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News >  Spokane

Scouting For Scholarships

Mike Wiykovics, who just graduated from East Valley, gathered $150,000 in scholarship money for college. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review
News >  Spokane

Principal Scheduled For Trial Ex-St. Patrick’s Administrator Pleads Innocent To Molestation

The former principal of St. Patrick's Elementary is scheduled to go to trial this month on charges of molesting an eighth-grade student while watching a movie at the administrator's apartment. Donald Andrews, 39, was fired in late March after Spokane's Catholic Diocese heard he improperly touched the boy, then 13 years old. Andrews had been principal for three years.
News >  Spokane

Fans Show Support For Trail

Just call it tough love for the Centennial Trail. Hundreds of people will pound, ride and gallop over the trail today to show their support for it. The group Friends of the Centennial Trail is holding fun runs, horseback rides and a walk in honor of Trail Day '95 across America. All events are non-competitive.
News >  Spokane

Pilot Lands By The Wheat Of His Pants

Landowner Willie Forsgreen, left, tows a gasless plane that landed in his field on Tuesday afternoon. The plane, flown by Garry McCoy, was being towed to one end of the wheat field where it could be refueled. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review
News >  Spokane

Teacher Says Retirement Not Prompted By Complaints

A veteran teacher will retire this summer after numerous complaints of professional and sexual misconduct at Riverside Middle School.< Glen Little, 55, will teach at Riverside High School through the end of the school year. Little was reassigned to the high school in January after having taught at the middle school since 1979. Riverside School District administrators denied that the move was linked to complaints about him.
News >  Nation/World

Nearly 500 Graduate From Whitworth

Whitworth psychology graduates Kristen Baker and Josh Armstrong help each other get ready at the Opera House on Sunday afternoon. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review
News >  Spokane

Bloomsday Finish Reverses Her Aging Process Quickly

The image was impressive: 95-year-old Heidi Ranger, plugging along through Bloomsday, turning in a time of about one hour and 26 minutes, blowing away others in her age group, stunning observers. Even Heidi Ranger was amazed. Except Heidi Ranger isn't a 95-year-old woman. She only played one during Bloomsday weekend.
News >  Nation/World

Computer Pulls Slow One On Runners

Despite cool weather and recordbreaking running Sunday, the timing was just a little off for Bloomsday '95. Because of a glitch, most Bloomsday participants will receive postcards listing their times as 30 seconds slower than they actually were. The times are listed correctly in today's Spokesman-Review.
News >  Nation/World

Bloomsday Blockers Put Everyone In Jam Just To Get Ahead

They're like people who race onto the freeway, only to drive 45 mph in the fast lane. Or the folks who carry too many groceries through the supermarket express checkout aisle. They're Bloomie Blockers. By exaggerating their estimated finish times on their Bloomsday entry forms, these runners can move up their starting positions. They're swept ahead with the fast runners when the gun goes off.
News >  Spokane

Community Urged To Make New Investment In Its Children

Religious leaders urged Spokane residents on Monday to make a new investment in a commodity that won't pay dividends for years - children. About 75 people listened to 10 leaders from churches, non-profit groups and the city's Human Rights Commission discuss the problems facing children. "Do you believe children are first on the agenda - at the core of every decision?" asked Marilee Roloff, of the Volunteers of America and a member of the board of the Spokane Community Network. "I do not ... It is definitely time to call 'mayday' and send out an SOS for our children."