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  • Croasmun/McNeil have a boy

    Apr 24, 2013

    Danniell Lee Croasmun and Charles R. McNeil of Wilbur are proud to announce the birth of their son Skyler Ray McNeil on Friday, April 5, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 9 lbs., 8 oz., and was 21 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Gracy Lee McNeil 7 and Lillyann McNeil 2. Maternal grandparents are Tod Croasmun and Tracy Croasmun. Paternal grandparent is Madonna Dawson. Great-grandparents are Red and Clara Croasmun....

  • It's a girl for the Ankneys

    Apr 24, 2013

    Shonita and Shawn Ankney of Electric City are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Mavrick Mae Ankney on Monday, April 15, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 6 lbs., 4 oz., and was 18-1/2 inches in length at birth. Sibling is sister Dariane Seyler. Maternal grandparents include Gerald Ratcliff and the late Lynda Palmanteer-Ratcliff. Paternal grandparents are Stephanie “Pete” Palmer and Duran “Tony” Ankney. Great-grandparents include Rose Happ and Jerry Happ of Rogue River, Ore., Colleen Leskinen of Nespele...

  • Bryants have a boy

    Apr 24, 2013

    Kanya and Matt Bryant of Grand Coulee are proud to announce the birth of their son Bo Matthew Bryant on Thursday, April 18, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 6 lbs., 14 oz., and was 20 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Kaven 12 and Keely 4. Maternal grandparents are Clark and Jackie Perman of Electric City. Paternal grandparents are Buddy and Ruth Bryant from Creston. Great-grandparents include Irene Perman and Maggie Breen, both of North Dakota....

  • Senior Meals

    Apr 24, 2013

    Wed., Apr. 24 - Dinner Scandinavian Beef Roast, Baked Potatoes, Sour Cream and Butter, Cauliflower & Broccoli, Rolls, Bowl of Fruit. Thurs., Apr. 25 - Dinner Anita’s Beef Stroganoff over a Bed of Noodles, Mixed Vegetables, Fruit Salad, Dee’s Bread Pudding, with Lemon Sauce. Fri., Apr., 26 - Breakfast Bacon & Eggs, Hashbrowns, Toast, Peaches, Orange Juice. Mon., Apr. 29 - Breakfast Minced Ham & Eggs, Waffles, Apricots, Orange Juice. Tues., Apr. 30 - Dinner Tuna Noodle Bake, Mixed Vegetables, Julie’s Apple Waldorf Salad, Bread Sticks, Banan...

  • Meetings and Notices

    Apr 24, 2013

    No Chamber at Noon – Business After Hours Instead The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not be holding a noon meeting April 24 due to its Business After Hours that evening. It will be held at Funzee’s on the Midway, Grand Coulee from 5:30 - 7:30 p.m. Time for Flag Dedication For those wishing to dedicated a deceased veteran’s flag for the Isle of Flags should contact Ben Alling at 633-0663. The deadline is May 17, 2013. POWER to Meet The POWER group will be holding a meeting on Thursday, April 25, at 7 p.m., at the Senior Cente...

  • A winner for Earth

    Apr 24, 2013

    Loepp’s Furniture employee Alan Rizzonelli talks with Cheryl Grunlose, the winner of the highlighted raffle prize, a refrigerator supplied by the store for the Colville Tribes Earth Day celebration Monday at the Nespelem Celebration Grounds. The event attracted about 1,600 participants, according to organizer Joaquin Bustamante, and focused on environmental initiatives, including creative recycling. The playhouse at right is made of eight used pallets, and the electric cart on the left from r...

  • Chyenne Kelly-Marconi shines for Raiders

    John McNeil II|Apr 24, 2013

    Chyenne Kelly-Marconi scored all 15 team points the Raiders received at the Clifton Larson Allen Invitational at Quincy last Saturday. Lake Roosevelt’s standout at the big meet took home three ribbons: • In the triple jump, Kelly-Marconi took the second-place ribbon with a career personal record jump of 33 feet, 6 inches, two feet farther than she recorded just the week before. • In the long jump, she soared to a third-place ribbon with another career PR jump of 15-3.25. Her third ribbon came...

