News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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The WSU Colville Reservation Extension is presenting a Basics of Water Bath Canning workshop on Wednesday, July 13 and Thursday, July 14. The Wednesday class will be from 5 to 7 p.m., at the Omak Senior Mealsite and the Thursday class is from 4:30 to 6:30 p.m., at the Keller Community Center. Pre-registration is requested and can be done by contacting Kayla Wells at 634-2304 or kayla.wells@wsu.edu.... Full story
"Four Star Brass," a brass quartet from Navy Band Northwest, provided a 45-minute concert Sunday night at the Bureau of Reclamation's Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center. The four musician sailors played a variety of traditional patriotic songs, gospel, jazz, popular songs and, of course, a John Philip Sousa march, all under a perfect summer evening sky. - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 6/20 - A Goodfellow Avenue resident in Electric City was advised that if her dogs got out again she would be cited. She was also told that she needed to get her two dogs licensed. - Police helped Department of Corrections officers locate and arrest a person on Stevens Avenue in Electric City who had a warrant for his arrest. - Police cleared a deer that had been struck by a car off Division Street. - Police responded to a domestic call on Goodfellow Avenue in Electric City, where a man was angry at something his mother said... Full story
North Central Regional Library will be offering a wide range of programs over the summer, including its popular reading programs for children and adults. Signups are now underway for the reading programs, which will start at each of our 30 branches as schools let out for the summer. Sign up at your local library to be eligible for prizes and raffle drawings or online at ncrl.org. Readers can track their hours and books read, and win prizes throughout the summer as they reach their goals. In addition, many libraries will be hosting the NCRL Pupp... Full story
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting this Thursday, June 23, at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee. General business is on the agenda. Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet The Grant County Fire District No. 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, June 27, 2016 at 7 p.m., at the Electric City Fire Station. Local AA Meetings 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 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings. New Hope Group... Full story
Folks at the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center gather behind the table that held the theme for their dinner Thursday. The Senior Meals program plans a special themed dinner once a month. Thursday's theme was wedding. Members brought in old wedding photos of themselves, plus other photos. One even brought in her wedding dress, hanging at left. From left – front row: Opal Slater, Rita and Ferd Syphers, Robert and Jean Mueller, Bonnie Femling, Pat Barnard, Pat Holbert, Jack Barnard; middle row: J... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 6/9 - A Newman Lake man who owns two vacant houses in Electric City told officers that windows in one house had been broken, possibly by a pellet gun, and the door on the second house had been forced. The man wasn’t sure if anything had been taken. 6/11 - A man on Diamond Street in Electric City told police that someone had been in his house while he was away. Police gathered some items to see if they could lift fingerprints. The man said a few things had been moved but he wasn’t sure if anything was missing. - A Grand Cou... Full story
Weather Watcher Forecast for Grand Coulee Area "Grand Coulee Area Weather" or www.grandcouleeweather.info... Full story
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting this Thursday, June 16, at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee. Tim Culbertson, of Columbia Basin Hydropower, will be speaking. American Legion to Meet The American Legion Post 157 holds legion meetings on the second Tuesday of each month, beginning at 6:30 p.m. and will be held at the Zion Lutheran Church, 348 Mead Ave., Grand Coulee, through the month of August. The next meeting will be Tuesday, July 12. Care and Share Food Bank Is Open Fridays The food bank at the... Full story
Masquers has a history of pioneering new plays by local playwrights. The latest chapter in that endeavor is a musical. “This Ain’t Me” is the name of it, and it was written by Vince Bryant, with assistance from his wife and daughter. The play is done, and he wants to see how it will look and sound on a real stage with real actors. Masquers’ long time artistic director, Beverly Hasper, will be helping to make that happen. She, as well as the Bryants, will meet with volunteer actors and singers who are interested in the project. “We don’t kno... Full story
When we think of or talk about the weather, there are times when a weather crystal ball would be really valued. Now that we are moving into the traditional months of summer – June, July and August, – I would like one of those magical weather crystal balls. I wonder if Costco stocks them; probably in bulk, quantity of four! Looking over the Climate Prediction Center's (CPC) three-month prediction, here's what they are saying: "The CPC three-class summer (June-July-August) temperature outlook has... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 5/19 - Police are sending a report to the prosecutor’s office asking that charges of third-degree theft and harassment be filed against two men who agreed to make vehicle repairs for a Grand Coulee man. After repairs were supposedly made, the man still had trouble with his vehicle. The theft had to do with those who were supposed to do the repair and returning a gasket. The harassment refers to the pair pressing the complainant for payment. 6/4 - Police checked on an abandoned vehicle at North Dam Park and found it high-cent... Full story
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting this Thursday, June 9, at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee. Stacie Nicholson, Sexual Assault Advocate at The Support Center in Omak, will be presenting “To break the cycle of violence we must break the cycle of silence.” Price to Present Family History The Grant County Historical Society Board will hold their regular board meeting Tuesday, June 14, at 11 a.m., at the American Legion Post in Ephrata, 276 8th Ave N. Following lunch, Carol Price, of Wilson Creek, will talk... Full story
