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Seriously Invested – Himebaugh dedicated to a variety of civic efforts

By Craig Howard Splash Editor Dave Himebaugh may be a transplant to the Inland Northwest, but since moving here with his wife Debbie nearly 30 years ago, the native of Southern California has established some substantial roots – not unlike the Blue Spruce outside his Liberty Lake home.

“We planted that in the spring of 1994,” Himebaugh says. “And now it’s 35 feet tall.”

Himebaugh has been a volunteer with Friends of Pavillion Park since 2003 and was appointed earlier this year to serve on Liberty Lake’s inaugural Parks and Arts Commission, a group that will help establish city priorities and direction for greenspace, recreation and community art.

NEWS Coeur d’Alene office of Shearson Lehman Brothers. Debbie found work as a physical therapist. In California, Dave had worked his way up the ladder with Paine Webber and later Shearson. The move from his native state may have meant leaving a certain comfort zone, but the transition also opened the doors for the next level of his career.

One of five children, Himebaugh was the only one of his siblings to earn a college degree. His dad, a World War II veteran, worked in blue collar jobs at a local bakery and later in maintenance at a school district. Dave’s mom was a receptionist. Both worked hard to put their son through private Catholic school.

Himebaugh changed his major four times at Cal State-Long Beach before eventually deciding on Business Administration/Finance.

While in college, he had a part-time job at a grocery store and – with Hollywood in his backyard – worked in movie special effects.

After earning his diploma, Himebaugh sold copy toner and worked as a telemarketer. He latched on with Paine Webber, selling commodities, at one point averaging 120 cold calls a day.

That assertiveness and work ethic opened a door at Shearson where he learned the investment business.

The hard work would ultimately

pay off. These days, Himebaugh is a senior vice president with Robert W. Baird & Co., working out of an office in downtown Spokane.

In their free time, Dave and Debbie enjoy boating on Lake Coeur d’Alene. The couple has five kids, all graduates of Central Valley High School. When not teaching Taekwondo or immersed in one of his many volunteer endeavors, Himebaugh can be found cheering for his beloved Gonzaga basketball team.

Q: When you first moved to the Inland Northwest from your native California, what were some of your initial impressions of the area?

A: It definitely was a culture shock moving from Southern California. When my wife told me where she leased a house for us – “There are chicken coops alongside the freeway” – I really began to question the anticipated move. I remember our first few nights in the Inland Northwest. We drove to Coeur d’Alene for our anniversary dinner but nothing was open past 8 p.m. on a Sunday. I thought, “Really?” I also found the news broadcasts interesting. So much time spent on high school sports or one specific story. I imagine far less crime than Los Angeles to report is a good thing. Overall, I must say I was completely happy with our

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surroundings, especially when I would travel around meeting clients in Coeur d’Alene and North Idaho.

We spent a lot of time camping and on the lakes in Idaho. Nothing in Southern California compares. The snow? Well this was a whole other issue to deal with.

Q: Did you ever have any idea that Liberty Lake would develop into the community it has become when you first settled here almost 30 years ago?

A: Debbie and I moved to Liberty Lake in 1990, exactly one year after our wedding. I can honestly say I never did think the community would grow to where we are today.

We both were focused on our careers and didn’t give this too much thought. Once we had our first child, Courtney, in 1991, we thought, “How great it would be to have a park in the community?

Basically, I was grateful to have a Zip Trip in the neighborhood as there was nothing else. Picking up our favorite VHS movie from their rental counter was a huge plus too.

I don’t want to forget about the small store on Melkapsi Street too.

Such fond memories.

Q: You've been part of Friends of Pavillion Park (FOPP) for a long time now.

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“It feels weird to be called ‘a commissioner,’ but I guess that’s what we are,” said Himebaugh in typical humble fashion.

Himebaugh also serves as a board member with the HUB Sports Center in Liberty Lake. A certified third-degree Black Belt, Himebaugh is the owner and lead instructor of Northwest Taekwondo Academy, which has its home at the HUB. Dave and Debbie moved to Washington in mid-March of 1990.

There was still a good layer of snow on the ground when they arrived, creating some challenges on the road for a couple accustomed to the mild winters in California. The couple leased a place on Garry Road and eventually bought a lot on Broadway where they built a home near the Meadowwood Golf Course.

“When we moved here, Liberty Lake had the Zip Trip (gas station) and that was about it,” Himebaugh recalls.

A financial advisor by trade, Himebaugh began working with the

Dave Himebaugh has called Liberty Lake home since 1990 when he moved from California with his wife Debbie.

Himebaugh has served with the Friends of Pavillion Park board since 2003 and is a past president. He also contributes on the board of the HUB Sports Center and was recently appointed to the city's new Park and Arts Commission.

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How do you think the group has been a catalyst for celebrating Liberty Lake and bringing the community together over the years?

A: Initially, I recall reading about community volunteers needed to install the playground equipment in Pavillion Park. I showed up and was very surprised to see all the dads and moms eager to make the park playground a reality for our children. Sometime after this I attended an FOPP board meeting to give what I thought was going to be my input for movie selection (for the Summer Festival) and was quickly introduced to its board and have never looked back. Pavillion Park events were really the only thing to do on the weekends for entertainment. Sure, we had the lake, but the park events were such a big draw. FOPP events quickly grew from there and became a focal part of our great community.

The Holiday Ball grew as this was our only source of fundraising.

People genuinely loved coming together whether for a concert or a movie and popcorn in the park on a warm summer night. Years later I recall hearing Spokane residents say, “Liberty Lake – the place that has free concerts and movies in the park?” Our board may be small in numbers but we definitely have the individuals who have a passion for our community and get the job done. Whether it’s securing a national musical act or tirelessly pulling together a group of volunteers for our Holiday Ball – mission accomplished.

Q: Speaking of parks, what are your hopes for the city's inaugural Parks and Arts Commission?

A: As the Parks and Arts Commission is still relatively new, we are in the process of developing a mission statement – who we are and what we would like to accomplish.

The commission is made up of nine outstanding volunteers in our community. We plan on carefully evaluating numerous projects we can undertake, while polling the residents to see what they envision for our community.

Q: The HUB Sports Center is another local entity that you have supported as a board member. With the success of your most recent capital campaign, it's clear that facility will remain a long-term community resource.

What role does the HUB play in our

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A: Serving on the board of directors for the HUB Sports Center has definitely helped me further a sense a pride for our community.

Initially, I wasn’t completely aware of what all the HUB does for our youth and adults. Whether it’s a venue for a large AAU basketball tournament or the HUB’s 360 program for at-risk youth, our staff and team can handle most requests. Our Executive Director Phil Champlin says it best – “Youth don’t join a sports team to learn life lessons but this is something they walk away with.” At the HUB, we promote and provide events that have a positive impact on youth and tour community. Our board is made up of the communities sharpest and caring leaders. I’m truly blessed to collaborate and learn from each of them.

Q: On the career side, you've seen many ups and downs in the world of financial planning.

Looking back on the Great Recession, what were some of the ways you navigated through that tumultuous period? In your opinion, are we still feeling some of the ripple effects of that period?

A: Working with clients for 30 years I have come to learn it’s about results and not performance when navigating the markets. There are so many additional asset classes today than in the late 1980’s. That time of 2008-09 definitely tested the resolve of a financial advisor.

Working with my clients during this difficult period, I learned most about what it is to manage expectations.

I feel I was able to take away the fear side of the equation and remind my clients why they trusted me with their investment portfolio.

Working with individuals, families and businesses, the planning process takes time and patience, but navigating difficult markets over the short term is like trusting a well-seasoned pilot to fly through turbulence – you expect to get to your destination.

Q: How have martial arts helped you in various aspects of your life?

A: The tenants we attempt to practice in martial arts are modesty, perseverance, self-control, indomitable spirit and etiquette. I can remember my first few months as a White Belt studying Hapkido in Southern California. Many times I felt I was in over my head, especially starting as an adult. I

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Safety Scroll LLPD joins community groups in promoting bike helmet safety

By Chief Brian Asmus

Liberty Lake Police Department Liberty Lake is a chapter of “Marissa’s Lids for Kids” honoring the memory of Marissa Drake, a precious 5-year-old who was not wearing a helmet and died after a fall from her bike.

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Department, Friends of Pavillion Park, Liberty Lake Parks and Arts Commission and others who care for the safety of little ones in our community encourage helmet wearing and bicycle safety education.

As part of the Marissa’s Lids for Kids campaign, we will be providing free bicycle helmets to children in the community that do not have one. Our plan is to have these free helmets available at some of our local city events.

Our goal is to decrease the number and severity of head injuries associated with riding bicycles. Along with free helmets, Marissa’s Lids for Kids provides education materials and proper helmet fitting assistance to ensure children use their helmets appropriately and understand their importance. We believe every child in Liberty Lake should have their own bike helmet and know how to use it properly. We also believe it takes a community to accomplish such a giant and important task.

For more information please contact the Liberty Lake Police Department at 755-1140.

The Liberty Lake Police Department is providing free bike helmets to children in the community who currently do not have one. Each year, about 350,000 under the age of 15 are treated at emergency rooms for injuries from bicycle accidents, many of them head injuries that can cause brain damage and other disabilities. Wearing a property fitted bike helmet can reduce the risk of such injuries by 85 percent according to the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission.

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couldn’t seem to get the whole “coordination thing down.” It was then when my instructor reminded me, the only difference between me and a high-ranking student was time and effort. Perseverance means to never give up. That’s what I did exactly – I never gave up.

Today I’m able pass that knowledge to my currents students as well as continue to practice this dealing with business, raising children and planning for the future. On another note, I remember a longtime client hiring me as his financial advisor.

When I asked how he came to contact me, he noticed in my bio I practiced Taekwondo. While he was in the military overseas, he was practicing martial arts and felt we had a bond even before we met.

Q: The city of Liberty Lake continues to grow, with now over 10,000 residents and a projected buildout of 25,000.

As a longtime resident, how do you think this community can transform into a bigger city yet still retain the values and traits that have come to define it?

A: After Debbie and I settled in Liberty Lake, we were drawn to the friendly community-inspired environment. Whether it was your friendly neighbor or the Fourth of July Parade in Alpine Shores, the small-town feel was definitely something we enjoyed. Fast forward

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28 years – yes, the population has grown but our neighbors are still friendly, the Fourth of July Parade still happens and Pavillion Park and Town Square are still our great city’s focal points. As long as we never lose our sense of community pride, we will continue to flourish and be the place people want to move to.

Q: Lastly, I know you are a huge Gonzaga basketball fan. If you were brought in by Coach Mark Few as as a special consultant for the team with the purpose of teaching some of the mental approaches of martial arts, what could you teach the Zags that would help them get back to the Final Four and maybe even win a national championship?

A: This is an interesting question as many of my friends know I haven’t always seen eye to eye with Coach Few’s decisions, especially in some of the NCAA tournament games.

All kidding aside, Mark Few has shaped the Zags into a formidable basketball team for years to come.

We are very fortunate to have him.

If I ever was able to lend any of my martial arts experience, it would definitely be persistence and indomitable spirit. Never give up and stay strong in the face of adversity. I think these young men already realize this playing at the level they do. It’s not a matter of if we get back to the Final Four, but when. There’s no time like now.

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Parks, Art and Recreation Commission tackles first project

By Staci Lehman

Splash Correspondent The city of Liberty Lake’s inaugural Parks, Art and Recreation Commission (PARC) recently reached its six-month mark and ripple effects of the group’s work will soon be visible in the community.

The commission consists of eight citizen volunteers who act as advisors to the City Council. The group is responsible for reviewing and making recommendations on Liberty Lake’s recreation programs, overseeing art decisions and programs, making recommendations on acquiring and developing parks and overseeing the Urban Forestry program. PARC also acts as an advisory board for the Tree City, USA and Bicycle Communities

programs, reviews fees and service charges, explores potential funding options for parks, trails and open space projects and, in the big picture, advocates for healthy and active lifestyles in Liberty Lake.

The commission’s first project that residents will notice later this summer involves wrapping the utility boxes located next to traffic lights in artwork. The two boxes are at the intersections of Liberty Lake Road and Country Vista Drive and at Liberty Lake Road and Appleway.

“We’re hoping to have them done by the middle of the summer,” said PARC Chair Laina Shutz. “We’ve already gotten estimates and I have someone scanning artwork that we’re going to use.”

The art for this project is being provided by area elementary school students.

“We have these wonderful little artists here,” said Shutz. “Liberty Creek Elementary is using their first art pieces from their “Meet the Masters” program. Van Gogh’s “Starry Night” is the subject –

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Liberty Lake Elementary students are also contributing to the project. Their artwork has a mountain- scape theme.

As for future projects for the commission, Shutz isn’t sure what the group will tackle next.

“We’re just trying to figure out funding and budget stuff for sure,” she said. “Where money is coming from, if we need to raise money on our own to pay for more projects, if we can raise money to pay for projects – stuff like that.”

Specifically, Shutz says commission members want to understand the city’s budgeting for the commission so they spend all money responsibly and in accordance with municipal ordinances.

“My understanding is that the city set aside money for our work,” she said. “We’re trying to find out if we can do our own fundraising or are we limited to the budget we’ve been given.”

That knowledge will guide what kind of programs the commission pursues in the future, such as more expensive artwork like installations in Coeur d’Alene, according to Shutz, or smallerscale pieces and projects.

In the meantime, commission members are encouraging other art-centered events in the community, whether sponsored by the commission or not, such as Liberty Creek’s Artfest.

“That was something they (the school) did on their own – an Artfest to celebrate their new art program,” said Shutz. “We encouraged everyone to come out, it was a community event.”

They also encourage everyone to be involved in PARC discussions.

Regular meetings are held the first and third Wednesday of each month at City Hall at 4 p.m. and are open to the public.

“We are committed to the community and we want their input,” said Shutz. “We’re just hoping to bring lots of great opportunities to our already great community.”

Commission members were appointed by Mayor Steve Peterson and approved by City Council. They are not required to have any special knowledge of art or public spaces but need to be interested in parks, recreation, visual, literary and performing arts. In addition, commissioners are selected based on geography.

Bylaws require members to be selected from as evenly dispersed geographic areas in the city as possible. They also require local students to participate.

“We have three youth commissioners,” said Shutz.

Shutz says the young people often see things differently than older people who have different life experiences.

“These kids are involved in their community but also their school and extracurricular activities,” Shutz said. “They’re amazing.

They have a different perspective than us.”

