Voices

CHENEY – If you happen to know which president of the United States served 32 days in office, or maybe the name of the Bon Jovi album that contained the song, “You Give Love a Bad Name,” you might be up for trivia at Eagle’s Pub, 414 First St. From 7 to 9 p.m. Tuesday and Friday, people can join Chuck Zeller, a self-described “super senior” majoring in history at Eastern Washington University, who comes up with the questions, serves as emcee and checks everyone’s answers. He’ll also come to your table to explain the rules and how the trivia game works.

Carson Lueders had a busy summer. He competed in the Colgate Country Showdown, a national talent competition designed to find the most promising country music talent. He was interviewed and sang on local radio station KIX96, and he won a motocross race at the Coeur d’Alene fairgrounds. And that was just one week. On a recent Wednesday afternoon the second-grader at East Farms Elementary sat with his guitar instructor, Spencer Ramos, at Creative Music in Spokane Valley. Carson launched into a rollicking rendition of “Secret Agent Man,” a song made popular by Johnny Rivers decades before he was born.

Q:  Five people in downtown Spokane were asked: Have you done anything to get ready for winter?

The Spangle Cemetery overlooks the small town nestled among the rolling hills of the Palouse. It has served community members for more than a century, a monument to the people who spent their lives and created families in Spangle. But not everyone who lives in Spangle is within the boundaries of the cemetery district. Residents in the district pay taxes that go toward the upkeep of the cemetery, including cleanup from vandals and stormy weather, mowing the grass and keeping the leaves and other yard debris off the headstones.

Kat Morris spent a lot of time alone as a child. Her single mother often sent her by train to her grandmother’s house in a small town in Montana called Paradise. When you look at the sensitive nature of her paintings and read the romantic flow of her writing, one might surmise that she found her own paradise in her creative expressions.

District 2 Kootenai County Commission Chairman Rick Currie will defend his two terms in office against a retired Coeur d’Alene middle school principal and a former city and county politician. Currie, a Republican who touts his lifelong residency in the county, said he’s been a good steward of taxpayer dollars and wants to continue serving the citizens. He said he has a good read on the needs of taxpayers throughout the county due to his regular visits to City Council and other municipal meetings from Spirit Lake to Harrison.

Samantha Gilson has her sights set on a crown. The East Valley High School junior was chosen as Miss Spokane Teen USA, after an application process from Pageants Northwest. When she heard about the pageant at school in the spring of her sophomore year, she submitted her photo and pageant requirements immediately. “It’s always been a childhood dream,” she said.