News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Almira Boy Scouts Porter Wood, Edward Jennings, Vaden Brownly, Jeremy Pinar, and Dylan Peterson of Troop 35 get a donation from the Les Schwab manager, who gave them a road kit Wednesday. The boys were in Grand Coulee seeking items for an auction to help fund troop activities. Should be a badge for that. - Scott Hunter photo...
The Run the Dam race last Saturday provided a good backdrop for an overdue get-together for the family of Felix and Liz Marcolin of Grand Coulee. Felix, 84, took first in his age category in the 10k. Grandson Calvin Marcolin, 9, also took first in his age group. And grandson Christian Ludwig took second among the 16-20 year-olds. From left: Felix Marcolin, Grand Coulee; Kerin Marcolin Ludwig, Pullman; Calvin Marcolin, Omak; Christian Ludwig, Pullman; and Kathy Marcolin Andrade, Pensacola,...
Volunteers make community events run, as anyone who has tried to organize one knows. Run the Dam director Kelly Busch sent a list of volunteers for last weekend’s big foot race, which collected about 250 registrants, with her thanks. Run the Dam Volunteers Amanda Davis Sophia Silva Sadie Trotter Francie Albertson April Gabbert Solveig Chaffee Michelle Pryor John & Cheryl Pryor Brenda Turner Kinley Turner Linnea Turner Geannie Austin Marcia Snyder Peggy Nevsimal Brian Buche Windy Bolger Carrie Anthony Billie Hasenwinkle Jessica Steinert R...
HALF MARATHON Place Bib Name Gender Age Time 1 288 Sam Collins Male 27 1:29:49 2 277 Shawn Bussert Male 44 1:29:57 3 339 Aaron Zimdars Male 28 1:36:20 4 341 Jodi Brautaset Female 46 1:36:59 5 301 Nick Jewell Male 19 1:42:19 6 317 Mark Olsen Male 44 1:42:54 7 287 Kristen Christensen Female 36 1:42:56 8 307 Frank Lopez Male 20 1:45:37 9 310 Adam McConnell Male 35 1:50:31 10 319 Mark Padillo Male 35 1:50:31 11 272 Shanna Brown Female 42 1:52:22 12 85 Whitney Bowman Female 32 1:52:43 13 338 Adam Zbinden Male 34 1:54:27 14 330 Robert Teal Male 33...
Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District #14 will hold it’s regular monthly meeting Monday, September 27, 2021 at 7:00 pm at the Electric City Fire Barn. Free Hazardous Waste Disposal Friday Grand Coulee Dam area residents may dispose of household hazardous waste for free on Friday, September 24 from 12 pm to 4 pm at the Delano Regional Transfer Station. This event is for waste generated by households only. Participants must remain in their vehicles and all waste must be in the trunk or the bed of a pickup. Containers will... Full story
Do you have children in school or college? Are you continuing your education or taking classes to learn new skills? This fall we urge you to think of your library card as an essential school supply! Whether you’re headed to the classroom or are learning at home, NCW Libraries offers a broad range of physical and digital resources for students, parents and educators. Please check out our homeschool and back-to-class resources! Live Zoom storytime Join our librarians for a half-hour of stories, songs ad movement for preschool-aged children e...
A late-summer stand of wild sunflowers thrives under blue skies in front of Steamboat Rock Monday. For the local weather outlook, see our forecast at right. - Gwen Hilson photo...
NCB Collecting Supplies for Back to School The Grand Coulee branch of North Cascades Bank is collecting school supplies for local children in need. Cash donations are also welcome and will be used to purchase additional supplies. All items will be distributed to schools in the Grand Coulee Dam School District. Donations will be accepted at North Cascades Bank during the month of August. Questions call Jerri Smith at 633-1700. Food Bank to be Closed Care & Share Food Bank will be closed Sept. 3 for Labor Day weekend. Regular hours will be...
Masquers Theater will hold its Membership Gala on September 10 beginning at 7:00. This year’s theme is ‘Going to the Sock Hop”. Attendees are encouraged to wear their poodle skirts and duck tail hair. The event is open to the public. Due to State Covid 19 mandates, masks will be required. Masquers entertainers will be singing 1950’s popular songs. Memberships and Season Tickets for the 2021-22 season can be purchased that night. The Blooper award, the Hall of Fame, and the MOPET award will be given. It is great to be able to bring enterta...
Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District #14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, August 30, 2021, at 7:00 pm at the Electric City Fire Barn. NCB Collecting Supplies for Back to School The Grand Coulee branch of North Cascades Bank is collecting school supplies for local children in need. Cash donations are also welcome and will be used to purchase additional supplies. All items will be distributed to schools in the Grand Coulee Dam School District. Donations will be accepted at North Cascades Bank during the...
The Coulee Dam High School All-Class Reunion was held the weekend of August 6-8, 2021. Those in attendance that participated in the picture, from left, are, in the front row: D'Arcy Tatshama, Jacquie Corsmo, Bev Steed, Joan Carley, James Bickford, Connie Babler, Adella Romero; in the second row:Kathy Renteria, Karen Morley, Linda Zlateff, Danny Zlateff, Bob Drake, Brenda Lewis, Margaret Busenbark, Aleta Rice, Darlene Wilder, Ian Wilder; in the third row: Bill Lenney, Olive Gray, Ellen Ayers,...
