News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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I want to thank the school, the community, the students, the coaches and especially the players for an uplifting season. It goes to show hard work pays off! Keep up all the things in your lives. Soy Redthunder...
A few months ago, we presented the community a gift of a 40-foot banner to hang in the high school. This banner was presented to honor the veterans of the Grand Coulee area. Next month we will take time to honor all of those who are serving and those who have served. It’s Veterans Day. Along with that banner was a dream to purchase a new scoreboard for the high school football field! I feel like that dream has “fallen by the wayside,” been “put on the back burner’’ or just plain forgotten about. I wanted to work with local veterans groups, fam...
We held a memorial last week for my friend, Wally Loe. I would like to share a few thoughts about him. First, I would like the family to please accept my dear and sincere condolences. His legacy started a long time ago. He was our basketball coach at Coulee Dam High School. In 1963, our first year of being a “Class A” school, we took our school to the state tournament in Tacoma. It was also the time our gymnasium turned north and south. All of our school and community remember the season, the players, and the circumstances leading up to the...
I have had discussions with Richard Black, athletic director at Lake Roosevelt High School, about recognizing our area veterans. While attending a district playoff game at Mt. Spokane High School, we noticed a huge banner honoring all veterans. We kind of discussed ways we could do the same in our new school. In the near future, also, there are plans for a new gymnasium. We could sponsor a new scoreboard for the new gym. These are two goals that I would like to propose to the local veterans organizations to seriously consider. I would be willin...
The Class of 1964 of Coulee Dam High School is announcing plans for its 50th class reunion. The weekend of August 15-17 will bring together classmates and teachers of that school year. Many social activities will be held at locations throughout the Grand Coulee Dam area. It is our hope that with the opening of the new school at Lake Roosevelt, we may tour the new facility and congratulate the school board on its decision to go forward. If anyone is interested in helping with the arrangements for this event, please contact me or Marie Jensen...