News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Vitalant, along with the Grand Coulee community blood drive volunteers led by coordinator Leha Neilsen, is planning a blood drive for Monday, September 18. Donation hours will be from 1 to 3:45 p.m. at the outside bus at Coulee Medical Center. Vitalant is the sole blood provider to more than 35 hospitals across the Inland Northwest and needs an average of 200 blood donors every day. A single donation can save the lives of up to three people. For more information contact Stefanie Dunn at 425-314-3799....
Grand Coulee Public Library will be hosting an afternoon with local artist Keith Powell Thursday, September 5, at 4:30 p.m. He will have several of his beautiful pieces on display and will be talking about his work and answer any art related questions. For any aspiring artists, Keith will be happy to give advice on any art project. Pictured is Keith Powell at last weekend's 5th annual Plateau Native Art Show....
On the east side of the Columbia River, several landslides had already occurred, burying equipment and threatening lives, slowing down the construction of Grand Coulee Dam. Reporters watched the 200,000-cubic-yard hillside for the next story, and in July 1936, the story broke that a solution had been found: the WMAK engineers planned on freezing the slide area. They did it with a refrigeration plant, the largest ever used in construction at the time, which had the ability to make 80-100 tons of ice per day. By the end of August, six miles of 3-...
