Angie Gaddy

1. Harold Rogers uses his stronger hand to exercise his weaker hand at Holy Family Adult Day Center. Photo by Steve Thompson/The Spokesman-Review 2. Holy Family Adult Day Center staff member Amy Patton works with Floyd Thomas as staffer Cathy Nicol and client Larry Savage look on. Photo by Steve Thompson/The Spokesman-Review 3. The center is a great place to gather for, from left, Harold Rogers, Bonita Braton, Norman Cason and Ruth Seaver, all listening to staff member Becky Jensen. Photo by Steve Thompson/The Spokesman-Review

Take A Break Restaurant and Lounge opened recently in the building at Pines Road and Indiana Avenue long occupied by Mathews restaurant. New owners Carole and Bob Hoppe bought the business in August and opened on Oct. 3. Carole Hoppe, who worked at Matthews for 10 years, said she and her husband bought it because she enjoys running a restaurant.

FROM FOR THE RECORD (Friday, November 14, 1997): Correction An article in Thursday's newspaper incorrectly stated the estimated total cost for an Interstate 90 widening project in the Spokane Valley. The correct estimated cost in $59 million. Easing the commute Eastbound traffic on Interstate 90 approaches the Broadway exit at sunset. Construction will begin in spring to widen this portion of the freeway. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review

Sullivan Park Center, Hanson Industries' retail village just east of the Spokane Valley Mall, is beginning to take shape. On Monday, Gart Sports, the Denver-based sporting goods retailer, opens at Sullivan Park Center. The new 35,000-square foot sporting goods store is next-door to Circuit City, the 28,000-square foot electronics store that opened at the end of October. To date, Gart Sports and Circuit City are the only tenants at Sullivan Park Center.

Seafirst Bank has begun construction of a new branch in Liberty Lake. The one-story, 4,100-square foot building will be in the southwest corner of Liberty Lake Town Center, the shopping center at Appleway and Liberty Lake Road anchored by the Albertson's supermarket. Seafirst officials said the bank branch will open next spring.

Millwood's mayoral race is a quiet one. There are few divisive issues in this town. "There aren't any," said Mayor Jeanne Batson, who is seeking a third term. "We've got a pretty laid-back town."

1. Road construction continues along 22nd Avenue near Bowdish as workmen excavate a hole. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review 2. Cold weather means commuters will be getting a reprieve from signs such as this. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review

Electronics retailer Circuit City will open the doors of its new Valley store on Monday. The store at 15104 E. Indiana, just east of the Spokane Valley Mall, is approximately 28,000 square feet. Circuit City sells computers, audio and video electronics and home appliances with what it calls a "superstore" concept of large, brand-name selection and low prices. It operates a total of 512 stores nationwide.

Craig Harvey, en employee of the newly opened Home Depot, loads boxes of nails for customers who showed up on opening day. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review

Centennial Trail users will no longer have to run for the nearest bush when nature calls. On Wednesday the first of four new restrooms being installed along the trail opened at the Barker Road trailhead in the Valley. Before, "everyone carried toiletpaper in their backpacks, because you never knew" said James Pugh a member of the Spokane Bicycle Club who rides the trail at least once a week. "This means we've got a place to stop."

Helen Byrne plays an electronic organ at Opportunity Presbyterian, but prefers the richer sound of pipe organs. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review

1. Robert Henry has an aggressive plan to make the Chamber a leading voice in the Valley. Photo by Steve Thompson/The Spokesman-Review 2. One of Robert Henry's goals as chamber chairman is to add new members. Photo by Steve Thompson/The Spokesman-Review

Spokane Valley women looking to break into non-traditional careers can sign up for a free class that starts next week. A four-week class, called Paths to Technology for Women, will be held at the Barker Community Learning Center, 1512 N. Barker Road, starting Oct. 21. The class meets each Tuesday and Thursday from 12:30 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. through Nov. 18.

Construction has begun on the first element of the Crown Centre development at Spokane Industrial Park. McKillican American Inc., a wholesale building materials distributor, will lease 30,000 square feet of space in the 105,000-square foot warehouse now under construction at Crown Centre, said a Crown West Realty spokesperson. Crown West is owner of the industrial park and developer of Crown Centre, a 21-acre, mixed-use development along Sulivan Road that will include a 59-room Radisson Country Inn hotel, a Maid O'Clover convenience store, a gas station, a McDonald's restaurant and another a restaurant.

The Spokane Valley lead the county in home sales for September, with mostly mid-priced homes those in the $100,000 to $159,000 leading the pack. A total of 135 homes sold in the Valley during September, at an average price of $124,793, up from the same month last year, with 112 homes sold with an average price of $122,429.

Some people suggested a wharf on Lake Coeur d'Alene with shops and cafes. Others suggested an aquarium. And others thought there should be more museums, libraries and outdoor cafes in Coeur d'Alene. Those were some of the ideas recommended by a group of more than 150 people to a downtown consultant Monday night. "People wanted it to be more of a gathering place," said Lori Barnes, project coordinator for the Lake City Coalition, the group formed to study downtown Coeur d'Alene. "It was an excellent turnout," she said. At one point, she said, she counted 168 people.

Coldwater Creek Inc., the Sandpoint mail order catalog company, has plans to expand in the East. Coldwater Creek said Tuesday it will build a $30 million distribution center near Parkersburg, W. Va. The new center will create 500 new jobs, said West Virginia Development Office officials. No North Idaho employees will be affected, said Karen Reed, vice president of Coldwater Creek's catalog marketing. It's just a way to reach more East Coast customers as the company continues to grow, she said.

Thirty leading Chinese scholars will descend on Coeur d'Alene on Wednesday to discuss China's politics and culture.

1. Idaho farmers have reintroduced mint to the Rathdrum Prairie. 2. Justin and Tyrell Schultte swath rows of peppermint for Terry Nichols. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review 3. Tana Nichols skims peppermint oil from vats during the extraction process. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

Almost two years after he left Hecla Mining Co. to revive dormant Consil Corp., President and Board Chairman Ralph Noyes will leave the junior mining company. Noyes said Wednesday he will resign from his post Sept. 30, acknowledging the unsuccessful six-month attempt to acquire a Mexican company. For the past year, Consil, of Hayden, Idaho, has studied purchasing the assets of Mexican mining company Minas la Colorada, which would have given the young company its biggest holding.

Spokane-based Pegasus Gold Corp. has been fined $25,300 for polluting water near its Zortman/Landusky mine complex in northcentral Montana in late May. The fines by federal and state environmental agencies are for discharging mine drainage.

Detour ahead. Business owners along the Pleasant View Road interchange are fighting an attempt by Jacklin Seed to redirect traffic from Interstate 90 to the Jacklins' property. Photo by Craig Buck/The Spokesman-Review

Crown Pacific said Monday it will buy 65,000 acres of timber land in northwestern Washington for $153 million from Trillium Corp. of Bellingham, Wash. Company officials said the move will give Crown Pacific an additional 590 million board feet of saleable wood in Whatcom, Skagit and Snohomish counties. The sale will be finalized later this year. "We believe it's a perfect fit with our existing holdings in the area," said Bob Hess, Crown Pacific spokesman.

Hotel occupancy rates were affected by new additions this summer, including this AmeriTel Inn in Coeur d'Alene. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review