News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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In a special section this week, we honor the area’s veterans by listing them and printing as many photos as we could come up with. We hope the 16-page section will not only be enjoyable to peruse, but will also encourage us all to stop and think about the enourmous committment it takes on the part of so many to keep this country free. Many new photos and names have been added since we published a similar section a year ago. As in last year’s section, in addition to the photos there are pages of names, most of which we pulled from a 1996 iss... Full story
The Coulee Area Park & Recreation District appeared to be on its way to victory in Tuesday’s election, in which it is asking voters to approve a levy of 15 cents per $1,000 of assessed property value. Election totals from the four-county area included in the recreation district will not be available, election officials stated, until Friday. At 8:45 p.m. Tuesday night, and at press time, the district was winning its bid with voters with 700 “yes” votes and 543 “no” votes. The district, since it was formed in 2003, has been without funding,... Full story
American Legion Post 157, has a new commander. Cindy Jayne, United States Navy, retired, was inducted into the post commander position Oct. 28, replacing “Chuck” Henspeter, who resigned for medical reasons. Jayne, a chief bosun’s mate (E-7) spent 22 years in the Navy and had two tours in Kuwait, 2002-03, and 2005-06, before retiring and entering the Navy Reserve. That’s when she became acquainted with this area. Her reserve unit was stationed in Spokane, and then she came to this area about t... Full story
Community Watch to meet The Community Watch group in Electric City will meet at 6 p.m., Nov. 12, at the Fire Hall in Electric City. The organizers of the “watch” will have additional information on moving the program along. The public is invited to attend and learn how they can take part and help make their community safer. The “watch” group has had several meetings and plans to have a member of the Grand Coulee police department on hand to answer questions. Officials urge locals to recognize metal theft Utility customers in northern Grant C... Full story
Grant County Health District is now giving flu shots at its Moses Lake office on Tuesdays from 9-11 a.m., for $25. The agency will accept cash or checks and bill Medicare, a press release announced this week. People of high risk of serious flu complications include young children, pregnant women, people with chronic health conditions like asthma, diabetes or heart and lung disease, and people 65 years old and older. The health district advises that people caring for babies under 6 months old should get a flu shot to help prevent the child from... Full story
It’s a time to honor veterans. A number of special events are scheduled throughout the week to honor the area’s veterans, both in schools and in other ways. The Grand Coulee Dam Middle School will hold its annual Veteran’s Day celebration at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, Nov. 8. Legion Post 157 plans to participate in the festivities, which include a slide show featuring local vets. Students from Sandy Hood’s class wrote to veterans encouraging them to attend the event, scheduled for the school gym. Posters are made honoring individual vets, and cer... Full story
The three municipalities that collect hotel/motel taxes have a combined total of $434,000 in reserve, even after spending over $100,000 this year to promote tourism through a variety of ways. Electric City is sitting on $197,000, Grand Coulee about $96,000 and Coulee Dam, $141,250. The funds, collected from customers staying in motel rooms and at campgrounds, by state law must be used for the promotion of tourism. The city of Electric City takes in about $65,000 a year from tourism taxes paid... Full story
The National Park Service is again seeking entreprenuers interested in running the Keller Ferry and Seven Bays marina operations. The NPS issued two prospectuses Oct. 31 on two levels for both properties. Those concessions have been operating on annual renewals for the past few years. The two levels of operation are: 1) Full service marina operation identified as “Full Service Draft Contract” includes houseboat and other boat rentals, moorage, retail/grocery, marine fuel and oil sales, pump-out service and related services. The Full Ser... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 10/29 - An Electric City woman told police that her son had requested money from her and that when she refused he left in a vehicle she thought might be stolen. She said there is a court no-contact order that he is not to visit her. She said that in addition to that violation, his license is suspended and there is a Department of Corrections warrant out for his arrest. Police were looking for him. - A woman in Electric City who lives on Jackson Avenue told police that her son’s bike had been stolen. 10/30 - A woman on B... Full story
Becky Billups was back at the Grand Coulee City Council to complain about how her neighborhood on Burdin Boulevard is getting cluttered up with junk cars and debris. She raised concerns early in the year when she appeared before the council to describe the collection of junk in her neighborhood as looking like a “ghetto.” Billups has appeared routinely before the council asking that the city do something about the collection of junk near her home. She has told the council that the places in question have been somewhat cleaner since she sta... Full story
Workers for William Winkler Company of Spokane pour a concrete pad at the Crescent Bay boat launch parking lot that will be used by Foss Maritime Company for the assembly of the new Keller Ferry. “Sanpoil” is currently under construction at the firm’s Rainier, Ore., plant. The ferry is scheduled to arrive here in pieces in March next year. The pad is 145-by-90 feet and will remain for use by the NPS after the ferry project is completed. — Scott Hunter photo... Full story
