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Virginia Kurtzhall explains to her husband Herb that her new mailbox will be a block away; too far for her to go because of her need for supplemental oxygen. Photo by Kristy MacDonald/The Spokesman-Review

The Mead High School debate team won its second-straight state title at the University of Puget Sound in Seattle earlier this month. It's the Panthers third title in four years. Twelve of 21 Panthers reached the final round of competition.

Kimmberly Collins' twin daughters have been sent home several times because of head lice. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review

Spokane's crime problem bottomed out last week in an underhanded bathroom caper. A woman reached under a restroom stall at Sears in NorthTown Mall, stole another woman's purse and escaped by running to a waiting car in the parking lot. The victim, a woman in her 30s, told police she had placed her bag on the floor near her in the restroom on March 16 just before 6 p.m.

Jamling Tenzing Norgay leans forward to listen to a question during a visit to Garfield Elementary on Thursday. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

The team representing Arcadia Elementary School in the worldwide Odyssey of the Mind competition earned a trip to the state playoffs with a first-place regional finish on Saturday at Shadle Park High School. The team of Chrissy Barnes, Andrea Lawson, Karrah Lundgren, Whitney Weisgerber, and Elyse Valenzuela will compete at state in Yakima on April 18. All the girls are sixth graders except Valenzuela, who is in the fifth grade.

Spokane prosecutors charged a woman earlier this month with first-degree theft for allegedly stealing thousands of dollars from residents of Reflection Lake. Kristine L. Zollars, 32, is accused of stealing money when she was treasurer of the Reflection Lake Water Association, according to Spokane County Superior Court records. At the time, Zollars was married to sheriff's deputy Mike Zollars. Court records show they were divorced in August of last year.

FROM FOR THE RECORD (Friday, March 20, 1998): Correction Headline wrong: Walter B. Martin was booked into the Spokane County Jail on first-degree possession of stolen property in the theft of two vehicles on March 10. A headline in Thursday's North Side Voice was incorrect.