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EndNotes archive for Aug. 27, 2013

TUESDAY, AUG. 27, 2013

Lilac parade 1963 with Gail Caldwell, Spokane's first black Lilac Princess. (Photo Archive/spokesman-review)

Telling the true story 50 years later

Kudos to Karen Erickson of Spokane who was a reporter for the Spokane Chronicle in 1963 when Gail Caldwell of Marycliff High School was named the city's first black Lilac Princess. See my story about the historic event. Erickson filled in a bit of disturbing…

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Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.