Treatment plant info meeting tonight

A public meeting is scheduled tonight, Wednesday, Feb. 24, at Coulee Dam town hall at 5:30 p.m., to discuss funding for the proposed new wastewater treatment plant. The meeting will provide information on the funding process with USDA Rural Development.

Ambulance

runs reported

The Grand Coulee volunteer ambulance crew made 43 calls during the month of January, a record, Fire Chief Rick Paris told council members last Tuesday night. Fifteen of the calls were in Coulee Dam, 35 percent of the total. The Grand Coulee area had 20 calls, and ambulance crews made eight transports. In addition, Paris told the council, the volunteer fire department had one call, a smoke investigation.

Free movie

night offered

A free family movie night will be held at Lake Roosevelt Elementary cafeteria Friday, Feb. 26. Doors open at 5:30 p.m., with the film “Minions” beginning at 6 p.m. Children must be accompanied by an adult. Adults may bring lawn chairs so they won’t have to sit on the floor. Concessions will be available for purchase and the event is sponsored by the PTA.

Umps needed

for spring

People interested in umpiring high school softball and baseball this spring season are invited to a meeting at 6:30 p.m., Monday, Feb. 29, at Timeout Pizza in Ephrata for pizza and soft drinks.

The informal meeting is being held to kick off the season.

Masquers auditions for Our Town

coming

Auditions for the upcoming play “Our Town,” by Thornton Wilder, will be held at 1 p.m March 6, and 7 p.m., March 7, at the Masquers Theater in Soap Lake. For more information contact Clifford Bresee at 509-977-1215. The play opens Friday, April 22, and runs through Mother’s Day, May 8.

Commission

members sought

The town of Coulee Dam is looking for people interested in serving on its Civil Service Commission. Those chosen will serve the town by helping make and/or enforce rules for the operation of the commission, give practical tests to help determine the ability of applicants, conduct investigations, hear and determine appeals and complaints, hold competitive tests to determine the qualifications of pPolice officers, and other such duties. To qualify you must be 18 or older and have been a resident of Coulee Dam for at least three years. Those interested should contact Mayor F. Gregory Wilder at 633-0320.

How to get

rid of property

The city of Grand Coulee adopted by resolution the method of disposing of surplus city property. The following methods were adopted: transfer to another government agency, sell the item through sealed bid, trade the item for replacement, dispose as scrap metal, donate to nonprofit, or properly discard the item if it is broken and unusable.