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Perfect conditions for mushrooms

This has been the year for mushrooms. Homeowners have had them popping up all over yards and gardens and have been flooding garden centers and the Master Gardener Plant Clinic with questions about what they are and how to deal with them. To “deal with” mushrooms, we need to understand just what they are. The mushrooms we see above ground are really the fruiting body of a larger mass of fungi underground. The fungi we can’t see are one of nature’s most prolific and efficient soil builders. They are the beginning of the decomposition cycle that eventually breaks down all the raw organic material that accumulates around us.
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Religion notebook: Classes offered

• St. Nicholas Orthodox Church, 1325 E. Queen Ave., will present another installment in its C.S. Lewis discussion group Tuesday at 7 pm. This week’s discussion will be “There was a boy called Eustace Clarence Scrubb, and he almost deserved it.” This is the opening line of the third Chronicles of Narnia book, “Voyage of the Dawn Treader.”
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Riverfront Ice Palace opens

Ice skating has opened for the season at Riverfront Park’s Ice Palace. The Palace is now open Tuesdays through Sundays through Feb. 28. Skating lessons begin Nov. 6, for ages 4 and older. Classes are six weeks for $59.
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Somebody needs you

The goal of Somebody Needs You is to match donors with the specific requests of needy Spokane residents. • Single mother needs couch or love seat, toaster, and toys and games for her terminally ill 5-year-old daughter. Contact Jan at Transitional Living Center, (509) 325-2959.
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Two GU students plan benefit organ concert

The pipe organ at St. Aloysius Church sits high above the church floor, some of its pipes stretching all the way toward the ceiling of the big, old church surrounded by Gonzaga University’s campus. The floor vibrates, and the sound reverberates under the cathedral ceilings when Tyler Pattison sits down and plays the giant instrument with his hands and feet. The organ rumbles and whispers, sings thrills and crescendos, as air is pushed through its more than 2,000 pipes by a complicated system of vents and stops and bellows.
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Valley ranch dedicated to helping at-risk children

Kim Meeder’s touching stories of redemption and renewal in her book, “Hope Rising,” inspired Nancy Wolf to transform her 10-acre ranch into a safe haven for at-risk children. “Her book opened up a whole new world for me,” Wolf said about Meeder’s stories on how horses helped children work through emotional problems. “I was looking for a long time to do something for kids.”
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Weed-fighting project asks for volunteers

County weed experts are going public on the South Hill. Hikers, bikers, runners and walkers who enjoy the trails and open spaces of the public land below High Drive are being invited to join the effort to counter a troubling noxious weed infestation.
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Dog gets nose job

For a little more than a year, Officer Zeb Campbell of the Cheney Police Department has been in training and working with his new partner, Kira. Kira is a 20-month-old, 70-pound American bloodhound assigned to Campbell to help track down missing people, whether they are dementia patients who have wandered off, prisoners who have escaped, missing children or crime suspects.
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Entrepreneur moms operate diaper service

Two women with a passion to stay at home with their children found the happy medium last year when they created a home-based business catered to families with young children. This month marks the first year of Sweet Cheeks Diaper Service, and the delivery (and cleaning) company continues to grow at a steady pace as word spreads across the Inland Northwest.
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Foothills plans two events for autumn

With fall’s arrival, Foothills Community Church is hosting two events to mark the season. An all-church hayride is planned for 6 p.m. Sunday. Bring some doughnuts to share and dress warmly for the excursion.
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Freedom through disorder

Art was not a thing that Brendan Genther ever considered. Sure, in junior high and high school he dabbled in photography, but that was it. For about 38 years, art wasn’t in his vocabulary. He joined the Coast Guard, sailed the world, earned a bachelor’s degree from Eastern Washington University with a major in human resources, bartended for a while and then went into the hotel industry. Two years ago, his artistic journey began and he has not looked back.
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Garden a memorial to beloved son

Little Theo loved life. He loved exploring his world and was just discovering the broader world when he died on his first birthday in early May this year. He left behind his stunned and grieving parents, Keith and Pam Smith, of Deer Park. Theo died of pulmonary hypertension; a condition where the blood vessels around the lungs don’t properly expand when a baby is born to carry oxygen from the lungs. When Theo was born, he had no indications of the condition.
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In brief: 31 rescued cats ready for adoption

SPOKANE VALLEY – Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service rescued 31 cats in mid-September from a Spokane Valley hoarding situation. The animals, now healthy, are ready for adoption. Since their rescue and drop-offs Oct. 1, SCRAPS has more than 140 cats at the shelter. Because of the overflow, SCRAPS is having an adoption special on all cats.
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Just how does that thermometer work?

One of the main reasons people watch the weather forecast is to get an idea just how hot or cold it is supposed to be at some time in the future. Many of us have some type of thermometer either inside or outside the house, and being the weather geek that I am, I check the temperatures numerous times a day. There are many ways of measuring temperature, and also several different scales with which to measure. The simplest technique for measuring temperature, is to take some kind of liquid which expands or contracts in response to heat and cold, and to measure the change in volume of the liquid.
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Letters

Stories lacked important details Please, may I have a moment to declare a frustration? The issue is the headline piece in the Valley Voice for Oct. 7.
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