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News >  Idaho Voices

Stay & Play: Manresa Grotto near Newport evokes settlers

Inside the Manresa Grotto a stone altar still stands in the cool shade of the huge rock wall. The ceiling is pitched high above as tall as in any church, and the view through the huge opening is sweeping over the treetops, the Pend Oreille River and the Kalispel Indian Reservation.
News >  Voices

Controversy evident at Jefferson school redevelopment meeting

What began as three different proposals for the remodeling or rebuilding of Jefferson Elementary School earlier this year quickly evolved into a major neighborhood controversy when some neighborhood residents turned out to be wildly opposed to relocating the school. Tuesday evening the next chapter in the saga was written when Spokane Public Schools delivered on its promise to present a property value study and a traffic study for neighbors.
News >  Washington Voices

Grotto, cabins near Newport evoke settlers

Inside the Manresa Grotto a stone altar still stands in the cool shade of the huge rock wall. The ceiling is pitched high above as tall as in any church, and the view through the huge opening is sweeping over the treetops, the Pend Oreille River and the Kalispel Indian Reservation. The Manresa Grotto is located just north of the tribal headquarters on the Kalispel Reservation in Usk, Wash., and once you sit there for a bit it’s easy to understand why people have worshipped there for generations.
News >  Washington Voices

Summer program teaches kids job skills, community support

It’s early on a warm Friday morning in the West Central neighborhood. In a yard around a little white house, a flock of teenagers are busy digging and pulling weeds, composting, feeding chickens and sweeping garden paths. They are chatting while they work and they are getting things done. The group is this summer’s graduates from Project HOPE’s Green Collar Jobs Youth Corps Program which is based at Riverfront Farms, a community-based at-risk youth and gang prevention program on West Boone Avenue.
News >  Washington Voices

Sustainable September includes series of green events

For the second year in a row Community Minded Enterprises is putting together a series of events as Sustainable September. The kickoff luncheon is on Wednesday at the Masonic Center and features Kevin Danaher, executive director of Global Exchange and the founder of Green Expos. “Last year we were hitting the ‘why’ and this year it’s the ‘how’ to stay sustainable,” said Shallan Dawson, project coordinator.
News >  Spokane

Organizers hope regatta is first of many hydroplane exhibitions

Sunday was an emotional day for David Williams. As a child he spent every summer on Lake Coeur d’Alene, and he always looked forward to the hydroplane races. When the last races were held in 1968, the 11-year-old Williams stood on the shore, dreaming of one day driving one of the roaring boats. On Sunday, Williams became the first hydroplane driver to take to the lake in 42 years, when he piloted a replica of the original 1957 Miss Wahoo out onto the choppy lake for a couple of rounds during the Diamond Cup Regatta.
News >  Idaho

Hydroplanes make splashy CdA comeback

Sunday was an emotional day for David Williams. As a child he spent every summer on Lake Coeur d’Alene, and he always looked forward to the hydroplane races. When the last races were held in 1968, the 11-year-old Williams stood on the shore, dreaming of one day driving one of the roaring boats. On Sunday, Williams became the first hydroplane driver to take to the lake in 42 years, when he piloted a replica of the original 1957 Miss Wahoo out onto the choppy lake for a couple of rounds during the Diamond Cup Regatta.
News >  Washington Voices

Doyles returns to warm welcome

Ice cream lovers in Spokane rejoice: Doyles Ice Cream Parlor on West Boone Avenue reopened last weekend. Owner Jerry Gill has had the business since 1991, but it first opened in 1939.
News >  Washington Voices

Fundraising group offering free swim passes

This was the first summer that children had to pay to go swimming in city pools. Anticipating the hardship that would create for some families, the Spokane Parks Foundation created Make a Splash – a group that raised money for free swim passes. Make a Splash was so successful it is now in the unusual situation of having 4,500 free passes available in the city and 500 left in Spokane Valley, with pools closing around the end of this month.
News >  Washington Voices

South Perry Blog soon putting up posters

Coming up on the South Perry Blog: Soon two neighbors will hold the keys to the blog and begin posting about what’s really going on. Stay tuned for introductions. Also, proceeds from this year’s fair and parade will be donated to local charities within the next week – the blog will be there when the big checks are handed over.