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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Plans for a proposed "Ice Age Park," behind the fire department building in Electric City, have a few changes that would save $180,000, and the city has hired a different landscape architect. It happened last Tuesday night as the city council looked at and approved changes to the proposed park, and agreed to contract with SPVV Landscape Architects, of Spokane, for professional services that will take the city through its grant application process. The city relieved Robert Doll, landscape...
Coulee Dam passes pay raise The town council in Coulee Dam passed a pay raise for city employees last week, raising their wages by 4 percent. Triple Fish Challengethis weekend The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce’s annual fishing tournament that challenges anglers to catch three kinds of fish happens this weekend. Online registration continues until midnight Thursday, but on-site registration begins Friday at Coulee Playland at 5 p.m. Boat drivers will meet for rules at 8 a.m. Saturday. Anglers have to catch smallmouth bass, walleye a...
People are due for both a "shock" and a "treat" with the opening of Grand Coulee's new Voltage Coffee House next week. It may be a shock for those who remember the old Carpenter's Hall on Spokane Way, or the bakery, or the salon, all in the same building. During at least part of this time, the building was cut up into seven small rooms. Not anymore; it has a sense of spaciousness. The new coffee house, long the dream of owner-operator Solveig Chaffee, will also offer customers a treat when they...
The 9th Annual Earth Day Celebration will be held this Friday, April 20, at the Nespelem powwow grounds, with an expected 1,500 attendees and over 55 information booths that include interactive activities and free items. Running from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., the event is free to the public and will include traditional drumming, dancing, a free barbecue picnic lunch, and raffle items, including energy-efficient appliances and items that encourage folks to enjoy the great outdoors. Booths at the event will teach those attending about recycling,...
Yep, I’ve heard the comments: “When will it warm up; when will it stop raining?” It will, really. This spring seems to be similar to last year’s in some ways — cool and damp. Given where we live, let’s be thankful for the rain, certainly for the snowpack too. To our north, northeast and northwest the Snow Water Equivalent (SWE) numbers are looking good for our region. Snow Water Equivalent means the amount of water contained within the snowpack. As of mid-April, Moses Mountain had 51 inches o...
4/4 Both parties in a domestic dispute that involved an infant are each being charged, the woman for fourth-degree domestic violence and the man for first-degree trespassing. 4/5 - A Nespelem man driving in Electric City was cited for not having a driver’s license. He had been seen driving by an officer who knew his license had been suspended. 4/6 - Police checked into a suspicious package outside the Senior Center. The package contained an “old shirt” that was discarded in the dumpster. - Police were asked to stand by as a State Liquor Control...
The Grand Coulee Dam School District is looking for someone to serve on the school board. School board Chair Joette Barry recently resigned because she is moving outside the district, and the district is looking for a replacement. Since, for the most part, members of the board represent certain districts, a replacement for Barry would have to come from the Electric City area. If you live in Electric City and would be interested in serving on the board, write a letter stating your interest and drop it off at the district office in Coulee Dam....
All those at the scene of what could have been a horrific tragedy Saturday evening, at the Columbia River Bridge in Coulee Dam, were greatly relieved when it wasn’t. Viewed from the bridge, a woman on the road far below near the river was screaming the name of her teenage daughter, apparently convinced she’d fallen from the bridge. After a passerby called 911 about 6:20, police and first responder emergency crews arrived, trying to help, assessing the situation. Searchers were watching the sho...
Workers sandblast the first drum gate on top of Grand Coulee Dam Tuesday to prepare the surface for fresh paint. The Bureau of Reclamation follows a maintenance schedule for the drum gates, which control the flow of water over the top of the dam when Lake Roosevelt is full, when river conditions and lake levels allow during spring drawdowns. - Scott Hunter photo...
Airport officials have started the process of updating their master plan. Grant County Port District 7 commissioners, who manage the 4,200-foot paved runway airport operation, broke down the requirements of the plan at their last meeting. The update is required by the Federal Aviation Administration and involves work that could be done looking out 20 years. The Port District will have Coffman Associates, a national airport master plan firm, provide information that will give commissioners a negotiating edge as work moves forward. Recently the...
A woman stands on a chair holding her infant daughter over her head as the floodwaters rise in her home before rescuers find her. This is just one of the stories Electric City resident Lynda Anderson encountered during her 90-day deployment in the Houston, Texas area, where she did work for the Army Corps of Engineers, from which she had retired in 2012. Parts of Texas and Louisiana were hit by Hurricane Harvey on Aug. 25, 2017, and soon thereafter Anderson was contacted about going there to...
Gift sale planned “Collective Goods” will be holding a book and gift sale in the Coulee Medical Center lobby area on Wednesday, April 18, from 10-6. There will be gifts for Mother’s Day and graduation, as well as a large assortment of books for all occasions. IRS warns of “IRS Refunds” scams As the tax filing season comes to a close, thieves are stepping up their efforts, warned the Internal Revenue Service and the Security Summit partners on Monday. The Security Summit, a partnership between the IRS, state tax agencies and the tax industry,...
You can stock up on books for kids at the Scholastic Book Fair at the Lake Roosevelt Elementary library, April 16-20, and have a lot of fun at the same time. There’s competition, entertainment, and treats all woven into the school’s week-long book sale, designed for kids of all ages. Hours for the book experience are Monday and Tuesday, April 16-17, from 8-3:30; Wednesday, April 18, 8-8; Thursday, April 19, 8-3:30; and Friday, April 20, 8-1. There will be competition among elementary classes to see who wins the “coin war” and wins an ice-cre...
