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  • Minimum wage essay was a fairy tale

    Frank Ward|Sep 11, 2013

    Boy, this is some fairy tale that Don Brunell can spin about how the minimum wage works for all of us getting it. Mr. Brunell needs to take a look out of the window of his ivory tower once in a while. Frank Ward Coulee Dam...

  • An appreciation of simple

    Frank Ward|Apr 24, 2013

    If Mark Jenson, the Bureau of Reclamation power manager sees it as a hardship living right here presently, he should have tried it before we got our Variety Store. A lot of us enjoy life in Coulee Dam because each morning, Iris, our town’s mail carrier, walks up to my house; she says with a smile, “Good morning Frank.” It’s that simple. Frank Ward Coulee Dam...

  • Where have all the flowers gone?

    Frank Ward|Nov 21, 2012

    Dozens of concerned people have asked me this past summer, “What’s wrong with the Credit Union, where we had for years a showcase of beautiful flowers? Everyone talked about them. Beauty and variety in landscaping makes people happy and attracts customers to your business. Now though, a Credit Union member said, they must not want people coming around there any more.” Which seems sad. A lot of the flowers I had dug from Credit Union members’ yards. People like: Dennis and Sandy King, Fred and Barbara Meyers, Jo Ayers, Bill and Betty Miller,...

  • Shame on council

    Frank Ward|Feb 8, 2012

    Every member of the Coulee Dam Town Council should be ashamed, after unanimously denying support for our Senior Meals-On-Wheels program. Frank Ward Coulee Dam...