Newsbriefs

Substitutes

accepted

The Regional Board of Mayors has decided if one of their four mayors can’t attend the monthly meeting that mayor can send a voting substitute. The mayors repeatedly have had to cancel meetings because all four mayors are not in attendance. The substitute could be the city’s mayor pro-tem or a council member.

Playhouse to win

Tickets are still on sale to win the children’s playhouse on display at Loepp Furniture in Grand Coulee. Tickets are $1, and some lucky winner will get to take the playhouse home after the Junior Rodeo coming July 19. The winning ticket will be drawn during the rodeo.

The playhouse was built by DWK Fowler Construction. The firm has built and donated the playhouses for a number of years.

Local in

Soap Lake play

The Masquers Theatre in Soap Lake will offer its initial showing of “Charley’s Aunt” this Friday night at 7:30 p.m. Among actors in the performance is Jeremy Hansen from the Grand Coulee area. Hansen plays Francis Chesney, one of the leading roles in the play.

The play will be performed Fridays and Saturdays for the next three weekends. A matinee will be held at 2:30 p.m. each of the three Sundays. Carrie N. Glencoe is director.

Want to show the

old school spirit?

The Coulee Pioneer Museum is asking for mementos from the Grand Coulee Tigers and Coulee Dam Beavers for display. The two schools were independent before the consolidation of the two districts. Birdie Hensley said this week that persons who wish to show their materials in the display should drop them off at the museum, and the items will be returned after the showing.

Looking for BUIs

Marine patrols are scheduled in state waters in an effort to cut down on accidents caused by boat operators under the influence of alcohol. The statewide drive “Operation Dry Water” will occur over a three-day period, June 27-29. Grant County Sheriff’s Office has a marine patrol that sometimes operates on Banks Lake. Boaters under the influence of alcohol are one of the leading contributions to injuries and death on Washington waters, organizers stated.

Between 2004 and 2013, at least 64 people died in state boating accidents where alcohol use was a contributing factor. Recent U.S. Coast Guard statistics report that boating under the influence is still the leading factor in fatal boating accidents, with 17 percent of boating fatalities a direct result of alcohol use by the operator.

Fair animal

deadling extended

The Okanogan County Fair Advisory Board voted June 19 to extend the livestock weigh-in deadline to July 1.

Any youth participant who wishes to bring a market livestock animal to the fair now has until July to submit a weighed and tagged animal. Proof of ownership (signed and dated bill of sale, or brand slip from the breeder) and a picture of the animal must be submitted, showing the animal has been in the participant’s possession for the minimum required amount of time.

For more information, contact the appropriate barn superintendent, the Livestock Coordinator Bill White or Fair Advisory Board Chair Lon Dixon.

The fair takes place Sept. 4-7