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Genny Rockwell shops for Easter baskets for her almost-4-year-old twins at the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center on Main Street Monday. The seniors made 365 baskets this year, and are selling them for prices ranging from $5 to $20. — Scott Hunter photo...
The only thing certain about how a $193 million settlement with the U.S. government will be used is that 20 percent of it will be paid out to members of the Confederated Tribes of the Colville Reservation. Exactly how and when the $38.6 million in annual “per capitas” will be distributed from a trust account is also undecided. But an initial payment will likely come in August, notes an information sheet distributed at district meeting in Nespelem Monday night. News media independent of the tribes were excluded from the meeting, but Col...
Two Electric City council members concerned about the amount of criminal activity are interested in developing a “neighborhood watch.” Lonna Bussert and Birdie Hensley discussed their interest at last Tuesday’s council meeting, and have asked for the topic to be on the council agenda again in two weeks. The council next meets March 27. The two would pattern the “neighborhood watch” after one they learned about in Sultan. Hensley said that she wanted a full discussion when all members of the council are present. Two members were absent la...
TV program on dam set for April Amercian Experience will air a new documentary on Grand Coulee Dam April 3. It will be carried on Spokane’s KSPS-TV public television station at 7 p.m. A repeat broadcast is scheduled for April 7 at 2 p.m. “Grand Coulee was more than a dam; it was a proclamation,” begins the literature describing the program. “In the wake of the Great Depression, America turned from private enterprise to public works — not simply to provide jobs, but to restore faith.” KSPS will also air its Northwest Profiles on Marcus, Was...
The town council of Coulee Dam has voted $30,000 worth of energy credits to help the school district upgrade Lake Roosevelt High School’s gymnasium. The council heard of a request by school district Superintendent Dennis Carlson and Jayson Schmidt from McKinstry — an energy company assisting the district in putting together an energy saving plan for its schools — for funds for an upgrade project at Lake Roosevelt’s gymnasium. Coulee Dam received some $37,000 worth of energy conservation funds from the Bonneville Power Administration for the...
Rodeo fans will want to take advantage of the Ridge Rider’s Banquet and Auction April 2, and get to meet some of the world’s premium bull riders, including the world champion from Grand Coulee, Shane Proctor. The banquet and auction is a new feature for the Ridge Riders and currently tickets are on sale through George Kohout (631-0018) and Monty Fields (633-3319). Ticket costs are $30 for an individual and $50 a couple. The event is scheduled at the Vets Center in Electric City, beginning with a social hour from 5:30 p.m. to 6:30 p.m., wit...
Port District officials have taken the first step in getting Banks Lake Golf Course open. District officials hired George Davis III, as grounds and greens keeper. Davis had worked the past year in that capacity, but was released when the operators of the course announced that it wouldn’t open this year. The port’s announcement that it would open the course, and run it until a new operator was found, brought hope to area golfers. The port will have its next regular meeting next Thursday, March 29, at 5 p.m. at offices at the airport. Port Com...
by Roger S. Lucas The town of Coulee Dam has received a Washington State Department of Transportation grant for $302,750, for major improvements to Lower Crest Drive, the council learned at its meeting last Wednesday night. Public Works Director Barry Peacock said the work would involve grinding and replacement of, or a new roadway and possibly sidewalks for, lower Crest Drive from River Drive to the end of the city limits, a distance of a little over two blocks long. Peacock said an additional $47,250 might be coming from the Transportation...
The creation of a new water service for Elmer City has garnered an award for those who made it happen. Elmer City’s water extension team, made up of Mayor Mary Jo Carey, Town Clerk Renée Tillman and Public Works Director “Jimmer” Tillman, along with the Colville Tribes and Indian Health Services, have been recognized with a “Recognition of Excellence” award for working together successfully for creating a regional water service. The local groups were nominated for the award by the Portland Area Indian Health Services. The project brought ne...
Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club is planning to tear up even more stuff than it did last year in an upcoming free community shred day. The club's first free community shred day last year had been scheduled to run from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m, but community response was so great that by 11, the United Data Securities 10,000-pound capacity shred truck was filled to the point its massive steel doors were bulging. Shredding was shut down after only two hours and Rotary Club members had to turn many away. Wes, from Spokane's United Data Security, said that he...
After a Friday night of happy-hour and late-night drinking, many fail to consider the repercussions of driving while impaired, but legislators have. Various changes to the driving-under-the-influence law have unanimously passed the Legislature and after the governor signs it, takes effect Aug. 1. The reform puts more stringent penalties on those convicted of drunk driving, including increased fees and facial recognition systems on ignition-interlock devices. Rep. Roger Goodman, D-Kirkland, sponsored House Bill 2443, which, he said, will...
Workers sculpt the hillside above Coulee Dam to prepare it for new high voltage power line towers. Two sets of towers and lines will come down in process, before more are erected to hold up 18 triplet sets of lines that will span the Columbia River from the Third Power Plant. — Scott Hunter photo...
There is nothing I want more than for everyone to be saved. I lie awake wondering how God will save us, and I always come back to the same answer again and again. God will save us through his love, which he revealed to us in his son Jesus Christ. Too often people judge God through the actions or words of the religious, but religions have a tendency to create their own version of God. Fortunately, the authentic God is better than anything we could ever come up with. I am confident that if you really want to know who God is, just look to the Son...
