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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Citing a dry landscape, federal officials this week put a halt to what has become something of a tradition in recent years at North Dam, where local families have set off fireworks on Independence Day. The Bureau of Land Management and the Bureau of Reclamation issued a fire restrictions order on public lands where BLM fights wildfires, which includes North Dam, according to a June 19 press release from BLM. A release from Reclamation Monday afternoon clarified that that includes the top of North Dam. “Dry, fire-prone vegetative conditions i...
Poll results are in for the general election for the Colville Business Council, with the absentee ballot count to be held on Thursday. At the polls, incumbent Joel Boyd leads Larry Allen 89 votes to 47 for the Inchelium District’s Position 1. Roger Finley leads 95 votes to incumbent Elizabeth Allen’s 42 for Inchelium District Position 2. Incumbent Jack Ferguson leads 43 to 25 against challenger Edward Cohen in the Keller District Position 1 race. In the Nespelem District, incumbent and current Colville Tribal Chairman Rodney Cawston leads 82...
• The city of Coulee Dam forbids fireworks year round. • No fireworks will be allowed in Grand Coulee this July 4 because of a federal ban on them in the only normally designated spot: North Dam. • Elmer City, being on the Colville Reservation, follows tribal code. The Elmer City Council June 24 discouraged any fireworks use. “Fire danger is high this year,” states a draft letter to their citizens that addresses fire danger and fireworks. • Last year, fireworks were only allowed on the reservation at East Side Park in Omak and Round Lake...
A fire about 4.7 miles North of Elmer City burned approximately 1,979 acres Sunday, calling out 100 firefighters and nine aircraft and prompting the evacuation of 250 residents. The fire around the Rebecca Lake area, the cause of which is still under investigation, started at about 3:47 p.m., according to a press release Monday from the Colville Tribes Department of Natural Resources. A fire map shows the point of origin close to SR-155 and indicates it was stopped at Buffalo Lake Road. "The...
The Bureau of Reclamation held an employee appreciation event June 19 that included a picnic, some games, and guest speaker Bill Sims, an author who spoke about safety and wrote a book called "Green Beans and Ice Cream" on the topic. Employees from the switchyard won the "Coulee Cup" in the barbecue competition. "It's a chance for people throughout the project to come together," Public Affairs Specialist Lynne Brougher said, mentioning employees who work inside and outside of the dam and adding...
A buffer zone between the residential neighborhoods of Electric City and Osborne Bay, where the discharge of firearms will not be allowed, was made official at the June 11 Electric City city council meeting. The 500-foot-wide, 7,281-foot-long buffer zone, required the cooperation of various entities to establish: the Bureau of Reclamation, the state’s departments of Natural Resources and Fish and Wildlife, Sunbanks Lake Resort, and the city of Electric City. The zone is being established to create a safety zone for residents who don’t live far...
The Ice Age Park in Electric City may be done as soon as the late summer of 2020. The city council June 11 approved to have SPVV Landscape Architects, who designed the master plan for the park in 2018, move forward with specific designs for the park. The city applied for grant money from the Washington State Recreation & Conservation Office and is ranked 15th out of 91 applicants to get a grant in the amount of $257,649, which the city must match, for a total project cost of $515,298. Jena Jauchius of SPVV said the park will be Electric...
Do fear tactics work as a discipline technique in schools? Not according to a slideshow that the Grand Coulee Dam School District board presented at their meeting in the Raider Hub at Lake Roosevelt High School. Between 30 and 40 people attended the June 10 board meeting for a workshop on discipline within the school system. A video slideshow with a recorded narrative from ChangeLab Solutions focused on things like “Why School Discipline Practices Matter,” and delved into the effects of Adverse Childhood Experiences, or ACEs, on stu...
Did you listen to Smokey the Bear? He wasn’t just talking to children; he was talking to you there, mister, flicking your cigarette ashes out of the car, lighting fireworks to enjoy their exploding lights and sounds, mowing the lawn because it needs mowing. I think many Americans have a bit of fire-related Post Traumatic Stress Disorder from the fires in recent years. Has anyone else been on evacuation notice recently? Has anyone else had a vacation marred by smoke? Decided not to go out on the boat because you couldn’t breath? Felt like lockin...
The stated reasons for banning vehicles from geezer beach seem devoid of logic and common sense. The implication is that geezers and geezeretts are hopeless, bumbling, incompetents who need to be protected from themselves. Geezers typically didn’t require government supervision to acquire longevity. They don’t need or want some faceless bureaucrat to be their defacto mommy. Most elderly citizens are well-defined individuals who have successfully navigated through obstacles and adversity for many decades. They have demonstrated sel...
