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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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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 $...
Local artist Keith Powell showed a number of his paintings and sculpted pieces at a special showing last Saturday afternoon and evening at the Melody Restaurant overflow room and made himself available to discuss his art pieces with those who were dining there. - Roger S. Lucas photo...
All the questions you have about small planes could be answered May 12, during a special fly-in at the Grand Coulee Dam Airport. The fly-in is sponsored by four organizations: The Colville Confederated Tribes, NASA Science Mission Directorate, Northwest Earth and Space Pipeline (NESP), and the Red-Tailed Hawks Flying Club from Everett, Washington. NESP spokesman Tedrick Mealy said last week that he expects at least seven planes for the event, which will run from noon to 3 p.m. It will be a teaching experience with pilots explaining the...
There will be a week-long Scholastic Book Fair at Lake Roosevelt Schools April 16-20. The week will be packed with related activities, including a contest to see which elementary class wins the “coin war” to see who purchases the most in books. There’s an ice cream party tied to that. Hours to hit the library for the purchase of books go like this: Monday and Tuesday, April 16-17, from 8 a.m. to 3:30 p.m.; Wednesday, April 18, 8-8; Thursday, April 19, 8-3:30; and Friday, April 20, 8-1. The event is called “Paws for Books.” There will be dog mo...
Children from the Coulee Kids daycare center pick up trash in North Dam Park on Tuesday. The kids had picked up 10 bags of trash, and counting, around the community, something they wanted to do when they noticed litter on the streets. The kids' motto is "Working together to make the community better," according to daycare owner Clarissa Cawston, right. In addition to picking up the trash, the kids gave out coupons for local area businesses as a "random act of kindness," in which recipients are...
Grand Coulee 3/20 - An Electric City man reported that a vacated travel trailer had its door swinging in the wind. Police determined that the trailer was leaking and had no real value, but they informed the owner of the property where the trailer was stored of the situation. The door was secured by police. 3/25 - An occupant of a Main Street apartment told police that water was coming into the apartment from a vacant apartment one story up. A city worker turned off the water to the apartment that was leaking water, and the owner of the apartmen...
Local area voters may be faced with deciding on approval of a school levy that would restore $480,000 of property taxes per year to the school district for the next four years, but not raise taxes higher than they were last year. The Grand Coulee Dam School District board voted Monday night to put the resolution for a “capital levy” on the agenda for discussion at next month’s board meeting April 23. Local area voters would approve or deny the proposed levy in the upcoming August 7 election. In 2017, the state Legislature passed Engro...
Troy Sanford prunes ornamental crab apple trees on Coulee Dam's Grant Street last week. Area-wide schedules for extra city help and free dumping are found on page 4. - Scott Hunter photo...
A program to educate students who “don’t fit” the regular high school or who are at risk of not graduating high school will come back to the Grand Coulee Dam School District next year. The school board voted Monday to bring back the alternative learning environment (ALE) to the district. The ALE was removed from the district last year as a way to cut costs. The school board had removed the ALE in the current year’s budget, anticipating that students in that program would return to “regular” school, thus keeping money in the district, i...
The Colville Confederated Tribes received a visit Thursday from the federal official who is second only to the president, overseeing most of the federal agencies in the greater Grand Coulee Dam area. Secretary Ryan Zinke, of the United States Dept. of Interior, traveled to several Indian reservations to discuss the opioid crisis, among other topics. Zinke visited the Colville Tribes Government Center on Mar. 22, speaking with the Colville Business Council in a private meeting. A March 23 press r...
Lake Roosevelt Jr/Sr High School was named a "school of distinction" for its continuous improvement over five years in English/Language Arts and Math. In presenting an award to the school board Monday night, Linda McKay, assistant superintendent of the North Central Educational Service District, said it was given to only 98 of some 2,300 schools in the state, and LR's progress ranked in the top 3.8 percent. "I did the math," she said, noting that a plaque presented merely noted the top 5...
