake, talks with chamber members at Voltage Coffee Thursday. Peterson, who takes appointments for free small-business consultations once a quarter in Electric City, presented demographic information on the Grand Coulee Dam area indicating a population of 4,266 within 10 miles of Grand Coulee. He said software available to SBDC can help a small business figure out what opportunities are available locally. As an example, more than...
Chamber This Week This week’s meeting will be held at noon at Voltage Coffee House in Grand Coulee. General business is on the agenda. American Legion to Meet The American Legion Post 157 next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 13, at the Vets Center in Electric City. Show and Share Event All crafters/sewers/quilters are invited to a Show and Share, Monday, Nov. 12, 9-10 a.m., 412 Federal Ave., east entrance, room 207. Contact Marlene Oddie at KISSed Quilts 509-386-5715 for details. Celebrating Life in Recovery A 14-week program entitl...
All 30 North Central Regional Library branches in Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan and Ferry counties will be closed on Nov. 14 for an all-staff training day. The library district’s Distribution Center in Wenatchee will also be closed, and the community and rural schools bookmobiles will not be operating. People can still access library services online at www.ncrl.org....
It had to happen sooner or later. An annual event that has served as a fundraiser and annual kickoff to the local holiday season is making a fundamental change, organizers announced: the penny auction will become “The Ten-Penny Auction” this year when it’s held on Nov. 17, the Saturday before Thanksgiving, at the Lake Roosevelt High School gym. The “auction” has, in the past, sold tiny slips of paper, each worth a penny, used for “bidding” by putting them in cups in front of each item up for bid. This year, said Tammy Norris, an organizer, su...
A book fair sponsored by the Grand Coulee Dam PTA and Scholastic Books is going on at the Lake Roosevelt Elementary Library through Friday, Nov. 9. People can buy books there from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. this Tuesday and Wednesday, from 8 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Thursday and from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Friday....
The Grand Coulee Area Ski Club will be having its pre-season meeting on Wednesday, November 14. Meetings will be at Nespelem School at 5:00 p.m. and Lake Roosevelt High School at 6:30....
State DOT workers fix the east end of the Columbia River Bridge in Coulee Dam Tuesday. The repair was needed after an overheight vehicle hit the "end portal," a piece of steel that had to be removed on Monday, taken to Wenatchee, and a new one painted and installed on Oct. 30 by the regional bridge crew of the Department of Transportation out of Wenatchee, explained Ryan Smith of the local DOT. Tony Gillin, bridge maintenance supervisor for the North Central Region of the DOT, said the unknown...
’Tis the beginning of the season for Trees of Sharing 2018. The Trees of Sharing program is a special way for Grand Coulee Dam area residents to anonymously bless local children who might not otherwise receive a gift at Christmastime. Trees of Sharing is for children up to age 18 residing in the Grand Coulee Dam area, including Elmer City and Belvedere. School-age children must be enrolled in the Grand Coulee Dam School District. This year’s Trees of Sharing schedule: • November 2 – November 16: Children’s names may be submitted on special ...
Chamber This Week This week’s meeting will be held at noon on Thursday, at Voltage Coffee House in Grand Coulee. General business is on the agenda. American Legion to Meet The American Legion Post 157 next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, Nov. 13, at the Vets Center in Electric City....
International speaker and television personality, Cheri Peters, is the creator of the “Celebrating Life In Recovery” program. Available worldwide, a new recovery group starts meetings here in Grand Coulee next month. In 1994, Peters founded True Step Ministries (www.truestep.org), a non-profit organization that provides support for recovery from every kind of dysfunction, abuse or addiction. Peters speaks to audiences around the world in prisons, rehab centers, schools, churches and on the streets. She presents a disruptive, hope-filled mes...
Chamber This Week This week’s meeting will be held at noon at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee. 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. Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District #14 will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m., October 29, 2018 at t...
On October 7, the Ridge Riders proudly crowned Miss Cassidy Meng as their 2019 Colorama Pro-West Rodeo Queen. Cassidy is 17 years of age and attends Moses Lake High School. She has enjoyed competing in Jr. Rodeo, Posse Shows, WAHSET, 4-H, and Barrel Club. The community can expect to see a lot of this young lady, as she has a lot of excellent ideas and plans for 2019....
The community choir will be rehearsing Mondays at 7 p.m. for its upcoming Christmas concert. Practice takes place at St. Henry’s Catholic Church. Singers are welcome....
Commerce, likely many other things, is dependent on current weather and long-term climate. Our regional wheat growers know that our climate is conducive to their work and production. The same applies to the transportation of goods. Be they from a farm or a manufacturing plant, the goods have to be brought to market. We know that major weather events can cause havoc on the highways, rail systems and open seas. Climate change will affect the transportation of goods as weather events change. A... Full story
OLYMPIA – Oct. 17, 2018 – The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission will again offer 12 free days next year, in which day-use visitors won’t need a Discover Pass to visit state parks by vehicle. The first free day of 2019 is New Year’s Day, Jan. 1. State Parks free days are in keeping with 2011 legislation that created the Discover Pass, which costs $30 annually or $10 for a one-day visit. The pass is required for vehicle access to state recreation lands managed by Washington State Parks, the Washington Department of Fish and Wil...
After piloting the backpack program at the Wenatchee and Winthrop public libraries during the summer, North Central Regional Library is now expanding it to include all of Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan and Ferry counties. The backpacks contain a nature book, binoculars, compass, magnifying glass, trail maps, identification cards, insect catcher, measuring tape, and thermometer, as well as colored pencils to write and draw on a journal template. "The goal of the nature backpacks is to get our...
Chamber This Week Ann Diamond will be the guest speaker at the chamber lunch this week. Diamond is running as an independent candidate for the 12th District House of Representative seat in the upcoming November election. The meeting will be held at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee beginning at noon. Retirement Planning Seminar Planned Okanogan County School Retirees’ Association is sponsoring a free Retirement Planning Seminar for all school employees (PERS, SERS, and TRS) at 4:30 p.m., Wednesday, October 24, 2018, at the Okanogan High School L...
Okanogan Valley Orchestra & Chorus will present their season-premier concert at the Omak Performing Arts Center Oct. 20, at 3 p.m. The concert is planned as an audience-participation event, a musical quiz that will keep you engaged as you go on this “Musical Pursuit,” the group says. Matt Brown and Jonathan McBride, musical directors for the orchestra and chorus, have chosen an eclectic mix of music. The chorus will perform a Chopin Prelude, a Beethoven spoof called “Beethoven’s Wig,” a choral piece from HMS Pinafore, the rock anthem “Bohemian...
The Grant County Health District’s Board of Health needs a new representative from the north end of the county. The representative should be from Grand Coulee, Electric City, Coulee City, or Hartline, can be an elected official or simply a citizen, and will attend meetings on the second Wednesday of each month at 7 p.m. in Ephrata. Electric City Councilmember Carol Nordine formerly filled the position. “Carol has done a fantastic job for us,” said Theresa Adkinson, administrator for Grant County Health. The meetings are a chance for repre...
The Grand Coulee branch of North Cascades Bank (NCB) is collecting new or gently used coats for local children in need. Gloves, scarves, hats and other warm outerwear for children are also welcome. Cash donations will be used to purchase new coats. All items will be distributed to schools in the Grand Coulee Dam School District. Donations will be accepted at NCB through the end of October. Please help keep our local kids warm this winter! If you have any questions about the coat drive, please call 633-1700. NCB, Member FDIC...