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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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John Nordine is Electric City’s new mayor, sworn in last Tuesday evening by the city’s attorney, Katherine Kenison. Nordine, a serving council member, was mayor pro-tem, and had indicated that he would be willing to take over the city’s top political post after Jerry Sands resigned. The council agreed, and voted to make him mayor. He was quick to put an end to the constant interruptions the council has been experiencing lately from people attending the meetings, with exchanges between members of the audience and council members, and somet...
The things people flush down their toilets is giving Grand Coulee’s wastewater treatment staff fits. And it isn’t just Grand Coulee that is having this problem. Councilmember David Tylor brought the problem up at a recent council meeting and stated that the city needs to find a way to get people to stop putting handy wipes, toys, articles of clothing and other things into their toilets and then flushing them down. City Clerk Carol Boyce explained that the handy wipes are probably the worst thing placed in toilets. Gary Abbott, of the was...
Rick Rose, of the U.S. Department of Agriculture's Rural Development office takes notes as schools Superintendent Dennis Carlson begins a discussion among a group of people, representing many different agencies, on the future of the old middle school in Grand Coulee. The "summit, organized by an ad hoc economic development committee of the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce, invited 22 agencies to tour the school Thursday and talk about possibilities for using the 90,000 square feet of...
Tim Lynch, Coulee Dam's wastewater treatment manager, is a remarkable fellow. He completed 40 years on the job last Wednesday, and town officials recognized him with pizza and cake at the town hall. What's so remarkable is that he has completed 40 years with the same employer, the town of Coulee Dam. In talking about it later, Lynch said it actually is about 43 years, since he also worked earlier summers as a part-time employee. What's really remarkable is a visit to his wastewater treatment...
Elmer City is working on an ordinance that would allow off road vehicles to travel on town streets. The town has been looking at other city ordinances that deal with ORV operation on city streets. City Clerk Renée Tillman reported to the council about Wilbur’s ORV ordinance and asked if the council members would like her to continue working on the ordinance. Council was in agreement. She explained that it would be nice if people could use an ORV to go to the post office and back. Council suggested that the ordinance might include golf ca...
Supporting the bigger picture Electric City’s council agreed to support the work of the Grant County Economic Development Council and voted $500 in support of the group’s work. The agreement is through Dec. 31. A lot of sludge Electric City has hauled about eight tons of sludge from its arsenic treatment plant to the Grant County Landfill in Ephrata so far this year. Public works director Ken Dexter said about 24 additional tons of sludge are ready to be hauled to the landfill. The sludge comes from cleaning out a large arsenic treatment tan...
The council at Electric City voted last Tuesday night to submit changes to the city building code to the state for review, providing local residents and others a 60-day period to respond to the changes. The council amended a report from the planning commission to state that the size of accessory buildings has to conform to the International Building Code, which allows up to 3,000 square feet. But submitting the changes to state for review didn’t happen soon enough to satisfy three members of the planning commission who resigned after the c...
Local citizens will have an opportunity to comment on the proposed sale of Center Elementary School and its surrounding property at a meeting before the school board, Monday, March 23, beginning at 5:30, at the secondary library in the new education complex. The district acquired the building and some 8.5 acres of land for $155,000 from the Continental Land Company earlier this year and proposes to sell the property after the school board declared it surplus at its meeting Feb. 2. Citizens can comment on the sale or why the district should reta...
An educational event about concussions in student athletes will be offered March 30 from 1-2 p.m. at Coulee Medical Center. Dr. Tom McNalley, MD, an assistant professor of rehabilitative medicine at the University of Washington School of Medicine will be here from Seattle to talk about the effects of such brain injuries and the importance of watching for them. The public is encouraged to attend, and organizer Jon Patberg says anyone who tells him they’re coming by Monday, March 23 gets a free lunch. He can be reached at 419-699-3111. Patberg h...
The future of Electric City may one day be more pedestrian-friendly, if an idea the city is pursuing ever comes to fruition. The Electric City Council is in favor of a pathway in the city proposed by one of its members. But don't look for anything to happen any day soon. Councilmember Brad Parrish, who is proposing the pathway, explained to the council that any pathway in the city would involve the cooperation of a number of agencies. "It will be difficult," but not impossible, he told fellow...
The cost of demolishing a house on Holly Street has been paid for by the brother of the woman who last lived there, Mayor Greg Wilder told the Coulee Dam Town Council last Wednesday, after first soliciting approval of a plan to match an extra related gift for fire department improvements. Wilder initiated discussion by stating that $300 had been given to the town. He didn’t mention that the check written by Jim Sayles was for $15,000, just $300 more than the cost of the cleanup. Wilder suggested the town could match the $300 if the fire f...
The chamber of commerce is pursuing the idea of operating a beer garden in Coulee Dam on the Fourth of July. The chamber approached the town council last Wednesday to broach the idea and received generally favorable indications. Douglas Park, the town shop parking lot and a portion of Stevens Ave. were outlined as possibile sites. Chamber Executive Director Peggy Nevsimal said the chamber was hoping the idea would provide another source of revenue to help support the festival in the park it puts on annually, which loses money but promotes the...