Jennifer Camp, Liberty Lake Operations and Maintenance director, says the PARC currently has all the commissioners it needs but there is always room for people who want to be involved.

“At this time the commission is full,” said Camp. “But there are other volunteer opportunities with local community organizations such as Friends of Pavillion Park, Liberty Lake Kiwanis, Liberty Lake Rotary, etc.”

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By Pecos First Dog of Liberty Lake Because this will be my last Splash, I asked the mayor if I could write it.

Liberty Lake is a Tree City. Liberty Lake is bicycle friendly. Liberty Lake is PET friendly! Liberty Lake is DOG friendly! We also really enjoy the trees here!! I have been pulled behind the mayor’s bike and enjoyed the wind whistling between my ears.

There are parks everywhere to play in and trails to walk on. The city even makes sure we have comfort stations and bags. BOW WOW what a place!

Back in the day, the mayor made sure we all got licenses. Mine was No. 1 – Guess it was a favor from the crew at City Hall. I knew the mayor would not want to show favoritism between me and the others. When we were in the first City Hall, the crew decided I needed my picture taken to show all who was really the boss. The mayor took it in stride as I truly was his favorite. Guess it

worked as life has been very good for me and my friends.

When the mayor and mom got into the Farmers Market and crepe business, I had a blast. I enjoyed visiting the market, making friends with all the kids and being somewhat a center of attention and an attraction to bring in the customers— not to mention getting pieces of crepe every so often on those Saturday mornings.

I also was the go-to guy in reaching out to the veterinarians. I saw all of them at one time or another but most of the time Dr. Mark at Legacy took care of me. He is a wonderful man although I never have gotten over my fear of vets. Guess that is standard for most of us.

Sure was glad to see Pawpular Companions open and flourish. They were great to visit and I always liked to play with Canvas. The mayor keeps telling me to stop digging at my car seat, but I know it’s good for their business as we have bought six of them! If you ever want a great treat, try the peanut butter and jelly bones they have there!!

The mayor has a business that keeps us visiting the banks. I love

that as they all provide dog treats with every deposit or withdrawal.

I think I’m probably overdrawn on my account! I’m positive that my brother Rico is!

Mom was the rock in my life. She fed me, trained me, taught me to speak and helped me learn the names of all my toys. She was a Saint. Five years ago, she rescued Rico from Portland… Portlandia.

She thought I needed a furry friend in the house. He has been a great friend. It helped keep me young! We were able to travel together in the plane, train, car and boat. He wore my hand-me-downs and we always had matching leashes. The Home Depot guys probably thought we worked there as we spent so much time walking the aisles. Mom even got me my own Home Depot apron!

Well Liberty Lake has been my home for all of my almost 16 years. I have had the pleasure of overseeing pet issues in the mayor’s office for 11 of those years. The staff was excellent to work with and they always had a kind word for me – plus treats (normally no more than one or two treats but that was OK by me). As I move to my next life, I want to share 10 things with you:

Youth make a difference in community

10. There is great beauty in the quiet stillness. Let it envelop you.

9. Engage all your senses in the world around you.

8. Plunge in. You can always get out and shake it off.

7. Don’t be afraid. Just stand your ground.

6. Trust that most people have an innate goodness.

5. Forgive fully – and let it go.

4. Love is truly unconditional. If it has conditions, it really isn’t love.

3 Accept the inevitable with grace and peace – even as the vet is taking your temperature.

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It’s OK to feel sadness but remember that joy is just a squirrel chase away.

And the No. 1 thing… Live in the moment!

Finally, it’s been fun spending my life in Liberty Lake – Spokane County’s premier address. Thank you for all of the pets and treats.

Remember to visit SCRAPS and pick up a new friend – it will really enrich your life in the city and as for the mayor—his bark is worse than his bite. Love, Pecos

City welcomes all to Fourth of July celebration

We have some of the coolest kids right here in Liberty Lake and the city wants to give a “shout out” to let them know how very proud we are of our young citizens. They keep our city hopping, jumping, running and laughing, but did you know that they are also keeping our city clean and safe? They are getting involved in city government and they are stepping up and doing their part to get things done and keep things running.

In May, City Council recognized Boy Scout Troop 325 for spending time cleaning up debris along the Upland Trail, off Liberty Lake Road.

Our crews work hard to keep the city looking nice and clean, but

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The city of Liberty Lake will be hosting a Fourth of July fireworks show again this year. The best place to see them and hear the music is from Pavillion Park. This year the band Idle Poets will serenade the audience with their jazzy sound followed by the colorful display in the sky.

when groups like this volunteer their time to pick up trash so that our crews can get to the streets,

grass, vegetation and trails, the collaboration could not be more appreciated and respected.

The music will start at 6 p.m. and the fireworks show will begin at dark. Pack up some snacks and bring the whole family down to this annual community celebration.

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City Council News and Notes – July 2018

By Craig Howard Splash Editor • On June 19, Operations and Maintenance Director Jennifer Camp gave a report on the Parks, Arts and Recreation Commission’s first project – wrapping utility boxes in locally produced art. (See PARC feature in this issue.) The city has bids from three different vendors and anticipates a cost of $3,000 for the entire project. “This is a very cool idea,” said Mayor Pro Tem Shane Brickner.

• Camp said Pavillion Park is now operating on its own water pump now after years of a shared system operating from a well at the Meadowwood Golf Course.

“We’ve noticed a big difference,” said Camp who added that the park’s turf has never been greener in the eight years she’s worked with the city.

• Interim City Engineer Dennis Scott provided an overview on the city’s six-year Transportation Improvement Program, noting that he is looking into grant possibilities for the new traffic light at the intersection of Appleway and Madsen. City Administrator Katy Allen commended Scott for “metering out” the cost of capital and maintenance projects in each year of the plan, providing for balanced expenditures.

• Interim Planning Manager Lisa Key said the city has implemented new procedures when it comes to residential inspections. A citizen complaint at the June 5 council meeting got the ball rolling on the changes.

• Building valuation for the new Central Valley School District middle school in Liberty Lake checked in with a property valuation of $14.77 million. Key said the total represents over $200,000 in revenue for the city from permit fees, sales tax revenue and Real Estate Excise Tax. • Mayor Steve Peterson honored Dan DiCicco, manager of the Liberty Lake Yoke’s who will be retiring this summer, for his 50 years in the grocery business.

DiCicco originally came to Liberty Lake in 2000 as the manager of the Safeway store. “When Dan

NEWS came to this community, he jumped right in,” Peterson said. “Whatever group you were with, you went to Dan and he stepped up to help.

Dan always came through. That’s the kind of quality citizen and quality businessman you have in Dan.” Police Chief Brian Asmus also commended DiCicco for his efforts to support the police department and promote public safety. “It’s quite the honor,” DiCicco said. “But this is just not me. I have 104 employees who support me.”

• Joe Frank, president of Friends of Pavillion Park (FOPP), gave a short history of the nonprofit organization. He noted that the founders of FOPP “were looking to create a more connected community” through a regional park and summer festival.

Reviewing some of the history of FOPP, Frank said the first Spokane Symphony concert at the park took place on Sept. 1, 2001, a day after the official incorporation of Liberty Lake. He thanked the city for its funding support of FOPP over the years and promoting the theme of “community gathering.” Frank said FOPP would like “to open the discussion” about the city providing financial help for the annual Labor Day symphony concert. While stopping short of saying the Holiday Ball would be discontinued, Frank said that FOPP may be “looking at a new direction” when it comes to the group’s signature fundraiser held each December. Allen later commended FOPP during her report. “There’s so many cities that would love to clone FOPP,” she said. “They do so much for our community.”

• Allen gave an update on the recruitment of the new library director, saying the city received 15 applications from many different parts of the country. The plan is to interview the top three candidates around Labor Day. The city will also be interviewing the finalists for the position of Planning and Engineering director the middle part of this month.

• Council Member Cris Kaminskas gave a follow-up report on the prospect of informational kiosks that would provide information on municipal news and other civic happenings. The goal, she said, is to “interact more real-time with our residents.” A company called SmartLink manufactures touch screens that stand 5 to 6 feet tall and include features like interactive maps, emergency connectivity content about local businesses and the potential for surveys.

Boiler plate pricing runs $40,000.

“There is $80,000 in the budget for another monument sign (like the one below at the corner of Liberty Lake Road and Country Vista),” Kaminskas said. “Maybe this is something that could replace it.” There is also leasing of the kiosks available. Potential sites include Pavillion Park, Rocky Hill Park and local businesses.

Allen said city staff could follow up with other communities that have the kiosks “and think of a way in 2019 we could include something in the budget and test drive it.”

• Key gave an update of the city’s strategic plan, noting that an open house would by held July 24 or 31 with a Planning Commission workshop on Aug. 8 and potential adoption by council on Aug. 21. The widening of the Harvard Road Bridge earned the highest score from council in a survey on future transportation projects. It was followed by the Henry Road overpass and Country Vista and Legacy Ridge intersection improvements. The Trailhead Golf facility master plan ranked first among council for parks and public facilities priorities.

• Council approved a memorandum of understanding with the Central Valley School District and Spokane Valley Fire Department to participate with the city regarding lobbying efforts for I-90 transportation projects and to share the costs.

• Council approved the appointment of Peterson, Brickner and Council Member Mike Kennedy as voting delegates for the annual Association of Washington Cities annual meeting in Yakima.

Dan DiCicco (right) was honored by the city of Liberty Lake on June 19 for his service in the local grocery business and efforts to support community causes. Chief Brian Asmus is pictured with DiCicco, who will be retiring this summer after 50 years as a grocer.

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Council ponders proposed change order to Orchard Park

By Craig Howard Splash Editor One thing is for sure – Orchard Park is being built and will represent Liberty Lake’s first large-scale greenspace on the north side of the city.

What remains uncertain is exactly what amenities will be included at the 11-acre park in the River District.

The city has already approved $3.1 million for construction of the site over several phases. With all the bells and whistles, Orchard Park would feature a price tag of $4.5 million. At the June 19 council meeting, interim City Engineer Dennis Scott presented a change order to council that would amount to just over $626,000 and include features like a slide hill, picnic shelters, tennis courts and more.

A pavilion, similar to the signature structure at Pavillion Park, was left off the change order, primarily due to a price that generated sticker shock around the dais. Scott said it would make sense to wait until the building industry’s off-season to readdress that project.

“The current price has increased to $595,822 for steel and $531,580 for wood,” Scott said. “I think if we delay building to outside the construction season it will likely bring more competitive pricing.”

Also raising concern was the price tag of the slide hill, earmarked at just over $90,000. Mayor Pro Tem Shane Brickner asked for more information on the configuration on the hill while others, like Council Member Odin Langford, seemed incredulous at the cost, proposing removal of the slope.

This is not the first time steep prices have cropped up in conversations about Orchard Park. In March, council was told the lowest qualifying construction bid came in 39 percent over the cost anticipated by the landscape architect. Adding to the financial

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woes, the city’s $500,000 grant application to the state Recreation and Conservation Office was denied.

The good news is the city included Orchard Park in a list of capital projects submitted to Spokane County three years ago for reimbursement through a pair of funding sources – Tax Increment Financing (TIF) and Local Infrastructure Financing Tool (LIFT) – that leverage existing development to build infrastructure.

While the city is currently funding the park through funds from the Real Estate Excise Tax, the money is expected to be reimbursed eventually through LIFT and TIF. City Administrator Katy Allen said the goal of bringing forward the proposed change order was “to bring the council options.” She said that council could bypass the change order, approve it or defer the decision until the meeting on July 10.

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Council Member Mike Kennedy expressed concern about rushing into a decision, suggesting the governing board wait until July 10 to make a decision.

“For me, it seems that when we hurry, it costs the citizens money,” he said. “I hope the council will just take time to look at this realistically.

I think waiting until the 10th would give us some time to consider exactly what the dollar amount is going to be.”

Ultimately, council agreed to move the decision on the change order to July 10. With the timeline of construction, any supplements to the blueprint must be added soon in order to fit into the established schedule. The park broke ground on May 15 and is expected to be completed by this fall but not ready for use until early spring at the soonest.

The complete list of the proposed change order – along with costs – includes: site lighting ($7,692), maintenance building pad, including gravel and utilities ($3,000), south parking lot ($63,700), picnic shelters ($68,700), sport court, including two tennis courts ($93,540), site furnishings ($12,000), play structure ($124,700) and slide hill ($92,600). A pair of additional tennis courts – funded by the Central Valley School District at a cost of $64,738 – are also part of the change order.

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By Derek Brown Splash Correspondent Some people may remember Keith Kopelson from his days as a member of the Liberty Lake City Council. These days, the former municipal leader has found a new sense of peace as manager of Liberty Lake Portal.

The sprawling office building, located off Mission and Molter, is doing better than ever and Kopelson is finding that he enjoys his position as building manager at the business hub.

"I love managing Portal, it’s exciting," Kopelson said. "I look forward to going to work every day."

The Liberty Lake Portal is a Class A office building, an all-inclusive structure that has many amenities that come as part of rent – wireless and traditional wired high-speed Internet, electricity, janitorial and more. It also comes with a full-service business address for

insurance companies and all kinds of businesses in the community.

"I think we have in the neighborhood of 50 businesses here," Kopelson said.

"TierPoint is largest and they're a data center located here. They're part of a national chain of data centers. This particular one was started here then taken over by another company."

Portal as a whole houses about 170 people. According to Kopelson, the entire building is essentially filled up, with only one space available. And it might not be around long.

"I have a tagline that I use on my emails – 'Liberty Lake’s premier business address,'" Kopelson said.

"That’s kind of shows what we’re focused on. We want to be the valuable real estate for businesses in the area, that prestigious address."

At roughly $24 per square foot, on average, depending on the space, it’s no wonder the vacancy rate is near zero. And the tenants know that they're in good hands with Kopelson.

"I have a very close relationship with the tenants of the building," Kopelson said. "And we have a facilities team here and we just like to take care of everyone’s needs very quickly and we’re all like a big family."

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"The public sector was just a service thing, not a career type situation," Kopelson said. "I did it for the community service aspect of it, not so much as a career type thing.

So when I was offered this is was just a different scenario."

Kopelson has experience at the Liberty Lake Portal with a janitorial company he owned once being housed there. As Kopelson said, "My people cleaned the building, so I’ve kind of been around for a while."

Over a year's time, Kopelson was working with his own company when he had an opportunity to captain the Portals ship. He believed it was a great opportunity and finally accepted the position. Now he makes everyone else feel welcome.

