News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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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
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, May 29, at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee at noon. Bob Valen will be the guest speaker. His topic will be “Wildfire and Weather Outlook.” CMC Guild (Auxiliary) to Meet CMC Guild will hold its next regular meeting at CMC on Wednesday, May 28, (today) from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Family History Center Available The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invites all who desire to utilize the Family History Center in the Coulee Dam Chapel, located at 806 Spruce Street in C... Full story
People gather at the Isle of Flags Memorial Day remembrance at Spring Canyon Monday morning for the annual ceremony and dedication of new flags in honor of fallen veterans. More than 500 flags unfurled in the wind. - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 5/18 - A Kennewick man was cited for being in control of a motor vehicle while under the influence of alcohol after he was found in the backseat of a pickup with the motor running, blocking the alley near Bird’s Auto. - A tenant at a Hill Avenue apartment reported a harassment incident after the apartment manager encouraged her to call police. She was told to keep a log on any harassment incidents and seek an anti harassment order. - Police responded to a report of loud music on “E” Street and found the Lost Highway Band... Full story
Tom Zernick, Electric City and David Aggen of Hayden Lake, Idaho placed first in Gordon Steinmetz Spring Walleye Classic held on Banks Lake this past weekend. Zernick and Aggen bested the other 62 fishing teams to catch 12 walleyes weighing in at 42.30 pounds. Over $6000.00 in prize money/gifts was awarded to the team. This was Zernicks first walleye tournament and Aggens first time fishing Banks Lake in a walleye tournament. Other Electric City resident Eric Braaten and his father Ronald... Full story
The 14th Annual Diaper Drive at Zion Lutheran Church in support of Lutherans for Life will begin soon and you can help! Zion will be collecting donations to support the annual Diaper Drive at Harvest Food from Mother’s Day through Father’s Day. Look for the giant “calf” bottle at Harvest to make your donation. The collection will be matched by $300 of Thrivent Choice Funds. Funds collected will be divided between The Support Center in Omak, a crisis center for those in need, and Life Services in Spokane, a teen pregnancy center for young w... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, May 22, at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee at noon. General business is on the agenda. GCHS Alumni Association to Meet Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association will hold its spring meeting on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at 1 p.m., at United Methodist Church, 405 Center Street, Grand Coulee. Anyone who attended school in the Grand Coulee School District is invited to attend. CMC Guild to Meet CMC Guild will hold its next regular meeting at CMC on Wednesday, May 28,... Full story
I had hoped for warmer weather for Colorama and Mother’s Day weekend; we take what we get, as someone once said. If you recall, last year was very warm with temperatures in the high 80s, low 90s and clear sky. Here are the numbers for April. Our high temperature here at the home weather station was 74.0°F on the last day of the month (all-time high 92.0°F in 1936), a low of 30.7°F (all-time low 20.0°F in 1936) and the mean was 50.3°F (all time mean 50.0°F). Turned out the month was rather... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 5/11 - A woman told police that another vehicle came off Knute Street and struck her vehicle. She said that the two exchanged information and both left the scene. The officer advised the lady to contact her insurance company. - While checking the 500 switchyard gate, the officer noticed a sensor wire lying on the pavement. He notified Plant Security. 5/12 - The supervisor of the water main construction on Midway Avenue said that a store owner was interfering with his workers. She had claimed that the firm doing the work was... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, May 15, at Pepper Jack’s in Grand Coulee. General business is on the agenda. GCD Employee Association to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Employee Association will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 14 (tonight) at 5:30 p.m. at the Siam Palace in Grand Coulee. GCHS Alumni Association to Meet Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association will hold its spring meeting on Wednesday, May 21, at 1 p.m., at United Methodist Church, 405 Center Street, Grand Coulee. A... Full story
See our photos of Colorama and more in the slideshow below. Click through to see more. 5-14-14 Star - Images by Scott Hunter Winning Colorama Button numbers: 101 = Framed artwork by local artist Janis Heuvel 226 = 2 rounds of golf + cart from Banks Lake Golf Course 322 = 1 month membership to Body by Dam 419 = Pendleton blanket from Coulee Dam Casino 474 = Bait/Tackle bag, rod/reel from Coulee Playland Resort 610 = 5-night cabin stay from Sunbanks Resort 749 = 1-hour massage from Good Medicine... Full story
One Flew Over The Cuckoo's Nest, an internationally acclaimed novel by Ken Kesey, has made its way to the Masquers Theatre in Soap Lake for a five-weekend run that ends this coming weekend. It stars Curtis Davis, of Coulee Dam, as Chief Bromden, and Ephrata-area actors Clint Pozzi as R.P. McMurphy, and Joanne Bracht as Nurse Ratched in the lead roles. The live performance based on the 1963 Dale Wasserman script, is under the direction of Carol Boyce of Coulee Dam, an actor in her first... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 5/2 - Police received a call that there was a kidnapping in progress on Hill Avenue. The officer learned that the call was in error, and that the suspect did not contact the child in question. - A caller at Electric Place in Electric City reported that the rear window of a vehicle had been shot out. The officer learned that a child had tossed a rock that broke the window. There was a child in a car seat at the time of the incident. 5/4 - A Grand Coulee Avenue driver was stopped for failing to signal and the officer found... Full story
