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The owner of a popular restaurant was arrested on domestic violence charges last week and remains in jail. Juan Moreno, the owner of The Melody restaurant in Coulee Dam, was arrested by Grand Coulee Police July 23 after his estranged wife and her boyfriend told police he threatened them with a knife and baseball bat, abducted her and tried to run over him. An Elmer City woman, who had called 911 about a disturbance next door to where she was visiting in Electric City, told police details that backed up what the two alleged victims had said....
I strongly encourage a yes vote for the levy that Lake Roosevelt School District has requested. The proposed levy will allow the school district to break even, but it will also allow it to address some of the major issues that the community has been voicing concerns over. The following is a chart that breaks down what the school district is asking for: http://www.grandcoulee.com/home/customer_files/images/screen_shot_2018-08-01_at_2.59.26_pm.png Over the past year, I have taken the opportunity t... Full story
Volunteer firefighters in Grand Coulee responded quickly to local fires recently, stopping them before they could grow in size and do major damage. Firefighters responded to a fire right in Hometown Pizza's backyard on July 26, the second fire that week following a July 23 smoldering fire in a pile of manure. The Hometown Pizza fire was responded to by 14 firefighters, five fire engines, two law enforcement officers, and two Grant County PUD linemen who kept the grass and brush fire to approxima...
A young Nespelem man died early Wednesday morning when the motorcycle he was riding went off the highway five miles north of Coulee Dam. Patrick J. Morin, 18, was riding a 2017 Yamaha FZ-09 south on SR-155 when he entered a curve too fast, lost control and struck a tree, according to the Washington State Patrol. The patrol report stated the July 25 crash occurred at 4:21 a.m. at milepost 35.7. That is in the area known as Belvedere. It was not known whether drugs or alcohol were involved, the report stated. Morin did not have a motorcycle...
In the face of requests for power that total more than three times what they typically sell, Grant County PUD is considering raising electricity rates for "evolving industries" that suck up a lot of power, such as bitcoin mining operations. Atlas Blockchain Group Inc, formerly Atlas Cloud, is a Canada-based company that purchased the former Young's Welding building in Electric City to house such a facility, a decision made to take advantage of Grant County PUD's low electricity rates....
Joel DeWinkler stands on a lift drilling into a wall of the operations/laboratory building at the north end of Coulee Dam's new wastewater treatment facility. To his south is the "aero-mod basin" with clarifiers and digesters. The headworks building is at the far left. The complex is currently scheduled to be completely finished in December, an engineer at the site said on Thursday. - Scott Hunter photo...
I, along with all voters in the Grand Coulee Dam School District, received my primary election ballot in the mail last week. Since it is a primary election, I was almost overwhelmed by the long list of names of people who are seeking to be selected to run in the general election in November to represent us in the U.S. Senate, House of Representatives or state Legislature. While I engaged a momentary urge to vote for GoodSpaceGuy in the U.S. Senate race, common sense finally ruled and I marked the box next to the name of the person I believe...
In this day and age, the word “relationships” can have a skewed meaning. The younger generation may immediately think of the number of friends they have on Facebook or their followers on Instagram. Others may think of something more intimate, like boyfriends and girlfriends or spouses. But there is more, and I was reminded of that over the weekend at a yard sale, a funeral and a family reunion. The yard sale: Sometimes we can misread a person when first meeting them. This became very app...
Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, this Thursday, August 2, at Siam Palace. This will be the only chamber lunch in the month of August. Chamber lunches will resume in September. Lions Club Meets First and Third Tuesdays The GCD Lions Club will be meeting at 6 p.m., on Tuesday, August 7, at the Melody Restaurant in Coulee Dam. American Legion to Meet The American Legion Post 157 next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 14, at the Lutheran Church in Grand Coulee. Wenatchee Valley Erratics...
Colleen K. Wiese Gerard passed away Saturday, July 28, 2018, at Palm Valley Nursing Rehab Center in Goodyear, Arizona. Graveside services will be held at 11 a.m., Saturday, August 25, at Spring Canyon Cemetery in Grand Coulee, with a reception to follow at the home of Dennis and Lisa Wiese.... Full story
A celebration of life of Louise J. Rowan for friends and family will be held on Saturday, August 4, in Grand Coulee at the home of Michael and Sally Rowan. Louise J. Rowan passed away peacefully at age 88 on Friday, May 25, 2018, in Spokane Washington. Louise had recently moved from Grand Coulee, Washington, to Lena’s Gentle Care in Spokane.... Full story
Workers from Omak-based Proline Concrete Cutting work on the curbs and sidewalks on Civic Way in Coulee Dam. The $836,384 project to fix Coulee Dam's streets and sidewalks on the east side of town is being paid for with $794,565 in grant money from the Transportation Improvement Board, which is part of the state Department of Transportation. The city provided a 5-percent match of $41,819. Former Mayor Greg Wilder applied for the grant in 2016. The work should be complete by about mid-August,...
Coulee Dam Community Church and Faith Community Church are partnering to bring “Game on! Vacation Bible School” to the community in August. Vacation Bible School runs Monday, Aug. 13 through Friday, Aug. 17 from 9:30-11:30 a.m. at the Coulee Dam Community Church in Coulee Dam. It’s open to children from age 3 through sixth grade and is free to the public. For more information, or to pre-register your child, contact Faith Community Church at 633-3044 and leave a message for Lee Seekins....
