News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, May 29, at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee at noon. Bob Valen will be the guest speaker. His topic will be “Wildfire and Weather Outlook.” CMC Guild (Auxiliary) to Meet CMC Guild will hold its next regular meeting at CMC on Wednesday, May 28, (today) from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. Family History Center Available The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invites all who desire to utilize the Family History Center in the Coulee Dam Chapel, located at 806 Spruce Street in C... Full story
Electric City’s council voted to give the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce $9,000, instead of the requested $6,000, to help promote the area’s new Laser Light Show on the west side of the mountains. The chamber had outlined a media buy on the Seattle side of the state and had requested that each of the three cities, Grand Coulee, Coulee Dam, and Electric City, that collect hotel/motel tax monies, pony up $6,000 each. At its last meeting, Grand Coulee voted $6,000, and last Tuesday night, May 13, Electric City, after considerable dis... Full story
Coulee Dam’s town council was slow to convince last week that the town should reach down in its hotel/motel money reserves and provide the chamber of commerce and the Coulee Area Park and Recreation District with more funds. Grand Coulee Dam Chamber of Commerce officials, and Rec Commissioner Phil Hansen, appeared before the council May 14, each asking for more money. The chamber was asking for $6,000 as Coulee Dam’s portion of a media campaign cost to try to lure visitors from western Washington to the new Laser Light Show. Hansen was asking f... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, May 22, at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee at noon. General business is on the agenda. GCHS Alumni Association to Meet Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association will hold its spring meeting on Wednesday, May 21, 2014, at 1 p.m., at United Methodist Church, 405 Center Street, Grand Coulee. Anyone who attended school in the Grand Coulee School District is invited to attend. CMC Guild to Meet CMC Guild will hold its next regular meeting at CMC on Wednesday, May 28,... Full story
The chamber of commerce is getting additional money from hotel/motel tax funds to promote the all-new Laser Light Show on Grand Coulee Dam, which will begin May 24. The chamber had asked the three cities that collect the tax, Electric City, Grand Coulee and Coulee Dam, to provide $6,000 each so it could make a media buy promoting the show in the Seattle area. Grand Coulee was the first to respond, the council voting $6,000 at its last meeting. Electric City, according to Mayor Jerry Sands, planned to vote the same amount at its Tuesday night... Full story
Biographies of five local women will be featured along with a "Rosie the Riveter" quilt at the Visitor Center soon. The five are: Ida Bartels, Toby Ann Levy, Lynda G. Nutt, Barbara Ann Meyer and Roberta "Birdie" Hensley. The five have all made a number of contributions to community life here. Ida married Sid Bartels in 1940, and the two purchased the Deppman Mill at Belvedere just a few days later, only to see it go up in smoke from a fire that someone had set. She served many years on the Grand... Full story
1 Years Ago For the second consecutive year, Nespelem Elementary will lay off staff to balance its budget. Monday the board of directors voted to lay off kindergarden teacher Linda Rise and 7th grade teacher Diane Tonasket. Raider Golf won it's third consecutive CTL Championship by defeating Okanogan 340-349 last Friday. George Davis turned in the low score for the day of 80 and winning first place. 20 Years Ago The Grand Coulee Chamber of Commerce will draft resolutions for the annexation of f... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, May 15, at Pepper Jack’s in Grand Coulee. General business is on the agenda. GCD Employee Association to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Employee Association will hold its monthly meeting on Wednesday, May 14 (tonight) at 5:30 p.m. at the Siam Palace in Grand Coulee. GCHS Alumni Association to Meet Grand Coulee High School Alumni Association will hold its spring meeting on Wednesday, May 21, at 1 p.m., at United Methodist Church, 405 Center Street, Grand Coulee. A... Full story
As you enjoy Colorama this week, be thankful for the place where much of it comes together — North Dam Park and Event Center — and think about the sand dunes that would replace it if ceases to exist, which it could. This community asset is just one of the potential casualties of irrational stinginess on the part of some city council members who think the only funds they currently spend on the park just shouldn’t be spent that way. A very large cache of those funds, from hotel/motel taxes that are supposed to support tourism, sit doing nothi... Full story
There's going to be a parade, a carnival and a rodeo. And that's just the beginning for the 57th annual Colorama Festival. The rodeo started one year earlier and it's 58 years for the Ridge Rider event. The action begins Thursday with the early kickoff for the Paradise Amusement Carnival located at North Dam Park. Advance tickets are still on sale. Then Friday starts the craft fair and the first events of the rodeo. Saturday is the Cowboy Breakfast, the big parade, and more rodeo and other... Full story
No Chamber This Week The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will not be meeting this Thursday due to the Colorama festivities. Dedication Time is Here Isle of Flags dedication time is fast approaching. Call Ben Alling at 509.633.0663 for more information about dedicating a deceased veteran’s flag. The deadline is May 18, 2014. American Legion Post 157 Meets The American Legion Post 157 holds legion meetings on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Vetsí Center in Electric. The next meeting will be held Tuesday, May 13. Mo... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, May 1, at Siam Palace in Grand Coulee. PTA Book Fair Book Reports will be read by Wensdae Antoine and Lillie LaPlace, GCD Middle School students. Dedication Time is Here Isle of Flags dedication time is fast approaching. Call Ben Alling at 509.633.0663 for more information about dedicating a deceased veteran’s flag. The deadline is May 18, 2014. Eagles #2577 Meetings The Auxiliary’s next scheduled meeting is set for May 6, at 6 p.m. The Auxiliary meets the fir... Full story
