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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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When it burned down on Oct. 12, 2021, Almira's school was so completely destroyed that only about 33 bricks of the old red-brick school could be salvaged. Those are now encased in concrete outside the brand-new school the community opened Aug. 31 for an open house and celebration by the community. They filled the new multi-purpose room to overflowing, necessitating moving the staff from the side of the new foldout bleachers to up onto the new stage, where the music and drama teachers plan to...
From left, Nespelem School District Superintendent Effie Dean, Nespelem Directors Nancy Armstrong-Montes and Jarae Cate, Grand Coulee Dam Director Shannon Nicholson, GCD Superintendent Rod Broadnax, GCD Directors Rich Black and Alex Tufts, Nespelem Directors Anna Vargas and Jolene Marchand, and GCD Director Ken Stanger, pause for a photo during their joint meeting of the two school boards of directors August 30 at Siam Palace. Once a promised practice, the two board haven't met together since...
Coulee Dam is considering rezoning two properties for a use for which most people think they’re already zoned. Two buildings across Lincoln Avenue from city hall, built as dormitories in the 1930s, have been used as residences, a bed-and-breakfast, an assisted living facility, and as a place to stay for visiting medical professionals working at Coulee Medical Center. The current proposal would alter the city’s comprehensive plan to reflect such uses. A public hearing on the proposal will be scheduled, perhaps as soon as Sept. 27 if pro...
Marlene Oddie of Grand Coulee, and former local resident Nancy Cargo, now from Port Angeles, Washington, are semi-finalists at one of the biggest juried quilt shows in the country. The two have been chosen to display the quilt, 24 Karat Rondure, along with 210 others in the 2023 AQS QuiltWeek in Des Moines, Iowa to be held Sept. 27-30. Regardless of how their quilt places in the final judging, all semi-finalist quilts will be displayed at the show, which is expected to draw more than 10,000...
With students returning to college campuses, it is time to consider other ways for them to pay for tuition, books and living expenses. Too often, they resort to borrowing. Now, student loan forgiveness is spotlighted as the solution when it is only part of the answer. There are other ways. Student indebtedness is mounting. It is exacerbated by rising “total costs to attend” college (COA). The growth rate exceeds inflation, and interest rates on student loans are often higher than on homes. It...
There’s a reason the name “Jimmy Buffett” elicits immediate joy in the hearts of millions: happiness contagion. A study conducted by Harvard University and the University of California followed 5,000 people for 20 years to determine if happiness was contagious. The study’s finding: it most certainly is. If you smile at a stranger as you hold a door open for him, you transfer a positive, happy energy that he can’t help but enjoy. Better yet, according to Psychology Today, the study finds that the happiness you just infused in a stranger...
Last Saturday was football time. For so many of us it was time to slump down in the old recliner and focus on the television set. My days of covering football for a newspaper are over, but the season causes me to relive some peculiar football times. While at the paper in Boise, I had the opportunity to travel a bit. One trip was to Utah State University in Logan, Utah to cover the Idaho-USU afternoon game. I had a former colleague who was on staff at the Salt Lake Tribune. He asked me to travel with his paper's photographer from Logan to Salt...
1 years ago Cheerleaders for this year’s football team at Lake Roosevelt High School include Sierra Townsend, Jennifer Reichlin, Tanya Ang, Natasha French and Brandin Smith. Port district officials recognize the value of volunteers praised for volunteers that cropped up at the port district’s monthly meeting last week when commissioner Dennis Lorman told how it would have been virtually impossible to run the Banks Lake golf course this year without them. Coulee Medical Center reported a net gain for the month of July of $124,899. 20 years ago...
George Kohout was born in Mason City (Coulee Dam) in 1945 to Ladd Anton Kohout and Avanell Frances Beck. He passed on to the Lord on Sunday, August 20, 2023. He lived in the Grand Coulee area all his life. His father, Ladd, died when George was very young. Eventually, Avanell married L.J. Flowers, a wonderful Texan father to George and his siblings. Growing up, George loved chasing cows and riding at the Alling ranch, his second family. He graduated as a Grand Coulee Tiger in 1963, went on the...
Gordon Lee Larson, 88, peacefully left this world for his heavenly home on Thursday, August 31, 2023, from McKay Healthcare in Soap Lake, Washington. Born in Mandan, North Dakota, on August 30, 1935, to John and Emma Larson, the family moved to the Grand Coulee area when Gordy was young where his dad worked on the building of the Grand Coulee Dam. After Gordy graduated high school, he enlisted in the United States Army where he spent time serving in Germany. Upon his return, he worked as a...
