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Fourth-graders from Lake Roosevelt Elementary, as well as students from other area schools, will get to learn about our feathered friends, the birds, on Feb. 19 and 20. Bird Fest, which is put on by the National Park Service, will include presentations for the students at three locations in the area. Those presentations include learning about the raptor family of birds from the West Valley Outdoor Learning Center’s HOOT Program, hosted at the Ridge Riders rodeo grounds where students will learn about raptors’ nocturnal habits and their vis...
Chamber to Meet at La Presa Chamber will meet this Thursday, February 13, at the Siam Palace Restaurant, Main Street, Grand Coulee. The meeting will start at noon with general business on the agenda. Grant County Mosquito District 2 to Meet The Grant County Mosquito District #2 will hold its monthly meeting at 5 p.m., Thursday, February 13, at 210 W. Coulee Blvd., in Electric City. Okanogan County School Retirees’ Assoc. to Meet Okanogan County School Retirees’ Association will meet 11 a.m., Friday, February 28, for a general meeting and no-...
Income tax time is here!! Free tax preparation is once again being offiered at the senior center in Grand Coulee every Wednesday through April 14, from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Volunteers trained in cooperation with the IRS will offer free help to taxpayers with low to middle incomes in preparing their federal income taxes. Special attention is given to those 60 and older. Free e-filing is also available. Taxpayers should bring with them: a copy of last year’s tax return; Social Security cards or other official documentation showing social s...
The winter meeting of the Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association will take place at 1 p.m., Wednesday, February 19, 2020, at the Senior Center, 203 Main Street in Grand Coulee. The main item of business will be the All-Class Reunion coming up August 7-9, 2020. Scholarship applications will be available at the meeting, with May 1, 2020, being the deadline for mailing applications for consideration for this year’s awards. All LRHS Seniors are eligible to apply, as are other high school seniors and continuing education college students who a...
Auditions for Masquers Theater presentation of “Present Laughter” will be held at 6 p.m., on February 18 and 19 at the Theater in Soap Lake. “Present Laughter” is Noel Coward’s 3rd best known play written in 1939. It was recently revived on Broadway. Director Justin Rowland will bring to our stage this comic story of an actor who is having a mid-life crisis, trying to cope with the young girls who want to seduce him, his secretary and an ex-wife who keep telling him to grow up, a crazed young playwright shows up to read and read his play to h...
Masquers Theater is proud to present our winter show You Can't Take It With You, written by George F. Kaufman and Moss Hart. This heartwarming comedy will premiere on Friday, February 14th, 2020 and running for three weekends through March 1st. This fun and touching farce has everything you could ask for in a romantic comedy. The witty script stands the test of time with its physical, vaudevillian rhythm. The play centers on a large family of eccentric characters. The head of the family, Grandpa...
Chamber to Meet at La Presa Chamber will meet at noon this Thursday, February 6, at La Presa Restaurant, Grand Coulee. Allan Peterson from Grant County EDC/SBDA will be the guest speaer. American Legion to Meet Feb. 11 The next meeting for American Legion Post 157 will be Tuesday, February 11, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Free Tax Help Income tax time is here!! Free tax preparation is once again being offiered at the senior center in Grand Coulee every Wednesday February 5 through April 8 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Volunteers trained in cooperation...
Joining the Arbor Day Foundation is an ideal way to get in the mood for spring planting. Anyone who joins the Foundation in February will receive 10 free Norway spruce trees or 10 free redbud trees to plant when the weather turns warm. The free trees are part of the Foundation’s Trees for America campaign. “These trees will help beautify your home for many years to come,” said Matt Harris, chief executive of the Arbor Day Foundation. “The trees will also add to the proud heritage of your state’s existing Tree City USA communities.” The Tree Ci...
Chamber to Meet at Siam Chamber will meet this Thursday, January 30, at the Siam Palace Restaurant, Main Street, Grand Coulee. The meeting will start at noon with general business is on the agenda No Meetings for American Legion Post 157 in January The next meeting for American Legion Post 157 will be Tuesday, February 11, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Okanogan County School Retirees’ Association to Meet Okanogan County School Retirees’ Association meets 11 a.m., Friday, January 31, for a general meeting and no-host luncheon at Cariboo Inn, 233 Queen...
Joaquin Bustamante reacts to winning $500 for first place Saturday in the chili cook-off held by the LR Athletic Booster Club at the Vets Center in Electric City. Steve Krajic took second place and $100 among the dozen competitors who served up samples to about 90 ticket buyers who paid $15 to attend. Bustamante said he put five kinds of meat in his secret sauce. - Scott Hunter photo...
Income tax time is here!! Free tax preparation is once again being offered at the senior center in Grand Coulee every Wednesday February 5 through April 8 from 9 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Volunteers trained in cooperation with the IRS will offer free help to taxpayers with low to middle incomes in preparing their federal income taxes. Special attention is given to those 60 and older. Free e-filing is also available. Taxpayers should bring with them: a copy of last year’s tax return; Social Security cards or other official documentation showing s...
The Washington State Parks and Recreation Commission announces its annual recruitment for hundreds of seasonal park aides for the 2020 summer season. Each summer, State Parks employs 400 park aides and 45 senior park aides to work the busy season, which runs from April through September. People of all ages from diverse backgrounds work as park aides. They work in parks all over the state and in varying types of terrain and climate, depending on location. Park aides register campers, maintain trails, clean campgrounds and comfort stations and...
