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News >  Washington Voices

Teeing up for success

When the gym and the multipurpose room at Grant Elementary filled up March 3, it was for a rather unusual reason: to play golf. The First Tee National School Program made its Spokane debut at Grant, just off South Perry Street, much to the joy of the students and neighbors who stopped by.
News >  Washington Voices

Woman finds niche in publishing

In the fall of 2006, Logan Olson became a publisher, and a young one at that. She was 21 when the first edition of Logan Magazine hit the stands. Producing a glossy magazine four times a year is a big job for anyone, yet Olson had mainly one person on her staff: her mom, Laurie. Neither had any publishing or professional writing background, and there were many times they found themselves overwhelmed by the decisions they had to make.
News >  Washington Voices

Work begins on Main Market

Wednesday was one of those unseasonably cold days last week, but that didn’t put a damper on the spirit at the groundbreaking for the Main Market Cooperative. The Main Market will go into the former Goodyear Tire store on the corner of West Main Avenue and Browne Street, and is expected to open this fall.
News >  Washington Voices

Gifts warm Daybreak teens

If you believe a quilter’s house to be full of great quilts, then you’re probably wrong. At least according to Deanna Griffith, a longtime member of the Spokane Valley Quilt Guild, who said quilting is all about giving. “Quilters don’t have quilts, they make them and give them away,” Griffith said. “A quilter’s heart is full of love and generosity.”
News >  Washington Voices

Church connects to youths with hot chocolate, pastries

It’s never good to miss the school bus, but on Monday mornings it’s double bad if you are a Shaw Middle School student and your bus stop is on the corner of Myrtle and Marietta. That’s where members of the Minnehaha Covenant Church are serving doughnuts and hot chocolate to students waiting for the bus.
News >  Washington Voices

Gifts warm Daybreak teens

If you believe a quilter’s house to be full of great quilts, then you’re probably wrong. At least according to Deanna Griffith, a longtime member of the Spokane Valley Quilt Guild, who said quilting is all about giving.
News >  Washington Voices

Teeing up for success

When the gym and the multipurpose room at Grant Elementary filled up March 3, it was for a rather unusual reason: to play golf. The First Tee National School Program made its Spokane debut at Grant, just off South Perry Street, much to the joy of the students and neighbors who stopped by.
News >  Spokane

Ceremony held for Guard

Family, friends and fellow National Guard soldiers said goodbye Saturday to 50 members of Spokane-based 1041st Washington Army National Guard Transportation Company. The soldiers are deploying in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and are expected to be overseas until March 2010.
News >  Spokane

Guard families say their farewells

Family, friends and fellow National Guard soldiers said goodbye Saturday to 50 members of Spokane-based 1041st Washington Army National Guard Transportation Company. The soldiers are deploying in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom, and are expected to be overseas until March 2010.
News >  Washington Voices

COPS West holding fundraiser Saturday

Diners who stop by the Maxwell House for spaghetti on Saturday will get treated to more than just the secret recipe spaghetti sauce. COPS West is having a fundraiser at the neighborhood restaurant and all food proceeds are going toward the community police station. “Maxwell House is donating the food, and we’re hoping for a good turnout,” said Maurece Vulcano, program coordinator for COPS.
News >  Washington Voices

East Sprague gets benefactor

There’s something about East Sprague. It’s just a bit outside of downtown, but not quite suburban. It is home to some thriving homegrown businesses such as Northwest Seed and Pet. Trudeau’s Marina and Cassano’s Italian market, just a few blocks east of Division, have been there for generations. Sonnenberg’s Market is famous for its sausage.
News >  Idaho Voices

Ferguson’s ready for a close-up

For generations, Ferguson’s Cafe on Garland has been synonymous with great breakfast. Eggs and hash browns, bacon and sausage, home-cooked, piled high and served hot. The restaurant has been where it is since the mid-’30s, at one point it was known as Sanders Restaurant, but it’s been Ferguson’s since 1947.
News >  Washington Voices

Leadership Spokane team raising money for Northeast Youth Center

Sometimes the right people hook up. It looks like that’s what happened in the case of Northeast Youth Center and Steve Salvatori’s scan team from this year’s Leadership Spokane class. Salvatori’s group was looking for a “human needs” project, and the Northeast Youth Center needs a commercial freezer to stock food for its Kid’s Cafe; now Salvatori’s group is trying to make that happen.
News >  Washington Voices

