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News, views and advertising of the Grand Coulee Dam Area
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Ramona Hicks started “turning over the rocks” in June, as she took the lead position at Coulee Medical Center after the resignation of the last CEO. And lately, Hicks has been meeting with as many community groups as possible to tell the story of the hospital’s current status and finances, and to ask what the community really wants and expects from the hospital. Hicks, the interim chief executive officer, spoke at the Rotary Club last Wednesday. Although business has been brisk, so is the rate at which expenses pile up, and the hospital is suff...
Windmills to get some love The historic and whimsical Gehrke Windmills and North Dam Park will get some planned maintenance next month, and a new fund has been set aside for their upkeep. The Coulee Area Park and Recreation District, which manages North Dam Park, started a dedicated fund for the windmills’ maintenance with a $200 donation from North Cascades Bank last month. District President Bob Valen said he would like to see that grown and maintained around $600. Next month, the Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club is set to work on the w...
David James Bastian, 74, resided for the past 19 years in Electric City, Washington. David passed away peacefully at Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington, due to causes incident to cancer on Saturday, July 8, 2017. David was born on September 10, 1942, in Spokane, Wash., to Weldon Wilford Bastian and Melba Ardyce Parker. He is survived by six siblings: Larry Bastian, Marlene Bastian Safsten, Bonnie Bastian Williams, Steven Bastian, Penny Bastian Lindsay and Daniel Bastian. David...
With diplomas waiting in the foreground, Quincy Williams shreds it on an air guitar that sounded exactly like the lead guitar riff in Journey's 1981 epic song "Don't Stop Believin'," which he and the rest of the senior choir sang during the class of 2017's graduation ceremony at Lake Roosevelt Junior/Senior High School Saturday. "They like to have fun," Superintendent Paul Turner said as he certified that the students had met the requirements to graduate. - Scott Hunter photo...
Some 60 sixth-graders, 50 from Lake Roosevelt and 10 from Nespelem, will get the “Tall Timbers” experience May 17-19 when they head for the outdoor education location near Leavenworth. Each year, for the past several, Lake Roosevelt and Nespelem sixth-graders have traveled to Tall Timbers, an outdoor recreation/education resort nestled in the mountains about 10 miles out of Leavenworth. The program there is designed to provide an opportunity for personal growth and team building by participating in a number of outdoor activities. The exp...
Three student athletes who placed at the state wrestling tournament in Tacoma last month were treated to lunch at The Siam Palace with the Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club Wednesday. Lake Roosevelt Raider wrestling Coach Steve Hood introduced Kaleb Horn, Tony Nichols and Jon Shelley, all of whom had also just been awarded at a school assembly for high academic marks. At the state tournament, Horn took first place in the 113-pound division for 2B schools; Nichols took third at 138 and Shelley took...
The National Park Service Ice Age Floods National Geologic Trail is like a giant jigsaw puzzle; the whole is there to see, but the problem is how to put the pieces together. Denise Bausch, NPS chief of interpretation and education for the Lake Roosevelt National Recreation Area and Ice Age Floods, told about 40 people Monday that "partnerships" with communities and groups along the way would be the key to the trail's success. The meeting was held Monday afternoon in Coulee Dam's community room a...
Grant County Port District 7, which runs Banks Lake Golf Course, has cut down a number of cottonwood trees at the course. The decision was made earlier this year because roots from the trees were tearing up the asphalt cart paths and in some cases "roots were growing into some of the greens," port commissioner Jerry Sands stated. Sands said 13 trees were eliminated and several more cottonwood trees need to be cut down. "When they planted the cottonwoods, I understand," Sands said, "they only...
It had never been done here before, but by the time they pulled it off, about 250 hospital employees were trained in what to do if an "active shooter" ever enters Coulee Medical Center. No one knew exactly what scenario would play out or how long it would take Nov. 5, when the hospital's parking lot looked like a law enforcement/fire/EMS show of force. Multiple agencies from across the region wanted the chance to learn how to respond to such an event in a facility like a hospital, which cannot...
Coulee Dam's Candy Point trail is getting a makeover from the Washington Trails Association. This past weekend, 10-15 volunteers from all over Washington worked on clearing brush along the Candy Point Trail, starting behind town hall, where a lesser-known trailhead has become overgrown with brush over the years. Workers pruned branches and hauled them back to the trailhead, where the vegetation awaited wood chipping by the town crew before being hauled off. The trail was built in 1937 by the Civ...
Two Ice Age floods hikes and lectures are scheduled for the Grand Coulee area within the coming week. The hikes and lectures are part of several Cheney-Spokane Chapter of the Ice Age Floods Institutes efforts to give interested parties a hands-on experience to learn about the floods that scoured the area about 15,000 years ago. Saturday, Oct. 8, beginning at 9:30 a.m., two geologists-authors, Gene Kiver and Bruce Bjornstad, will lead a hike and provide information on a 7.2-mile trek up Northrup Canyon to the lake and back. The hike is listed...
Roy Hamilton picks up litter along highway 155 at Jones Bay in a burst of fall colors Thursday during an organized Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club event. Several local groups pick up litter along areas of local roadways. The Rotary Club picks up the stretch along Banks Lake from the entrance sign to Electric City at the state Department of Transportation yard to the Northrup Canyon Road each year, collecting 29 bags of trash Thursday. The DOT, which coordinates the volunteer efforts, provides the...
