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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Laura Gribble and Luke Big Boy Gribble of Omak are proud to announce the birth of their son Bodhi Alexander Gribble on Tuesday, July 10, 2012, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 8 lbs., 12 oz., and was 21 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Noah 6 and Leilah 4. Maternal grandmother is Cecelia Morago of Omak. Great-grandparents are Robin and Rita Gribble of Los Alamos, N.M., and Maria LaCourse of Nespelem....
Every summer North Central Regional Library plans activities at each branch of the Library system. The theme this summer is “DREAM BIG! READ!”. The Pacific Science Center will be presenting at the Grand Coulee Library “The Space Odyssey Show!” at 1 pm. on Thursday, July 19. All ages are welcome to this free program! Join the fun this summer at the Grand Coulee Library with presenters focusing on stories and activities about dreams, night time creatures, wishes, hopes and aspirations. There are also stories, crafts and reading challen...
Chamber to Meet at Sunbanks Grand Coulee Chamber will meet Thursday, July 19,at noon at Sunbanks Resort on the patio. Call your order ahead, 633-3786. Come and share any new news you have or events that are coming up. CMC Guild to Meet CMC Guild will hold its regular meeting on Thursday, July 19, at Pepper Jack’s Bar and Grille in Grand Coulee. A no-host lunch will begin at 11 a.m. with the meeting to follow at noon. Okanogan County Community Action Council to Meet The Okanogan County Community Action Council Board of Directors will hold t...
The Grand Coulee Dam School District board has hired Wenaha Group, a native firm out of Pendleton, Ore., and Kennewick, to manage construction of its $31 million K-12 school. The board reached its decision last Wednesday evening after hearing five firms make presentations earlier in the day. The firm could receive somewhere in the neighborhood of $420,000 to oversee all construction phases of the new facility, The fee for services is one calculated by the Office of Superintendent of Instruction according to the size of the project. There’s s...
The core planning team for the K-12 building project will next meet with architects at 3:30 p.m. Monday, July 23, at the District Office....
A June 20 story on the new volleyball coach at Lake Roosevelt High School incorrectly stated a policy regarding strength conditioning and gym use. Coach Nate Piturachsatit said players must lift weights before they can use the gym during the summer. Workouts are scheduled on Monday, Wednesday, Friday in the evenings, starting from 7:30 to 9 p.m. in the Lake Roosevelt weight room....
I was watching cartoons the other morning with my nephew, Terrill, and man have things changed. It seemed that all the cartoons he was watching had killing, fighting and weapons of some sort. Violence seemed to be the plot in all of them. I quickly did some channel surfing until I found the good old Looney Toons. After some disagreement between myself and a 9-and-a-half-year-old, the TV was turned off and outside he went. Whatever happened to the Jetsons, Strawberry Shortcake and He Man. Charact...
Grand Coulee Police 7/9 - An Electric City man told police he tried to sell his BMW via the Internet and got a response from England. He was asked to send $1,500 for shipping and later found out it was a scam. He stated that the people were still corresponding with him and asking him to place more money in the shipping account. - Police received a report that a small Chihuahua was at large in the Hill Street area in Grand Coulee and that when the reporting party tried to pick the dog up, the dog tried to bite. Police checked the area but...
The Grand Coulee Dam School District board Wednesday night awarded a contract to demolish A.E. Wright Elementary. Elder Demolition, a Spokane/Portland firm bid $371,095 -- about $49,000 over the official estimate -- yet $47,000 under the next lowest bidder. Senior architect Laurence Rose, of Design West, told the board that Elder Demolition indicated plans to grind up concrete at the site and store it there for later fill on the K-12 project, therefby saving the district a considerable amount of money. The second lowest bid came from Cates and...
A Keller woman was sentenced Monday to 120 months and one day in prison for discharging a firearm during a crime committed Oct. 2, 2011. United States Attorney Michael C. Ormsby, for the Eastern District of Washington, said , Leona Sutton, 34, was sentenced for using a firearm during a crime of violence and assault with a deadly weapon. The Keller woman was sentenced by Judge William Fremming Nielsen, who ordered that after imprisonment she serve three years supervision by the court and pay restitution of $5,796.24. Sutton is an enrolled member...