Mediator may enter fray over sports complex plans

When Spokane South Little League officials presented plans last week for the $4.5 million, 20-acre baseball complex the group would like to build at Glenrose Road and 37th Avenue, foul balls went flying. The Little League group would buy the land from the Morning Star Boys Ranch.
News >  Washington Voices

East Sprague chosen for revitalization funds

There’s something about East Sprague. It’s just a bit outside of downtown, but not quite suburban. It is home to some thriving homegrown businesses such as Northwest Seed and Pet. Trudeau’s Marina and Cassano’s Italian market, just a few blocks east of Division, have been there for generations. Sonnenberg’s Market is famous for its sausage.
News >  Washington Voices

Veteran lunch lady retires apron

It’s not really surprising that Cheryl Steward went to clown school, mostly because her personality is just that bubbly and bright, but also because she makes people smile. On Friday, Feb. 20, co-workers new and old, friends and staffers from schools all over Spokane Public Schools District joined to celebrate Steward’s almost 30 years in food service and send her off to retirement.
News >  Washington Voices

3 Northeast neighborhoods form coalition for planning

There’s a new planning coalition in Northeast Spokane: Bemiss, Hillyard and Whitman neighborhoods are joining forces to plan ahead for the next 30 years. The neighborhoods have created the Greater Hillyard-Northeast Planning Alliance, because they “want to recognize their common challenges and opportunities as neighbors facing the same economic, social and historic conditions, so they can move into the future as a combined team strengthening their current partnerships,” said Luke Tolley, Hillyard Council chairman, in a written statement.
News >  Washington Voices

Deer Park band, drill instructor remembered by many

Mention Ken Fisher around Deer Park High School graduates from the ’70s and ’80s and you can be absolutely certain they remember who he was. He took the Marching Stags to the Rose Bowl Parade in 1970, to the Calgary Stampede several times and to many other prestigious band contests. But that’s really not why people remember him – they remember him because he was one heck of a teacher who touched hundreds of young people’s lives.
News >  Washington Voices

For sweepstakes winner, free truck fits just fine

When Michael Lewis tried on a pair of boots at the Big R on Newport Highway last year, he wasn’t really thinking about getting a new truck. That changed when he found out he could enter a sweepstakes sponsored by Tony Lama Boots: try on a pair of boots from the new 3R Collection and you can win a new Dodge Ram.
News >  Washington Voices

Government funds, donations help fund program for seniors

Jeanne Koerner is a regular for lunch at East Central Community Center. She retired years ago and lives in a basement apartment in Browne’s Addition with two of her grandkids. She’s a diabetic and has a heart condition. Para-transit takes her to and from East Central, where having lunch with her friends is the highlight of her day – and a nutritional cornerstone.
News >  Washington Voices

Government funds, donations help program for seniors

Jeanne Koerner is a regular for lunch at East Central Community Center. She retired years ago and lives in a basement apartment in Browne’s Addition with two of her grandkids. She’s a diabetic and has a heart condition. Para-transit takes her to and from East Central, where having lunch with her friends is the highlight of her day – and a nutritional cornerstone.
News >  Washington Voices

Presentation Tuesday on Little League plans

Glenrose residents, Little League baseball members and anyone else who’s interested can take another look Tuesday at the proposed Morning Star Sports Complex, which Spokane South Little League would like to build on 20 acres at the intersection of Glenrose Road and 37th Avenue. Little League and representatives from Morning Star will hold a joint presentation about the project, which has gained a lot of protests from the Glenrose Community Association.
News >  Washington Voices

Senior program provides meals, classes, companions

Jeanne Koerner is a regular for lunch at East Central Community Center. She retired years ago and lives in a basement apartment in Browne’s Addition with two of her grandkids. She’s a diabetic and has a heart condition. Para-transit takes her to and from East Central, where having lunch with her friends is the highlight of her day – and a nutritional cornerstone.
News >  Washington Voices

Owners hope to open tavern on Perry Street by St. Patrick’s Day

The Lantern – a bar that’s going in on South Perry Street in the location where first The Scoop and then the Pop Shoppe used to be – is moving right ahead. “We have a letter of commitment from the liquor control board,” said Jeff Nordwall, who’s remodeling the space. “Once we are done with the construction, they come out and do a final inspection – and we are open.”