"Everyone feels like they belong somewhere," Kopelson said of the tenants at Portal. "We have monthly events for the tenants where we have lunch or we bring treats around to the offices. We stay in pretty good contact with the tenants of the offices."

Portal has four conference rooms.

There is also security in the off hours and 24-hour access. Jacklin Seed Co. has its headquarters at Portal, and many other good-sized companies call it home, too.

Portal is also home to smaller offices called “micro-suites,” which are approximately 100 square feet spaces for one to two people, depending on which suite it is. This gives people the ability to start a business or to have a satellite office in the area. These, too, come with all the amenities, and Kopelson makes sure to keep everyone happy.

"We like keeping that full-service environment so we can communicate and understand what their businesses are and we try to support them in any way that we can," Kopelson said.

Working with business professionals in the area who are familiar with the community is a passion for Kopelson and one of the main reasons he likes working at Portal.

Kopelson, who will be moving out of Liberty Lake and into the county area, does think that one day he might get back into public service work – if the right opportunity comes along.

"I just enjoy working with people and being involved in all of the things the council was addressing at the time," Kopelson said. "I miss being involved in it."

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Nuisance property finds new life after city auction

By Nina Culver

Splash Correspondent A piece of abandoned property that created problems for neighbors in Liberty Lake over many years was recently auctioned off after the city of Liberty Lake took it over and cleaned it up.

The property at 19705 E. Maxwell had been a code enforcement issue since before the city of Liberty Lake incorporated in 2001, says City Administrator Katy Allen. People complained for years about public health and nuisance concerns that arose around the mobile home on the property.

“When the house was abandoned it was left in deplorable condition,” said interim City Engineer Dennis Scott.

In 2016, dozens of Mission Villa neighborhood residents signed a letter sent to the city and other government agencies pleading for relief.

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“The grass is as tall as the front porch, which is starting to fall and pull away from the house, then there is the smell, which is so bad it makes you want to vomit,” they wrote. “The roof is now blowing off.

Any person gong on the property to help clean in the past has become very ill. Please help with this very difficult matter as we fill(sic) it has become a very hazardous fire danger.”

The city tried for years to locate the woman listed as the owner of the property but all the certified letters they sent came back. All they had was a post office box number for the woman and eventually that box was closed. The city’s attorney reached out to the post office to get the physical address of the person who had opened the box, Scott said.

Finally, the city was able to find the owner in the spring of 2016, Allen said, but there was confusion about who actually owned the property that took time to sort through.

“In all fairness to her, she didn’t think she owned the property,” Allen said. “She believed the property had been foreclosed on years ago and she didn’t own it.”

The city wrote her a citation that

came with a fine of $200 per day until the property was cleaned up.

“We got her attention and she started to cooperate with us,” Allen said. “She gave us permission to tear it down and put a lien on it.”

Scott went into the mobile home before it was torn down last year and found garbage and debris everywhere. A portion of the ceiling had fallen in. “The porch was unsafe,” he said. “There were needles on the floor. One of the rooms was filled with everything from Christmas ornaments to mattresses.”

The house was once known as “the cat house” because of the many cats living in it in the early years of abandonment, Scott said. The cats were removed, but nothing changed with the property.

It was good to be able to finally clean up the property, Allen said.

“The neighbors had been looking at it for a long time,” she said.

The cleanup work cost the city about $11,000, Allen said. There were also liens on the property for back taxes and sewer work. The city paid those liens and the owner signed the property over to the city with a deed in lieu of foreclosure in February.

Almost immediately the Liberty Lake City Council declared the property surplus and scheduled an auction. The city hoped to recoup the $25,000 it had spent cleaning up the property and paying the liens, Allen said.

When the now vacant land was auctioned off in May, Radar Bay Investments of Liberty Lake had the winning bid of $48,000. There were multiple people at the auction vying to own the land, said Radar Bay partner Patrick Libey.

The assessed value of the vacant land is $25,000, according to the Spokane County Assessors Office.

Libey, who also works as a real estate agent, said he and his business partners own other homes in the area and buying it made sense. “We kind of bought it on a whim,” he said. “We love this area.”

There are no firm plans about what to do with the land, Libey said. A single-family home or a duplex are among the options being considered.

“We just want to improve it,” he said. “We’re exploring building on it and we’re exploring selling it. We don’t know. We just thought it was a cool opportunity.”

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Recreation Ripple Effect – Liberty Lake sets historic standard for aquatic amusement

By Craig Howard Splash Editor The headline from the Spokane Daily Chronicle on July 26, 1957 summed it up: “Spokanites find LL pleasant summer refuge.”

While most understood that “LL” stood for Liberty Lake, it could have just as easily been a mini-

acronym for Leisurely Lull. Folks from throughout the region knew that Spokane County’s “Inland Sea Shore” represented nothing short of a refreshing respite, particularly during the warm weather months.

The Chronicle’s feature from 61 years ago celebrated the lake’s picnic areas, horseshoe pits, RV park and dance space complete

with rollicking tunes from a stateof-the art jukebox. The bucolic basin was also a summer home to an enthusiastic crowd of swimmers, waterskiers, anglers and boaters who all seemed to get along on the sun-spotted waters.

“This isn’t Coney Island, it’s a beach at Liberty Lake,” read the story’s main cutline under a brilliant beachfront image.

Over a half century before the Chronicle’s coverage of the lake as a destination point, weekly rowboat races were taking place on the lake’s west side, sponsored by the

LL Regional Park turns page with master plan update

Bernardo Wills Architects and Studio Cascade were brought on as consultants and began gathering feedback last May at places like the Liberty Lake Farmers Market and the park itself.

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“Overall, this is really a guiding document for us,” Knowles said of the plan update. “We’re looking at it as a 10-to 20-year vision.”

The last time the master plan for Liberty Lake Regional Park was updated, Richard Nixon was still in the White House and Spokane was still two years away from hosting the World’s Fair.

In late 2016, an anonymous donor stepped forward with $50,000 toward the first update of the park’s master plan since 1972. The county began the process last year by meeting with stakeholders that represented entities like REI, the Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District and local scouting groups.

“It’s truly a wonderful place,” said Denise Coyle, who grew up at the lake and now manages Sandy Beach Mobile Villa on a site that was once home to the Sandy Beach

Knowles said the blueprint also includes building a more efficient route for those with kayaks, paddleboards and other recreational apparatus to get from the parking lot to the shoreline.

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“When you look at Liberty Lake, public access is really limited,” said Paul Knowles, special projects manager with Spokane County Parks, Recreation and Golf. “You have the boat launch (on the north side of the lake overseen by the Department of Fish & Wildlife) and the regional park and that’s it.”

McKenzie Hotel. Long before that, the Native Americans who first called the lake home made fishing and canoeing part of their routine.

Over the decades, Liberty Lake has hosted Labor Day hydroplane races, the swimming leg of triathlons and a three-day water carnival in 1934 that was so popular, seating was constructed for 6,000 spectators,.

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Now, a newly updated blueprint for the 3,600-acre greenspace is signaling an optimistic future for the site and a boon for visitors who rely on the park for lake access.

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This dock at Liberty Lake Regional Park could be undergoing some changes based on an update to the 3,600-square-foot site's master plan completed this spring. The document is the first update to the plan since 1972 and recommends upgrades to the parking lot, camping areas and ORV park, among other improvements.

Photo by Craig Howard “Liberty Lake and the greater Spokane Valley community have grown significantly since the master plan was last updated,” Knowles said. “We wanted to see where the park was functioning well and where we were not meeting existing demand.”

While the sprawling site on the south end of the lake features an impressive array of environments, from montane forest to wetlands to irrigated turf, the shoreline area only encompasses 125 feet. Parking in the main lot near the beach is also limited.

Last September, a public workshop on the plan update was held at Liberty Lake City Hall. An open house followed in October.

“We found that folks wanted to see the natural aspects of the park

emphasized more,” Knowles said.

Eventually, consensus began to emerge. The final draft, approved in April, includes recommended improvements to the main parking lot, upgrades to camping areas and a new dock that would feature designated areas for swimmers, non-motorized boats and motorized boats.

Knowles also points to proposed projects like the construction of a general purpose indoor/ outdoor venue that could be utilized for events and include an environmental learning center.

Among other aspects, the plan calls for pedestrian bridges, a boardwalk with an observation platform, expansion of the ORV park and improvements to the park’s trail system featuring connections to Mica Peak and Spokane County

On June 13, the Spokane County Parks and Recreation Advisory Committee voted to recommend approval of the master plan update to the county commissioners who will review the document this month. Knowles said if the commissioners OK the plan, funding options will then be explored. The entire plan carries a price tag of $12 million.

Meanwhile, use of the park continues to increase, Knowles said. There were almost 31,000 visitors during the summer of 2016 and nearly 10,000 more last year. The peak day on the Liberty Lake Loop – a 7-mile trail that includes landmarks like a waterfall and year-round tributary – consisted of 250 hikers in 2016 and 850 last summer.

Knowles said concerns were raised in the public input process about potential impact on traffic and the roads leading to and from the park as the upgrades are implemented. He said the first phase of the plan would include upgrades to Zephyr Road, a route he described as “the park’s driveway.” Meanwhile, widening roads like Neyland and Lakeside would fall under the realm of the county Public Works department.

“Overall, I think this update is a win for everyone,” Knowles said.

“Regardless of how you utilize the park, it’s going to improve.”

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LLSWD calls attention to shoreline impact from boat wake

By Craig Howard Splash Editor Jeremy Jenkins knows it is an uphill battle – but the shoreline of the lake he protects is counting on it.

Stand-up paddleboarding is one of the latest trends on Liberty Lake. Lakeside residents Dennis and Bev McCoy are shown navigating their way across the water on a peaceful Saturday last month. Dennis, known by many as "Poncho," has the distinction of competing for Team USA as a snow skier in the 1968 Winter Olympics.

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Coyle is a fifth generation Liberty Laker. Her great-great grandparents, Daniel and Louisa Neyland, migrated here from Pennsylvania in 1902 and purchased land on the northwest shores of the lake, eventually opening a country store. In 1904, Daniel and Louisa’s son, Gage, and his wife Floy, also made Liberty Lake their home.

Gage was instrumental in running Neyland’s Grove, a resort that stood for 40 years and was known for its picturesque lakeside cabins.

Coyle’s grandparents, Homer and Della Neyland, moved to Liberty Lake in 1940 from Seattle after growing tired of shrinking lake access in the Puget Sound area.

When he arrived, Homer bought just under 2 acres of lakeside property and began selling the lots. He also set aside land for the Sandy Beach Resort which began with one humble cabin in 1941.

Automobiles were initially charged 25 cents each for admission to the grounds.

“I know he didn’t pay much for the land at all,” said Denise. “As the story goes, he bought it from a man named Arthur D. Jones for $10,000.”

While Denise and her husband Tim now oversee the 55-and-over mobile home park on the shores of their beloved lake, there was a time when Denise flipped burgers at “The Stand,” rented fishing boats and helped with the gas station at the family resort.

“Compared to running a resort, this is a piece of cake,” Coyle said of her current duties. “I look back, and it was a lot of work but it was also a lot of fun. It was truly a great life.”

When Spokane County purchased nearly 3,000 acres from Florence Miller in 1966 with a goal to build a regional park, the move signaled the beginning of the end for resorts around the lake, including Sandy Beach.

“It hurt us, that’s for sure,” Coyle recalls.

Initially, 30 mobile homes went in where the resort once stood.

The remaining property was put on the market in the early 1980s, but no deal was reached. Over time, another 30 mobile homes cropped up.

Coyle grew up swimming, boating and fishing in the summer and ice skating in the winter. She also learned the importance of safety in all seasons. Skating included staying away from certain vulnerable areas that featured underground springs.

Warm weather recreation meant respecting others on the water and knowing the rules. “The water is just like the road,” Coyle said.

“The lake is a wonderful, fabulous place but you need to respect the water, whether it’s unfrozen or frozen,” she said.

While the cabins that defined Sandy Beach Resort have been replaced by mobile homes, Denise has preserved plenty of artifacts – from old signs to vintage photos and more – that pay homage to

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As the Lake Protection/Water Resource manager for the Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District, Jenkins calls attention to the impact of boat wake on the Liberty Lake beachfront. It turns out excessive wake can have corrosive ripple effects, including reduction of water clarity, driving algae blooms and shoreline erosion.

“I think the biggest impact that recreation has on the lake is boat wake,” Jenkins said. “My ask of people is that they consider when they’re creating wake. The further from the shore you’re creating wake, the better for the lake.”

Jenkins explains that with Liberty Lake’s relatively simple shape, “a wake created anywhere can impact the entire shoreline.”

All boats create wake when they accelerate or decelerate, although wake boats, characterized by ballast tanks typically in the back of the vessel, create more of it.

Jenkins estimates around onequarter of boats on Liberty Lake are wake boats with that number increasing each year.

“I know people live on the lake for a reason, I get that,” Jenkins says. “It’s the speed of the boat that’s the issue. It’s how much wake energy is being pushed out from what they’re doing.”

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of wake, Jenkins points to “the property value of retaining your beach.”

“You can’t add sand back to beaches in Spokane County,” he said.

Below is an excerpt from the Spokane County Boating Safety Ordinance “providing for the Safety of Boaters, Swimmers and Others Using the Water of Spokane County and Providing Certain Regulations and Restrictions on the Use of Such Waters.”

No person shall operate a vessel in excess of wake speed when within 100 hundred feet of: a) Any Shoreline, b) Another moving or stationary vessel, c) Swimmer, d. SC.U.B.A. dive flag, or, e. Buoy line.

"Wake speed" means a speed not to exceed five miles per hour and not producing a wake to exceed six inches in height at its apex.

"Shoreline" means the existing intersection of water, which includes permitted appendences, with the ground surface.

"Buoy line" means a straight line that would exist if drawn between adjacent buoys.

Speed/no-wake buoys also known as Regulatory markers shall be placed 100 feet from the established high-water mark or 75 feet from an appendance.

A permitted appendence, such as a dock, shall constitute the shoreline for the purpose of this section.

No person or persons shall engage in water skiing within 100 feet of any boat launching ramp, motionless vessel, vessel underway, swimmer, buoy or shoreline.

No owner of any vessel or person who is in control of a vessel shall knowingly permit the operation of such vessel upon any waterway in violation of the provisions of this section.

