In brief: Highway 195 summit tonight
Spokane City Council members Mary Verner and Brad Stark have scheduled a neighborhood summit meeting tonight at Council Chambers at City Hall to talk about increasing growth, safety and congestion problems along U.S. Highway 195 south of Spokane.
The meeting will be from 7 to 8:30 p.m. Residents, business people and property owners from the Qualchan and Eagle Ridge areas are encouraged to attend, according to city officials.
The summit will address transportations issues with Jerry Lenzi, regional administrator for the state highway department, expected to be on hand.
Also, fire and emergency response, soil erosion, water drainage and neighborhood development will also be open for discussion, the council members said in a press release.
Stark and Verner represent City Council District 2, which includes southwest neighborhoods.
– Mike Prager
Manito
Lions plan White Cane Days
Manito Lions Club members will be out in force at various South Side stores on Friday and Saturday collecting money as part of the annual White Cane Days fundraising campaign.
All proceeds benefit Northwest Lions Foundation for Sight & Hearing programs, including SightLife, formerly the Northwest Lions Eye Bank, and Lions Patient Care Grants.
The programs offer services including eye examinations and glasses, audiograms and hearing aides, medical procedures and special equipment to children and adults who are sight and/or hearing impaired who can not afford them.
The Manito Lions recently celeberated its 60th anniversary and is in its 61st year of service to the community.
– From staff reports
Spokane County
Girl Scouts send treats to troops
Local Girl Scouts recently collected donations of their cookies to be included in care packages for newly deployed soldiers.
The Troop to Troop Project raised 797 cases of Girl Scout cookies between Feb. 4 and April 15.
That number is more than triple of those cookies raised in last year’s project.
The Girl Scouts Inland Empire Council said that 2,276 local scouts collected the cookies, and included handwritten thank-you letters to the soldiers.
The cookies were delivered on April 23 to Fairchild Air Force Base, where they will be distributed to the troops.
– Lisa Leinberger