News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area

Community


Sorted by date  Results 1244 - 1268 of 2729

Page Up

  • Sunrise services are planned

    Mar 28, 2018

    Anyone in the community who would like to attend is invited to an outdoor sunrise service on Easter at the Crown Point overlook. The service, planned by the Grand Coulee Community Church, Faith Community Church and the Church of the Nazarene will start at 7 a.m. on Easter Sunday, April 1....

  • Pesticide training offered April 11/12

    Mar 28, 2018

    WSU Colville Reservation Extension will host a Pesticide License Training, Review and Test workshop on April 11 and 12, 2018. This training and review opportunity is free and open to all tribal departments, federal, state and county personnel, commercial business employees, land owners and managers and the public. For those interested, forms will also be available to acquire a Federal EPA License. If you would like more information on this or other Extension programs, please contact Linda McLean, Colville Reservation Extension Director,...

  • Seder Service set for March 28

    Mar 21, 2018

    Jews for Jesus is coming to Almira Coulee Dam Community Church on Wednesday, March 28, at 5:30 p.m. Join us at the Coulee Dam Campus for Christ in the Passover, a Seder celebration. Enjoy a great family experience combined with a Creative Potluck Meal… just 3 LOOSE rules: No pork, no shellfish, and no yeast. Did you know The Last Supper was a Passover meal? The elements have significance. Alan Bond is traveling from San Francisco to join us. Come learn and celebrate with us this Easter season....

  • Sunrise services are planned

    Mar 21, 2018

    Anyone in the community who would like to attend is invited to an outdoor sunrise service on Easter at the Crown Point overlook. The service, planned by the Grand Coulee Community Church, Faith Community Church and the Church of the Nazarene will start at 7 a.m. on Easter Sunday, April 1....

  • City council member resigns

    Roger S. Lucas|Mar 21, 2018

    Here’s an opportunity, if you live in Grand Coulee, to serve your community. The city of Grand Coulee is looking for someone to serve on the city council, to replace David Tylor, who resigned his position Tuesday night. Tylor submitted his resignation at the council meeting last night after serving for eight years. City officials are asking interested parties, who meet the requirements, to submit a letter of interest to the city clerk. The letters will be discussed and a new councilmember selected at the next council meeting, April 17. To q... Full story

  • All those pretty baskets - 412 of them

    Roger S. Lucas|Mar 21, 2018

    Shoppers eye the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center Easter basket sale as it kicked off Monday morning. Seniors volunteers spent days putting games, toys and treats together for the popular annual sale. This year the seniors ended up with 412 baskets, ranging in price from $5 to $25. All year long, seniors gather baskets and toys, then in the final week add the more perishable items. Easter is April 1. - Roger Lucas photo...

  • Meetings and Notices

    Mar 21, 2018

    Chamber to Meet at the Melody The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at the Melody Restaurant at noon this Thursday, March 22. Jesse Tillman from Coulee Concrete will be the guest speaker. He will give a history of Coulee Concrete and let attendees know about services they have to offer. Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting at 7 p.m., Monday, March 26, at the Electric City Fire Station. Demos to Meet in Okanogan Get involved in your democracy! All Okanogan...

  • Annual pancake feed raises money for volunteer firefighters

    Mar 21, 2018

    Bob Poch pours the batter to help Saturday's fund-raiser for Elmer City firefighters Saturday at Coulee Dam Town Hall. Volunteers and friends from Okanogan County Fire District 2 in Elmer City fed 251 people at their pancake feed last Saturday. The feed started at 4:30 and ended at 8 p.m. Officials stated that the special feed raised $3,400. - Roger Lucas photo...

  • Crabs, laughter and butter

    Mar 14, 2018

    Patrons of the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce's second annual crab feed go through the line Saturday night, when chamber volunteers served 108. Executive Director Peggy Nevsimal said they ran out of the 400 paper plates bought for the event, but raised nearly $2,200. On the left, from front to back, are server volunteers Lynda Anderson, Lonna Bussert and Sheri Edwards, serving Sally McDowell, Darlene Morava and Loryn Alexander. - Scott Hunter photo...

