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“No amount of gold is worth the return of a prodigal son.” Chinese proverb Sitting in Walla Walla State Penitentiary, Lyle Beerbohm, in prison for a drug-related offense, had an epiphany while watching “Ultimate Fighter” on TV one day:...

“Karate is 80% Mental & 20% Physical.” Matthew Thomas, Chief Instructor, Shotokan Karate of Spokane    Take that to heart when you take up the sport, for it is a pearl of wisdom condensed from...

Brandon Hill and Hunter Moses participated in the 33rd Annual National Karate Championship, sponsored by International Shotokan Karate Federation of USA. The championship was held in Denver on Nov...

Local Women and Community Volunteers Transform Church's Barren Ground Into A Work Of Art   The Lake Spokane Garden Club has been holding their meetings at Suncrest Family Worship Center (SFWC)...

An Inspiration To People Around The World    “I am fearfully and wonderfully made. Your works are wonderful. I know that full well.” Psalm 139:14That is what Laurie Olson quoted her daughter...

On Aug 16th, Dan Nord, Lakeside High School music director, accepted a position across town. The move stunned everyone, no less Mr. Nord himself, leaving the district with quite a void two weeks before school started. What happened in the next 10...

For as long as anyone can remember, Lake Spokane Garden Club has always held its monthly membership meeting at Suncrest Family Worship Center. The church charges a nominal symbolic fee. By and large,...

Back when Deer Park had a hospital, all three doctors from Deer Park Family Care Clinic, Drs. Julie Moran, Daniel Stoop and Edgar Figueroa, all worked as Emergency Room doctors at the hospital. The...

Taking It One Fight at a Time Married for 47 years, Cynthia and John Pasteur of Suncrest are partners in life in every way. For the last year and a half, they were also thrust into a peculiar...

"In food, there is passion. You can taste it. You can feel it.' Yvonne Sabatino, the proprietress of Sabellos, says. "If you don't have love in your heart, the food just does not taste good.' With...

When Jessica Tenny graduated from Lakeside Middle School, she chose to continue her high school education through home schooling. On the long list of her pros from this experience, there was one lesso...

For as long as there has been a Lake Spokane Garden Club, there has been a Lake Spokane Garden Club annual plant sale, not just to raise funds, but to generously share members' gardens with a...

A mere three years ago, when a handful of kids representing Lake Spokane Elementary School entered the regional chess competition, the veteran event organizer, Mr. James Stripes, asked “Who is...

When a rose lover envisions heaven, does he/she see roses? To this correspondent, the road to heaven is paved with rose petals. In fact, since there is David Austin Rose, heaven has been brought down...

When my oldest child turned 12, he unilaterally announced that he was quitting haircuts, on two accounts: that he no longer trusts my barbering skill; in fact he thinks it is horrible; but going to a...

“Hops take about a year to get happy and then they grow about 40 feet a season….” Renae Stone gushed on and on about the new plant she will try this season. She then launched on a monologue on...

With the recent balmy sunny days, green thumbs everywhere are digging in the dirt and getting ready for another season of planting and growing. To harness the growing energy and to bring local gardeners together for the purpose of learning and...

26-year old Dezy Cohrs and her husband Henry, run a sweet little cafe on Maple Street. Not only does the café serve excellent food, it also serves as a fine reminder of what is right about America:...

Lakeside High School sophomore Anandae Egland may have made quite an impression in the pole vaulting arena last year after winning the state championship four months after she picked up the sport. But the young athlete is equally  impressive and...

The hotel hooked the visitors up with a driver and a private guide. After a brief stay in Saigon, the trio left for the countryside. Memories of the war are all still around the county. From bullet holes in walls andshrapnel scraps, to the Vietnam...

On Jan 30th, 2010 Spokane County Fire District 9 named Dan Eschenbacher, as the District Volunteer Firefighter of the Year for 2009. This prestigious and well deserved award was presented by Chief...

Chris Schueler of Suncrest has been listening to Positive Life Radio, (104.9 FM) a Christian broadcast, for many years. Every year, the station has a call-in for sponsorship for an organization named...

An Eclectic Metal Artist For the month of February, Suncrest resident and artist Anthony Pfeiffer, is the featured artist of Northeast Washington Arts Council in Colville. For Pfeiffer, who recently r...

“Suncrest Headlights”, a Lake Spokane women's breast cancer support group, is changing its catchy name to “Other Sisters”. The reason for this change is “so as to be inclusive to all women...

On a searing 104 degree summer day in 2002, a forest fire broke out in the neighborhood of this correspondent. As the siren blared by, this correspondent and her family, unaware a fire raging around...

