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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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[UPDATE 5:20 p.m. 9/2] As of this morning, the closest point between the North Star and Tunk Block fires was on the southern end of the fire. It was about 2.5 miles apart on the south end along the highway 155 corridor. On the north end, near the Aeneas Valley, the fires are about 10 miles apart, said Stan Hinatsu, the lead public information officer for North Star and Tunk Block Fires. He said the break in weather had allowed crews to build a fireline closer to the actual fire perimeter with the goal of protecting structures and minimizing... Full story
Fire crews are gaining on the fires with help from the weather and more resources, including troops, who were visited by a four-star general this week. On Monday, Interior Dept. Secretary Sally Jewel will visit the North Star Fire as the administration proposes changes to the way wildland fire fighting is funded in the nation. "Fire seasons are becoming longer and more intense," Interior stated in a press release announcing the visit. "The Obama Administration has called for a new funding...
A number of local donors, both individuals and businesses, purchased over 100 large pizzas and delivered them to firefighters on the Colville Indian Reservation Friday and Monday. Tim Whittaker, who took charge of the deliveries, loaded 51 pizzas in his vehicle Friday and delivered them to the agency grounds and then made a repeat trip on Monday with a like number. The pizzas were quickly transported to "spike camps" to reach "hot shot" fire crews who work in remote areas. Whittaker said the... Full story
Grand Coulee Dam School District Superintendent Dennis Carlson announced Wednesday that both he and Nespelem School District Superintendent Rich Stewart agreed to delay the opening of their respective schools until Sept. 8. Both schools had been scheduled to begin Sept. 1, but with the problem of wildfires and smoke, they decided on the delay. In Nespelem, Sept. 8 will actually be a training day for teachers, not a school day for students. Nespelem’s annual welcoming barbecue is set for Sept. 9 at 5 p.m. The first full day of classes is T... Full story
Like to play foosball? Now here's a chance to really get into foosball. The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce-sponsored Harvest Festival will feature a live, human-size foosball competition at Banks Lake Park from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Sept. 19. It's a case of humans becoming the pins in a real foosball shootout. "It's the newest, and most hilariously fun, addition to our ever-popular Harvest Festival!" the chamber's website says. Teams of six can enter the challenge with a... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam School District is going to try to make it easier for parties to take another look at purchasing Center School and its adjacent property. The district had advertised for bids earlier this summer for the vacated elementary school sitting on about 8.3 acres of property. No one submitted a bid. District Superintendent Dennis Carlson told members of the school board that real estate tax issues prevented at least one local party from making a bid on the building and property. Grant County had appraised the building and property... Full story
Earthquake hits A magnitude 4.2 earthquake struck at 9:42 a.m. Tuesday, shaking the area just enough to trigger an automatic check of local dams. The quake, which hit about seven miles north of Nespelem and six miles beneath the surface, shook windows in the new tribal government administration center being built there, where some people assumed it was a construction accident. Investigation moves local The investigation of financial irregularities at Grant County Mosquito District 2 has now moved to the Grand Coulee police department. Chief Joh... Full story
Can you bake a cherry pie? Or a cream pie? Then dig out grandma’s favorite recipe and enter the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce’s pie-baking contest Saturday, Sept. 19, at North Dam Park during Harvest Festival. No store-bought crusts or fillings here. This is the real McCoy! Pie organizer, Darla Orr, said it’s simple: Make two pies — one for the judges to taste and the other to auction off — and get them to the pie booth by 11 a.m. that Saturday. There will be prizes for the winners and their extra pies will be auctioned off aroun... Full story
The city of Grand Coulee will hold a public hearing to receive any comments from citizens on declaring surplus small strips of land on both the east and west sides of Main Street between Spokane Way and Midway Avenue at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 15. City Clerk Carol Boyce stated the problem occurred “ages ago” and the strips of land are so small that they are unusable by the city. The land strips, if eventually approved by council, would go to Sharon Cox on the east side and Marlene Oddie on the west side. The council voted Aug. 17, to vacate the... Full story
A Veteran Stand Down Benefit & Job Fair will be held Saturday, Sept. 12, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m,. at the Grant County Fairgrounds 4H building in Moses Lake. Representatives from the VA, veteran organizations, and community partners will be in attendance. Coordinated in partnership with the Grant County Veterans Advisory Board this fair is for veterans of all eras, service members and their families. For more information call Eileen Boylston 509.766.4111 or eboylston@esd.wa.gov.... Full story
New owners and friends of The Grand Theatre on Main Street put on a variety show last weekend that included song, skit and even film shorts. Now that sidewalk construction on the block is over, they plan to resume a regular schedule of movies and offer the facility for other community uses, such as an upcoming Missoula Children's Theater production by the PTA. In this comedy skit, the fly on the wall proved a nuisance repeatedly to the doctors trying to perform a surgery. - Scott Hunter... Full story
We held a memorial last week for my friend, Wally Loe. I would like to share a few thoughts about him. First, I would like the family to please accept my dear and sincere condolences. His legacy started a long time ago. He was our basketball coach at Coulee Dam High School. In 1963, our first year of being a “Class A” school, we took our school to the state tournament in Tacoma. It was also the time our gymnasium turned north and south. All of our school and community remember the season, the players, and the circumstances leading up to the... Full story