Grand Coulee took its first step Tuesday toward getting a Spokane Way sidewalk project started. Council members Tuesday night voted to have Mayor Chris Christopherson initial an agreement with Gray & Osborne to do the design work for the project. The sidewalk will begin at SR-174 and come down the hill on Center School side, and provide a walking platform all the way to the sidewalk in front of the library. Gray & Osborne asked $26,000 to do the design phase for the $240,000 project. The sidewalk project is being financed through a grant from... Full story
We handed out over 240 treats between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m.! We ran out and turned the light off so, there may even have been more! We average between 180 and 200, normally, between 5 and a bit after 9 p.m. Carol Schoning Coulee Dam... Full story
My son’s name is Sean Waters, and he plays football for Lake Roosevelt. On senior night he played the best I have ever seen him play, and you did not mention him once in your article. Sometimes it makes my family feel like you don’t mention him because he is a Native American. When he made all-state last year you wrote a little article about him, but Omak Chronicle wrote a big article about him. I’m [not] saying he has to be in the spot light, but it would be nice to know that he is noticed for all the hard work he puts into his sport... Full story
The Congressional Budget Office just announced that President Obama’s healthcare law will reduce the deficit by $84 billion more than previously thought, thanks to the Supreme Court’s decision to allow states to opt out of the law’s Medicaid expansion. Those savings may sound nice. But the law doesn’t do much to address our country’s chief healthcare challenge -- spiraling costs. Health insurance is expensive because health care is expensive. The cost of insurance continues to rise faster than inflation. Average individual premiums rose by 8... Full story
OK, I know some of you don’t want to hear this but Christmas is right around the corner. So time to start on the Christmas Lists and pull out the decorations. Start checking the lights now, replace the bulbs early this year. Make your holiday plans: Are we staying home or are we loading up and headed to Grandma’s house in (insert town here)? Is this the year to get the cards out on time, or do we wait and send them Christmas Eve? House cleaning, and more house cleaning, rearrange the rooms so th... Full story
Ten Years Ago To commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Korean War, a special event plan has been planned to honor the war’s veterans. Nespelem eighth graders spoke with scientists at the bottom of the ocean last week, asking questions the marine biologists said were great ones. “I felt special and excited that I got to talk to a real scientist that a lot of people know,” said Jared Seymour, “and I won’t forget this day.” The Lake Roosevelt football team’s hopes of returning to the playoffs ended Friday when they traveled to T... Full story
Texas – Services for Audrey June Flowers, 87, of Alba, were held Thursday, Oct. 4, 2012, at Wilson Bartley Funeral Home Chapel, Alba, with John Ratliff officiating. Burial was held in Smyrna Union Cemetery, Emory. Mrs. Flowers passed away Tuesday, Oct. 2, 2012, in Buffalo Creek Assisted Living in Waxahachie, Texas, where she was an ambassador to greet new residents. She was born October 24, 1924, in Emory, to the late Emmitt and Eunice (Northcutt) Williams and had lived most of her life in D... Full story
Partner with the Trees of Sharing Committee in blessing a child who might not otherwise receive a gift at Christmastime by taking a moment to complete a Trees of Sharing ‘wish slip’ at one of the following locations: Coulee Family Medicine, Safeway Pharmacy, Harvest Foods, and the Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union. A slip, giving sizes and wishes, the street address or specific directions to the respective residences, and a phone number must be completed for EACH child in a family. This information is necessary so the gifts can be delivered to... Full story
The annual community Thanksgiving Dinner will be held Sunday, Nov. 18 beginning at 2 p.m., at the Senior Center on Main Street in Grand Coulee. The dinner is free.... Full story
No Chamber Luncheon Meeting The Chamber of Commerce meeting will not be holding a luncheon meeting in lieu of their after-hours meeting Thursday night beginning at 5:30 p.m. at the Starkey building at 17 Midway Ave., Grand Coulee. See our ad on page 2. Grant County Mosquito Dist. to Meet Grant County Mosquito District 2 will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, Nov. 7 (tonight) at 7 p.m. at the Electric City City Hall. OES to Meet Order of Eastern Star will be holding its meeting Thursday, Nov. 9 in short form. Dinner has been moved... Full story
by John R. McNeil II The Raider girls’ cross country team competed at the state tournament last Saturday in Pasco for the first time since 2005. All five girls ran hard and finished with good times for each individual. When the judges at the WIAA Dairy Farmers Of Washington Les Schwab Tires 2012 Cross Country State Championships tallied up the points, the Raider girls had achieved something every high school athlete desires: placing at the state competition. With the score of 195 points, the R... Full story
A nervous Lady Raider squad faced the top team in the league last week, then ended their second chance at a state berth to close their season with a seven-win, nine-loss record. The Lady Raiders played their last two matches of the 2012 season on the road at Bridgeport and Kittitas. At Bridgeport Tuesday, the Lady Raiders started the match playing timid and inconsistent. “They were nervous and honestly scared to be playing the number-one team in our league,” Coach Nate Piturachsatit said. “We talked at the beginning of the game how there is no... Full story
After more than 60 years of Raider/Beaver/Tiger dominance over Bridgeport in football, the Mustangs are now getting even. Last Friday they notched their second win in a row over the Raiders. With the 34-12 loss, the Raiders dropped to 1-9 overall, and finish sixth in Central Washington 2B play. When asked what the attitude was after the game, “We were disappointed with the outcome for sure,” Head Coach Steve Files said. “Not the way we wanted to finish our season.” The game started well for the Raiders as Trey Nicolson picked up a fumble on the... Full story
