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News >  Washington Voices

Madison Elementary fete celebrates century mark

When Madison Elementary School celebrated its centennial on Sept. 30 it wasn’t by planting 100 candles in a cake, it was by having the students spell out “100” on the playground. “It was Bambi Howe, our kindergarten teacher, who came up with the idea,” said Madison Principal Greg Baerlocher. “She made the suggestion to the centennial committee, and everyone liked it.”
News >  Washington Voices

Park named after tireless neighbor

When Dick Carson headed to the Northwest Neighborhood Council meeting in September, he didn’t suspect anything unusual was going on. At 85, he’s cut back a bit on his community involvement but he still goes to the neighborhood council meetings and he’s been a member of the Northeast Spokane Kiwanis Club since 1974. He did notice some people from the Spokane Parks and Recreation Department at the meeting, but he was simply astounded when they announced they were there to name a new park at nearby Dwight Merkel Sports Complex after him.
News >  Washington Voices

South Perry assesses year with eye to future

When the South Perry Business and Neighborhood Association held its annual meeting Tuesday evening at the Emmanuel Life Center, the first part of the meeting was dedicated to neighborhood news and updates from various organizations. Spencer Granger, of the Emmanuel Life Center, has worked with the South Perry association for the past five years to set goals organized around what’s called the Main Street model.
News >  Washington Voices

Park board approves Merkel complex use fees

Fees for users of the new Merkel Sports Complex were approved by the Spokane Park Board on Sept. 9. The fee scale came together after a public meeting at the Finch Arboretum. At Merkel, an adult softball game with lights will cost $26.25. At Franklin Park the fee will be $22.
News >  Washington Voices

Tekoa, Odessa named Blue Ribbon schools

When Ken Schutz entered fifth grade in Tekoa nearly 40 years ago, he was excited to have a male teacher. That teacher was Wayne Roellich, who never imagined that one day he’d travel to Washington, D.C., together with one of his then-fifth-graders, to receive a prestigious national education award. When Secretary of Education Arne Duncan gave a Blue Ribbon Award to Tekoa High School and another to P.C. Jantz Elementary School in Odessa in September, he brought Roellich and Schutz back together again: Schutz is the K-12 principal in Odessa and Roellich is now the high school principal in Tekoa.
News >  Idaho Voices

Street-corner donors feed dreams to get back to Africa

Fundraising in a flaccid economy is a challenge. Even established nonprofit organizations are struggling because people hold on to their change and cut back on charity as their paychecks shrink. So when a young woman sets out to raise funds for a return trip to volunteer at a poor, rural hospital in the African nation of Chad, what is she to do?