News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Jeremy Hansen, of Grand Coulee, and Allison Pheasant, Ephrata, sing a duet from the upcoming musical "The Unsinkable Molly Brown" at the Soap Lake Masquers Theater's annual Membership Gala at the end of August. The play opens Oct. 19. The two have the lead parts in the production. - submitted photo...
There’s nothing like some good views, brews and tunes to ring in the autumn season. At the Harvest Festival this year, helicopter rides will be available from Inland Helicopters from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 15, and from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Sunday, Sept. 16. Those who go along for the ride will receive a scenic bird’s-eye-view of the coulee’s unique landscape, a great opportunity to take photos for the photographer in all of us. And when you need to calm down from the adrenaline rush of flying in a helicopter, the Harvest Festi...
No Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not meet this week but will resume meetings beginning Sept. 6, at the La Presa Restaurant in Grand Coulee. Lions Club Meets First and Third Tuesdays The GCD Lions Club will be meeting at 6 p.m., on Tuesday, September 4, at the Melody Restaurant in Coulee Dam. Food Bank Open Fridays The food bank at the Church of the Nazarene has normal operating hours every Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. It is located at the Church of Nazarene, Hwy 174, Grand Coulee. AA Meetings for GCD and...
Better put another notch in your belt, the barbecue competition will be back at Harvest Festival. The Pacific Northwest BBQ Association will be bringing their competition to Banks Lake Park on Saturday, Sept. 15 and Sunday, Sept. 16. The event runs on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. the public can get their fingers on the tasty morsels. You can get four samples for $10. Prizes in the competition total $6,500, in addition to trophies and ribbons for the best meat masters....
Nebraska City, Neb. – Spruce up your landscape by joining the Arbor Day Foundation in August. Everyone who joins the nonprofit Arbor Day Foundation with a $10 donation will receive 10 free Colorado blue spruce trees or 10 white flowering dogwood trees through the Foundation’s Trees for America campaign. The trees will be shipped postpaid between October 15 and December 10, depending on the right time for planting in the member’s area. The 6- to 12-inch trees are guaranteed to grow or they will be replaced, free of charge. To receive the free...
Melissa Day creates giant bubbles that other kids rush in to burst just before they do on their own at the Wednesday market last week. - Scott Hunter photo...
Bob Kelton shows complex potatoes from his garden that have had multiple starts and stops in the current growing season. Kelton said russett potatoes are affected this way by high heat and dry conditions, both of which these spuds suffered this summer. — Scott Hunter photo...
A total of 58 including spouses and guests attended the Friday night "Thanks-giving" reunion dinner for the Grand Coulee High School classes of 1958, 1959, and 1960. The dinner was Friday night, August 10, 2018, at the Senior Center in Grand Coulee, and with the Grass Valley Fire erupting the next day, they were thankful they had chosen Friday instead of Saturday for their main activity. Some alumni returning to the west side of the state were ahead of the closure of highway 174 by just over an...
Inland Northwest Blood Center, along with the Grand Coulee community blood drive volunteers led by coordinator Leha Neilsen, is planning a blood drive for Monday, August 20. Donation hours will be from 12:30 to 5 p.m. at the community room in Coulee Medical Center....
No Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not meet for the rest of August. Meetings will resume in September. POWER to Meet The POWER group will be meeting this Thursday, August 16 at 6 p.m. at the Senior Center on Main Street in Grand Coulee. On the agenda is the fish pens. Call Carl Russell if there are any questions at 633-0648. Food Bank Open Fridays The food bank at the Church of the Nazarene has normal operating hours every Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. But take note it will be closed Friday, August 31. It is...
To celebrate the National Park System’s 102nd birthday, the Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission is offering free entrance to state parks on Saturday, Aug. 25, including Steamboat Rock State Park. Day-use visitors will not need a Discover Pass to visit state parks by vehicle. “The National Park Service is celebrating its birthday this year as ‘something new for 102,’” said Don Hoch, director of Washington State Parks. “We think that’s a great idea, and we encourage visitors to take advantage of the free day by visiting a pa...
The Classes of 1958, 1959, and 1960 are celebrating their years together at Grand Coulee High School with a reunion dinner at the Senior Center, 203 Main Street in Grand Coulee, on Friday, August 10, 2018. The meal will be served promptly at 5:00 p.m., and the cost is $10 per person. Local alumni are asked to bring a pie to be served for dessert. Anyone in town early is encouraged to come spend the afternoon visiting at the Center with other early birds. The Senior Thrift Store will close at noon that day in order to allow the volunteers to...
No Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not meet for the rest of August. Meetings will resume in September. American Legion to Meet The American Legion Post 157 next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 14 at the Lutheran Church in Grand Coulee. Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of Ice Age Floods to Meet Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet at 7:00 p.m., Tuesday, August 14 at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, 127 South Mission, Wenatchee. The program is free and open to...