  • Ladies pick up third win

    John McNeil II|Apr 24, 2013

    Lady Raider softball had a roller coaster week that finished with a win over the Oroville Hornets on Saturday. The week did not start off like LR would have wanted as the league-leading Mountain Lions of Liberty Bell took their April 16 game 16-1 over the Lady Raiders. The game ended in the third inning as per the mercy rules set by the WIAA. “(The) Lady Raiders just could not get it together after we had a injury to one of our teammates,” Head Coach Jamie Lezard said. Not looking for repeat of the 16th, on Saturday the Lady Raiders exp...

  • Raider rackets challenged

    John McNeil II|Apr 24, 2013

    Raider tennis was challenged in last week’s three matches by fatigue, long bus rides, and tough opponents. LR traveled south to White Swan April 16 for a Central Washington B match against the Cougars. The four-hour bus ride came back to haunt the Raiders as both squads were swept by the Cougars. Daniel Campobasso provided a bright spot for the Raider boys hanging in there with Xavier Valladares in the first, forcing a tiebreaker. The final score has Valladres winning 7-6 (7-2), 6-3. “Daniel improved much over his first match with Xavier, whi...

  • Baseball has tough week

    John McNeil II|Apr 24, 2013

    Raider baseball had a tough week last week as they dropped all three games they played. At Liberty Bell April 16, the league-leading Mountain Lions scored three runs in the first inning and the Raiders could not answer as they went on to lose 6-2. Brady Black, on the mound for five innings, gave up two hits, four earned runs, and struck out four. Kendall Piccolo came in to relieve and gave up only one hit in his inning on the rubber. Piccolo led the team at the plate, going two of four. The...

  • Coulee Cops

    Apr 24, 2013

    Grand Coulee Police 4/14 - A Spokane woman was stopped for expired tabs on her vehicle and the officer learned that her license had been suspended. A licensed driver who was with her at the time took charge of the car and the Spokane woman was cited and given a court date. 4/15 - A woman on King Street called police to say that her former boyfriend was making threats against her current boyfriend and that they planned to drive to Ephrata and get a protection order. The former boyfriend was contacted and he denied making threats. 4/16 - Police...

  • In the North Central Washington Garden

    Apr 24, 2013

    The Master Gardener Program originated in Washington state in the early 1970s. At the time, Pierce and King County extension agents David Gibby and Bill Scheer were attempting to respond to a renewed and burgeoning interest in gardening. Initially, they thought that gardening articles and radio and TV shows would meet the demand. Their approach was clearly inadequate; extension offices soon became overwhelmed with requests for gardening information. So Gibby and Scheer considered other approaches. One possibility would be to recruit and train...

  • Legal Notices for April 24, 2013

    Apr 24, 2013

    CITY OF GRAND COULEE NOTICE OF SALE OF SURPLUS ITEMS The City of Grand Coulee will sell by sealed bids, a 1981 Ford Club Wagon Van, approximately 58,190 miles, sold as is. It is available for viewing at Grand Coulee City Hall, 306 Midway Avenue, Grand Coulee. Minimum bid is $1250.00. Bids must be submitted on city supplied bid form which may be obtained from the City Clerk’s Office, 306 Midway Ave., PO Box 180, Grand Coulee, WA 99133. The Bids will be opened and awarded to the highest responsive bidder before the close of business April 2...

  • Damage to main canal causes temporary shutoff of irrigation water in the Columbia Basin Project

    press release, U.S. Bureau of Reclamation|Apr 24, 2013

    EPHRATA, Wash. - The Bureau of Reclamation will temporarily reduce water deliveries today (Tuesday, April 30) to irrigation districts in the Columbia Basin Project while engineers assess damage to the Main Canal just below Pinto Dam located in eastern Grant County, Wash Water flows in the canal must be reduced so work crews can get to the collapsed concrete panel and assess the damage. Flows were at 7,000 cubic-feet-per-second (cfs) when the crack was reported by a canal ditch rider on Monday. “We’re reducing flows in the Main Canal, and exp...