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LL native cultivates history awareness at national park

By Benjamin Shedlock Current Correspondent If you’re visiting a national park this summer, you may find yourself daydreaming, on those final and futile workdays before vacation; daydreaming of our nation’s iconic natural features, of the craggy peaks and tamarack stands of North Cascades National Park, of the clear, still waters of Glacier or of the bison, elk, and bears of Yellowstone. Perhaps you are envisioning your turn at Thoreau’s life among nature, “free and uncommitted” to the complexities of daily life.

You are probably not imagining Klondike Gold Rush National Historical Park. Located in Pioneer Square, Seattle’s self-styled original neighborhood, the park’s museum brings to life Seattle’s role in the 1897 Gold Rush as an outfitter for 70,000 Stampeders on their way to the Klondike. Yet this urban backdrop, bound by Puget Sound’s Elliott Bay and the I-5 overpass, with storefronts and old brick buildings, is exactly what Allison Burdick has in mind.

Burdick, who grew up in Liberty Lake and graduated from Central Valley High School in 2011, is interning at the park as part of AmeriCorps’s Community Volunteer Ambassador program, or CVA. For 11 months, she is helping connect Seattle’s underserved communities with the park’s cultural resources.

Far from escaping life’s complexities, Burdick is delving

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into the community by conducting outreach, building partnerships, developing sustainable youth programming and providing education about the park and its history. Burdick is a part of the inaugural class of 52 CVAs serving parks nationwide.

Burdick, who went on from CV to earn her degree in Environmental Science and Resource Management from the University of Washington, says she has found her passion in outreach.

“It’s just as important to do research in the field and collect data as it is to go out in the field in the city,” she said.

Park Ranger Kelseyanne Johnson expressed hope that Burdick “will not only help our park to be better but also that it’s a professional development experience for her.”

Ecology and conservation were Burdick’s family values. Her parents passed on a love of skiing and bird watching. Her childhood was spent in the hills east of Liberty Lake fostering her love of the outdoors.

The area featured a pond and a Ponderosa Pine forest.

“It’s the prettiest type of forest,” Burdick said. “But I might be biased.”

It was also the site of her early lessons in conservation. She recalls asking her dad one day about why he didn’t get rid of a tree snag that she thought of as an imperfection in the yard’s natural beauty. Her father taught her how the snag provided a healthy habitat for the plants and organisms in the backyard.

Such lessons left Burdick with fond memories of the outdoors and a quest to “make sure everyone has the opportunity to have positive experiences and feel that they belong.”

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Liberty Lake native Allison Burdick (left) is working as an intern through the National Park Service in Seattle at Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park.

The Central Valley High School graduate earned her degree in Environmental Science and Resource Management from the University of Washington.

Contributed photo Liberty Lake’s civic commitment to the outdoors, especially the community’s support of Pavillion Park. Burdick remembers exploring the outdoors with her friends and visiting the park on elementary school trips. Her father volunteered there.

“I enjoyed that park immensely,” she said.

Burdick can rattle off a long list of the animals she learned about on those trips – deer, marmots, birds, owls, frogs – but her time in the park as part of her community has also stuck with her.

“I remember doing a lot of team building outdoors,” she said.

Now, Burdick is using those skills to gather a diverse community of learners around the Klondike historical park, which tells Seattle’s part of the Gold Rush narrative.

The Gold Rush, As Johnson puts it, “established Seattle...as a gateway to gold fields,” though not everyone is able to hear that story, particularly not the underserved youth the park is trying to reach.

Johnson adds the education doesn’t matter “when you don’t provide any support for public access,” That’s the problem Burdick was hired to solve.

“It creates a sense of belonging, knowing about your city’s history,” Burdick said.

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During her year at the park, Burdick is trying to build relationships with the surrounding communities and create a sustainable youth programming template. The work doesn’t involve much hiking, but it still takes lots of legwork.

“We’ve been trying to do events and tabling in communities,” Burdick said.

When she visits communities, she tells the story of the park and explains why it matters now.

Building this core professional park ranger skill, called “interpretation,” is one of Burdick’s goals for the program. Recently, she practiced it in Seattle’s diverse Beacon Hill neighborhood, where she distributed park information and passes.

The message: The park’s free and you’re welcome.

Through the CVA program, Burdick hopes to set some fourth grader on a lifelong journey similar to her own. She first became involved with the park as a volunteer in 2014 through a program at Klondike called “In My Backyard” for youth and young adults. She volunteered again in the summer of 2015 after graduating from the University of Washington. She and hopes to use the experience at the park as her own gateway to a national parks career.

Burdick who says she has enjoyed helping the educational programming expand and building a peer group of national parks staff members.

“I found myself being welcomed back and wanting to come back,” she said.

Johnson said the Liberty Lake native has made an impact in her time here.

“Having been lucky enough to know Alli for the past four years, I already consider her a leader,” Johnson said.

Who knows – she just might strike it rich.

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the beach’s heyday. There is even a “Coyle Cabin” built last year that is located on the exact site where Cabin No. 3 once stood.

“The lake is a part of me,” Coyle said.

Tom Agnew learned to swim at Liberty Lake as a kid and has lived on the shores here with his wife Stephanie since 1980. The longtime commissioner with the Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District can remember a time in the early 1970s when wading into the water near his future home was discouraged.

Toxic algae blooms had produced a murky, greenish blue layer across the lake. When boats cruised on the cloudy surface, they would leave a distinct trail behind like a broom sweeping through a dustcovered floor.

Signs began to appear on the shoreline, discouraging public use.

"I can't remember exactly what the signs said, but the lake was noticeably uninviting," Agnew said.

Residents around the lake had not been apathetic in the face of the water’s deteriorating condition.

A citizen’s advisory committee was formed in 1968, spearheading a campaign that would eventually result in lake samples being sent to Washington State University for testing. By 1973, the Liberty Lake Sewer District had been established, primarily to address the impact of septic tanks on the lake. The “Water” part of the utility would be added later.

“The district has made such a difference,” Agnew said. “The lake is so much more user-friendly.”

Honda 50 jet skis and witnessed more than a few windsurfers tripped up by the watershed’s unpredictable gusts.

“There have been a lot of windsurfers who’ve wound up on our dock and needed a ride back,” Agnew said.

On the other end of the lake, another Tom has seen similar scenarios. Tom Specht has lived a few blocks from the water for 33 years and recalls a neighbor who enjoyed windsurfing and kite sailing but found that Liberty Lake fell far short of areas like the Columbia Gorge with more reliable wind patterns.

“He was a really good windsurfer,” Specht recalls. “Eventually, he moved to Hawaii, though. I used to windsurf but this is a gusty lake, the wind really swirls. You could get three different wind directions as you cross the lake.”

Tom and his wife Kathy are members of the Liberty Lake Beachcombers Association, a private club consisting of homeowners in an area between Sprague Avenue and the shoreline.

Specht says around 60 families have access to the Beachcombers’ beach, a sandy haven draped by a collection of trees that includes Red and Silver Maples, Black Locusts and Ponderosa Pines. The setting also features picnic tables and a boat rack stocked with colorful kayaks and canoes.

“You get to meet your neighbors,” Specht said. “You can work on things together.”

“It weighed about as much as a Cadillac,” Agnew recalls.

“It’s kind of a small lake so you can go around several times,” he said. “You can get a pretty good workout going.”

“I’ve always been a used boat and used car kind of person,” Agnew says.

Over the years, Agnew has seen rowing teams from local colleges glide across the glassy surface, heard the roar of drag boats and

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Specht says he has seen how clubs like Beachcombers “create a sense of community” as residents collaborate on projects like planting trees, building picnic tables or collecting debris as part of an annual beach cleanup.

When the Agnews first moved to the lake, they took with them a 1960 Century Resorter, a 16-foot, mahogany-planked boat similar to the version Henry Fonda captained in the movie “On Golden Pond.”

The couple often waterskied early in the morning when the water was calm. These days, kayaks are more their style, although a motor boat is still on the dock, this one a 1985 Century fiberglass rendition, much lighter than the Resorter.

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Specht still enjoys kayaking and also owns a canoe. In the spring and summer, the lake is his gym.

While Tom and Kathy are now empty nesters, the families that now utilize the lake are reminders of bygone summers when they took their own kids to swim, fish and boat. Like the resorts that once dotted the lake, those days are gone for the Spechts – but the memories remain.

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Wheels in motion on new medical transportation program

By Keith Erickson

Current Correspondent When a medical crisis strikes, a call to 911 will have emergency responders at the scene in a matter of minutes. Sirens blaring and lights flashing, firefighters and paramedics jump into action to provide immediate care and medical transport.

In Spokane County, nearly 300,000 calls to 911 are received every year, according to the county’s Emergency Communications System. Of those calls, officials say a majority are non-life threatening and do not require a trip to the hospital emergency room. Instead, most can be aptly handled with a lower level of care.

With this in mind, a pilot program called Spokane Ride to Care was initiated in January 2017, based on recommendations made by a task force formed by Spokane Mayor David Condon.

do so. If a patient chooses Ride to Care, a SNAP-contracted vehicle is dispatched to transport them. That ride also can include taking the patient to a pharmacy, if needed, before returning home.

“We’re trying to change the system and way of thinking that will better and more quickly serve those in need of medical attention,” Flynn says.

Ride to Care not only utilizes EMS resources more efficiently, it can also expedite medical attention for those deemed “low acuity,” Flynn says.

Often, a patient with a lower need for care – such as flu symptoms or a sprained ankle – can wait for hours at the ER before receiving treatment. And the costs are significantly higher than an urgent care visit, where waiting times are generally shorter.

Furthermore, after an ER visit, patients are often burdened by finding their own ride home. When a patient opts for the urgent care alternative, they are provided Ride to Care-contracted transportation back home following treatment, Flynn says.

Rich Llewellyn, Emergency Medical Services (EMS) chief with the Spokane Valley Fire Department, says the Ride to Care program offers significant savings.

Managed by the regional nonprofit Spokane Neighborhood Action Partners (SNAP), Ride to Care was created to ease the burden on EMS resources while providing less costly transport options for patients, said SNAP Medical Transportation Coordinator Cameryn Flynn.

“Initial analysis reveals that the program reduces care and transportation costs by 82 percent per patient,” Llewellyn says. “In addition, each use of Ride to Care means that there is one more ambulance in the system that’s available to respond to major, timecritical emergencies.”

“One of the areas of concern the mayor’s task force identified was the high cost of ambulances going to hospitals and therefore pulling valuable resources from being able to serve high trauma scenarios like serious traffic accidents are heart attacks,” Flynn says.

According to Llewellyn, the feedback received from those who have used Ride to Care indicates the program has been wellreceived on every level, including the initial fire department contact, the transportation provider and urgent care visit.

Utilized first by the Spokane Fire Department, the program expanded to the Spokane Valley Fire Department last August.

“During the pilot project phase of the program, 203 patients from the Spokane Valley Fire Department and Spokane Fire Department’s jurisdiction used the program for transport to an urgent care center for non-critical treatment,” Llewellyn says.

Ride to Care gives first responders the ability to access a medical emergency upon arrival and determine whether it warrants transport to the emergency room, or whether the situation can be handled at an urgent care facility.

The choice of going to an urgent care facility isn’t required, and anyone who wants to go to the hospital in an ambulance can still

The logic and convenience behind the Ride to Care program is catching on, as more patients are choosing the lower level transport.

But the numbers are still low and growth is slow.

During its first year in 2017,

Spokane Ride to Care was first introduced in the city of Spokane last January as a less costly, more efficient medical transportation alternative. The program is administered by SNAP, Spokane County's nonprofit community action agency.

The Spokane Valley Fire Department added the program last August.

Photo courtesy of Spokane Valley Fire Department medics provided 314 low acuity rides, Flynn says. That’s an average of slightly less one call per day from the Spokane and Spokane Valley fire departments. So far in 2018, that figure has risen slightly to 1.2 Ride to Care transports per day.

Despite the relatively low numbers, Flynn expects the Ride to Care numbers to continue rising as first responders and patients become more familiar – and comfortable – with the option.

Flynn acknowledges that some who are accustomed to being taken to the ER are “still a little leery at first.”

Of course, providing the best medical care possible is always the top priority and Flynn says Ride to Care offers this while providing efficiency that will ultimately save taxpayers, adding that “as paramedics become more familiar with the program, they’re utilizing it more.”

“One of the goals when we developed the program was cost savings, so we identified a thirdparty evaluator to look into that,” Flynn says.

In May, Ride to Care added a new component, providing transportation to dental clinics for referrals received through DentistLink (www.dentistlink.org).

A dedicated telephone number has

been set-up to make arrangements – 619-1656 – while those who utilize the service must meet certain criteria, including being Medicare clients or Medicaid clients needing emergency-type services, clients with other insurance who lack rides. Medstar will provide the transportation until Ride to Care is fully launched with its own fleet.

Ride to Care received a boost recently from a $15,000 grant through the Providence Health Care Community Benefit program.

“Transportation-related needs continue to create barriers for our low-income neighbors in Spokane,” said SNAP CEO Julie Honekamp. “This funding from Providence will help SNAP move strategically and innovatively in the transportation arena to provide needed transportation options to improve access to care and reduce the financial burden to both our clients and our community.”

Documenting those savings is expected to make the program appealing to other jurisdictions. In fact, fire districts south of Spokane have voiced interest in taking part, although Flynn acknowledges Ride to Care growth will not happen overnight.

“We liken it to moving a big jumbo aircraft,” she says. “It starts slow but gains momentum.”

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Spokane Valley Fire Department crews responded to a total of 100 emergency calls in the greater Liberty Lake area* from May 17 – June 19: • Emergency medical services – 70 • Motor vehicle accidents – 7 • Fire - 10 • Building alarms – 6 • Service calls – 2 • Hazardous materials - 1 • Dispatched and cancelled en route – 4 *Service area for SVFD Station #3 in Liberty Lake Unauthorized burning – May 20 – Firefighters were called to the 3500 block of North Barker Road at 5:55 a.m. They arrived on the scene of an illegal burn pile (10 feet by 10 feet) with flames reaching up to 2 feet in height.

The resident said he did not know

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how the fire started and that it was already burning when he returned home at 4 a.m. He was using a garden hose with little effect when firefighters arrived. Crews used about 400 gallons of water and four gallons of foam to completely extinguish the fire. Firefighters noted a large plywood wall was in place that blocks the area from view from Barker Road.

Motor vehicle accident – May 22 –Shortly before 8:15 a.m., SVFD crews responded to a motor vehicle accident at 22600 E. Appleway Ave. They arrived on the scene of a two-car T-bone collision.

