Voices

In Bayview, there's no forgiving or forgetting. Especially where Bob Holland is concerned.

Maybe you weren't aware that a Spokane schoolteacher cannot assign a book that isn't on the district's approved reading list. That list is long and ever-growing. For instance, seventh-grade language arts teachers recently asked the school board to approve the addition of "Tangerine," which has won a number of national award nominations for author Edward Bloor.

Kootenai County Dwight Smith, Rathdrum, deck/porch, valued at $14,589.

For 06-26-2008

OLYMPIA – Running for office – or even thinking about it? Here's a hint: Buy your domain name before your critics do. State Attorney General candidate John Ladenburg, a Democrat, got an unpleasant surprise last week when he discovered that someone else had bought the rights to www.johnladenburg.com and www.johnladenburg.org.

Here is the fourth-quarter honor roll for Cheney Middle School: Sixth grade

CHENEY – Residents of Myers' Mobile Home Park have to be out by July 18, according to a court ruling handed down Friday. The city of Cheney released a statement regarding the park which is the home for about 44 residents, shortly before the regular meeting of the City Council on Tuesday night.

The Edgecliff Neighborhood Center's summer program for children, including free meals, began Tuesday. Breakfast and lunch are served Monday through Friday at the center, 6903 E. Fourth Ave. The program is for children younger than 18, excluding infants, who live in the neighborhood.

Gloria Dei Lutheran Church, 3307 W. Rowan Ave., will offer classes to discuss why there are so many Christian denominations and beliefs they hold in common. The classes are held Thursday evenings.

Public clubs, support groups and public meetings in the Post Falls/Rathdrum area in the upcoming weeks: Clubs and Support Groups

Money Management – Sponsored by Consumer Credit Counseling Service, second Tuesday of each month, 6:30-9 p.m., Teamsters Building basement, 1912 N. Division St.; call 327-3777 to register. Spokane Human Rights Commission – responds to discrimination complaints based on race, religion, age, gender, sexual orientation, disability, familial status and other factors; 625-6110.

The following students have been named to the third trimester honor roll at East Valley Middle School. Eighth grade

The Spirit Lake Centennial Committee is putting together a full program of music and entertainment for their September centennial celebration. A wine tasting event in the park on Aug. 28 will kick off the five-day event.

As food and fuel prices continue to rise, East Valley has become the latest school district to consider raising its hot lunch prices, and is also looking for other ways to cut costs. Board members heard a brief presentation on several options Tuesday night, but took no action. The price proposal suggests raising high school lunch prices from $2.45 to $2.60; elementary breakfasts from $1.15 to $1.35, and elementary lunches from $1.95 to $2.10. Middle school breakfasts could go from $1.25 to $1.35 and middle school lunches, from $2.20 to $2.40.

Sea-surface temperature patterns have been changing over the last four to six weeks along the equatorial regions of the Pacific Ocean. During fall 2007 and winter 2007-08, global weather patterns were influenced by La Niña, the abnormal cooling of ocean waters in that region. La Niña was blamed, at least in part, for the record and near-record snows across much of the Inland Northwest last winter. Spokane International Airport came within about of inch of snow, 92.6 inches, from breaking the all-time record of 93.5 inches set in 1949-50.