Built by DWK Fowler Construction, the playhouse will be raffled off at the Ridge Rider Junior Rodeo in July as a fund-raiser for the saddle club. Tickets are on sale now at Loepp Furniture and Appliance at $1 each. For years, Fowler has built unique playhouses for a raffle held at the Junior Rodeo. This year's playhouse takes the form of a travel trailer pulled by a car. Dennis Jones was given the assignment to build the trailer-car playhouse and said the thick lumber came from a logging... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 5/31 - A man on Coulee Boulevard East, told police that sometime during the night someone had stolen four tires on chrome wheels from his residence. - A person on Main Street told police that a chocolate colored Labrador dog was loose in the area and often defecates in his yard. Police looked for the dog but couldn’t find it. - Police checked on a domestic violence report on Federal Avenue and found that it was just an argument. However, the woman involved was cited for not having an interlock in place on her car and for n... Full story
Annie Ford sings a Woody Guthrie song at the Woody Guthrie Day event Saturday at the Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center park, where a dozen singers and a half dozen speakers paid tribute to one of the fathers of modern folk music. The event was arranged as a promotion for "26 Songs in 30 Days: Woody Guthrie's Columbia River Songs and the Planned Promised Land in the Pacific Northwest," a book by Greg Vandy and Daniel Person on Guthrie's contract with the Bonneville Power Administration during the... Full story
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting this Thursday, June 2, at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee. Debbie Bigelow, CEO of Coulee Medical Center, will be speaking about legislative issues that could affect your healthcare. American Legion to Meet The American Legion Post 157 will hold its regular meeting Tuesday, June 14, at 6:30 p.m., at Zion Lutheran Church, 348 Mead, Grand Coulee, because of the yard sale. Local AA Meetings Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are held on Mondays and Fridays at 6 p.m. at the... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 5/14 - A Spokane Valley driver was cited for going 50 mph in a 40 mph zone near the top of the dam. 5/17 - A man on Ronald Drive reported a suspicious vehicle in the area. It was stated that the vehicle had sped through the alley three times. - A woman reported from jail that her vehicle had been stolen. - The owner of H&H Grocery reported a person who took two packages of danishes without paying for them. Police asked for a copy of the security tape. 5/18 - Police advised two tenants at Continental Heights to stay away... Full story
Lake Roosevelt High School's Imagine Tomorrow team of Alan Nordine (sophomore) and Olivia Battise (senior) placed second in the Biofuels Behavior category, a four-state science competition Saturday in Pullman. Each team member was awarded $200 and the school will receive a $1,000 award. For nine years, Washington State University has hosted the Imagine Tomorrow Competition in Pullman, and Lake Roosevelt High School received a special recognition and a desk clock for being one of three schools... Full story
Grand Coulee 5/14 - A man reported to police that a power line near Batchelor’s Square was down. Police directed traffic until Grant County PUD arrived. 5/15 - A Nespelem man was cited for not having any required documents the officer asked for after being stopped for a faulty headlamp. A licensed driver arrived and took control of the vehicle. - An Electric City woman told police that a woman keeps harassing her. The officer suggested that she get a no-contact order through the courts and she said she would do so. - A man from Trout Lake w... Full story
What’s cookin’ at the seniors Wed., May 18 – Dinner Pork Loin Chops, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Steamed Vegetables, Applesauce, Birthday Cake. Happy Birthday! Thurs., May 19 – Dinner Swiss Steak, Smashed Potatoes, Mixed Vegetables, Fruit Cup, Cake/Cupcakes Fri., May 20 – Breakfast German Sausage and Eggs, Hashbrowns, Toast, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice Mon., May 23 – Breakfast Scrambled Mess (Meat, Eggs, Onions), Hashbrowns, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice Tues., May 24 – Dinner Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Steamed Vegetables Fruit Cup, Tropical... Full story
Fri., May 20 Deadline to dedicate flag for Memorial Day program. 633-0663 Fri.& Sat., May 20-21 Horsemanship Clinic, Ridge Rider Rodeo Grounds. 633-1263 Mon., May 23 – Fri., May 27 Book Fair at LR Elementary School during conferences Wed., May 25 4 p.m., Jazzmasters at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille, Grand Coulee... Full story
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting this Thursday, May 19, at La Presa in Grand Coulee. Coulee Medical Center CEO Debbie Bigelow will be giving a presentation entitled “How would you improve on this process?” Local AA Meetings 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 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings. New Hope Group meetings are held Wednesdays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center. These are open and non-smoking. In Nes... Full story
Grand Coulee 5/7 - An Electric City man was banned from an Electric City tavern when he refused to leave after being asked. He had brought a couple of guitars and an amplifier into the bar and then used some of the equipment that belonged to the band playing. He gave Conrad Hilton as a reference. His equipment was returned to his car and he was told to leave and not come back. 5/8 - Police responded to a threat report at Jack’s Four Corner Service and found that the person making the threat had left. - A man in Electric City told police that h... Full story
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon this Thursday, May 12, at La Presa in Grand Coulee. Debbie Starkey of Investment Services Northwest will be speaking about a grant writing workshop she attended. Lincoln County Fire Dist. 9 to Meet The Lincoln County Fire District 9 will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m., on Thursday, May 12, at the Nazarene Church just outside of Grand Coulee on SR-174. Dedication of Flags Deadline For those that have a deceased veteran’s flag you would like to donate to the I... Full story