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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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A Grand Coulee man was sentenced in Grant County Superior Court Monday to 29 months imprisonment for possession of stolen property. According to the Grant County Prosecutor’s Office, Melvin Toulou, Jr., 43, still faces three additional Grant County felony charges. The three additional charges are 1) a charge of possession of stolen property in the 2nd degree, and possession of a firearm 2nd degree, often referred to as possession of a firearm by a felon; 2) possession of stolen property 2nd degree, and trafficking of stolen property in the 1... Full story
Workers clean off the surface of drum gate 3 on top of Grand Coulee Dam last week. Maintenance on the drum gates, which let water over the dam when necessary, occurs annually as lake levels allow. - Scott Hunter photo... Full story
After years of court dates and a life put on hold, a former Lake Roosevelt High School Spanish teacher had a burden lifted by Okanogan County Superior Court Monday, when it dismissed charges of identity theft and forgery. After receiving a call from a woman in California four years ago, Coulee Dam police checked the Social Security number Guillermo Guzman-Romo had used to apply for the Spanish teacher job at Lake Roosevelt High School. It was the same number he'd used as he worked to put... Full story
Electric City will soon fill its vacancy on the city council. Three residents of the city filed letters of interest to fill the vacancy after Brad Parrish resigned a couple of months ago. City Clerk Russell Powers said that the three — Jeremy Miller, Ken Anderson and Lisa Lyngar — will be considered by the council when it meets April 11. “I don’t know if the council will move on the appointment,” he said Monday. “It may want to take some time before they name a replacement.” The council plans a retreat April 15, in Ephrata, and might want to di... Full story
It’s time to clean up your lawn and flower beds and take advantage of the area spring cleanup, and free dump at the Delano Area Transfer Station. The free dump privilege will be April 8–15. Coulee Dam will pick up limbs only, which will need to be stacked at the curbside on the following schedule: Tuesday, April 4 - Mason City Addition - Aspen, Birch, Cedar, Fir, Holly, Pine, Spruce, Civic Way and west side of Central Drive from Civic Way south. Wednesday, April 5 - Airport Addition - Tilmus, Camas, River Drive, 11th and 12th Streets, Cre... Full story
Monday was a busy day at the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center. That was the day that Easter baskets went on sale. The place was filled with 371 Easter baskets, and accordingly, people. Workers started putting the baskets together last Friday, and finally finished Sunday afternoon. The baskets are colorful, wrapped in various colors of see-through material, with soft animals, candy, coloring books and a wide variety of items that capture the attention of children. This year's total of 371 baskets,... Full story
Donations accepted The school board accepted donations at its meeting a week ago. The Grand Coulee Dam PTA gave $25 to the resource room supply needs; Bridget Gabriel gave $1,500 to purchase books for K-12; the Grand Coulee Community Church gave $200 for the nurse’s room; and Schweitzer Engineering, Inc., gave $200 for the school’s math and science programs. Easter music coming “Easter Song” a musical presentation, is scheduled for St. Henry’s Catholic Church at 3 p.m., Sunday, April 9. The presentation will be put on by the Grand Coulee Da... Full story
An Native American artist, politician, and former principal chief of the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma will be coming to Coulee Dam to give a presentation in the Lake Roosevelt High School gym on Thursday, April 13. Enoch Kelly Haney will be giving a motivational speech to sixth- through eighth-grade students from Nespelem and Lake Roosevelt schools from 9:15 a.m. until 10:05 a.m. The speech will address such topics including goal setting, as well as overcoming challenges to achieve success. An accomplished sculptor, Haney’s works include ... Full story
A group of seniors organized a surprise 92nd birthday party for Betty Davis at the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center Monday morning. They created a huge doughnut board as part of the celebration. It was a complete surprise, particularly since Davis' birthday is actually early in January. - Roger Lucas photo... Full story
Four of the five school board seats in the Grand Coulee Dam School District will be up for election this year. Potential candidates must file their intention to run for a seat May 15-19, with a primary election on Aug. 1. School board Chairman Joette Barry is the only sitting member of the board who will not be up for election. She has two more years on her present term. One of the four up for re-election, Ken “Butch” Stanger, from District 2, has already indicated that he won’t seek another term. The other three — Carla Marconi (Distri... Full story
In support of Arnie Marchand’s letter to the editor, I couldn’t agree more about changing the name of the Colville Confederated Tribes, Indian Reservation, etc. John Colville was some punk Brit who never set foot in the Americas, let alone this area. He had a stake in the Hudson Bay Trading Company, and that is all, and a people with such a rich culture shouldn’t be named after a man with no affiliation with said culture. There are beautiful words in the Salish language. In an essay titled “Identity and Responsibility,” Jeanette Armstrong... Full story
When you lose a child, at any age and whatever the cause, it changes the rest of your life. Each day you wake up wishing it weren’t true, wanting to cry and scream when you realize it is true and then you resolve to finding your new normal in this day, just like every other day since their death. We, like most, were not prepared to make arrangements on his lasts, like you get to when you’re preparing for their firsts. We will never know what his children will look like, how successful his career would have been, and we will never again sha... Full story
After several months of repeated phone calls to Representative Newhouse’s staff, I finally received confirmation that he will be scheduling a constituent meeting during the April in-district work session (sometime between April 10th and April 21st). This meeting will likely take place in Yakima, but all from the 4th district who want their voice heard by Newhouse should plan to attend! Meeting directly with our elected officials is the most effective way to make our voices heard and our beliefs represented in our democratic government. U... Full story
