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Massage therapist opens practice

Heather Rosenthal graduated from the Florida School of Massage, one of the highest ranked schools of massage therapy in the country, in 1996. Since graduation, she has worked as a licensed massage therapist and practitioner in Florida, Texas and, for the last seven years, in Spokane. Rosenthal owns Wildflower Therapeutic Massage which operates in the Elk-Chattaroy and surrounding areas. She specializes in deep tissue therapy, neuromuscular therapy and Swedish/relaxation massage. She is licensed in the state of Washington, nationally certified and an AMTA member.
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Music and arts

Today DJ JASON (HIP-HOP/TOP-40) – 9 p.m., Mik-n-Mac’s Lounge, 406 N. Fourth St., Coeur d’Alene, 667-4858.
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Natural parks vulnerable to fires

POST FALLS – A weekend fire skirted Q’emiln Park, but Post Falls parks officials remain alert to the dangers that fires pose for the city’s natural parks. Unlike ball fields and playgrounds, parks like Q’emiln, Black Bay, Corbin and Treaty Rock are particularly vulnerable to accidental and intentional fires. Filled with native trees and shrubs, these parks lack the highly watered lawns that protect more developed parks.
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Neighborhood update

•The Emerson/Garfield Neighborhood Council will meet for its annual picnic on Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland Ave. •The West Central Neighborhood Council will meet on Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the West Central Community Center, 1603 N. Belt St.
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North Side man pedals way to better health

Eight years ago, North Side resident Bill Dennis was diagnosed with atherosclerosis and told he needed immediate open-heart surgery. “They said they wouldn’t recommend waiting more than a couple of weeks.” Dennis said.
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Owner breathes life back into pet llama

Steve and Monnie Cripe live high on the mountain overlooking Farragut State Park on their acreage that has, at last count, four or five dogs, three llamas and a plethora of wildlife. One day last week, Steve put some new halters on the llamas, so that he could stake them out for fresh grass and weed control. These halters were not made for llamas, and didn’t fit properly. After staking the three out in different spots, Steve joined Monnie, who was doing some work on an artificial waterfall they have been building.
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Paul Kuhlmann sculpts metal into life

Paul Kuhlmann plays with fire, welding metals into whatever his imagination can muster. Using copper-coated rods or pieces of scrap metal from places like the old Davenport Hotel, Kuhlmann creates wall hangings, garden art, free-standing pieces and artwork that suspend from above. “I have a makeshift library of pictures of things I’m interested in,” he said. “So, if someone wants a sculpture of say, a crocodile, I’ll probably have a photo of it that I could refer to.”
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Police struggle with fuel costs

The high price of gasoline is putting pressure on the budgets of West Plains police departments, where spending is up nearly everywhere, including Eastern Washington University, where police spend much of their time on foot or bicycle patrol during the summer and the department is considering buying a hybrid vehicle. Cheney police by June 30 had spent 57.7 percent of their $19,300 fuel budget, a figure police Cmdr. Rick Campbell found surprising.
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Post Falls OKs Foxtail project annexation

The controversial 823-acre planned Foxtail housing project north of Post Falls was approved for annexation Tuesday night in a split vote that required Post Falls Mayor Clay Larkin to make the final call. “If you put it on my shoulders, you live by my decision,” Larkin said.
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Rathdrum seeing boom in business

While last summer’s building projects included additions and renovation of area churches, schools and libraries, Rathdrum’s building projects this year have focused on retail spaces. Some buildings are replacing structures lost to fire or last winter’s heavy snow, while others are being enlarged to accommodate increased business. There are also a couple of new kids on the block. On Main Street, Anthony Papetti has expanded A & J Automotive with the renovation of his old building and the addition of a two-story building, now the most prominent building at the east end of downtown. Designed with a Western look, complete with a front balcony and board-and-batten siding by local architect Paul Matthews, the building was built to accommodate automotive bays on the ground floor and office space above. The new structure rises high above Papetti’s former building, an adjacent Quonset hut, which was also given a facelift with a Western-style false front.
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Residents ponder what’s next

