Ward Sanderson

Sheriff's deputies arrested a Valley woman over the weekend for auto theft and a felony drug charge. Barbara L. Williams, 27, was arrested Saturday on charges of stealing a 1985 Honda Prelude from a used-car lot and possession of crack cocaine, said Sheriff's Department spokesman David Reagan. Neighbors in a Valley trailer park called authorities early Saturday after seeing two people removing the Prelude's license plates and replacing them with other plates.

1. Mourning for friends. Jonelle Pearson was a friend of the boys who were involved in a single-car accident Friday near Harrison. Pearson said she's still recovering from the shock of hearing about the accident. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review 2. A can for donations to the Leonard family sits on the counter at the Rose Cafe in Harrison.

Taessaly Nicolaysen, 7, nuzzles with her cats Minerva and Vesta. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review

The vacant Smith's Home Furnishings building at Sprague and Sullivan should be back in business by Christmas. The 45,000-square foot building will house four retail shops, starting with a new 50% Off Cards shop. Another tenant is expected to sign on sometime next week, said Tomlinson-Black Commercial agent Randy Jassman.

In the round 1. (Spokane edition only) Craig Miller takes a nap while his friends enjoy lunch after completeing the Tour des Lacs. The two-day bike ride took participants on a scenic trip between Spokane and Coeur d'Alene. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review 2. James Sharpe of Colorado, who works for Trek Bicycle, was at the Coeur d'Alene City Park on Sunday to offer tech support for participants in the 1997 Tour des Lacs. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review 3. Riders get ready to take off Saturday on the second day of the Tour des Lacs. About 850 people biked their way from Spokane to Coeur d'Alene and back this weekend. 4. (Spokane edition only) Tom Baker of Renton helps Jan Ashdown, a luggage detail volunteer from Holy Family, unload the truck.

1. A pin oak that has been topped, far left, sits at the corner of Hemlock and Pacific, its branches removed from nearby power lines. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review 2. At left, Charlie Matthews of Asplundh Tree Expert Co. clears branches of a linden tree at Spruce and Pacific.

All decked out. Julie Wiens, Tim Wiens, Doug Kaechele and Celeste Kaechele enjoy the sun on the deck of a friend's float home. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review

Clyde Carpenter warms up before the Valleyfest parade Saturday morning. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review

A Spokane carnival worker charged with repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl testified Wednesday that she went home with him and consented to sex. Terry L. Purcell, 31, was arrested after midnight on March 16, after security guards stopped him and the girl at the Spokane Interstate Fairgrounds. The girl testified Tuesday that Purcell grabbed her outside a Spokane Valley convenience store earlier that night, forced her behind a building and raped her.

Testimony began Tuesday in the trial of a Spokane carnival worker accused of kidnapping and repeatedly raping a 13-year-old girl. Terry L. Purcell is charged with four counts of first-degree rape. The girl said Purcell ambushed her outside a convenience store and forced her into various sex acts.

1. Getting prepared. Leo Hennessy, with the Idaho Department of Parks and Recreation, packs up his gear in preparation for a bike ride along the Hiawatha trail. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review 2. Officials get a preview of the Taft Tunnel. 3. Taft Tunnel Preservation Society President Bill Dire takes a drink of water along the Hiawatha Trail on Sunday. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review

The drug dealers thought the cellular phone calls would be free and frequent. All the digits they could dial in a month. Someone else would be stuck with thousands of dollars in fraudulent charges used to peddle "crack" cocaine and methamphetamine. When people recently began selling "cloned" cell phones in north Spokane in exchange for drugs and cash, it proved too tempting for some suspected dealers to resist.

Two 18-year-olds accused of a pair of violent holdups in downtown Spokane will face attempted murder and robbery charges in court today. Police said the teenagers robbed neighboring convenience stores at Third and Maple early Monday - repeatedly stabbing a clerk during the first, kicking another in the head during the second. Minutes after the second robbery, Aaron R. Simpson and David L. Johnston were arrested in the Deaconess Medical Center parking garage, following a brief foot chase.

1. On your mark. Kari Kerfoot, 13, aboard Puff of Smoke, races her sister Katie during the Kootenai County Saddle Club Horse Show. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review 2. Jenny Edington cools down her horse, Koolaid, before Sunday's lunch break.

Helen Perin: "You can never outgive the Lord." Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

It's a dead-end job, but Irwin Lundstrum tries to dig it anyway. Year after year, election after election. If there's a hot button to rile others into running against him for cemetery commissioner, the 72-year-old has yet to find it. And he's been pushing for almost 20 years.

Wendy Keefe and Chris Golob take their turn Sunday on the Astro Rocket Launch. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review

1. A tour group leaving for an overnight trip to the North Cascades fills a bus at the South Hill Senior Center last Thursday morning. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review 2. A South Hill Senior Center tour group poses during a recent trip to Canada. Photo by Greg Kiley

Eyes for beads Fran Wade, right, shows Martha Swingley beads dating back to the 1700s that she and her husband have collected over the years and displayed Sunday at the Mountain Man Rendezvous. Photo by Liz Kishimoto/The Spokesman-Review

Over the protests of some inmates, a homeless man with tuberculosis was transferred Monday to Geiger Corrections Center. He had spent weeks in the county jail and two months quarantined at Deaconess Medical Center. Ricky Polston isn't a criminal, just a man who won't take his medicine, authorities say. If his disease remains untreated, the airborne bacteria could be spread like a cold - only it's potentially deadly.

A Western Washington man who told state troopers he hit something last week on Interstate 90 west of Spokane is a suspect in the Aug. 10 hit-and-run death of a motorcyclist. Steve Moore, 23, of Marysville, contacted the Washington State Patrol through his attorney on Thursday. He was interviewed by investigators on Friday, according to WSP Sgt. Chris Powell, and said "he did hit something" the night of Aug. 10 on a stretch of freeway near the town of Sprague. Robert Skaggs, 33, was run over by a car and killed after a worn tire on the Harley-Davidson he was riding went flat on I-90. When the motorcycle fell, Skaggs's 10-year-old son, Nick, was thrown clear, but the boy watched his father die.

Beer with a view. Mikoli Weaver, T.W. Fisher's head brewer, and his assistants Alex Martinson and Steve Fredekind judge beer entries for the North Idaho Fair on the roof of the Coeur d'Alene brew pub. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review

A Coeur d'Alene diver is missing, and rescuers spent Sunday pushing the depths of Lake Pend Oreille as far as they could to find him. Sean E. Eich, 31, disappeared Saturday evening when he was scuba diving with a friend near the Green Monarchs area in the southeast part of the lake. The lake's extreme depth - "60 to 400 to 600 feet," Bonner County Sheriff's Cpl. Bob Howard said - made the search difficult for the dive team Saturday.

A Hayden man sat in the Kootenai County Jail on Sunday after allegedly starting a chemical reaction inside a house here - sending a 14-year-old girl to the hospital and police and hazardous materials crews scrambling. Kevin Morriston, 29, was arrested Saturday night while driving east on Interstate 90 near Kellogg. He was booked on charges of felony cruelty to children.