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Construction Of New Homebase On Newport Highway Delayed

Construction of a HomeBase home and garden store, planned in conjunction with the proposed Wal-Mart project on the Newport Highway, has been postponed. "We've evaluated the market, and decided to put it on hold," said Stephen Gale, real estate manager for the Irvine, Calif.-based business.
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Residents Oppose Plan For Duplexes

Indian Trail neighbors are protesting a proposal by developer Leif Sorenson to rezone 13 lots in his Meadow Glen subdivision to allow duplexes instead of single family homes. Greg Smith, City of Spokane hearing examiner, will consider the proposal on Feb. 25 at 9 a.m. at City Hall, second floor. "We all bought properties based on this being a single family neighborhood," said Henry Crisler, who lives across the street from the proposed duplexes.
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Homes At The Park Corbin Park Area Neighbors Take Pride In Restoring The Historic Homes That Lend Character To The Area

1. The Corbin Park area home of Janet and Charles Norby is reflected in a pool of water near their driveway. The home, at Washington and Waverly Place, is an ongoing renovation project for the couple. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review 2. Janet Norby holds a scrapbook of historical photos of the home she is renovating with her husband, Lynn. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review
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Bus Driver Can Return To Route

A Mead School District bus driver, suspended from her job with pay two weeks ago, has been allowed to return to her route. Monica Taylor, 50, has been a bus driver for 25 years, the past 12 years with the Mead School District. She was involved in a head-on collision with a pickup truck while driving children home from school Jan. 6.
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New Business Helps Neighborhood Groups

While developers, the city and county all have staffs of lawyers and experts to research and plan and defend developments, neighbors have usually been on their own. Until now. Scott M. Brown, a former planner for Kootenai County, has started a Spokane business helping neighborhood groups navigate sticky city and county regulations.
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Pie Auction Proceeds Will Help Replace Stolen Items

A pie auction this Friday at the Wayside Community Center will help raise money to replace furniture and dishes and repair the piano damaged in a series of burglaries just before Christmas. Some of the stolen items have been recovered. The burglaries threatened to stop the annual Christmas program presented by the Half Moon Women's Club, but the determined group pulled together, buying and borrowing to replace the stolen items in time for the show.
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Mead School Bus Driver Suspended After Accident

A Mead school bus driver was taken off her route nine days after an accident that damaged a school bus and bruised some children. Monica Taylor was suspended with pay Jan. 15, two days after school district officials met with parents concerned about the safety of their children.
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Stolen Property Recovered

Tables, chairs, a punch bowl and other dishes and furniture stolen from the Wayside Community Center on the eve of their annual Christmas program, have been recovered by the Spokane County Sheriff's deputy. The community center property was found Jan. 3 at the home of a Deer Park man. No charges have been filed.
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Alton’s Rezoning Request Denied

Duane Alton's request to rezone about eight acres along the Newport Highway for a new tire store has been denied by the Spokane County hearing examiner. The decision was cheered by neighbors who say the noise and traffic from the tire store is inappropriate for the neighborhood. "We are absolutely thrilled," said Claudia Couch, a College Place resident. "It is a real victory for our neighborhood."
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Kids Safety Program, Contest Being Sponsored By Kiwanis

Spokane Kiwanis clubs are sponsoring a bike helmet safety program and contest for first through eighth graders. For $10, students receive a white helmet and are invited to decorate it with markers. Judges will select the best decorating job in each age group. Eight bikes will be awarded as first prizes, along with "hundreds" of other prizes, said Dan St. John, Kiwanis club member. Helmet decorating sessions are planned at Franklin Park Mall on Saturday, Jan. 25 and Feb. 8, and Sunday, Feb. 23. There will be two sessions each day, 10 a.m.-noon and 1-3 p.m.
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Northpointe Area Filling With New Businesses

The hottest business and professional address on the North Side sounds a little like it's hiding: "behind NorthPointe Plaza." But it won't be long before the North Nevada Street niche boasts its own identity. In seven years, the area has exploded from a ShopKo store and a cluster of houses to the massive NorthPointe Plaza, and hundreds of apartments.
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West Side Transplant Opens Gallery In Green Bluff Area

Experience and reputation followed Melanie Rodd when her family recently moved from Bremerton to Spokane. For five years Rodd ran a bustling art gallery in Bremerton, featuring work of top artists. Now she's opened Twin Totems Gallery, an elegant new gallery next door to her Green Bluff home.
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Whitworth College Hooking Up To Sewer

So long, lagoons. Whitworth College is ready to connect to the Spokane County sewer system. After three years of negotiations, the college and county have reached an agreement that will connect the 82-year-old campus to the central sewer system this month. The college dumps about 80,000 gallons of sewage daily into antiquated, unlined lagoons the size of a football field, and up to 10-feet deep.