There's going to be a parade, a carnival and a rodeo. And that's just the beginning for the 57th annual Colorama Festival. The rodeo started one year earlier and it's 58 years for the Ridge Rider event. The action begins Thursday with the early kickoff for the Paradise Amusement Carnival located at North Dam Park. Advance tickets are still on sale. Then Friday starts the craft fair and the first events of the rodeo. Saturday is the Cowboy Breakfast, the big parade, and more rodeo and other... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 4/25 - A woman living on Division Street told police that someone hit her vehicle while it was parked near the police department, causing over $700 in damages. 4/28 - USBR Plant Protection advised an officer that a truck was in the lower Visitor Center parking lot at Grand Coulee Dam and had gone through Station 4’s check point and then later went to Station 3. The license was checked and it was determined that the truck belonged to a contractor at the dam. - A woman living on Burdin Boulevard told police that while c... Full story
No Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not be meeting this Thursday due to the Colorama festivities. Dedication Time is Here Isle of Flags dedication time is fast approaching. Call Ben Alling at 509.633.0663 for more information about dedicating a deceased veteran’s flag. The deadline is May 18, 2014. American Legion Post 157 Meets The American Legion Post 157 holds legion meetings on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Vetsí Center in Electric. The next meeting will be held Tuesday, May 13. Mo... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, May 1, at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee. PTA Book Fair Book Reports will be read by Wensdae Antoine and Lillie LaPlace, GCD Middle School students. Dedication Time is Here Isle of Flags dedication time is fast approaching. Call Ben Alling at 509.633.0663 for more information about dedicating a deceased veteran’s flag. The deadline is May 18, 2014. Eagles #2577 Meetings The Auxiliary’s next scheduled meeting is set for May 6, at 6 p.m. The Auxiliary meets the fir... Full story
Steamboat Rock State Park Ranger Jeremy Jalali and Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club President Colleen Manley cut the ribbon Monday at an official dedication of the first handicapped-accessible fishing pier in North Central Washington. The 12 year, $60,000 project was supported by the community at numerous spaghetti feeds and by Rotary District 5060, the Columbia Basin Foundation of Ephrata, the Grand Coulee Lions Club, Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, and individual donations. - Scott Hunter... 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
Grand Coulee Police 4/18 - A local man showed police a debt collection letter from a Nevada firm to the tune of $665. He contacted the state attorney general’s office and was advised to contact the Nevada attorney general’s office. 4/22 - Police checked on the report of a disturbance on Continental Heights. One man claimed that another had pushed him down. One claimed that he had paid the other for a ride. The reporting party stated he didn’t want to press charges, just wanted the other to leave him alone. 4/24 - A man on Burdin Boulevard told... Full story
The Colville Confederated Tribes and Taylor Woodstone will be hosting a job fair on Wednesday, Apr. 30, at the Omak Community Center, 601 Benton St., Omak. There will be two sessions 10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. The purpose of this fair is to inform interested Native American workers from the Colville Nation of possible construction jobs at the new Omak Resort-Casino project.... Full story
Wed., Apr. 23 - Dinner Baked Chicken with Cranberry Sauce, Twice Baked Potatoes, Buttered Peas, Cabbage and Pineapple Slaw, Cookies. Thurs., Apr. 24 - Dinner Lasagna, Green Beans, Tossed Salad, Garlic Bread, Fruit Bowl and Whipped Cream. Grocery Shopping and Errands. Fri., Apr. 25 - Breakfast Bacon and Eggs, Hashbrowns, Biscuits with Jam or Jelly, Peaches, Orange Juice. Mon., Apr. 28 - Breakfast Minced Sausage and Eggs, Waffles, Apricots, Orange Juice. Tues., Apr. 29 - Dinner Vegetable and Pasta Soup, Grilled Ham and Cheese Sandwich, Fruit and... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, April 24, noon, at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee. Debbie Bigelow, Interim CEO at Coulee Medical Center, will be speaking about the WRITE program at CMC. Grant County Fire District 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday, April 28, at 7 p.m. at the Electric City Fire Station. Dedication Time is Here Isle of Flags dedication time is fast approaching. Call Ben Alling at 509.633.0663 for more information a... Full story
Hundreds of kids from 1 to 10 years of age cleaned the middle school athletic field of thousands of plastic eggs in mere minutes Saturday. Ludolph Field at Grand Coulee Dam Middle School sported about 2,500 colored plastic eggs containing candy or prizes planted there by the Lions Club. Cordoned off for four age groups, each starting at separate times, the field was cleared of eggs in four minutes. The 11 a.m. event, which the Lions have been putting on since 1936, was preceded a half hour... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 4/14 - A woman told police that she had been visiting with another person when the phone went dead. She said she was worried that the other party might have a medical problem. Police checked and found the party okay and so advised the caller, who was already in contact again by phone. - USBR Plant Protection asked police to check on a person wandering around on government property. The man advised the patrol officer that he was a contractor and produced an identification card. - A woman reported that someone took her bird... Full story