The Classes of 1958, 1959, and 1960 are celebrating their years together at Grand Coulee High School with a reunion dinner at the Senior Center, 203 Main Street in Grand Coulee, on Friday, August 10, 2018. The meal will be served promptly at 5:00 P.M., and the cost is $10 per person. Local alumni are asked to bring a pie to be served for dessert. Anyone in town early is encouraged to come spend the afternoon visiting at the Center with other early birds. The Senior Thrift Store will close at noon that day in order to allow the volunteers to...
The Coulee Dam High School Class of 1968 will be celebrating their 50th class reunion this weekend August 3rd, 4th, & 5th 2018. All relatives and friends of our class are invited to join us at Spring Canyon on Saturday Aug. 4th, to catch up and renew old friendships. For more information call Linda Zlateff at 509-647-5853....
Local athlete Sean Garvin has been offered a full scholarship to play volleyball at the College of Southern Idaho in Twin Falls, a junior college ranked third nationally in volleyball with a history of winning championships and sending athletes to play at the National Collegiate Athletics Association level. Garvin was a 12-year Lake Roosevelt student, the youngest of three children to 1992 LR graduates Shawn and Kasey Garvin. She was a four-year varsity letterman in volleyball, as well as captai...
It will take nearly 44 percent of Nespelem School District’s reserve funds to keep it in the black over the coming school year, a budget passed by the school board Monday night indicates. The district will take in more than $4.2 million in revenue from all sources, including $67,274 in local taxes, but that’s $348,986 short of what it will spend, according to the budget. The district will spend $4,486,171 to operate. That includes $1,118,974 on support services, the rest on instructional programs. Reserves will shrink from $800,000 to $45...
Daylan Grub from Ephrata benefited from the raffle last Saturday at the Ridge Riders Junior Rodeo for the tractor playhouse built by DWK Fowler Construction. His aunt, Ellyn Kiner, won the raffle and gave it to him. His mother said they couldn't even get it unloaded before he started playing on it. - Gennifer Markin photo...
The following are the results for the Ridge Rider Junior Rodeo, held at the Ridge Riders arena July 20 and 21. LITTLE PEOPLE DUMMY ROPING 1st Clay Staples, 2nd Shelby Risken, 3rd, Cavan Brash BARRELS 1st Clay Staples, 2nd Harper Cox, 3rd Shelby Risken CAL. STAKE 1st Clay Staples, 2nd Cavan Brash, 3rd Shelby Risken GOATS 1st Shelby Risken, 2nd Cavan Brash, 3rd Clay Staples MUTTON BUSTIN' 1st Kade Stacy, 1st Greyson Sanchez, 3rd Random Grey OVERALL WINNER – CLAY STAPLES PEEWEE GIRLS DUMMY ROPING 1...
Coulee Dam seemed likely to follow a path already pursued by Electric City and Grand Coulee last week, when the town council heard nothing but favorable remarks during a public hearing on allowing people to drive four-wheelers on city streets. About a dozen people attended the hearing Wednesday night, not all of them from Coulee Dam. "It's a cheap way to get around," commented a man named Wes, who Councilmember Keith St. Jeor said was from Wenatchee. "It's a boon to the city." Coulee Dam is...
I applaud your board for listening to these young people and that they encouraged them to attend more and bring more students to be involved. It shows how truly STRONG ALL of you are. What a lucky community to have young people who are learning how to express themselves and are willing to be involved. The world needs success and I’m pretty sure you are all on your way. Lorraine Niderost...
I think the young ladies have valid points on the dress code concerns (“Students express desire to change dress code, school system,” 7-25-18), and I think they should carry on their concerns and recruit more of the student body to address such issues that go on in “Raider Country.” An added concern: issues of the continual “bullying” at our schools. NUMEROUS Raiders come to me and my counterparts asking what could be done and where to go. I do refer them to what is written in the school handbooks and the proper way to address the issue. One...
I have lived in this area for almost 19 years, and in that time I have seen good specialists come to this area, be here for a year or two, and leave. This leaves those who need a good orthopedic or heart doctor forced to go to Spokane or even further to see someone. I have to ask WHY. Why is it that this hospital and clinic are unable to keep these doctors? I will have to blame the hospital administrator(s) for this. The hospital needs to do whatever they need to do in order to keep these great doctors. Pay them according to their contracts,...
I keep thinking it has to be full-moon time from the actions of people around me, but no, it wasn’t that. Then I read your article on the number of suicides — seven in a week (“Many take their own lives in last two weeks,” 7/25/18). Living in a depressed area where jobs are scarce and many minimum wage jobs are not full-time, people cannot afford rent, many are homeless or living with other people, which causes extra stress for all. Hot weather, we know, can cause anger and other issues. It is probable that all of these factors play a part; h...
Local voters, split up into many different districts, are considering candidates running for offices in: • county offices of Grant, Okanogan, Lincoln and Douglas counties; • state legislative districts 7, 12 and 13; • congressional districts 4 and 5; and • public utility districts in Grant, Douglas and Okanogan counties. Ballots for the Aug. 7 primary were mailed last week. From a wide-open primary in the 12th Legislative District, where Rep. Cary Condotta has chosen not to run again, to various offices up for election in four local countie...