As we approach what would have been Dad’s 85th birthday, we are reminded what a wonderful sendoff the community gave to our dad, Rod Hartman. The tears still come as we think of the fire trucks, ambulances, police cars sitting patiently by, waiting to escort Dad to his final resting place at Spring Canyon Cemetery. Maybe you were able to attend. Maybe that day you were there in spirit or thought. To all of you who shared with us that day, thank you! What an escort Dad had! Thank you for honoring him in such an amazing manner; not just on the da...
First off, I really appreciate the emails, phone calls and chit-chat from those of you in the street and on the river bank about the old Musings columns during the past decades. Believe you me, it makes me realize how some of these past columns have hit close to your home. First, let’s discuss the cat. 4-Socks continues to remain with us. But as in all family animals, she is different and will remain an inside cat. Let her out the back door last week. She made a few turns after leaving the p...
Ten Years Ago The goal of flying lots of American flags in all four of the towns in the Grand Coulee Dam area might not occur after all. Members of the Elmer City Town Council voiced their concerns about the project last Thursday. OMAK - the largest business in north central Washington took a huge step Friday, as CTEC, the Colville Tribes’ business arm, reopened an Omak mill shuttered for the last 20 months. During the month of March first and second semester art students are displaying their work at the Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union, the s...
As a member of Congress, you get used to being graded. Interest groups send you questionnaires, check your voting record, and then issue their “report cards.” Editorial writers opine freely on your performance. Pollsters issue monthly updates on how Congress is faring with the public. Members of Congress learn to expect this judgment and criticism. It’s part of being an elected official in this country — and should be. But they also learn that Congress is part of a larger political system that also involves We The People. Our democracy doesn’t...
Terri L. Chamberlain, 47, of Electric City, passed away suddenly Monday, March 12, 2012, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. Terri was born in Blackfoot, Idaho, on May 4, 1964, to Rex and Lou Chamberlain. She moved with the family to the Grand Coulee Dam area in the early 70s. She was the youngest of four children. Terri met Bill Brown when both were employed at Coulee Community Nursing Home. Survivors include her parents, her companion of 14 years Bill Brown, three boys, Robert, Chris...
Memorial services for Harold W. Dugan will be held at noon, Saturday, March 31, at Spring Canyon Cemetery. It will be with OES ceremony and full military honors. Dugan passed away December 22, 2011. Remembrance of life will be held at 2 p.m. at the Coulee Dam Community Presbyterian Church at 2 p.m. followed with a potluck. Anyone who knew him is invited to attend....
Chamber to Meet The Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon on Thursday, March 22, at Pepper Jack’s Bar and Grille. Eagles #2577 Meetings The Eagles #2577 Aerie meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. The next meeting is Tuesday, March 27 at 7 p.m. The Auxiliary meets the first and third Tuesday of every month. Next meeting is scheduled for April 3. Grant County Fire Dist. to Meet Grant County Fire District No. 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, March 26, at 7 p.m. in the Electric City Fire Station. OES to Meet OES w...
Nichole Mullen and Donald Turcotte of Omak are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Zoe Renae Turcotte on Tuesday, March 13, 2012, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 6 lbs., 9 oz., and was 19-1/2 inches in length at birth. Sibling is J Kobi Turcotte. Maternal grandparents are Dale and Beverly Mullen. Paternal grandparents are Lucinda Reyes and Robert Turcotte. Great-grandparents are Diane Zacherle and Gary Reyes....
Jason and Beth Goetz of Odessa are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Rylee Marie Goetz on Thursday, March 15, 2012, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 9 lbs., 2.4 oz., and was 21.5 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Sarina 10 and Austin 2-1/2. Maternal grandparents are Peter and Lois Harp of Odessa. Paternal grandparents are Rick Goetz of Moses Lake and Peggy Goetz of Odessa. Great-grandparents include Don and Barbra Tiffany of Pueblo, Colo., and Clark Harp of Canby, Ore....
An American Indian evangelist, singer and songwriter will minister at the Coulee Dam Community Church Sunday, April 1, at 11 a.m. Morning Sun Yellow Pony, from her home in Montana, has been traveling for eight years with her “Healing Wings Ministries,” with a primary goal “to lift up the First Nation’s people, and all hurting and wounded people,” her press release says. “If I were to tell you my whole story,” she says, “it would tear your heart out. But I am not my sad story. I am and you are what we choose to do about our sad story. I am able...
Katie Emerson, of Grand Coulee, will exhibit Angus cattle at the 2012 Western Regional Junior Angus Show in Reno, Nev., April 21-23, reports Robin Ruff, director of junior programs of the American Angus Association. Emerson, a junior member of the American Angus Association of Saint Joseph, Mo., is one of 102 young Angus breeders who have entered a total of 247 head to compete for championship honors. The Western Regional Junior Angus Show is sponsored by the American Angus Association and the Western States Angus Association. It is one of...
Dave McClure, left, and Andrew McClure, father and son, accept the adulation of the throng at Lake Roosevelt High School’s dual pageants for Mr. GCD and Mr. LR March 13. — Emily Williams photo...