News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Wed., Feb. 12 – Dinner Grilled Pork Cutlets and Applesauce, Rice Pilaf, Squash/Rolls, Fruit Salad, Birthday Cake. Happy Birthday. Thurs., Feb. 13 – Dinner Swiss Steak, Boiled Buttered Potatoes, Green Beans, Peach Salad, Brownies. Grocery Shopping and Errands. Fri., Feb. 14 – Breakfast Biscuits and Sausage Gravy, Eggs, Applesauce, Orange Juice. Valentine’s Day, Senior Center General Meeting, 10 a.m. Mon., Feb. 17 - Breakfast Sausage Patties, Eggs, French Toast, Mixed Fruit, Orange Juice. Tues., Feb. 18 - Dinner Tater Tot Casserole, Assorte... Full story
No Chamber Meeting The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not be meeting this week due to the awards banquet being held Thursday Feb. 13, beginning at 6 p.m. at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille. For more information contact Peggy at 633-3074. CMC Guild to Meet The CMC Guild (Auxiliary) meeting is set for Tuesday Feb. 18, at CMC from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Meetings are held the third Tuesday of each month. GCHS Alumni Association Meeting The Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association will hold the first of three regularly scheduled meetings f... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 2/4 - A Grand Coulee man reported the theft of some medications and $20 cash. When police asked him about it, he replied that he didn’t want to be contacted by police. The officer provided the man with a statement form. 2/5 - A woman on B Street told police that her intoxicated boyfriend yelled at her and threatened to throw her out of the house. When the officer arrived, the boyfriend was asleep and the woman said she hadn’t been hit or abused, only yelling had occurred. She was given a New Hope kit. - A student at Cen... Full story
Wed., Feb. 5 – Dinner Potato and Bacon Soup, Egg Salad Sandwich, Coleslaw, Fruit and Pudding Parfait. Thurs., Feb. 6 – Dinner Meatloaf, Mashed Potatoes and Gravy, Mixed Veggies, Fruit Salad, Cook’s Choice Dessert. Fri., Feb. 7 – Breakfast Bacon and Eggs, Country Potatoes, Toast, Mixed Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice. Mon., Feb. 10 – Breakfast Polish Sausage, Eggs, Pancakes, Apricots, Orange Juice. Tues., Feb. 11 - Dinner Stuffed Kielbasa with Mashed Potatoes and Cheese, Mixed Veggies, Citrus Salad, Pudding Cream Pie. Wed., Feb. 12 – Dinner Gril... Full story
Income tax time is here! Free tax preparation is being offered at the Grand Coulee Senior Center again this year. Volunteers trained in cooperation with IRS and AARP will be available every Tuesday, Feb 11 - April 8, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. New this year: some volunteers have been certified to assist taxpayers with health savings accounts. This service is available to anyone with low or middle income. You do not have to be seniors or members of the senior center to take advantage of this free help. However, special attention is given to those... Full story
Haley Wade of Ephrata, this year's Colorama Queen, visits with chamber of commerce members Thursday at Pepper Jack's Bar and Grille along with Cindy Edwards of the Ridge Riders Saddle Club. - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
Chamber to Meet at Pepper Jack’s The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not be meeting this week due to the Social Media Class being held from 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. at Sunbanks Lodge Resort. For more information contact Peggy at 633-3074. 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 Vets’ Center in Electric City. All veterans are welcome. The next meeting will be held Tuesday, Feb. 11. Eagles #2577 Meetings The Auxiliary’s next scheduled meeti... Full story
Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association will hold the first of three regularly scheduled meetings for 2014 on Wednesday, Feb. 19, at 1 p.m., at United Methodist Church, 405 Center Street, Grand Coulee. The purpose of the organization is to recognize outstanding graduates of Lake Roosevelt High School by the awarding of two $500 scholarships each year. Money for the scholarships is raised by annual dues of $10 from anyone who at one time attended Grand Coulee schools, as well as graduates of GCHS. Donations in memory of classmates, faculty,... Full story
Who goes swimming in January? Colville Reservation youth do if they participated in 4-H YFP (Youth and Families with Promise)! Every Saturday in January through Feb. 1, has been filled with bus rides to the YMCA in Spokane, so that Keller youth could participate in swimming lessons and free swim time in an indoor pool. Twenty youth and their chaperones have braved the cold, early mornings to board a bus and ride for two hours, to take swim lessons. The swim instructors are trained lifeguards... Full story
Joining the Arbor Day Foundation is an ideal way to get in the mood for spring planting. Anyone from Washington who joins the Foundation in February 2014 will receive 10 free Colorado blue spruce trees to plant when the weather turns warm. The free trees are part of the nonprofit Foundation’s Trees for America campaign. “The blue-green hue and distinctive shape of Colorado blue spruce trees will help beautify Washington for many years to come,” said John Rosenow, founder and chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “The trees will also add... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 1/27- Police went to Coulee Medical Center on a request from mental health officials who had an active pickup order on a person at the hospital. A medical doctor told police that they were not needed, so they left the facility until later when they learned that the man was wanted out of Mattawa for first-degree robbery. Police went to the hospital again and this time arrested the man and took him to Grant County Jail. - A woman who told police that her dog had been stolen from her truck said she saw her dog posted on... Full story
Chamber to Meet at Pepper Jack’s The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting this Thursday, Jan. 30 at noon at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee. Mary Gilmore from Inland Northwest Health Services will speak about their MedStar flight programs and Haley Ward, 2014 Colorama Queen will introduce herself to the Chamber members. Eagles #2577 Meetings The Auxiliary will not be meeting the month of January. The next scheduled meeting is set for Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. The Auxiliary meets the first and third Tuesday of every mon... Full story
