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Surprise celebration

The Spokane Valley Heritage Museum, 12114 E. Sprague Ave., celebrates not only the history of Spokane Valley, but its volunteers as well. Peggy Taylor turned 89 Friday, and the museum threw her a surprise party to celebrate.
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Valley crews rescue horse trapped in pool

Spokane Valley Fire Department crews and several residents teamed up to rescue a horse last week in the most memorable call the department responded to in the two weeks between Dec. 13 and 26. Missy wandered into a neighbor’s yard and fell through a pool cover and into the pool. Firefighters were called just before 9 a.m. on Dec. 18 when the horse was spotted. “The night before we had the high winds that came through,” said assistant fire marshal Bill Clifford. “It blew down the fence on the back of the property where the swimming pool was.”
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Volunteers

Camp Fire USA Inland Northwest Council - Opportunities are available to be a club co-leader in the Spokane and Coeur d’Alene area. Contact Marcia Asmussen, program coordinator, at (509) 747-6191. Catholic Charities - Drivers are needed to deliver “brown bags” to those in need of meals who are unable to obtain food themselves. Volunteers must pass a Washington State Patrol background check, have a valid driver’s license and a vehicle to use for food deliveries and be able to lift and carry bags weighing 8 to 10 pounds. For more information, call Cyndie Lapke at (509) 459-6172, email clapke@ccspokane.org or visit www.catholiccharities spokane.org.
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Week in review

Fairfield City Council – The council voted to approve a building permit for an addition to a home on Governor Moore Street and discussed a homeowner’s concern about having a sewer mainline cross his property. Lighting upgrades are under way in town-owned buildings. The council voted to approve the 2013 contract with the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office, which is significantly lower than the 2012 cost because the town earned a $9,000 credit due to lower than expected calls for service in 2011. They also voted to approve pay raises for four city employees. The town’s 2013 budget was approved.
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College students buttress work with Lakeland clients

About 40 college students volunteer at Lakeland Village in Medical Lake through a program called College In-Resident Volunteers. The program allows students to volunteer in exchange for housing on Lakeland’s campus. The students work with staff to serve Lakeland’s 200-plus developmentally disabled client residents. CIRV program director Leroy Lemaster doesn’t know of any other program like it. Lemaster said it started in 1970 and sprang from the need for volunteers and the idea to use vacant campus apartments that were previously used for staff.
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Community services

Citizenship Course – Offered by World Relief Spokane, 1522 N. Washington St., Suite 204; (509) 484-9829. Employment, Education and Training – For Spokane County residents who have been laid off from work or have low income; provided through WorkSource Spokane. Call (509) 532-3120 or visit www.workspokane. org and click on “Job Seekers.”
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Creature Feature: Zeb, an adult cat

Zeb came to the Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service shelter on Nov. 13. This adult male cat is a favorite with the shelter staff and volunteers, who say he is very easy going, gentle and loves attention. This month the pet adoption fee is waived. Please refer to the pet’s ID number when contacting SCRAPS with questions about one of the adoptable pets.
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East Farms Diary: Mall Day part of focus on lessons about money

The last day of school before winter vacation is always full of parties and crafts, even staff members wearing their finest ugly Christmas sweaters. For fourth-graders at East Farms STEAM Magnet School, the day included putting a business plan into motion. In Leigh Harless’ and Dani Wicks’ fourth-grade classes, students have been learning about the value of money since the beginning of the school year. They get paychecks of fake money at the end of every week and keep a check register to record any withdrawals or payments.
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Family calendar

Today West Valley Outdoor Learning Center Winter Camps - Learn all about how animals survive the cold winters and participate in snowshoeing, tracking and fun games. 9 a.m.-3 p.m. West Valley Outdoor Learning Center, 8607 E. Upriver Drive, Spokane Valley $40/day. (509) 340-1028.
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Free workshops on college financial aid will be offered

Spokane Public Schools high school seniors can start planning for how to pay for college at upcoming financial aid workshops. The first of the free seminars will be next Thursday in the Lewis and Clark High School library, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. The workshops will provide students with information from Federal Student Aid, an office of the U.S. Department of Education, and an opportunity to complete a free application for federal student aid. A press release from Spokane Public Schools stated that research shows that 90 percent of students who complete an application will enroll in postsecondary education within 12 months of high school graduation. Spokane School’s goal is to have a 57 percent application completion rate among high school seniors, matching the national average.
Stefanie Pettit
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Front Porch: Holiday wish: civil talk on gun control

I am writing these words during the height of the holidays, when families all across America are rejoicing and happy and filled with glad tidings. That may be a bit of an oversentimentalization of this time between Christmas and New Year’s, as there is always sorrow and discomfort and pain somewhere, no matter what the season. But mostly, it’s a happy time. However, this year there is grief so palpable, so raw and so excruciating emanating from Newtown, Conn., that it’s hard to see through to the joy this time of year normally holds.
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Gardening: Of eagles, mistletoe and resolutions

I love it when readers let me know the answer to a question, identify something I didn’t know or ask a question of their own. Two weeks ago I wrote about the eagle we spotted in the field below the house. A reader responded to say it was a juvenile bald eagle. Golden eagles don’t have any white on their bodies and are much larger than a bald eagle. Now I want to see that bird when it really grows up.
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Letters

Board out of touch on school bond issue I was distraught when reading the Saturday S-R article on the East Valley School District plans for a massive bond issue. The board’s lack of sensitivity to today’s economy and the impact on homeowner taxpayers is astonishing.
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Lind sees connections among us

On singer/songwriter Dirk Lind’s Facebook page, he has two small sentences under the “about” heading that read “I eat life and poop music. True story.” That is Lind in a nutshell – what comes out of him are songs that urge listeners to leave their worries at the door, close their eyes and sway or get up and dance like no one is watching.
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Love Story: Adventures through military formed strong bond, family

When you hear about a boy from the Colville Indian Reservation who meets a girl from Kansas City, in Japan of all places, you know you’re in for an interesting story. And for Sol and Darlene Ferguson it’s a tale with a happy ending. Sol’s father had been drafted in 1944, and when the Ferguson family left for Japan in 1947, they made the news. “I went over with eight siblings and came home with 11,” Sol said. “We were the largest family to be deployed at that time.”
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Neighborhood updates

• The Browne’s Addition Neighborhood Council will meet Wednesday at 6:30 p.m. at the Museum of Arts and Culture in the Gilkey Room, 2316 W. First Ave. • The Balboa/South Indian Trail Neighborhood Council will meet Wednesday at 7 p.m. at Salk Middle School, 6411 N. Alberta St.
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Newcomers find their niche in sport of curling

The Canadians are famous for it. The Norwegians did it in loud checkered pants. The Scots and the Dutch still argue about who invented it some 500 years ago, though the Scots usually win the argument. It’s curling. It involves carefully sliding a 40-pound granite rock down the ice, sometimes with two teammates sweeping in front of it. And for the first time since the early ’80s, it’s possible for curling enthusiasts to get a fix in Spokane.
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Presbyterian church readies final service

The congregation at Mission Community Presbyterian Church at 2103 E. Mission Ave. will hold its last service on Sunday. Church membership has dwindled. About 50 years ago there were 150 children in the church’s Sunday school. Now, with barely 40 members left, the congregation decided earlier this fall that it was time to close the 103-year-old church on the corner of Mission and Crestline Street.
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