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• WSU instructor: Activist nurses crucial to health care reform

  March 18, 2012 in Features on Page D1 A month ago, Lynnette Vehrs, a registered nurse for more than three decades, visited with legislators during Nurse Legislative Day in Olympia. Student nurses accompanied her. She urged the students … 1

• Terminal cancer can’t shake Supreme Court Justice’s spirit

  February 12, 2012 in Features on Page D1 Mary Fairhurst, a Washington state Supreme Court Justice with deep Spokane roots, is living with terminal colon cancer. It could take her life in six months or a year – … 3

• Robideaux: To thrive in this economy, you have to evolve

  January 8, 2012 in Features on Page D1 In the new economy, professions won’t run in families as easily as they once did. Generations of doctors, lawyers and small-business owners might soon seem an old-economy relic. Andy Robideaux, …

• Avista economist sees the good amid the gloom

    October 1, 2011 on Page E1 Randy Barcus, chief economist for Avista, is a repeat visitor in this Wise Words interview space. The reason? More than a year ago, Barcus, 64, predicted with uncanny accuracy what … 11

• Wise Words: Psychologist and academic pursued hobby, creating successful second career and legacy

    September 3, 2011 in Features on Page E1 Myles Anderson, 70, was inducted last month into the Washington Wine Hall of Fame in a ceremony at the Walter Clore Wine and Culinary Center in Prosser, Wash. Anderson, co-owner …

• Prepared for the worst, he’s in with the best

    August 6, 2011 in Features on Page E1 Larry Rider, deputy chief of Spokane Valley Fire Department, has lived his entire life within five miles of his fire-station office at 10319 E. Sprague Ave. Rider, 54, has worked …

• an activist for the ages

  July 2, 2011 in Features on Page E1 Dr. George Rice, 75, delivered more than 3,000 babies in his 26-year medical career in Spokane. He helped the smallest among us start life and now, in his retirement, he’s …

• Anxiety busters: Deep breathing and kindness

    June 4, 2011 in Features on Page E1 At the beginning of the recession, Kent Hoffman, a 63-year-old Spokane psychotherapist, suggested that The Spokesman-Review publish regular stories about kind acts to counter the anxiety people were feeling as …

• This gifted professor practices what she preaches

  May 7, 2011 in Features on Page E1 Margo Long, 65, founded the Center for Gifted Education and Professional Development at Whitworth University 36 years ago. She’s retiring this month as director of the center, but Long will …

• For Julie Farley, beauty is heart deep

    April 2, 2011 in Features on Page E1 Julie Farley’s small business in downtown Spokane, The Make-up Studio, where women come for makeup lessons and sessions, will celebrate its ninth anniversary this year. Two years ago, Farley, 53, … 1

• Three decades as a public servant generates patience, wisdom

    March 5, 2011 in Features on Page E1 Maggie Miller-Stout, superintendent of Airway Heights Corrections Center, has worked for the state of Washington for 36 years – the past 12 in the top spot at a prison where … 1

• Wise Words with Ted Solomon

    February 5, 2011 in Features on Page E1 Ted Solomon owns Digital Scanning and Imaging in Spokane Valley. The company scans and preserves documents involved in commerce and government. During the housing boom, the company’s growth reflected the …

• Wise Words with George Maupin

    January 1, 2011 in Features, News on Page E1 At 67, George Maupin is the oldest person on camera in “local” television. The weatherman is part of the team on KHQ’s morning news show, which airs Monday through Friday. … 9

• Weathering the storm

    January 1, 2011 in Features on Page E1 At 67, George Maupin is the oldest person on camera in “local” television. The weatherman is part of the team on KHQ’s morning news show, which airs Monday through Friday.

• Wise Words with Muriel Oaks

  December 4, 2010 in Features, News Muriel Oaks, newly retired dean of WSU’s Center for Distance and Professional Learning, helped bring WSU into the 21st-century with learning dependent on innovation, creation — and technology In this …

• Wise Words: Retiring WSU dean helped pioneer distance learning

  December 4, 2010 in Features on Page E1 In 1985, mass use of e-mail and the Internet was 10 years away, and most people still rented, rather than owned, VCR machines to watch movies on. Yet Samuel H. …

• Wise Words with Dr. Arch Logan

  November 6, 2010 in Features, News Dr. Arch Logan is the medical director at the House of Charity’s clinic in downtown Spokane. He volunteers four to five days a week at the shelter, where homeless and … 6

• Acts of compassion

    November 6, 2010 in Features on Page E1 Dr. Arch Logan is the medical director at the House of Charity’s clinic in downtown Spokane. He volunteers four to five days a week at the shelter, where homeless and …

• Wise Words with Mary Anne Ruddis

  October 2, 2010 in Features Mary Anne Ruddis, executive director of Candlelighters of the Inland Northwest, works with parents whose children have cancer. But she rarely shares her life story, unless she believes it will …

• Strength through loss

    October 2, 2010 in Features on Page E1 Mary Anne Ruddis, executive director of Candlelighters of the Inland Northwest, works with parents whose children have cancer. ¶ But she rarely shares her life story, unless she believes it …

• Staying positive

    September 4, 2010 in Features on Page E1 Carol Stueckle, former mayor of Colfax, recently lost her job with a hospital foundation. She cried for several days, then she got busy creating an event-planning/fundraising/motivational speaking business she named … 1

• Wise Words with Carol Stueckle

    September 4, 2010 in Features Carol Stueckle of Colfax is launching a business at age 72. In this Wise Words in Troubled Times interview, she explains where she got the courage to do it. 1

• Forecasting better times

    August 7, 2010 in Features on Page E1 Randy Barcus, chief economist for Avista, is known for delivering economic forecasts in language everyone can understand. He’s worked for Avista since 1979, studying the economy’s booms and busts and … 1

• Wise Words with Randy Barcus

  August 7, 2010 in Features, News Randy Barcus, chief economist for Avista, is known for delivering economic forecasts in language everyone can understand. He did just that in a Wise Words interview with Rebecca Nappi of … 7

• Focusing on the positive

    July 3, 2010 in Features on Page E1 Long before this Great Recession, Mike and Cathy Sacco were living the deeper values now emerging for many in these tough economic times. They are grateful. They value people over … 1

• Wise Words with Cathy and Mike Sacco

  July 3, 2010 in Features, News Cathy Sacco and Mike Sacco talk about gratitude in this recent “Wise Words in Troubled Times” interview.

• It’s all about service

    June 5, 2010 in Features on Page E1 During the recession, it’s been business as usual at River Ridge Hardware and Rental on Spokane’s North Side. Sales took just a slight dip, and no full-time employees lost their … 1

• Wise Words with Scott Banick

  June 5, 2010 in Features, News This is the complete transcript of the “Wise Words in Troubled Times” interview with Scott Banick, manager of River Ride Hardware & Rental in North Spokane. 3

• Embracing transition

    May 1, 2010 in Features on Page E1 OJ Cotes, an educator in Spokane since 1965, has spent the past decade at Whitworth University preparing teachers-to-be for the modern classroom. She’s known for her high standards in the …

• Wise Words with OJ Cotes

  May 1, 2010 in Features, News This is the complete transcript of the May 1, 2010 “Wise Words in Troubled Times” interview with OJ Cotes, a longtime Spokane educator. 1

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