COLORAMA
2015
• Rodeo • Carnival • Beer Tent • Parade Arts & Crafts • Food • Run the Dam May 7-10, 2015 A Supplement to The Star Newspaper
PRESORTED STANDARD
U.S. Postage Paid Grand Coulee, WA 99133 Permit #3 ECRWSS Postal Patron
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An Eagles Club parade entry from 2013 made good use of red, white and blue and a nice car. — Star file photo
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s of Tuesday morning, there were 50 entries for the annual Colorama Parade, but 10 of those had just come in on Monday, said Peggy Nevsimal, director of the sponsoring Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce. The final count will likely be closer to 60-65, she said. That’s because the parade is one
where you’re very likely to see someone you know who is in it to show pride in the community, or to advetise a great cause, or just for fun. So when someone shows up the morning of the parade with a nice smile and application in hand, parade chair Tammy Norris is likely to say, “Oh, all right! You’re number 65, get in line.” You can still be part of the big Colorama Parade, May 9.
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You might spare some confusion if you stop by the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce office or go online to grandcouleedam.org for your parade entry form if you want be part of the parade and dazzle your family and friends along the parade route. You’ll see entries in eight different categories: Community entry, Organization/Club, Business, School Band, Classic car, Hot Rod, Equestrian, and
Junior. The parade begins at 11 a.m. Saturday, May 9, near the staging area on Spokane Way in front of the former Center Elementary School. The route, about a mile long, takes just over an hour to complete. The route follows Federal Avenue to Midway Avenue (SR155), takes Midway south to the Four Corners intersection with SR 174.
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You never know who will appear in what getup in the Colorama Parade. - file photo
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At Coulee City Clinic May 21, 2015 8 am-12 pm
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For all the head-on, rough-and-tumble, dirty action in a rodeo, cowboys need a lot of athleticism, and even grace, to get the job done. — Star file photo
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t’s time to take those cowboy duds out of the closet and get ready for the 59th running of the Colorama Rodeo. There’s a little bit of everything for young and old at this year’s ProWest Rodeo. There’s excitement, some laughs and memorable events. There’s the laughable mutton busting event (picture time); the McMillan Family Trick Riders are back (don’t try this unless you are a seasoned horseman); the Skagit Rein Riders Drill Team, the Whiskey Run, and all the traditional rodeo events. The mutton busters who ride those wooly sheep are up to 5 years of age and up to 60 pounds. It cost $15 to enter. Rodeo officials said the mutton busting is
open for eight kids on Friday night and eight on Saturday. The rodeo dust will kick up beginning at 6 p.m. Friday and again at 3 p.m. Saturday. Admission at the gate is $10 for adults, $8 for students and those under 10 are free. The event is sponsored by the Ridge Riders with a handful of corporate entities also involved. There will be food available, so be prepared eat and watch the action. A beer garden will be offering refreshments for adults.
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Thank you to our many sponsors for supporting the Ridge Riders in 2015. Without the outstanding support from our community we would not be able to do all the things we do. We ask that you say thank you and support those who helped us bring these activities to our community. Horsemanship clinic, barrel-racing clinic, Colorama Rodeo, Cleatis Lacey Memorial Bull Ride and Wild Horse Race, Ranch Rodeo, Jr. Rodeo. THANKS YOU EVERYONE – The Ridge Riders Our Corporate Sponsors: Jess Ford - Coulee Dam Credit Union - DWK Fowler - Coulee Medical Center - Ag Link/ Almira - Evergreen Implement - Coulee Dam Casino Flo's Cafe Clifton Larson Allen Rock Steel Structures Les Schwab Memory of Bob Rowe Loepp Furniture Bird's Auto Body Eagles # 2577 CR Lumber Star Publishing H & H Grocery Electric City Bar & Grill Karl's Site Development Silver Creek Systems Coulee Internet Service Chaparral Cycle Service Pepper Jack’s Bar & Grille Coulee Construction Larry Rehn DDS Moose Lodge JR Newhouse & Co. PLP La Presa Columbia River Inn State Farm Insurance Coulee Recycling Central WA Grain Growers Dave's Gun Coulee Playland Coulee Dam Concrete Trail West Motel Haven Fence Foisy and Kennedy Sky Deck Motel GCD Chamber of Commerce Safeway Coulee Dam Casino Grand Coulee Center Lodge Evergreen Implement (CS) Copenhaver Construction Coulee Hardware
Coulee Ice Jack's Stations & Mini Marts Ketch Pen Tavern Green's Excavation Omak Feed AMZ Oil – Jim Brakebill Leffel Otis Greg's Crop Care 4 Bears Ed'S Meat Market Gerard Building Co. Banks Lake Pub Home Town Pizza Nick's Home Repair Sandy's Foods Taylor Enterprises, LLC The Frame King Whitley Fuel Strate Funeral Home R & A Cafe Odessa Trading Co. Mannitques Antiques Ken's Distributing Keller Trading Post Tammy's Talons Grand Grindz Siam Palace House Call Chiropractic Fusion Restaurant Nespelem Trading Post Kings Court Tropical Pig Bobby O's Boat & RV Storage Young's Welding Nespelem Valley Elec. Coop. Gillespie Eye Care Investment Services NW Ag Enterprise
American Legion Sassy Soule Coulee Dam Plumbing Dr. James Harris Joshua Grant Law Office Lynnee's Floral Tee Pee Drive-In The Variety Store Shaw’s Produce Farmers Insurance Coulee House Motel Napa - Grand Coulee Steamboat Rock Restaurant Grand Coulee Vol. Fire Dept. City of Grand Coulee Town of Coulee Dam City of Electric City Friends of the Rodeo
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ou can save some big bucks this year by purchasing Colorama Carnival tickets before the carnival starts. Advance session tickets are on sale at seven locations: The Credit Union, Chamber of Commerce office, Coulee Hardware, Coulee Medical Center, H & H Grocery, Loepp Furniture and
The Star newspaper. Advance session tickets are $25. If you wait until the event, the session ticket costs go to $30. But the value of purchasing early is even greater. With your $25 advance purchase you get five game tickets free, a value of $5. At the gate cost of
$30, you have to purchase game tickets separately, so your savings is really $10. The carnival will operate on Thursday after school, beginning at 5 p.m.; Friday from 3 p.m.; and on Saturday,
two sessions — from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. and from 4-9. Paradise Amusements, out of Coeur d’Alene, Idaho, returns this year for another Colorama presentation.
