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More than a dozen teachers attended Monday's Grand Coulee Dam School District board meeting, where Pamela Johnson and Carrie Derr spoke on behalf of their union to make a case for higher pay to keep quality teachers in the district. Johnson and Derr, the president and vice president of the Grand Coulee Dam Education Association, took turns reciting lines from their prepared speech. "In our last school year we lost one third of our teaching staff," the speech began. "Most of these teachers have...
The Grand Coulee Dam School District may change the qualifications for a substitute teacher so that more people would qualify. According to the Office of Superintendent for Public Instruction, Washington state requires a substitute teacher to have a bachelor’s degree or higher, to have completed a teacher preparation program, an alternative route program leading to certification, or three years of out-of-state teaching with an out-of-state certificate, fingerprints, and a background check. An emergency substitute teaching certificate, on the o...
In a special meeting Wednesday, Coulee Dam decided it would would notify the EPA of the potential of sewage in the streets of Elmer City because of a dispute between the towns. Adivsed by the city attorney that it cannot make a gift of its citizens’ funds by paying for new pumps for its customer, council members sought to find another way to help while not backing down in an apparent standoff between the towns that use the wastewater treatment plant operated by Coulee Dam, which is finishing a new one. “I think that Coulee Dam has gone way out...
B Street closure could last another year Grand Coulee City Council decided to wait another month before approving a time extension for the closure of the east end of B Street during the construction of the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s fire station. Council members said it would be smart to ask the USBR to agree to repair the street after they are done using it for the construction. They said the USBR expects the station to be done in spring of 2019, but the extension would allow for the closure of the road to last until October of 2019. The r...
Ric Gendron dips his brush for more color on a painting he's working on at Saturday's Plateau Native American Art Show in North Dam Park. Gendron won first place in the show sponsored by the at Northwest Native Development Fund. - Scott Hunter photo...
Coulee Medical Center has been making remarkable strides toward digging its way out of debt, is heading toward profitability, and is even expanding its services, unlike many rural hospitals, administrators and other public officials say. "It's an amazing story as compared to where they were a year ago," Grant County Treasurer Darryl Pheasant said Tuesday. "This is a great success story for them." As treasurer, Pheasant oversees all county finances, including the debt incurred by municipalities...
Due to complications from a new state law, the city of Grand Coulee is considering no longer issuing business licenses. The new law requires a lot of extra work for the city to coordinate with the state and the businesses, work that City Clerk Lorna Pearce feels may not justify the $4,500 a year the licenses bring into the city. If Grand Coulee chooses to continue issuing licenses, Pearce explained, their licenses would have to be issued from the state of Washington website. “We’ll have to wait for them to give us our money, pull reports fro...
I’d like to start this letter off with telling you that I work for the media. I’m also a liberal, so you can stop now if you’d like. As an employee of a media outlet, I’ve done nothing more than get a job to support my family, pay my taxes, and my bills, a job I’ve had for the past 17 years. While my job, radio, is not media driven — I am still an employee of an outlet that is considered media. In recent times a target has been painted on my back, and the backs of thousands of others who simply “work” in media. The leader of our country says on...
Once again, we come to the community to thank everyone for a fantastic summer season at the VET Center. Our American Legion Post appreciates everybody who came by and shopped with us during our sale season. Although it seemed like a really long stretch for those of us who worked every week to gather and prepare all the treasures that we had for sale, the time flew by as we greeted many of the same people on a weekly basis. With all the community support, our sales assisted us with gaining the funds we need to help Veterans in the area. Our...
We have all taken a different path to get to right where we are today. For some, it has been a long and windy road of ups and downs, mountains and valleys. For others it has been a quick hop, skip and jump, and before you know it you have arrived. Some have been on this path for many years while others are just getting started. So how did we all end up right here, right now? Most of us, when we started this journey, had grander visions and ideas of where we would be five years, 10 years or 20...
The sight and smell of choking haze and dangerous levels of smoke from burning forests have become all too common during our Pacific Northwest summers. Major fires have struck Central Washington time and again, year after year, and nothing will change until we decide we have had enough. This year, Central Washington communities are grappling with the Boyds, Cougar Creek, Crescent Mountain, Grass Valley, McCleod, and Miriam fires, adding up to thousands of burned acres. Okanogan County Fire District 8 volunteer firefighter Brett Read was...
Last April, Washington wheat, apple and cherry growers hoped U.S. and China trade negotiators would resolve differences and prevent imposition of damaging tariffs on our state’s leading crops. Unfortunately, that did not happen and the costs are adding up. Thousands of Washington farmers now find themselves on the front lines of a battle between the two largest economies in the world. Here’s what has happened so far. Earlier this year, President Donald Trump imposed a 25-percent tariff on $34...
Dean Stucker passed away unexpectedly at home Friday, June 29, 2018 at the age of 90. He was born in Oroville, Washington, on February 25, 1928. He was a veteran, serving in the Army and Air Force. He married Nancy (Marie) in East Wenatchee on July 26, 1953. They lived in Chelan from 1953-1959. They moved to Pateros in 1959 and owned Bills Place Tavern. They then moved to Grand Coulee in 1956 and bought "Speeds" Tavern which they renamed "Stucks" Tavern. They retired in 1992. He was preceded in...
