Voices

Smudgy is available for adoption from the Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service. Shelter workers say she’s a sweetheart and loves to be petted. Refer to the pet’s ID number when contacting SCRAPS with questions about one of the adoptable pets. If interested in this cat or any animal at SCRAPS, call (509) 477-2532 or come by the shelter 6815 E. Trent Ave. Spokane Valley. Adoptions of cats 6 months or older are $40 and include spay or neuter, first set of vaccinations, health check, microchip and first year’s license.

A retired North Spokane dentist doesn’t want to lose the historical significance of the prominent artwork in the church that he has attended for more than a half century.

Many houseplants can cause intestinal, stomach and skin issues or mouth irritation to name just a few symptoms. Fortunately, they aren’t likely to kill an animal unless they eat a large quantity of the plant.

Special Olympics Unified Sports Program hosts basketball teams from the entire Spokane-area

The way to win a woman’s heart doesn’t usually start with a series of questions including; “Do you have a tattoo?” and “Do you chew tobacco?” But 20 years ago Steve Craig asked those questions of a woman he’d never met.

Jason Wilson has a simple message for his East Valley boys basketball team that he repeats daily. “I keep telling them ‘I believe in you,’ ” Wilson said. “I really do. I believe this team can win every time they step on a basketball court. It may take some extraordinary circumstances to make that happen. But I always believe we have a chance.”