Just in the last few weeks I have noticed signs of spring in the Coulee. There are new birds at my feeder; the quail are marking out there territory as they call in the morning. The forsythia is in bloom, and my daffodils are getting prettier every day. But it is not just natural signs that I think are heralding spring. It appears to me that there is a new spirit among the people of the coulee that speaks of a new willingness to cooperate to work our way through a wide range of common problems. Let me cite some examples. Look at the great respo...
Thank you, Maggie Stewart, for dreaming up the idea “Most Valuable Volunteer” as a way to get things going at the Senior Center. Thank you to all those members who nominated me as the first recipient of the honor and elected me 2014’s volunteer. Your comments on the ballots were humbling and I appreciate each and every one of you, no matter who your nominee was. Thank you. As I said at the dinner, the Seniors who eat meals at the Center and come in for the many activities that take place there are the valuable ones. Without them, there would...
Here in the west, we understand that there is much truth in the old joke that whiskey is for drinking and water is for fighting. Rural and small town America depend on water and our neighbors downstream count on us to preserve the quality of that water for their use as well. And farmers and ranchers are the tip of the spear when it comes to protecting water quality because much of our surface water falls first on American farms and ranches. Recently, I testified at a U.S. Senate field hearing in Lincoln, Nebraska, regarding the Waters of the U....
With everything going on in the world right now — Ferguson, Missouri and other places — with the attack on law enforcement officers, I thought I should share my perspective on things. Not that my perspective is the right or wrong one, I just try and see things the way they are supposed to be, in my mind anyway. When an officer puts on the badge, he takes an oath. The words in the oath can say many different things but the bottom line is always to protect and to serve the people of their area. The other thing that others may not tell you is tha...
1 years ago A spreadsheet-type document titled “Coulee Family Medicine for Year 2004,” only listing patients at CCH’s on-campus clinic in Grand Coulee, and copies of the hospital’s financial statements, have been circulating among citizens interested in hospital affairs since the budget-related firing of two popular health care providers, Dr. Ralph Monteagudo and Physician’s Assistant Chris Seyler, who were let go last month in a controversial decision to cut expenses. Lake Roosevelt senior Robbie Seylor was named the State Academic Champion...
Alton "Weep" W. Weipah, 66, of Nespelem, Wash., died at the Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Wash., on Friday, March 13, 2015. Alton was born in Nespelem on May 24, 1948, in Nespelem where he attended various schools in the area. He received his GED while serving in the Army where he served in an Artillery Division in Vietnam from 1970 – 1971. He worked for the BIA Fire Control 1975 – 1994; the Colville Tribe from 1995 – June 2009 when he retired. He is survived by his daughter, Lisa...
Memorial services for Freida Slattery will be held Saturday, March 28, at 12:30 p.m., at St. Dunstan’s Episcopalean Church in Grand Coulee. Freida passed away January 19, 2015....
Wed., March 18 – Dinner BBQ Chicken with Baked Beans, Mixed Veggies, Citrus Salad, Brownies Thurs., March 19 – Dinner Lemon Pepper Cod, Green Salad, Fruited Jello, Coolwiches Fri., March 20 – Breakfast German Sausage & Eggs, Hashbrowns, Muffins, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice Mon., March 23 – Breakfast Scrambled Mess (Meat, Eggs, Onions), Hashbrowns, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice. Tues., March 24 – Dinner Beef Tips with Au Jus, Tator Tots, Green Salad, Ice Cream & Fruit Topping Wed., March 25 – Dinner Sausage Penne in Red Sauce, Green Beans, Mixed Green...
The seniors accept aluminum cans ONLY. Please do not put cardboard, plastic bottles or other aluminum in the collection sacks. In 2013, the Seniors collected 3800 pounds (almost 2 tons) of cans and took in approximately $1500 for the Senior Center. That is approximately 30 cans for everyone in the Grand Coulee Dam area. The program helps keep the doors open at the seniors and keeps the cans out of the landfills. Please do not put other material in with the cans because we have to dispose of it and that raises the already high garbage bill and...
Scott and Bailey Rosco would like to announce the birth of their son Colten Doran Rosco, born Monday, March 2, 2015, in Oceanside, Calif. He weighed 8 lbs. 10 ozs. and was 21-3/4 inches in length at birth. Maternal grandparents are Pete Palmer and Tony Ankney of Nespelem. Paternal grandparents are Gary and Candi Rosco of Electric City. Maternal great-grandparents are Colleen and the late Fred Leskinin of Nespelem and Steve Palmer of Nespelem. Paternal great-grandparents are Rodney and Joy Bise...
Chamber To Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee on Thursday, March 19 at noon. Chanelle Carlin from C3 Consulting will be giving the program. FEA to Meet Grand Coulee Dam Federal Employees Associatio will hold its regular meeting on Wednesday, March 18 (tonight) at 5:30 p.m., at the Melody Restaurant in Coulee Dam. Upcoming events will be discussed. Care and Share Food Bank The food bank at the Church of the Nazarene normal operating hours are every Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. I...
This year's Colorama Rodeo Queen Emma Gunderson stops for a photo as supporters of the Ridge Riders Saddle Club count up their winnings after Saturday's dinner and auction in Electric City. The group took in close to $9,000 in the live auction at the sold-out event. - Scott Hunter photo...
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