Elmer Easter eggs

Elmer City will have an Easter egg hunt on Easter Sunday, March 27, at 1 p.m. at the city park. The hunt will be in three age categories: five and under, 6-10, and 11 and older (no age limit). Help is needed to fill plastic eggs with candy and hide the eggs. If you can help, call Mayor Gail Morin at 633-0526.

It’s spring concert time

The Lake Roosevelt Elementary bands and chorus will hold a concert in the LRHS gym at 1:30 p.m., Wednesday, March 23. Coming in April, the Lake Roosevelt junior and senior high bands and choir will perform at the same location. The April concert is a change in the schedule that originally called for the JH/SH group to perform the same day. The postponement accommodates a band member's recuperation from unanticipated surgery. The date will be announced.

The public is invited to both events.

Fish pens main topic at meeting

POWER will have its annual public meeting at 7 p.m., Thursday, March 24, at the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center. The fish pens in Electric City will be one of the main discussion topics. The public is invited to attend.

Fire contract agreed

Grant County Fire District 14 will pay the city of Electric City $4,410 for providing fire protection services from April 1, 2016, through March 31, 2017. Electric City council approved the contract at its last meeting, March 8.

Auditions for Aces

Masquers Theater in Soap Lake will hold auditions for its summer production of “Aces Are Feverish” on Friday, March 18, at 7 p.m. and then again at 2 p.m. Saturday, March 19. The play is an original murder mystery-comedy written by Matthew Weaver. The play will run June 18 through July 3. Information is available on the theater’s website (www.masquers.com).

City in EDC

Electric City council approved an agreement with Grant County Economic Development Council for services in 2016, at a fee of $500.

Choral concert set for Easter

The Community Choir will hold an Easter concert at 3 p.m., Sunday, March 20, at St. Henry’s Catholic Church in Grand Coulee. The public is invited to attend.

Blood drive set

Inland Northwest Blood Center, along with Grand Coulee Community Blood Drive volunteers, will hold a blood drive in the community room at Coulee Medical Center, Monday, March 21, from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m.

PUD to close early March 24

Grant PUD’s offices in Grand Coulee, Moses Lake, Quincy and Royal City will close early on Thursday, March 24, for training at 2 p.m. The call center will be closing at 2:30 p.m. The Ephrata office will remain open for the rest of the day. All offices will resume normal hours on Friday, March 25. For information call, 509-766-2505 or

800-422-3199.