Meetings and Notices

Chamber to Meet

The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon, Thursday, Sept. 19, at La Presa. Roy Hamilton of Shaw’s Fruit & Produce will be the speaker.

Singers Wanted

The Coulee Community Choir meets Mondays at 7 p.m. at St. Henry’s Catholic Church. Singers are welcome. Come and check it out.

Gun Club to Meet

Grand Coulee Dam Area Gun Club will meet Saturday, Sept. 21, at 6 p.m. at the Eagles Lodge, 122 B St., Grand Coulee. Everyone is welcome. For more information call Mike 509.631.0490.

Thrivent Financial/Zion Lutheran Church

to Bring Mobile Food Bank

Thrivent Financial will partner with Zion Lutheran Church to bring a mobile food bank to Grand Coulee on Friday, Sept. 27.

The mobile food bank’s Second Harvest truck will be at Zion Lutheran Church, located at 348 Mead Ave., from 10 a.m. – noon. The food is free and this food bank is open to the public.

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.

Hospital Guild to Meet

Coulee Medical Center Hospital Guild will hold its regular meeting on Thursday, Sept. 19, from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. in the conference room at CMC. Any newcomers are welcome to attend.

Blood Drive Monday

Coulee Medical Center will host a blood drive for the Inland Northwest Blood Center Monday, Sept. 23 from 11:30 a.m. to 5 p.m.

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.

A new morning chapter will be held on Wednesday mornings with weigh-in at 7:45 a.m., and a meeting at 8 a.m. It will also be held at the Coulee Dam Community Church-Presbyterian.

Eagles #2577 Meetings

The Eagles #2577 Aerie meets on the second and fourth Tuesday of every month. The next meeting is September240, at 7 p.m. The Auxiliary meets the first and third Tuesday of every month. Next meeting is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. 1.

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.

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.