Mike Prager

Mark Richardson helps remove the foundation of a home at Fourth and Thor. Homes in a two-block area have been razed for a proposed supermarket. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review

Seven community development neighborhoods on the South Side will receive $343,500 in federal money this year for various improvements and programs. Residents living in the lower income neighborhoods get to decide how the money is spent, and their spending plans go before city and federal officials for approval later this year.

South Side friends of a newlywed couple killed in a traffic accident during the holidays are mourning their loss. Jeffrey L. Doke, 28, and his wife, Karen Johnson Doke, 26, who recently moved to North Bend, Wash., started their careers on the South Side of Spokane. The Dokes died Dec. 23 in a two-car accident on a snow-covered highway near Genesee, Idaho, while on their way to visit family members in Pullman.

1. Isaac Bouck throws water-damaged files from KOP Construction at 17th and Chestnut last Thursday following the New Year's Day flooding from Latah Creek. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review 2. Latah Creek's New Year's Day flooding at Hangman Valley Golf Course deposited mud on the ninth fairway, at left, and logs and debris on a bridge connecting the ninth and 10th fairways. This is an upstream view. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

Howard Jorgenson of Medical Lake, longtime president of the Washington Federation of State Employees, was appointed to serve on the transition team for incoming Gov. Gary Locke. It may be the first time a state federation official has held a seat on a gubernatorial transition team, Jorgenson told union members at a conference last month.

CORRECTION: 1-16-97; S2 Eastern Washington University Professor Emeritus Walt Powers' name was incorrect in a photo caption in last week's South Side Voice. Myrt and Tom Powers stand by a few of their Norman Rockwell lithographs hanging in Showalter Hall at Eastern Washington University. Tom holds a Norman Rockwell illustrated edition of Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer." Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review

The South Hill Senior Center has 1,300 members but no real home. For the past decade, the center has occupied leased space at 2727 S. Mount Vernon in the Lincoln Heights Shopping Center. But the people who run the center say they really need a place of their own. They've hired a consultant to help them plan for a brand new senior center to serve the growing elderly population on the South Hill. "It's been a dream of our senior citizens since the very start," said Carol Delehanty, senior center president.

Anna Marie Brunke operates Acapricio, a bridal shop on South Regal. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review

1. When a floatplane doesn't. A crew works Monday to salvage a Cessna floatplane that flipped over and sank in Hayden Lake last week. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review (Photo in Idaho edition only) 2. John Cooley skims snow off the roof of Simon's Do-It Center in Coeur d'Alene. (Photo in Idaho edition only)

Waiting to dig out Linda Graham and her husband Ted wait for a city snowplow to clear the street in front of their home on the 2100 block of West Fairview on Thursday afternoon. Rick Sims drives the grader. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review

McDonald's is taking its Big Mac Attack to a new corner of Spokane. The fast-food chain is opening a new restaurant at Fourth and Maple next week. The walk-in McDonald's on Riverside near Lincoln has been closed.

Two years ago, when mail handler James Orr was injured, his fellow postal workers helped his family out while he was laid up recovering from a fall. His wife, Beth Orr, repaid the favor last week with a special delivery of her own.

A Southwest plane gets a de-icing at Spokane International Airport on Tuesday. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review

Kootenai Fire Protection District's Mike Waterhouse plows snow on Monday while Smokey bear reminds that the possibility of forest fires is unlikely. Photo by Jesse Tinsley/The Spokesman-Review

Sara Jackson, 5, and Amy Hoerner, 13, found the snow worth screaming about Monday at Grant Park. Photo by Dan McComb/The Spokesman-Review

Kristen Snyder gets her young audience to stretch after a reading at the South Hill Branch Library. The facility at 34th and Perry has many programs for children. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

The Spokane County Library District and county Fire Protection District No. 8 are teaming up to make it more convenient for south Spokane residents to return library books. A drive-in book drop has been installed at the fire station on 57th Avenue just east of Regal.

Richard Riegert holds a prototype of a device for testing thin coatings. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review

Rockwood Market owner Tim McGee lost about $9,000 worth of food during last month's ice storm, but he said the loss is being covered by insurance. Fresh meat, produce, dairy products and frozen food had to be thrown out when they spoiled, he said.

Home sales in south Spokane chilled down in November because of the paralyzing ice storm, but real estate experts said the market has picked up again. Only 98 homes in the south and west parts of Spokane and Spokane County sold last month, compared with 120 in the same period in 1995. At least 15 of the homes were new.

A truck accident in Wyoming is delaying the final installation of traffic lights at four intersections in south and east Spokane. The intersections include 29th Avenue and Southeast Boulevard, and Altamont Boulevard at Second, Third and Sprague avenues.

Emma Frisch greets a well-wisher Tuesday during a luncheon honoring her work in the community. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review

Ann Simpson's Second Look Books in Lincoln Heights boast nearly 100,000 books. Photo by Colin Mulvany/The Spokesman-Review

Gov.-elect Gary Locke on Tuesday said state taxpayers should not be asked to pay for a new Seattle football stadium. They could, however, be asked to pay a higher gasoline tax for better roads, he said. On his first visit to Spokane since winning the election, Locke said he opposes using general taxes to subsidize a new Seahawks stadium. During a press conference at the Ridpath Hotel, Locke tried to steer his comments toward economic development, road-building and welfare reform. But reporters homed in on developments involving Seattle's professional football team. Locke said he prefers to renovate the 20-year-old Kingdome, despite calls from potential Seahawks owner Paul Allen for a new open-air football stadium.