PM Headlines — 12.17.10

Jackson Barth, 12, shares a laugh with his parents, David and Lisa Barth, during a video interview in Sandpoint on Monday. Jackson, who has autism, is the inspiration for a group from Sandpoint that will compete next June in Race Across America, one of the nation’s most challenging endurance bicycle races. Alison Boggs’ SR story here . (SR photo: Kathy Plonka)

• A century later, Gonzaga finally has a fight song /Melissa Luck, KXLY
• Man who lied in CdA bars re: military service to impress women sentenced /KREM
• Bell-ringer seeks record of 36 hours at Spokane WalMart /KREM
  
• Back to heavy lifting for Zags as No. 9 Baylor looms ahead /Jim Meehan, SR
• Fairfax to be sentenced in murder-for-hire case in February /Bonner County Bee
• Sunnyside landowner rescued from floating ice /Bonner County Bee
• Gregoire blocks parole for man who nearly killed Richland officer /KXLY
• Team McEuen readies plan for lakeshore green space /Tom Hasslinger, Press
  
• Spokane removing 26 trees from Riverfront Park /KHQ