Voices

Today World’s Largest Ice Cream Social - Customers will receive a free serving (3 oz.) of a special Make-A-Wish ice cream creation, while being encouraged to make a donation to the Foundation. Donations that night and all month will benefit the local chapter of the Make-A-Wish Foundation, an organization that grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions to enrich the human experience with hope, strength and joy. 5-8 p.m., Cold Stone Creamery, 2396 Old Mill Loop, Coeur d’Alene. Free.

Hey kids! Be the first in your neighborhood to find where Scoop Reporter is hiding inside today’s Voice and win free scoops of ice cream for you and your family. The cute little bear cub reporter is hot on the trail of a news story. Look for him among the advertisements in today’s paper. Is he on page 3? Is he on page 5? Find Scoop and win ice cream scoops!

A key transportation link between the residential core of the East Central Neighborhood and businesses north of Interstate 90 has reopened after being severed for the past three weeks. Drivers may not have even noticed the problem. But those who get around on foot had to hoof it a bit farther after an over-height truck on I-90 smashed into the pedestrian bridge near Regal Street.

As the Freeman School District moves toward breaking ground on a project to expand and remodel the high school and elementary school, it has been given a gift by Spokane Public Schools – five free portable buildings that house two classrooms each. “It’s a tremendous help to our district,” said Sergio Hernandez, Freeman superintendent.

Could one person really make a difference? Nancy Brinker made a promise to her sister, Susan G. Komen, who died from cancer, that she would find a way to end breast cancer forever. But how?

Could one person really make a difference? Nancy Brinker made a promise to her sister, Susan G. Komen, who lost her three-year battle with breast cancer, that she would find a way to end breast cancer forever. But how?

The North Idaho College men’s basketball team invites community members and sports fans to have dinner with the team and coaches at 6:30 p.m. Oct. 3 at Centennial Distributing in Hayden. Dinner with the NIC men’s basketball team will be catered by Famous Willies Texas Style Barbecue and will also feature special guest Hugh Watson, who served as the head men’s basketball coach at NIC from 1996-2004.

To be murdered in Spokane is no great distinction. Homicide in the Lilac City has been rather regular throughout the town’s history. But a hatchet murder in Spokane, ah, now that is rare. And a bloody hatcheting with total victims that one-upped Lizzie Borden has only happened a single time in Spokane history. If you drive on Sprague Avenue between Spokane and the Spokane Valley, you pass by the site of this gruesome event, described as the “Massacre at the Dillons” on the cover of the June 1944 Official Detective Magazine. The Spokesman-Review called the deed a hatchet slaying on the Jan. 21, 1944, front page.

Scoop Reporter was spotted hiding among advertisements in last week’s Voices by the following six winners, who are this week’s Honorary Cub Reporters and are eligible to receive free ice cream. Congratulations to:

This summer, soaring gas prices and complicated work schedules meant our family, like many others, scrapped plans for an extended vacation and chose to stay closer to home. Instead of one extended trip we enjoyed several daylong and weekend outings. To my surprise, we found staycationing to be just as fun and more relaxing than an elaborate vacation. Here’s how we spent our summer:

$77,777 – Timothy Johnson, Spokane. $30,000 – Mark Haley, Spokane.

Local football fans may be greeted by picketing Mead School District employees at games Friday night. The 65 custodians and maintenance workers who are members of the Mead Classified Public Employees Association are working under an expired contract. The union accuses the district of bargaining in bad faith and is threatening to file an unfair labor practice complaint.

This summer, soaring gas prices and complicated work schedules meant our family, like many others, scrapped plans for an extended vacation and chose to stay closer to home. Instead of one extended trip we enjoyed several daylong and weekend outings. To my surprise, we found staycationing to be just as fun and more relaxing than an elaborate vacation. Here’s how we spent our summer:

Spokane’s neighborhood councils do everything from organizing trash cleanups, cleaning up graffiti and hosting local get-togethers to influencing city decisions about parks and development and taking action to improve pedestrian safety. And they could use some more help.

If Maggie Ray’s fifth-grade teacher asks her to write an essay about what she did this summer, she’s got a doozy of a story. On Aug. 22, Ray and four of her Hutton Elementary classmates climbed Mount St. Helens with their fathers. It was the 10-year-old’s second time at the summit. She and her dad, Rob, shared the adventure last year. When he mentioned returning, she agreed, but this time she asked if she could bring some friends. From there the plan evolved, and eventually four of her best buddies and their dads were on board to tackle the mountain.