Latest from The Spokesman-Review

• 

  Working values

  March 6, 2010 in Features on Page E1 Bob Paull, physical therapist and small-business owner, is a person others naturally open up to because he’s a question-asker as well as a good listener. He believes that small-business people …

• Wise Words with Bob Paull

  March 6, 2010 in News, Features on Page E1 Wise Words interview with Bob Paull of Spokane, physical therapist and small business owner.

• 

  An issue of common sense

  February 6, 2010 in Features on Page E1 Roy Harrington, 63, has been in social services work for nearly 42 years, including 16 years in a leadership role within the children’s administration of Washington’s Department of Social and …

• Wise Words with Roy Harrington

  February 6, 2010 in News, Features on Page E1 This is the complete transcript of the “Wise Words in Troubled Times” interview with social-service agency veteran Roy Harrington, 63, of Spokane. It is the eighth installment of The Spokesman-Review …

• 

  Learning to forgive

  January 2, 2010 in Features on Page E1 Jerrelene Williamson, 77, grew up in Spokane in the pre-civil rights era when black families were nearly invisible in mainstream society here. Her lifelong passion has been resurrecting the lost … 1

• Wise Words with Jerrelene Williamson

  January 2, 2010 in News, Features on Page E1 Jerrelene Williamson, president and historian of the Spokane Northwest Black Pioneers, is the seventh “Wise Words in Troubled Times” interview.

• 

  Leadership earns wealth of respect

  December 5, 2009 in Features on Page E1 Steve Dahlstrom, president and CEO of Spokane Teachers Credit Union, oversees a banking institution with 14 branches in Eastern Washington and North Idaho, 85,000 members and nearly 400 employees. He …

• Wise Words with Steve Dahlstrom

  December 5, 2009 in Features on Page E1 Steve Dahlstrom, president and CEO of Spokane Teachers Credit Union, shares his “wise words in troubled times” in the seventh installment of this Spokesman-Review series. 2

• 

  Teaching others to thrive

  November 7, 2009 in Features on Page E1 Liz Ulmen is an award-winning teacher for Spokane School District. Her students come to the Libby Center each day from all over the district to participate in Tessera, a program …

• Wise Words with Liz Ulmen

  November 7, 2009 in News, Features on Page E1 Liz Ulmen, who has taught gifted children for 16 years, believes children can show us some ways out of the gloom and doom in these tough economic times. 3

• 

  Looking out for others

  October 3, 2009 in Features on Page E1 During the worst economy since the Great Depression, during the worst Spokane winter in decades, the roof fell in Dec. 29 at the Rosauers at Five Mile. The practical thing …

• Wise Words with Jeff Philipps

  October 3, 2009 in Features In this fifth installment of “Wise Words in Troubled Times,” Rosauers president and CEO, Jeff Philipps, talks about the company’s year of counterintuitive, wise decisions.

• 

  Whitworth president plans to step down

  September 16, 2009 in City on Page A1 A student introduced himself to Whitworth University president Bill Robinson on Monday. Tuesday morning, before Robinson’s surprising announcement that this school year will be his last, Robinson ran into the …

• 

  Robinson “set a high bar” for leadership at Whitworth

  September 15, 2009 in News, City Community leaders react to the news that Bill Robinson, long-time president of Whitworth University, will leave at the end of this school year. Robinson “set a high bar” for leadership, …

• 

  Pathway to leadership

  September 5, 2009 in Features on Page E1 Last September and October, shocking economic news shattered almost every morning’s calm: bank failures, mortgage and insurance company failures, stock-market dives, layoffs and escalating unemployment. Workplace leaders throughout the country …

• 

  Wise Words with Bill Robinson

  September 5, 2009 in Features During the economic meltdown last fall, Bill Robinson, president of Whitworth University, consistently imparted a message of hope, not panic, for Whitworth faculty, staff and students. Robinson was the fourth …

• 

  Words for an ailing nation

  August 1, 2009 in Features on Page E1 Dr. Deb Harper, a Spokane pediatrician, did her early medical training in inner-city Chicago, where she looked for, and found, resilience in even the most desperate of patients. And from … 1

• Wise Words with Deb Harper

  August 1, 2009 in Features This is the complete transcript of the interview with Deb Harper, a Spokane pediatrician. She was the third interview in Rebecca Nappi’s “Wise Words in Troubled Times” series in The …

• 

  Finding comfort in the good news

  July 4, 2009 in Features on Page E1 Brian Prior, a 49-year-old Episcopal priest, was tapped three years ago for a leadership position in the national church. He also organizes national youth events and leads spiritual retreats throughout …

• Wise Words with Brian Prior

  July 4, 2009 in Features Brian Prior, a 49-year-old Episcopal priest, was tapped three years ago for a leadership position in the national church. He also organizes national youth events and leads spiritual retreats throughout …

• 

  Why kindness matters

  June 6, 2009 in Features on Page E1 Several months ago, Kent Hoffman, a 61-year-old Spokane psychotherapist, e-mailed The Spokesman-Review with the suggestion that the newspaper publish a front-page story every day about acts of kindness. He believed …

• Wise words from Kent Hoffman

  June 6, 2009 in Features This is the complete transcript of Kent Hoffman’s “Wise Words in Troubled Times.” 1