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Kimberly Lusk

Kimberly Lusk

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Kimberly Lusk joined The Spokesman-Review in 1998. She is a copy editor and page designer.

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Fete fido at South Hill celebration

The Southside Senior and Community Center is celebrating man’s best friend on Saturday. “It’s a chance for community to come together around something they love,” said Claudia Craven, a volunteer at the center who’s organizing the event.
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Health district campaign promotes pool safety

The Spokane Regional Health District is preaching pool safety this summer, tackling both drowning and recreational water illnesses with its Pool Safe campaign. “We want to make sure that the public is aware of their roles and responsibilities to keep these water recreation facilities … safe for use,” said Steve Main, a technical adviser for the Living Environment Program, which includes water recreation program.
A&E >  Entertainment

Our pick for local families: Festival fills sky with fun

The Hayden Kite Festival got its start in 2007 – in part because there was no event like it in the region. “Now, it’s Hayden’s thing,” said Suzanne Cano, director of Hayden’s Community Services Department. She’s been organizing the festival since 2008.
A&E >  Entertainment

Floating Crowbar lacks Irish blood, but not spirit

It’s the melodies that brought the members of Floating Crowbar to Irish music. The members meandered toward it, some taking decades to get serious about it. And coming together as a group took a while, too. It started with Rick Rubin and Don Thomsen as a duo. Morgan Andersen and James Hunter eventually joined, and they’ve been playing as a quartet for close to six years.
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Challenge of flu vaccine lies in strains

Flu viruses are constantly mutating. Which means that formulating the vaccine each year is always “a best-guess scenario,” said Paul Throne, of the Washington Department of Health.
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Actress’s culture adds depth to ‘Silence’ role

Emiko Yamada was a Nisei, or first-generation Japanese American. She dreamed of becoming a teacher. “She has a very strong cultural identity, but she’s very much an all-American girl of the 1940s,” said Lily Gladstone, who portrays Emiko in the Living Voices production “Within the Silence.” She’ll perform the show tonight at the Northwest Museum of Arts and Culture.
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‘Spokane in 1889’ on display at library

When Riva Dean started looking for a way to celebrate Washington state’s 125th anniversary in the Spokane Public Library’s Northwest Room, she found there wasn’t much in the collection that pertained to statehood. So instead, she looked at what was going on in Spokane in 1889.
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Gorge lures Nickelback for June 20 show

Nickelback has nabbed first spot on the Gorge Amphitheatre’s 2015 schedule. The Canadian rockers will be in George, Washington, on June 20. Tickets start at $25 and go on sale Saturday through Live Nation, www.livenation.com.
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Bach Festival adds free impromptu acts

The schedule for the 37th annual Northwest Bach Festival includes yet another new addition from artistic director Zuill Bailey. This year, the festival will give Flash-Bach! free noon concerts at various locations such as courthouses, banks, hospitals and malls. But there’s a catch: The concert dates and locations won’t be announced in advance. Instead, they’ll be announced on social media and through in-house communications at the host sites.