Call, log on to report pothole locations
Potholes have been proliferating in the recent freeze/thaw cycles and sometimes seem to grow deeper by the minute. The city of Spokane Valley is asking motorists to call in the locations of problem potholes so crews can make temporary repairs. Permanent repairs will be made later in the spring when asphalt plants open for the season.
Pothole locations can be reported to 921-1000. Callers should have the name of the street, the names of the nearest cross streets and which lane the pothole is in. People can also go online to www.spokanevalley.org and select the “Report a Pothole” link under “Hot Topics.”
Central Valley
CVSD Days on the Mall starts Friday
The Central Valley School District will host its 23rd annual Days on the Mall beginning Friday at the Spokane Valley Mall.
The district will have numerous displays and information tables representing each school in the district during mall hours through Wednesday. School bands, orchestras and choirs from all over the district will also be performing in the J.C. Penney Court Monday through Wednesday. Performances will be between 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. on Monday and Wednesday and between 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. on Tuesday. An exact performance schedule is available online at www.cvsd.org.
DOWNTOWN
Figure skating event at Riverfront Park
The Spokane Figure Skating Club hosts the 2008 Skate at the Park Figure Skating Competition Feb 29 and March 1 at the rink in Riverfront Park. Over 100 skaters age 3 through adult representing 17 figure skating clubs from the Pacific Northwest and Canada will compete. Skate at the Park is sanctioned by U.S. Figure Skating and Skate Canada, which is the official track for skaters advancing to National and Olympic events such as the 2007 National Championships that was held in Spokane in January of last year. The event is 5 to 6:45 p.m. Feb. 29 and from 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. March 1.
A silent auction will be in the Pavilion Lobby on March 1 from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Several items donated by area businesses will be available for bidding. All proceeds are used to support the sport of figure skating.
Admission is free and open to the public.
– From staff reports
MEDICAL LAKE
Community Frameworks plans open house
Community Frameworks will hold an open house with guided tours of five new homes Saturday from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Takoda Park Development at West Hallet Road and South Thomas Mallen Road in Medical Lake.
Families have been working since November to build their homes and their neighbors’ homes and are the first of 36 planned for the Takoda Park Development.
Trini Mayo, area director, will speak at 11 a.m. and guided tours of the homes will begin at noon.
Part of Community Frameworks’ HomeStart program, the five families qualified for the homes by having an income ranging from 40 to 80 percent of the area median income and provided sweat equity in the building of their homes.
For more information, call Community Frameworks at 484-6733, or visit www.community frameworks.org.
NEVADA/LIDGERWOOD
Sale will benefit medical clinic in Kenya
Partners for Progress is selling bricks to raise funds to build a medical clinic in Kaponga, Kenya, at an event Friday at 7 p.m. at the Service Station, 9315 N. Nevada St.
The evening will include hors d’oeuvres, desserts and entertainment by the Grant Elementary drummers and dancers.
Tickets are $10, and bricks will be available for purchase at the event. Donations are $10 for one roof tile, $25 for one brick and $50 for a beam.
Tickets are available at the door, Auntie’s Bookstore, 402 W. Main Ave., and at Hastings, 7706 N. Division St.
For more information, e-mail partnersforprogress @yahoo.com.
– Lisa Leinberger