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• Perspective, friendships follow Hospice service work

  May 9, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page S5 Warm greetings met Broderick Hirai, 20, as he walked down the halls of a North Side nursing home last week. Nurses smiled. Residents reached for his hand. When he entered …

• Key volunteer at 89 has helped veterans for years

  February 14, 2013 in Washington Voices on Page V1 Lee Hutchison remembers the son she outlived as she makes her early morning commute from Newman Lake to her volunteer job at the Spokane Veterans Affairs Medical Center. The 89-year-old …

• Hospice of Spokane requests permission to build 20-bed facility

  May 9, 2012 in City on Page A1 Hospice of Spokane is preparing to open a second inpatient facility for people with terminal illnesses who need specialized care. Work on a new 12-bed Hospice House in north Spokane … 5

• Shawn Vestal: Daughter brings father’s war diaries alive

    July 29, 2011 in City on Page A5 Duane “Swede” Nelson’s diary entry for April 1, 1945, was unusually long and detailed. You can understand why. He writes about the invasion of Okinawa and his surprise at the …

• Angels for those with ALS

  May 20, 2010 in Washington Voices on Page S1 It takes extraordinary people to care for those afflicted with ALS, also known as Lou Gehrig’s disease. That’s why Hospice of Spokane has named Pat and Cathey Priddy its Volunteers …

• Rising above it all

  October 11, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 Lydia Holland has experienced a lot of things in her 101 years, but never had she seen her family’s old 300-acre farm at Stateline from the air. That changed this …

• Hospice to fill growing need

  August 9, 2009 in Idaho Voices on Page I1 Hospice of North Idaho plans to build an eight- to 12-bed facility in Coeur d’Alene to accommodate North Idaho residents who are near death and whose care needs exceed what …