Every once in a while someone surprises me — with their actions, words or change in character. This is especially encouraging when it is a young person. Sometimes we don’t give them the credit that is due to them. We lump them into a generation that we feel is disconnected, entitled or lazy overall. We judge a younger group and figure they are all playing video games all night, binging on NetFlix and drinking energy drinks until they crash into a four-day coma only to emerge with less brain tissue than they had when they started their sugar-ind... Full story
Rain! We’ve had a decent amount of it in the past year. I measured a total of 15.21 inches of precipitation at my home weather station in 2016. Rain is just one of many forms of precipitation. It’s part of the water cycle, more properly the Hydrologic Cycle. Precipitation is water that is released from clouds in the form of rain, freezing rain, sleet, snow, or hail. It’s the main connection in the hydrologic cycle that provides for the delivery of atmospheric water to this little planet we live on, Earth. Most precipitation around the plane... Full story
While these six airplanes of the 116th Observation Squadron, from Felts Field, Spokane, enjoyed the 184-mile nonstop, round trip to Grand Coulee. A plane from the unit's photo section got this unusual picture as the aerial sextet was in formation directly above the dam. The picture shows the work as of early 1939. Here the high construction trestle is 180 to 220 feet above the dam foundations, themseves about 135 feet high, although mainly underwater. The trestle is 3,600 feet long and 43 feet... Full story
Jimmy Easling passed away on Friday, March 24, 2017. He was born April 27, 1945, in Mason City Hospital in Coulee Dam, Washington, to James and Evelyn Easling. He graduated from Coulee Dam High School in 1963, and went on to join the U.S. Army. He was stationed in Fort Monmouth, New Jersey, for nine months of electrical warfare equipment repair school. From there he had on- the-job training in Ft. Bragg, North Carolina. In 1966, he met Christine Grandinetti while working at Value Mart in... Full story
Michael Leroy McNeilly left this world to join his heavenly father on Thursday, March 9, 2017, at Providence Holy Family Hospital in Spokane, Washington. Mick, as he was known to family and friends, was born in Mason City, Washington, on September 6, 1939. He grew up in Grand Coulee; graduated Grand Coulee High School in 1957. He went on to serve in the U.S. Army overseas. Later he moved to Seattle where he worked hard and eventually retired after many years from the elevator and escalator... Full story
Ray Duclos, of Harvest Foods, fills out a door prize card at an open house Friday at The Northwest Native Development Fund, in the former Bank of America site by Harvest Foods. Seated, from left, are Darla Orr, John Stensgar, Ted Piccolo, Sheilah Cleveland, B.J. Bearcub and Adam Bearcub. The lending agency, which aims to "foster economic and financial independence for Native people by assisting in the development of personal assets through financial and entrepreneurial education," just moved to...
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon this Thursday, April 6, at Siam Palace, Grand Coulee. General business is on the agenda. Coulee Creators Meet Coulee Creators meet 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. Okanogan Demos to Meet Okanogan County Democrats will meet at the Methow Valley Community Center, 201 Division St., Twisp on Sunday, April 9. There will be open mic... Full story
The GCHS Alumni Association has broadened the eligibility of students who may apply for the $500 scholarships they will be awarding this year. Seniors who are graduating from Lake Roosevelt High School have been eligible since 2001, when the association awarded their first two scholarships, and this year any graduating senior from any high school who is a direct descendant of a person who attended Grand Coulee School District 55 at any time may also apply. The Association has also added two scholarships in the amount of $500 for a student who... Full story
Sadie Marchand and Core Wiley of Keller, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Alex Kenneth Wiley, born Wednesday, March 29, 2017, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. He weighed 7 lbs., 9 oz., and was 20.5 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Larelle, Shayela, Tia’lene and Ronny. Maternal grandparents are Danita Adolph and Alex Marchand. Paternal grandparents are Julie Wiley and David Gorr.... Full story
Senior Menu Wed., April 5 - Dinner Baked Chicken, Stuffing, Peas & Carrots, Fruit Salad, Coolwhich Thurs., April 6 - Dinner Pulled Pork Sandwich, Potato Chips Mixed Vegetables, Applesauce, Cookies Fri., April 7 - Breakfast Country Skillet w/Gravy, Toast, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice Mon., April 10 - Breakfast Ham, Eggs, French Toast, Fruit Bowl, Orange Juice Tues., April 11 - Dinner Mexican Lasagna, Mexi Corn, Chips, Salsa, Fruit Cup, Peach Shortcake Wed., April 12 - Dinner Nick's Homemade Chicken Noodle Soup, Oven-Warmed Bread, Lemon-Pepper... Full story
The school boards from the Grand Coulee Dam District and Nespelem District met recently and focused their discussions on the calendars for the next two school years. As a new approach to setting the school calendar, Grand Coulee Dam District Superintendent Paul Turner opted to present a two-year calendar plan to the respective boards. Turner reviewed it with his own board in February and board Chair Joette Barry requested a review with Nespelem before passage. The two boards reviewed the calendars and decided to try to match the fall school... Full story
• Members of the Lake Roosevelt junior and senior high bands and the high school chorus will head to Silverwood Theme Park June 1, for a field trip performance. Karen Pace, who heads the music department, stated that about 75 students will go on the trip. The board approved the trip. • The Grand Coulee Dam School District board has approved this year’s senior trip, a two-day outing June 2-3, in Seattle. Julie Friedlander estimated that about 25 senior students and four adults will be making the trip. The board approved the trip and asked for de... Full story