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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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The Coulee Area Park & Recreation District is moving forward on the planning of an “Aquatic Wellness and Fitness Center.” District President Bob Valen said Monday that the district will soon advertise for qualified firms to indicate an interest in developing conceptual drawings of what the center would look like. The district commissioners then would ask qualified firms to submit their ideas for such a center. The firm chosen would make a set of conceptual drawings for two possible locations, one across the highway from Coulee Medical Cen...
Anyone wondering about the kind of teaching and curriculum offered at Lake Roosevelt High School can check it out next week and make it a family night. With murder involved. Family Fun Night Oct. 15 will start at 5:30 p.m., and will not only show off what's happening in the school but offer dinner, as well (RSVP appreciated). Victor Camarena said the goal is to "show off the new school and show off the classes" offered under a ramped-up STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Math) curriculum. L...
A local businessman who wants to relocate his business despite resistance from Grand Coulee left a city council meeting Tuesday night with some hope. Mike Horne, owner of MPH on Midway, wants to relocate his car and boat repair business a few hundred feet north, but has run into a zoning problem. He said it has been his dream to own his own building and get set up for retirement. The very reasons people object to his business, Horne says, are the things he wants to correct. He would like to purchase a building just north of the Pepper Jack’s p...
A burned out house at 611 Holly Street in Coulee Dam is going to get cleaned up. The town accepted bids from Eastside Wood Recycling of Moses Lake to rid the property of the buildings and vegetation. Town officials said the Moses Lake firm will begin the cleanup on Monday, Oct. 20. It will cost the town $8,925 to remove the burned out buildings and another $5,775 to removed burned trees and other debris. The total cost will total $14,700. The house burned Sept. 18, 2012, and has been a Holly...
The waterline project to service Sunbanks Lake Resort is underway. The $300,000-plus project, first scheduled to begin in April, was started late last month and will provide Electric City water to the popular resort. While the overall project is being paid for by the resort, the city is making an investment of between $18,000 and $20,000 to enlarge the line from 8-inch to 10-inch, so the city can service any future development south of the causeway. That city expense is the difference in cost from 8-inch pipe to 10-inch pipe from State Street t...
Report: mayor’s condition improving Coulee Dam Councilmember Ben Alling said Tuesday that Mayor Greg Wilder, who suffered a stoke last week, is improving. Alling, an EMT, has been in to see Wilder on two occasions while in Spokane with ambulance services. The mayor had suffered a stroke and was in Sacred Heart Hospital. Alling said that Wilder was due to go to St. Luke’s rehab center. Alling said he visited the center Monday but Wilder wasn’t there. Alling said Wilder had a speech problem due to the stroke but it had much improved between his v...
The waterline project to service Sunbanks Lake Resort is underway. The $300,000-plus project, first scheduled to begin in April, was started late last month and will provide Electric City water to the popular resort. While the overall project is being paid for by the resort, the city is making an investment of between $18,000 and $20,000 to enlarge the line from 8-inch to 10-inch, so the city can service any future development south of the causeway. That city expense is the difference in cost from 8-inch pipe to 10-inch pipe from State Street t...
This year’s SHARP Kids program will kick off Oct. 28, as part of a new and enlarged five-year $1.3 million grant. Kids in the program will get a heavy STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) related curriculum experience with hands-on projects. The program is for K-12 kids who may be struggling to maintain grade-level academic results. Director Mary Schilling said students in kindergarten through third grade will have morning groupings from 7:15 - 8:15, and all other grades will have after-school activities. The annual $260,000 p...
Mandi and Richard Button cut the ribbon for the official opening of Junkers last Wednesday at noon in a ceremony arranged by the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce. Their new store on Main Street offers clothing items, curios, souvenirs, espresso and more. - Scott Hunter photo...
Eleanor Kontas, 3, gets to brush a dragon's teeth for a hands-on experience at The Library Fair held last night at the Grand Coulee Public Library with various stations for the youngsters to visit and learn about themselves. Camille Aiken, a hygienist for the Nespelem and Omak Indian Health Service clinics explained to Eleanor the value of brushing her teeth. - Roger S. Lucas photo...
We cannot, without sensing the irony, report on a business owner upset about zoning laws that he only months ago argued to uphold. One of the reasons (although possibly not the most important to him) that MPH Auto owner Mike Horne objected to a home mechanic charging for repairs made in his garage was that that mechanic’s house was in an area zoned for residential use, not commercial. Be that as it may, Horne argues now that the city must live by a clerical error made when he was granted a permit to change a building just down the block from h...
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The quickest way for The Center Elementary property to come on the tax rolls is for the School District to step aside and let the property revert back to the owners. The school district is ill equipped to buy and sell property. The property will still be sold to private; it just doesn’t need to go through the hands of the school board. It is shameful for them to consider this action (spending taxpayer money) on a gamble. All of the reasons why the school couldn’t remodel the Center Elementary building are reasons why the school board sho...
I was raised and have lived most of my adult life in Ephrata. I have known Garth Dano for almost thirty years. It’s not often that we have an opportunity to elect a non politician so uniquely qualified at a time the county needs are matched perfectly to a candidate’s experiences and skill sets; I am excited to support Garth Dano for Grant County prosecutor. Garth has over 30 years in private practice, owning, operating and managing a successful law firm. In those years Garth has helped his clients with a broad range of criminal and civil mat...
