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News >  Washington Voices

Teenager Beaten, Robbed By Two Men

A 16-year-old boy was beaten and robbed by two men Sunday at a bus stop at the corner of Wellesley and Crestline. The boy, whose name was not released by police, was treated and release by paramedics. He had face and head wounds from the beating. He told police two men, in their late teens or early 20's, approached him as he waited for a bus. The men accused him of "mean mugging," and began beating him with their fists and a piece of metal, he reported.
News >  Washington Voices

Woodridge Students Volunteer Time For Elderly

Louise Harvey supervises while Woodridge sixth-graders, Tyler Hepper and Carl Washington Jr., move a chair so they can vacuum under it. The boys are part of the school's volunteer program. Photo by Kristy MacDonald/The Spokesman-Review
News >  Nation/World

Sergeant Gets 30-Year Term For Assaults Sentence Harsher Than That Requested By Prosecutors

A Fairchild Air Force Base jury sentenced Master Sgt. Napolean Bailey to 30 years in prison Sunday for sexual assaults against three women. The 39-year-old security officer was stripped of pay and benefits, dropped to the lowest enlisted rank and given a dishonorable discharge by the eight-member military jury, which deliberated the sentencing for seven hours over two days. Bailey can appeal the verdict to a higher military court.
News >  Spokane

Welfare Countdown Will Begin Soon Discussion At Ewu On Welfare Reforms Centered On Aid Cutoff

For 8,000 impoverished Spokane households, the clock starts ticking soon. Because of sweeping welfare reform in Washington, Spokane's poor must pull themselves out of poverty and into lifelong self-reliance within five years. State officials are busy designing programs to help welfare families find and keep jobs. But if work can't be found, public assistance ends anyway.
News >  Washington Voices

It Could Be An Alarming Situation

The fire response time to the Five Mile Prairie is so long that city fire officials have begun protesting new development on the bluff. It would take city fire engines or ambulances almost 10 minutes to reach the city limits, a response time that could leave a home engulfed or a heart attack victim beyond rescue. The Spokane City Fire Department knows its response is slow and has objected to a Five Mile Prairie development because it is outside the sphere of fire coverage required by the Growth Management Act.
News >  Washington Voices

Nc’s Principal Sarah Fink Retires

FROM FOR THE RECORD (Friday, May 23, 1997): Correction Name misspelled: Sandra Fink's name was misspelled in the headline of a May 22 North Voice story about her retirement from North Central High School.
News >  Washington Voices

School Officials Struggle With Growth Committee Studying Long-Term Strategy For Area’s Education

Five Mile Prairie kids used to play jacks in the hall of their neighborhood school and slide down the oak banister to the lunchroom. In its day, the 60-student, two-room school typified the country charm of the North Spokane bluff. Closed since 1969, the school now lies dormant. The Mead School board last winter began a lengthy process of selling the 1939 building. There are no takers yet, but the Five Mile Homemakers Club would like to lease it and turn it into a community police station and community center.
News >  Washington Voices

Woman Zapped With Stun Gun

A North Side woman was zapped with a stun gun last week after she stopped to help a car whose driver appeared to be struggling. She stopped at the corner of Maple and Dalke when a man driving a battered green 1973 Lincoln Continental behind her flashed his headlights and honked his horn, according to police. A passenger in the Lincoln jumped out and jolted her left arm several times with a stun gun. Witnesses at the scene verified her story, police said.
News >  Washington Voices

Council Approves Distribution Of Funds

The Spokane City Council on Monday approved nearly $655,000 in federal grants to six low-income North Side neighborhoods. The money will pay for a gamut of projects, such as helping rehabilitate run-down houses and sidewalks; feeding poor children and teaching them how to box; building parks and breaking down criminal activity.
News >  Washington Voices

Farm Visit Full Of Adventures For Browne Students

You can tell the breed of trees by their bark, the guy in sunglasses told the second-graders, pointing to the towering tamarack. See, here's the distinctive patterns of... "Turtle alert!" came the yelp from down the hill, and the Browne Elementary students bolted. This tree lesson was done; there were turtles in the pond! A day at the Riddle Farm in Greenbluff for 1,500 Spokane School District 81 students last week was intended to provide context for classroom lessons in biology and science.
News >  Washington Voices

Woman Foils Attempted Car Jacking

An attempted car jacking unnerved a North Spokane woman last week, after an unknown man tried to force his way into her car. Police searched the area after the attempt but found no suspects.
News >  Washington Voices

Kindergartner Finds Fame After Pun Published

Towheaded kindergartner J.R. Snodgrass already has the celebrity schtick down. Since getting a joke published in Rosie O'Donnell's "Kids are Punny" collection, J.R. has signed autographs (for the school secretary) and developed unusual behavior (sleeping with the book).
News >  Washington Voices

Dp Community Theatre Presents New Production

The Deer Park Community Theatre returns to north Spokane County this week with a production of "Bull in a China Shop." The play features a cast seasoned by the troupe's first production, "Hatchet Hollar," last fall. Jerry Uppinghouse directs, Dan Pederson and Melodye McBride return from their performances in "Hatchet Hollar." The play runs this weekend at Deer Park Junior High.
News >  Washington Voices

City’s Proposal For Maintenance Facility Tests Power Of Neighborhood Assembly

Plans to expand the city's maintenance facility in the Logan neighborhood are stirring up a new, collective kind of activism in Spokane. A newly-formed association of neighborhood councils will bring the power of five neighborhoods to influence plans for the maintenance facility. The Neighborhood Assembly, which officially convened for the first time last month, is studying the city's plans. When it completes a review, the Assembly hopes to reccommend alterations that would make a maintenance facility neighborhood-friendly, wherever it's placed.