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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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The Grand Coulee Dam School District board had two issues on its agenda Monday night for passage; neither made it in a three-plus-hour-long, marathon meeting. The issues were new high school graduation requirements and a two-year school calendar. The board held the second reading of the graduation requirement policy, which is normally a slam dunk since board members normally get all their questions answered between the first and second readings. It was different Monday night. Seniors graduating in 2019 will need 24 credits, instead of 21. The... Full story
Remember that long, narrow lunchroom at the old middle school? She what the Raiders are using it for now. That second hit would have been at least a base hit. Batting practice from Scott Hunter on Vimeo....
A cool angler sitting amidst the fractured ice and snow, waits for a tug on his line at Crescent Bay Tuesday. Although some high school spring sports started practice with snow too deep to play Monday, highs are predicted to reach into the low 40s over the next week, with lows in the high 20s. Check the weekly forecast on page 8. - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam School District met with Grand Coulee’s planning commission Feb. 15 and received first hand some of the options it faces in selling the Center School property. Superintendent Paul Turner stated late last week that the meeting outlined potential roadways to the zoning process. First, if a potential buyer presents a plan that the commission members approve of, it would be possible to get a conditional-use permit. That process would require the city to hire, at the district’s expense, a lawyer to conduct a public hearing to... Full story
Timing is everything, even when it involves a bill between two cities. A billing issue followed a lengthy discussion among Grand Coulee’s city council members last week as they tried to come to grips with a contract agreement between the city and its employees. The last offer employees had made for their contract would cost the city some $17,000. The council discussed where the city was going to find the money to meet the employees’ offer. It lasted about an hour and was pushed off to the next council meeting in March. That’s when the counc... Full story
Volunteers for the AARP Tax-Aide program provide free tax assistance at the Grand Coulee Senior Center on Tuesday, where Birdie Hensley has organized the program for the past 15 years. From left are Ray Spackman, Nora Jenn, Sally McDowell, Marian Spackman and Roberta Haines. The program is open to everyone from 9 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. each Tuesday through April 11. - Jacob Wagner photo... Full story
Dangerous crosswalk discussed Cheryl Hoffman, president of the local senior center, asked Grand Coulee City Council to do something about the dangers of the crosswalk on Federal Way. She said that seniors use this crosswalk and drivers coming down the hill are often speeding, making crossing the street dangerous to older people. She suggested a “hidden crosswalk” sign or putting in a four-way stop sign at the corner of Federal Way and Main Street. Fire and ambulance calls reported Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Chief Richard Paris reported tha... Full story
Faced with a mid-week holiday date for an expensive festival designed for tourists, the chamber of commerce is planning its “Festival of America” to start on June 30 this year, with the annual fireworks off the dam on Saturday, July 1. Executive Director Peggy Nevsimal approached the Coulee Dam Town Council last Wednesday to broach the idea with the town that hosts the festival and helps fund it with a lodging tax charged on every motel night spent in the town. Nevsimal said the chamber’s board of directors had struggled with the idea, prefe... Full story
Grand Coulee could soon have a park dedicated to world-champion bull rider Shane Proctor. A proposal was made to the Grand Coulee City Council Feb. 21 by Bob Valen, who made the request on behalf of the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce. Valen is a chamber member and also a commissioner of the Coulee Area Park and Recreation District. Valen proposed that Grand Coulee name its city park, on SR-174, “Shane Proctor Park.” Proctor has distinguished himself on the professional bull riding and rodeo circuits, having won the World Cha... Full story
Diana Parrish, Electric City's new deputy clerk is now on the job. She replaces Russ Powers, who will become city clerk later this month. Her husband, Brad Parrish, who was a city council member, resigned from the council to avoid any potential conflict of interest. Diana previously worked for New Paradigm Physical Therapy in Electric City. - Jacob Wagner photo... Full story
The question of allowing golf carts and off-road vehicles to move freely on Grand Coulee streets came up again at the city council meeting Feb. 21. It was immediately given a cold shoulder by former mayor and present Councilmember Tammara Byers. She stated that mixing golf carts and ORVs with heavy traffic is exceedingly dangerous and she was against it. Councilmember Gary Carriere had a copy of Electric City’s ordinance allowing such vehicles on its streets on hand and appeared to be trying to move it along. Electric City, by ordinance, has a... Full story
What do you do when you win $5 million in the lottery? One Grand Coulee resident, Earl “Ray” McDonald, who won the $5 million lottery last Nov. 28, is probably still trying to figure that out. McDonald, who purchased the winning ticket from the Holiday Station Store in Spokane Valley, said he was going to spend more time with his family, according to a press release just sent out by the state Lottery Commission last week. He told a lottery writer that the 5-million-dollar bonanza came just in time for him to celebrate his 40th wedding ann... Full story
COULEE CITY — Lincoln and Grant County law enforcement officers teamed up Wednesday morning to arrest a Coulee City man suspected of having two stolen vehicles. Bernard A. Brill, 55, is lodged in the Grant County jail on suspicion of two counts of possession of a stolen motor vehicle and two counts of possession of stolen property. The path to this arrest began when Lincoln County sheriff’s deputies learned Brill may have been involved in recent theft-related crimes near Wilbur. Lincoln County deputies contacted Grant County for ass... Full story
