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Chris Peck

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Moderation A Refreshing Voice To Hear

Let's hear a quiet cheer for the voices of moderation. Many other voices are heard these days speaking up for their rights, their complaints and their demands. With the dawn arise the Limbaugh wannabes on the radio. At bedtime appears Jerry Springer and the yelling, screaming and swearing horde that defines his TV show.

News >  Spokane

Sometimes, Little Things Count Most

It is 8 a.m. and my feet are stuck to the floor at the University Inn. Stuck because someone young spilled a large carbonated beverage the night before, and it soaked into the carpet of the motel room.
News >  Spokane

The 10-Step Program To Revive Eastern

Well, we still have Eastern Washington University to kick around some more. After much talk by legislators and state oversight groups in the last few weeks, it seems clear EWU and Washington State University won't be merged anytime soon. Instead, the Higher Education Coordinating Board has put together a long list of suggestions on what Spokane and EWU should be doing to improve the higher education opportunities in the region.
News >  Spokane

Flu Season Doesn’t Keep All Of Us Down

Neither Valentine's Day nor Groundhog Day is the biggest milestone of February. The big one is known as It's End of Flu Season Day. The bad news this year is that flu season started late, meaning kids began dropping like flies in mid-January, and flu season is expected to run late, meaning parents will be dropping like flies well into March.
News >  Spokane

Public Schools Have Earned Our Support

Perhaps you saw the story about the 19-year-old who tried to use a stolen credit card with the name of the Spokane County coroner on it to get money at an Idaho Indian casino. As police tell it, the kid had obtained a stolen credit card with the name Dexter Amend on the front.
News >  Nation/World

Nethercutt Sees What Sabey Can’t

Rep. George Nethercutt has lent his good name to the effort to revitalize downtown Spokane. In a letter to the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development last week, Nethercutt aptly shed some light on the two key issues related to the all-but-approved Department of Housing and Urban Development loan for a parking structure that is part of the downtown redevelopment.

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