Grand Coulee 3/20 - A resident on Spokane Way asked police to ban a woman and her daughter from her property. 3/21 - A Sunset Drive resident was cited for pulling out in front of another vehicle and not yielding the right of way. Her vehicle was so damaged that it couldn’t be driven away. - An Electric City man who lives on Jackson was issued a citation for an expired license tab after being stopped on Spokane Boulevard. - A man on School Avenue in Electric City told police that someone had entered his trailer and taken two televisions. - A m...
A “dangerous building” issue in Grand Coulee got a 90-day reprieve from the council at its meeting last week. Councilmembers were getting a little tired of no action on getting the building removed, and it showed as the council considered that they were dealing with stalling tactics, starting to get the best of them. At issue is probably the most colorful building in Grand Coulee, a sort of old museum, along Spokane Way. Its bright blue-and-yellow color grabs the eye when you leave the city center heading out of town. The ramshackle, small, for...
People who own houses in Electric City and who don’t live in those houses will not be able to rent them for any timeframe shorter than a month, following a city council vote last week. In contrast to short-term rentals, when the owner of a home occupies it, they are allowed to charge people to stay for short terms as a “bed and breakfast.” The Electric City Council voted 3-1 March 13 not to continue with the idea of including such “short-term rentals” in the city’s comprehensive plan. Prior to the vote, two couples spoke against the idea. Mark...
It's something you rarely see: a large group of high school and junior high school students standing together, not saying a word. That happened March 14 in the parking lot at Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High School amidst light rain, puddles and heavy reflection for 17 people who died in a Florida school shooting Feb. 14. The students had left the school, joining in a national walkout organized by students and either tolerated, encouraged or forbidden by their local schools, nearly 3,000 of...
Electric City will consider reversing an annexation decision it made back in 2009. The city council has asked City Clerk Russell Powers to find out how to reverse its annexation decision that brought a large block of land south of the Osborn Bay into the city. Powers said Monday that he has asked the city's attorney what the process would be so he can report back to the council at one of its future meetings. "If the city eventually wants to turn back annexed land, it would take a vote of the...
Annual Easter egg hunt set The town of Elmer City will hold its third annual Easter egg hunt on Sunday, April 1. Mayor Gail Morin started the local egg hunt two years ago, drawing up to 100 people each year. Morin said that anyone who wants to volunteer to help hide the eggs can call town hall at 633-2872. The hunt starts at 1 p.m. The eggs will be placed in the town’s park prior to the hunt. Kids of all ages are invited to come and take part. Court looking for volunteer bailiffs Grant County Superior Court is seeking volunteer bailiffs to h...
Eight local volunteers, in the middle of the night, helped save a horse that had fallen through the ice in a Douglas County pond recently. Ron and Virginia Keller live outside of the Crown Point area on Pendell Road. After coming home from dining out March 10, they realized they didn’t know where their two horses were, thinking it unusual the horses weren’t waiting for their late-night snack of apples and carrots. Ron searched his property far and wide, wearing a headlamp and carrying a flashlight, eventually hearing a faint whinnying noise. Th...
A dinner planned by the Moose Lodge will raise funds to help support the family of a young man recently stricken with leukemia. The George Davis Dinner on April 7 from 5-7:30 p.m. will be open to non-members and will feature pulled pork sandwiches, coleslaw and chips, plus dessert and non-alcoholic drinks. Tickets are $10, available at the Moose Lodge and the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce office. A silent auction is planned, as well as a raffle for a “Seattle Experience” including a one-night hotel stay, dinner and the Seattle Gre...
Elmer City's "Complete Streets" project that will connect town streets to the Downriver Trail is underway. Public Works Director Jimmer Tillman said that paving of the 2,300-foot trail will begin as soon as the weather warms. Elmer City awarded the work to be funded through a $250,000 state Transportation Improvement Board grant to DW Excavating, Inc., of Davenport, Wash. The winning bidder has shaped the trail that runs along the Lower River Road and is currently laying a gravel underlay...