A 6-year-old girl sustained an abrasion to her left face from the side airbag activation. She was riding in a car seat in the back seat behind her mother when the collision occurred to the passenger side of the car. Firefighters treated the child at the scene and released her to her mother.

Propane tank fire – June 1 – SVFD firefighters responded to a reported barbeque propane tank on fire next to a house in the 600 block of South Shoreline Drive shortly before 6:30 p.m. They

arrived to find a small camping barbeque that uses a one-quart propane canister had been ignited without removing the lid.

This caused the gas to ignite in the air intake vent and melt the controls and the lid on the bottle.

The homeowner had moved the table containing the barbeque away from the house and fire had burned itself out before crews arrived. Firefighters coached the homeowner on how to use a fire extinguisher and to open the lid to safely light a barbeque.

Unauthorized burning – June 2 – Shortly before 12:30 p.m., SVFD firefighters were called to the 700 block of North Madson Court to investigate a fire in the neighbor’s backyard. Upon arrival, fire crews contacted the homeowner who was burning a small amount of lawn waste and branches in a fire pit. Firefighters educated the homeowner that only dry, seasoned firewood can legally be burned in a backyard fire pit and that burning any type of yard waste, lumber or garbage is always unauthorized in the SVFD service area.

About SVFD - Spokane Valley Fire Department serves the cities of Liberty Lake, Millwood, Spokane Valley and unincorporated areas of Spokane County including the communities of Otis Orchards, Pasadena Park, and the area surrounding Liberty Lake, with a combined population of 125,000 across approximately 75 square miles. SVFD firefighters and paramedics responded to more than 17,280 emergency calls in 2017. Established in 1940, SVFD is an Accredited Agency by the Commission on Fire Accreditation International (CFAI), one of only a handful in the state of Washington. SVFD operates 10 stations providing fire suppression, emergency medical services, vehicle extrication, hazardous materials response, special operations rescue, fire investigation, fire prevention, commercial property inspection, CPR and fire safety training.

SVFD provides free fire safety inspections and installation of free smoke detectors. For more information call 928-1700 or visit www.spokanevalleyfire.com.

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July 4 | Liberty Lake Fireworks – 10 p.m. over the lake. To support the display, go to www. libertylakefireworks.com July 4 | Friends of Pavillion Park Fourth of July concert featuring Idle Poets, 6 p.m., Pavillion Park. A fireworks display sponsored by the city of Liberty Lake will follow at 10 p.m.

July 7 | Friends of Pavillion Park Movie Night, "Paddington 2" - dusk at Half Moon Park, River District July 14 | Friends of Pavillion Park Movie Night, "Coco" - dusk at Pavillion Park July 20 | Concert featuring River City Roots - 6-9 p.m., Beachcombers Beach Club, Liberty Lake July 21 | Friends of Pavillion Park Movie Night, "Star Wars The Last Jedi" - dusk at Pavillion Park July 28 | Friends of Pavillion Park Movie Night, "The Martian" - dusk at Pavillion Park Aug. 3 | Barefoot in the Park Weekend - Concert featuring Minor Adjustments - 6-9 p.m., Pavillion Park Aug. 4 | Barefoot in the Park Weekend - Concert featuring

Angela Marie Project - 6-9 p.m., Pavillion Park Through Oct. 13 | Liberty Lake Farmers Market – 9 a.m. to 1 p.m., Town Square Park, 1421 N. Meadowwood Lane. This popular open-air market features local food and farm vendors, artisan crafts and baked goods, music and more. The venue is open each Saturday through Oct. 13.

For more information, visit www. libertylakefarmersmarket.com.

RECURRING ACT 2 senior classes | Affordable classes offered by Community Colleges of Spokane to those who are retired or planning to retire.

A wide range of courses from geology and history to exercise and art are offered at CenterPlace, 2426 N. Discovery Place, as well as other locations throughout the area. “Focused Fitness on Dishman Mica,” a yoga class, is now part of the schedule. More at www.sccel. spokane.edu/ACT2 Al-Anon family meetings | Mondays, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m., Liberty Lake Library, 23123 E. Mission Ave. No meetings on holiday Mondays.

Is there a problem of alcoholism with a relative or a friend? Al-Anon family groups can help. For more information call 456-2125 Military Sobriety Support Group | 10 to 11: 30 a.m., Spokane Vet Center, 13109 E. Mirabeau Parkway, Spokane Valley. Call Steve at 8934746 for more information Baha’i Fireside Conversation | 7 to 8 p.m., third Thursdays of the month. Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main Ave. Discussion of Baha’i teachings, history, and perspectives on resolving the challenges facing humanity. All are welcome. More at 599-2411 or www.bahai.us Catholic Singles Mingle | meeting times and locations vary. This group, with no dues, is for single adults of all ages. More at www. meetup.com/Catholic-SinglesMingle DivorceCare Recovery Support Group | Mondays, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Eastpoint Church, 15303 E. Sprague Ave. Learn how to heal from the deep hurt of divorce and discover hope for your future.

DivorceCare for Kids (ages 5-12) meets at the same time and location.

Cost is $25 for workbook. More at 892-5255 or eastpointchurch.com Grange Meeting and Dessert |

6:30 p.m., first Wednesday of the month, Tri-Community Grange, 25025 Heather St., Newman Lake. The public is welcome for this community-based service organization. For more information call 226-2202 or see us on Facebook Liberty Lake Library | 23123 E. Mission Ave., Liberty Lake.

Various clubs and weekly meetings including book clubs, children’s story times, LEGO club, computer drop-in class, knitting club, and more. More at www.libertylakewa. gov/library Men’s Weekly Bible Study | 7 a.m.

Tuesdays. Millwood Presbyterian Church, 3223 N. Marguerite Road, Millwood. The men’s weekly Bible Study meets in the Reception Hall with different members sharing in the leading of the study. All men are invited to join. More at www. milwoodpc.org Spokane County Library District | Locations include Argonne, Fairfield, Otis Orchards and Spokane Valley. Special events and weekly activities for all ages including book clubs, children’s story times, classes, Lego club, teen anime club and writing clubs.

More at www.scld.org Toastmasters, Liberty Lakers #399 | 5:45 to 7 p.m., Wednesdays at the Liberty Lake Library, 23123 E. Mission Ave., Liberty Lake.

This is a speaking and leadership development club.

Spokane Valley Quilt Guild | Meetings are held at 7 p.m. on the first Tuesday of February, April, June, August, October and December at Valley Assembly of God Church, 15618 E. Broadway, Spokane Valley. Open to all interested in sharing ideas and skills of our quilting craft. Participants have can access a comprehensive library, can engage experienced teachers and participate in community service projects. More at www.svqgspokane.com Free Sunday lunch | Spokane Valley United Methodist Church, 115 North Raymond Road, Spokane Valley - 12:30 p.m. in the church’s Fellowship Hall, Room 115

MUSIC & THE ARTS RECURRING Pages of Harmony | 6:30 to 9:30 p.m., Wednesdays. Thornhill

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If you enjoy singing, you will love the four-part, a cappella harmony of this men’s barbershop chorus.

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Spirit of Spokane Chorus | 6:45 p.m., Tuesdays. Opportunity Presbyterian Church, 202 N. Pines Road. Make new friends by joining this women’s chorus, specializing in four-part, a cappella harmony in the barbershop style. More at 2184799 Spokane Novelists Group | noon to 4 p.m., second and fourth Saturday of the month.

Otis Orchards Community Church, 23304 E. Wellesley Ave., Otis Orchards. A support/critique group for writers. Open to anyone with an interest in writing fiction (no memoirs, nonfiction, poetry, etc., please). Participants should bring 5-10 pages to read aloud and 6-8 copies for others to read along and critique. More at 590-7316 Spokane Valley Camera Club | 7:15 p.m., third and fourth Monday of the month (September through April). Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District building, 22510 E. Mission Ave., Liberty Lake. All levels of ability—students through experienced photographers—are invited to learn. Social events include field trips and workshops.

More at 951-1446 or www.sv-cc. org Teen Writers of the Inland Empire | 4 p.m., first Thursday of the month (except holidays).

Spokane Valley Library, 12004 E. Main Ave. Writers (sixth grade and older) meet to write and share their work. More at 893-8400

HEALTH & RECREATION July 3 | Quit for Good – Tobacco Cessation class. Have you tried quitting smoking before without success? INHS and Providence Health Care are teaming up to provide a free four-week program designed to help you have longterm success in quitting tobacco.

Tobacco cessation tools will be available to you as well as tobacco cessation experts.

The class includes Nicotine Replacement Therapy (NRT) while supplies last when NRT is not covered by participant’s health insurance. This is a live, interactive webinar. Log in information will be emailed with your registration confirmation. For more information, call 232-8145 or visit www.inhs.info

July 12 and 25 | Pre-diabetes screening, INHS Community Wellness Center, 501 N. Riverpoint Blvd., Spokane. This simple blood test provides information about a person’s average levels of blood glucose, also called blood sugar, over the past three months.

Immediate results are provided and can be discussed at the time of appointment with a registered dietitian and/or a certified diabetes educator. For more information, call 232-8145 or visit www.inhs.info.

July 14-15 | Team St. Luke’s is hosting its annual Ski Fest with adaptive water skiing, boating, swimming, and a barbecue social at Clear Lake. Early registration is

by July 6. This event is great for physically challenged of all ages to be able to get out and enjoy summertime activities. For more information, call 473-6232 or visit www.st-lukes.org/TSL/.

July 14 | 20th annual Liberty Lake Loop - Pavillion Park, start times: adult race, 8 a.m. (fourmile run/walk/stroller friendly course, scenic course on paved roads, several hills with aid stations at miles two and three.)

Kids’ race following adult race (1/4 - 1 1/2 mile, depending on age).

Registration with shirt is $20; $6 without. Contact libertylakeloop@ gmail.com with any questions or for additional information Wednesday mornings | Mindful Music & Movement class, 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Specifically designed for those living with chronic health issues such as: Parkinson's, dementia, COPD, MS, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue, cancer. Supporting body, mind and soul. $10 donation suggested.

Facilitated by board-certified Music Therapist, Carla Carnegie. Willow Song Music Therapy Center. 21101 E. Wellesley #102. Otis Orchards.

For more information, visit www. willowsongmusictherapy.com or call 592 7875.

RECURRING HUB Sports Center 19619 E. Cataldo Ave., Liberty Lake.

Various activities and events occur throughout the week including: • Pickleball drop-in: 12:30 to 2:30 p.m. Mon. through Thurs.; 10 a.m. to noon Tues. and Thurs.; and 6 to 8 p.m. Wed. and Sun. $3/seniors ($5/non-seniors) • Classes including Kenpo Karate and Zumba Aerobics. See website for cost and times

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Tuesday afternoons | Decreasing Anger Group, 3 to 4:30 p.m., the Vet Center, 13109 E. Mirabeau Parkway, Spokane Valley. Eligibility: Combat veteran from all eras, military sexual trauma survivors, Contact Steve at 893-4746 to make an intake appointment.

RECURRING Central Valley School Board | 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of each month, CVSD administration building, 19307 E. Cataldo, Spokane Valley

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July 14 | Great Spokane Road Rally to benefit Greater Spokane County Meals on Wheels – 9 a.m.5 p.m. starting at Honor Point Military & Aerospace Museum at Felts Field. More information at www.spokaneroadrally.com

Liberty Lake Kiwanis | 6:45 a.m. on the first through third Wednesdays of each month, City Hall, 22710 E. Country Vista Drive.

Fourth Wednesday, the club meets at noon at Barlows restaurant, 1428 N. Liberty Lake Road

July 26 | Summer concert fundraiser for Naomi, 5:30 – 7:30 p.m., 11302 E. Broadway Ave., Spokane Valley. Naomi, a local nonprofit that helps women and children with housing and other resources and the Spokane County Library District are hosting a summer concert featuring local, six-piece band SideTrack. Bring

Friends of Liberty Lake Municipal Library | 2 p.m., the last Wednesday of each month, Liberty Lake Municipal Library, 23123 E. Mission Ave., Liberty Lake Liberty Lake Lions Club | Noon to 1 p.m., every first and third Wednesday of each month. Meetings are at Barlow's Restaurant, 1428 N.

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There will be 10 cooks on the floor of the 6,000-square-foot space, formatted to suit what Zheng calls “community dining.”

Overall, this Fujiyama site will employ over 40 people.

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It has been springing up at the corner of Country Vista Drive and Whitman Lane for close to a year now – a large restaurant space in a brand-new building defined by brick, stone and glass facades.

While the surprise may have been spoiled when a temporary sign went up last year, the Fujiyama Japanese Steak House & Bar will make its much-anticipated debut in Liberty Lake with a grand opening on July 9.

“There’s not a restaurant like this in Liberty Lake,” said Manager Yuki Zheng who came from Fujiyama’s

Assistant Manager Sherri Arter says not just any chef can step into the Fujiyama setting and thrive.

Fujiyama is known for its diverse menu cooked on a Japanese-style hibachi grill. Pictured above: Yuki Zheng, manager of the franchise's new Liberty Lake restaurant (right) and Sherri Arter, assistant manager. Photo by Craig Howard Pullman site to run the company’s fourth and newest location.

Diners here will get an up-close experience of traditional Japanese cooking with meals prepared before them on a stainless-steel hibachi grill, sizzling at 400 degrees. That means scallops, steak, fried rice, lobster, vegetables and more being tossed a foot or two away from guests who gather – nine per sitting area – around the cooking surface. It also means the fresh contents of a meal delivered straight from the kitchen.

“You can see the food right in front of you,” said Zheng.

Fujiyama will celebrate its grand opening in Liberty Lake on Aug. 9. The site is one of four sites owned by the Pullman-based company. The Liberty Lake venue will employ over 40 people, including 10 cooks in a 6,000-square-foot space.

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According to Zheng, some of the restaurant’s traditional favorites include Hibachi Scallops ($24.50 per plate), “Rocky’s Favorite,” a steak and shrimp combo ($26.50), “Surf and Turf” featuring Filet Mignon and lobster ($36.50) and “Land and Sea,” a New York Steak and scallops combo at $29.50.

All dinners come with the house Japanese Onion soup and salad.

The prelude to the main course also

“We’re bringing in cooks from the other Fujiyama restaurants to work here,” she said. “It’s very specialized. They’re cooks and entertainers. They’re involving everyone.”

