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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Anyone in the community experiencing the loss of a loved one is invited to come and share support! The next meeting will be held Thursday, April 26, at 10:30 a.m., at Coulee Dam Community Church and will meet every week after. Call 633-1790 for more information....
Chamber to Meet The Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon on Thursday, April 26, at Pepper Jack’s Bar and Grille. On the agenda is Colorama. Lincoln County Fire Dist. 9 to Meet Lincoln County Fire District 9 will hold its regular meeting on Thursday, April 26, at 6 p.m. at the Nazarene Church outside of Grand Coulee on Hwy 174. Grant County Port Dist. 7 to Meet Grant County Port District 7 will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday, April 26, at 5 p.m. at the Grand Coulee Dam Airport Office. Grant County Fire District 14 to Meet Grant C...
The Lions Club presents a check for $500 to the Raider baseball team Friday. The money will be used to pay for equipment. The team held a hit-a-thon fund raiser recently for new bases, field dirt and more. Club members (wearing vests) from left are Rob Loch, Vice President Dena Avey and President Holly Allen. “We had fun surprising them, and a big Roar to the Raiders!” Allen said. — Rich Avey photo...
Aging & Adult Care of Central Washington is inviting all seniors to attend free seminars on “Living Healthy,” “Medication Management,” and “Disease Prevention,” the agency announced Monday. They will offer health screenings as well as information on how to live healthy and prevent disease and disability. You can ask questions and get answers from Ina O’Connor, R.N. The seminars will be held throughout Adams, Chelan, Douglas, Grant, Okanogan, and Lincoln counties. Locally, you can take the Living Healthy class May 4 at the Senior Center in Gra...
The Nespelem Junior Rodeo is set for this weekend April 27 through 29 at the Nespelem Rodeo Grounds. Events begin at 4 p.m. on Friday and 11 a.m. Saturday and Sunday. A cowboy breakfast will be held Saturay and Sunday and a dance on Saturday evening 8 p.m. – midnight, all at the Nespelem Community Center. There will be six All-Around saddles and six reserve All Around jackets.. First place will receive handmade buckles and the All Around PW & LP will be presented jackets. Payout will go to f...
A crowd estimated at 1,200 attended the Colville Tribal Earth Day celebration last Friday in the dance arbor near the Indian Agency. The event was crowned by scores of school-age children in native regalia providing dance entertainment for the crowd of visitors. About 60 Earth Day booths circled the pavillion, giving away information on recycling and other topics. Visitors got raffle tickets for visiting at least 10 of the booths, and a wide variety of prizes were available. A Native drum team provided a serious mood and entertained the crowd....
Work is going on -- most of it behind the scenes -- on the new school project. Chief architect Laurence Rose said last week that his firm, Design West, from Pullman, is reviewing all of the information it has accumulated to lay the proper groundwork to finish drawings for the project. Accordingly, he has called a meeting of the community planning group to get together this Thursday from 3:30 to 5 p.m. at the district office in an effort to fine-tune the planning on the K-12 project. The district is also planning a 6:30 p.m. community meeting...
The Raider girls finished one point behind 2A Medical Lake to place fourth at the Quincy Invitational, sponsored by Clifton Larson Allen at Quincy High School Saturday. Leading the way was Kim Barry, who, for the second week in a row, swept the long distance races. In the 3200-meter race, Barry jumped out ahead early and then built a 40-second lead on the second-place runner. By the last lap, Barry had lapped a third of the other runners. Her first-place time of 11 minutes, 58.8 seconds is a...
Raider baseball took on the Mountain Lions of Liberty Bell last week in a three-game season series. The first game was played at Greene Field on Tuesday where the Raiders won 1-0. Kramer Carlson pitched a one hitter and was backed up by a stout defensive effort that gave up zero errors. Carlson ensured his victory at the plate by driving in Justus DeWinkler for the only run of the game. By the time the Raiders travelled to Twisp on Saturday, things had changed for LR. One player was placed on the disabled list and a few others had been...
Raider tennis cancelled their match on Thursday after the sudden death of schoolmate Rickey Louie-Burris. The match will be made up at a later date. “Some of our tennis kids were very close to Rickey and were unable to compete," Head Coach Steve Archer said. Raider tennis had to move on, though, and first on the list as they hit the courts the next day against Pateros/Brewster was to win and continue to improve. The boys again swept the field in singles play. Phoenix Shephard defeated Taylor Dou...
Raider golf cancelled Thursday’s match out of respect for Rickey Louie-Burris, a sophomore at Lake Roosevelt High School who died in a car wreck Wednesday night. Head coach Steve Files does not believe that the match will be made up this season. Raider golf moved forward on Monday with a match in Moses Lake at the Moses Pointe Golf Course against Riverside Christian, Columbia Basin Secondary, and Moses Lake Christian. The boys showed improvement and are gaining strengh in their game, Files s...
The Lady Raiders, coming off their three game sweep of the Fillies, got swept themselves by the Nannies of Pateros last week. The team was hit hard by the sudden loss of Rickey Louie-Burris, Head Coach Tristan Daniels commented. "It has been hard for a lot of the softball players to handle,” he said. “Some have never had a friend or classmate pass away. We think, what if we were there? It may not have happened.” In the first game of the series, the Lady Raiders could not get anything going...
TUESDAY HI LO’S TEAM W L Riverview Lanes 82 46 Sunflower Graphics 66.5 64.5 Pepsi 72.5 55.5 Melody 59.5 68.5 KEYG 65.5 62.5 Fullers 38 40 High Game: Sunflower Graphics 447; Vickey 210 High Series: Sunflower Grahpics 1259; Vickey 502 Splits: Betty 2-7-8 Previous - High Game: Riverview Lanes 481; Sara 191 High Series: Riverview Lanes 1379; Sara 527 Splits: Rose 5-6/5-7 Previous - High Game: Riverview 431; Sara 184; High Series: 1198; Sharon R. 457 Splits: Winnie 4-5; Sharon R. 3-10; Jean 3-10 Previous High Game: Riverview Lanes 454; Nita 214 H...
Grand Coulee Police 4/16 - A woman on Young Street reported that someone had entered her home while she was away and stole her laptop computer and a variety of technology items, total value $4,000. Police reported pry marks on her door where someone had forced entry. - A burglary of a house on Burdin Boulevard was reported. The resident reported $100 missing plus some jewelry. There were no signs of forced entry the report stated. - A woman on Lakeview Avenue NE reported a suspicious man in the neighborhood who appeared to have trouble...
Piano teacher Bonnie Wendt smiles at Ellie Hansen after their duet in a Sunday recital of Wendt’s last group of students before her retirement. More photos of the recital and other news subjects are online at grandcoulee.com. — Scott Hunter photo...
Last week at the Grand Coulee Dam Middle School’s GCD Home Meet, eighth-grader Sydney Matheson threw for a 4-foot personal record in the shot put, which placed her at number one in the state for middle school girls. Matheson’s throw of 36 feet, 9 inches edged out Angel Nkwonta from Lincoln Middle School in Pullman by just one inch for first place in the athletic.net Washington State performance list at 6 pounds. Matheson was ecstatic just hear how far her throw had gone, let alone that she was the best in the state. Tomorrow at Bridgeport, Mat...