All Valley Picnic today
Today is the perfect day for a picnic.
Several community groups are gathering in Liberty Lake’s Pavillion Park today for the All Valley Picnic.
The Liberty Lake Kiwanis will have food available, and the Spokane Arts Council will feature an art walk. There will be an antique car show and a historical display. Several businesses will have booths and games.
The event runs from 2 to 5 p.m. After the picnic, Jr. Cadillac will perform a free concert in the park at 6 p.m.
The event is hosted by the Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce, which is reviving the picnic after it went dormant for many years. In the past, the All Valley Picnic was one of the premier summer events for the Spokane Valley.
WV School District
Crowley earns award of merit
Polly Crowley, superintendent of West Valley School District, has been selected to receive a Washington Association of School Administrators Award of Merit.
This award is given to members who have demonstrated effective leadership at the regional level and have made a significant contribution to WASA though their work in the field of education in Washington.
Crowley was honored at an awards ceremony during the WASA summer conference held June 26 in Spokane.
At the West Valley School District’s June 14 special board meeting held to evaluate the superintendent, the board unanimously approved Crowley’s contract for 2006-09.
Public safety
Two arrested at Wal-Mart
Two men were arrested at Wal-Mart Tuesday after employees alleged that each suspect attempted to walk out of the store with a new flat-screen television.
Employees say they detained a man after seeing him leave the Spokane Valley store with an ILO Technologies LCD television worth $668 without attempting to pay for it, a release from Sheriff’s Sgt. Dave Reagan said.
Employees said they then saw another man attempt to leave the store with a Phillips LCD television costing $397 without paying, Reagan said.
According to the release, Thomas J. Corkery, 24, and Robert Howard Jorgenson, 20, were taken to county jail and charged with second-degree theft.