Arter also stresses that Fujiyama is a family-friendly restaurant with the cooking spectacle consistently drawing sparkling reviews.

“It’s a lot of fun,” Arter said.

Zheng said establishing a Liberty Lake site made sense based on the growing community and proximity to markets like Spokane and Coeur d’Alene. In addition to Pullman, Fujiyama has a presence in Richland and Silverdale, a suburb of Bremerton on the west side of the state.

There is a take-out menu here but no delivery. Lunch specials range from $10.50 to $15.50 and include soup, mixed hibachi vegetables and steamed rice.

A spacious patio looks out on Country Vista Drive.

Zheng said the restaurant has scheduled a soft opening for July 6-7. While invitations have been distributed for the two days, she added that the public is welcome but those who plan to drop by should call the restaurant first at 903-0888.

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the essence of generosity is in selfsacrifice.”

Giving up something I want, in order to give abundantly to someone else, is a powerful antidote to selfishness. Try it sometime. You won’t be disappointed.

By Judge Jeffrey Smith “For it is in giving that we receive.”

St Francis of Assisi wrote those words eons ago. But the concept is ageless. What does it mean to be generous? Generosity is defined

by Mario Webster as, one who is “liberal in giving.”

The word “generosity” derives from the Latin word “generōsus” which means “of noble birth.” I will return to that concept in a bit, but I find it very interesting that nobility and generosity share a common root. Generosity is a commonly shared virtue and character trait recognized and encouraged by virtually every culture and religion.

Most likely the reason generosity is held in such high esteem is it doesn’t necessarily come naturally or easily. If we are honest, each of us trends toward selfishness, greed and envy. Generosity is the antidote for such a trend. It is also the topic of scientific and sociologic study. Researchers at the University of Notre Dame are exploring the “sources, origins and causes of generosity (which they define as ‘the virtue of giving good things to others freely and abundantly.”) I like that definition.

Other researchers are investigating the connection between generosity and oxytocin (the neurochemical thought to be responsible for social bonding, trust, empathy, pro-social behaviors and a decrease in anxiety, to name a few).

It appears we benefit neurochemically when we give to others. Seems that St. Francis was on to something.

Over the years, I have come to understand that giving liberally to others can come in the form of treasure (money or resources), talent (our unique abilities and gifts) and time (our most valuable and unreplenishable resource).

Most articles on generosity focus on these three areas. Although

we’ll take a brief look at each one, I don’t want to re-hash what most of us already know. What I want to do is challenge you to be generous in uncommon ways. Again, more on that in a bit.

When people speak of generosity, it is common to begin with the concept of giving money. It is the most frequent way people identify as being generous. Whether it is to the homeless person on the street corner, giving to our favorite charity or helping out a friend or relative in need, our generosity usually takes form in dollars and cents. While giving of money to individuals and organizations in need is of critical importance, it also tends to be the easiest form of generosity.

Next, have you ever given to someone anonymously? There is something beautiful in knowing the person (or organization) to whom you gave will never know it was you. Frank A. Clark, a politician from the mid-1800s said, “Real generosity is doing something nice for someone who will never find out.” Mr. Clark was right.

Finally, giving with no-stringsattached seems like a no-brainer.

However, if we are entirely honest, it’s not that easy. Write a big check – see your company name on the program flyer (it’s good marketing we’re reminded). Spend time volunteering at our favorite charity – see your name of the ‘Volunteer of the Year’ plaque. Don’t get me wrong. I don’t believe there is anything wrong with either of those things. But giving in the spirit of no expectations takes courage.

Seventeenth century author and

clergyman John Bunyan, said, “You have not lived today until you have done something for someone who can never repay you.” Make it a priority to give with no expectations.

Next time you give liberally (or as the Notre Dame folks said, “giving good things to others freely and abundantly) of your treasure, time and talent, do so sacrificially, anonymously and with no-stringsattached. Then your generosity will be truly noble.

Judge Jeffrey Smith currently serves in Spokane County District Court. He is acting presiding judge and was recently elected to the Board of Governors of the district and Municipal Court Judges’ Association. Prior to his judicial appointment, Judge Smith practiced litigation and corporate law at the intellectual property firm of Lee & Hayes in Spokane. While practicing law, he served on many nonprofit boards. Before attending law school, Judge Smith practiced medicine for 16 years as a physician assistant in Spokane.

He is a graduate of Whitworth University, Yale University School of Medicine and Gonzaga University School of Law.

Let me ask, is it easier to hand a person $5 and tell them to go grab lunch or take them with you, buy them lunch and have a conversation with them? Would most people rather write a check to a youth organization or spend time mentoring a troubled youth? Giving of our talent and time is more difficult because it forces us to take a greater investment in the person or organization, but also tends to be more rewarding. I encourage you to give beyond your treasure and focus more on giving of your time and talents. Your return on investment will be terrific.

Like I mentioned earlier, what I’d like to do is challenge you to be generous in uncommon ways.

Specifically, sacrificial generosity, anonymous generosity and what I call “no-strings-attached generosity.” Giving liberally to others through the prism of sacrifice, anonymity and with no expectations takes generosity to a different level. First, giving out of sacrifice (rather than abundance) helps us keep our priorities in line.

The English author and dramatist Henry Taylor said, “He who gives what he would as readily throw away, gives without generosity, for

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Student of the Month Whether he was swishing threepointers from long distance or connecting off the tee with faraway fairway drives, Zach Stocker made an impact at Central Valley High. The recently graduated senior averaged 15 points and four assists a game for the 2017-18 Bears’ basketball squad, earning second team All Greater Spokane League honors.

He had a season-high 32 points against Mead on eight threepointers. In CV’s Stinky Sneaker overtime win over U-Hi, Stocker netted 26 points, including a critical three-pointer near the end of regulation. In golf, Stocker was named to the All GSL first team as a junior and senior. He captured first place in this year’s district tournament and advanced to state. In the classroom, the Liberty Lake resident maintained a 3.7 grade point average. Stocker will continue his golf career at Spokane Falls Community College on scholarship.

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Going into her senior year at Central Valley High School, Cheyenne Parker will bring a track record of achievement.

Parker maintains a 3.9 grade point average and is a member of the National Honor Society.

She has lettered in the school’s award-winning marching band program for the past three years, playing the bass clarinet and saxophone. The senior-to-be also participates in Green Team, a club focused on eco-friendly awareness. This school year, she will be part of Key Club, helping with student-based community service projects. Parker also played basketball at CV and is a standout in track, lettering since her freshman year and specializing in the 400 and 800 meters. Parker has also helped as a coach with Evergreen Middle School softball. After high school, she would like to study medicine and possibly pursue a career as a surgeon.

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Splash Correspondent Guardian Angel Homes has been a steady, growing presence in Liberty Lake for 15 years and is currently building new independent living cottages on the edge of its campus at 23102 E. Mission Ave. The people who work at the memory care and assisted living facility attribute some of the company’s success to the longevity of its employees, about half of whom have been there for a close to a decade or more.

Administrator Joan Estudillo has been there for 14 years.

“When I came there were seven residents and one house,” she said.

The facility eschews the traditional layout of a single building with long hallways with rooms on either side.

The clients with Alzheimer’s and dementia are in homes.

“There’s 15 people per house,” Estudillo said. “They have their own

room, their own bath. There are no long hallways. It’s a home.”

There are currently 62 memory care clients on the campus. While that is the company’s specialty, there are assisted living and independent living apartments as well. The assisted living homes also feature private bedrooms and baths around a common area that includes a kitchen, dining room and living room. There are 72 employees, including five nurses.

The longevity of the staff is good for the clients, particularly people with memory issues.

“It’s huge in memory care,” Estudillo said. “They build those relationships with caregivers.”

Bringing a new staff member into a house, even temporarily, can be disruptive, according to Estudillo.

“You see the house change with having new staff members,” she said. “They’re just a little more unsure.”

Candee Everett, who has been the health service director for almost eight years, said employee longevity is absolutely better for the clients.

“We learn their routines and they learn us,” she said. “It’s very hard for people with dementia to deal with change.”

Caregiver Brenda Mack has been at Guardian Angel for 14 years and knows that her memory care clients appreciate her.

“They do remember,” she said.

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Caregiver Diane Page has also worked there for 14 years and works with the assisted living residents.

“I like how it is a lot of houses, not one big place,” she said. “I’ve working in nursing homes prior to this and it was a lot different.”

Both Mack and Page say they feel their work is supported by the owners, who live in Hayden. There are five Guardian Angel locations in Washington, Oregon and Idaho.

Both have been so impressed with Guardian Angel that they have recruited family members to work there as well. Mack’s niece works there and Page’s sister works in the kitchen and her son worked there previously as a caregiver.

“I do love working with my coworkers,” Mack said. “We’re family.

That’s what makes it extremely special.”

Office Manager Kandace Morse also joined the company 14 years ago. She said she appreciates that she and Estudillo don’t have to justify expenses to the owners like she did at previous facilities. At Guardian Angel it is about what is best for the clients, she said.

“Here, it’s just whatever they need,” she said.

Having staff members with long tenure is good for the employees as well as the clients, Morse said. “You know what people expect of you,” she said. “You know what you can expect from them. You can count on them when you need it.”

She said the administrative staff likes to play funny practical jokes on each other. “You have to laugh,” she said. “Laughter is a great stress reliever.”

Estudillo said she’s not quite sure why so many employees have stayed for so long.

“I think they trust the company,” she said. “I think they trust me. You want to work where you trust what’s being done.”

Having so many long-term employees is somewhat unusual in the assisted living industry.

“It’s such a hard job,” Estudillo said. “When you’re a caregiver, it’s so physical, it’s so emotional. It has an impact on you.

“If there’s a drawback to doing this, they one thing that tugs at your heart, it’s that we’re at the end of these folks’ lives,” she said.

“That’s not always easy.”

That’s why Estudillio said her number one goal is to provide good care.

“If there’s one thing that I can give them it’s at least that they would be content,” she said.

Estudillo and her staff plan parties for special occasions such as Father’s Day or Thanksgiving to help create good memories. Family members of the residents are invited to attend at no charge.

“It’s somebody’s last Father’s Day, last Christmas, last Mother’s Day,” she said. “It makes me feel good about what we do.”

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CV girls’ basketball team honored at Youth Sports Awards

By Mike Vlahovich

Splash Sports Editor Awards can be a subjective thing – but what Central Valley girls’ basketball accomplished during the basketball season was without dispute.

No team finalist during Spokane Sports Commission’s Youth Sports Awards measured up to what the Bears accomplished or had a chance of winning.

If an undefeated season, state and national championship didn’t impress the voters, nothing could.

So it certainly was no surprise that Freddie Rehkow was named Coach of the Year at the annual Red Carpet Sports Show June 13 or that CV’s girls were 2A/3A/4A Female Team of the Year or that Lexie Hull of Liberty Lake was honored as Female Athlete of the Year.

If there might have been any question, it would be which male athlete should have been so honored.

Of the three non-winning finalists, one, Anton Watson, led Gonzaga Prep to the state basketball title and has committed to play basketball at Gonzaga University after he graduates next year.

The other two were Spokane Valley athletes – West Valley’s multi-purpose Connor Whitney and University’s Tanner Christenson were major cogs in the wheel of their careers; Whitney a threesport star. Arguably, either could have made a case.

During an earlier conversation when he announced his retirement, Rehkow agreed that there was nothing more to be accomplished and that being there for his family, including youngest son Cameron who is in remission from cancer, is now the priority.

Since leaving East Valley and

The 2017-18 Central Valley High School girls' basketball team was honored as the 2A/3A/4A Female Team of the Year at the Spokane Youth Sports Awards last month. The squad went undefeated in winning its second 4A state title in three years and followed it up by taking home the trophy from the GEICO High School Basketball Nationals in New York on March 31.

Photo courtesy of Spokane Sports Commission eventually taking over at CV, the Bears have been a powerhouse, going 83-1 over the past three years and winning two state 4A titles in three years. They were invited to play in a prestigious national tournament in New York where they shocked everyone but themselves in winning the title on the late clutch shooting by Lexie Hull.

That Lexie would be such a gifted athlete wasn’t a surprise. Her late grandfather was a standout at CV. Her dad had a record career at CV and Whitworth. She became CV’s all-time leading scorer during a four-year varsity career.

is now headed to the University of Alabama on a full-ride scholarship for wheelchair basketball.

Christensen was a basketball force, leading the Titans with 16 points and 10 rebounds per game.

Although he wasn’t a winner, Whitney’s importance can’t be understated. He piled up impressive stats credentials at West Valley in three sports. This year alone he was a driving force on both sides of the ball in the team’s football semifinal performance, averaged more than a dozen points per game in basketball and earned All Great Northern League status on the state semifinalist baseball team.

He had 28 points and 12 rebounds in a key win over Central Valley.

He was named an All-GSL first teamer and played on the Eastern Washington Elite travel team that reached the final eight at an AAU tournament in Los Angeles.

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As a freshman she averaged 17.8 points per game in the Greater Spokane League. Next year she averaged 19.1, as a junior it was 16.2 and last year was at 20.5 not including non-league or post-season where her numbers generally went up.

And this on a team that had three future college athletes. She and her twin Lacie are headed to Stanford and Hailey Christopher is going to Idaho.

Phillip Croft of Valley Christian was an honoree in the "Against All Odds" category. His story is remarkable, inspirational and more. Abandoned in his native China, Phillip was sent to an orphanage, then adopted by a family in the Valley. He joined Spokane ParaSport program for athletes with physical disabilities, rose to extraordinary success and

Freddie Rehkow was named Coach of the Year at the Spokane Youth Sports Awards last month for his efforts as the Central Valley girls' basketball coach. The team has compiled an 83-1 record over the past three years, including two state titles and a national championship.

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By Mike Vlahovich

Splash Sports Editor Central Valley had a fruitful spring sports season with state qualifying individuals or teams in seven of the nine sports.

The Bears fastpitich softball team backed up coach Joe Stanton’s contention that this was the school’s best, reaching the state 4A semifinals and eventually placing third.

Samara Nelson was state champion in the shotput with a 4211 ¼ throw and finished second in the discus with a personal best 1373. Ryan Kline ran a personal best 9:12.86 while finishing runner-up

CV family converts sportswriter into soccer fan

By Mike Vlahovich

Splash Sports Editor Many moons ago the collective sports media in town met weekly for lunch. It was a time to palaver with area college sports information directors and professional teams’ public relation directors for potential stories and TV interviews.

