News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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The Raiders golf team competed at their home meet for the season at Banks Lake Golf Course April 11. "We're still trying to get into the groove out there," Head Coach Steve Files said. "It's midseason, but we're not quite in midseason form yet." LR competed with golfers from the Wilbur-Creston-Keller high school team, and Almira-Coulee-Hartline on the back nine holes at Banks Lake Golf Course. WCK's Carson Odegaard had the best score with only 40 strokes, followed by ACH's Conner Emerson who...
The city of Grand Coulee is looking at a vision for the future of the city that includes more pedestrian-friendly features, aesthetic upgrades, and relocating city hall at the former middle school. SCJ Alliance, the city's planning firm, presented some ideas for the future of the city at a March 13 meeting for the city's planning commission, which includes council members Alan Cain and Tammara Byers, as well as Grand Coulee citizen James O'Hara. "Alan and I were impressed," Byers said at the Mar...
Hippity hoppity, Easter is on its way, and that means Easter baskets and Easter egg hunts. Volunteers at the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center assembled 450 Easter baskets through donations to the senior center, and will be selling them from now until the Friday before Easter for anywhere from $5 to $25. The baskets are geared toward children, but there are baskets for mom or grandma as well. Also for sale at the senior center are 100 child's size Easter dresses. The senior center at 203 Main...
Local organizations are promoting healthy eating habits to kids during their out-of-school time. Members of Coulee Medical Center and the local Lions Club have been making donations of healthy snacks to local youth who might otherwise eat junk food on the weekends. The effort promotes healthy eating habits while also helping prevent childhood obesity and diabetes. Melissa Stanley is a registered nurse who works for Coulee Medical Center and is also the school nurse at Lake Roosevelt Schools. She observed a need for students to have healthy snac...
What would happen to North Dam Park if a local group didn’t take care of it? Commissioners for the Coulee Area Park & Recreation District discussed renewal of their contract with the United States Bureau of Reclamation at their April 1 meeting. The bureau owns the land at North Dam Park, but contracts with the district to take care of it. That 10-year contract is coming up for renewal. “Let’s talk about the downside,” said Commissioner Kevin Portch. “If we don’t take this up, then it falls back to where it was 10 years ago before CAPRD, and...
The Colville Tribes will hold their 10th annual Earth Day celebration at the Nespelem powwow grounds on April 19 from 10 a.m. until 2 p.m. The event will include over 50 interactive and informational booths concerning things like recycling, natural energy, forestry, plant life, health and nutrition, and more. A raffle at the event has “more prizes than ever,” according to Joaquin Bustamante, who heads the tribes’ recycling program. “Loepps donated a stove, a microwave, and a twin bed,” Bustamante said. “Coulee Hardware donated a Traeger [gr...
The Colville Tribes have entered into an agreement with the state of Washington to sell marijuana, according to an April 8 press release from the tribes. “We are pleased to sign this agreement and look forward to the economic development opportunities it provides,” Colville Business Council Chairman Rodney Cawston is quoted as saying in the press release. “The [agreement] includes appropriate regulation of tribal businesses which sell marijuana, as well as effective enforcement procedures to assure all applicable laws are followed.” A new tri...
A power outage Friday affected about 800 Grant PUD customers in the Grand Coulee Dam area for over seven hours. “The issue that has caused the outage in the area is located on a transmission pole that is within an isolated area without easy access,” a Grant PUD post on Facebook said, updated at 11:05 p.m. that night. The power eventually returned to those in Grand Coulee at about 1:30 a.m. Saturday. The outage affected people from both above and below the Grand Coulee Dam, impacting people in Electric City, Grand Coulee, and Coulee Dam dif...
I love cats! There, I said it and I am not ashamed. If I am being honest, I did not always feel that way. I used to have a negative spot in my heart for cats. Why, I am not sure. It could be the cat box smells. I still dislike that part, but our cats have won me over. My heart has changed; I love our cats. I also used to dislike brussels sprouts, asparagus and broccoli. I would avoid these at all costs. But then something happened. I tried some that had been cooked differently. My heart...
Is it right to disrupt school for hundreds of students because of a sport played by a small percentage of them? That was a topic of discussion at the Grand Coulee Dam School District’s Board of Directors meeting March 25. Cathy LaPlace addressed the board in the public-comment section of the meeting. LaPlace is the wife of Director George LaPlace, and the two have students in the district. Cathy LaPlace criticized the school’s last-minute decision to have two half-days of school in March because of the Raiders high school basketball team com...
What an experience it must be to learn bull riding from professionals, including one who is from the same area you are. Local legend Shane Proctor is hosting his 11th annual bull and steer riding school at the Nespelem Rodeo Grounds this week, where 44 kids between the ages of 12 and 18 are learning the ropes, literally. Proctor is a former Grand Coulee resident, Lake Roosevelt High School graduate, and the 2011 National Finals Rodeo World Champion Bull Rider. Proctor is joined by a number of ot...
Some people are cat people. Some people are dog people. Others might be pig or goat people. The Grand Coulee City Council March 19 discussed lifting a ban on hooved animals, such as pigs and goats, within the city limits. “These miniature goats have become a big deal,” Councilmember Tammara Byers said. “I think some people are interested in them for lawn maintenance and a few other things.” Pigs are another animal some people like to keep as pets. “Small pigs,” Byers said, “not the full-sized porker you’re going to slice up and have for dinner...
A school board last week discussed the idea of seeking student input on issues related to the school that students attend. At their March 25 meeting, directors of the Grand Coulee Dam School District tossed around the idea of having a representative from the Associated Student Body attend school board meetings to bring thoughts and concerns from the student body to the board, and to take information back to the student body from the meetings. Superintendent Paul Turner cited Manson School District as having an ASB representative attend their...
