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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Two major resignations within the athletic department at Lake Roosevelt High School were received last week. Resigning was Athletic Director Richard Black, who has held that position for the past five years. The second resignation was from Mario West, Lake Roosevelt’s head boys’ basketball coach, who coached here a single season. Both resignations will go before the school board when it meets Monday, June 27. Black, a retired Navy captain, was dean of students and associated with the district’s 21st Century after-school program for two years... Full story
If you see a huge aircraft flying low over the Colville Indian Reservation from now through next Tuesday, you're seeing the world's largest supertanker aircraft and crews practicing in a firefighting training exercise. Global Supertanker Services will fly over the Keller Butte area Saturday with a Boeing 747 tanker to practice flying in a mountainous area in advance of the coming fire season. A lead plane and possibly a photo plane likely will also be in sight. On some flights, potable water... Full story
Update: Despite a rainy day, the Wenatchee Youth Circus is performing at Lake Roosevelt's football field with a few umbrella protected fans in the stands. The current local forecast predicts drizzle until about 6 p.m., which is the time the second performance is scheduled. Either way, the old saying "The show must go on," is thought to have originated with the circus in the 1800s. --- This weekend is for kids, cowboys and classic car lovers. Saturday is the 12th annual Koulee Kids Fest,... Full story
The Colville Tribes launched a dugout canoe Friday from the Spring Canyon boat launch, on a mission to revive an old tradition in support of exploring a new possibility: bringing salmon back to the upper Columbia River. The cedar canoe and its crew are headed to a rendezvous at Kettle Falls, where tribes from across the Northwest once gathered annually to harvest salmon before Grand Coulee Dam was built. The Colvilles met up with Spokanes and Coeur d'Alenes on Lake Roosevelt on Tuesday and... Full story
A new feature for the July 4 Festival of America celebration will be a number of inflatable water slides in a water park. The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce, sponsors of the event, stated that Jump N2 Fun, from Post Falls, Idaho, will bring a number of inflatable water slides for a two-day show, July 3 and 4 in the Visitor Center park at Grand Coulee Dam. Michael Hunt, who provided nine inflatables for the Colorama event, said that he was looking forward to returning to the coulee area. For Hunt and his wife, Julie, the event will... Full story
The Regional Board of Mayors Monday approved a plan to have Sunrise Disposal provide backup hauling services for the Delano Transfer Station. The RBOM had advertised to find someone with a commercial driver’s license (CDL) who would be available to make occasional hauls to the Grant County Landfill, just out of Ephrata. There were no takers. The mayors were concerned with the need to have someone in place to drive the transfer truck when manager Randy Gumm was sick or on vacation. Under the agreement, if approved by the four city and town c... Full story
The Coulee Dam Town Council approved a chamber of commerce request to move its “beer garden” to the Melody Restaurant front parking lot during the upcoming Festival of American celebration. The beer garden will be open both Sunday and Monday, July 3 and 4. The chamber held its beer garden in the parking lot of the town’s maintenance garage last year. Some details are still being worked out, but the plan is for the Melody Restaurant to provide a light food menu during the hours the tent is in operation. The restaurant would also provide some... Full story
The Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife recently gave P.O.W.E.R. an award for 30 years of conservation work. P.O.W.E.R. (Promoters of Wildlife and Environmental Resources) is best known locally for its fish pen operation in Electric City. WDFW Director Jim Unsworth presented the "Organization of the Year" award to Carl Russell and Ken Miles in a ceremony in Ephrata June 7. Members of the group have raised over 5.2 million fish (3.2 million rainbow trout, 2 million kokanee, and 18,000... Full story
Tribal vote Saturday Saturday, June 18, Colville Confederated Tribes members will go to the polls to elect Colville Business Council members in their general election. All six incumbents made it through the primary vote to the general election. Should the area consolidate? That’s a question people get to answer this week in a survey that went out to local residents to help measure the interest in consolidation. The mailing piece was prepared by the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce and asks questions of residents about the need and i... Full story
A Navy brass quartet will perform an open-air concert just prior to the laser light show, Sunday, June 26, according to Bureau of Reclamation Public Affairs Officer Lynne Brougher. The quartet is part of a 35-piece Navy band stationed at Silverdale, Wash. Different groups of the band make some 400 appearances a year in and around the Northwest. Ivan Snavely, who heads the Visitor Center at Grand Coulee Dam, helped make arrangements for the June 26 performance. Navy Band Northwest is under the leadership of its director, Lt. Bruce Mansfield,... Full story
Two Lake Roosevelt High School seniors, Michael Thomas and Areielle White, appeared before Moose Lodge officials last Tuesday night to thank them for the $1,000 scholarships they received. Family members and friends appeared with the recipients. The Moose Lodge raised the money for the scholarships by providing lunches for the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce at weekly luncheon meetings. - Roger Lucas photo... Full story