Long-retired former Grand Coulee Dam School District superintendent Jim Keene and new superintendent Paul Turner putt Thursday evening at Banks Lake Golf Course during a Rotary Club best-ball scramble. - Scott Hunter photo...
Sjana Bird has recently been promoted to senior vice president and regional branch administrator of North Cascades Bank, the bank announced. Bird, who has managed the bank's Grand Coulee branch for 15 years, will now oversee the branch-operations managers at the bank's Grand Coulee, Omak, Okanogan and Twisp branches. Jerri Smith has been promoted to branch operations manager at the Grand Coulee branch. After attending Eastern Washington University, Bird began her banking career working at a...
Burning banned Lincoln County Fire District 9 stated this week that there is a burn ban as of June 1. Questions can be answered by calling 647-5400. Big haul for food bank U.S. Postal Service workers in Grand Coulee, Coulee Dam and Elmer City collected and delivered 1,796 pounds of food during their recent Stamp Out Hunger Food Drive collection effort, Postmaster Amy Glover said. Rotary donates $1,000 The Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club donated $1,000 for expenses in the Tall Timber retreat for Grand Coulee Dam and Nespelem sixth-graders. The...
Nineteen new flags will be dedicated during the "Isle of Flags" Memorial Day ceremony next Monday, May 30, at Spring Canyon Cemetery. Flags for the following are being dedicated: Harold A. Blanchard, Bruce A. Brandstrom, Alfred Braaten, R.I. Button, Warren H. Byam, James Bradley "Brad" Combs, Douglas Gronski, William R. Hart, Jack A. Hilson, James Timothy Hurley, David A. Kelley, Marvin E. Kuest, Aleck T. Musyt, Diana M. Meyer, Leon Lee Nuehring, W. "Steve" Nuehring, Clark C. Reynolds, Ernie...
State Sen. Linda Evans Parlette visited the community last week to fill in schools Superintendent Dennis Carlson on changes in the capital budget staff in Olympia, which could affect the Grand Coulee Dam School District. Parlette spoke at the Rotary Club on Wednesday. Parlette, who has served on the Senate Ways and Means Committee for 20 years, managed to get the state to fund the district's new school complex, which it could not do on its own because of the high amount of non-taxable federal...
Rotarian Merle Kennedy and high school students Lucas Bird and Dakota Seylor transfer a trailer load of paper into bins for shredding Saturday during the Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club's free shred day event. The community brought in 5,800 pounds of paper to shred, plus about 125 pounds of food and $409 in donations for the Care and Share Food Bank. Organizer James Heuvel said the event in the Strate Funeral Home parking lot went very well. It was the fourth shred day event the club has sponsored...
Addison Picard, Valerie Jury, and LeeAnn Couvillier assemble napkins, forks and knives in the kitchen at the Rotary Club's spaghetti dinner Saturday night at Coulee Dam Town Hall. The sixth-graders were among many who attended to help with the event, which will benefit a trip planned for Lake Roosevelt and...
A spaghetti dinner set for Saturday will help fund a project that brings together sixth graders from Coulee Dam and Nespelem schools to pave their way as eventual classmates in high school. The Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club chose to work with the sixth graders for the annual fund raiser, possibly instilling an early lesson in community service. The sixth-graders help by serving at the dinner, giving them experience in working in volunteer community service and working with the public. And the...
Electric City survey is online The Electric City Parks and Trails survey is now online. The link to the survey questions is www.surveymonkey.com/r/electriccityparks. For those who want a hard copy of the survey questions, they are available at city hall. Electric City is seeking information from residents to help shape how to proceed with its plan to put a trail system and parks in the city. Spaghetti feed is for a good cause A spaghetti dinner this Saturday will help fund a trip for local sixth graders from Lake Roosevelt and Nespelem schools...
To help protect their friends and neighbors against identity theft, members of Grand Coulee Dam Rotary Club are joining with Coulee Dam Federal Credit Union, North Cascades Bank and Shred-It mobile document destruction to once again offer a “Free Community Shred Day.” The event will take place from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, April 23, in the parking lot of Strate Funeral Home, 329 E. Grand Coulee Ave., Grand Coulee, Washington. All are invited to bring their old files and records for destruction onsite in Shred-It’s state-of-the art truck...
Dates for a getaway that brings together students from Nespelem and Lake Roosevelt schools are set for May and a fundraiser is planned for April. The Grand Coulee Dam School District board set dates for the Tall Timber Ranch trip for sixth-graders from Nespelem Elementary and from Lake Roosevelt Elementary at its meeting Monday night. The sixth graders will go to the Leavenworth retreat for three days and two nights of adventure and physical testing. The trip, May 18-20, is later than usual this year, and is funded in part by the districts, the...
A popular educator and rising young school administrator was taken from Lake Roosevelt Schools in handcuffs last week, after a Seattle-based task force on Internet crimes served warrants to search his home, office and vehicle. Nate Piturachsatit, 37, was arrested at the school Feb. 3, after law enforcement officers from several agencies, all part of the Internet Crimes Against Children Task Force, arrived at 10 a.m. with a warrant to search his office and computer. When they left, they didn't...
A popular educator and rising young school administrator was taken from Lake Roosevelt Schools in handcuffs today, after a Seattle-based task force on internet crimes served warrants to search his home and office. Nate Piturachsatit was arrested at the school today after law enforcement officers from several agencies, all part of the regional task force, arrived with a warrant to search his office and computer. When they left, they didn’t take the computer with them, but they did take his cell phone. Piturachsatit is the vice principal of L...
