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July 15, 2011 in Business, Region, DTE Other News
Steve McGrew, impassioned blacksmith
Spokane business owner and inventor Steve McGrew hopes to help start an area blacksmithing collective. McGrew has become a teacher and mentor to others wanting to learn how to work with metal.
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Businessman finds joy, focus in his blacksmithing shop
July 17, 2011 in Business on Page E1 Eclectic is one way to describe Steve McGrew’s interests. He runs two companies, but his interests include geology, robotics, lasers, optics, genetics and snowboarding. But like many guys who reach …
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Memories of Midway
May 28, 2012 in City Harry H. Ferrier, a 30-year naval veteran who is now living in Oak Harbor, was invited to the National Memorial Day Parade this year in Washington, D.C. Ferrier served as …
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Looking back: Mount St. Helens comes to town
May 18, 2012 in City It was 32-years ago this month when Mount St. Helens exploded on May 18, 1980, dropping a blanket of volcanic ash on Spokane, Wash. and neighboring communities. Spokesman-Review’s Jim Kershner … 4
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Ansel LaPier “The Quest”
May 17, 2012 in Voices Ansel LaPier, a second-grader at Liberty Lake Elementary School, won first place for film production in the PTA Reflections Program for his short film “The Quest.” He’ll travel to San …
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Broken Mic Night
May 10, 2012 Every Wednesday at Neato Burrito from 6:30-9 p.m., Broken Mic Night hosts poets and writers who share their work in an open mic format.
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CDC Anti-Smoking Tips - “Anthem”
April 27, 2012 in City Shawn Wright of Spokane underwent a laryngectomy several years ago to fight throat cancer he blames on more than three decades of smoking cigarettes. In this video clip of a …
thead on July 18 at 11:13 a.m.
Steve is a many talented guy and has been active in Spokane culture for many years. Few people know that he was one the folks responsible for the Rites of Summer in 1969, Spokane’s only real rock festival. He had it on his mom’s property out on Assembly. It was a time of change for many of us kids back then and Steve provided a venue for us to rock out to our favorite local bands. It was an event that changed my life and I thank Steve for that opportunity.
It is nice to see Steve getting some strokes as he has been a very talented, behind-the-scenes mover and shaker for years.
toms on July 26 at 3:52 p.m.
@thead…. I might note we re-rendered the Flash code so that the McGrew video runs clean and simple now. No more stutterings…
You’re right. Steve is quite the guy. I hadn’t heard about the Rites of Summer….