Newsbriefs

Blood drive next Monday

There will be a community Blood Drive Monday, Feb. 26, from 12:15 p.m to 4:30 p.m., at the Community Room in Coulee Medical Center. The drive is sponsored jointly by the Inland Northwest Blood Center and the Grand Coulee Community Blood Drive Volunteers.

Crab feed coming

Tickets are on sale at the chamber of commerce office, The Star newspaper and Coulee Hardware for the chamber’s Annual Crab Feed. Ticket price for the “all you can eat” Crab Feed is $45 per person. The feed will be at the former Sage Restaurant site on Midway Avenue. Doors will be open at 5 p.m., with a no-host bar. Dinner will begin at 5:30 and continue until 8 p.m.

Price for children 12 and under is $12.

Banquet set

The Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce Membership Banquet and Board Installation is set for Monday, Feb. 26, at the Melody Restaurant in Coulee Dam, beginning at 6 p.m. During

the dinner, the “Achiever of the Year” and “Business of the Year” will be announced. The public is invited. RSVP to 633-3074 if you plan to attend.

Auditions set

Auditions for the Missoula Children’s Theatre production of The Snow Queen” will be held at the high school gym March 5, at 3:30 p.m., with roles available for those from ages 5 through 18. Parental permission slips must be filled out. Home-schooled children are welcome.

Victims named

Grant County Coroner Craig Morrison stated Feb. 14 that 68-year-old Roxy Mae Ergler and 72-year-old Kenneth W. Gomez were the two people who died Feb. 12, due to suspected carbon monoxide poisoning inside a Coulee City home. Their families have been notified.

The cause of death won’t be conclusive until the coroner receives results of a laboratory analysis, which can take several weeks.

Woman burned

A woman was hospitalized Feb. 17 in Moses Lake after a companion pumped gasoline into a trash can in the back seat of their car. She was smoking at the time, which ignited the gas fumes inside the 1988 Ford Tempo at the gas pumps at Cascade Grocery on Valley Road Northeast about 8:15 a.m., the Grant County Sheriff’s Office reported.

The woman got out of the car but sustained severe burns. She was taken to Samaritan Healthcare by a bystander.

The male driver ran away on foot.

After the fire was out, deputies found a large quantity of marijuana in the trunk.

Anyone with a tip can leave it anonymously by calling 509-762-1160, or emailing crimetips@grantcountywa.gov.

Small business advisor available

A certified business advisor and trade specialist will be available to give owners and managers in-depth, confidential, and no-cost assistance designed to address every aspect of business management and operation next week at Electric City Hall.

Appointments can be made for March 1 by calling Allan Peterson at 509-762-6040 or emailing allan.peterson@wsbdc.org.