Voices

Second Harvest is now working with the public to teach cooking and nutrition to food bank clients and others.

Aryn Lindsey Fields likes running through fields of clay. Though she paints, sketches and makes lithographs, clay is her medium of choice. Working in a studio on the South Hill that was designed to be a garage, she hand-forms 3-D portraits. “I enjoy creating personalities,” she said. “I want the viewer to look at one of my faces and wonder what they are thinking, what their history is.”

“We get a lot of attention because of the big plays we get on offense, but I think the heart and soul of this team starts with our defense,” quarterback Hunter Wright said. “We have a lot of speed – our coaches keep telling us that we’ve got more speed this year than any West Valley team has ever had.”

Some sports love to mess around with the names they give to different positions.

Skittles is a sweet girl who’s overwhelmed by the shelter say workers at Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service. Shelter workers say she’d enjoy a comfy lap to sit on and a family of her own. Please refer to the pet’s ID number when contacting SCRAPS with questions about one of the adoptable pets. If you are interested in this dog or any animal at SCRAPS, call (509) 477-2532 or come by the shelter 6815 E. Trent Ave. Spokane Valley. Dog adoptions are $87.04 and include spay or neuter, first set of vaccinations, health check, microchip and first year’s license.

A good friend of mine is leaving the area, and though she hasn’t quite gone yet, I already miss her terribly. It’s hard when a really good friend moves away. Moving away is better, of course, than the other way I have lost good friends recently – through death – but it is still a loss.

Fire and drought have shaped this region for thousands of years. Native Americans used fire to clear areas to hunt and to foster the growth of food plants. Water availability determined ancient and modern cultures and economies. We in turn have affected the region’s ecology and natural rhythm.

Ken Briggs is the director of Spokane Valley Partners and a dedicated marathon runner. He suffered a sudden cardiac arrest less than a mile before the finishing line of his last race; no one knows why.

Kieran Mahoney never set out to fashion a team that might occasionally challenge the Greater Spokane League running hierarchy. The Central Valley coach’s game plan, from the day he took the job, was for the long haul.