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ou can now stop by a local business and purchase your Colorama Button. For $3, not only will you show your support for the big annual celebration, but it could be a lucky button and be your ticket to one of the many prizes at the May 9 drawing. This year you have to be present for the 1 p.m. Saturday drawing at North Dam Park to be eligible to win a prize. The Colorama Buttons are numbered. Grand Coulee Dam Chamber of Commerce officials will draw numbers out of a hat and award prizes to those present holding the lucky numbers. You could win such prizes as a fire pit, lawn chairs, a cooler, a barbecue, a TV, and many other prizes, including artwork. You have to be present to win, but there’s lots to do at North Dam Park if you get there in time for lunch at one of the food booths and to shop from more than 70 vendors in the park. The drawing will be held at gazebo.
Button boards like this can be found at many area businesses.
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59th Annual
Rodeo Ac�on Mu�on Bus�ng McMillan Family Trick Riders Skagit Rein Riders Drill Team Whiskey Run
Pendleton Whiskey and Coors Beer Garden
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May 8 and 9 , 2015 6:00 PM Friday and 3:00 PM Saturday Ridge Rider Arena, 22209 Alcan Road, Grand Coulee, WA
Admission at the Gate: 10.00 Adults * 5.00 Students * Under 6 free Sponsored by the Ridge Riders and these corporate sponsors
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The view from a Colorama helicopter ride, looking over the city of Grand Coulee, over the Grand Coulee Dam and at the Columbia River flowing north. The feeder canal that fills Banks Lake crosses diagonally at upper left. — Star file photos
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ake Roosevelt High School graduate Tim Tueth will be back with helicopter rides for this year’s Colorama. This will be the third consecutive year in a row that such rides will be offered at Colorama by Inland Helicopter in Spokane, where Tueth gives flying instructions and takes people on tours. Tueth walked through the hallowed halls of LRHS back in 1992, when he graduated. Tueth lived in the Grand Coulee area since the second grade and for him it is like coming home. Each year the rides have become more popular as people are thrilled with the view of the area from high above the ground. Cost is $30 each if there are three passengers or $40 if there are under three. Tueth learned to fly by taking instruction in both Spokane and Texas and appears again this year through the sponsorship of the Grand Coulee Dam Area Chamber of Commerce. Flights will be held Friday and Saturday, May 8, 9.
The King’s Court R.V. Park
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Sixty-Three Years Ago The Ridge Riders Club members and friends in approximately 1952 took this picture before they rode to McGinnis Lake. Those identified include: Karen McKee, Hayden McKee, Jakie Wilson, Wes Rinker, Fay Wilson, Barb Wilson, Donna Snyder, Donna Wilson, Dover Perry, Edith Rinker, Winton Craig, Beverly Teacher, Floyd Craig, Minnie Scott, Marge Redmond, Patsy Snyder, Florence Barret, Garnet Rinker, Cecilia Good, Clyde McClain, Matt Snyder, Joe Champaneze, Lealah McKee, Wayne Snyder, Cletis Lacy, Sam Rinker and Perry Boll.
