Meetings and Notices

Chamber Meets at Pepper Jack’s

for September

The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will be meeting this Thursday, Sept. 3, at noon, at Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille in Grand Coulee. Gayle Swagerty will be speaking about recycling in the area.

CMC Guild to Meet

The Coulee Medical Center Guild (Auxiliary) meets the second Monday of each month at noon at Coulee Medical Center. This month’s meeting is set for Monday, September 8. Join us for lunch. This is the final month for our shoe drive.

Blood Drive

Coming Sept. 21

The Grand Coulee community blood drive will be held Monday, Sept. 21, from 11:30 a.m. until 5 p.m. at the community room in the hospital. Inland Northwest Blood Center along with the Grand Coulee community blood drive volunteers led by Sommer Hicks will be coordinating the blood drive. Call Jennifer Tollefson 509.280.8570 for more information.

Care and Share

Food Bank

The food bank at the Church of the Nazarene has normal operating hours every Friday 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 and Fridays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center in Electric City. Call Paul at 633-3377 days or 633-3345 evenings. New Hope Group meetings are held Wednesdays at 6 p.m. at the Vets Center. 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 at 634-4921 for more information.

TOPS Meetings

TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) Chapter 1524 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. The SAIL exercise class follows this meeting beginning at 10 a.m. There is no charge. Also, a SAIL exercise class is held Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays, from 6:30 – 7:30 p.m., at the Coulee Dam Community Church.

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 and open the public and staffed by knowledgeable volunteers. Each facility offers both novices and experienced family historians the tools and resources to learn about their ancestors.

Historical Society

to Meet Tuesday

Grant County Historical Society will hold their regular board meeting Tuesday, Sept. 8, at 11:30 a.m. at the American Legion Post in Ephrata, 276 8th Ave NW.

Bob Bluhm will present a slide show of his recent trip on the Honor Flight.

Lunch will be served at noon for $7. If you wish to have lunch please call the American Legion at 754-2761. All members and guests are welcome.

Seniors Have Wheelchairs, Crutches

Through the Grand Coulee Dam Senior Center, a program is available to members and other persons who for a short time need a wheelchair, walkers, crutches, canes, bath stools and other mobility aids.