In Brief: City changing the way it sends utility bills
SPOKANE – The city is changing the way it’s sending out utility bills this fall. Bills will be addressed to the owner or manager of a property, instead of to tenants or “current occupant.”
The city is asking customers to provide basic information – the name of the property owner, the address of the property, a mailing address if it’s different from the property address, a phone number and a valid email address.
Change forms will arrive in the utility bill or may be picked up at City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd.
By the end of the year, any account that has not been updated will be changed to reflect information available via property tax records.
The information may be submitted online at www.myspokanecity.org – click on public works and then utility billing or call (509) 625-6000 between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. on weekdays.
Library offers new database
SPOKANE COUNTY – The Spokane County Library District is offering a new online resource that makes it easy to access data and facts at a glance.
Called Statista, the program gives users access to statistics and studies relating to more than 80,000 topics, collected from more than 18,000 international sources, said Carlie Hoffman, library services manager.
Statista allows users to do one search, view the statistics as a graph and download the information.
This new research tool must be accessed from a library computer.
Sparx going to World Games
MORAN PRAIRIE – The Spokane Sparx senior women’s softball team is heading to the Huntsman World Senior Games in St. George, Utah, in October.
The team is raising money for travel expenses at a Bunko Game Night from 6 to 9 p.m. today at Moran Prairie Grange, 6206 S. Palouse Highway.
Admission is $25 and a can of food for the food bank. Snacks and one nonalcoholic drink will be provided; additional drinks, including beer and wine, will be available for purchase.
During the event there will be a silent auction, door prizes and drawings.
WSU to hold soil workshop
MANITO PARK – The WSU Spokane County Master Gardeners are presenting a workshop on garden soil quality and why it’s important to maintain healthy soil in a sustainable manner, at 10 a.m. Saturday in the Manito Meeting Room, 4 W. 21st Ave. It’s free, but participants must register by calling (509) 456-8038.
COPS shops get new emails
SPOKANE – Spokane COPS shops all have new contact information because the organization has changed computer systems.
The street addresses for the shops remain the same, but the email addresses have changed:
Greater Spokane COPS, (509) 755-2677, COPSGS@spokanecops.org
COPS East Central, (509) 625-3330, COPSEC@spokanecops.org
COPS Logan, (509) 625-3333, COPSLOGAN@spokanecops.org
COPS Newtech, (509) 354-7447, COPSNEWTECH@spokaneschools.org
COPS Neva-Wood, (509) 625-3353, COPSNEVAWOOD@spokanecops.org
COPS North Central, (509) 625-3348, COPSNC@spokanecops.org
COPS Northeast, (509) 625-3343, COPSNE@spokanecops.org
COPS Northwest, (509) 625-3336, COPSNW@spokanecops.org
COPS Southeast, (509) 625-3326, COPSSE@spokanecops.org
COPS West, (509) 625-3340, COPSWEST@spokanecops.org