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The Post Falls School District is participating in the summer food service program. Meals will be provided to all children without charge. Acceptance and participation requirements for the program and all activities are the same for all regardless of race, color, national origin, gender, age or disability. The program will run weekdays through Wednesday at the following schools and times. Lunches for the week of Aug. 11-15.

Teams from Summit and Liberty Lake schools captured respective championships of the season-ending Spokane Valley Baseball League tournaments. Summit defeated Midget League upstart Spokane Recycling 7-5 and McDonald’s (Liberty Lake) handed Spokane Athletic Supply (Pasadena Park) its only loss of the season, 6-4 in the Pee Wee final.

Five tips from online sources for buying back-to-school clothes and classroom supplies: •Livingonadime.com: Don’t buy new clothes if the old ones still fit and aren’t coming apart.

Trinity United Methodist Church, 1725 E. Bridgeport, will welcome a new pastor, the Rev. Christie Newbill, with an ice cream social Tuesday at 6:30 p.m. The church also has a new service time of 9 a.m. Sundays.

For 08-07-2008

Tim Brandle has a complaint for the folks who scheduled this weekend’s state American Legion baseball tournaments. Brandle, who coaches defending state champion University in the State A Legion tournament this weekend at U-Hi, sends his Titans out to battle the team from Franklin Pierce in the second game of the 2:30 p.m. doubleheader today. That’s the same approximate time the U-Hi senior team, the Bandits, plays its tournament opener in Tacoma.

For 08-02-2008

“Okay. See you there. 2:30 tomorrow.” My phone snapped closed in my hand. I was sitting in the lobby of my dentist trying to distract myself from the agony of a satanic toothache by flipping through the pages of the latest In Touch magazine when my phone vibrated. It was M.

The July 4 fire that destroyed Spokane Valley City Councilman Dick Denenny’s home was caused by a cigar he discarded in a potted plant. It’s a common mistake, Fire Marshal Kevin Miller said. Most people don’t realize that potting soil burns.

The proliferation of cellular telephones has been a crime-fighting boon for police. Just this week, a Spokane Valley convenience store robbery was solved because a man making a beer run had a cell phone with him. He was running from the clerk when he dropped it, police said.

In economic times that are forcing many other area school districts to cut costs and staff, East Valley’s proposed 2008-09 budget will restore some of the $1.8 million in budget items that were cut in the spring of 2007. The district will add five full-time teachers, mostly in special education. The 3.3 new classified positions will restore the health room assistants that were cut in 2007. During the 2007-08 school year, the district had restored four teaching positions and three classified positions after the cuts. Other items, such as high school textbooks, summer school and library staff, were also restored earlier this year.

It’s the principal shuffle. One retires, one goes back to teaching and another moves to South Korea – setting off a series of staff changes throughout the entire district.