The school board accepted two resignations Monday night, one of them from an assistant principal, and granted one supplemental contract. Assistant Principal Margo Piver submitted her resignation from the elementary school; she is in her second year here, having come to the district from the Walla Walla School District. She plans to take a position in the Milton-Freewater School District in Oregon for the next school year. Also resigning was Carisa Brown-Erickson, who is currently in the district’s nursing office. Jessica Tufts was given a s...
The local Rotary Club will put on a spaghetti dinner April 28, to raise funds to help replace disintegrating stage curtains at Lake Roosevelt Schools. The club, which took a lead role in organizing community support and talks around the new school, built in 2014, continues working toward school improvements with fund-raisers and member donations. The curtains on the stage of the old Lake Roosevelt gym, the one LR’s seniors walk across at graduation, has reportedly been in bad shape for decades and may be the kind of capital project that’s dif...
It’s just another reason why they call it Colorama! The 5K Color Run on Saturday, May 12, has a lot of attractions. First and foremost, it’s going to be a fun, colorful experience and a good brisk walk or run that is good for your health. It’s starts at 9 a.m., and could get you decorated for the rest of the day. At several places along the 5K run, if you choose to, you could be dusted with a brightly colored material that will make your day a real “Colorama.” Getting sprayed with the colorful material is optional. The 5K Color Run is all in th...
Grand Coulee 3/30 - A Grand Coulee man was cited for not having insurance after he ran into the back of a school bus at the Four Corners intersection. 3/31 - A Division Street resident in Grand Coulee was stopped when an officer saw her driving while her license was suspended. She was also required to have an ignition device, but failed to have it installed. A tow was required and the woman was cited for both offenses. - A woman suffering from dementia had dialed 911, and police were assured that everything was OK. - A man wearing a bunny suit...
A draft plan for parks and recreation in the town of Coulee Dam that will lay out goals and objectives for the next 20 years was presented to the town council last week. The second edit of the draft Parks and Recreation Plan will go through yet another edit before being finally adopted. That should be presented at the council’s next meeting April 11. “I don’t see it as a wish list,” Larry Curtis told the council in presenting the plan, “I see it as a doable list.” The document is a part of the the town’s “comprehensive plan” and is often a ne...
The Colville Business Council, the governing body of the Colville Confederated Tribes, will hold their primary election on May 5 from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. The general election will take place on June 23 from 8 a.m. until 8 p.m. Candidates running are as follows with the incumbents in bold: Inchelium District Position #1: Georgia Simpson, Dayna J. Seymour, Jennifer Phillips, Marvin Kheel; Inchelium District Position #2: Larry K. Allen, Bessie Simpson, Kimsqualhine “Joe” Baulne, Richard A. Swan Sr., Shelly Boyd; Keller District Position #1: Jos...
Kids bolt off the starting line at the Lions Club's annual Easter Egg Hunt at Ludolph Field Saturday, clearing thousands of eggs off the field in minutes, even with separate starting times for age brackets. Some plastic eggs contained prize tokens. The prize winners from the 81st annual hunt were Jaxson Carson, Tystin Jim, Nova DeWinkler, Isis Reichlin, Ryker Smith, Liam Stanford, Lexi Portch, Stone Andra, Ezri Arrants, Robert Rockwell, Major Andra and Jada Llamas. - Jacob Wagner...
Taylor Enterprises was chosen Monday to be in charge of grounds maintenance at North Dam Park in Grand Coulee through the end of October of this year. At the Coulee Area Park and Recreation District meeting Monday night, commissioners voted to accept Taylor Enterprises’ bid of $16,989 dollars for the company to mow lawns in the park, including the ball fields, tend to the grass and weeds of some adjunct areas, operate the irrigation system, fertilize the lawn, and perform general trash pickup through the end of October. The district has the r...
Drivers planning to use the Keller Ferry to cross the Columbia River via State Route 21, from April 12 until the morning of April 16, will need to use alternate routes for their travels. The Keller Ferry vessel, Sanpoil, will be out of service for hull repairs starting at 6 a.m. Thursday, April 12. Service is anticipated to resume at 6 a.m. Monday, April 16, barring any unforeseen circumstances, the state Department of Transportation said this week. Vessel builder Foss Maritime of Seattle will repair a hairline crack located where the keel...
A Grand Coulee man wanted on three warrants was arrested at a closed local cafe March 26. Police arrested Martin L. H. Scranton, 25, and took him to Grant County jail on the warrants. He is facing additional charges of possession with intent to deliver heroin, possession of heroin, and having a dangerous weapon on his person. Officers Joe Higgs and Chris McClanahan made the arrest after Higgs saw Scranton inside Flo’s Cafe about 8:30 p.m. Before the cafe door was opened for Higgs, Scranton disappeared from view, but after a search was found i...
Local rodeo legend Shane Proctor is teaching his annual bull riding school at the Nespelem rodeo arena yesterday and today, April 3-4, imparting some wisdom to up-and-coming cowboys and cowgirls. "We're teaching them a lot about the basics," Proctor said. "We're teaching them about being square on the back of a bull, keeping your free arm close to you, getting up over the front of them as the bull comes up, and getting off your butt. Just really concentrating on the basics." Proctor was joined...
Coming off a strong winter season, Coulee Medical Center showed upbeat financial numbers, including a nearly $200,000 gain in February and a big drop in the amount the hospital owes to Grant County. Chief Financial Officer Kelly Hughes told Hospital District 6 commissioners Monday night of a gain of $312,830 for the first two months of 2018. She said March had ended with CMC’s registered warrant balance at the county at $1,993,945. At one point that balance was more than $4 million. Hughes noted a government reimbursement had come in at $...