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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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A major art show, drawn in cloth and stitches, and honoring the National Park Service in its 100th year, will arrive in Coulee Dam just in time for the Fourth of July. The "Inspired by the National Parks" Quilt Show will be on display in the Lake Roosevelt Elementary School gym July 1-4, with more than 180 art quilts. Don't think about those warm blankets sewn from scraps that may first spring to mind. These quilts depict something inspirational from the nation's most beautiful places. Detailed... Full story
Celebrating 80 years The Moose Lodge will celebrate its 80th anniversary Saturday, June 25, with a potluck dinner from 4-7 p.m. The dinner will be followed by live music from 7-11 p.m. Potentially cool deal Three air-conditioning units now servicing city hall in Electric City, which will soon be replaced, have been declared surplus by the city council. Anyone interested in acquiring them can contact city hall. Navy brass to play A Navy brass quartet will give a 45-minute concert just before the Laser Light Show Sunday, June 26, beginning at 9... Full story
Most races were close, and all incumbents but two appeared to be headed for re-election in the Colville Business Council general poll election Saturday. Absentee ballots could change most races, but the unofficial tally Monday showed that incumbents in Inchelium District, Position 1, and Nespelem District, Position 1, were both in doubt. In the Inchelium District 1 race, incumbent Chairman Jim Boyd trailed challenger George Simpson, 95-49. In the Nespelem District 1 race, incumbent William “Billy” Nicholson II trailed Willie Womer, 113-94. In... Full story
The three top winners in the Fifth Annual Cleatis Lacy Memorial Bull Riding event last Friday picked up nearly $3,200 in prize money. The Friday night event at the Ridge Rider Rodeo Grounds was a memorial to the Grand Coulee cowboy whose friendliness and rodeo fame touched a lot of people during his 86 years. The Ridge Riders had added $2,500 to the prize money for the event. Placing first was Ryan Prophet, of Rigby, Idaho, who picked up $1,596.76, in prize money. Second was Wyatt Wilks, of... Full story
Sjana Bird has recently been promoted to senior vice president and regional branch administrator of North Cascades Bank, the bank announced. Bird, who has managed the bank's Grand Coulee branch for 15 years, will now oversee the branch-operations managers at the bank's Grand Coulee, Omak, Okanogan and Twisp branches. Jerri Smith has been promoted to branch operations manager at the Grand Coulee branch. After attending Eastern Washington University, Bird began her banking career working at a... Full story
Two major resignations within the athletic department at Lake Roosevelt High School were received last week. Resigning was Athletic Director Richard Black, who has held that position for the past five years. The second resignation was from Mario West, Lake Roosevelt’s head boys’ basketball coach, who coached here a single season. Both resignations will go before the school board when it meets Monday, June 27. Black, a retired Navy captain, was dean of students and associated with the district’s 21st Century after-school program for two years... Full story
If you see a huge aircraft flying low over the Colville Indian Reservation from now through next Tuesday, you're seeing the world's largest supertanker aircraft and crews practicing in a firefighting training exercise. Global Supertanker Services will fly over the Keller Butte area Saturday with a Boeing 747 tanker to practice flying in a mountainous area in advance of the coming fire season. A lead plane and possibly a photo plane likely will also be in sight. On some flights, potable water... Full story
Update: Despite a rainy day, the Wenatchee Youth Circus is performing at Lake Roosevelt's football field with a few umbrella protected fans in the stands. The current local forecast predicts drizzle until about 6 p.m., which is the time the second performance is scheduled. Either way, the old saying "The show must go on," is thought to have originated with the circus in the 1800s. --- This weekend is for kids, cowboys and classic car lovers. Saturday is the 12th annual Koulee Kids Fest,... Full story
The Colville Tribes launched a dugout canoe Friday from the Spring Canyon boat launch, on a mission to revive an old tradition in support of exploring a new possibility: bringing salmon back to the upper Columbia River. The cedar canoe and its crew are headed to a rendezvous at Kettle Falls, where tribes from across the Northwest once gathered annually to harvest salmon before Grand Coulee Dam was built. The Colvilles met up with Spokanes and Coeur d'Alenes on Lake Roosevelt on Tuesday and... Full story
A new feature for the July 4 Festival of America celebration will be a number of inflatable water slides in a water park. The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the event, stated that Jump N2 Fun, from Post Falls, Idaho, will bring a number of inflatable water slides for a two-day show, July 3 and 4 in the Visitor Center park at Grand Coulee Dam. Michael Hunt, who provided nine inflatables for the Colorama event, said that he was looking forward to returning to the coulee area. For Hunt and his wife, Julie, the event will... Full story
The Regional Board of Mayors Monday approved a plan to have Sunrise Disposal provide backup hauling services for the Delano Transfer Station. The RBOM had advertised to find someone with a commercial driver’s license (CDL) who would be available to make occasional hauls to the Grant County Landfill, just out of Ephrata. There were no takers. The mayors were concerned with the need to have someone in place to drive the transfer truck when manager Randy Gumm was sick or on vacation. Under the agreement, if approved by the four city and town c... Full story
The Coulee Dam Town Council approved a chamber of commerce request to move its “beer garden” to the Melody Restaurant front parking lot during the upcoming Festival of American celebration. The beer garden will be open both Sunday and Monday, July 3 and 4. The chamber held its beer garden in the parking lot of the town’s maintenance garage last year. Some details are still being worked out, but the plan is for the Melody Restaurant to provide a light food menu during the hours the tent is in operation. The restaurant would also provide some... Full story
