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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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The Grand Coulee Dam School District is getting help for its efforts to fund a new school construction from Eastern Washington’s congressional delegation. In separate actions, both Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers and Rep “Doc” Hastings have taken up the school district’s interest. McMorris Rodgers represents Eastern Washington’s 5th District, which includes the east side of Coulee Dam. Hastings represents the 4th District, which covers Central Washington and abuts the 5th at Coulee Dam. Both are Rep...
The start of a Bonneville Power Administration project to replace power lines from the Third Powerhouse to the switchyards above the town of Coulee Dam has hit a delay. BPA had announced that it would begin the project the second week of February, but only recently requested the town of Coulee Dam schedule a public meeting so the agency and its contractor could explain and answer questions about the project and work schedule. That meeting has been set for 4-7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 16, at the city hall community room. BPA’s Senior Project M...
It’s a real Valentine story. Frank and Elaine Sanford celebrated their 70th wedding anniversary last Saturday with family at their home at the top of the hill on the Bridgeport Highway. This is home for the popular pioneer couple, as both went to school in the area and never left it. They married Jan. 22, 1942, after a two-year courtship that started on the dance floor at a Nespelem dance hall. “He was an excellent dancer,” Elaine said of her husband. The two danced their lives away for 68 ye...
Legislators to hold “town hall” on phone State Sen. Linda Evans Parlette and Reps. Cary Condotta and Mike Armstrong are inviting residents of the 12th Legislative District to participate in a telephone town hall meeting to hear from their legislators and ask questions about the 2012 legislative session. The event will take place from 7 to 8 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 16. Residents can call in and participate in the community dialogue from the comfort of their own homes by dialing 1-877-229-8493 and entering the numbers 15405, followed by the “po...
Nespelem School District is hoping for a good Valentine’s Day present, passage of its four-year maintenance and operations levy. Nearly 400 voters received their mail-in ballots recently to approve a four-year levy for $118,000 in funding. Although that’s among the very lowest levy amounts in the state, Superintendent John Adkins notes, it accounts for far more critical funds to the district than just the levy dollars themselves. Passage of the levy would also make the district eligible for state “Local Effort Assistance” or levy equalization f...
Nine Raider wrestlers will move on to regionals this Saturday after the team finished fourth at the North Sub-Regional last Saturday at Lake Roosevelt. At the all-B North Sub-Regional, the top six in each weight class advanced on to this Saturday. Raiders Orrin Gross and Levi Seylor each took first place in their weight classes. Gross, at 138 pounds, and Seylor (182) along the way dominated with pins or major decisions in all of their matches. Seylor did finally face some serious competition...
A bill in the state Legislature would likely put the new Coulee Medical Center out of business within three years. That’s according to J. Scott Graham, CMC’s chief operating officer, who spoke to the chamber of commerce Thursday. House Bill 2130 would affect 38 “Critical Access Hospitals” in the state by changing the way they are reimbursed for expenses under Medicaid, a federal and state program that helps pay for care to millions of people who can’t afford it. “Instead of being in a financial...
Melissa Anne Tong of Bozeman, Mont., and Timothy Edward Heizer of Grand Coulee have announced their engagement and forthcoming marriage. Melissa is the daughter of Jeff Tong of Livingston, Mont., and Nancy Tong of Bozeman. She is a 1998 graduate of Belgrade High School and employed with Gibson Guitar. Timothy is the son of Vern Heizer of Spokane and Judy Wall of Electric City. He is a 1999 graduate of Omak High School and attending Montana State University. The couple has set Saturday, April...
On Saturday, Feb. 4, 2012, Richard N. Gors passed away, surrounded by daughter Brenda, niece Glenda and his most precious love Sally. Richard, or Rick to most, fought a valiant battle with cancer, but even with his most stubbornness was unable to win. Rick was a very generous man who would do everything he could to help anyone if it was within his power and would find someone else who could help if he was unable. His smile, infective laughter and sense of humor will be remembered by all who...
Beloved Ruth (Long) Jasper, mother, grandmother, sister, aunt, and friend to many, passed peacefully in her sleep on Sunday, Jan. 22, 2012, in New Orleans La. Family and friends will be gathering 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 12, at the Masonic Temple in Fairbanks to celebrate the life of a woman who touched the lives of so many people. Born Ruth Virginia Jasper on September 4, 1939, to Charles “Frank” and Elizabeth Jasper in Donnelly, Idaho. The family moved to Grand Coulee in 1945. She had eight bro...
Laurena H. “Rene’” Anderson, 68, peacefully passed away on Monday, January 30, 2012, at her home in Electric City, surrounded by her loving family, after a battle with cancer. Rena was one of two children, born on November 16, 1943, in Victoria B.C., Canada, to Cecil and Edna Beaman. When Rena was 5 years old, her family moved from Victoria B.C., Canada, to Yakima, where she met and married her high school sweetheart Ken Anderson on March 29, 1961, and started their family together. Short...
Tracey was born in Tacoma, on August 30, 1969, to Theresa A. Vallee (Elisoff) and Harley Buffalohead. Sadly, after a time of battling health issues, she passed away in Tacoma on November 30, 2011, at the age of 42. Tracey spent her life on and off the Colville reservation. The friendships she created running around Nespelem and summer pow-wows; remained intact until the day she departed. The cousins and friends always remained close to her heart and memories. Tracey’s Indian name was ...
