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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

WEDNESDAY, SEPT. 27, 2006

Maybe we could fund the debate team

PREPSI want to thank everyone who has taken the time to write on the issue of Bellevue's booster club's $55,000 a year payment to the football coach.This is just the type of well-thought-out, adult discussion I was hoping to foster here. Too often web site…

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T.O denies suicide attempt

PRO FOOTBALLWhen you got up this morning and headed for work, all you could hear on sports talk radio was Terrell Owens' attempted suicide. Whatever happened last night in Dallas was dissected from 1.73 million angles, though none were from the eye of the hurricane…

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Grabner becomes a millionaire

CHIEFSIt's not too often a millionaire takes the ice for the Spokane Chiefs, unless owner Bobby Brett puts on the skates. And even then I'm not sure.Sometime in the next couple of weeks, there will be a millionaire with a Chiefs' sweater on. Michael Grabner…

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There's more important things than games

PREPS UPDATED 1:55 P.M.; 2:05; 5:35We're starting today with some non-event news.Coeur d'Alene High girls basketball coach Dale Poffenroth is undergoing open heart surgery today in Spokane. Poff, as he's known, has been an institution in the Inland Northwest's girls basketball scene the past 20-plus…

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