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West Valley High Class of 1981 – Aug. 19-20. Informal meet and greet Aug. 19 at The Black Diamond, 9614 E. Sprague Ave., Spokane Valley; $7 hamburger dinner is Aug. 20, at Sullivan Scoreboard, 205 N. Sullivan Road. Call (509) 868-4862 or email rock.inn@gmail.com for more information. Central Valley High Class of 1991 Reunion – July 22, 7 p.m., and July 23, 6:30 p.m. Cost is $70 for both events. Visit www.eventbrite.com/event/ 1275720715/efbnen to purchase tickets. Call (509) 936-3001.

For the week of July 11-15 Monday – Option 1: Pot roast, roasted vegetables. Option 2: Chicken salad wrap, green beans almondine.

Sign regulations and landscaping rules were up for discussion at this week’s Spokane Valley City Council meeting as council members work toward making changes to the rules. The city inherited Spokane County’s sign code when it incorporated in 2003 and made a few changes in 2005, senior planner Scott Kuhta said. All portable signs are prohibited, temporary signs require a permit, and billboards are restricted. The rules were put together by an ad hoc committee that included business owners and sign company representatives. The city’s code enforcement officers used to go out looking for sign violations, but now they only respond to complaints lodged by citizens or business owners, Kuhta said. “At some point you get too much sign clutter and that’s not good for business.”

Tried to grow big leaf hydrangeas in the Inland Northwest but never get the big, bold, blue flowers to appear? You are not alone. If you have seen the big leaf hydrangea (Hydrangea macrophylla) on the coast or in the South, you know its enormous blue or pink flowers are hard to resist. Sadly, the big leaf hydrangeas aren’t reliable bloomers here because they are at their hardiness limit.

For 07-09-2011

Centennial Middle School has announced its honor roll for the fourth quarter of the 2010-’11 school year. 4.0 GPA

City of Spokane Valley Hearing Examiner Mike Dempsey has approved the preliminary plat of a development in the East Valley area that neighbors testified was too dense for the still somewhat rural area just inside the Spokane Valley city limits. Land owners Lonnie and Janice Roth want to subdivide 9.5 acres in 41 single-family home lots. The land is on Mayhew Road north of Wellesley Avenue and west of Evergreen Road. Dempsey said the number of lots complies with the zoning in place on the land and that he has no authority to deny the preliminary plat if it meets those requirements.

A summer meal program serving free breakfast and lunch will be offered by East Valley School District. Meals will be provided Monday through Thursday, through Aug. 25. Locations and times include: Trent Elementary, 3303 N. Pines Road, breakfast 8:15-9 a.m., lunch 11:30 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; East Valley High School, 15711 E. Wellesley Ave., breakfast 7:45-8:15 a.m., lunch 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m.; Otis Orchards, 22000 E. Wellesley Ave., breakfast 8:45-9:15 a.m., lunch 11:30 a.m.-noon; Valley YMCA, 2421 N. Discover Place, breakfast 8:30-9 a.m., lunch 11:45-12:15 p.m.; Edgecliff Park, 800 S. Park Road, breakfast 9:30-10 a.m., lunch 12:30-1 p.m.; Valley Mission Park, 11405 E. Mission Ave., breakfast 9-9:30 a.m., lunch noon-12:30 p.m.; Terrace View Park, 13500 E. 24th Ave., breakfast 9-9:30 a.m., lunch noon-12:30 p.m.; Eagle Rock Apartments, 12423 E. Mansfield, breakfast 9-9:30 a.m., lunch noon-12:30 p.m.; Parkside at Mirabeau, 2820 N. Cherry St., breakfast 9-9:30 a.m., lunch 11:45 a.m.-12:15 p.m. For more information, call the East Valley School District nutrition services at (509) 241-5905.

Horizon Middle School has announced its honor roll for the third trimester of the 2010-’11 school year. 4.0 grade-point average

SOUTHGATE – COPS Southeast will have a Safety Fair on Saturday at the Verizon Wireless store, 4306 S. Regal St., from noon to 3 p.m. The family-friendly event will include child and family identification services, an opportunity to learn how to use smartphone features, such as GPS, car seat safety checks and bicycle safety. COPS Southeast substation volunteers will hand out free helmets to participants who bring their bicycles and have them registered. Helmets are available in adult and child sizes.

SPOKANE VALLEY – Members of the community will have an opportunity to make some extra money during the Spokane County Interstate Fair, Sept. 9 through Sept. 18. A job fair will be held Wednesday from 4 to 7 p.m. at the Fair and Expo Center, 404 N. Havana St., to fill more than 200 temporary positions, and again on July 16, from 8:30 to 11 a.m.