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The Spokane Regional Health District is looking to kick butts at its fourth annual Night Grind skate demonstration and concert this weekend. Scheduled for 7 p.m. Saturday at Under the Freeway Skate Park downtown, the free event features exhibitions by skateboarding daredevils Natural Koncepts, a professional skate team from Hawaii, and music by local low-key rockers The Derivitives, Lewiston metalheads Critical Mass and former Spokane trip-hop band V. Velella.

Jason Purdie, aka DJ Messiah, hates the term rave music. It's far too restricting for a musical genre with such universal appeal, he said.

Last month when the sold-out concert for A Perfect Circle/Mars Volta was canceled I wasn't too upset. Publicists from both bands assured me the show would be rescheduled and to publish information encouraging fans to hold on to their tickets.

With bluegrass, country, Cajun music, the "Star Wars" theme, and Lou Rawls singing Frank Sinatra tunes, the Festival at Sandpoint continues its 22-year tradition of bringing an eclectic group of musicians together under one roof, or rather, under the stars. The annual summer concert series on the shores of Lake Pend Oreille kicks off in August with eight nights of diverse music — including Saturday night headliners, the blues-rock-country blends of Delbert McClinton on Aug. 7, and the Bayou queen of piano Marcia Ball, on Aug. 14.

7 had a quick convo with Mark Lee, guitarist for Christian rock group Third Day. Here's what he had to say about subjects such as "The Passion of The Christ," touring in Spokane, and Aquaman. 7: Favorite book of the Bible

Sometimes there is nothing more alien than being at home. Especially when you're house-sitting, and home belongs to someone else.

Rage Against the Machine Friday, Sept. 12, the Gorge About three-quarters of the way into an expectedly intense show, Rage Against the Machine mellowed out. The band went into a jazzy groove while lead singer Zack De La Rocha addressed the beefed-up security on hand in case the 10,000-plus crowd became a danger to itself. "You have the nerve to call us violent," De La Rocha said, then cited 80,000 cases of police brutality in the United States last year. "You belong to the most violent gang in America."

Jill Jordan returns a string of shopping carts from the parking lot of the grocery store where she works five days a week. The Evergreen Club has helped Jordan, who suffers from bipolar disorder, find a job. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review

Rehabilitation vet, Dr. Jerry Ponti, left, and veterinary assistant Marilyn Omlor check the condition of a two-year-old golden eagle that lost its ability to fly becuase of damaged wing feathers. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review

Donna McLeod says goodbye to John George Romandia after having lunch at the Mid-City Senior Center on Tuesday. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review

"My mission is to get more animals spayed and neutered," says recent arrival Susan Canterbury. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review

FROM FOR THE RECORD (Thursday, July 10, 1997): Correction Building in use: The future site of the Children's Museum of Spokane at 1017 W. First currently is being used by the Mid-City Senior Center. An article in Wdnesday's Spokesman-Review said otherwise. The Children's Museum of Spokane will be moving into this building at 1017 W. First. Shop owners are hoping to bring a better clientele to the West First neighborhood. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

The only survivor of a 1996 air ambulance crash is suing the federal government, claiming it should be accountable for inaccurate weather forecasts issued before the plane took off. Paramedic Harold Livingston suffered burns to nearly half of his body and serious injuries to both knees in the Jan. 8, 1996, crash near Spokane International Airport. Three others died.

Peace Run participants show off their torch and mingle with kids from the YMCA day care who were in Riverfront Park for lunch. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

Eighty-one-year-old Charlotte Roestel used to hike, hunt and socialize. Two years ago the Mead woman had a stroke. Now she's battling cancer and needs a place to live where she can get help with daily meals and transportation to her doctor appointments. Roestel's daughter, Charlene Caroll, helped her mother look for a new home at a citywide housing fair last week at the Corbin Senior Center.

FOR THE RECORD (June 24, 1997): Misquoted: Brenda Danielly was misquoted in a Monday story about her brother, an astronaut who grew up in Cheney. The correct quote is "Back when we used to play with Barbie dolls Mike would build futuristic moon homes for them."

A federal judge on Thursday ruled that retrying terrorism suspect Charles Barbee for bank robberies and bombings would not be double jeopardy. Barbee argued it was unconstitutional to retry him after a jury in April was unable to reach a verdict on the charges. A second trial "would be using the weight and power of the government against individuals," Barbee told U.S. District Judge Frem Nielsen. The judge disagreed. "A mistrial after a hung jury does not terminate jeopardy," Nielsen said. "The superceding indictment recharges verbatim on counts the jury was unable to find a decision on. It will proceed to trial." Barbee, 45, Robert Berry, 43, Verne Jay Merrell, 51, all of Sandpoint, were convicted of conspiracy, weapons possession and auto theft in connection with bombings and robberies in the Spokane Valley last year. The jury deadlocked on the more serious bombing and robbery charges, forcing Nielsen to declare a mistrial. A retrial is scheduled for Thursday. Brian E. Ratigan, 38, who was arrested during the first trial, will be tried with the other defendants for the July 12, 1996, robbery of a U.S. Bank branch and the bombing a Planned Parenthood clinic. Barbee, Berry and Merrell also will be tried for the April 1, 1996, robbery and bombing of the same U.S. Bank branch and bombing the Valley office of The Spokesman-Review. Gerald Smith, who sat in for federal defender Roger Peven, asked that Thursday's hearing be rescheduled for Monday, when Peven returns from a fishing trip. Smith told the court he was not prepared to argue on Barbee's behalf. Nielsen said he was not convinced that Peven's presence would have changed the outcome.

Beverly Rose and her two children, Kacie and Kyle, will all graduate next month. Both Rose and Kacie are single mothers who haven't shortchanged education. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review