My grandfather, Paul Klasen, was Grant County’s prosecuting attorney for 36 years. I always admired the way he put the interests of the county first, was a strong advisor to our commissioners, and never politicized his office. He was also a tremendous mentor, using his experience to develop a lot of successful young prosecutors over the years. Grandpa always spoke very highly of Garth Dano as an attorney. I have known Garth all my life, and believe he has the skills and experience necessary to be outstanding prosecutor for our county. I i...
He is a hardworking, sensible, has many years working as an attorney and has the support of the police force. His focus is on our communities’ safety. It is time to take this position seriously, and Garth Dano is the best choice for Grant County prosecutor. In deciding the Grant County prosecutor race, voters must determine who is the appropriate choice and Garth Dano is, and there is no question about it. Please vote for Garth Dano for Grant County prosecutor. He is your man. Debbie Nedrow...
OK, most of the time I would veer away from politics here in my column, but I think, (No, I know) that this election coming in November is important. There are a lot of offices and issues on the ballot and the voice of the people needs to be heard loud and clear. I also know that some of you out there can be overwhelmed by the varying information out there and even sometimes discouraged because you don’t like any of the candidates, which inevitably causes you not to vote at all. I don’t know if the information I put here will help you or dis...
1 Years Ago Two studies, into a fatal accident at Grand Coulee Dam, where Charley Sage oand Gardner Zemke died, found that the accident could have been prevented or minimized if certain safety procedures had been in place and followed. The uniformed police officer that walks the halls at Lake Roosevelt could be eliminated next year due to a dropping enrollment. This came from a statement from District Superintendent, Bob Ranells, stating that the COPS grant that has funded the officer the last three years must be picked up by the school...
The United States Air Force held a retirement ceremony for Major Kevin M. Billups on Sept. 6, at Tyndall AFB Florida to honor his 23-plus years of honorable and distinguished service. The 1990 Lake Roosevelt High School graduate began his military service shortly after graduation and ended it as the 33d Operations Group Standards and Evaluations Chief of Command and Control (C2) at Tyndall. Billups is a seasoned combat veteran with over 10 years as an enlisted master munitions craftsman (aka...
Joyce Fleischman, age 66, a longtime resident of the Grand Coulee Dam area and Moses Lake, lost her fight with cancer on Sunday, September 28, 2014. She was born May 11, 1948 in Regensburg, Germany, to Robert Goerisch and Helen Hayes Goerisch. She graduated Mountlake Terrace HS (Edmonds, WA) in 1966. In 1976, she married George Lewis White. They and their two children resided in Moses Lake. In Moses Lake she worked at American Potato Co. Joyce married Darrel Fleischman 1980. They lived in...
John Wesley Combs Sr., went to be with our Lord on Friday. Sept. 26, 2014, in Omak, Wash. John was born to Lorin and Eduth Combs Sr., on February 20, 1941, in Combs, Ark. His family moved to the Okanogan Valley area where John and his siblings attended school He graduated from Okanogan High School in 1959. John married Judith Barber and the two moved to Hudson, N.Y., where John worked and they began their family. In the early to mid 1960s, John and Judith along with their two young sons moved back to the Okanogan Valley area to be near family...
Lady Raider Volleyball lost both matches last week to Central Washington 2B North leaders Brewster and Okanogan. Lake Roosevelt now owns a 2-5 win-loss record in league play and 3-5 overall. Looking ahead to the last half of the season, Head Coach Nate Piturachsatit wants the team to keep building on the positives. "The goal now is to keep some good momentum and continue to work on areas that we are struggling in," he said. In the match against Brewster, LR jumped ahead of the Bears early in...
Raider Cross Country returned to race action on October 4th at Kettle Falls where they ran in the CAN-AM Invitational hosted by Colville High School with 20 other schools in attendance. Eleven Raider boys and four girls competed in the races on Saturday. For some Raiders this was their first race of the season or for their careers. “Our team is improving in their conditioning,” Coach Gary Darnold said. “We just need to continue to work and our team scoring will improve.” Ray Yazzie led the Raider Varsity team by finishing 62nd overall with th...
Lake Roosevelt dropped its Central Washington 2B South opener at Warden Oct. 3 by the score of 38-7. The loss puts the Raiders at a 1-3 overall win-loss record and 0-1 in CWL 2B South play. The Cougars, said Raider Head Coach Steve Files, are “ a good ball club and made very few mistakes and capitalized on most of ours.” LR’s only touchdown came on the first drive of the game from an Austin Rosenbaum to Jacob Palmer connection for 35 yards. Octavio Alejandre’s extra point was good. Files praised the LR defense. “Our defense played well for...
This week in sports Wed., Oct. 8 5 p.m., JRHS Volleyball at Okanogan. Thurs., Oct. 9 5:30 p.m., HS Volleyball at Oroville. Fri., Oct. 10 7 p.m., HS Football here with Mabton (Homecoming). Sat., Oct. 11 Cross Country meeting cancelled. Mon., Oct. 13 5:30 p.m., HSJV Football at Mabton. Tues., Oct. 14 5 p.m., JHS Volleyball here with Bridgeport. 5:30 p.m., HS Volleyball here with Bridgeport. Wed., Oct. 15 4 p.m., JHS Volleyball at Oroville. Thurs., Oct. 16 5:30 p.m., HS Volleyball at Manson. Fri., Oct. 17 7 p.m., HS Football at White Swan. Sat.,...