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  • Neighborhood discussion continues

    Roger Lucas|Aug 29, 2012

    Becky Billups showed up at Grand Coulee’s council meeting last Tuesday to complain about the looks of her neighborhood. She has appeared regularly at council meetings and told mayor Chris Christopherson that she planned to continue doing so. “We want you to, it’s your city also,” the mayor responded. While things are a bit better, Billups stated about her Burdin Boulevard neighborhood, it still isn’t what she would like to see. Her earliest complaints were about old cars, trucks and junk lying around. Since that time a lot of that has been...

  • District approves new hires

    Aug 29, 2012

    The Grand Coulee Dam School District board approved a number of hires and resignations at its Monday night meeting. Hires include Marcy Doughty as a Grand Coulee Dam Middle School special programs paraprofessional; Aaron Derr, Center Elementary librarian; Lis Sem-Rodriquez, second-grade teacher; Joe Tynan, middle school special programs paraprofessional; and Andrea St. Clair as middle school head volleyball coach. Resignations include Dorene Egbert as middle school paraprofessional and Irv Williamson, Head Start custodian. The board also...

  • Meetings and Notices

    Aug 29, 2012

    Chamber to Meet at Pepper Jack’s Grand Coulee Chamber will meet Thursday, August 30,at noon at Pepper Jack’s Bar and Grille in Grand Coulee. Grant County Port Dist. 7 to Meet Grant County Port Dist. 7 will hold its regular monthly meeting Thursday, Aug. 30, at 5 p.m. at the Grand Coulee Dam Airport office....

  • Proctor makes dean’s list

    Aug 29, 2012

    Cody Marie Proctor, Grand Coulee, qualified for the Dean’s List at the University of Montana for spring semester. To qualify a student must be an undergraduate, earn a semester grade average of 3.5 or higher and receive grades of A or B in at least nine credits....

  • Mansker chosen for scholarship

    Aug 29, 2012

    Alissa Mansker of Grand Coulee, attending Washington State University, is among 28 students in the state to receive a $2,000 scholarship from the Washington State Employees Credit Union, the group announced last week. Recipients were chosen based on several criteria including academic record, financial need, community involvement and a written essay....

  • Ready to share the coulee — again

    Jesse Utz|Aug 29, 2012

    Two years ago, we hosted an exchange student from China. His name was Charles and we loved him dearly as did many of you that got to know him. How we got him into our home was a very quick and life changing moment. It was in the middle of my sickness in January, and Karrie called me from the high school. She filled me in that this student was about to head home because he no longer had a place to live here in the Coulee. In fact, he was checking out from school and was saying his goodbyes....

  • Coulee Cops

    Aug 29, 2012

    Grand Coulee 8/16 - Police found a large white fluffy dog loose on Burdin Boulevard. The dog was taken to the veterinary clinic and later picked up by its owner. 8/17 - A Grand Coulee man was cited for reckless driving and hit and run when the vehicle he was driving left the road on “A” Street and crashed into a utility pole. The vehicle suffered $2,000 damage and the driver had a broken nose which was treated at Coulee Medical Center. The man, after treatment, walked away from the hospital and later called police to talk with them about the in...