Lisa and Matt Allen of Ephrata are proud to announce the birth of their son Atticus Roosevelt Allen, born Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 7 lbs., 11 oz., and was 20.5 inches in length at birth. Sibling includes a brother Grey. Maternal grandparents are Geary and Lynette Oliver of Grand Coulee. Paternal grandparents are Betty Allen of Quincy and the late Christopher Allen....
An eighth-grade girl won the spelling bee at Grand Coulee Dam Middle School last week, and will continue to the broader competition, which almost didn’t get organized at all. Prevailing on the word “ecstatic,” Sydney Matheson won the local contest among a dozen of the school’s best spellers. Rylee Pitner, a sixth-grader, came in second on “envoy.” Office Assistant Tammy Norris said the bee came together, despite being notified by Scripps National Spelling Bee that the past regional sponsor, Th...
Chamber to Hold Installation of OFficers and Present Awards The Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon on Thursday, Feb. 9 at Pepper Jack’s for their awards and installation luncheon. OES to Meet The order of Eastern Star will meet on Thursday, Feb. 9th. This is men’s night and cancer auction so please bring a wrapped white elephant gift and Chapter filings. Refreshments will be served by the men and the birthday cake provided by Leslie Green. Please wear dress of choice and the meeting will be opened in short form. Food Worker Card Exams Foo...
The Lady Raiders enter the last week of the regular season with a win-loss record of 12-6 overall and 8-2 in league play, including last week’s heart breaker at Brewster Tuesday night and a blowout win at Manson on Thursday. At Manson, the Lady Raiders jumped out to another fast start for a halftime lead of 36-6. In the second half, the girls hit the cruise control and scored another 26 points, holding the Trojans scoreless in the third quarter. All 10 girls at the game scored, with Keya F...
The Raiders are coming into the last week of the regular season with an 11-game winning streak for a overall record of 14-4 and a Central Washington North record of 11-0. This past week’s wins came on the road on Tuesday at Brewster and on Thursday at Manson. The Manson game was rescheduled for Thursday from the previously scheduled night of Friday, Feburary 3, because of a gym use conflict. The Raiders took the Trojans out of the game by halftime, with the score 41-22. Third quarter success con...
Nespelem School proudly announces the following Honor Roll and Student of the Quarter awards for the 2nd quarter of the 2011-2012 school year: 1st grade Students of the Quarter Yvonne St. Peter Anoki Somday 4th Grade A Honor Roll: Scotti Adolph 3.75 LorRinda Richardson 4.0 Malerie Thomas 3.5 B Honor Roll: Kyle Edmo 3.25 Tony Marchand 3.25 Buffalo Pakootas 3.0 Cameron St. Pierre 3.25 5th Grade A Honor Roll Miah Bearcub 3.5 Gloria Michel 3.5 Chelsea Timentwa 3.5 B Honor Roll Trevor Circle 3.0 Tiana Dubois 3.0 Shihiya Vargas-Thomas 3.25 6th Grade...
Roweena Antone has been selected for the Wenatchee Central Lions Club Fifteenth Annual North Central Washington All-Star Basketball Game presented by Valley Tractor & Equipment, Inc. The game, put on annually by the Wenatchee Central Lions club, will be held March 17, at Wenatchee High School in Wenatchee. Players are selected by a committee of club members after nominations by coaches. A club spokesman said other Lake Roosevelt players have also been selected, but have either not yet accepted...
Finally, we got some respectable snowfall in January. I hope you enjoyed it as much as I did. The freezing rain on the other hand, is another matter. Here at the home weather station we had a total of 9.9 inches of snow with a total of 1.10 inch of precipitation. Looking back at the last few years this is it how we measured up: 2010 - 0.9 inch of snow and 1.33 inches of precipitation, 2009 - 10.0 inches of snow with 0.84 inches of precipitation. The mean amounts for January are: snowfall 6.2...
Grand Coulee Police 1/30 - Police are asking the Grant County Prosecutor’s office to file possession of a controlled substance (methamphetamine), possession of drug paraphernalia, and making false statements against a Grand Coulee man officers say dropped a smoking pipe at the counter of a local business as he was leaving. The man denied that the pipe was his. It is being sent to the crime lab to see if fingerprints can be lifted from it. He was released pending the results of tests. - Two juveniles, one a 16-year-old from Electric City and t...
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Ten Years Ago Construction has begun at Coulee Dam’s Town Hall to convert a room that collected dust for years into the new police department offices. Three federal agencies in the Grand Coulee Dam area and Nespelem have had to retrogress their operating methods after a federal judge closed the Department of Interior’s Internet access. U.S. District Court Judge Royce C. Lamberth hired a hacker to find out how secure Bureau of Indian Affairs files were. The online BIA records are the subject of a law- suit brought by tribes charging the age...
If I could wave a magic wand and change something about myself, topping the list would be how affected I am by the weather. I am nearly always too cold. Occasionally I am too hot; it’s either too sunny, or too cloudy, or too wet or too dry. Rarely am I perfectly content with the temperature or my reaction to it. I used to think this was simply a personality glitch, but then I got frostbite — first in April and then in August — and I knew my body was clearly unhappy about the weather too. There...
“Keep it simple.” This old saying is more than a bumper sticker slogan, it’s a principle that is especially important when it comes to taxes and regulations. Washington employers have been working for decades to simplify our state’s tax and regulatory policies. Currently, employers must work their way through a maze of complex, overlapping and often contradictory regulations and tax rules that differ from one city to the next, one county to the next. It’s like playing a game that has 50 differ...