COULEE CORRIDOR CONSORTIUM 
Monthly Meeting
October 17, 2014
Beach House Bar and Grill 8198 Hiway 262 SE Mardon Resort

Attending Members and Guest: Tim Alling; Mark Amara; Denis Felton, Birdie and Lowell Hensley, Dyana Crunnett; Rick Heiberg; Jim Pritchard, Roger Krug

Meeting called to order by Chairman Tim Alling at 12:10 p.m.

PARTNER REPORTS.
GCDA Chamber Wine and Cheese Dinner/Auction to be held Dec 7, 2014 at Coulee Dam City Hall. Pre-purchase tickets required
Coulee Pioneer Museum is selling Limited Addition of 2015 Historical Date Calendar as a fund raiser. $10 Calendar Only - $30 Membership and Calendar - $2.00 shipping and handling. PO Box 203 Grand Coulee, WA 99133
Moses Lake Farmers Market ends the last Sat in Oct at McCosh Park.  Hours 8 a.m. to 1 p.m.
CCC had an exhibit at the Adam County Fair.
Warden Christmas in Warden to be held 1st Friday of December at the community Center from five to 6:00 p.m. 
Lower Grand Coulee Chapter of IAFI next meeting and his on Sat November 8.  Meeting at 11 am at Soap Lake Senior Center.  Hike to follow at 1:30 to feature the area.
Central Basin Audubon partnering with the City of Moses Lake to have a “Bird Fest” at the Civil Center on June 6, 2015
Othello Sandhill Crane Festival is March 27-29, 2015
Soap Lake Children’s play ‘Fairy Tale Christmas” at Masquers Theater Dec. 5, and 12 at 7 p.m. and Dec. 6,7,13,14 at 2p.m.tickets at Masquers.com
Oct. 17, 2014 ‘Pajama Game” Nov. 16 at Masquers Theater.
Bonnie Guitar (Hall of Fame) every Sat night from6p.m. to 8p.m. month of Oct. at Soap Lake Business club. 
Soap Lake Shoreline Management Plan needs to add that Soap Lake is a mineral lake.  Trailer Park at North end of lake has been purchased and new owner doing lots of improvements. 
IAFI is still working on getting a Logo for the IAFI Trails 
Soap Lava Lamp still being worked on, need money to complete the project.
Friends of Lower Grand Coulee working on walking trail and fund raiser projects

September meeting minutes approved (M-Mark A S-Ken C)

Meeting Agenda accepted. (M-Mark A   S- Ken C)

Treasurer Report: $3890.27 in account. Moved and seconded and passed to pay $805 to American Roads.  (M-mark S- John M)

2005 Grant: committee working on final locations for Kiosk; Environment  Classification; need to write document  for sole source for pillars; 
Paul M office will get information to get approval of the state Indian tribes. 
Trail Blazer Sign still need mounted and environment statement for Ephrata and Othello Loop.

21st Century: No one attending from Organization.  They had 65 children at summer program.  Now 53 children are enrolled, goal 80.  Not other feed back on other projects. 

Tim Alling attended Historic Roads and National Scenic Byways Conference in Savannah, Georgia Sept 25-29. Had bus tours around Savannah, “Dixie Hiway” 1st good road through Georgia. Approx. 120 attended - 3 from Washington State. 

Scenic Byway Conference Sept 25 & 26 attended by Barbara and Ken Caylor, and Harry Hayter,   Very well organized had round table discussion on several subject, Public would like more Short road tours, CCC needs to use social Media to involve the younger generation, membership needs to take pictures of actives and share with others, simple sells, simple works.  Seemed more feed back with up the ladder than down to the membership, CCC needs to get more support from Congress if possible, tourist #4 in state. 

Tim has been working on applications to Cities for monies. Othello was due Oct. 18, Electric City was end of Sept. - not sure of deadline for Grant Co. Tourism 

2015 Travel Planner is being worked on.  Will publish 50,000 copies.  Theme fishing - CCC needs to update their ad. Full page $1000.  Part of Publication is a trails section.  

Adopt A Highway went good.  Could of use some more members to help.

Columns that were taken are going to be used in Refuge area near picnic site or near maintenance  building. 

Need the area around the South Gateway sign cleaned up and maybe so rock around it. 

Tim working on a exhibit to be place in the Grand Coulee Dam Visitor Center in 2015.  More information later. 

Byway Beat deadline is Oct 15, 2014.  Need articles at Conference in Leavenworth and Savannah, George. 

Meeting Schedule:
	Nov. 21, 2014 - Ephrata - Country Deli, 
	Dec. 19, 2014 - Soap Lake  - Don’s 
Meeting Adjourned 

Birdie Hensley - Sec.