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• Park budget restores center funds

  September 28, 2011 in City on Page A5 Spokane County Sheriff Ozzie Knezovich and a large group of seniors and youth advocates warned the Spokane Park Board on Tuesday to think twice before slashing the budgets of youth … 1

• City announces choice for planning director

  September 23, 2011 in News, City Spokane Mayor Mary Verner has selected a new planning director, a position that has been empty for nearly two years. 12

• Shawn Vestal: Pools are closing; have we gone off the deep end?

  August 24, 2011 in City on Page A1 Summer has finally arrived in Spokane, just in time for the city to close the pools. Well – close the pools to people, that is. 26

• YMCA demolition $250,000 over budget

  August 2, 2011 in City on Page A1 The city of Spokane Parks and Recreation Department is more than $250,000 over budget on the demolition of the old YMCA building in Riverfront Park. But the department thinks it … 25

• We dreamed of things that were, and said ‘Y not!’

  June 24, 2011 in City on Page A5 If you were on the fence about the proposal to knock down the old YMCA building in Riverfront Park, go take a look now that it’s gone. My guess is … 13

• Whitewater park loses $500,000 grant

  June 23, 2011 in News OLYMPIA — A state board rejected pleas from supporters of a whitewater park in the Spokane River to extend a $500,000 grant. 3

• Spokane parks upgrades include new cost

  May 29, 2011 in City on Page A1 It seemed like a monumental task. But Spokane park leaders have built everything they promised and more with the $43 million park bond voters approved less than four years ago. … 13

• $1 million grant to help pay for YMCA site

  May 25, 2011 in City on Page A6 The sun was shining Tuesday on Spokane County’s Conservation Futures program if nowhere else. County commissioners learned that a grant will reduce the cost of the YMCA site in Riverfront … 1

• City puts charter changes on ballot

  May 17, 2011 in City on Page A6 City voters soon will have 11 choices to make about the future of municipal governing. The Spokane City Council decided Monday to place proposed changes to the City Charter on …

• ‘Bone’ sculpture leaving play area

  April 15, 2011 in City on Page A5 A piece of Expo ’74 history is up for grabs. The Spokane Park Board voted unanimously Thursday to remove an unnamed sculpture by Charles W. Smith from Riverfront Park. 2

• Park Board gives up Expo sculpture

  April 14, 2011 in News An Expo ’74 sculpture will be removed from Riverfront Park, but could be saved if an institution or interested person pays for its removal and can maintain it as a … 10

• Sculpture decision expected today

  April 14, 2011 in City on Page A6 The Spokane Park Board will decide today if it will remove a sculpture created for Expo ’74 from Riverfront Park. The unnamed piece, by Charles W. Smith, has been labeled …

• Sculpture’s fate will be decided Thursday

  April 13, 2011 in City The Spokane Park Board will decide Thursday if it will remove a sculpture created for Expo ’74 from Riverfront Park.

• Spokane will be bursting with new turf for youth

  April 7, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S5 The Spokane Parks and Recreation Department has finished constructing and refurbishing nine youth baseball fields across town. As part of the 2007 Parks Improvement Bond, $3 million was designated to … 5

• Travel way narrowed on park span

  February 4, 2011 in City on Page A6 Riverfront Park officials have blocked the sidewalks along the powder blue bridge overlooking Spokane Falls after engineers determined the edges of the span no longer can be assured of holding …

• Demolition of old YMCA set to begin this month

  February 3, 2011 in City on Page A5 The former downtown YMCA will begin to fall this month after more than five years of debate on the building’s fate. The Spokane Park Board this week approved a $574,700 … 14

• Grant Park could be site of pilot community garden

  January 20, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page N1 Many ideas were batted around the table at the South Perry Business and Neighborhood Association meeting Jan. 11, but the group was most excited about a proposed community garden in …

• Commission: YMCA ineligible for historic listing

  December 16, 2010 in City on Page A5 The former YMCA in Riverfront Park is headed for a date with the wrecking ball. The Spokane City-County Historic Landmarks Commission voted 9-0 on Wednesday that the building is not … 2

• Commission rejects historic designation for old Y

  December 15, 2010 in City The former YMCA in Riverfront Park is headed for a date with the wreaking ball. The Spokane City-County Historic Landmarks Commission voted 9-0 on Wednesday that the building is not … 4

• Old YMCA worth saving? Landmarks panel to decide

  December 12, 2010 in City on Page B1 It could be the final chapter for the former downtown YMCA. Or it could be the start of more painstaking, political maneuvering. 5

• Spokane Park Board considers higher pool fees

    October 21, 2010 in City on Page A5 Less than two years after instituting a swimming fee for kids, the Spokane Park Board may double the rate to $2. Park officials say the fee hike won’t come close … 8

• City may tear down part of former dairy

    September 3, 2010 in City on Page A7 City parks officials are hoping to tear down a portion of a former dairy that’s in disrepair and was the site of a recent injury that cost the city $190,000. … 13

• City of Spokane to compensate injured consultant

  September 3, 2010 in City on Page A11 A consultant hired by the city to evaluate hazardous materials in two vacant buildings will be paid $165,000 to compensate him for a fall that resulted in a broken knee. … 4

• Incoming parks director talks about what he sees ahead for Spokane

    March 1, 2010 in City on Page A5 The Spokane City Council is scheduled tonight to appoint Leroy Eadie, the city’s former planning director, to head the city’s parks system. Eadie has been acting parks director since October. … 4

• Park board backs mayor’s choice

    February 12, 2010 in City on Page A12 Spokane Mayor Mary Verner has opted against making another change in the leadership of the Spokane Parks and Recreation Department. After firing one director in 2007 and forcing the resignation … 2

• Verner taps Eadie to fill park job

  February 11, 2010 in News Spokane Mayor Mary Verner has opted against making another change in the leadership of the Spokane Parks and Recreation Department. 4

• weddings, melissa wittstruck, leroy eadie

  March 23, 2007 in Features on Page D3 Eadie-Wittstruck Spokane