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Saturday, July 12, 2008
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Mid-year good time to reassess finances
July 12, 2008 in Business on Page F6 The start of a new year is a good time to adjust financial strategies and make money-oriented resolutions. But a thorough review around the middle of the year also can …
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Using their imagination
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page I1 Xandra Sonandre stood back and cocked her head to one side. “There’s one thing you have to add,” Xandra said, and began wrapping Grace Butcher’s legs in blue plastic bubble …
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Hayden Canyon opponents unite
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page I1 Opponents of the proposed 1,800-home Hayden Canyon housing development are preparing for a long fight following a recent hearing on the project in front of the Hayden City Council. A …
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Local option fee being considered
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page I1 A growing population, rising material prices and declining federal grants and gas tax funding have combined to place Kootenai County highway districts and towns on a dead end road when …
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Fire danger increases along with temperatures
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page I2 July is one of the driest months of the year in the Inland Northwest. Spokane averages about .76 inches of rain in July, with Coeur d’Alene averaging .96 inches. So …
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Start now to plant blueberries in spring
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page I3 Ah yes, the blueberries are starting to come into the stores and will soon be ripe in our gardens. Smothered in the thickest cream you can find, they are my …
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Family entertainment the key to Sherman Alive!
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page I3 In a town that can often be overrun by visitors during the summer months, a new series of events is designed to appeal to local families looking for a good …
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Her focus is on music
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page I3 Jillian Grutta started playing piano seven years ago. She watched her stepbrother play and began teaching herself.
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Skippers reopening near Silver Lake Mall
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page I3 The items for this week all have a common theme: They’re new but they’re not new. Let’s start with Skipper’s Fish & Chowder House. The Rosdahls have a relative who …
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Taco trucks the place for good, fast, cheap food
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page I4 A solitary black crow circled in the sky overhead. The punishing July sun did a cruel number on my fair skin, slowly turning my cheeks and neck as ruddy as …
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Music and arts
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page I6 Saturday BILL REID/LARRY HANNA (PIANO/JAZZ) – 7 p.m., Three Glasses Wine Bar, 202 1/2 First St., Sandpoint, 265-0230.
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Kaniksu Sands development moving forward as planned
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page I8 On June 27, I received the word that the Kaniksu Sands Resort/Marina/Property Development Project had been signed and sealed and would continue as originally planned last year. As many of …
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Rev. Jerry Kennedy retiring
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page V1 Twenty-seven years ago, Ronald Reagan became president, Sandra Day O’Connor was nominated as the first woman on the Supreme Court and the Rev. Jerry Kennedy arrived at Foothills Community Church …
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Council to discuss zone change
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page V1 A controversial zone change to allow an assisted-living center in a single-family residential area will go before the Spokane Valley City Council Tuesday for action. The issue was delayed a …
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YMCA Hooops returns for 17th year
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page V1 The YMCA will hold its 17th annual Hooops 3-on-3 Basketball tournament next Saturday and July 20 at the Spokane Valley Mall. Cost is $88 for a team of four with …
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Somebody’s gonna get Lucky
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page V1 Millwood’s official mouse catcher is losing his job. Lucky, the large, lovable black cat who has resided in Millwood City Hall since 2000, needs a new home. “He’s our pest …
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Your Voices
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page V2 Q: Five people at Spokane Valley grocery stores were asked: “What are you doing to save on food costs?”
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Government almanac
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page V2 Monday Fire District 2 (Fairfield) – 7 p.m. at 17815 E. Truax Road.
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Funding a city’s needs a challenge
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page V2 Our home budget is simple. Everything comes out of the same pot. Expenses for the house, rent, food, savings, all of these form the family budget. Governments, on the other …
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calendar
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page V2 For 07-12-2008
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Palouse event will showcase trio of friends
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page V3 More than two dozen artists will be freed from the confinements of their “studios” during the second annual Artists Loose on the Palouse Arts and Crafts Fair in Valleyford Friday …
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French language a favorite of Christy Finley
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page V3 Christy Finley learned how to speak French when she was in fourth grade. And, during this past year, she taught her mother’s fourth-grade students at Trent Elementary School to speak …
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volunteer
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page V3 For 07-12-2008
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‘The best backyard in the nation’
July 12, 2008 in Voices on Page V4 Each year for the Fourth of July the entire Widmer family – almost 40 people now – congregate in the Spokane Valley for the “FFTOF: Family Fun on the Fourth.” …
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