Jonathan Martin

Egghead Software will open its first Spokane retail store next month at the corner of Lincoln Road and Division. Ron Smith, Egghead vice president of real estate, said the company researched the Spokane market using census information and particularly likes the demographics of the North Side.

"While I was working, I said this is what I'd do when I retired," says Jim Clancy of his fruit stand on the corner of Ash and Maxwell, where he sells just about whatever is in season. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review

A Spokane youth-care organization has backed away from plans to put a facility for at-risk kids in the West Central neighborhood after residents mobilized in protest. The Youth Help Association decided Friday not to pursue a permit required to turn a facility at 1212 N. Summit Blvd. from a home for elderly and mentally ill into a short-term treatment center for troubled youths. YHA Executive Director Bernadine Spalla said outcry from West Central residents was a deciding factor in the organization's decision.

Amy Hosig of the El Centro de la Raza in Seattle works with two students at the Bancroft School. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

Graduation kiss Before receiving her high school diploma, Havermale Alternative Center student Stephanie Foxx, 19, geta a good-luck kiss from her daughter, Maddison, 2. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review

As president of the Shadle Park COPS substation, Gloria Fontinell's job is to put the hammer down on the bad guys. Sunday, the bad guys turned the tables when they used a hammer that Fontinell had brought to the station from home to break into four neighboring Shadle Shopping Center businesses. "As somebody said, it's kind of like when someone steals your car and robs a bank," said Fontinell. "It's just horrible."