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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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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...
Chamber This Week Chamber will meet this Thursday, February 21, at La Presa Restaurant beginning at noon. Allan Peterson of the Grant County Economic Council will be the guest speaker. Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District #14 will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 25, at the Electric City fire barn. GCDSD Board to Meet Grand Coulee Dam School District school board will meet Monday, February 25, in the LRHS library beginning at 6 p.m. Child Find at Nespelem School Child Find will be held Wed.,...
Auditions for the next Masquers Theatre production, “I Hate Shakespeare,” will be held Feb. 23 at 2 p.m. and Feb. 24 at 5:30 p.m. at Masquers Theatre in Soap Lake. “Whether or not you are a fan of Shakespeare, we are certain you will be a fan of this show!” said Daryl Pheasant, publicity chair for the event. Director Pat Rosman and Assistant Director Kat Stahl hope for a minimum of seven actors, but would like to cast 14, give or take a few cheerleaders and zombies. Rehearsals will start the first week of March, four nights a week. The product...
Vitalant, along with Grand Coulee community blood drive volunteers led by coordinator Leha Neilsen, is planning a blood drive for Monday, February 25. Donation hours will be from 12:30 to 4 p.m. at Coulee Medical Center, in the community room. Vitalant is the sole blood provider to more than 35 hospitals across the Inland Northwest and needs at least 200 donors each day to meet the needs of those patients. A single donation can transform the lives of up to three people. For more information, contact 425-314-3799....
The winter meeting of the Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association will be held at 1 p.m., Wednesday, February 20, at the Grand Coulee Senior Center, 203 Main Street. Please note change of location. The meeting is open to anyone who has an interest in the former Grand Coulee School District 55 schools. Applications for the 2019 scholarships will be available at the meeting. Eligible applicants include any direct descendant of alumni who attended Grand Coulee Dam School District at any time, as well as graduating seniors from Lake Roosevelt...
Chamber This Week Chamber will meet this Thursday, February 14, at La Presa Resaturant beginning at noon. Eric Braaten, a biologist for Washington Departent of Fish and Wildlife, will be the guest speaker. Lions Club Meets The GCD Lions Club will be meeting at 6 p.m., on Tuesday, February 19, at the Melody Restaurant in Coulee Dam. Grant County Mosquito District 2 to Meet The Grant County Mosquito District 2 will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday, February 14, at 5 p.m., at 210 W. Coulee Blvd., Electric City. AA Meetings for GCD and...
Vitalant, along with Grand Coulee community blood drive volunteers led by coordinator Leha Neilsen, is planning a blood drive for Monday, February 25. Donation hours will be from 12:30 to 4 p.m. at Coulee Medical Center, in the community room. Vitalant is the sole blood provider to more than 35 hospitals across the Inland Northwest and needs at least 200 donors each day to meet the needs of those patients. A single donation can transform the lives of up to three people. For more information, contact 425-314-3799....
Joining the Arbor Day Foundation is an ideal way to get in the mood for spring planting. Anyone who joins the Foundation in February 2019 will receive 10 free Colorado blue spruce trees or 10 free redbud trees to plant when the weather turns warm. The free trees are part of the Foundation’s Trees for America campaign. “These trees will help beautify your home for many years to come,” said Matt Harris, chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “The trees will also add to the proud heritage of your state’s existing Tree City USA communiti...
An audition will be held for the Missoula Children’s Theatre’s production of THE FROG PRINCE (Monday, March 11, 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 T...
Seven performers graced the stage at the Grand Theatre on Saturday night in an open-mic concert that was the first event in the theater on Grand Coulee's Main Street in years. Between 30 and 40 people attending were treated to a variety of acts. Tim Brooks played traditional native American flute songs; Keith Jorgensen played blues songs on harmonica; Randy Spotts played flamenco guitar; Leah Whalawitsa sang an a capella version of "Say Something" by A Great Big World, a song made popular by...
A squirrel reaches for a branch full of berries above its head while balancing on a small branch of bush Saturday in Grand Coulee. - Jacob Wagner photo...
Chamber This Week Chamber will meet this Thursday, January 24, at Siam Palace beginning at noon. Paul Turner will be speaking about Rotary Club membership. Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet The Grant County Fire District 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, January 28, at 7 p.m., at the Electric City Fire Station. GCDSD Board of Directors to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam School District board of directors will be holding a regular board meeting at 6 p.m. on Monday, January 28, at the high school library. Okanogan County School Retirees...