Pop quiz: How would you feel about merging local towns? That’s the essence of a new, very short survey that likely arrived in your mailbox early this week. It’s being asked by the local chamber of commerce in order to gauge the interest local citizens have regarding the subject, and what their feelings are. The chamber was approached by elected leaders in Grand Coulee and Electric City some time ago and asked to facilitate a community discussion on the subject. Evidently, they, like many business people in the area, saw a potential for better s... Full story
It’s so easy in a presidential election year to forget that our system is not about a single person. This year especially, when the dynamics of the presidential contest have dominated news coverage so thoroughly that even the Senate and House races have largely disappeared from view, the crucial role that citizens play — apart from serving as voters in the presidential drama — isn’t even an afterthought. Yet effective citizenship is the base on which our representative democracy rests. Our vitality as a country depends on the involve... Full story
To face a threat, we must begin by calling it exactly what it is. Our nation has once again been attacked by radical Islamists. Early Sunday, Americans woke up to the horror that 49 innocent individuals had been killed and dozens wounded in an insidious terrorist attack on a “soft target,” an Orlando nightclub. The attack in Orlando was an attack on all Americans. We mourn the victims, and we cannot comprehend the pain that their families and loved ones are now facing. They will need our prayers in the days ahead. The federal investigation in l... Full story
Miss Coulee, the first big passenger boat to go into service on the lake behind Grand Coulee Dam. - Summer 1940... Full story
Jack L. Kennedy passed away at his home in Electric City, Washington, on Tuesday, June 14, 2016. A full obituary will follow in next week’s paper. Services are tentatively scheduled for Saturday, June 25.... Full story
Eleanor Mae (Fahr) Reihs passed away on Monday June 6, 2016 at the age of 85 in Issaquah, Washington. Eleanor was born on December 31, 1930, in Chicago, Illinois. Eleanor graduated from Grand Coulee High School in 1948. Eleanor was pre-deceased by her parents, Ernest and Eleanor Fahr, and by her sister, Nancy Fahr-Starr. Susan Fahr-Miller, her sister, resides in Electric City, Washington. Eleanor was married to Henry Jacob Reihs for 56 years and they were long- time residents of Odessa,... Full story
Susan Louise Palmer, 67, passed away in her Elmer City, Washington, home, surrounded by her loving family Friday morning, June 10, 2016. Born in Spokane, Washington, to Charles and Zona Wendt on March 26, 1949, Susan attended college following her graduation from high school. Saturday, April 29, 1972, Susan Wendt's life changed forever when she married David "Babe" Palmer at St. Benedict's Catholic Church in Coulee Dam, Washington. Having worked several years for Seafirst Bank, Susan moved on to... Full story
Lori Ann Garcia, 53, passed away Thursday, May 26, 2016, at 1:12 p.m., at Hospice Home of Spokane, Washington, after a 10-year battle with cancer. She is now reunited with her husband, Ernie Garcia, of 33 years, who passed away two years ago. She was born to Barbara Williams and Jimmy Brown on August 14, 1962, at St. Ann's Hospital in Chicago, Illinois. They moved to Grand Coulee in 1970, where they made their life. She attended Lake Roosevelt High School and graduated in 1980. This is where... Full story
Willard and Sharon Rinker are celebrating their 67th wedding anniversary Saturday, June 18, 2016. They have two sons (Larry and Randy), one daughter (Valerie), seven grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. The couple continues to make their home on the ranch outside of Grand Coulee in the Del Rio area.... Full story
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting this Thursday, June 16, at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee. Tim Culbertson, of Columbia Basin Hydropower, will be speaking. American Legion to Meet The American Legion Post 157 holds legion meetings on the second Tuesday of each month, beginning at 6:30 p.m. and will be held at the Zion Lutheran Church, 348 Mead Ave., Grand Coulee, through the month of August. The next meeting will be Tuesday, July 12. Care and Share Food Bank Is Open Fridays The food bank at the... Full story
Greg and Alvina Marris, of Coulee Dam, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter, Nancy Jane Estelle Marris, born Wednesday, June 1, 2016, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. She weighed 8 lbs., 15 oz., and was 21 inches in length at birth. Siblings are Gavin and Ambrose Marris. Maternal grandparents are Duane and Nancy Johnson, of Coulee Dam, and Greg Ramos, of Wellpinit, Washington. Paternal grandparents are Phil and Mary Marris, of Ardmore, Oklahoma. Great-grandparents are the late Isaac Cawston and... Full story
Kelly Ankney and Nicholas Bearcub Sr., of Nespelem, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son, Nicholas Spade Bearcub, Jr., on Sunday, June 5, 2016, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 7 lbs., 12 oz., and was 19 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Shawnessy Bearcub, 11, and Virgil Bearcub, 10. Maternal grandparents are Christine Monaghan and Stephen Ankney. Paternal grandparents are Marilyn Adolph and Adam Bearcub Jr.... Full story
Jessica Clune is proud to announce the birth of her daughter, Stella Nicole Cotton, born Tuesday, June 7, 2016, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 7 lbs., 9 oz., and was 19 inches in length at birth.... Full story
Masquers has a history of pioneering new plays by local playwrights. The latest chapter in that endeavor is a musical. “This Ain’t Me” is the name of it, and it was written by Vince Bryant, with assistance from his wife and daughter. The play is done, and he wants to see how it will look and sound on a real stage with real actors. Masquers’ long time artistic director, Beverly Hasper, will be helping to make that happen. She, as well as the Bryants, will meet with volunteer actors and singers who are interested in the project. “We don’t kno... Full story