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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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In the park below the Visitor Center July 4, people watch the fireworks off Grand Coulee Dam, put on by the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce. The chamber reported receiving praise for this year's "best ever" fireworks from many people that night and in emails later. Their Festival of America, which draws thousands each year to Coulee Dam, suffered no "major drama" this year, reported Executive Director Peggy Nevsimal, despite a thunderstorm during set-up time on Tuesday, and one lost... Full story
More than 40 Beavers gathered in front of Lake Roosevelt Schools July 4. The Beavers, alumni of Coulee Dam High School, attended the unveiling of a plaque commemorating their alma mater and mascot as one of the forerunners of Lake Roosevelt Jr-Sr High School and its Raiders. The plaque, applied the day before to a basalt column already sporting a similar one for the Grand Coulee Tigers, shows the school's blue and gold colors and a depiction of the mascot newly re-imagined by 1970 graduate Jack...
Local firefighters were pleased with the fire-free Fourth of July this year. “The local Fire Departments want to thank all our citizens and visitors for being safe over the Fourth of July holiday season,” a July 8 press release signed by Grand Coulee Volunteer Fire Department Chief Rick Paris says. “We had no fires started in our area. There were a couple fires started in the middle and south part of Grant County, but none in our area.” Paris noted departments had fire crews patrolling in Coulee Dam, Electric City, Grand Coulee and the USBR Pr...
Powwow this weekend The Nespelem July Celebration and Powwow takes place this Friday through Sunday, July 12-14, at the powwow grounds where there’ll be traditional Native American drumming and dancing, as well as food and items to buy. Grand entry for the powwow will take place at 7 p.m. on July 12, at 1 p.m. and 7 p.m. on July 13, and 1 p.m. on July 14. Police to offer “night out” for community The Coulee Dam Police Department will take part in the National Night Out Aug. 6 at 6 p.m. at the department at town hall. The free event is a part...
An electrical fire started outside and worked its way to the room of an older home on West Grand Avenue in Electric City June 28, where no one was injured. Electric City’s fire department was assisted by U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and Grand Coulee fire fighters in putting out the fire that started at 3:33 p.m. No one was injured in the fire, which was suspected to have started near the outside meter, then worked its way to the house, Electric City Fire Chief Mark Payne said. There was a lot of smoke damage throughout the house, plus water d...
Raiders football players’ good manners were rewarded with a surprise free meal recently. On their way to a football camp at Eastern Washington University June 30, seven hungry Raiders, accompanied by school board member Butch Stanger, stopped in a café in Creston for breakfast. A man and his wife sat next to the Raiders and “the boys were yacking with him,” Stanger said. After the man and his wife were done eating they got up, Stanger recounted, and the man shook his hand and said, “Those are well mannered young men.” Stanger said they didn...
There's nothing like a relaxing day of golf. Or a week. My uncle John Fox, who works in North Dakota and lives in Baja, Mexico, golfed five rounds of 18 holes, or 90 holes total, at the Banks Lake Golf Course while on vacation in the area recently. I golfed 18 holes with him on June 21 and had a great time, and he was very patient with my, let's say, "sub-par" (over-par?) golf skills. Uncle Johnny, as I know him, was so taken by the course that he wrote down some of his thoughts and...
New conveniences and increased accessibility for voters in Washington are now law, Jamie Groomes, chief deputy auditor and elections supervisor in Okanogan County noted Tuesday. The state Legislature passed bills recently that changed dates and deadlines for registration and voting. The changes, which took effect July 1, include: • Prepaid postage: Every ballot now comes with a prepaid ballot-return envelope so voters don’t have to search for a stamp. Every mailbox is now a drop box. Auditors recommend mailing ballots by the Friday before an...
Nice editorial, Rog, excellent in fact! The Wilbur Geezer letter too. Is anyone forwarding/sending these to Newhouse and our Senators? Are any of the Geezers writing our reps in Congress? If not, maybe you should post their addresses in your next editorial, and suggest all affected and interested folks drop our reps a line. Ken McDowell Editor’s response: The man behind the petition drive earlier said he has sent all his information to Reps. Newhouse and McMorris Rogers of Washington’s 4th and 5th Congressional Districts. But here is their con...
