Recent stories by Pia

• Garland COPS shop idea receives support at meeting

  February 28, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S1 The Garland Business District held a meeting Feb. 20 about bringing a COPS shop to the Garland area. Close to 100 people and many city officials were at the meeting, …

• Miss Spokane winners selected

  February 28, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V3 The Miss Spokane Scholarship Program and Pageant selected its titleholders Feb. 17. The winners will go on to state and perhaps national pageants in addition to representing Spokane at community …

• Browne’s council allocates funds; money for youth program not on list

  February 21, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S9 The Browne’s Addition Neighborhood Council special meeting on Feb. 13 at the Museum of Arts and Culture was much more calm and organized than the group’s meeting on Feb. 6. …

• Campaign for kids turns to schools, faith communities

  February 21, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V2 Soon, it will be April and with April comes the annual Our Kids, Our Business campaign focused on child abuse prevention. Next week, the campaign is holding open houses on …

• City, Logan pursue innovative code ideas

  February 21, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S1 The Logan neighborhood and the city of Spokane are working on a new model for planning and zoning. At an open house earlier this month, the neighborhood stakeholder group and …

• Whitworth film festival honors Leonard Oakland

  February 21, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S1 Leonard Oakland speaks with a passion that makes the cafe table he’s sitting at wobble and dance. He has taught English at Whitworth University for 46 years, yet it’s his …

• Education Notebook: High schoolers win scholarships

  February 14, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S6 Eight students from Spokane Public Schools have received full-tuition, full-need scholarships to Northwest colleges and universities through the Act Six Leadership and Scholarship Initiative. More than 700 students applied and …

• Funding Peaceful Valley Youth Center proves contentious

  February 14, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S1 The Browne’s Addition Neighborhood Council meeting on Feb. 6 grew increasingly chaotic as it progressed. There were so many people at the meeting, which was in the downstairs meeting room … 1

• New COPS shop proposed in Garland Business District

  February 14, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S1 When thieves stole copper wire out of empty buildings nearby, it all got to be too much for Julie Shepard-Hall. She owns ZipperZ, a consignment shop on Garland Avenue with … 4

• Barbershop quartets will sing for your sweetheart

  February 9, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V6 The Spokane barbershop quartets are getting ready to deliver singing surprises to local sweethearts on Valentine’s Day. The quartets are all part of Pages of Harmony Men’s Chorus which is …

• Chief: COPS shops could be City Hall outposts

  February 7, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S5 The 27 Spokane neighborhood councils each send a representative to the monthly meeting of the Community Assembly on the first Friday of every month at City Hall. The tightly structured …

• Couple share their love of theater

  February 7, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S1 The day Joan Becker decided she had to hire a caterer was the day she was getting dinner ready for 20 people, playing the piano and acting in a dinner … 1

• New meal program brings kids to the table

  February 7, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S1 It was only the second time they tried it, but the children at Northeast Youth Center behaved like they’d always sat down for a hot meal in the late afternoon. … 1

• Emerson-Garfield seeks nonprofit status

  January 31, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S1 The Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council doesn’t have a bank account and can’t write a check, just like most other neighborhood councils. It also can’t receive a direct donation. That’s about to …

• Faith Action Network to host annual legislative conference

  January 31, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V9 The theme for this year’s Eastern Washington Legislative Conference is money: grace and justice. The daylong convention on Saturday features sessions on wage theft, criminal justice reform, the death penalty, …

• Playhouse auction will benefit kids

  January 31, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V9 Budget cuts at youth programs and community centers across town were on Kim Ferraro’s mind when she was on a trip to Montana last year. Ferraro is the executive director … 1

• Church programs’ clients irk Browne’s Addition neighbors

  January 24, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S1 It was standing room only when the Browne’s Addition Neighborhood Council held a special meeting Jan. 16 at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture. On the agenda was one … 1

• Court OKs expansion of St. Mark’s parking lot

  January 24, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S1 Come spring, St. Mark’s Lutheran Church may be able to finalize its parking lot expansion. The project has been held up in court since 2010, when the church tore down …

• Moving youth program to All Saints would allow it to grow

  January 24, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S2 Moving the youth program from the Peaceful Valley Community Center to All Saints Lutheran Church in Browne’s Addition would allow enrollment to more than double. The program has looked at … 1

• Marchers celebrate MLK’s life, vision

  January 22, 2013 in City on Page A5 They marched for justice. They marched for peace. Most of all, they marched as a reminder of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and his forceful words. Mikel Stevenson, of … 38

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