Aly Van Geystel, a cosmetologist at Main Street Salon in Grand Coulee, will be traveling to Cambodia for the month of May to help teach the trade of cosmetology to former victims of human trafficking. The Grand Coulee Eagles Lodge helped raise funds for the cause at a March 30 spaghetti dinner, which included a silent auction of items. The spaghetti feed, combined with a yard sale Van Geystel held, raised about $2,500 she said. "A huge thanks to the Eagles," said Van Geystel, who said community...
Electric City is being awarded $300,000 from the state Transportation Improvement Board's Complete Streets Program. The city will use the money to add curb, gutter and sidewalks along Coulee Boulevard, also known as SR-155, from Western Avenue to Electric Blvd. The city was nominated for the award by the Department of Health. TIB chose 47 cities and two counties to receive $17 million total in awards. City Clerk Russ Powers said he thinks the city was nominated because they worked with the...
Spring break will be half over by the time you read this. The kids are running loose in neighborhoods everywhere, and staff from every school is resting up for the final leg of this school year. Usually during the break, Karrie and I are chaperoning kids somewhere in the state. But this year we stayed home and were blessed by our hometown and others. I had a plan for Monday: Be at Les Schwab when it opens to get the tires changed. That was my plan and my timing. It did not turn out the way I...
Raider tennis players have been hitting the courts north and south, playing in Liberty Bell and Entiat. In Liberty Bell March 26, the girls lost 2-3, and the boys lost 5-0. Again, members of the small boys’ team won matches that are recorded as losses because players aren’t allowed to compete in multiple games, with Terrie Yazzie defeating Nick Fitzmaurice 8-3, and Tucker Keeley defeating Konnor Doran 8-3. “Three matches stand out from our contest with Liberty Bell,” Head Coach Steve Archer said. “On the girls’ team, Tarissa Clark’s match at th...
The Raider track & field team competed in their first event of the season in Deer Park Saturday. The Glenn Wolf Memorial Invite “was an awesome experience for our athletes,” according to Coach Nancy Kuiper. “The meet was well run and allowed everyone a chance to compete.” Coach Lori Adkins agreed. “This meet gave us a chance to see where our athletes are at right now, a starting point that we can build from,” she said. “The coaches were pleased with the team leadership shown by experienced tracksters helping younger athletes be successful....
Raider golfers started their season at The Oroville Golf Club on March 28, playing nine holes with golfers from Oroville and Omak. “We’re still pretty rusty, but it felt great to finally get some competitive action,” remarked Head Coach Steve Files. Darin Whiteman had the best score on the course with 41 strokes, followed by Daxton Whiteman with 44, Derek Whiteman with 46, and Levi Shanklin-Bob with 51. Almira-Coulee-Hartline golfer Conner Emerson played as well, and had 50 strokes. The next golf event is scheduled for after spring break at ho...
The Lady Raiders' softball team is sitting pretty at the top of the league, starting their season with a 5-0 win-loss record, strongly dominating each game. Lake Roosevelt played in Oroville March 26, defeating the Lady Hornets 14-1 in the first game and 10-0 in the second of the doubleheader season opener. Cassidy Reyes pitched the first game, throwing three strikeouts, and Emma Marchand pitched the second game, throwing eight. Next, the Lady Raiders traveled to Omak March 28 for a non-league...
The Raider baseball team dominated one doubleheader but fell short in another, starting their season with a 2-2 win-loss record. The Raiders demolished the Oroville Hornets at home March 26 in the doubleheader season opener, winning the first game 26-0, and the second 12-0, completely shutting out the Hornets. "I'm glad to be playing games instead of practicing inside," said Head Coach Billy Nicholson. Lake Roosevelt played another doubleheader March 29, this time hosting the Liberty Bell...
Fire Chief Mark Payne doesn't think Electric City should get rid of the Western Avenue branch of the Y-shaped intersection near city hall that currently branches into Western and Stevens Avenue. Part of Electric City's projects to build sidewalks and improve streets in the city involve building a sidewalk that wraps around the front of city hall and would eliminate the Western branch of the "Y" incorporating that space into city hall's parking space in what is visualized as being a city center,...
Grand Coulee wants more government bodies in the state of Washington to stick up for gun rights in response to Initiative 1639, which passed in November 2018, and has been taking effect in stages since the new year. I-1639 took effect on Jan. 1, and raises the age limit for buying semi-automatic rifles from 18 to 21. Beginning July 1, it requires purchasers to pass an enhanced background check, show proof of firearms training, and wait 10 days before getting the gun. The new law also makes gun owners guilty of “community endangerment” if the...
A valve deep in the Third Powerhouse at Grand Coulee Dam was opened last week, partially flooding an elevator shaft and an elevator control room, authorities said. Police Chief John Tufts, of the Grand Coulee Police Department, was called to the Third Powerhouse at about 4 p.m. March 19, his written report states. Tufts was told that sometime between noon and 3 p.m. someone had opened a water valve on the “919 level,” that is, 919 feet above sea level, and that the valve was left open for about three hours, partially flooding the inside of an...
Anyone who has had problems with dangerous dogs in their neighborhoods may have a new reason to hope for improvement. Although it may not be financially practical for local cities to set up their own animal control facility, it’s possible the cities could contract with the Colville Tribes for those services. “The Regional Board of Mayors talked about having the cities basically get together and possibly contract [for animal control],” Grand Coulee Mayor Paul Townsend said at the March 19 city council meeting. “They were proposing to find so...