News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Here is some advice to the young looking for their first job: Start by cleaning up your act. Also accept the fact that you’ll likely be starting out at a minimum wage, but will not be there very long if you’re a good worker and look presentable. When asked by their leading association, the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB), to name the biggest problems small-business owners faced in filling job vacancies: • 61 percent listed lack of job-specific or occupational skills as a typical or occasional problem • 54 percent cited t... Full story
The building of Grand Coulee Dam. – date of photo unknown... Full story
It’s not often the stars align in such a way as to guide the steps of our local leaders, but right now might be a good time for them to look up. In an area that can benefit from every scrap of efficiency it can find, it might seem obvious that similar services two miles apart could benefit by joining forces. Now think about the local police departments. Coulee Dam has one; so does Grand Coulee. Electric City does not, but Coulee Dam recently learned their police would be servicing that city on the other side of Grand Coulee via a bid that was m... Full story
While I was packaging up some recently smoked salmon, I thought, “Why not take it to the staging area in Nespelem and see if these folks might just like this little snack?” Wow, did they. I think before I was out of the parking area, most of 50 bags were being devoured. With no more fish to smoke, Frank Thomas suggested a trip to the net pens on Rufus Woods to solicit a triploid donation. They really stepped up to the plate. All told, pens manager Bill Clark of Pacific Sea Food donated over 260 pounds of these great smoking triploid. A big tha... Full story
During debates over expanding Medicaid to uninsured, low-income families, expansion opponents argued it doesn’t provide quality healthcare coverage, and low-income residents would be better off uninsured. Reports of organizations such as The Buckeye Institute (from Ohio, which has expanded its Medicaid program) make such claims. They have been repeated across the nation by anti-Affordable Care Act and anti-Medicaid expansion politicians and groups. These arguments are nonsensical. Myriad economic and health benefits accompany health insurance.... Full story
The U.S. healthcare system is afflicted with a debilitating chronic illness — rising costs. Health spending could top $10,000 a person this year. Fortunately, there’s a cure. It’s called value-based care, and it represents a fundamental change in how we pay for health care. Instead of paying healthcare providers for what they do to a patient, value-based care compensates them for how their patients do after they leave the doctor’s office. By emphasizing outcomes instead of inputs, value-based care can improve patient health — and cure our... Full story
If I said the words, “Faith Community Church,” one of your first thoughts would be the Archers. They have been here since the beginning. In an era that pastors don’t usually stay in one place longer than 10 years, the Archers have been here over 30. They raised their kids here and now their grandkids come to visit here. All the while, they pastor the little church in Electric City. Faith Community started in a home many years ago. It grew and soon was in a garage. It grew again and the members said it was time for a building and a pasto... Full story
This photograph, taken from the intersection of First Street and Ickes Avenue, looks to the northeast, a part of the area to be developed as an extension to the Right 230-kv Switchyard. First Street is to the right, Ickes Avenue enters from the left. The contractor has removed all the trees along First Steet, preparatory to moving out of the temporary type "A" houses. Contractor: Mk-Pk, Specifications No 2933 - April 26, 1950... Full story
The first week of school is in the books and the positive atmosphere is already showing itself. Remember when we all said we wanted to see some change in Raider Country? Well, here it comes and it feels good. Volleyball, football and cross country have all completed their first matchups and all are feeling really good about where things are at. Kasey Rey-Garvin saw a squad of girls that just would not quit against Liberty Bell. Teamwork was obvious and some tenacious hitting, not to mention some outstanding serving. These girls will be hard to... Full story
The synopsis for August was not very good, a reflection of the drought affecting the Pacific Northwest. Let’s start with temperatures. Our high for the month was 102.3°F on Aug. 13, and our low was 51.7°F just 10 days later. We had three days in August that exceeded 100°F. The mean temperature for the month was 74.3°F, as compared to the overall mean of 71.9°F. That would be an increase of 2.4°F. That has been the trend this summer: hotter than normal and new records set all around the state. As we all know, we didn’t see any noticeabl... Full story
Tesla is the premium entry in the electric car market, with a starting price of $75,000. According to the Wall Street Journal, the high-end “Signature” model costs $132,000, slightly more than the base price for Porsche’s AG’s 911 GT3. Even with a $7,500 federal tax credit, an assortment of state tax credits, and $10,000 in fuel saving over five years, the driver’s investment is over $110,000 – far beyond the reach of the average family. However, Tesla’s luxury styling and impressive performance give high-end buyers the best of both worlds ... Full story
Visitors' cars in Vista House parking area during the Labor Day weekend. Over 12,000 people visited Grand Coulee Dam during this period. - August 31, 1947... Full story
We’ve had long, hot fires in this area before, but none that afforded us such an opportunity to get to know how the machinery of firefighting works in this country. As the season heated up and it became obvious resources were in far too short supply, watching what fires demanded the most and how they were used became necessary to grasping the complexity of the decision-making process. Firefighting teams move about the country to fires where their particular skills are needed, which changes constantly. Teams are supposed to work in 14-day s... Full story
