News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon this Thursday, April 7, at the Moose Lodge in Grand Coulee. General business will be discussed. Okanogan County Demos to Meet Okanogan County Democrats will be meeting at Sweet River Bakery in Pateros on Saturday, April 9, at 1 p.m. Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter to Meet Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet at 7 p.m., Wednesday, April 20, at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, 127 South Mission, Wenatchee. Dr. Bob Carson, Emeritus... Full story
Earl Mustard enjoys some spring fishing at Eden Harbor on Lake Roosevelt Thursday, where he was having some luck, even as the lake was down about 37 feet below the full mark. - Jacob Wagner photo... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 3/26 - An Electric City man living on Fourth Street told police that three individuals were on his property without permission. The three said they were looking for gas because their vehicle was low on gas. The trio told police that they got angry when the man called them thieves. They were told by the officer that they were parked in front of a felon’s house, which raised the level of suspicion. 3/28 - An officer noticed a Wilbur driver, known to have a suspended license, driving near A Street and SR-174. The officer caught... Full story
To help protect their friends and neighbors against identity theft, members of Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club are joining with Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union, North Cascades Bank and Shred-It mobile document destruction to once again offer a “Free Community Shred Day.” The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, in the parking lot of Strate Funeral Home, 329 E. Grand Coulee Ave., Grand Coulee, Washington. All are invited to bring their old files and records for destruction onsite in Shred-It’s state-of-the art truck... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon this Thursday, March 31, at Junkers on Main Street in Grand Coulee. New Coulee Medical Center doctors Dr. Sam Hsieh and Dr. Elizabeth Hsu will be the guest speakers. Care and Share Food Bank Is 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. The bank still can use clean, plastic grocery bags. Local AA Meetings Confused in the Coulee AA... Full story
We wanted to thank everyone who helped with the cleaning &andrepairs weekend in early March. Several people showed up to volunteer their services and they did a fantastic job in the kitchen and around the center. Offsite, the bus garage upgrades are coming along, thanks in part to a break in the cost of lights and materials from Coulee Hardware ,,so we also want to thank them for helping support our efforts. Our meals program had a fabulous St. Patrick’s Dinner celebration with a great crowd. The next special dinner event is April 28, when w... Full story
Winners of the 79th annual Lions Club Easter Egg Hunt at Ludolph Field in Grand Coulee include, from left: 1- to 3-year-olds – first, Kameryn O'Hara; second, Garrett McGinnis; third, Stormy Rizzonelle; 4- to 5-year-olds – first, Declan McGinnes; second, Sawyer Tillman; third, Sarah Harder; 6- to 7-year-olds – first, Cayd Dick; second, Jaci Clark; third, Cadence Holt; 8- to 10-year-olds, first, Kendra Jimenez; second, Chloe Hobrecht; third, Jayden Pryor. - Rich Avey photos... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 3/21 - A woman complained to police that she had loaned a pair of gloves to a man who was trimming her trees and she didn’t get the gloves back. Police are reviewing the incident for theft in the third degree charges. - Police arrested two men at Sunny Drive NE and Fifth Street in Electric City for being in possession of a stolen vehicle. One of the men was wanted on a misdemeanor warrant and the driver was the suspect in the stolen-vehicle incident. The vehicle was taken from the Colville Indian Reservation. In searching th... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon this Thursday, March 24, at Junkers on Main Street in Grand Coulee. On the agenda is general business. Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, March 28, 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
Brad Dudley, center, and Bob Poch, left, look over donated items Saturday afternoon for the silent auction portion of the Elmer City firefighters' fundraiser that night. Dudley spearheads the silent auction effort, which brought in about half the $6,200 in revenue at the 55th annual pancake dinner that fed 240 people. "The donations were incredible," noted member Ralph Rise. - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
Okanogan Valley Orchestra & Chorus and the Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union will present the 2016 OVOC Spring Concert on Saturday, April 2 at the Omak Performing Arts Center beginning at 7 p.m. If you enjoy the music of the Beatles, Broadway musicals, or John Philip Sousa, then you’re sure to be delighted with the selections performed. Ticket prices are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors, $8 for Students and, as always, all children under 12 are free. For more information, contact Chanelle Carlin, OVOC coordinator, at 425-299-0339 or OVOC P... Full story
National Arbor Day is Friday, April 29, this year, and the Arbor Day Foundation is making it easy for anyone to celebrate the annual tree-planting holiday. Join the Foundation in April and receive 10 free shade trees. By joining the Foundation in April, new members receive the following trees: red oak, sugar maple, weeping willow, bald cypress, thornless honeylocust, pin oak, river birch, tulip tree, silver maple, and red maple. The free trees are part of the Foundation’s Trees for America campaign. “These trees provide shade in the summer and... Full story
Join Master Gardeners as they share their gardening experience and expertise on Wednesday, March 30, 1 to 2 p.m. In this class, participants will learn science-based methods to help them succeed as a gardener in our challenging environment. Hosted by the Okanogan Public Library at 228 Pine Street, Okanogan This is a free event, open to the public. For more information please contact the WSU Extension office at 509-422-7245 or email Okanogan.county@wsu.edu or the Library at 509-422-2609.... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 3/1 - Police say a woman was caught on a security camera taking liquor from Safeway and putting the bottle into her coat pocket. Police are investigating. 3/4 - Police are investigating another theft of liquor from Safeway. A security camera showed a male putting a bottle of liquor into his pants and flee from the store, police said. They are trying to identify the suspect. 3/14 - On the hillside near the Trail West Motel, police chased a man who had taken four bottles of liquor from Safeway without paying for them. A store... Full story