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife recently gave P.O.W.E.R. an award for 30 years of conservation work. P.O.W.E.R. (Promoters of Wildlife and Environmental Resources) is best known locally for its fish pen operation in Electric City. WDFW Director Jim Unsworth presented the "Organization of the Year" award to Carl Russell and Ken Miles in a ceremony in Ephrata June 7. Members of the group have raised over 5.2 million fish (3.2 million rainbow trout, 2 million kokanee, and 18,000... Full story
Tribal vote Saturday Saturday, June 18, Colville Confederated Tribes members will go to the polls to elect Colville Business Council members in their general election. All six incumbents made it through the primary vote to the general election. Should the area consolidate? That’s a question people get to answer this week in a survey that went out to local residents to help measure the interest in consolidation. The mailing piece was prepared by the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce and asks questions of residents about the need and i... Full story
A Navy brass quartet will perform an open-air concert just prior to the laser light show, Sunday, June 26, according to Bureau of Reclamation Public Affairs Officer Lynne Brougher. The quartet is part of a 35-piece Navy band stationed at Silverdale, Wash. Different groups of the band make some 400 appearances a year in and around the Northwest. Ivan Snavely, who heads the Visitor Center at Grand Coulee Dam, helped make arrangements for the June 26 performance. Navy Band Northwest is under the leadership of its director, Lt. Bruce Mansfield,... Full story
Two Lake Roosevelt High School seniors, Michael Thomas and Areielle White, appeared before Moose Lodge officials last Tuesday night to thank them for the $1,000 scholarships they received. Family members and friends appeared with the recipients. The Moose Lodge raised the money for the scholarships by providing lunches for the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce at weekly luncheon meetings. - Roger Lucas photo... Full story
Willard and Sharon Rinker are celebrating their 67th wedding anniversary Saturday, June 18, 2016. They have two sons (Larry and Randy), one daughter (Valerie), seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The couple continues to make their home on the ranch outside of Grand Coulee in the Del Rio area.... Full story
A highlight of this year’s 12th Annual Koulee Kids Fest will be two performances by the Wenatchee Youth Circus. And the performances are free! The popular youth circus will perform at both 2 p.m. and 6 p.m., at the Lake Roosevelt football field, Saturday, June 18. The Wenatchee group is sponsored by Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union as part of its 75th year anniversary celebration. There will be aerial arts, wire and fire acts, flying trapeze, acting, singing, clowning and other acts. Each summer the youth circus performs throughout the P... Full story
Seniors about to graduate take roses from a vase to give to family members during Lake Roosevelt High School's ceremony Saturday, just before joining them in the audience to watch a video to recall each of the 37 graduates. The class was honored for numerous academic and athletic achievements, including 2,863 hours of volunteer community service between 14 of them. As a group, the class garnered scholarship offers totaling $215,411. Pictured from left are Alexis Tanphantourath, Joshua Wilder,... Full story
Grand Coulee residents could be looking at significant water and sewer rate increases soon. The city council, in its meeting June 21, will determine whether there will be incremental increases or if the city will make a significant increase. At the beginning of the meeting there will be a public hearing on rate adjustments. Councilmembers took a look at the problem at their May meeting when they learned that revenues from their water service were not sufficient to cover expenses. In 2015, water revenue was about $29,000 short of meeting... Full story
Electric City and Grand Coulee have agreed to disagree over the startup costs of the arsenic treatment plant. Grand Coulee argues that it has paid all but one month from Sept.1, 2014, when the two cities signed a new formal agreement about how charges are to be made. Electric City contends that Grand Coulee needs to pay its share of the maintenance and operation of the arsenic treatment plant from the time it started receiving treated water. The difference in time is about 18 months, and in money about $29,000. The two councils have turned the... Full story
Margo Piver, from the Walla Walla School District, will be the assistant principal at Lake Roosevelt Elementary School. The Grand Coulee Dam School District board decided May 23 to hire Piver, who has had extensive experience in special education, as well as in early childhood and behavior support, according to school district sources. She will take over her new duties for the 2016-17 school year. Piver replaces Nate Piturachsatit in that position. Piver earned her bachelor of science degree in... Full story
A new feature for the Festival of America July 4 celebration will be a number of inflatable water slides. The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce, sponsor of the event, stated this week that Jump N2 Fun, from Post Falls, Idaho, will bring a number of inflatable water slides for a two-day show, July 3 and 4. Michael Hunt, who provided some nine inflatables for the Colorama event, said last week that he was looking forward to returning to the coulee area. The event will be more than pumping... Full story
Housing hope lists fill up The Housing Authority of Okanogan County will actually close its waiting lists for housing assistance programs on June 30 because it has a list that will last two years. The agency says it will cut off its waiting lists for Section 8 Housing, Tenant Base Rental Assistance and 5-Year Mainstream Voucher Program at 4 p.m. June 30. Applications will be taken until then, and those postmarked before that time will be accepted. “We have no idea how many years it will take for us to re-open the wait list again,” said the age... Full story
If you like to watch small and fast, you're in luck this weekend. Small plane pilots will flock to the local airport and organized hydroplane races will hit Osborne Bay on Banks Lake, both free for spectators. The Stateline Outboard Racing Association will hold races on Saturday and Sunday, June 11-12, on Osborne Bay at Sunbanks Lake Resort. Spectators are welcome to watch at the resort. If you enjoy small planes and like to watch them land, then Saturday is the day, and our local airport is... Full story