Grant County Fire District #14 to Meet Grant County Fire District #14 will hold its regular monthly meeting Monday, Sept. 11, 2023, at 6:00pm at the Electric City Fire Station. Area AA Meetings In Electric City, the New Hope group holds its meetings Monday through Friday evenings at 6pm at the Vets Center. There is also a noon meeting every Wednesday. These meetings are open and non-smoking. For more information, contact Paul 631-4551 or Phyllis 631-1187.I In Nespelem, the group Bound and Determined holds its meetings Monday evening at 7 p.m....
The Coulee Dam Class of 1968 will be celebrating its 55th Class Reunion on the weekend of September 8th, 9th and 10th. For more information call Linda Zlateff 509.647. 5853 or Candi Poch 509.633.1010. Go Beavers!!...
Living Out Our Mission In 2022, NCW Libraries loaned more than 1.2 million books, movies and other physical and digital materials to people who live, work and play in North Central Washington. More than 600,000 people visited our library locations. And more than 11,000 people signed up for a new library card! Take a quick look back at 2022 in our Annual Report to see how we worked to connect the people of NCW to vital resources and opportunities that foster individual growth and strengthen communities. Celebrate Community! From Sept. 15 to...
Leah Frank and Stanley Paul of Keller, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son Maliki Zane Logan Paul, born Monday, August 15, 2023, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. He weighed 5 lbs., 11 oz., and was 18 inches in length at birth. Siblings include MaryJane Frank, 19, Scarlette Frank, 11, Hunter Paul 9, Nevaeh Paul 8, Dejah Paul 6 and Ford Paul 2. Maternal grandmother is Sally M. Frank. Paternal grandmother is Marcella Wapato....
Caitlin and Connor Armi of Coulee Dam, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their son Apollonius-Dante Augustus Armi on Monday, August 14 2023, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. He weighed 7 lbs., 1 oz., and was 20 inches in length at birth. Maternal grandparents are Liz and Roger Barrette of Sandwich, MA. Paternal grandparents are Julie Maki of Port Orchard, Washington and Greg Armi of Los Altos Hills, California....
Megan and Justus Caudell of Coulee Dam, Washington, are proud to announce the birth of their daughter Taite Ann Caudell, born Tuesday, August 15, 2023, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee, Washington. She weighed 7 lbs., 6 oz., and was 20 inches in length at birth. Siblings include Rocksie Timentwa, Hartlyn, Gracyn, and Tri Caudell. Maternal grandparents are Tom and Apryl Meier of Worthington, MN. Paternal grandparents are Debbie Caudell of Keller, Washington and Gregg Caudell and Betty Caudell of Republic, Washington....
Grand Coulee Police 8/28 - A semi-truck had somehow “dropped a load” of apples on the road and sidewalk near the gas station in Coulee Dam. An officer removed some of the apples from the sidewalk, didn’t see them as a traffic hazard, and reasoned that local wildlife would eat the apples soon enough. 8/29 - An Alcan Road property owner was cited for a code violation and for public nuisance after an officer observed two motorhomes, accumulating tires, and other garbage on the property. The owner said an occupant was being evicted. 8/30 - An of...
Chase Marchand catches a 34-yard pass from Wyatt Egbert to bring the final score to 14-12 in the fourth quarter at Reardan Sept. 1, for a narrow loss of LR's first game of the year, a non-league contest. Head Coach Geary Oliver, recruited to take on the team at the end of July, said despite the two-point loss, "We had glimpses of awesomeness." - Byrne Bennett, Lincoln County Record-Times photo....
Request for Proposal from a qualified Energy Services Performance Contracting Providers The Keller School District School Board of Keller Washington requests qualifications and proposals from energy services providers licensed in the State of Washington. A qualified provider will be selected for the purpose of implementing energy efficiency projects and will develop and prepare a Guaranteed Energy Savings Contract pursuant to the guidelines set forth in Washington Code RCW 39.35A.030. The Request for Proposal (RFP) is due on September 28th,...
If you've ever wanted to fish but don't really know how, now's your chance to fix that. The Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is offering "Fish Fest" this Saturday at Spring Canyon, and they'll be giving away free fishing poles to the first 300 kids 14 and under. If you're ready to get "SCHOOL-ed in how to fish," as the National Park Service folks teased on Facebook, show up early during the 9 a.m. – 3 p.m. event to "to learn how to cast, reel, and tie knots." At the free family friendly f...