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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

Bev Vorpahl

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Christmas Fund 1997 There’s So Little Time - And Still So Much To Give Christmas Fund Still $311,205 Short

OK, I'm getting a little nervous. Through Wednesday, the total given to The Spokesman-Review Christmas Fund is $113,795.57. Christmas is exactly two weeks away. The goal is $425,000. That leaves $311,205 to raise in 14 days. The fund has reached about the same amount as it had a year ago at this time, but it's still nerve-racking to realize how much must be collected in a short time.
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Lutheran Churches Finish Merger

As of Monday morning in Spokane, there will be no Calvary Lutheran Church and no Ascension Lutheran Church. But there will be Prince of Peace Lutheran. The two congregations have consolidated and each separately voted to rename the combined church, said the Rev. John Vaswig, senior pastor of Prince of Peace and former pastor of Calvary.