Dorothy Anne Gerleman was born March 19, 1979, in Spokane, Washington, and passed away unexpectedly Sunday, February 5, 2017, in Everett, Washington. She is now at peace in a better place. Dorothy Ann graduated from Lake Roosevelt High School in 1997. She lived in Marysville, Washington, for the last eight years and had worked for the Tulalip Casino as a blackjack dealer for seven years. Throughout the years she also had worked as a blackjack dealer at the Coulee Dam Casino and Mill Bay Casino.... Full story
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, March 2, at La Presa Mexican Restaurant, Grand Coulee. Lisa Moore, librarian at Grand Coulee Public Library, will be the guest speaker. Coulee Creators Meet Coulee Creators meet at 412 Federal Ave., Grand Coulee, every Tuesday 1-4 p.m. Contact Marlene Oddie 509-386-5715 or marlene@kissedquilts.com for details. Enter east end of building, push in door knob to release door latch. Care and Share Food Bank Is Open Fridays The food bank at the Church... Full story
Stephenie and Joel DeWinkler of Grand Coulee, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Neytiri Skye DeWinkler, born Friday, February 10, 2017, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 8 lbs., 3 oz., and was 21 inches in length at birth. Siblings include: Savannah Hobrecht, Chloe Hobrecht, Jazelyn Hobrecht, Kirah Lukin and Nora DeWinkler. Maternal grandparents are Molly Morris-Hobrecht and Stephen Hobrecht. Paternal grandparents are Jeff and Donna DeWinkler.... Full story
Mara Landrum and Tristan Daniels of Coulee Dam, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Wesley Thomas Richard Daniels, born Friday, February 3, 2017, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 7 lbs., 3.5 oz., and was 20.25 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Baylee 18, Harley 14, and Trinity 20. Maternal grandparents are Lynette Zierden and Don Redfield. Paternal grandparents are Susan Watkins and Richard Kohloff.... Full story
ADVERTISEMENT FOR BIDS TOWN OF COULEE DAM WASTEWATER TREATMENT PLANT IMPROVEMENT PROJECT Separate sealed bids will be received by the Town of Coulee Dam at the Town Hall, located at 300 Lincoln Ave, Coulee Dam, WA 99116, until 2:00 p.m., March 15, 2017, and publicly opened and read aloud at that time. The CONTRACT DOCUMENTS may be examined at the following locations. 1. Town of Coulee Dam, 300 Lincoln Ave, Coulee Dam, WA 99116 (509) 633-0320 2. Varela & Associates, Inc., 601 W. Mallon Ave Ste A, Spokane, WA 99201 (509) 328-6066 3. Various plan... Full story
People in our area may be under the impression that it’s almost impossible to further their formal education beyond high school without moving, going into debt, and/or spending hours each day commuting to Moses Lake or Spokane to take community college classes. But there are ways around these deterrents. Federal Student Aid is an office in the U.S. Department of Education that offers financial aid to lower-income students in the form of grants, which, unlike loans, DO NOT have to be paid back. The program offers more than 150 billion dollars to... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 2/17 - A Soap Lake man was arrested and is being charged with stealing a U-Haul vehicle and for having it in his possession. The truck was stopped near the Department of Transportation shop in Electric City and the man was taken to Grant County jail. 2/18 - An Inchelium woman was stopped and cited for going 41 mph in a 30 mph zone near Pole Park. - Police were alerted after a Grand Coulee woman posted what was interpreted as a suicide message on Facebook. The woman later contacted police to assure the officer that she was... Full story
Interested in a different kind of green than the customers inside, a herd of at least 16 deer munch an end to a long fast after a hard winter Feb. 22 on lawn next to the Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union's parking lot. They were too busy eating to pay attention to other customers arriving and leaving. - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
After 40 years working at the hospital, Lorale Johnson said she has no plans to retire soon. "Who wants to go home and just sit?" she said. Johnson was honored last week for her four decades of work in the facility that is now called Coulee Medical Center, with co-workers describing her on a bulletin board full of cards with words such as "Never Ending Dedication!," "energy", "blessing," and "joyfully." Johnson has seen a lot of changes in the healthcare industry over the years and in her own... Full story
Yet again, local cities are forced to waste time, effort and money in a disagreement that wouldn’t exist if they did what may be the logical thing and merged. Electric City is objecting to a spike in their metered sewage flow into Grand Coulee costing Electric City more than a month does on average. If the two cities were one, it would be a technician’s problem only, with nobody else even needing to be aware of it. Like every other time the two cities have disagreed — police services contracts, charges for water or other intercity servi... Full story
Imagine if President Donald Trump’s much-touted wall cost nothing to build. And if it deterred not only illegal border crossers, but also those who legally come to the United States and then overstay their visas. And if it could be erected almost instantaneously. Impossible? Actually, that wall already exists — electronically. E-Verify is a free, online resource that empowers employers to check whether employees are eligible to work in the United States. It can ferret out illegal workers in seconds. Requiring all businesses to use E-Verify wou... Full story
Congress is currently in the process of repealing the Affordable Care Act, also referred to as the ACA or Obamacare. This seems like a good time to look at the ACA healthcare benefits that are provided to members of Congress and their staffs at taxpayer expense, and how they differ from ACA coverage available to the rest of the citizenry. The exchange from which they may obtain coverage is The District of Columbia’s Small Business Health Options Program, DC SHOP, also known as DC Health Link. For members of Congress and staff the premiums a... Full story