It also included a guest speaker on a variety of athletic topics, one of which was touting a sport foreign to Spokane at that time – soccer. It may have been the world’s passion, witness this year’s World Cup, but was barely a blip on the radar here.

After one lunch, as I was walking back to my car, the guest speaker was talking with a friend saying that he eventually wanted their sport to take over every available field in Spokane and render all other sports obsolete. I admit it didn’t sit well at the time. Who were these guys?

And when the sport was later introduced in high school, a friend whose daughter played at Gonzaga Prep came up to me after the scoreless contest with Central Valley and said, “Isn’t that the most

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in the 4A state track 3,200 meters race a year after missing the meet due to illness.

Other CV successes in state track included Anna Pecha’s school record 2:13.76 while placing fifth in the 800. Pecha, her sister Erica, Molly McCormick and Lacie Hull placed in the 4x400 relay with a swift 3:55.36. Jackson Atwood and Hanna Dederick were multiple placers in the wheelchair events.

Softball The Bears finished with a 25-3 overall record on their way to the unprecedented third-place finish.

They ran off 18 straight victories before a stunning 4-2 upset by University prevented a perfect league slate.

During post-season, CV lost to regional top-seeded Richland, but the team won four of five at state, dropping an agonizing 1-0 loss to Monroe in the semifinals before

exciting thing you’ve ever seen?”

Boring was a better term. Looked like a bunch of people kicking each other in the shins.

But the guest speaker proved prophetic. Soccer and I eventually negotiated an uneasy truce. But you had to pay attention. I was covering a game at Albi Stadium one afternoon for The SpokesmanReview and sitting next to Mead coaching legend and Panthers Athletic Director Dick Cullen. We were chatting in the press box watching teams were battle in a scoreless deadlock when I looked over to say something to Dick and missed the only goal of the match.

What’s the point, you say?

The babysitter for my children in the 1980s, Jeanne Hauenstein, has two sons who each were AllGreater Spokane League MVPs, JD two years ago and Devin, MVP this spring at Central Valley.

Soccer wasn’t particularly on their radar. Like most youngsters they played every sport. Jeanne figured they’d play football, basketball and baseball. Dad Daryl had been a wrestler and figured he would live through his sons in that sport, she said. The kids eventually settled on soccer and dragged the parents along for the experience.

“The whole think slowly morphed over time,” said Jeanne, who added that her sons’ enthusiasm for the game seeped over to their parents.

handling Newport 9-1 and Camas 5-2 to bring home the trophy.

Senior pitcher Kelsey Gumm was the key to the Bears’ regular and post-season success. The GSL MVP, bound for Seton Hall University on a scholarship, had 22 games where she allowed two runs or fewer, including eight shutouts.

Infielder Hannah Wampler and outfielder Grace Stumbough were All-GSL players.

Baseball The Bears (15-8) came up just short of a state berth by losing to Richland. The highlight during regionals was a 3-2 upset over top-seeded Gonzaga Prep on Matt Schwartz’s two run double.

Pitchers Kyle Clay and Thomas Edwards, catcher Brayden Hamilton and infielders Jase Edwards, Austin Tomlinson and Mitch Axtell, were all first-team All-GSL selections.

Neither child would be mistaken for football or basketball players anyway. I dare say they take after their petite mother, but both obviously stood tall for the Bears on the soccer field (I still can’t make myself use the term “pitch.”)

Small but feisty during their careers, CV made three state 4A soccer semifinals. Anything gofor-broke JD could do, Devin tried to do better, even if his approach might differ.

Two years apart, their mom says the boys have different personalities, yet are the same.

They could fight and, five minutes later, be best of friends. JD, who I wrote about two years ago, is a win-at-all-costs guy, Devin plays with more finesse, but they ended up with the same result.

After high school, JD played two years at Montana State-Billings but is transferring to Cal StateDominguez Hills. He will be playing against Devin, who heads off to Humboldt State, both in the NCAA Division II California Collegiate Athletic Association.

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Boys soccer Young CV’s string ended at four straight state trips and five of six that had included two fourth place finishes, third and second place trophies. Devin Hauenstein was the Greater Spokane League MVP and Conner Wold was a first-team selection.

Boys/girls golf Kami Twining was named GSL MVP and was joined by Courtney Jackson at the state 4A tournament. Twining shared 16th place with rounds of 77 and 75.

Jackson shot 80 and 77 to place 23rd.

Zach Stocker tied for 18th in the boys tournament with rounds of 75 and 77. Brayden Miles’ 82 missed the cut.

Boys/girls tennis Dean West and Hannah Conant were 4A state qualifiers.

From the Fairway – Local golf results From Splash News Sources

Spokane Valley Women’s Golf League – Liberty Lake Golf Course June 20 Flight A gross- Diane Perry- 44 Flight A net- Norma Sellers - 36; Rose Mills - 36 Flight B gross- Terrie Schucht - 53 Flight B net- Gail Bailey - 40 Flight C gross- Kathleen Burns - 59 Flight C net- Kim Sellars - 45 Flight D gross- Terra Lawson-Gilbert - 64 Flight D net- Nancy Moore - 35 No handicap- Crissa Lindly - 51 Count Putts Flight A- Diane Perry - 19 Flight B-Gail Bailey 23; Sue Dotson - 23 Flight C-Kathleen Burns - 21

“As luck has it, they will play against each other the day after my birthday,” Jeanne said. “When I blow my candles out I’m wishing for a tie game.”

Flight D-Nancy Moore - 24

Having a vested interest watching the sons of this CV parent thrive has turned me into a soccer fan, even if it took 40 years to fully appreciate the sport.

Lowest Putts: Michele Knowles - 31

Liberty Lake Women's Golf Club Liberty Cup April Liberty Cup winner: Jones - 68 net May Liberty Cup winner: Pinch - 70 net

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Lakes Liberty Lake Church Community Church combines Vacation Bible School best of two faith groups

parishes was based on a realization that the two churches together were stronger, with more resources and people.

and drummer. Both churches were members of the Ministers Fellowship International, a Portland-based association of churches.”

9:00 a.m. - 12:15 p.m. at Liberty Lake Church

“We had similar philosophies and theologies and understood that we could be better together, eliminating some redundancies and focusing the people resources more sharply on the things that mattered,” said Jones.

The merger had another impressive result, doubling the praise team when guitarists, vocalists, stringed instruments and horns all joined together. It also means an interesting mix of church members.

Staff from both churches get along well and the pastors are happy to share the pulpit. Hampsch and Pastor Don Calkins of the Liberty Lake Church have been taking turns speaking during services.

Behind the scenes, Hapsch is the executive pastor and Calkins is in charge of the presentation of the service, including music, drama and fellowship. A third pastor, Gabe Boe, is the youth leader and oversees children's ministries with his wife Johanna.

“We have people from 1 month old to 92 years old, so there's a lot of intergenerational interaction,” said Jones. “We also have cowboys, city officials and scientists mixing it up, so the church is much more diverse together than the two were separately.”

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By Staci Lehman

Splash Correspondent While the trend in society these days seems to be about breaking up, two local churches are doing the opposite – joining together to better serve the community.

“We are a praying, Bible-believing nondenominational Christian fellowship that is open to the public,” said parishioner Grayden Jones of the new Lakes Community Church.

Lakes Community Church is a merger of Word of Life Community Church in Newman Lake and Lakeside Church in Liberty Lake.

The new congregation now officially meets at 6703 N. Idaho Road in Newman Lake, midway between Newman Lake and Liberty Lake. The church has a sanctuary, classrooms and a kitchen and another building on the 30-acre property serves as a conference center. “The Center,” as it is called, is also used for church administrative offices and a meeting place for another smaller area church on Sundays.

The merging of the two churches has its roots in an event from 2016 at Liberty Lake’s signature park.

A whimsical story of a King who decided that he wants to be the “King Most High” and in the process loses his ability to rhyme and speak with the real King-Most-High. Children will sweep through the book of Psalms and learn what it means to worship the King Most High.

Think Shakespeare meets Dr. Seuss!

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“The two (Hampsch and Calkins) complement each other quite well, and make the combined new church that much stronger,” said Jones. “We were surprised that we even did some of the same things separately such as either church passed an offering plate but instead just kept a box at the back of the church to donate. Both churches prayed every week for the children and schools. Both churches regularly supported missionaries.

One church had a violin and cello player for the worship team, while the other had a trumpet player

Now, the combined congregation of about 400 people and a surge in growth has required church leaders to expand to two Sunday morning services, beginning at 8:30 and 10:15 a.m. Child care through age 6 is provided during the early service and full children’s Sunday school is provided during the second service.

A celebration of the merger, and the holding of two services, was held June 10 to mark the official combining of the congregations and the addition of a second weekly service. It featured music, games and a barbecue.

You can find more information on the new combined Lakes Community Church at http:// lakescc.org.

“The first seeds of a merger were planted two years ago when Lakeside and Word of Life organized a "Church in the Park" event at Pavillion Park in Liberty Lake with five different area churches,” said Jones.

Nothing official was pursued until about a year later, when Lakeside, founded in Liberty Lake more than a decade ago, began meeting at the Word of Life building in Newman Lake for financial reasons.

“Lakeside Church was paying $5,000 a month in rent to be near downtown Liberty Lake,” said Jones. “We felt that money could be better spent on people with real needs and support of more than a dozen missionaries who work for very little pay in Mexico, India, Ukraine, Haiti and in Spokane.”

Pastor Carl Hampsch, formerly with Word of Life, has led more than 50 overseas mission trips himself.

Beyond the money aspect though, the final decision to combine the

An event featuring a barbecue, games and music took place on June 10 celebrating the establishment of Lakes Community Church. The new church in Newman Lake is a blend of Lakeside Church in Liberty Lake and Word of Life Community Church in Newman Lake.

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Celebrating the history of a smart and safe Fourth

By Ross Schneidmiller

Liberty Lake Historical Society “You must wake and call me early, call me early, mother dear.

For tomorrow will be the noisiest day in all the noisy year,” began “The Centennial Boy” poem as it appeared in The Rugby Gazette and Tennessee News in July of 1882.

Ever since the first celebration broke out in Philadelphia,

HISTORY Pennsylvania – a year after the signing of the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1777 – a noisy Fourth of July has been an annual American tradition. As the celebration grew, concern over safety (especially for children) became part of the tradition.

The Spokane Press on June 28, 1905 reported the number of fireworks’ casualties in the U.S. It encouraged parents, dealers in fireworks and City Councils to study the statistics so parents could protect their children, dealers could realize their risk, and City Councils could prepare to enforce, pass and revise new laws.

Papers across the country used a lot of ink discussing and debating

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Fourth of July celebrations. Some proponents for a safer Fourth favored taking fireworks out of the hands of children and supporting community-wide fireworks displays instead.

back in time to escape the effect of the main display. Other solutions eliminated powder all together imitating the sound of a firecracker or a string of them being set off one after another.

In 1908, manufacturers of fireworks recklessly claimed, according to the New York Tribune, “that there was no fear of accidents if the directions are strictly obeyed.”

Others saw business opportunities providing safer solutions.

The Safety Cracker patented 100 years ago this month did just that.

Held by the wire handle shown in the accompanying photo collage, a repeated firecracker sound rang from the device accomplished by a circular wrist motion. Tin and paper horns decorated in red, white and blue were popular as well. Because making noise in the color of our flag is as patriotic as it gets – without the fear of injury. Have a safe Fourth and enjoy our community fireworks displays!

One solution in 1902 called a “Safety” firecracker gave warning of the impending racket. A preliminary blare occurred supposedly not enough to injure the face or hands but with enough force to frighten the child and cause him/her to jump

Counter clockwise from left: a 1909 patriotic noisemaker; the 1918 Safety Cracker; a red, white and blue tin horn, circa 1920; a Liberty Lake Fourth of July pin with mock firecracker, circa 1915 and the underlying photo is patriotic bunting, circa 1919.

Images courtesy of Liberty Lake Historical Society

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Crave! NW returns to Spokane Valley with culinary flair

CenterPlace, it couldn’t have happened,” he said. “It was the perfect venue, then what happened was the Valley leadership saw last year’s event and saw the reaction and now they’ve completely landscaped the outside space.”

“Everything between Coeur d’Alene and Spokane is filled-in (development-wise), so it’s really not a big deal where a regional level event takes place within that range,” Stebbins continued. “But that isn’t necessarily how people think. There is opportunity to put Spokane Valley on the map from a regional tourism standpoint.”

By Tyler Wilson

Splash Correspondent Dozens of esteemed local chefs and winemakers from the Inland Northwest will showcase their talents at the Crave! Northwest Food & Drink Celebration July 1215 in Spokane Valley.

Showcasing unique culinary talents across multiple events, Crave!

Northwest celebrates the expansion of chef-focused cuisine in the area. It began as a partnership last year between local event-planning masterminds Tom and Karen Stebbins of Vision Marketing and the accomplished culinary mind of Spokane-area chef Adam Hegsted.

“We are always looking at successful events going on in other communities that we don’t have in our own and with Adam he brought all of this industry knowledge to this idea,” said Tom Stebbins.

Hegsted was inspired by a similar food festival event in Miami’s South Beach, believing the Inland Northwest provided both the talent and distinct outdoor beauty for a memorable tasting celebration.

“We’re next to the (Spokane) River and the surrounding mountains and the trees – we have

The second annual Crave! Northwest Food & Drink Celebration will take place July 12-15 in Spokane Valley at the CenterPlace Regional Event Center. The agenda calls attention to the expansion of chef-focused cuisine in the region.

Contributed photo our own Northwest sort of feeling, and I love how it’s celebrating all these local chefs and showcasing what they do best,” Hegsted said.

“We have this burgeoning scene with chefs that are taking great risks to make great food.”

Hegsted is the owner of Eat Food Group, which features a variety or restaurants in Spokane as well as Le Catering Company. He grew up in the Spokane Valley but moved to the Seattle area to pursue his career, graduating from the Northwest Culinary Academy and Art Institute of Seattle. He has since gone on to participate in the prestigious

James Beard Foundation’s Dinner as well as Star Chefs International Chef Congress in New York and his accolades include being named one of the best chefs in the nation by BestChefAmerica.com, Innovator of the Year by the National Beef Council and more.

Starting out in Seattle, Hegsted knew he wanted to eventually return to the area.

“Every time coming home, you go over the hill and into Spokane and you have this relaxing feeling wash over you,” he said. “(When I moved back) there wasn’t much of a food scene here at the time, but it started with just a couple chefs… people who had the ambition to make some different food.”