The Coulee Dam All-Class Reunion is seeking the whereabouts of the original Coulee Dam High School beaver mascot (Benny the Beaver), which was an actual stuffed beaver mascot mounted on a small wooden platform. If anyone has information on the whereabouts of this mascot, please contact either Bert Smith at 405-637-6398 (bjsmith@telepath.com) or Linda Zlateff at 509-647-5853 or (dlzlateff@bigdam.net). We would like to display him during our reunion activities on August 5 and 6, 2016. Afterward,... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon this Thursday, March 17, at Junkers in Grand Coulee. Dan Foster, from the National Park Service will be the speaker. Okanogan County School Retirees Assoc. to Meet The Okanogan County School Retirees’ Association will celebrate Retired School Employees’ Week and OCSRA’s 61st birthday on Thursday, March 17, at 10 a.m., at On the Avenue, 134 2nd Ave S., Okanogan. The association will meet Friday, March 25, at 11 a.m., for a no-host luncheon meeting ata Koala Street Gr... Full story
Wed., March 16 – Dinner Ham & Bean Soup with Cornbread, Egg Salad Sandwiches, Veggie Platter, Fruit Cup, Cookies Thurs., March 17 – Dinner Corned Beef Cabbage, Potatoes & Carrots, Fruited Jello, Irish Soda Bread, Cook’s Choice Dessert. Happy St. Patrick’s Day! Fri., March 18 – Breakfast German Sausage & Eggs, Hashbrowns, Muffins, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice Mon., March 21 – Breakfast Sausage Links & Eggs, Hashbrows, Muffin, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice Tues., March 22 – Dinner Sunday Boil with Winter Veggies (Ham, Turnips, Potatoes, etc.), Fruite... Full story
by Roger S. Lucas Need a one-eighth inch steel sewer rodder storage reel? Or five pole-hanging Christmas lights? If you do, or are in the market for a list of surplus items at Electric City, then you may find bargains galore. Just go to city hall. Every year municipalities and other agencies go through their closets and bins looking for items that they no longer need, to declare them surplus. That’s what Electric City’s council did last Tuesday night. Declared surplus in addition to items above were: • a Lincoln 240-volt welder (it works... Full story
Young local actors fill the stage at The Grand Theatre in Grand Coulee Saturday afternoon, following their performance in the Missoula Children's Theater production of Rumpelstiltskin. The production, sponsored by the Grand Coulee Dam PTA at a cost of some $3,500, gives local kids a taste of theater, one of the humanities not available in regular curriculum at area schools. Some 45 students took part, auditioning on Monday, then attending over two hours of play practice each night in the week... Full story
Empowering farming through communication is the focus of the 2016 Women in Agriculture Conference, to be held in locations across Washington, Idaho, Oregon, Montana and Alaska on Saturday, March 19. In Nespelem, it will be held at the Tribal Administration Building, 44 School Loop Road. The conference begins at 8:30 a.m. In Wenatchee, the conference will be held at Confluence Technology Center, located at 285 Technology Way. This year’s event, “Power Up Your Communication, Power Up Your Farm,” covers communication style and how to use it to ma... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 3/8 - Dispatch alerted police that there were two stray dogs loose on Jackson Avenue in Electric City. The dogs were gone when police arrived. - Tribal police recovered a Honda Civic that was stolen during a burglary on Wetzel Street a couple of weeks earlier. Items in the vehicle were sent to the state crime lab for fingerprinting, including a crowbar found under the floor mat. The vehicle was found on Gold Lake Road near Nespelem. - A woman on Dill Avenue told police that a woman who had just left her house told her that... Full story
Easter bunnies at the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center wind down Friday afternoon after a day of putting together Easter baskets. They had made about 200 on Friday and planned to complete at least 400 over the weekend before their annual sale started Monday. Each year, the center takes in and stores good items like toys, books, donated baskets, and these stuffed animal toys to assemble into the baskets they sell for low prices. By Tuesday the center had taken in about $1,400 in sales. - Scott... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet for its installation luncheon at noon this Thursday, March 10, at the Moose Lodge in Grand Coulee. Lincoln Fire Dist. 9 to Meet Lincoln County Fire District 9 will hold its regular meeting Thursday, March 19, at 6 p.m., at the Church of the Nazarene, two miles east of Grand Coulee on Hwy 174. Blood Drive Coming Inland Northwest Blood Center, along with the Grand Coulee Community Blood Drive volunteers led by coordinator Sommer Hicks, will be holding a blood drive in the... Full story
A local club volleyball team has had great success this year, winning three of four tournaments. The Bi-County Wolfpack team competes in the 14U category and here displays their championship T-shirts from the Feb. 27 win at the Volleyfest Tournament in Omak. From left in the back row are Lake Roosevelt students Mikaylah Thompson, Aehsley Piturachsatit, Maeha Piturachsatit, Ellie Hansen, Megan Abel and Coach Chelsea Miller. Kneeling in the front row are Maddie Murray, who attends school at... Full story
What’s cookin’ at the seniors Wed., March 9 – Dinner Pork Roast, Mashed Potatoes & Gravy, Darla’s Winter Carrots, Applesauce, Pumpkin Pie. Happy Birthday! Thurs., March 10 – Dinner Center Closed for Repairs; Stuffed Manicotti, Green Beans, Dinner Roll, Fruit Cup/Cake or Cupcakes. To-go Meals picked up during Wednesday dinner. Fri., March 11 – Closed for Repairs Mon., March 14 – Breakfast Ham, Eggs, Pancakes, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice Tues., March 15 – Dinner Spaghetti with Meat Sauce, Salad & Fruit Bar, Cake/Cupcakes Wed., March 16 – Dinner Ham... Full story