Sometimes new friends can result in strange gifts. I was in Vietnam just after the Tet offensive in 1968, partially to pry about the war and to visit parents of students I had met at the University of Washington. I had visited one set of parents two days earlier, only to have them come to the hotel I was staying in to ask me to come to their house that evening. They said they had someone they wanted me to meet. I went to their house and met a medical doctor who had been held captive by the Viet Cong for four years. He was finally able to...
I like to take pictures. A lot of you know that, and I don’t get out as much as I like to. I especially like to take pictures of birds, second, only recently, to taking pictures of my granddaughter. Karrie and I have been traveling a lot back and forth to different places depending on where our creator calls us and during these trips we are always looking for a photo opportunity from our feathered or furry friends. I also am addicted to bird cams on YouTube. I have been watching the nesting proc...
What happens in China, doesn’t always stay in China. In fact, when it comes to tough new garbage and recycling restrictions, they may migrate elsewhere sooner than you might think. For example, Shanghai is one of the world’s largest cities with 26.9 million people. It is suffocating under mountains of trash its residents generate daily. It lacks an effective recycling and disposal system. “Instead, it has trash pickers to sift through the waste, plucking out whatever can be reused,” The Economi...
Grand Coulee Dam School District #301 Notice of Public Hearing on the 2019-20 Budget NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that the Proposed Budget of the Grand Coulee Dam School District #301 will be presented to the Board of Directors for its consideration. A PUBLIC HEARING will be held on July 22, 2019 at 5:30 p.m. in the Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High School located at 505 Crest Drive, Coulee Dam, WA 99116. The purpose of the public hearing is to allow any person to be heard in favor of or against the proposed budget as it is submitted, or in favor of... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 7/2 - An officer arrived at a Goodfellow Avenue residence following up on a report of a fight. A woman answered wrapped in a towel, and said she had been arguing with a friend who had since left, and that the fight was verbal only. 7/3 - An officer stood by at Spring Canyon while a National Park Service officer took pictures of graffiti on a building there. - A woman reported that a man had been with her when she cashed her Social Security check worth $1,294 at the Coulee Dam Casino. The man then handed her the cash in the...
A basketball camp for girls and boys in grades three through eight will be offered from 9 a.m. to noon July 18 in Coulee City. The Stock Basketball Camp will feature David and Michael Stockton that Thursday and costs $30, which includes a T-shirt. Kids are asked to bring their own basketball and to pre-register at https://forms.gle/vby1dy87o5QG5cM6A or go to ACH Youth Sports Facebook page and find that link. Release forms can be signed upon arrival. The camp will happen at the Brickhouse, 306 E. Douglas St., Coulee City. For more information,...
Chamber this Week Chamber will meet at noon at Pepper Jack’s Bar and Grille this Thursday, July 11. General business is on the agenda. Grant County Mosquito District 2 to Meet The Grant County Mosquito District #2 will hold its monthly meeting at 5 p.m., Thursday, July 11, at 210 W. Coulee Blvd., in Electric City. Lincoln County Fire Dist. 9 to Meet Lincoln County Fire District 9 will hold its regular meeting at 6 p.m., Thursday, July 11, at the Nazarene Church in Grand Coulee. Demos to Meet For its July meeting Grant County Democrats will h...
A Celebration of Life for Randy Lee McGuire will be held Saturday, July 13, at 11 a.m. at Spring Canyon Cemetery. Randy, age 60, of Sumner, Washington, passed away due to a car accident Friday morning, October 12, 2018, in Everett, Washington. Randy was born on March 8, 1958, to Lowell and Corabell McGuire in Vancouver, Washington. He was one of 10 siblings: Greg, Jeannette, Judy, Richard, Robert, Roger, Rodney, Ronald, and Jewel. He was raised in Grand Coulee, Washington, where he met his first... Full story
Please join us as we celebrate the life of Mike Neumann, Saturday July 13, 2 p.m. at the home of Mark and Jennifer Payne, 1 Electric Ave, Electric City. The family looks forward to seeing you and sharing fun memories of Mike.... Full story
Please join us as we celebrate the life of Marvin Lewis Farver on Saturday, July 13, at 2:00 p.m. at Banks Lake Bible Church, 25 School Ave, Electric City. Marvin went home to his Savior on Friday, March 29, 2019. Following the service, a light lunch will be served in the fellowship hall. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Care Net of Grand Coulee.... Full story