Income tax time is here! Free tax preparation is being offered at the Grand Coulee Senior Center again this year. Volunteers trained in cooperation with IRS and AARP will be available every Tuesday, Feb 11 - April 8, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. This service is available to anyone with low or middle income. You do not have to be seniors or members of the senior center to take advantage of this free help. However, special attention is given to those 60 or older. Free e-filing is also available. Taxpayers need to bring: A copy of last year’s tax r... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 1/17 - A man living in a Continental Heights apartment reported that after a visitor from Wilbur left, he found that $30 cash was missing, plus some prescriptions. 1/20 - A Safeway pharmacy employee said that a call was received asking for a prescription to be filled and that another party would be by to pick it up. But a woman supposedly ordering the prescription said she had not called for the prescription. When the party came in the next day to pick up the prescription the clerk had it signed for and then refused to give... Full story
Damon Eric Harrell, son of Melvin Harrell Sr. of Grand Coulee, says he made local history by becoming the first person from the Grand Coulee Dam area to have set foot in both the Sky Tower in Auckland, New Zealand and the Space Needle in Seattle. Harrell, 48, was in New Zealand with his wife, Kymberly Harrell to visit Auckland after vacationing in Tahiti. The Harrell's made their way to the 1,076-foot Sky Tower complex Jan. 11 to visit the observation deck before having dinner in the Sky Tower... Full story
Chamber to Meet at Pepper Jack’s The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting this Thursday, Jan. 23, at noon at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee. Bob and Myrna Schryvers will be talking about the Meals on Wheels and Senior Bus programs. Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, Jan. 27, at 7 p.m. at the Electric City Fire Station. American Legion Post 157 Meets The American Legion Post 157 holds Legion meetings on the second Tuesday of each mon... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 1/12 - A Burdin Boulevard woman reported that a neighbor had the trunk of his vehicle open and was putting plastic bags in it. She was told the police would add extra patrols to the area. 1/13 - A Grand Coulee man who had been banned from Safeway two weeks ago for threatening store employees came into the store, and staff called the police. He was gone by the time police arrived but an officer went to his home to talk with him. The officer asked him to come outside and talk and the report stated he replied, “uh, no thanks.... Full story
Chamber to Meet at Pepper Jack’s The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting this Thursday, Jan. 16, at noon at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee. George Kohout will be speaking about the Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation. Okanogan County Democrats to Meet The Okanogan County Democrats January monthly meeting will be held at noon Saturday, Jan. 18, at the Breadline Café in Omak. Eagles #2577 Meetings The Auxiliary will not be meeting the month of January. The next scheduled meeting is set for Feb. 4 at 6 p.m. The Auxiliar... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 1/3 - A man reported that his $225 boots were missing from his locker at the 500 Kv Switchyard. He last remembered seeing the boots about a month ago. - A Grand Coulee man called to report that his live-in girlfriend had taken his car and he wanted it back. Later the woman contacted police to ask if she was going to be arrested. She was told then that it might be a good idea to take the car back. The man called again and police told him that since there was a domestic relationship, it was a civil matter. 1/6 - A Coulee Dam... Full story
A flag football game on New Year's Day at the Grand Coulee Dam Middle School field provided a good time for players, from left, Bobby Gates, Brian Walters, Josh Hagen, Aaron Black, Judah Pope, among others. Walters organized the game and found plenty of support, even a free lunch from the Tropical Pig, whose owner brought in a mobile barbecue unit and was likely the only warm person there. - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
Chamber to Meet at Pepper Jack’s The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting this Thursday, Jan. 9, at noon at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee. Bill and Renee McCarty will be talking about the new changes at the Moose Lodge. Lincoln County Fire Dist. #9 Meeting Lincoln County Fire District #9 will hold its regular meeting Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014, at 6 p.m., at the Nazarene Church on Hwy 174. OES Meeting The January meeting for Order of Eastern Star will be held Thursday, Jan. 9 with a regular stated meeting beg... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 12/27 - A man reported a suspicious car parked in the “train wreck” area on Kruk Road and that there was no one around it. He said when he went by the area again, the car was gone. The car was traced to a resident on Sunset Drive. - An officer went to a residence on Electric Boulevard on a domestic call and a man told him that his wife came home drunk and he wanted her out of the house. The officer told the man he couldn’t do this without a court order. There was no evidence of violence. 12/28 - Police got a report that... Full story
The joy of working with computer recording software unsurprisingly leads to a bit of frustration. Here at the home weather station we have a gap of eight days lost – the last eight days of November. For November reporting purposes, I’ll be using data from another local recorded weather station. Temperature ranges were as follows: the low for the month was 14°F (Nov. 21) and the high was 56 (Nov. 1). The all-time low for November was -10°F in 1985, while the all-time high was 69°F in 1989.... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not be meeting this Thursday, Jan. 2 due to the holiday. The next meeting is set for Jan. 9 at noon at La Presa in Grand Coulee. Happy New Year!... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 12/19 - Plant Protection advised police of a number of thefts from an office building in the industrial yard. One person reported a pair of “Brunton” binoculars valued at $500 taken from his office along with a pair of scissors, some blue pens and a stopwatch. A person across the hall reported that a digital camera was taken from his desk valued at $954. A third person reported a $110 flashlight was taken from his office and a fourth person reported a pair of scissors taken from his office. The timeline stretched from ear... Full story