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This day in history: Lewis and Clark High School traded vandalism with North Central in preparation for rivalry game

Vandalism at Lewis and Clark and North Central high schools continued in the leadup to their rivalry basketball game, the Spokane Daily Chronicle reported on Jan. 1, 1926. Meanwhile, the Spokane Public Schools’ secretary determined it cost $120.75 a year to educate each student at Lewis and Clark. That was $9.59 cheaper than the cost to the district per student at North Central. The newspaper also reported that Mrs. M.C. Amsden of 1025 S. Altamont, won the grand champion trophy for her Rhode Island Red cockerel that she entered in the Western Royal poultry show in Spokane. (Spokesman-Review archives)
By Jim Kershner The Spokesman-Review

From 1976: Fairchild Air Force Base security personnel – including a police canine – searched nearly 300 cars entering and leaving the base.

Fairchild Air Force Base security personnel searched nearly 300 cars entering and leaving the base, the Spokane Daily Chronicle reported Jan. 14, 1976. The newspaper also reported that the Spokane County Boundary Review Board was considering a controversial proposal to allow more of the Five Mile Prairie to be annexed into the City of Spokane. (Spokesman-Review archives.)
Fairchild Air Force Base security personnel searched nearly 300 cars entering and leaving the base, the Spokane Daily Chronicle reported Jan. 14, 1976. The newspaper also reported that the Spokane County Boundary Review Board was considering a controversial proposal to allow more of the Five Mile Prairie to be annexed into the City of Spokane. (Spokesman-Review archives.)

They were searching for “narcotics, stolen property and other unauthorized material.”

None were found.

This was a random, unannounced check and officials warned it may be repeated “any time of day or night.”

From 1926: In the dark of night, the feud between Lewis and Clark and North Central high schools flared up again.

Someone splashed red paint around the Howard Street and the Fourth Avenue entrances to LC. They also affixed two large “NC” signs to the concrete abutments.

This was clearly retaliation for a previous incident in which “the orange tint of Lewis & Clark adorned the stately walls of North Central,” said the Spokane Chronicle.

The LC principal was not impressed.

“I think it is hick stuff,” said LC principal Henry M. Hart. “It will probably continue as long as people make a joke of it, until there is some real property damage. There was no harm done last night as the paint was on the plate glass windows of the doors;”

The impetus for the “attack” was the upcoming LC-NC basketball game.