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Power Still A Week Away For Some Residents Of About 4,000 Area Homes Warned Not To Expect Electricity Until After Thanksgiving

1. Jane Duffy, 78, bundles up in blankets in front of a fire at her north Spokane home. "I haven't taken a shower since last Tuesday," she says. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review 2. Bill Duffy starts a friend's generator in his garage. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review 3. Bertie Ashbaugh helps dig out her neighbors west of Manito Park on Sunday. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review
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Public Periscope

Elected but powerless Lest anyone think elected officials get preferential treatment from the crews restoring electricity to Spokane's storm-ravaged neighborhoods, consider the following vote from the regional Growth Management Act steering committee on Friday: Asked who was still without electricity, about half of the elected officials at the table raised their hands ... County Commissioner Steve Hasson was among those who left a chilly house to attend that growth management meeting. "Can we establish warm zones rather than urban zones?" Hasson asked his colleagues.
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A Day Of Dragging Away Trees

1. Dan and Jana Evans pile their destroyed bushes at the Spokane incinerator. "They were flattened" by Tuesday's ice storm, Jana Evans said. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review 2. Paul Lanning, right, and Ken Smith get supplies from the Spokane Food Bank. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review 3. Eve Vines steps over her son Timothy, 3, as she tries to get the family's wash done at an East Sprague laundry Saturday. "I haven't done this since I was in college," said Vines, who lost her electricity Tuesday. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review 4. Richard Heinzen clears a tree from his house in the 1000 block of West Shannon on Saturday. The locust tree fell against the roof during the ice storm. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review
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Agencies Need Turkeys For Thanksgiving Meals

Tuesday's storm left more than people without power, it left Inland Northwest social service agencies in trouble in their efforts to feed the needy this Thanksgiving. "At this point we're concerned because of the weather," said Maj. Dave Bowler, Spokane city coordinator for the Salvation Army.
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Power Envy Generates Frustration

Darlene Kilby is shivering. It's not because she can see her breath as she walks through her house on the 800 block of West Dalton. It's because she's mad. Plenty mad. "It's a good thing I'm not a violent person," she said, taking a long drag on her cigarette. "I'm ready to take hostages."
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Region Dealt A Week To Remember

1. Ali Johns braves freezing rain and falling branches to direct traffic away from fallen wires and limbs on Riverside Avenue in Browne's Addition on Tuesday. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review 2. Clayton Reynolds and Pete Lazzarini, a Washington Water Power line crew from Pullman, recoil as snow and debris fly after they cut a broken limb down near Excell and Foxpoint in northwest Spokane. Photo by Dan Pelle/The Spokesman-Review 3. Paramedics and firefighters hustle an injured man from under frozen trees on West Riverside. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review 4. A little cold humor from the folks at the Office Depot on North Division. Photo by Shawn Jacobson/The Spokesman-Review
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Residents Clean Up, Stock Up

1. Dan and Jana Evans pile their destroyed bushes at the Spokane incinerator. "They were flattened" by Tuesday's ice storm, Jana Evans said. For dump sites, see page A7. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review 2. Paul Lanning, right, and Ken Smith get supplies from the Spokane Food Bank. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review 3. Eve Vines steps over her son Timothy, 3, as she tries to get the family's wash done at an East Sprague laundry Saturday. "I haven't done this since I was in college," said Vines, who lost her electricity Tuesday. Photo by Sandra Bancroft-Billings/The Spokesman-Review 4. Richard Heinzen clears a tree from his house in the 1000 block of West Shannon on Saturday. The locust tree fell against the roof during the ice storm. Photo by Christopher Anderson/The Spokesman-Review
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