Hopefully, when American and Chinese leaders meet to resolve trade differences, talks won’t break down and result in a new round of tariffs or product restrictions. It is in both nations’ interests for presidents Trump and Xi Jinping to find common ground. Our state has lots riding on those negotiations. The Brookings Institute points out that Washington would be “the worst off” of any state, because 154,000 people are employed in industries that would be affected by new Chinese counter...
This is a different kind of summer for Karrie and me. We have a summer job. It consists of a little 4-month-old that I call granddaughter. But there is more, much more. We start our mornings with cuddles, followed by a bottle and kids’ songs in the background. Of course, the old time favorite “This little light of mine” is on the playlist. After eating time is play time and lots of laughs and giggles. But that song stays in your head all day. And that song got me thinking. This song is talking a...
NOTICE OF REQUEST FOR PROPOSALS FOR FOOD MANAGEMENT SERVICES The Grand Coulee Dam School District is accepting written food service proposals from qualified food service management companies (FSMCs) to provide food services according to Local Education Agency (LEA) specifications. Obtain detailed specifications from and file proposals with B Paul Turner, Superintendent Grand Coulee Dam School District 110 Stevens Avenue Coulee Dam, WA 99116 A copy of the complete RFP is available on the district’s website www.gcdsd.org. Sealed proposals must be...
Grand Coulee Police 6/20 - A man was reportedly walking his pitbull on a leash near Coulee Boulevard when a “weiner dog” came running out of a garage toward him and his dog. The dogs fought, and the man was bitten on his hands by both dogs, he said. He wasn’t seeking treatment. The man who owns the weiner dog has been warned in the past about his dog being at large and aggressive. The police report recommends the Electric City Council declare the dog potentially dangerous. 6/21 - Responding to a report of a suspicious person at the entra...
Heaven gained another saint, our beloved mother, sister, (great) grandmother, (great) aunt, and friend passed peacefully away at age 73 on Wednesday, June 19, 2019. Her journey on earth was cut short after a valiant fight against cancer for the last six years. Dee was born to Joe M. and Jerry Aguayo July 10, 1945, in Barstow, California. She met her husband, David Munter, at Barstow Community College whom she married in 1966. They also started their family in Barstow before leaving for...
Roxanne Rae (Williams) Allen passed peacefully on Saturday, June 15, 2019, in Sierra Vista, Arizona, surrounded by loving family and friends. Roxanne was born on October 5, 1959, in Coulee Dam, Washington, to Leland and Phyllis Williams, joining her older sister Cheri and brother Barry. Roxanne grew up in Nespelem, Washington, where she attended kindergarten through 6th grade. With the exception of skipping 1st grade because she was determined to prove how intelligent she really was. In high...
Frank A Whittington, 68, of Grand Coulee, Washington, passed away Friday, June 14, 2019. He was born to Henry and Florence Whittington on August 16, 1950, in Toppenish, Washington. Pressed into manhood at an early age due to the passing of his own father, Frank learned work ethic early on. He served honorably in Vietnam with the 707st Airborne where he earned numerous invisible wounds and a Bronze Star. Upon returning home, he married the only woman he ever loved, our mother Janet, on October...
Jesse Prewitt, of Vancouver, Washington-based Cougar Mountain Gym Floors, uses a drum sander on the floor of Lake Roosevelt's Gailord Nelson Gymnasium June 20. Prewitt said that after doing a rough sand, next comes sealing, then painting on new game lines. The work is financed ultimately by a voter-approved capital-projects levy. - Jacob Wagner photo...
Coulee Dam will move ahead with applying for a grant to fix the sidewalks on Ferry Avenue, several portions of which have been heaving several inches as tree roots underneath push up the concrete. Councilmember Fred Netzel and the city’s consulting engineer Kurt Holland, of Varela Engineering, pulled together a grant application just in time to submit to the state’s Transportation Improvement Board to replace all 1,200 feet of walkways along each side of the street. Coulee Dam is asking for some $103,600 in grant funding. If the state gra...
The Electric City council voted unanimously to not allow short-term rentals anywhere in the city. Short-term rentals are instances in which a home owner who doesn’t live in a residence rents that residence out to someone for less than 30 days. Residents Mark Jenson, Jim Bailey, and Nancy Brown attended the June 11 council meeting to speak against short-term rentals. “I don’t believe they are compatible with residential zones,” Jenson said. Brown said that the primary concerns with short-term rentals were “commercializing and destroyin...
Chamber this Week The next chamber meeting will be held at La Presa Restaurant on Thursday, June 27, at noon. General business is on the agenda. Save the Date - TOPS Meetings Mary Falconer, TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Area Captain will present a program and an information meeting at the Grand Coulee Library, 225 Federal Avenue, Grand Coulee, WA, Saturday, June 29th from 10 am to 11 am. TOPS is a non-profit support group for weight loss and is celebrating 71 years of existence this year. There is no charge....
