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 1st Annual Decades of Distinction Car Show at Sun Lakes Park Resort will be held this Saturday, September 20th There willl be numerous trophy categories; Registration will be from 8am – 10am; 10am – 3pm will be the Car Show, Carnival Games for the whole family & Live Music with a DJ. Carnival Game armbands are just $5.00 for 20 games or you can purchase tickets for 4 for $1.00. Family Fun Passes will be available to purchase for $30.00 for the day and this entitles your family to rent paddle boats, row boats or play mini golf unl... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 9/7 - Officers checked on a report from Tribal Police that a stolen vehicle was at a location on Sunny Drive in Electric City. The man who had the vehicle was arrested on a Department of Corrections detainer. He told police that he had made a down payment on the vehicle and still owed $2,800. The woman who owned the car stated that the man didn’t have permission to take the vehicle. The man was taken to Grant County Jail on the DOC detainer. Charges on taking the vehicle are pending. - An Electric City man was stopped for n... Full story
Superintendent Dennis Carlson gives direction to a volunteer helping to move furniture Friday in the new school as they wheel stand-up computer stations across the polished concrete floor, which workers have ground to resemble tile. - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
No Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not be meeting this Thursday due to the upcoming Harvest Festival this weekend. Come out and enjoy the festivities. Meetings will resume Thursday, Sept. 18, at the Siam Palace in Grand Coulee. OES to Meet The Order of the Eastern Star will hold Initiation at its September 11 meeting. It will be Chapter Dress and long form. Refreshments will be provided by Bonnie Farr and birthday cake by Vivian Dugan. Lincoln County Fire Dist 9 Regular Meeting Lincoln County Fire Dist. 9... Full story
Police are looking for a man on a variety of charges, including burglary. Raymond L. John, 20, whose driver’s license gave an address as 4117 Rocky River HUD Road, Omak, eluded officers on several occasions after entering a house on Bowen Street in Grand Coulee, police said. A man and woman at a home at 231 Bowen, who said they don’t know John, told police he came in through a sliding door and sat down on the couch with them. The incident occurred about 3:30 p.m. last Wednesday, and police responded to a burglary-in-progress call. Seated on the... Full story
A kid who just couldn’t wait for opening day plays on the new equipment in the courtyard of the new school. Another playground to north was sodded this week. The checked ground is a padded surface. Walker Construction, general contractor on the project, donated $200,000 of playground equipment. — Scott Hunter photo... Full story
Classrooms in the new school are ready for several computers in each room, in addition to those in a computer lab. - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 9/2 - Officers responded to a call about a disturbance on Bowen Street and were told that a man with a crowbar who was wanted on a warrant had been at the residence and then left before police arrived. No threats were made but the residents were uneasy about the man. - Police were called to an apartment on Federal Avenue where a couple had been yelling at each other over an infidelity issue. The woman stated that she was going to leave for the evening until things cooled down. - A resident on Sunset Drive told officers of th... Full story
My goodness, August really brought the rain. SO, how much rain you ask? What we received exceeded all of the past six years for August. Our combined past six years for August brought a total of 1.29 inches. Now, let’s compare the totals for August 2014 – my home weather station received 1.55 inches, and the Grand Coulee Dam weather site got 1.76 inches. The mean for August is 0.41 inches, with an all-time 1.75 inches in 1941. Do you see a new record? I certainly did, and the National Wea... Full story
A panorama starting with Grand Coulee Dam on the left and ending with the new Lake Roosevelt School on the right, shows the relationship of the two facilities, one built to serve the children of the other's workers. The image is compiled from five separate shots stitched together by software. The empty space between the new and old schools is planned for a new gym. Officials have lobbied for federal funding. - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, Sept. 4, at noon at the Siam Palace. Lynda Nutt from Corp of Engineers will be the guest speaker. OES to Meet The Order of the Eastern Star will hold Initiation at its September 11 meeting. It will be Chapter Dress and long form. Refreshments will be provided by Bonnie Farr and birthday cake by Vivian Dugan. TOPS 1554 Meeting Date and Time Change TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter 1524 meets on Tuesdays at 9:15 a.m. at Grand Coulee Senior Center prior to... Full story
The seniors accept aluminum cans ONLY. Please do not put cardboard, plastic bottles or other aluminum in the collection sacks. In 2013, the Seniors collected 3800 pounds (almost 2 tons) of cans and took in approximately $1500 for the Senior Center. That is approximately 30 cans for everyone in the Grand Coulee Dam area. The program helps keep the doors open at the seniors and keeps the cans out of the landfills. Please do not put other material in with the cans because we have to dispose of it and that raises the already high garbage bill and... Full story
