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Meetings and Notices

Chamber to Meet

The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce will meet at noon this Thursday, July 6, at the Electric City Bar & Grill. Tasha Marchand will be speaking about the upcoming Ridge Riders Junior Rodeo.

American Legion to Meet

The American Legion Post 157 holds legion meetings on the second Tuesday of each month. The next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, July 11, at the Lutheran Church in Grand Coulee.

CMC Guild to Meet

The Coulee Medical Center Guild (Auxiliary) regular meeting will be Monday, July 17, at noon at Coulee Medical Center.

Overman to Speak

at Historial Society

The Grant County Historical Society will hold its monthly meeting on Tuesday, July 11. No lunch will be served.

This meeting will be held at the museum grounds at the Big Barn so that board members can view projects being built, including the new meeting and research room and a potato processing display that was donated to the museum.  

The board meeting will begin at 11 a.m. At 12:30 p.m., Jessie Overman will talk about her grandfather, Claude Maxwell, a Grant County pioneer.

Members and guests are welcome to attend.

Caregivers Group

A caregivers support group meets Mondays at 3:30 p.m. in the Art Room above the Senior Center. Call Betty Brueske at 631-2201 for more information.

Care and Share Food Bank Is Open Fridays

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 xtVets 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 3 to 4 p.m., in the basement of the Coulee Dam town hall.

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 Tuesday 10 a.m. to 1 p.m., and Wednesday from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. The family history centers are free, 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.

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 wheelchairs, walkers, crutches, canes, bath stools and other mobility aids.

For those who have any of the above items that are from the center and are no longer used, please return them. 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.

REMEMBER AMERICAN LEGION IS Second TUESDAY of the Month

American Legion to Meet

The American Legion Post 157 holds legion meetings on the second Tuesday of each month. The next meeting will be at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, January 10 at the Vets Center in Electric City.

American Legion to Meet

The American Legion Post 157 regular meeting will be held at 6:30 p.m., Tuesday, August 9 at the Zion Lutheran Church, 348 Mead Ave., Grand Coulee, John Tangin, the HUD-VASH (Housing & Urban Developemnt – Veterans Affairs supportive Housing) coordinator will be speaking on the supportive services to help veterans who are hoeless and their familes find and sustain permanent housing.

CMC Guild to Meet

The Coulee Medical Center Guild (Auxiliary) has changed its meeting date to the third Monday of the month. This month’s meeting will be Monday, March 20, at noon at Coulee Medical Center. Join us for lunch. This is the final month for our shoe drive.

Care and Share Food Bank Closed This Friday

The food bank at the Church of the Nazarene has normal operating hours every Friday from 2 to 4 p.m. Friday, Nov. 27, it will be closed due to the Thanksgiving holiday. It is located at the Church of Nazarene, Hwy 174, Grand Coulee. The bank still can use clean, plastic grocery bags.

CMC Guild to Meet

The Coulee Medical Center Guild (Auxiliary) has changed its meeting date to the third Monday of the month. This month’s meeting will be Monday, Sept. 21 at noon at Coulee Medical Center. Join us for lunch. This is the final month for our shoe drive.

American Legion to Meet

The American Legion Post 157 holds legion meetings on the second Tuesday of each month and now begin at 6:30 p.m. and will be held at the Zion Lutheran Church, 348 Mead Ave., Grand Coulee, through the month of August. The next meeting will be Tuesday, July 12.

American Legion Post 157 Meets

The American Legion Post 157 holds legion meetings on the second Tuesday of each month at 7 p.m. at the Vets’ Center in Electric City. All veterans are welcome. The next meeting will be held Tuesday, August 11 and will be held at St. Dustan’s Episcopal Church, Grand Coulee Ave., across from Jack’s Spring Caynon Gas Station. For more information contact Jerry at 633-2579.

 

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