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Tree falls on car, kills passenger

Compiled from staff reports The Spokesman-Review

A tree fell onto a car traveling on Highway 12 near Orofino Tuesday evening, resulting in the death of a passenger in that car.

Patricia L. Angle of Kamiah, Idaho, was eastbound on Highway 12 when a tree fell from the roadside and onto the top of her 1999 Subaru Impreza, according to Idaho State Police. The impact caused the vehicle to go off the road and down a 100-foot embankment, ISP reported.

Passenger Erma Radon, 73, also of Kamiah, died at the scene.

Angle was reportedly taken to Clearwater Valley Hospital in Orofino. The hospital said it had no information on Angle, but ISP said she was treated but not critically injured.

License plate number can remain the same

The Idaho Division of Motor Vehicles has a new service that allows motorists in nine counties to request their current county license plate number when replacing their plates on-line, according to the Idaho Transportation Department.

Motorists have been able to request their existing plate number when purchasing plates through the mail or in person.

Now drivers in Kootenai and eight counties in southern Idaho can do it on-line, too.

Getting the same plate number adds $2 to the $6 replacement fee. The Web site for ordering the replacement plates is itd.idaho.gov/dmv.

Race, tea support breast cancer patients

Two events to support breast cancer patients and raise awareness of the disease are coming up in North Idaho.

The sixth annual Komen Coeur d’Alene Race for the Cure, which raises money to help North Idaho women who have breast cancer, takes place Sunday.

The race, a 5K run/walk or one-mile walk, begins at 10 a.m., with registration and T-shirt pickup beginning at 8 a.m. on race day. The race begins at North Idaho College.

Same-day registration is $30 or $10 for kids. Call (208) 665-9888 for more information, or log on to www.cdakomen.org.

On Sunday, Oct. 9 is the Pink Tulip Tea, in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month, at the Hayden Lake Country Club. The tea is from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. and costs $17 a person. For tickets, call (208) 640-9073 or e-mail pinktuliptea@yahoo.com.

Wishing Star needs some star sponsors

The Wishing Star Foundation is seeking community sponsors for its annual Christmas program.

Sponsors are asked to adopt one of the Wish families for Christmas, buying gifts for everyone, including Mom and Dad, and purchasing a gift certificate from a local grocer for Christmas dinner.

If sponsors cannot do the shopping themselves, they can make a donation toward one of the families and Wishing Star volunteers will do the shopping.

Many Wishing Star families are unable to afford Christmas gifts or festivities because of medical expenses.

For more information, contact the Wishing Star Foundation at (509) 744-3411, or visit the Wishing Star Web site at www.wishingstar.org.

Arson suspected in Spokane garage fires

The Spokane Fire Department is investigating suspicious fires that damaged two garages in the same neighborhood early Wednesday.

Firefighters responded at 12:10 a.m. to 1203 W. Columbia Ave. to a fire in a detached garage, Battalion Chief Mike Inman said.

While crews battled the first fire, which caused moderate to severe damage inside the garage, they noticed a second fire down the alley.

Some of the crews responding to the first blaze went to the second fire at 1337 W. Columbia, which started outside a garage, Inman said. They put the fire out before it caused much damage, he said.

Fire investigator Capt. Mike Zambryski was summoned and is examining both fires as possible arsons.

‘Days of Swine and Posies’ at Rockford

A pie-eating contest, livestock judging and a table-setting competition are just a few of the highlights at this weekend’s Southeast Spokane County Fair in Rockford, themed “Days of Swine and Posies.”

It kicks off at 4 p.m. Thursday with carnival rides. The fair begins at 9 a.m. Friday and continues through Sunday night.

Admission is free.

Visitors will find classic fair attractions, such as carnival rides and live music, but the 61-year-old county fair’s charm also rests in its old-fashioned traditions.

Livestock, rabbits and poultry will be judged, and so will pigs dressed in “purchased garments.”

Fiddlers will provoke jigs, bingo numbers will be hollered by Lion’s Club members and zucchini bread will be auctioned off after a variety show.

Neighbors in the town of about 500 people will compete for a year’s worth of bragging rights for their harvested produce, perfect preserves or pristine farm animals. For some church and community groups, the fair is their sole fund-raiser.

The children’s parade starts at 10:15 a.m. Saturday immediately followed by the grand parade.

To get to the Southeast Spokane County Fair from Spokane Valley, follow Highway 27 south approximately 18 miles to Rockford and follow the signs to the fair. For more information call 291-FAIR.

Park Road shut through Monday

Park Road will be closed today through Monday between Appleway and Eighth avenues.

The closure is necessary to make utility adjustments and final paving.

Traffic will be detoured.

Mission Avenue stretch to be closed

Mission Avenue will be closed this weekend for construction near Avista headquarters in Spokane.

The closure from Perry Street to South Riverton begins at 7 p.m. Friday and will continue until 5 a.m. Monday.

Detours will take eastbound drivers from Mission along Perry to Illinois to Greene and back to Mission, and westbound drivers from Mission to South Riverton to Helena to Trent to Hamilton and back to Mission.