With the recent mid-summer firestorms finally beat down, and now that the heavy blankets of smoke, soot and generally bad air days have left the Coulee, let’s get on with some dog days of summer. What do we care when we’re driving around in the Coulee and the wind is howling, causing some great old trees to bite the dust here and there, and the sheets of rain, sometimes mixed with hail, is pelting down on us. We’re die hard bargain hunters and with summertime waning, we’re ramping up our shopping mode before the sale season ends so we’ll j... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 8/25 - Police received a call from dispatch that there was a car prowl going on in the 1st Street area. A woman told the officer that a man had the hood up of a car and was looking inside. A check on the car showed that the battery was missing. Police went to a location in the Delano area where there was a similar car and found a man who said he was the one looking under the hood and he was just trying to determine how a part fit together. He was told not to look under the hood of any car without the owner’s permission. A c... Full story
This week at Spring Canyon, the following ranger conducted activities include: The exploration center is open Saturday and Sunday from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Hands-on activities, Junior Ranger activities, brochures and park information are offered. Crafts will be held from 2-3 pm. on both days. Parents must supervise their children. Fri., Aug. 29 & Sat., Aug. 30, 4:30 p.m., Bunchgrass Prairie Nature Trail Plant Walk. Join Ranger Deb on a 1/2 mile walk on the Bunchgrass Prairie Nature Trail in the campground at Spring Canyon. We will be talking about... Full story
A burned-out house at 609 Holly Street in Coulee Dam continues to degrade and tree branches on the property fell down from recent winds adding to the fire hazard. The town disposed of branches that projected out into the street. The house burned two years ago, and cleanup will cost far more than the town would gain with a lien on the property. - Roger S. Lucas photo... Full story
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, August 28, at noon, at La Presa in Grand Coulee. Lynda Nutt of the Corps of Engineers will be the guest speaker. OES to Meet The Order of the Eastern Star will hold Initiation at its September 11 meeting. It will be Chapter Dress and long form. Refreshments will be provided by Bonnie Farr and birthday cake by Vivian Dugan. TOPS 1554 Meeting Date and Time Change TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter 1524 meets on Tuesdays at 9:15 a.m. at Grand Coulee Senior... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 8/18 - Police checked on an Almira woman after receiving a report that she might be suicidal. She assured the patrolman that she was OK and not thinking about that. The report stated that the house was orderly and everything appeared OK. - A woman on Dill Avenue reported to police that a fire safe had been taken from her home. She stated she didn’t know how long it had been gone and estimated the value of the taken items at $1,500. - A Mt.Vernon man was told he couldn’t ride his scooter inside North Dam Park after hou... Full story
The LRHS Class of 1984 will be celebrating its 30 year reunion this weekend. Friday night the group will meet at the Electric City Bar and Grill. On Saturday a gathering at Spring Canyon will be held left to where the boats come ashore. Saturday night a banquet dinner at Pepper Jack’s begins at 6:30 p.m. with Love Stitch at 9 p.m. The cost for the dinner is $25. Please RSVP banquet on Facebook at 1984 class reunion or call Mark at 631-2039. See how the class looked 30 years ago on page 3.... Full story
This week at Spring Canyon, the following ranger conducted activities include: The exploration center is open Saturday and Sunday from 1:30 - 3:30 p.m. Hands-on activities, Junior Ranger activities, brochures and park information are offered. Crafts will be held from 2-3 pm. on both days. Parents must supervise their children. Fri., Aug. 22 & Sat., Aug. 23, 4:30 p.m., Bunchgrass Prairie Nature Trail Plant Walk. Join Ranger Deb on a 1/2 mile walk on the Bunchgrass Prairie Nature Trail in the campground at Spring Canyon. We will be talking about... Full story
. Fri., Aug. 22, beginning at 10:30 a.m., the Summer Reading Program Gala – Science: Weird, But True. There will be a drawing for bicycles, donated by the local Free Masons of Washington.... Full story
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, August 21, at noon, at La Presa in Grand Coulee. Launi Ritter of Heaven-Sent Computer Services will be the guest speaker. Next week Lynda Nutt of the Corps of Engineers will be the guest speaker. TOPS 1554 Meeting Date and Time Change TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter 1524 meets on Tuesdays at 9:15 a.m. at Grand Coulee Senior Center prior to the exercise group gathering at 10 a.m. Come and join for the health of it. Time change for Chapter TOPS #WA1554. No... Full story
Have you experienced or witnessed any run-ins in the Coulee this summer? Say what? You’ll probably recognize these examples: a run-in or a near miss run-in could easily happen in a parking lot (yes, the one where we mingle with visitors) and with that, let’s move on. It’s kind of like a no-choice-deal where all too often, the locals (we live here) get involved in parking wars over the best places to put your car in a lot. Jockeying around for a parking spot happens every day because we’re mingling with the out-of-towners and they seem to be i... Full story
Plant Problem Diagnostic Clinics have started at the WSU Extension Office located in the Okanogan County Courthouse, room 101. These clinics are a part of the public service that the Okanogan Master Gardener volunteers contribute to the community and are designed to help the backyard and non-commercial gardener identify, diagnose and provide solutions to various problems they may be having in their own gardens. Gardeners are encouraged to bring in a specimen of a plant or insect problem for the Master Gardeners to identify. Plant Problem... Full story
Wed., Aug. 13 - Dinner Turkey, Dressing, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, Cranberry Sauce, Green Bean Casserole, Fruit Salad, Pumpkin Pie, Rolls. Happy Birthday. Thurs., Aug. 14 - Dinner Meat Loaf, Mashed Potatoes, Gravy, Corn, Seasonal Fruit Platter, Cinnamon Coffee Cake. Fri., Aug. 15 - Breakfast Sausage Links, Obrien Potatoes, Toast, Eggs, Oatmeal, Mixed Fruit, Orange Juice. Mon., Aug. 18 - Breakfast Spanish Omlette with Ham, Chilies and Cheese, Hashbrowns, Toast, Pears, Oatmeal, Orange Juice. Tues., Aug. 19 - Dinner Cheesy Broccoli Soup, Deviled... Full story