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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Berenice Gomez and Ramon Corona of Grand Coulee are proud to announce the birth of their son Visente Corona-Gomez on Tuesday, Nov. 26, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 9 lbs., 6 oz., and was 20-3/4 inches in length at birth.... Full story
Stacey Thomas of Nespelem is proud to announce the birth of her daughter Adriana Josephine Holder on Friday, Nov. 29, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. She weighed 6 lbs., 14 oz., and was 19-1/2 inches in length at birth. Maternal grandparents are Belinda A. Thomas and Efrain G. Sandoval.... Full story
Kailey and Anthony Marquez of Grand Coulee are proud to announce the birth of their son Anthony Steven Marquez III, born Wednesday Dec. 4, 2013, at Coulee Medical Center in Grand Coulee. He weighed 6 lbs., 14 oz., and was 20-1/2 inches in length at birth. He joins siblings Joseph 5 and Annalia 1. Maternal grandparents are Brenda Francis of Grand Coulee and the late Jim Francis. Paternal grandparents are Patricia Nash of Florence, Ala., and Tony Marquez of Tulare, Calif.... Full story
December 5th the Etheta Anderson Library hosted a “Lighting of the Library” party for the second time and over 125 people attended. All the children and adults were invited to attend and share cookies and punch provided by librarian Joette Berry, board members Terry McPherson, Christina Christopherson, Linda Black, Alberta Blanchard, Diane Canady and assistant librarians Joyce Dechenne and Dodie Boyd. Santa arrived by Grand Coulee Fire Department fire truck and 56 new books were given to the excited children. Drawings were held and the winners... Full story
• Coulee Dam Community Church A community candlelight service will be held at 7 p.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 24 (Christmas Eve) at the Coulee Dam Community Church located at 509 Central Drive, Coulee Dam. • United Methodist Church On Christmas Eve (Tuesday) at 7 p.m., the United Methodist Church in Grand Coulee will be celebrating the birth of our savior – “Love Came Down at Christmas”. Everyone is welcome. • Lutheran Church On Christmas Eve (Tuesday) Candlelight Services will be held at the Zion Lutheran Church in Grand Coulee at 7 p.m. and the Bet... Full story
The community is invited to the Coulee Dam Community Presbyterian Church to share in a time of celebration and thanksgiving for Pastor Kevin Lind and his family. Pastor Lind has faithfully led the Community Church for over five years, and along with his wife Alisa, a second grade teacher, have actively served both their church and their community. The Lind family, including daughters Hannah, Abby and Ellie, will be moving to the Spokane Valley in January where Pastor Lind will begin a new ministry at the Opportunity Presbyterian Church. Pastor... Full story
Raider wrestlers grappled in three contests last week -- two at home, against Warden Dec. 10 and a mix and match tournament Dec. 12 -- then at the Connell Invitational tourney Dec. 14, where the Raiders were the only B school present. In the dual against Warden, only nine Raiders wrestled. LR had to forfeit five matches to the Cougars, leading to the Warden win, 42-17. LR's points came from wins by Kodie Horn and Octavio Alejandre. Horn (152 pounds) fought hard in his match to come away with a... Full story
In the first road game of the season, the Raiders travelled to Tonasket to take on the resurgent Tigers Dec. 10. The Raiders came back from first-half setbacks, but it was too little too late. Lake Roosevelt lost 70-46 to Tonasket to fall to a 1-2 overall win-loss record for the season. Tonasket used superior speed to outrun the Raiders early on. LR eventually slowed down the Tigers, but they had already built a large lead that the Raiders could not close. LR was using a new offense that had just been put in the day before. The offense is a... Full story
The Lady Raiders forced the Tonakset Tigers into overtime Dec. 10 in Tonasket, hoping for their first win of the season, but came away with an 56-51 loss, but also lot of positives. LR played much more consistent basketball, leading the Tigers at one point by seven and forcing the game to go to overtime. Raider Head Coach Wallace Pleasants said his team has been making good improvements in every game they’ve played. He noted the youth of the squad and that the miscues on offense during the game were in part due to the girls still learning to ru... Full story
The Washington Interscholastic Activities Association on Nov. 22 released student enrollment counts for its member schools for the upcoming 2014-16 classification cycle that groups competing schools by size. This is an important cycle as it is the first of a new four-year system in which the schools are divided by equal percentage and numbers in each classification (like 93-207 in the present 2B category). This is the first year of the new counting system in which grades 9-11 are counted rather than the past 10-12 system that had been in use si... Full story
Grand Coulee Police 12/9 - An Electric City man who lives on Washington Place told police that someone had taken a tow dolly from his place. The dolly cost $854.75, and was purchased in Ephrata. He gave police the serial number of the dolly. 12/10 - Dispatch requested that police check on a Swan’s delivery truck that was parked near the causeway bridge with its lights on and the driver inside. The truck was no longer there when police checked. - Police checked on an unoccupied vehicle with the motor running alongside Jess Ford. The vehicle w... Full story
Public Notice Town of Coulee Dam NOTICE OF CANCELLATION OF COUNCIL MEETING To the citizens of the Town of Coulee Dam, Washington, the Town Council of the Town of Coulee Dam, Washington will not conduct a Council Meeting on Wednesday, December 25, 2013 due to the Christmas Holiday. The next regular council meeting will be held on January 8, 2014, at 6:00 p.m. Lori Oles, Clerk (Publish Dec. 18, 2013) PUBLIC NOTICE OF CHANGE OF MEETING DATE The regularly scheduled Public Hospital District #6 Douglas, Grant, Lincoln & Okanogan Counties Board of...
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon this Thursday at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille. Kelly Buche, CPA from JR Newhouse will be speaking aobut end-of-year tax preparation for both businesses and individuals. There won’t be meetings Dec. 26 and Jan. 2. Enjoy the holidays. Eagles #2577 Meetings The Auxiliary meets the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m., during the winter months. Next meeting is the Christmas party potluck and gift exchange on Dec. 17 at 6 p.m.... Full story
Spring Canyon Alpacas is running a bazaar at the Red Door gift shop in Coulee Dam and demonstrating their wares, including alpaca yarn....