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• Yoga can be an effective therapy for children with special needs

  October 26, 2009 in Features on Page C1 As she stands on her tiptoes – stretching her arms and legs and lengthening her entire body – 9-year-old Samantha Carlson takes a deep breath and smiles. “Stretch out high,” … 1

• Donors, family give boy the gift of ‘zoom’

  September 3, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Eleven-year-old Trayton Larsen traded his walker for a shiny, new, red three-wheeler last Thursday and said he could “zoom” 100 mph. “Awesome,” he told the sheriff’s volunteers who joined his … 1

• Shriners to bill insurers for care

  July 10, 2009 in City on Page A5 The Shriners intend to collect money from insurers and taxpayer-subsidized health programs for the first time, a change that should prevent the closure of its Spokane hospital and five others …

• Children’s hospital on the forefront

  March 16, 2009 in City on Page A1 As Sam Barker walks in a brisk figure-eight pattern, his parents can only shake their heads and marvel. The 14-year-old from Kellogg was born with cerebral palsy, and he has …