NCB Collecting Supplies for Back to School The Grand Coulee branch of North Cascades Bank is collecting school supplies for local children in need. Cash donations are also welcome and will be used to purchase additional supplies. All items will be distributed to schools in the Grand Coulee Dam School District. Donations will be accepted at North Cascades Bank during the month of August. Questions call Jerri Smith at 633-1700. Food Bank to be Closed Care & Share Food Bank will be closed Sept. 3 for Labor Day weekend. Regular hours will be...
Steve Giesse, left, and Eric Smith recently went to Kettle Falls to sturgeon fish and were lucky to catch these giants. Giesse's was 59-1/2 inches long and Eric's was 56 inches. - submitted photo...
A free ice cream social is set for 6 p.m., Wednesday Aug. 18, at North Dam Park. Sponsored by Faith Community Church, the social will be held under the gazebo. Come join us for some free ice cream....
Grant County Mosquito District 2 to Meet The Grant County Mosquito District #2 will hold its monthly meeting at 4 p.m., Thursday, August 12, at 210 W. Coulee Blvd., in Electric City. Food Bank Hours Change Care & Share Food Bank is open Fridays from 1-3 p.m. with inside service. No more drive through. Please wear a mask. Cancer Support Group Cancer patients, caregivers, and survivors have been gathering semiweekly to talk, in a safe environment with honesty about the physical, emotional and spiritual impact of cancer. The group meets the first...
The Grand Coulee branch of North Cascades Bank is collecting school supplies for local children in need. Cash donations are also welcome and will be used to purchase additional supplies. All items will be distributed to schools in the Grand Coulee Dam School District. Donations will be accepted at North Cascades Bank during the month of August. Please help us prepare our local youth for the new school year! If you have any questions about the school supply drive, please call Jerri Smith at 633-1700. North Cascades Bank is a division of Glacier...
The sixth all-class reunion sponsored by the Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association will take place August 13-14th, 2021. Held every fourth year to coincide with the Olympics, the reunion was cancelled last year because of Covid-19, but so were the 2020 Summer Olympic Games! This year’s reunion will begin at 6 P M on Friday, August 13, 2021, with registration and a time of visiting at the covered picnic area above the Gehrke windmills at North Dam Park. Some individual classes will hold get-togethers Friday or Saturday evening at the h...
Grand Coulee Eagle Auxiliary will be holding a 2 p.m. meeting on the first and third Monday of the month. Applications are now being accepted for membership. For more information call Margie at 633-3443....
Story times are some of the most popular and well attended programs in our libraries, and we’ve missed doing them as much as you’ve missed bringing your children to them. We are happy to announce that some of our libraries are once again offering in-person story times with some modifications to keep staff and patrons safe during the pandemic. For now the story times will be outside at our libraries or at community venues near our libraries. Here is the August schedule: Cashmere: Yoga story time, 10:30 a.m. Aug. 11 and Aug. 25 at Riverside Par...
"Shakespeare Ate My Brain" is the August production at Masquers Theatre being directed by Marla Allsopp with tech help from Kat Stahl. Written by Jeffery Goodson and Brian Shay, this one act farce tells the story of Dr. Marlowe-Thomas (played by Bohica Bee), an aspiring new director, who is desperate to stage the ultimate Shakespearean production of the "Scottish Play". She is convinced Shakespeare originally wrote his plays to be performed by a cast of unusual actors. To that end, she is auditi...
North Cascades Bank, division of Glacier Bank, has recently announced the appointment of Beth Stipe as Chair of their Board of Directors, Stipe has over 25 years of experience in governance and board leadership and joined the North Cascades Bank Board in June 2018. She is the Executive Director of the Community Foundation of North Central Washington and has led the Foundation for 18 years. Stipe has a BA from Indiana University and a Masters of Nonprofit Management degree from Regis University, and is a certified advisor in philanthropy. “We a...
NCW Libraries is partnering with Write on the River to host a new virtual NCW Writers Group — an online community created by local writers for local writers. Writers across North Central Washington are invited to connect with other artists, discuss the craft, ask for advice, and share resources in this inclusive writers club for all ages, skill levels, genres and interests. The free meetings will be held virtually on Zoom at 5 p.m. every third Wednesday of the month — starting July 21(today). An optional social hour will follow each mee...
Food Bank Hours Change Care & Share Food Bank new hours are from 1-3 p.m. with inside service. No more drive through. Please wear a mask. Cancer Support Group Cancer patients, caregivers, and survivors have been gathering semiweekly to talk, in a safe environment with honesty about the physical, emotional and spiritual impact of cancer. The group meets the first and third Thursdays of the month at 6 p.m. in the multipurpose area of the Nazarene Church. Face masks and social distancing are maintained. AA Meetings for GCD and Nespelem Area...
A meeting to finalize plans for the GCHS Alumni Association All-Class Reunion will be held at 1:00 P. M. Wednesday, July 21, 2010, at the Senior Center on Main Street in Grand Coulee. The reunion takes place August 13-15 beginning with registration at North Dam Park on Friday the 13th at 6:00 P.M. Main event of the reunion is a catered picnic mid-day on Saturday at the park. If you are planning to be there for the picnic and haven’t confirmed your attendance, please call 509.533.0190 by July 20th and leave a message or notify your class c...
Passes to visit historic Ohme Gardens in Wenatchee are now available for checkout from all NCW Libraries branches — for free! The passes can be reserved by any library card holder aged 18 and older from anywhere in the five-county library district and picked up at one of 30 library branches. Each pass provides unlimited entry to two adults and any children in the household for the two-week checkout period. Featuring flower gardens, alpine meadows, ponds and waterfalls, and forested stone paths, the gardens are a great place to take o...