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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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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...
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...
A “Harvest Festival” is being organized by several groups as a fundraiser at Lake Roosevelt Schools for Thursday, Oct. 25, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. It will include a costume contest, a “Trunk or Treat” feature, a meal, and unlimited games. The Grand Coulee Dam PTA, the Johnson O’Malley program, the Lake Roosevelt Elementary Associated Student Body and others are putting on the festival. Groups will sell cotton candy, popcorn and caramel apples. There will be a selfie photo booth, cake/pie walk, carnival games and more. People are asked to bring...
A comedic, yet honest, interpretation of the class system and the human spirit of Colorado settlers and Denver Society will be portrayed by the Masquers Theatre cast of "The Unsinkable Molly Brown," beginning this Friday in Soap Lake. Jeremy Hansen and Madeline Piccolo are among the cast members from the Grand Coulee Dam area, and sometime-director Carol Boyce is a costume designer for the production. Directed by Patty Jardine and assistant director Mistya Zaleski, the musical is an uplifting...
The fall meeting of the Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, October 17, at the Grand Coulee Community Church, 405 Center Street. The meeting is open to anyone who has an interest in the former Grand Coulee School District 55 schools. In its 20th year, the Alumni Association was formed the fall of 2000 by graduates from the classes of 1954 and 1958 with three original purposes: awarding scholarships each year, developing a database of addresses of alumni to be used by reunion organizers, and to form a c...
Chamber This Week Jesse Utz, from Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School, will be talking about the school’s Natural Helpers Program at chamber lunch this Thursday, October 11. The group will meet at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee at noon. Okanogan County School Retirees to Meet Okanogan County School Retirees’ Association meets Friday, October 26, at Roadhouse 97, 914 Koala St., Omak. Order lunch at 11:15 a.m., with meeting beginning at 11:30. Peter Diedrick, WSSRA Legislative Director and Rohn Rutledge, AMBA Representative, will speak. For more inf...
Volunteers for Second Harvest hand out 9,127 pounds of food to 404 individuals, in 148 families, at the Zion Lutheran Church Sept. 27, including 5,060 pounds of produce. Microsoft sponsored the event that included nutrition education on topics such as how much sugar is in different foods and drinks. They also gave out apple potato salad and recipes for the dish. "We try to do simple recipes for the products we're giving away that day," said Julie Humphreys, community relations manager for...
Inland Northwest Blood Center, along with the Grand Coulee community blood drive volunteers is planning a blood drive for Monday, October 22. Donation hours will be from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at the community room in Coulee Medical Center. For more info call Amber Short at 509-714-6443....
At the Second Annual Chili Cook Off held at Banks Lake Golf Course Saturday, Cheri Thomas won for her second year in a row, winning a 12 Tribes Casino package, including a $100 gaming voucher, a $100 spa voucher, and $50 in meal vouchers. The prize was donated by the casino. A Huckleberry raffle raised $132, and the chili cook off raised $852, making for a total of $984 raised for the senior center and meals program. Second place went to Herb Sherburne, who won a handcrafted afghan made by Fawn...
Chamber This Week Nelson Cox, who is running for Grant County PUD Commissioner, will be speaking at Chamber this Thursday, October 4. The group will be meeting at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee at noon. Theater Auditions Next Week The Soap Lake Masquers Theatre will hold audition next week for its upcoming Christmas show “The Rented Christmas,” publicity co-chair Darryl Pheasant stated last week. The auditions will take place Oct. 12 at 6 p.m. and Oct. 13 at 2 p.m. Show dates will be Nov. 30 to Dec. 9 for six shows, with Friday performances at...
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...