CHENEY – Caught between the city of Cheney and the owner of their park, the residents of Myers’ Mobile Home Park are now faced with the prospect of packing up their lives and moving their homes, or in some cases, losing everything. The city and Thomas Myers have been involved in a long and heated dispute over city codes – the city wanted fire hydrants installed and better road access to the park, which once contained 44 homes. Myers chose to close the park a little more than a year ago rather than make the improvements. A court ruling last month requires Myers to clean the park of all garbage, maintain weed control and continue to pay the water bills until another hearing is held on Sept. 26. If Myers doesn’t comply, he could face jail time.
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Seeing the world, sharing the Gospel

Don and Patti Parks celebrated 50 years of marriage Aug 3. Through those 50 years, the Parkses have worn out five buses traveling the U.S., Canada and Mexico performing their country gospel music – all while raising their four children: Tammy, Teresa, Donny and Tommy. Don Parks’ ministry began in 1947 when he was stationed in California for the Air Force.
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senior meals

For the week of Aug. 11-15 Monday – Pork cutlet with gravy, scalloped potatoes, peas with pearl onions, dinner roll, pineapple tidbits.
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Seniors in the outfield

On July 23, under a cloudless summer sky at Franklin Park, a softball game with a difference got under way. The infield chatter was the same. “One down, one away.” “Batter up!” “I got it, I got it!” There were the requisite three bases, home plate and an umpire, but it was the players themselves who were unusual. Many had gray hair peeking out from beneath their caps. Members of the Spokane Senior Softball League were playing a make-up game. The league is composed of teams for those 50-plus and 60-plus and a tournament team for those 70 and older. That tournament team took home a silver medal at last year’s Huntsman World Senior Games in St. George, Utah.
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Skyfest 2008 this weekend

Skyfest 2008 is this weekend at Fairchild Air Force Base, with free public admission to events culminating with a performance by the Navy Blue Angels. The base is open to the public from 9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and the air show is scheduled from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., with the Blue Angels finale starting about 3:10 p.m.
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So, did she end up going?

Who sez the local media can’t work together to produce good results – for example, persuading a reluctant individual to schedule a colonoscopy? Last week, the Rathdrum Star started the ball rolling by printing a curious classified ad: “ATTENTION NANCY TAYLOR! Your friends in Iraq are worried about you. Please get the colonoscopy done. If you know Nancy or have had one, please let her know it DOES NOT HURT! Nancy is a Pharmacy Tech at the local hospital.” At Huckleberries Online, I couldn’t let an advertisement with that many capital letters go without notice. So I reprinted it on the blog, chuckled, and forgot about the matter until Nancy Taylor e-mailed. Tongue firmly cheeked, Nancy labeled her “friends in Iraq” as “warped” and “evil” and then good-naturedly added: “It was a big enough surprise yesterday when the Rathdrum Star came out to see my name in print in such a unique way. Imagine my shock when Cindy Johnson from KMC called me to tell me about your blog. I sorta have to laugh, however, because there are more ‘Nancy Taylors’ in this area than just me. Those poor women are much more well known than I. I’d love to know if they have had any calls!!” And you? Do you need a wake-up call from “friends in Iraq”? Or are you going to schedule your exam? Road kill redux
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Solar inactivity could mean colder winter

Since early this year, sunspot activity (storms on the sun) has greatly decreased. With the exception of some very slight solar activity July 18 through 20, no sunspots have been observed since late May. Some scientists are concerned that the recent decline in sunspot activity is unusual and could persist. Others say that August and September are critical months as our sun is expected to start seeing an increase in sunspots based on previous long-term cycles.
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Spokane residents graduate from WSU