  • Seder Service coming to Coulee Dam Community Church

    Mar 14, 2018

    Jews for Jesus is coming to Almira Coulee Dam Community Church on Wednesday, March 28, at 5:30 p.m. Join us at the Coulee Dam Campus for Christ in the Passover, a Seder celebration. Enjoy a great family experience combined with a Creative Potluck Meal… just 3 LOOSE rules: No pork, no shellfish, and no yeast. Did you know The Last Supper was a Passover meal? The elements have significance. Alan Bond is traveling from San Francisco to join us. Come learn and celebrate with us this Easter season....

  • Meetings and Notices

    Mar 14, 2018

    Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at the Melody Restaurant at noon this Thursday, March 15. Darla Orr will be giving an overview of the Northwest Native Development Funds operations. Lions Club Meets First and Third Tuesdays The GCD Lions Club will be meeting at 6 p.m. on Tuesday, March 20, at the Melody Restaurant in Coulee Dam. Okanogan County School Retirees to Meet Okanogan County School Retirees Association meets Friday, March 30, for a general meeting and no-host lunch at Koala Street Grill, 914...

  • Receive 10 free trees

    Mar 14, 2018

    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 2018 and receive 10 free white pine trees or 10 white flowering dogwood trees. The free trees are part of the nonprofit Foundation’s Trees for America campaign. With planting instructions included, the trees will be shipped at the right time for planting, between March 1 and May 31. The 6- to 12-inch trees are guaranteed to grow or they will be replaced free of charge. Arbor Day Foundation m...

  • Locals add their sasquatch stories to presentation

    Jacob Wagner|Mar 14, 2018

    Author and naturalist David George Gordon gave a presentation on the mythical Sasquatch, aka Bigfoot, to a crowd at the Grand Coulee Library Thursday night. The event was attended by about 40 people, some of whom shared their thoughts on Sasquatch and their experiences of hearing or seeing unexplainable things that may, or may not, have been a Sasquatch. Gordon himself is on the fence about believing in Sasquatch, but would love to find out, encouraging a citizen science approach to the...

  • Kick start hoped for museum, writers' group

    Roger S. Lucas|Feb 28, 2018

    There will be a meeting to reorganize both the Coulee Pioneer Museum and Them Dam Writers at 1:30 p.m., Monday, March 5, at the art room on Federal Avenue, above the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center. Birdie Hensley, who started the museum in 2011, said this week that she would like to develop an active museum board and be able to systematically open the Electric City facility one or two days a week. The building, loaned to the museum by owner A. J. Gerard, holds documents and displays collected and developed by Hensley and a few others. Hensley...

  • Meetings and Notices

    Feb 28, 2018

    No Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not meet this week. Meetings will resume at on Thursday, March 8, at noon at the Melody Restaurant. Coulee Creators Meet on Tuesdays Coulee Creators meet at 412 Federal Ave. Room 207, Grand Coulee. Contact Marlene Oddie at KISSed Quilts or 509-386-5715 for further details. Hours are normally Tuesdays 1-4 p.m. AA Meetings for GCD and Nespelem Area Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are held on Mondays and Fridays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul at...

  • Sasquatch writer coming to town

    Jacob Wagner|Feb 28, 2018

    Northwest author and naturalist David George Gordon will speak about the mythical and iconic Sasquatch, aka Bigfoot, at the Grand Coulee Library on March 8 at 6:30 p.m. in a free, hour-long program. For over 25 years the Seattle author, who has a degree in biology, has written about Sasquatch. His book "The Sasquatch Seeker's Field Manual," explains how "citizen scientists" can gather data in a relevant way to be usable by science, as well as elaborates on the legend of Sasquatch. "I'm...

  • Dedicated fans

    Feb 21, 2018

    Raider fans cheer on their team at the District 5-6 Tournament in Granger Saturday. Many fans made the three-plus-hour drive and cheered both the girls' and boys' Lake Roosevelt teams. - Scott Hunter photo...