Recently, my truck’s water pump went out near Deep Creek. We were on our way home and it was about 4 p.m. on a Saturday. I called our local NAPA store (Tri-City Auto Parts) for their advice, and it was a good thing I did. Within a matter of minutes, they got me hooked up with a NAPA Service center in Airway Heights, who fortunately have a tow truck. Another thank-you to Barbara King for driving to Deep Creek to pick us up. On the following Monday, we drove in and picked up the truck. So I wanted everyone to know just how much I appreciate o... Full story
In China, the government has launched an “eat more potatoes” campaign – and Washington state could benefit as a result. China’s potato push is, in part, an environmental effort to provide more clean drinking water for its exploding urban population and offset its polluted water from factories and inadequate sewer treatment. Home to more than 1.3 billion people, China has, until recently, enjoyed a decades-long economic boom that raised more than 600 million people out of poverty, according to World Bank statistics. Urbanization is expecte... Full story
Those were the words spoken by the two leaders of Lake Roosevelt School, where I work, as they prepared their staff for the upcoming year. That is the plan for Raider Nation going into the 2015-16 school year. Can it be done? Yes, but there must be a buy-in. From whom? All of us, and there is a lot to be excited for too. The leaders Liberty and Lakin are pumping up staff and students with their positive message. Change is coming, I can feel it. Get ready, the Raiders are about to change their... Full story
Ten Years Ago The Electric City Council got its first glimpse last week of a proposal from Lakeside Grill owner Terry Ayres to expand his restaurant. Three are planning to challenge the Electric City mayor position in election 2005. They include Don Daniels, Bob Rupe and Troy Ritter. Twenty Years Ago Work on the first phase of the North Dam Park project should begin next month after the Grand Coulee City Council gave its official approval at a special council meeting last Thursday. Coulee... Full story
Chamber Meets at Pepper Jack’s for September The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting this Thursday, Sept. 3, at noon, at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee. Gayle Swagerty will be speaking about recycling in the area. CMC Guild to Meet The Coulee Medical Center Guild (Auxiliary) meets the second Monday of each month at noon at Coulee Medical Center. This month’s meeting is set for Monday, September 8. Join us for lunch. This is the final month for our shoe drive. Blood Drive Coming Sept. 21 The Grand Coulee commu... Full story
A Grand Coulee teen attended a four-day national conference on Angus cattle in Seattle Aug. 6-9. The annual Leaders Engaged in Angus Development event brings together National Junior Angus Association (NJAA) members from across the nation to learn about leadership development, agriculture and what life is like in other parts of the country. Among the 110 members attending the event for 14- to 21-year-olds was Katie Emerson, of Grand Coulee. The event exposes youth to varied aspects of... Full story
The WSU Okanogan County Extension office is now open and resuming regular business hours of 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Thursday. It is currently offering the following services to the community: Master Gardener diagnostic clinics every Tuesday 9 a.m. to noon thru the end of September. All 4-H programming, all Food Sense programming, and Private Applicator Examinations the first and third Mondays of each month from 8:30 a.m. to noon, and pressure canner gauge testing Mondays through Thursdays during regular business hou... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam School District is contracting with Coulee Medical Center to provide supervisory nursing services for the new school complex in Coulee Dam. The school board approved a measure that will provide two days of on-site registered nurse care at the schools, and also provide consultation when needed. The school also has two practical nurses who provide care, one at each school, five days a week. The agreement calls for CMC to bill the school district for up to 640 hours of supervisory nursing coverage at $30 an hour during the... Full story
The Grand Coulee Dam School District board made a number of decisions about personnel at its Aug. 31 night meeting. The board accepted the resignation of Sarah Wapato as paraprofessional of student health. The board also approved eight hires for the coming school year. Hired were Stephanie Baldwin as a fifth-grade teacher; Cathy Wendt for 7th- and 8th-grade science; Mario Adams as the Lake Roosevelt High School head boys’ basketball coach; Felicitas Garcia as a 4-hour night custodian; Janet Dudley as a secondary special-education teacher; M... Full story
The new Raider sculpture at the new educational complex in Coulee Dam will be officially dedicated at 10 a.m. Tuesday, Sept. 8, the opening day of school. The 7-foot-tall metal sculpture has been at the front of the Lake Roosevelt Schools complex for a couple of months, as if to welcome all those who enter the grounds. Junior/senior high school Principal Ronanda Liberty said all students will be able to participate in the dedication ceremony. Artist Virgil "Smoker" Marchand will be on hand for... Full story
The start date for Paschal Sherman Indian School kindergarten students has been rescheduled to next Tuesday, Sept. 8. For more information, contact the school at 509-422-7590.... Full story
George LaPlace, of Electric City, was sworn in as a member of the Grand Coulee Dam School District board of directors Monday night. The board will hold its next meeting at 5:30 p.m. Monday, Sept. 21, in the secondary school library.... Full story
Lincoln County Fire Dist. 9 NOTICE OF MEETING Lincoln County Fire District #9 will hold hold its budget meeting Thursday, Sept. 10, 2015, at 6 p.m., at the Nazarene Church on Hwy 174, Grand Coulee. Regular Fire District business will be on the agenda along with the compiling of the 2016 Fire District budget. (Publish Sept. 2, 2015) IN THE TRIBAL COURT OF THE CONFEDERATED TRIBES OF THE COLVILLE RESERVATION Colville Tribal Credit Corporation, ) Case No.: CV-CD-2014-37302 a lending institution wholly-owned by ) the Confederated Tribes of the...