The chamber of commerce is after more advertising money with which to fund an ad campaign to boost sagging tourism numbers. Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Peggy Nevsimal appeared before the Regional Board of Mayors at their last meeting and appealed for added help in drawing visitors to the area. Nevsimal told mayors that tourism was down at Grand Coulee Dam last year by about 48,000 visitors, or 10 percent. She reported that lodging establishments remain about 70 percent vacant in the winter and 20 percent empty... Full story
by Roger S. Lucas Helicopter rides will return as one of the added features of Colorama this year. Colorama, May 8-11, will see Lake Roosevelt High School graduate Tim Tueth return to give helicopter rides to those who want an aerial view of the coulee. Tueth graduated from LRHS in 1992, and had lived in the area since he was in the second grade, so it will be like coming home for him. Last year, Tueth’s first year giving helicopter rides here, was highly successful. He will lift off and land again this year from the upper ballfield at North D... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, April 24, noon, at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee. Debbie Bigelow, Interim CEO at Coulee Medical Center, will be speaking about the WRITE program at CMC. Grant County Fire District 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday, April 28, at 7 p.m. at the Electric City Fire Station. Dedication Time is Here Isle of Flags dedication time is fast approaching. Call Ben Alling at 509.633.0663 for more information a... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, April 17, at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee. Jared Berg of Costco will be talking on business services offered by Costco. Family History Center Available The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invites all who desire to utilize the Family History Center in the Coulee Dam Chapel, located at 806 Spruce Street in Coulee Dam. The center is now open each Wednesday from 6 to 8 p.m. The family history centers are free anf open the public and s... Full story
How big can buildings be? The Electric City planning commission will hold a workshop on steel “accessory” buildings at 7 p.m., Tuesday, April 29, at city hall. The public is invited to come to the meeting and share its ideas and concerns about the size of steel buildings in residential areas in the city. Educators to be honored Two Grand Coulee Dam School District educators have been voted by their peers to receive the Grant County Excellence in Education Award in ceremonies at Big Bend Community College, April 22. To receive the awards are... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, April 10, at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee. Janice Elvidge from the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area is talking about the River Mile program. CMC Guild (Auxiliary) to Meet Coulee Medical Guild (Auxiliary) meeting will be held Tuesday April 15, from 11 a.m. ñ 1 p.m. at the Siam Palace. Check us out on Facebook.com/#!/cmccares or call Dee 633-1178 or Patty 633-0405. PTA to Meet The local PTA will hold its monthly meeting Thursday, April 10 at 7... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, April 3, at noon at Pepper Jack’s in Grand Coulee. General business will be discussed. CMC Guild (Auxiliary) to Meet Coulee Medical Guild (Auxiliary) meeting will be held Tuesday, April 15, from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. at the Siam Palace. Check us out on Facebook.com/#!/cmccares or call Dee 633-1178 or Patty 633-0405. PTA to Meet The local PTA will hold its monthly meeting Thursday, April 10 at 7 p.m. at the Center Elementary library. Family History Center Available T... Full story
Ten Years Ago Random Heroes to rock the Coulee. Corey Hilson, Brian Edwards, Brandon Ricks, Clancy Dieser and Mike Harden, five local boys will give their first local rock concert Friday night. Security upgrades at Grand Coulee Dam continue with the recent contract of $4 million dollars to Adesta, LLC for upgrading and installation of video surveillance equipment, intrusion detection, access controls and communication systems. Raider Basketball presented their awards this week to both boys and girls teams. Steve Breeze is first team all... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, March 27, at noon, at La Presa. Dave Wilson, independent candidate running against Cathy McMorris Rodgers for the fifth congressional district, will be speaking about his plans. Grant County Fire Dist. 14 to Meet Grant County Fire District 14 will hold its regular monthly meeting on Monday, March 31, at 7 p.m., at the Electric City Fire Station. CMC Guild (Auxiliary) to Meet Coulee Medical Guild (Auxiliary) meeting will be held Tuesday April 15, from 11 a.m. - 1... Full story
The local chamber of commerce will offer three runs and a walk on Colorama Saturday, all featuring a route over the Grand Coulee Dam. The Run The Dam will take place the Saturday of Colorama weekend, May 10. It will feature 5-kilometer, 10K and half marathon runs, plus a “Walk the Dam — Build a Gym” fundraiser for the local school district. The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber is promoting the run as part of the Colorama Festival. Formerly known as The Over the Dam Run and last year as That Dam Run, the new event will be managed by chamber membe... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, March 20, at noon at La Presa. General business is on the agenda. PEP to Meet Planet Earth Players are planning a little theater meeting on Thursday, March 20, at 7 p.m. at the Grand Gallery Theatre in Grand Coulee. Family History Center Available The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints invites all who desire to utilize the Family History Center in the Coulee Dam Chapel, located at 806 Spruce Street in Coulee Dam. The center is now open each Wednesday from... Full story
Chamber to Meet The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet Thursday, March 13, at noon at La Presa. On the agenda is a festival planning session for the upcoming summer season. Eagles #2577 Meetings The Auxiliary’s next scheduled meeting is set for March 18, at 6 p.m. The Auxiliary meets the first and third Tuesday of every month at 6 p.m. during the winter months. The Eagles #2577 Aerie meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. The next meeting is March 25, at 7 p.m. OES Meeting The Order of Eastern Star will meet T... Full story
A recent study by the National Park Service shows how a strong visitor base pumps money into local economies. A report on the 2012 season showed that the Lake Roosevelt National Recreational Area had nearly 1.8 million visits in 2012. That resulted in more than $71 million being spent in nearby communities, the report stated. The LRNRA stretches from Grand Coulee Dam almost to the Canadian line, a 151-mile stretch that follows the Columbia River. That spending in communities within 60 miles of t... Full story