  • Meetings and Notices

    Feb 21, 2018

    Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at La Presa Mexican Restaurant in Grand Coulee at noon this Thursday, February 22, for its weekly membership meeting. On Monday, February 26, the annual membership banquet and board installation is happening at the Melody Restaurant beginning at 6 p.m. The public is welcome. Please RSVP to 633-3074 by Friday, Feb. 23, if you plan to attend. Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting 7 p.m., Monday, Feb. 26, at the...

  • Senior Meals

    Feb 21, 2018

    Wed., Feb. 21 – Dinner Pot Roast with Gravy, Potatoes, Carrots, Onions, Fruit Salad, B-day Cake, Birthday Dinner Thurs., Feb. 22 – Dinner Italian Sausage Casserole, Mixed Veggies, Mandarin Oranges, Apple, Peanut Butter Cookie Fri., Feb. 23 – Breakfast Ham Slice, Eggs, French Toast, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice Mon., Feb. 26 Breakfast Country Skillet with Eggs, Hash Browns, Cheese Toast, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice Tues., Feb. 27 – Dinner French Dip, Baked Fries, Mixed Veggies, Applesauce, Cook’s Choice Wed., Feb. 28 – Dinner Tomato Soup, Grilled Che...

  • Local business presents at Spokane Ag Expo

    Feb 14, 2018

    Mervin and Mary Jo Monteith of Spring Canyon Alpacas spent last week at the Ag Expo in Spokane. They, with five other farms and Alpaca Culture Magazine, spent three very full days sharing the joy of alpaca farming, Mary Jo reported. The Ag Expo is the Inland Northwest's largest machine show, with 300 other farm service business showing products. Above, she uses a pair of huge knitting needles at the show on some very thick yarn. - Submitted photo...

  • Receive free trees

    Feb 14, 2018

    Joining the Arbor Day Foundation is an ideal way to get in the mood for spring planting. Anyone who joins the Foundation in February 2018 will receive 10 free Norway spruce trees or 10 free redbud trees to plant when the weather turns warm. The free trees are part of the nonprofit 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...

  • Meetings and Notices

    Feb 14, 2018

    Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at La Presa Mexican Restaurant in Grand Coulee at noon this Thursday, February 15. Lynda “Cat” Stead will speaking about dream building. Lions Club to Meet February 20 The GCD Lions Club will be meeting at 6 p.m., on Tuesday, February 20, at the Melody Restaurant in Coulee Dam. Retirees to Meet Okanogan County School Retirees Association meets at 11 a.m. Friday, February 23, for a general meeting and no-host luncheon at Koala Street Grill, 914 Koala St., Omak. Okanogan Hig...

  • Meetings and Notices

    Feb 7, 2018

    Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at La Presa Mexican Restaurant in Grand Coulee at noon this Thursday, February 8. Coulee Creators Meet on Tuesdays Coulee Creators meet at 412 Federal Ave. Room 207, Grand Coulee. Contact Marlene Oddie at KISSed Quilts or 509-386-5715 for further details. Hours are normally Tuesdays 1-4 p.m. American Legion to Meet The American Legion Post 157 next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, February 13, at the Vets Center in Electric City. Icicle Creek Glaciers Meeting...

  • A long tumble

    Jan 31, 2018

    Martin Falls tumbles in full flow over the coulee wall Thursday as the mist covers the rocks. - Jacob Wagner photo...

  • Verheul to join Strate Funeral Home

    Jan 24, 2018

    Strate Funeral Home is pleased to announce the addition of Dan Verheul to their staff. Dan is a licensed funeral director/embalmer who has worked in the funeral industry for over 30 years. Dan will also be the pre-planning funeral counselor for Strate Funeral Home. Dan previously worked in Spokane, Washington, but is very familiar with working in smaller communities. Dan is very active with the Spokane Lilac Festival Association, where he has served as a director for the last four years. Dan is happy to join the staff and work with Mike, James...

Page Down