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Officials seeking input on crime

The Spokesman-Review

Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich and other public officials are soliciting public comments today on how to prevent crime in neighborhoods.

The Republican sheriff and state Sen. Brad Benson will take comments in two meetings at Moran United Methodist Church, 3601 E. 65th Ave., at 2 p.m. and 6 p.m. They will be joined by County Commissioner Mark Richard at the 2 p.m. meeting.

The meetings, sponsored by the Sheriff’s Office, will offer information on starting Neighborhood Watch programs, and will ask county residents where crime rates are high and what can be done to reduce the problem.

Man’s body pulled from river

Emergency workers recovered a man’s body from the Spokane River in Peaceful Valley on Tuesday evening.

Fire Department Battalion Chief Bob Green said passers-by reported seeing the body about 5:30 p.m., and Spokane County dive team members recovered it with help from firefighters.

“The police seemed to know who he was, but they didn’t share that information with me,” Green said.

No police spokesman was immediately available for comment Tuesday night.

The dead man apparently was not the one who was seen jumping from the Monroe Street Bridge on May 22, Green said. He said the clothing on the body found Tuesday didn’t match that of the jumper.

Green said the body was snagged in brush about 20 feet from shore at a boat ramp near Water Avenue, about a quarter-mile east of the Maple Street Bridge.

Hayden, Idaho

Massey receives writing award

Steve Massey, who writes a faith and values column for The Spokesman-Review, has been awarded the $1,000 Award of Outstanding Merit in the Amy Foundation Writing Awards for 2005. Massey’s winning column, “Bible remains true compass – despite our culture,” was published in the April 9, 2005, issue of The Spokesman-Review.

The Amy Writing Awards program encourages writers to apply biblical principles to contemporary issues. Entries must appear in mainstream publications and include at least one Bible quotation. The 2005 winning entries were selected from nearly 700 submissions.

Massey is the senior pastor at Hayden Bible Church in Hayden, Idaho. He worked as an editor and reporter for The Spokesman-Review for 15 years.