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Chamber to Meet

The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, May 29, at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee at noon. Bob Valen will be the guest speaker. His topic will be “Wildfire and Weather Outlook.”

CMC Guild (Auxiliary) to Meet

CMC Guild will hold its next regular meeting at CMC on Wednesday, May 28, (today) from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m.

Family History Center Available

The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invites all who desire to utilize the Family History Center in the Coulee Dam Chapel, located at 806 Spruce Street in Coulee am. The center is now open each Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. The family history centers are free anf open the public and staffed by knowledgeable volunteers. Each facility offers both novices and experienced family historians the tools and resources to learn about their ancestors.

Eagles #2577 Meetings

The Auxiliary’s next scheduled meeting is set for June 3, at 6 p.m. Find us on facebook, FOE2577 Grand Coulee.

Nespelem School District to Meet

The Nespelem School District will hold its board of directors meeting on Wednesday (tonight) May 28. Board budget work session will begin at 6 p.m., with the regular board meeting to follow.

Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter to Meet

Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet at 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 10, at the Wenatchee Valley Museum, 127 South Mission, Wenatchee. The program is free and open to the public. Gene Kiver, emeritus professor of geology at EWU and co-author of “On the Trail of the Ice Age Floods: The Northern Reaches” will discuss Ice Age Floods and the Cheney Area.

For more information on the Ice Age Floods Institute, see our website http://www.iafi.org

TOPS Meetings

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter 1524 meets on Tuesdays at 9:15 a.m. at Grand Coulee Senior Center prior to the exercise group gathering at 10 a.m. Come and join for the health of it.

A morning chapter TOPS #WA1554 meets Wednesday mornings with weigh-in at 7:45 a.m., and a meeting at 8 a.m. It will also be held at the Coulee Dam Community Church-Presbyterian.

American Legion Post 157 Meets

The American Legion Post 157 holds legion meetings on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Vets Center in Electric City. All veterans are welcome. The next meeting will be held on Tuesday, June 10.

OES to Meet

Order of Eastern Star will hold its June meeting on Thursday, June 12. Father’s Day will be honored. There will be balloting, it will be in long form and dress of choice. Refreshments and birthday cake will be provided by Alisa Thomason.

Free Pinochle at the Seniors

Free pinochle is offered at the Grand Coulee Senior Center Monday, Wednesday and Friday beginning at 1 p.m.

Care and Share Food Bank Open

The food bank at the Church of the Nazarene normal operating hours are every Monday from 2 to 4 p.m. It is located at the Church of Nazarene, hwy 174, Grand Coulee. The bank still can use clean plastic grocery bags.

Local AA Meetings

Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are held on Mondays at 7 p.m., Friday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 9 a.m.. at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings. New Hope Group meetings are held Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Vets Center. For more information call John 633-2448. These are open and non-smoking.

In Nespelem the group Bound and Determined holds its meetings Monday evening at 7 p.m. at the Catholic Church. Contact Myrna 634-4921 for more information there.

Seniors Have Wheelchairs, Crutches Available

Through the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center a program is available to members and other persons who for a short time need a wheel chair, walkers, crutches, canes, bath stools and other items of this type.

For those who have any of the above items that are from the center and no longer used please return. If you have any of the above items in good condition and would like to donate them to the center, it would be extremely appreciated. For those who cannot deliver, pickup is available. Call 633-2321 for more information.