Today's Spokane Washington Headlines...
In brief: EWU begins collecting food donations for kids - Thu, 05 Aug 2010 PST
CHENEY – Eastern Washington University will begin its third annual Community Food Drive Monday. The drive will run through Aug. 23. Teams from various university departments will compete for prizes based on how many pounds of food they collect, but members of the community and businesses are invited to make donations.
Neighborhood updates - Thu, 05 Aug 2010 PST
• The Community Assembly meeting will be Friday at 4 p.m. in the Council Briefing Center, City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • The Grandview/Thorpe Neighborhood Council meeting will be Wednesday at 7 p.m. at the Canyon Bluffs Clubhouse, 2610 W. Westwood Lane.
‘Stream Day’ among last drops of summer fun - Thu, 05 Aug 2010 PST
Can you believe there are “back to school” sales going on? It seems like summer just started. Well, kids, there are still plenty of fun activities going on here in Washington’s northeast corner. • If you are interested in theater, consider the Music Theater Camp for youth grades 5-12 at the Pend Oreille Playhouse. The two-week camp is $50 per student and takes place Aug. 16-20 and Aug. 23-27 from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. daily. The camp is limited to 25 students. Call (509) 671-3389, or stop by the theater at 240 N. Union Ave. in Newport, Wash., between 9:30 a.m. and 5 p.m. The camp includes instruction in acting, improvisation, stage direction, singing and voice development, dance and stage movement, makeup and costuming, set design and construction, and photography and videography. Students will showcase what they learn on Aug. 27 in a final performance. All materials, snacks and beverages will be provided; students are to bring a sack lunch.
Farm, shop items given new purpose - Thu, 05 Aug 2010 PST
If you were to happen to take Exit 2 east of Stateline, Idaho, notice signs for a “shop sale,” and follow those signs, you’d end up at Mark Olmstead’s place. Initially, it’s not much to look at; there are a couple of shops filled with stuff that you may or may not need including tools, parts, and the occasional “What the heck is that used for?” item. If you were the curious type, you might ask Olmstead about the water feature to the west of the shops and you just might be lucky enough to be invited into the world “behind the curtain” where at once you realize that you’re not “in Kansas anymore.” It is not the rush of the freeway that you hear but water turning wheels, splashing on rocks, and replenishing small ponds. “This is my relaxation,” Olmstead said, “I can watch the wheel go round for hours.”
NET achievement - Thu, 05 Aug 2010 PST
Alexsis Schell was always a good student. Until she wasn’t. She routinely got good grades when she’d go to school, but then she stopped going. She didn’t get along with teachers, got into fights with other students, skipped classes to hang out with friends. In time she ran away from home, got into legal trouble and spent time in juvenile detention.
Mormon teens relive heritage - Thu, 05 Aug 2010 PST
More than 200 Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints youth from Mead, Colbert and north Spokane traded their cell phones and texting for handcarts and hard work to participate in a three-day pioneer trek commemorating the tedious journeys of the early Utah settlers. According to a press release from the LDS North Stake, Caleb Andersen, 17, a soon-to-be senior at Mount Spokane High School, was one of 205 teenagers who arrived July 22 on Hudspeth Ranch in Fruitland, Wash., to hike nearly 13 miles over rocky terrain and up steep hills pulling a handcart. He donned a pioneer costume, ate from a tin plate and slept on the ground to remember the 80,000 pioneers who migrated to the Utah mountains from 1847 through 1869.
