News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Are you in any of our most recent photos? Here's a slideshow of activity in the last week. Click through to see a gallery of 199 photos. 10-10-12 Star - Images by Scott Hunter... Full story
Zion Lutheran Church is busy preparing to celebrate it’s 75th Anniversary. Pastor Hugo Guerney came to town in 1935. Zion was incorporated on October 4, 1937, and has been a part of the community ever since. The 75th Anniversary celebration will be on Sunday, October 7 with former Pastor Dan Wurster preaching at the regular morning service at 11 am. Pastor Wurster served Zion from 1973 to 1976 during the building and dedication of the currrent building. Pastor Ken Goodfellow, who served Zion f... Full story
Coulee Community Choir will be holding a free concert Sunday, Oct. 21, at 3 p.m. at St. Henry’s Catholic Church in Grand Coulee. Come listen to old-time songs. Refreshments to follow.... Full story
Grant County residents can get food worker cards online The Grant County Health District is pleased to announce the availability of food worker card classes on the internet for Grant County residents. Residents will need a credit card and printer. To get your food worker card over the internet go to: http://foodworkercard.wa.gov or www.granthealth.org With the convenience of the internet class, the Moses Lake Health District office will no longer be offering the 5 p.m. class on Thursdays. The remainder of health district in-person classes will... Full story
How stressful has it been with these fires? Have you looked around yet? It is amazing how close the fires came to friends and neighbors. Would you be ready to leave your house NOW? Do you really have what is important? An informational day is being planned for this month on how and what to take to be ready in case of an emergency. The CMC Guild is planning this event soon. Keep watching the paper for a date and time. For more information, call Patty Taylor, cell 509-860-6583.... Full story
GCD Chamber to Meet at La Presa The regular monthly meeting of the GCD Chamber of Commerce will be held at noon at La Presa in Grand Coulee. On the agenda is general business and fall festival updates. Douglas County Fire Protection Dist. 3 Commissioners Meeting Douglas County Fire Protection District 3 fire commissioner meeting will be held Thursday, Oct. 11, at 7 p.m. at the Douglas County Shop, highway 174 and mile post 14.4. Grant County Mosquito Dist. 2 to Meet Grant County Mosquito District 2 will hold its regular monthly meeting Wednesda... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 9/17 - A woman on 2nd Street in Electric City told police that she was in the process of moving out of a house and that when she went there the next day the front door had been broken into. She asked for special patrols so it wouldn’t happen again. - Whitley Fuel advised police that a customer reported that a man was harassing customers at their Grand Coulee station. After hearing a description of the man, police recognized who it was and asked if the station would like to have the man banned from the property. The c... Full story
Twenty-three employers are confirmed exhibitors for the Fall Hiring Event at Big Bend Community College on Oct. 17 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the ATEC Building. New companies to the area like ChinaSoft and Aviation Technical Services (ATS) are sending representatives, according to a press release from the college. (ATS recently leased a large hanger from the Port of Moses Lake.) “Last year we called it a holiday hiring event because many exhibitors were retailers looking to hire for the holiday season,” said Ken Russell of the Career Pla... Full story
Young dancers at a mini-powwow provide a lasting picture in a cultural exchange at Grand Coulee Dam Middle School Thursday, as several schools attended the Cultural Awareness Gathering. — Ralph Rise photo... Full story
The Grand Dames singing group is back with a new show featuring the roots of country music. If you missed last year’s show about life, love and losing, you will have three days, Oct. 11-13 at 7:30 p.m. to enjoy the close harmonies and outstanding solos from the local group, says producer Larry Curtis. This year, the production of “GRAND DAMES GO WEST-A Short History of Country Music and a Salute to Our Hero Gene Autry” will be held in conjunction with the Chamber’s “Coulee Harvest Festival” on t... Full story
GCD Chamber to Meet at the Eagles The regular monthly meeting of the GCD Chamber will be held Thursday, Sept. 27, at noon at the Eagles Lodge, Grand Coulee. On the agenda is the fall membership drive. Grant County Port Dist. 7 to Meet Grant County Port District 7 will hold its regular monthly meeting on Thurs., Sept. 27, at 5 p.m., at the Grand Coulee Dam Airport office. TOPS Meetings TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter 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... Full story
Zion Lutheran Church member Carl Russell presents a check for $500 from the Grant County chapter of Thrivent Financial as matching funds for North Cascade National Bank’s annual drive for school supplies for children in the Grand Coulee Dam School District. Bank employees, from the left, are Mackenzie Abel and Jerri Smith. Bank Manager Sjana Bird is at right. — Roger S. Lucas... Full story
