Meetings and Notices

Chamber to Meet

The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet this Thursday, July 11, at noon at Sunbanks. On the agenda is general business and discussion of the 4th of July activities.

Grant County Mosquito Dist. 2 to Meet

Grant County Mosquito Dist. 2 will hold its regular monthly meeting on Wednesday, July 10, at 7 p.m,. at the Electric City City Hall.

Events to Raise Funds for Blood Cancer Cure

The family of a Center Elementary first-grader who died last September encourage participation in an effort to fund a cure for blood cancers.

A girl who loved horses, stuffed animals, riding her bike and playing with her friends, Jezelle Elizabeth Marconi died last September of aplastic anemia.

Her family has since been active in Be The Match, an organization that raises funds for research and bone marrow transplants. Be The Match will hold a fund-raising walk-run in Portland, Ore. on Sunday. More information is available at BeTheMatchWalkRun.org.

Class of 2003 Getting Ready for Reunion

The Lake Roosevelt Class of 2003 will be holding an informal get-together for its 10 year reunion on July 26 and 27. Friday night will be at the Electric City Bar and Grill and Saturday at Spring Canyon all day and then either Electric City Bar and Grill or SunBanks Cantena Saturday night. No RSVP will be required.

TOPS Meetings

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter meets on Tuesdays at 9:15 a.m. at Grand Coulee Senior Center prior to the exercise group gathering at 10 a.m. Come and join for the health of it.

TOPS#WA1490, Coulee Dam meets on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m., meeting following weigh in downstairs in the ground level fellowship hall in the Coulee Dam Community Presbyterian Church, 509 Central Ave., across from the Colville Tribal Museum. TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) is a non-profit weight loss organization.

Eagles #2577 Meetings

The Eagles #2577 Aerie meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. The next meeting is July 23, at 7 p.m. The Auxiliary meets the first and third Tuesday of every month. Next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday,July 16..

Free Pinochle at the Seniors

Free pinochle is offered at the Grand Coulee Senior Center Monday, Wednesday and Friday beginning at 1 p.m.

Care and Share Food Bank Open

The food bank at the Church of the Nazarene normal operating hours are every Monday from 2 to 4 p.m. It is located at the Church of Nazarene, hwy 174, Grand Coulee. The bank still can use clean plastic grocery bags.

Library has

Friday Story Time

The Grand Coulee Library Story time is every Friday at 10:30 a.m. Regular library hours are Mondays and Thursdays 12:30 - 5:30 p.m.; Tuesdays 12:30 - 7:30 p.m. and Wednesdays and Fridays 9:30 a.m. - 5:30 p.m. For information concerning library programs or services call 633-0972.

Local AA Meetings

Confused in the Coulee AA meetings are held on Mondays at 7 p.m., Friday at 6 p.m. and Sunday at 9 a.m.. at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings. New Hope Group meetings are held Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Vets Center. For more information call John 633-2448. These are open and non-smoking.

In Nespelem the group Bound and Determined holds its meetings Monday evening at 7 p.m. at the Catholic Church. Contact Myrna 634-4921 for more information there.

Seniors Have Wheelchairs, Crutches Available

Through the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center a program is available to members and other persons who for a short time need a wheel chair, walkers, crutches, canes, bath stools and other items of this type.

For those who have any of the above items that are from the center and no longer used please return. If you have any of the above items in good condition and would like to donate them to the center, it would be extremely appreciated. For those who cannot deliver, pickup is available. Call 633-2321 for more information.