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• Valleyfest celebrates 21 years, still growing

  September 22, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 As the Valleyfest community celebration enters its 21st year, the event is still experiencing growing pains. There are significant changes to this year’s “Hearts of Gold” parade at 7:30 p.m. …

• Southeast Spokane Fair this weekend in Rockford

  September 22, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V1 If it’s time for Valleyfest, it is also time for the Southeast Spokane County Fair in Rockford. The two events have been held mostly on the same weekend for 20 …

• Hillyard pulls out stops for its 100th festival

  August 4, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page S1 The Hillyard neighborhood has a very strong sense of place, identity and history, and at no other time is that more apparent than during the annual Hillyard Festival. This year, …

• Millwood Park will host West Valley Days

  May 28, 2011 in Washington Voices on Page V2 The 17th annual West Valley Days celebration, hosted by West Valley SCOPE, will take place in Millwood City Park next Saturday. The event always starts with a parade down neighborhood …

• Editorial: Bomb arrest underscores importance of vigilance

  March 10, 2011 in Opinion on Page A13 The Inland Northwest can be thankful that an arrest has been made in the case of the backpack bomb placed near the Martin Luther King Jr. Day parade route. It’s …

• Community unites to honor MLK

  January 17, 2011 in News, City When Alexis Richmond’s 8-year-old daughter came home from school one day she said, “Mom, I want to be white so I can be pretty.” “Honestly, it crushed me,” Richmond said. … 4

• Thanksgiving Day kicks off with slew of parades

  November 26, 2009 in Nation/World Giant balloons, floats, marching bands and clowns with confetti brought smiles to thousands of revelers today eager to catch a glimpse of a parade as steeped in Thanksgiving Day tradition …

• Mismatched marching band a perfect fit

  July 4, 2009 in Idaho Who says that marching bands and stodgy uniforms go together? For 32 years, the Perfection-Nots have entertained crowds at Coeur d’Alene’s Fourth of July parade with rousing patriotic songs and …

• Diverse Spokane crowd honors King’s legacy

  January 20, 2009 in City on Page A1 Speakers at Spokane’s annual Martin Luther King Jr. Day celebration Monday thanked God for the slain civil rights leader, whose work they credited with paving the way for Barack Obama’s …

• Lake City holiday has that Hagadone pizazz

  December 2, 2008 in City on Page A5 Christmas miracles really do come true, and here’s some holly jolly proof: Santa hats off to Duane Hagadone!

• CV Band Ready For Big Show After Gig On ‘Today Show,’ They’re Pumped For Parade

  May 20, 1995 in City on Page B1 The Central Valley High School band got to school at 2 a.m. Friday to get ready for a national television performance. But even after performing for viewers across the country …

• Judge Won’t Compel New York To Allow St. Patrick’s Parade For Gays

  March 16, 1995 in Nation/World on Page A3 A judge refused Wednesday to order the city to let a gay organization hold its own St. Patrick’s Day parade, and Irish-American gays said they would march anyway to protest …