This Christmas, to top off the festive ambience all around, I have a pot of Garde­nia blooming profusely in the house despite the dark and cold. I am planning to make a centerpiece with it for the holiday table. Gardenias for Christmas, what an...

Our story on Spokane Sea Service Museum (Oct 14th, “One Man's Maritime Dream”) and its founder Bill Aller, has resulted in quite a bit of a response from the community. Since the story came out, various lo­cal groups have visited the museum....

In an effort to align its math curriculum to the new state math standards, Lakeside High School is getting ready for a change. Currently, the district is soliciting public input on the process of textbook selection. On the evenings of Dec 17 and Dec...

Providing High Quality Firearms and Gunsmith Services To most Americans, the right to keep and bear arms is a sacred personal liberty and part of the make-up of a free people, guaranteed by the 2nd am...

The demon is quiet for another year. Coming home this evening, the children and I rejoiced at the sight of a buck hanging in the garage. I am relieved, not just because we are guaranteed meat for the winter, but also for the hunter; for now he can...

Providing Hunters With Seasonings and Supplies Just in time for those of you who are looking to literally spice up your holidays, or for the hunters out there who are wonder­ing what to do with your...

Yearning for more wholesome family time, Walt moved his family to Spokane If you are a commuter living in Nine Mile Falls, when you drive by Sundance Golf Course chances are you are thinking one of...

When our oldest son was one, I started tak­ing him to The Nutcracker Ballet every holiday season. It was actually very easy the first two years. He mostly slept through the entire per­formance, except the scene with the mice king and the cannon....

12 year old international health food and supplement re­tailer opens in the former Suncrest Gift and Video location Here is something you have been wait­ing for: a health food store right in your...

Are you a book lover? Agardener? Alocal history buff? Ateacher? Astudent? In Boyscouts? Maybe an amateur natural scientist? Do you appreciate a good story and enjoy the company of others that share...

Suncrest Pizza Factory reopened its doors on Sept 16th, with owners Sandy and Joe O'Hagan at the helm of the local pizza party place and Suzy Michie as the manager. With the recent transition of...

Denise Brown and Don Whisler have come home to roost with their long time business “Advanced Repair LLC, DBA Spokane Soda Works”. Last week, Spokane Soda Works of­ficially opened its door for...

Admittedly it is not your problem if you don't live in the City of Spokane. At least it's not your problem yet. But it will be very soon, if this proposition is voted into law this November by the City of Spokane. It is the single most important issu...

For landlocked Spokane, the ocean, to a lot of people, probably means Cannon Beach on the Oregon Coast where people go to watch the sea foaming at its mouth. But to serious men like Bill Aller, men...

Hailing from a wealthy and so­cially prominent family in Denver, Colorado, Marilyn Van Derbur lived a perfect life that others could only dream of. In 1958, the Denver debu­tante was crowned Miss...

On that tragic day of Sept 11, 2001, when the twin towers of New York fell, Sun­crest resident Ann Duke, like all of us, was transfixed by images of the carnage on televi­sion. Horror and shock reduced her to tears while her profound sorrow for...

About 10 years ago, Zoe Smith was working as a CPA in Spokane and experi­encing borderline burnout with her job and from the stresses inflicted by life in general. To alleviate her stress, she...

Sgt. Robert Duke served in Iraq at the US Central Command's largest detainment center. On August 21, 2009, Suncrest resident Master Sergeant Robert F. Duke of the United States Air Force received the...

In the beginning, the old days of the 80's, there was a young man named Dwayne Radtke, who grew up in Tum Tum/Ford area. One day the young man was driving on HWY 291 when he saw someone pounding a...

The Johnsons have a mini farm going in their Suncrest neighbor­hood. The children, Nathan 10, Rachel 12, have been raising show goats for 5 years. With the help of their mother Teresa, they have...

A mere 800 words are inadequate to convey the sheer beauty and grandeur of this garden. It really belongs in the centerfolds of a major glossy home and garden magazine, like Martha Stewart Living. A...

Have a hotdog, drink and meet the staff and correspondents this Saturday 10:00 a.m. - 2:00 p.m. For the last four years, Dana Michie has spent countless sleep­less nights nursing his baby, with not...

Exploring the hidden gems of the Lake Spokane area. I've been warned by several people that there isn't anything quite like Billy and Ron Jeffers' garden. In fact, Billy herself said so on the phone,...

Tristan Hilton Two weeks after gradua­tion, Tristan Hilton received a letter dated June 24 from Lakeside High School. The letter says in part: After further review of our records, we are pleased and...

Juan Juan Moses presents a series of articles featuring many area gardens. If you were a quail, where would you want to live? With Diane and Alan Miller, of course! You might get as fat as a quail...