Workmen attach Jess Ford’s new sign near the front of their Grand Coulee Ford agency building last week. The sign promotes the firm’s tires, brakes and alignment departments and their new “Warranty Forever” program. — Gwen Hilson photo... Full story
St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church in Grand Coulee will now hold its services at 10 a.m. instead of 9 a.m.... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, Thursday, Sept. 26, at La Presa. OES to Meet Grand Coulee Dam Chapter OES wll meet Thursday, Sept. 26 at 7:30 p.m. Long form opening, educaito night and refreshments served by Lynette Zierden. Chapter dress to be worn. Singers Wanted The Coulee Community Choir meets Mondays at 7 p.m. at St. Henry’s Catholic Church. Singers are welcome. Come and check it out. Grant County Fire Dist. 14 Grant County Fire Dist. 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday, S... Full story
Faith Community Church will be hosting an Open House Thursday, September 27, 1 - 7:30 p.m. Come take a tour of the newly renovated building.... Full story
Grant County Fire District 14 to Meet The regular monthly meeting of the Grant County Fire District 14 will be held Monday, Sept. 24, at 7 p.m., at the Electric City Fire Station. PEP to Meet Planet Earth Players will be meeting Thursday, Sept. 20, at 7 p.m. at the Grand Gallery Theater in Grand Coulee. Ideas for a December performance will be discussed and a report will be given about the musical review to be held in October. PEP welcomes people interested in stage crew and set construction, sound and light technology and costumes, as well as... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 9/12 - A man who used his credit card to buy cigarettes later noticed it missing. The store where he’d used it didn’t have it, but someone must have taken his card from the counter. More than $400 in clothing was charged to it and sent to a house in Omak. The card was cancelled and police in Omak are checking on the delivery site. - An Electric City woman living on West Grand called police to say a goat was in an alley behind her place. She said that she tried to coax the goat into her yard but it would either charge her... Full story
Faith Community Church will be hosting an Open House. Thursday, September 27, 1 - 7:30 p.m. Come take a tour of the newly renovated building.... Full story
Chamber to Meet at Eagles Lodge Grand Coulee Chamber will meet Thursday, Sept. 13,at noon at the Eagles Lodge in Grand Coulee. Stefan Newbury and Dana Barkdull will give update on the Grand Columbian Triathlon Saturday. OES to Meet Grand Coulee Dam Chapter Order of the Eastern Star will meet Thursday, Sept. 13, at 7:30 p.m. A potluck dinner will preceed the meeting beginning at 6 p.m. Officers will wear chapter dress and perform long-form opening. Refreshments will be provided after the meeting by Bonnie Farr. Lincoln County Fire Dist. 9 to... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 9/3 - Police were told a man was going to kill himself. He was reached near Martin Road and told the officer that did indeed want to kill himself because of stress and said he was just putting his plan together. The officer took the man to Coulee Medical Center where he was put in the care of a mental health official. 9/5 - Two people who went to the hospital to visit a patient scared the patient, who asked medical workers if one of them had a gun. He asked that no visitors be allowed to his room. The two men returned the... Full story
Music lovers enjoy a free rock and blues concert by longtime Northwest band Jr. Cadillac Friday night at North Dam Park and Event Center at a blue moon rises in the east. About 200 people attended the open air event in the grassy amphitheater, some 50 of them tourists, an important fact for the use of tourism derived hotel/motel tax dollars that paid for the concert series that ended Saturday. — Scott Hunter photo... Full story
Anyone in the community experiencing the loss of a loved one is invited to come and share support! There are two groups meeting during the summer: one the last Wednesday evening of each month from 7-8 p.m. and the other on the first Thursday morning of each month 10:30 - 11:30 a.m., both at the Coulee Dam Community Church.... Full story
A community youth group will be starting up again under the director of Pastor Kevin Lind of the Coulee Dam Community Presbyterian Church and Pastor Adrian Harris of the Grand Coulee Church of the Nazarene. It will meet at the middle school on Sundays from 4 p.m. to 5:30 p.m., and is open to middle school and high school students. The first meeting is Sunday, Sept. 9, and a giant ice cream sundae is in the works.... Full story
Chamber to Meet at Eagles Lodge Grand Coulee Chamber will meet Thursday, Sept. 6,at noon at the Eagles Lodge in Grand Coulee. Grant County Mosquito Dist. 2 to Meet Grant County Mosquito District No. 2 will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Sept. 5, (tonight) at 7 p.m. at the Electric City Fire Department. Meal Benefits the Care & Share Food Bank Eagles Lodge will be hosting a food drive for the Care and Share Food Bank to help stock the bank’s shelves. It will be held Sunday, Sept. 9, from 2 to 7 p.m., a chicken dinner including ba... Full story