Nov. 17, 1930 – August 24, 2018 Harold Russell St. Peter, 87, passed away Friday, August 24, 2018. He was born to Ed and Gladys (Fields) St. Peter in Everett, Washington. He lived most of his life in the Monroe and Sultan, Washington area beforeretiring to Grand Coulee, Washington. He was a proud veteran of the United States Navy and volunteer firefighter in Monroe for many years. He had a great career in the timber industry, retiring from Weyerhaeuser and Port Gardner Timber. Harold was an a...
Cindy Parra, right, helps Brian Clark get his daughters signed up for school Thursday. Brinn is going into kindergarten, and Jaci is in fourth grade at Lake Roosevelt Elementary. - Scott Hunter photo...
No Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not meet this week but will resume meetings beginning Sept. 6, at the La Presa Restaurant in Grand Coulee. Lions Club Meets First and Third Tuesdays The GCD Lions Club will be meeting at 6 p.m., on Tuesday, September 4, at the Melody Restaurant in Coulee Dam. Food Bank Open Fridays The food bank at the Church of the Nazarene has normal operating hours every Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. It is located at the Church of Nazarene, Hwy 174, Grand Coulee. AA Meetings for GCD and...
After being kicked out of the Grand Coulee Dam School District in 2006 for not taking school seriously, Devin White moved to the Vancouver-Portland area, where he earned his graduation equivalency diploma and began to be classically trained in theater and film acting. White has studied at Clarke College and with the Portland Actors Conservatory, the second largest theater in Portland; the Artists Repertory Theatre; Blanche-Rooney Studios; the Actor Experiment; with Jana Lee Hamblin at ActNow...
Wed., Aug. 29 First day of school First day of Jr. High Volleyball and Jr. High Cross Country practice after school Sat., Sept. 1 1 p.m., Raider Football here with Okanogan JV Thurs., Sept, 6 4:30 p.m., Raider Soccer at Bridgeport 5 p.m., Raider Volleyball here with Manson Fri., Sept. 7 7 p.m., Raider Football at Tonasket Sat., Sept. 8 Noon, Raider Cross Country at Blue Heron Park, Moses Lake 1 p.m., Raider Volleyball here with Wilbur/Creston...
SUPERIOR COURT, SPOKANE COUNTY, STATE OF WASHINGTON IN THE MATTER OF THE ESTATE OF Case No.: 18401278-5 W. DEAN STUCKER, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS Deceased. RCW 11.40.030 The Administrator named below has been appointed as Administrator of this estate. Any person having a claim against the deceased must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statue of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the Administrator or to the Administrator’s attorney at the...
Red tape, protocol, and a failure to communicate is keeping the Grand Gallery of Arts from reopening. Faran Sohappy owns a business called Music and Beyond. First located off of Midway Avenue across from Safeway, Sohappy was selling CDs, music equipment, movies, and more. Sohappy jumped at the opportunity to move his business to the Grand Gallery of Arts building on Main Street. The move to the new rented space would enable Sohappy to, in addition to running his shop, host music events on the stage and produce music, something he is passionate...
At last week’s Grand Coulee City Council meeting, the beginning fund balances for 2018 were set, numbers that would typically have been approved in January. “I have spoken with the state auditor’s office and they agreed to allow us to draw a line in the sand, take the money we know that we have, and reappropriate them,” explained City Clerk Lorna Pearce, who took over the clerk position in February of this year. “There hasn’t been good financial tracking for the past seven years,” Pearce continued. “It’s been a disaster. The state auditor’s o...
Better put another notch in your belt, the barbecue competition will be back at Harvest Festival. The Pacific Northwest BBQ Association will be bringing their competition to Banks Lake Park on Saturday, Sept. 15 and Sunday, Sept. 16. The event runs on Saturday from 10 a.m. until 6 p.m. and on Sunday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday from 11 a.m. until 3 p.m. the public can get their fingers on the tasty morsels. You can get four samples for $10. Prizes in the competition total $6,500, in addition to trophies and ribbons for the best meat masters....
Grand Coulee Police 8/20 - A King Street man noticed that an unoccupied home he owns has had people inside. A door had been pried open, boxes packed, and someone had been sleeping in the guest bed there. He said a computer, pans, silverware, a wagon, Jim Beam bottles, electrical insulators, and tools were missing. - An officer checked on the welfare of Grand Ave. dogs and found them to be in good health, with food and water. The officer explained to the homeowner the reason for the stop. - A woman who lost custody of her child wanted an...
The body of a Colville tribal member who went missing late last month was recovered from the waters of Soap Lake on Friday evening, the Grant County Sheriff’s Office announced Sunday morning. Kayakers found the body of Michael Edwin Clark, 60, and notified authorities. Deputies recovered the body and Coroner Craig Morrison’s staff confirmed the body’s identity, a Sept. 2 release for GCSO said. An autopsy conducted Saturday was inconclusive due to the condition of the remains, but no obvious signs of trauma were found. Clark’s remains have be...