(Keller – 8/1/18) Keller Valley Highriders 4-H Club hosted a 4-H Small Animal Clinic Wednesday, August 1, 2018, at the Keller Community Center. Youth and families came together to learn how to care for chickens and rabbits and to prepare their small animal 4-H projects for exhibition at the Ferry County Fair. A variety of topics were covered during this educational workshop. Storey Jackson, 4-H Leader, and Linda McLean, Colville Reservation WSU Extension Director, taught about Educational P...
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, August 2, at Siam Palace. This will be the only chamber lunch in the month of August. Chamber lunches will resume in September. Lions Club Meets First and Third Tuesdays The GCD Lions Club will be meeting at 6 p.m., on Tuesday, August 7, 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, August 14, at the Lutheran Church in Grand Coulee. Wenatchee Valley Erratics...
Workers from Omak-based Proline Concrete Cutting work on the curbs and sidewalks on Civic Way in Coulee Dam. The $836,384 project to fix Coulee Dam's streets and sidewalks on the east side of town is being paid for with $794,565 in grant money from the Transportation Improvement Board, which is part of the state Department of Transportation. The city provided a 5-percent match of $41,819. Former Mayor Greg Wilder applied for the grant in 2016. The work should be complete by about mid-August,...
Coulee Dam Community Church and Faith Community Church are partnering to bring “Game on! Vacation Bible School” to the community in August. Vacation Bible School runs Monday, Aug. 13 through Friday, Aug. 17 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Coulee Dam Community Church in Coulee Dam. It’s open to children from age 3 through sixth grade and is free to the public. For more information, or to pre-register your child, contact Faith Community Church at 633-3044 and leave a message for Lee Seekins....
The Classes of 1958, 1959, and 1960 are celebrating their years together at Grand Coulee High School with a reunion dinner at the Senior Center, 203 Main Street in Grand Coulee, on Friday, August 10, 2018. The meal will be served promptly at 5:00 P.M., and the cost is $10 per person. Local alumni are asked to bring a pie to be served for dessert. Anyone in town early is encouraged to come spend the afternoon visiting at the Center with other early birds. The Senior Thrift Store will close at noon that day in order to allow the volunteers to...
The Coulee Dam High School Class of 1968 will be celebrating their 50th class reunion this weekend August 3rd, 4th, & 5th 2018. All relatives and friends of our class are invited to join us at Spring Canyon on Saturday Aug. 4th, to catch up and renew old friendships. For more information call Linda Zlateff at 509-647-5853....
Daylan Grub from Ephrata benefited from the raffle last Saturday at the Ridge Riders Junior Rodeo for the tractor playhouse built by DWK Fowler Construction. His aunt, Ellyn Kiner, won the raffle and gave it to him. His mother said they couldn't even get it unloaded before he started playing on it. - Gennifer Markin photo...
Local voters, split up into many different districts, are considering candidates running for offices in: • county offices of Grant, Okanogan, Lincoln and Douglas counties; • state legislative districts 7, 12 and 13; • congressional districts 4 and 5; and • public utility districts in Grant, Douglas and Okanogan counties. Ballots for the Aug. 7 primary were mailed last week. From a wide-open primary in the 12th Legislative District, where Rep. Cary Condotta has chosen not to run again, to various offices up for election in four local countie...
Summer reading events are in progress at the Grand Coulee Public Library. Coming up: Friday, July 27, 10:30 a.m., the Fire Trucks are coming to story time. Fri., Aug. 3, 10:30 a.m., a very special storytime with Deb McVay. Wed., Aug. 8, 2 p.m. the Science of Sound. For more information contact the library at 633-0972....
A weekly market at North Dam Park will now include activities for kids, a feature added by the sponsoring Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce. The Wednesday evening markets, running from 4 to 7 p.m., will feature a new activity each week will be sponsored by local businesses. Tonight at 6 p.m., kids get to “slip and slide” and enjoy water balloons in an appropriately cool activity, sponsored by the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center. That plan seemed popular on the chamber’s Facebook page. Upcoming activities include a bubble station, makin...
Director Patty Jardine announces that the Masquers Theater will be holding auditions for the upcoming fall musical “The Unsinkable Molly Brown” on Saturday, July 28, at 5 p.m., and Sunday, July 29, at 2 p.m., at the theater, 322 Main Ave E in Soap Lake. The musical opens October 19 through November 11, for 11 shows. Rehearsals begin the first week of August. Visit www.masquers.com for audition materials and information....
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee at noon this Thursday, July 19. Ryan Rodin, from Greater Spokane Incorporated, is the guest speaker. Ryan is a Government Contracting Assistance Specialist and will hold a workshop during lunch about finding, bidding on and securing government contracts. Food Bank Open Fridays The food bank at the Church of the Nazarene has normal operating hours every Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. It is located at the Church of Nazarene, Hwy 174, Grand Coulee....