Soccer gear drive planned

Thu., June 26, 2008

The Spokesman-Review

The River City Rockets Girls U14 Soccer Team will be holding a soccer gear donation drive Aug. 1-3 during the River City Cup Soccer Tournament at Plantes Ferry Park. New and used soccer gear is appreciated.

All items received, along with cash donations will be donated to PASSBACK, a 501(c)(3) organization affiliated with the U.S. Soccer Foundation, MLS Soccer, and EuroSport, which will send the donations to children in need in the United States and abroad.

Items needed are soccer jerseys, shin guards, soccer shoes, socks, balls, ball pumps, bags and goalie gear.

For more information, call Kim at 990-6269. For information on PASSBACK visit www.passback.org.

Rainey Coffin

Roundabout bid accepted

The Spokane Valley City Council on Tuesday accepted a below-estimate bid for a complicated traffic improvement project that will give the city its first roundabout.

The project involves a large, rectangular area that includes freeway ramps and the intersections of Indiana and Mansfield avenues with Pines Road and the three-way intersection of Wilbur Road with Mansfield and Montgomery avenues – where the roundabout will be built.

Relieving congestion at the intersection of Pines Road and Indiana Avenue is the primary objective.

Inland Asphalt offered to do the work for $3,061,916, almost $282,692 less than the $3,344,608 city engineers had estimated.

Other bids: Knife River, $3,065,927; Haime Construction, $3,404,796; MDM Construction, $3,462,137; and Westway Construction, $3,605,517.

John Craig

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