Reopen May Close After Labor Day
Colorama Carnival Advance Daily Sales Now Underway Daily Passes Now $25 - During Colorama $30 Presale includes 5 game tickets. (not included at the gate) Game Tickets $1.00 each
Credit Union, Chamber of Commerce Office, Coulee Hardware, Coulee Medical Center, H&H Grocery, Loepps, Star Newspaper Colorama sponsored by GCD Area Chamber of Commerce
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Standing up, upside down, or something else, you’ll be amazed at what these kids can do on a horse. — McMillan family photo
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hose attending this year’s Colorama Rodeo are in for a treat. If you have never seen the McMillan family put on a riding display, you will agree afterwards that their performance, alone, is worth the price of your rodeo ticket. Five of the McMillan siblings will show you the rewards of working hard and trusting your horse. The McMillan family consists of Mom, Dad and 10 children. They are no strangers to the rodeo circuit and the ranch lifestyle. From their ranch in Soap Lake, they run cattle and are stock contractors, providing stock for rodeos throughout the northwest area, including Colorama. Each of the kids is fully involved in the ranching and rodeo business. When they are not trick riding, they compete in amateur and junior rodeos. One of their favorite ways to earn money is to buy pony prospects, riding them and then taking them to the Billings Horse Sale to sell each spring. The McMillan Family Trick Riders have been performing at rodeos
throughout the United States for the massive crowds demonstrating their past four years, many times before professional abilities.
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Become a Ridge Rider “Friend of the Rodeo” Only $10 Membership monies go to added purses in each rodeo event. Be a member - Send in your check to:
Friends of Colorama Rodeo P.O. Box 174 Grand Coulee, WA 99133 or bring it to Loepp Furniture
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Museum open for Colorama
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he Coulee Pioneer Museum in Electric City will be open from 1-3 p.m., Friday, Saturday and Sunday during Colorama. The museum features displays, old-time photographs, and other area memorabilia that can be interesting to area residents and to those who used to live here who are returning for the Colorama weekend.
Book fair at the library
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he Grand Coulee Public Library will be holding a book sale Saturday, May 9, from 7:30 a.m. - 1 p.m. While at the parade come check out the variety of books that will be available to purchase.
Some of the coolest cowboys start out as mutton busters.
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olorama visitors will have plenty to do at North Dam Park this weekend. Plan on getting your lunch or dinner at one of the many vendor booths and then stay around awhile and see what the many vendors have to offer. It’s a great time to pick up that special gift and maybe do a little gift shopping. It’s Mother’s Day Sunday, you know. Food and related things will be available at Ali’l Hawaiian Shaved Ice, Caveman Eats, Grandma Yummies, Inland Empire Concessions, Marsalee’s Thai Foods, Original Italian Sausage, Sunshine Tiki Hut and White’s Concessions. The chamber of commerce beer garden offers adults a break from all the activity and a chance to get together with old friends, with live music in the background. Other vendors that will be located at North Dam Park include: • 4D Artistry • Anderson’s Nursery • Art to Suit You • Bonnie’s Fabric on Wheels • Bristar • Canopy Corner • Colors & Origins • Coulee Medical Center • Country Strong
• Crafty Hands • Creager’s Creation • Deputy Dog Enterprises • DIY Abstract Art • Ecuadorian Crafts • Elsners Wooden Things • Farmhouse Fine Gifts • Flowers Crafts • Gems & Trends • Henna Me Pretty • Homemade Happiness • Jehovah’s Witnesses • Jim Tunell Photography • Johnson’s Things
• KSK Company • Liberating Style • Little Pup • Magic Masseuse • Mama Celia’s of Washington • Mauk Everything • Mountain Memories • Natives World • Old Country Flavors • One of a Kind by Design • Pampered Chef/Original Owl • Rock • Gem & Tile Creations • Rock ‘n Wire
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You could win this
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ickets to win this kid’s playhouse are now on sale at Loepp Furniture at $1 each and will be on sale there and at the Colorama Rodeo grounds this weekend. It will be awarded to some lucky kid during the Junior Rodeo, July 18-19. The playhouse was built by DWK Fowler Construction. Tickets will remain on sale at Loepp Furniture until the Junior Rodeo.
EXCITING COLORAMA CARNIVAL May 7-8-9 • 3 Great Days at North Dam Park!
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Run The Dam set for Saturday
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he Grand Coulee Dam as last year, as far as beginning at the Area Chamber of Com- backside of the Grand Coulee Dam, merce is organizing its crossing the dam and heading south “Run The Dam” race for its second out along Banks Lake for the longer year, working hard to make it an an- distances. The 5k race will end at Banks Lake Park. nual event that Run The par t ic ipants Dam is lookFor more information, go to can’t pass up, ing for a few www.runthedam.com. organizers said. more volunTo register, click the “RegThis year teers to help ister Now” button. at water staRun the Dam To volunteer or become an tions and at races on the RTD sponsor, contact Mandi the finish line, Saturday of Button at 509.631.2667 or Button said. the Colorama All volunteers info@runthedam.com festival will be will receive starting with RT D s w a g a “wave start” that they can wear the day of the race due to a minor course change to keep and keep. the runners safety the top priority, said To be guaranteed a race shirt, you Mandy Button, in charge of the event needed to register before May 4. “After May 4th, all t-shirts will for the chamber. The half-marathon will start at be unisex sizing and quantities will 7a.m., the 10k at 7:15 and the 5k at 7:30. be limited,” organizer Mandi Button explained. “If you register after May The course will remain the same 4th you will not be guaranteed a shirt.”
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