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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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The state of Washington ranks second in the nation in National Board Certified teachers a report for 2012 stated last week. Washington remains a national leader in both the number of new National Board Certified Teachers (NBCTs) and the total number teaching in the state’s schools. The Grand Coulee Dam School District currently has four NBCTs, two in Center Elementary and two in Lake Roosevelt High School. District NBCTs are paid a stipend by the district which reflects the difficult two-year process to get the certification. Local NBCTs S... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam Middle School held its 2013 National Geographic Society Bee Jan. 10. Linda Morgan moderated the bee. Participants Kevin Brown, Reese Caddy, Malcolm Carson, Casey Cleveland, Aidan Derr, Alan Nordine, and Bradley Wilder went through many preliminary rounds to determine who would make it to the final rounds. In the second part of the competition, Aidan, Bradley, and Alan answered many difficult questions before a winning order emerged. In third place, Bradley Wilder. Second... Full story
Fri., Jan. 18 *6/7:30 p.m., Basketball at Oroville. Sat., Jan. 19 8 a.m., Wrestling at Dream Duals, Spokane East Valley. Tues., Jan. 22 *6/7:30 p.m., Basketball here with Bridgeport. Fri., Jan. 25 *6/7:30 p.m., Basketball here with Manson. Sat., Jan. 26 11 a.m., Wrestling at Pateros. * 6 p.m., Girls’ varsity at high school and boys’ JV at middle school; 7:30 p.m., boys’ varsity at high school and girls’ jv at middle school.... Full story
Reviewing data sets for December 2011 and 2012 shows we were a bit warmer and wetter. Our low for December 2012 was 21.9°F compared to 2011, which was 16.4°F. That’s a 5.5 degree difference. The all-time low temperature for December was a minus 16°F in 1968, while the mean low is 29.6°F. Precipitation shows a difference of 1.63 inches. We measured 2.12 inches for 2012, while in 2011 we received only 0.49 inches. Snow accumulation for December 2012 was 6.4 inches and in 2011 just 1.3 inches. For... Full story
The Nespelem All Indian Basketball Tournament will be held February 16 and 17. Like last year, there will be four brackets: Women, Young Men(18+), Men(35+), and Men(50+). The entry fee is $350 and is due Feb. 8, 2013. No refunds! Send entry fee to: 807 Fir, Coulee Dam, Wash. 99116. Any questions, call Larry Jordan at 509-429-1667 or Frank Andrews at 509-631-4565. See you there!... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 1/8 - Police confronted a driver whose car was stuck in a snow berm on Martin Road and learned that her license had been suspended. She had been trying to drive to Spokane to pay her fines so she could get her license back, she said. She was cited and a licensed driver was called to take charge of the vehicle. - A woman on Western Avenue told police that she wanted a man banned from her residence because he would come to the house late at night and she didn’t want him to do so. The man was advised of the matter and he s... Full story
The Colville Tribal Court of Appeals will hear arguments at Gonzaga University School of Law’s Barbieri Courtroom, at 10 a.m., Friday, Jan. 25. The hearing, which is open to the public, is part of Gonzaga Law School’s centennial celebration. The panel will ask if the lower tribal court abused the power of discretion in blocking further prosecution of a dismissed case. The law school is located at 721 N Cincinnati St., in Spokane. The case being heard, Colville Confederated Tribes v. G. Stensgar / C. Signor (case no. AP12-007/008) addresses an... Full story
Sharon Ann Redthunder ‘KIST’, 67, left this earth Sunday, January 13, 2013 in Santa Fe, New Mexico following complications of lupus to a place free of suffering. Kist was born in the Nespelem, Washington home of Ned Comedown Sr. & Christine Socula-Comedown on October 23, 1945. Sharon graduated Coulee Dam High School in 1963 and also attended Eastern Washington State University. On Saturday, January 15, 1966, twenty year old Sharon Comedown married her life’s companion Keith Redthunder in Coeur... Full story
