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• Teacher’s fashions tap global market

  October 15, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page N1 Ronnie Ryno is a teacher, a mother of two, and a wife. Two years ago, she added a fourth element to her repertoire: fashion designer. “I was thinking about the …

• Teacher’s homemade fashions tap global market

  October 10, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page V6 Ronnie Ryno is a teacher, a mother of two, and a wife. Two years ago, she added a fourth element to her repertoire: fashion designer. “I was thinking about the …

• Chase Youth Awards honor local leaders

  April 2, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page N10 The Chase Youth Awards were presented March 26, and several North Side and north Spokane County students received awards for citizenship, community service, courage, creativity, diversity, leadership, personal achievement and …

• Student readers win in Bikes for Books program

  March 5, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page S1 Friday the 13th turned out to be a lucky day for two Garfield Elementary students. Carson Baldwin-Bonney, 7, and Ashley Sullivan-Garcia, 9, each won a new bicycle last month, courtesy …

• ‘Wheat King’ estate filled entire block

  January 8, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page N6 When the mining and banking and railroad magnates were building their elegant homes in Spokane’s Browne’s Addition and South Hill neighborhoods, wheat farmer Luther P. Turner decided to build his …

• In brief: Businesses dig out, open for business

  January 8, 2009 in Washington Voices on Page S3 Business owners on Garland Avenue have gotten their shovels out and cleared the sidewalks to make sure all merchants can stay open. Susan Bradley, owner of Tinman Gallery, said in …

• It bears repeating: No snowflakes alike

  December 25, 2008 in Voices on Page N4 About a year ago, I wrote an article on Wilson “Snowflake” Bentley, the Jericho, Vt., man who proved more than 120 years ago that “no two snowflakes are alike.” By …