The following is the remainder of Spokane residents who recently graduated from Washington State University spring semester. Jesse Jackman, B.A., Business Administration; Jonathon Jeffreys, B.A., Business Administration; Jody Johnson, B.S., Nursing; Jenna Johnson, summa cum laude, B.S., Nursing; Casey Jones, B.A., Business Administration; Carter Jones, B.A., Communication; Ryan Matthew Jordan, Bachelor of Arts in Sport Management; Felicia Marie Kienbaum, cum laude, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Tracey King, cum laude, B.S., Microbiology; Brianna Kromm, B.S., Nursing; Ya-Lun Kuo, B.A., Interior Design; Andrew Chauw Hin Kwik, B.A., Social Sciences; John Laing, cum laude, B.A., Leadership and Professional Studies; Jennifer Landry, B.A., Business Administration; Tatyana Pavlovna Lapik, magna cum laude, B.S., Nursing; Kaitlyn Larsen, B.S., Agricultural Economics and Management; Maureen Cecilia Larson, Bachelor of Arts in Speech and Hearing Sciences; Jamie Lynn Lawson, summa cum laude, B.A., English; Lesley Le, cum laude, B.A., Criminal Justice; Sushila Lebehn, B.A., Business Administration; Joani Lebsock, B.S., Microbiology; Jana Lindsey, magna cum laude, B.A., Communication; Erin Lockhert, B.A., Communication; John Logan IV, Bachelor of Arts in Hospitality Business Management; Janelle Lynn Madison, Bachelor of Science in Nursing; Gerrod Andrew Majesky, B.S., Construction Management; Douglas Malott III, B.S., Crop Science; Levi Martin, B.A., Business Administration; Jeffrey Mattson, B.A., Sociology; Krystina Maybay, B.S., Landscape Architecture; Selene McDonald, B.A., Apparel, Merchandising and Textiles; Amy McHorse, magna cum laude, B.A., Interior Design; Amy McLean, B.S., General Studies-Biological Science; Daniel Michaelis, Business Administration; Ian Miller, B.A., Anthropology; John Mitchell, B.A., Social Sciences, General Studies-Social Sciences; Ryan Moller, B.S., Landscape Architecture; Josh Mullins, B.A., Sport Management; Jill Munstedt, B.A., Education; Emily Myers, summa cum laude, B.A., Interior Design; Kristie Noble, cum laude, B.S., Nursing; Anna Nodolf, cum laude, B.A., Interior Design; Wyatt O’Day, B.S., Architectural Studies; Samantha Oranen, B.A., Hospitality Business Management; Capri Palanuk, cum laude, B.S., Nursing; Christopher Pannek, B.A., Business Administration; Shaylyn Pearce, B.S., Psychology; Lauren Peckham, B.S., General Studies-Basic Medical Sciences; Jared Pence, B.A., Business Administration; Kristina Peterson, B.A., Psychology; Alexander Petrin, B.S., Civil Engineering; Jennifer Walker Rasmussen, magna cum laude, B.A., Leadership and Professional Studies; Patrick Ray, B.S., Neuroscience; Kevin Reed, magna cum laude, B.S., Nursing; Tessa Reinbold, B.S., Exercise Physiology and Metabolism; Corbit Rice, cum laude, B.A., Communication; Amanda Roberg, B.A., Business Administration; Kristin Rohwer, B.A., Humanities; Ashley Ross, B.A., Business Administration; Barbara Rukundo, B.S., Nursing; Laura Russell, cum laude, B.A., Political Science and cum laude, B.A., Communication; Calley Ryan, cum laude, B.A., Business Administration; Melvin Schell, B.S., Architectural Studies; Kristine Schmedding, cum laude, B.S., Exercise Physiology and Metabolism; Bradley Schuldt, cum laude, B.A., Business Administration; Daniel Scott, B.A., Business Administration; Andrea Sears, magna cum laude, B.S., Mathematics; Dean Hicham Shehadeh, magna cum laude, B.S., Nursing; John Shogan, B.A., History; Elizabeth Sims, cum laude, B.S., Nursing; Isaac Smith, B.S., Construction Management; Nathan Spinelli, B.S., General Studies-Basic Medical Sciences; Candice Stancil, B.A., English; Lucas Stanek, B.A., Business Administration; Emily Stoesser, B.A., Business Administration; Heather Sybouts, magna cum laude, B.S., Nursing; April Schoultz Thomas, magna cum laude, B.S., Nursing; Paul Travis, B.S., Nursing; Amber Vanden Berg, magna cum laude, B.A., Speech and Hearing Sciences; Benjamin Waldher, B.S., Computer Science; Jonathon Waunch, magna cum laude, B.A., Business Administration; Robert Pitser Weaver, B.S., Mechanical Engineering; Steven Weaver, cum laude, B.S., Biology; Joseph Weber, B.S., Nursing; Lyndsay Weber, B.A., Communication; Kasey Webster, B.A., Political Science; Michael Wentz, B.S., Microbiology; Wendy Wilkins, cum laude, B.S., Nursing; Kathryn Williams, magna cum laude, B.S., Nursing; Bennett Williamson, B.S., Chemical Engineering; Samantha Wood, B.S., Psychology; David Wrubleski, B.S., Landscape Architecture.
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