A Grand Coulee Dam all-class high school reunion for Mason City, Nespelem, Coulee Dam, early Lake Roosevelt High School graduates, and others who wish to attend, is planned for the weekend of June 19-21, 2020. The reunion will be held in the newly air-conditioned Lake Roosevelt High School Gym, with catered dinners planned there on Friday and Saturday nights, and a picnic at Spring Canyon on Sunday. Information on the reunion can be found at: https://www.facebook.com/allcoulee/ For more information on how to register, visit the reunion website...
Volunteers work together Jan. 8 to tie quilts to comfort those who could use it locally. And half are bound for an Okanogan shelter and a World Relief effort at the Zion Lutheran Church. The group, which welcomes everyone who wants to help, meets every Wednesday at 10 a.m. at the church through February (bring a sack lunch and scissors). Last year, the group made 91 quilts. Call 633-0648 for more information. From the left are Windy Bolger, Jane Elliott, Norma Smith, Mary Ann Boll, Lesli...
Local residents can ring in the New Year with 10 free flowering trees by joining the Arbor Day Foundation any time during January. By becoming a part of the nonprofit Arbor Day Foundation, new members will receive 10 free flowering trees or five crapemyrtles. The flowering trees include: two Sargent crabapples, three American redbuds, two Washington hawthorns and three white flowering dogwoods. “These stunning trees will beautify your home with lovely flowers of pink, yellow and white colors,” said Matt Harris, chief executive of the Arbor Day...
Chamber to Meet at Siam Chamber will meet this Thursday, January 23, at the Siam Palace Restaurant, Main Street, Grand Coulee. The meeting will start at noon with general business is on the agenda No Meetings for American Legion Post 157 in January The next meeting for American Legion Post 157 will be Tuesday, February 11, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet The Grant County Fire District 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, January 27, at 7 p.m., at the Electric City Fire Station.....
Chamber to Meet at Siam Palace Chamber will meet this Thursday, January 16, at the Siam Palace Restaurant, Main Street, Grand Coulee. The meeting will start at noon with general business is on the agenda No Meetings for American Legion Post 157 in January The next meeting for American Legion Post 157 will be Tuesday, February 11, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Outhouse Races in Conconully Saturday The annual Outhouse Races in Concully will be held this Saturday, Jan. 18 with registrataion beginning at 9:30 a.m. For more information go to...
Vitalant, along with the Grand Coulee community blood drive volunteers led by coordinator Penny Lewis, is planning a blood drive for Monday, January 20. Donation hours will be from 1:30 to 4 p.m. at the community room at Coulee Medical Center. Vitalant is the sole blood provider to more than 35 hospitals across the Inland Northwest and needs an average of 200 blood donors every day. A single donation can save the lives of up to three people. For more information contact Michael Long at 208.659.7085....
Chamber to Meet at Siam Chamber will meet this Thursday, January 9, at the Siam Palace Restaurant, Main Street, Grand Coulee. The meeting will start at noon with general business is on the agenda No Meetings for Post 157 in January The next meeting for American Legion Post 157 will be Tuesday, February 11, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Grant County Mosquito District 2 to Meet The Grant County Mosquito District #2 will hold its monthly meeting at 5 p.m., Thursday, January 9, at 210 W. Coulee Blvd., in Electric City. Lincoln County Fire Dist. 9 to Meet...
No Chamber Until January 9 Due to the upcoming holidays, the GCDA Chamber will not be holding meetings until the new year. The group will meet at noon on Thursday, January 9 at Siam. AA Meetings for GCD and Nespelem Area 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 meetings are held Wednesdays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center. These are open and non-smoking.In Nespelem, the group Bound and Determined holds its...
No Chamber Until January 9 Due to the upcoming holidays, the GCDA Chamber will not be holding meetings until the new year. The group will meet at noon on Thursday, January 9 at Siam. Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet The Grant County Fire District 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, December 30, at 7 p.m., at the Electric City Fire Station. AA Meetings for GCD and Nespelem Area 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...
Kids, parents and hospital staffers turn a room normally reserved for professional classes and meetings into a Christmas party at Coulee Medical Center Dec. 11, with over 300 community members filling the three-hour Santa's Social and Workshop from the administration offices through the lobby area over about three hours. Santa arrived on the back of a fire engine and his elves bore distinct resemblances to hospital staff. - submitted photo...
Creativity was flowing during the 2019 4-H Holiday Make & Take event, held at Keller Community Center on Sunday Dec. 15. This annual event is a community collaboration and facilitated and sponsored by Keller Valley Highriders 4-H Club and Colville Reservation WSU Extension. This event is supported by: Keller Community Center; Keller Boys & Girls Club; Keller Community Club; CCT K – 12 program; Omak Home Depot; and many generous people who donated supplies. These collaborative efforts made for a...
Quilt tying will begin once again at 10 a.m., on Wednesday, January 8, at the Zion Lutheran Church. Everyone is welcome. Bring a sack lunch and favorite scissors. Last year 91 quilts were tied and divided between World Relief and Okanogan Shelter. Half the quilts stay in the area. The group will meet every Wednesday through January and February. For more information call 633-0648....
Chamber to Meet at Voltage Chamber will meet at noon this Thursday, December 19, at The Voltage Coffee House. On the agenda is decorating Christmas cookies. AA Meetings for GCD and Nespelem Area 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 meetings are held Wednesdays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center. These are open and non-smoking. In Nespelem, the group Bound and Determined holds its meetings Monday evening at 7...