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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Chamber to Meet at Pepper Jack’s Grand Coulee Chamber will meet Thursday, August 8,at noon at Pepper Jack’s Bar and Grille in Grand Coulee. Stefan Newbury of Tri Freaks will be here to update the group on the September 15 Triathlon. Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods to Meet Wenatchee Valley Erratics Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institute will meet Tuesday, Aug. 14, at 7 p.m., at Wenatchee Valley Museum and Cultural Center, 127 South Mission, Wenatchee. There will be an update on almost 10 years of research, mapping dis...
Rotary Club members finish up cleaning out a carport Saturday at the home of Mardee Davis in Electric City, who has asked for help getting the home in shape after drug users, including her son, trashed it. She’s trying to gain custody of her grandchildren who entered foster care after their father’s imprisonment. Pictured are Davis, left, and Rotarians Bob Valen, Jim Keene and Merle Kennedy. Not pictured in the project are Gene Gross and Scott Hunter. The group hauled 4,260 pounds to the Del...
Fall football practice for the Lake Roosevelt Raiders will start next Tuesday, Coach Steve Files said. Gear checkout is Tuesday, Aug. 14. Seniors and juniors check out at 9 a.m., freshmen and sophomores at 10. The first day of practice will be the next day, Wednesday, Aug. 15 from 9 to 11:30 a.m. A parent meeting is scheduled for Saturday, Aug. 18 at 2 p.m....
The cost of getting a GED will double starting in October, according to Big Bend Community College officials. The testing fees will increase from $75 to $150 for the certification, said Sandy Cheek, director of Basic Skills at BBCC. If students start their GED testing before Oct. 1, they will be charged only the current $75 fee, regardless of whether they complete the tests by that date, Cheek said. There will be a fee increase at all GED test sites in the state. GED preparation classes are offered by the college in the Opportunity Center and...
This year, students at Lake Roosevelt High School will be participating in the FIRST Tech Challenge as part of Raider Robotics. FIRST Tech Challenge (FTC) is a competition that uses sports models and engineering principles to create a robot that is prepared to compete throughout the school year. Each robot is made up of aluminum parts that allow team members to add sensor kits, larger wheels, 4 DC motors, and Lego parts. Games are played on a 12-foot by 12-foot area covered in rubberized floor tiles. FIRST, which stands for “For Inspiration a...
Wade Roberts, son of Merle and Linda Roberts of Grand Coulee, graduated from Whitworth University in May with honors. A 2007 graduate of Lake Roosevelt High School, Wade received a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a Bachelor of Arts in Sculpture. Wade will pursue a Doctorate in Molecular Plan Sciences from Washington State University beginning this fall....
The North Central Regional Library is hosting a summer gala for the summer reading program this Friday, Aug. 10, at 10:30 a.m. All ages are welcome to this free program! You may continue to turn in your reading hours until school starts....
The Grand Coulee Dam Cooperative Preschool will start its school year Tuesday, Sept 4. Preschool gives kids a head start academically and socially and improves readiness for school. Eligible kids will be three by December 1 and potty trained. Three-year-olds will attend Tuesdays and Thursdays 8:30-11 a.m. starting Sept. 4. Four-year-olds will attend Monday, Wednesday and Friday 8:30-11:30 a.m. starting Sept. 5. Call Alisa Lind at 633-8311 for more information and to reserve a spot....
Banks Lake Golf Course Merchant League Scores July 11 results Team # Name Gross HDCP Net Points 1 Galaxy Smoke Shop 29 5 33 1 6 Electric City Bar & Grill 0 0 0 0 2 Oasis Lawn Care 30 3 31 1 7 Hometown Pizza 38 -3 31 0 3 Bobby O’s 29 3 33 1 8 Wreck’N Crew 34 2 37 0 4 Trail West 32 3 35 1 9 Kartar 41 -5 41 0 5 Coulee Construction 0 0 0 0 10 AJ Gerard Construction 36 1 37 1 Total Team Points: 1; Galaxy Smoke Shop 2.5; 2 Oasis Lawn Care 3; 3 Bobby O’s 5; 4 Trail West 2; 5 Coulee Construction 3.5; 6 Electric City Bar & Grill 1; 7 Hometown Pizza 2; 8...
Grand Coulee Police 7/30 - USBR’s Plant Protection requested that police use their explosives-detecting dog to aid in the search of a Canadian truck making a delivery. Nothing was found. 7/31 - Police responded to an incident in which a 2-year-old child had suffered a broken wrist. Police were called by an emergency room doctor who said the break would not occur from a fall by a 2-year-old. Child Protective Services was called after interviews of the two adults. - A woman who lives on West Grand Avenue in Electric City said she saw a man w...
When the Olympics came to Atlanta, I was an impressionable 15-year-old involved in two different high school sports. The day after Muhammad Ali famously lit the torch, my family and I were sweltering in the Atlanta heat, working a concession booth at the aquatic center. It was thrilling for me as a young teenager to be at the very center of such an electric venue. The atmosphere of any athletic event has some electricity to it, but the energy in an Olympic stadium sent sparks through the entire...
One man died as three others were injured in a one-car rollover south of Nespelem Thursday just before noon. John Reynolds, 44, died in the accident on SR 155, the only occupant of the 2003 Ford Explorer not wearing a seatbelt, according to the Washington State Patrol. All five of them were from Bellingham, Wash. The driver, 52-year-old Brian S. Reynolds, was airlifted to Spokane's Sacred Heart Medical Center. Jack T. Reynolds, 82; Shari Lynn Emley, 48; and Cullen J. Emley, 26, were all taken to Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. The...