The Board of Commissioners of Douglas, Grant, Lincoln and Okanogan Counties Public Hospital District #6 takes very seriously its mission to strive for the complete well-being of our community and the safety and security of those who live within our boundaries. We, therefore, express our strong support for any legal action the Grant County Housing Authority can be encouraged to take to protect our most vulnerable populations, the elderly and the disabled, who live in the apartment complex at 211 Continental Heights, in Grand Coulee, Washington.... Full story
We have endured a long siege of political rogue rage. Political candidates have resorted to outrageous statements to gain publicity. We citizens are naturally fascinated by unusual things; routine bores us. The national media respond to our need for entertainment, even if that entertainment is political and bizarre. But the end-game is serious; we must choose responsible politicians to administer our governmental functions. Our modern society is extremely complex. Finding solutions that will work is tedious and extremely difficult. There are... Full story
Nick Ford and Shawn Ford, two country brothers from Grand Coulee, and Lake Roosevelt graduates, were gear heads who felt more comfortable under the hood of an old car in Mr. Hood’s auto shop class than they did anywhere else. Back then, their last name was Adams. Owen and Betty Adams raised their kids to be hard working and live life with a sense of humor. Today, not much has changed except the type of cars they work on. Now they are professional Indy cars. Nick and Shawn are on separate teams. Shawn, the older brother, works for Rahal R... Full story
Grand Coulee Dam Area Service Clubs joined forces last week to put finishing touches on the new bleachers at the Lake Roosevelt High School Athletic Field. - August 28, 1975 ...
We held a memorial last week for my friend, Wally Loe. I would like to share a few thoughts about him. First, I would like the family to please accept my dear and sincere condolences. His legacy started a long time ago. He was our basketball coach at Coulee Dam High School. In 1963, our first year of being a “Class A” school, we took our school to the state tournament in Tacoma. It was also the time our gymnasium turned north and south. All of our school and community remember the season, the players, and the circumstances leading up to the... Full story
Recently, my truck’s water pump went out near Deep Creek. We were on our way home and it was about 4 p.m. on a Saturday. I called our local NAPA store (Tri-City Auto Parts) for their advice, and it was a good thing I did. Within a matter of minutes, they got me hooked up with a NAPA Service center in Airway Heights, who fortunately have a tow truck. Another thank-you to Barbara King for driving to Deep Creek to pick us up. On the following Monday, we drove in and picked up the truck. So I wanted everyone to know just how much I appreciate o... Full story
In China, the government has launched an “eat more potatoes” campaign – and Washington state could benefit as a result. China’s potato push is, in part, an environmental effort to provide more clean drinking water for its exploding urban population and offset its polluted water from factories and inadequate sewer treatment. Home to more than 1.3 billion people, China has, until recently, enjoyed a decades-long economic boom that raised more than 600 million people out of poverty, according to World Bank statistics. Urbanization is expecte... Full story
Those were the words spoken by the two leaders of Lake Roosevelt School, where I work, as they prepared their staff for the upcoming year. That is the plan for Raider Nation going into the 2015-16 school year. Can it be done? Yes, but there must be a buy-in. From whom? All of us, and there is a lot to be excited for too. The leaders Liberty and Lakin are pumping up staff and students with their positive message. Change is coming, I can feel it. Get ready, the Raiders are about to change their... Full story
Ten Years Ago The Electric City Council got its first glimpse last week of a proposal from Lakeside Grill owner Terry Ayres to expand his restaurant. Three are planning to challenge the Electric City mayor position in election 2005. They include Don Daniels, Bob Rupe and Troy Ritter. Twenty Years Ago Work on the first phase of the North Dam Park project should begin next month after the Grand Coulee City Council gave its official approval at a special council meeting last Thursday. Coulee... Full story
In the midst of smoke and flame, a rising beam of hope shows a promising path, one that will need our focus in the months to come: the desire good people have to help. That desire is striking in the experience of Rob and Glo Carroll, whose own desire to help led them to set up a GoFundMe page to which donations have been coming in steadily for a week. Their effort supplies normally self-sufficient firefighting organizations with items they need but find hard to get amid the massive, thinly-stretched firefighting efforts across the West. They... Full story
There has been growing recognition of the challenges of Alzheimer’s disease but the funding to find a cure lags dramatically behind what’s necessary. In 2010 Congress unanimously passed legislation that set a goal of finding a treatment for Alzheimer’s by 2025. But National Institutes of Health (NIH) research on dementia has not increased to the $2 billion-a-year level that scientists say is needed. In fact, for every $100 spent on Alzheimer’s research, Medicare and Medicaid programs spend $26,000 to care for people with the disease. Current... Full story
Reducing stigma. Someone wants to promote a “stigma”? and keep part of it? and you offer them space? Curious. Harold A. Maio, retired mental health editor Ft Myers, Florida... Full story