As chefs began to make more adventurous choices, the Inland Northwest started to become its own unique culinary world, he said.

“Nobody was sure it was going to be successful, but slowly you see all these little changes while you’re trying to do your small part,” Hegsted said. “Now we’re getting recognized on a national level.”

Dozens of acclaimed chefs including Spokane-based Adam Hegsted will be featured at Crave! NW this month. Hegsted's journey to culinary prominence began at the Skills Center in Spokane as well as Spokane Community College and wound through the Art Institute and Northwest Culinary Academy. He worked in Seattle and Los Angeles before returning to Spokane.

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While the Crave! event focuses on chefs, it is also a showcase for the Spokane Valley, specifically the versatile CenterPlace Event Center which hosts the event. The stateof-the-art, 54,000 square foot facility at Mirabeau Meadows Park in Spokane Valley was really the only space suitable for a food event of Crave’s size, Stebbins said.

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Crave! Northwest also benefits Second Harvest Inland Northwest and Spokane Valley Partners, which provides food, clothing and other resources and needs to low-income families. Crave! (JAKT Foundation) is a Washington nonprofit designed to “celebrate, enrich and expand the regional appreciation of culinary, nutritional and cultural diversity.”

The second year of this intended annual staple will include a mix of all-inclusive “main event” tasting events featuring a diverse who’s who of local chefs. The four main events are chef-driven, on-theme occasions where 15 different chefs and 15 winemakers will be paired. In total, 60 chefs and 60 winemakers will be showcased across the three dinners and one brunch event.

“It’s a little bit more of a showcase, where these chefs are putting up their best stuff for you to try,” Hegsted said.

Crave! then includes Saturday and Sunday Grand Tastings and Demos, where attendees can browse and sample from a huge variety of food purveyors, wineries, breweries and more while catching on-stage demos from special guest chefs.

Hegsted will be one of the featured chefs preparing a demo.

“I’m going to focus on northwest ingredients, just go to the farmer’s market and see what’s looking great,” Hegsted said. “We’re sitting in the hotbed of all this great agriculture that’s being shipped off to other places. There’s no reason to not use it.”

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Music, movies, Shakespeare highlight 21st Summer Festival

By Tyler Wilson Splash Correspondent Variety and quality continue to be the focus of Liberty Lake’s annual Summer Festival, which launches over the Fourth of July holiday and continues weekly through Labor Day. Hosted by the non-profit organization Friends of Pavillion Park (FOPP), the Summer Festival enters its 21st year with another eclectic lineup of live music, big-screen movies and more, all centered around outdoor family and community-centric fun.

The group strives to offer a wide spectrum of arts and entertainment for different demographics of Liberty Lake residents, according to Joe Frank, president of the FOPP executive board.

“We do try to change it up,” Frank said. “Definitely one of the goals is to introduce a variety of experiences to families.”

On the live music front, Frank said the board works to bring in new types of acts that can still deliver an experience popular with a broad crowd.

The 21st annual Summer Festival, presented by Friends of Pavillion Park, will run from July 3 through Sept. 1 and feature free concerts, movies and Montana Shakespeare in the Park. On July 4, the band Idle Poets will be featured, followed by a fireworks show sponsored by the city of Liberty Lake.

File photo For example, Frank said the board listened to suggestions from attendees of the annual Fourth of July concert about incorporating more patriotic music as the evening moves closer to the event’s signature fireworks display, sponsored by the city of Liberty Lake.

This year’s featured band for the Fourth of July event at Pavillion Park is the Oregon-based Idle Poets, which offers a blend of jazz, pop blues and

rock.

“They actually reached out to us and we listened to some tracks and thought they would be a good fit,” Frank said.

Other concerts in the series include the River City Roots on July 21 at the Beachcombers Beach Club, and Minor Adjustments and the Angela Marie Project headline each night of the Barefoot in the Park Weekend on Aug. 3-4 at Pavillion Park.

The summer series closes with the annual Spokane Symphony Lud Kramer Memorial Concert on Sept. 1 at Pavillion Park.

“The symphony is the longeststanding event, and it’s traditionally been a celebration of the founding of the city,” Frank said. “The symphony has always worked with us in giving us a good deal and it works within their mission of outreach into the community.”

The Labor Day weekend symphony show remains a popular event for families and classical music fans, but the symphony also makes an effort to introduce new concertgoers with a mix of traditional, modern and familiar music. This year’s concert marks the beginning of conductor Eckhart Preu’s final season with the symphony.

Another staple of the festival is a performance by Montana Shakespeare in the Park. They will present “Love’s Labour’s Lost” on Aug. 18 at Pavillion Park.

“Probably five or so years ago we had a particular board member who had seen them in another community, and we thought it was a fantastic idea,” Frank said. “At the time I think we were their first show in the state of Washington. That’s probably been one of my favorites, because so many people don’t get that experience anywhere else.”

The festival is also peppered with a lineup of outdoor movies, sponsored

by STCU.

“Obviously the biggest crowds we get are for the animated movies, but we try to get a little bit of diversity in there,” Frank said.

Entries this year include Pixar favorites “Coco” and the original “The Incredibles,” but acclaimed familyfriendly fare like “Paddington 2” at Half Moon Park on July 7, “Wonder” at Pavillion Parkon Aug. 11 and “Kubo and the Two Strings” at Pavillion Park on Aug. 17 also comprise the list. Older audiences also get a couple prime picks as well, including “Star Wars: The Last Jedi” on July 21 and “The Martian” on July 28, both at Pavillion Park.

Frank said the long-term goal of the festival is to continue spreading more events across the community.

“For me personally I think things need to evolve, grow, be refined or change,” he said. “As our park system grows, I want to see more events in more parks.”

Sponsorship and community support is essential to the Summer Festival, and Frank especially credits the city of Liberty Lake, the Kiwanis Club and STCU for their sustained presence.

“The city staff helps a ton on event days, so that’s a huge relationship for us and the Kiwanis is obviously another big relationship, providing food and beverage,” Frank said. “It’s especially nice to have another nonprofit supporting us.”

Frank said there are excellent opportunities for sponsorships from other businesses and groups.

“It’s good exposure, especially for the businesses that are in Liberty Lake,” he said.

FOPP also provides scholarships each year and sponsors the Liberty Lake Loop Fun Run set for July 14 this year. The group holds the Liberty Lake Holiday Ball at the Davenport Hotel each December, which serves as the main fundraiser for the Summer Festival.

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Local residents appreciate world view through Friendship Force

have been an international teacher, what drew me to Friendship Force is that I truly understand the value of meeting other people from different countries and learning.”

Tichy worked as a teacher at the embassy in Syria during the Arab Spring. She also worked as a teacher in Brazil. These experiences made her want to reach out more to people from different cultures.

By Derek Brown

Splash Correspondent The Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho branch of a unique group known as “Friendship Force” hosted a group of Canadians and Brazilians at the Rockin' B Ranch in Liberty Lake on May 28 as one of its many cultural exchange events.

The local branch of Friendship Force International, an organization established in 1977 to promote cultural goodwill, hosted visitors from Brazil and Canada in late May in Liberty Lake. Friendship Force has an active membership of 15,000 representing 60 countries on six continents.

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Friendship Force International, founded in 1977 by then President Jimmy Carter and Rev. Wayne Smith of Atlanta, is a nonprofit organization that works to improve understanding between different cultures. By sending out members on "Journeys" to different countries, Friendship Force hopes people from various parts of the world can form a better understanding of each other through friendship and diplomacy.

“I was one of 24 Spokane ambassadors who went to New Zealand,” Tichy said. “When I was in New Zealand I met with two different mayors. They welcomed us because we’re ambassadors from Spokane. So I felt strongly that our Spokane mayor meet with them.”

"I have been an international school teacher, I taught in Syria and Brazil,” said Annie Tichy of Liberty Lake, a member of the Eastern Washington and Northern Idaho branch. "I believe strongly in what Friendship Force promotes. So, my job for one week was to show them (visitors from Canada and Brazil) Spokane and Northern Idaho. We went to Coeur d’Alene and took a cruise and met with (Spokane) Mayor (David) Condon."

Friendship Force International has more than 15,000 active members in 60 countries. They have a presence on six continents.

Some members, such as Tichy, are “Journey Directors” and will host members from other countries and plan the Journey itself. Some members travel from country to country making lifelong friends and sharing their culture.

“My husband Gary and I joined Friendship Force to meet people who liked to travel,” said Liberty Lake’s Betty Burley-Wolf, principal at Pioneer School. “As we approach retirement age, we look forward to traveling with Friendship Force.

It is so much less expensive than other forms of travel and you make friends from other cultures. As a teacher, I appreciate the cultural exchange value of Friendship Force.”

Tichy, too, believes that the only way to travel is through Friendship Force because of the cultural

exchange aspect, staying at the homes of the people who live there.

So Tichy made all the arrangements and had the Canadian and Brazilian ambassadors meet with Mayor Condon for a photo op.

“The city of Spokane has done a wonderful job of restoring and redecorating its many old buildings,” said Sam Yakimishyn, Area and Journey Director with Friendship Force of Edmonton. “With its friendly people, tremendous falls and environmental concerns, this makes it one of the most beautiful cities I have ever visited.”

American dancing. So we had a little entertainment. I just tried to show them a piece of our culture."

Members of Friendship Force International meet once a month for breakfast, lunch or dinner.

According to Tichy, many retired teachers, principals and active community members make up a bulk of its ranks.

“They’re like-minded because they see the benefit of meeting people from different cultures and parts of the world that we can all learn from,” Tichy said. “I think for me, because I’m a teacher and

“When you go to these counties you realize people live differently,” Tichy said. “It helps with respect.

Not everyone lives like Americans live and that’s OK. My experience is that people are beautiful all over the world. Always look for the good.

And why is that good right now? We all need to be looking for the good and seeing the beauty and not be so afraid of all the differences.”

This fall, Tichy and a group of 24 people from Friendship Force will be going to Azerbaijan, Georgia and finally Armenia. As she gears up for the trip Tichy notes that “those are not places your average tourist goes to, but 24 of us from Spokane are going as ambassadors.”

“And we will be staying with people from these countries,” Tichy said. “And we will change.”

It was during this meeting with Mayor Condon that something important was noticed.

“He also stated that we do not have a sister city in Canada,” Tichy said. “And he was interested in Edmonton being our sister city.

Sam is going back to his people and he’s trying to set that up. I was surprised we don’t have a Canadian sister city.”

Tichy organized the most recent visit and program from beginning to end. And she brought her international experience to the table. After touring Eastern Washington and North Idaho, Tichy planned a farewell event for the ambassadors from Canada.

"I wanted to take them to the Rockin' B Ranch," Tichy said. "I wanted a real American place.

Can’t get more American than a cowboy hoe-down. And we had Ashley Munson sing CountryWestern songs. And we had Silver Spurs Dance Troupe. And they did

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Friends of the Library known for tradition of support

By Laurie Allen

Splash Correspondent Liberty Lake Municipal Library is the realization of the vision of a group known as the Friends of the Library. This thoughtful organization formed shortly after the 2001 incorporation of the city of Liberty Lake when it was apparent that this newly declared jurisdiction needed a library.

Like many great grassroots organizations that started in random backyards or neighborhood homes, this generous group first formed in a basement. This lofty endeavor began when the newly formed Friends of the Library, along with dedicated volunteers, collected books for a community library that opened in a space donated by Greenstone Homes on Meadowwood Lane just west of what is now Town Square Park.

Soon after, in 2002, the Friends of the Library deeded the library to the city of Liberty Lake, at which time it became a municipal library and a department of the city. Today,

GSSAC receives first grant from Rayce Rudeen Foundation

From Current News Sources “To those we have lost, we dedicate our work,” is the message that anchors the Greater Spokane Substance Abuse Council’s (GSSAC) Memorial Wall in Spokane Valley.

The pictures shared by families and friends of loved ones who have lost their lives in impaired driving crashes, accidental overdoses and life-changing tragedies related to substance abuse and addiction look down from a red border wall. The images remind all who enter GSSAC’s Prevention Center that every life is important and the agency will make sure they are not forgotten.

Whenever a picture is placed on the wall, moments of silence with care are taken by those who work and volunteer here to remember, honor and re-dedicate themselves to make a difference in memory of the person who meant so much to

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the library acts as a gathering place for the city. Operating six days a week, it has a variety of programs and activities for readers of all ages. There’s always something happening at the library.

The mission of the Liberty Lake Municipal Library is “to enrich and advance the intellectual, cultural and creative vitality of our extended community by establishing and maintaining avenues to information resources that support those interests, and delivering them with personal service in a fast, courteous, and knowledgeable manner.”

The Friends of the Liberty Lake Municipal Library is a 501(c)3 non-profit organization dedicated to supporting and enhancing the programs, materials and equipment of the library through fundraisers, dues, donations and volunteering.

There are many ways to get involved and support the library which enriches this community.

In years past, the group has hosted an Annual Spring Tea, but this year has chosen to use the funds for a direct mail piece to build city wide awareness. The popular tea event was missed by many and may make a comeback in the future. Until then, there’s plenty of other ways to support the library.

their Gently Used Book Store.

This volunteer-run second chance book store is located near the Quiet Reading Room nestled in the library. The used book store is stocked with items discarded from the library's collection and donations of books from the community.

Accepted books include children's books in very good condition and general interest books in good condition published no earlier than 2010. There are some books and periodicals that are not accepted, so check the website for clarification. Donations may be brought library information desk where tax receipts forms are available.

The well-read Friends of the Library also run a silent auction of newer books every month. Visit the library to find out what's on the block and to place a bid. Winning bidders will be contacted on the first Saturday of the following month.

In addition, there are summer and fall book sales of their entire collection.

The summer sale correlates with the popular citywide yard sale each June. The next one is the fall sale, which occurs in November. Check the library website for details.

The programs are set up to give back to the community and it’s easy to sign up for a percentage of your purchases to go to the library. Simply go to fredmeyer. com/communityawards and follow the prompts to enter #90179 to choose the library as your preferred recipient. You will still get reward and fuel savings. Remember to renew this annually.

Amazon has the library covered there as well. Go to smile.amazon. com, put in your email, password and choose “Friends of the Liberty Lake Library” in the space of the charitable organization.

Once registered, always start your shopping at smile.amazon.com and everything will be the same but the library benefits. Of course, you can also contact the library donate your time to support the library as well.

Be sure to save the date and get your tickets for the Summer Soiree at Liberty Lake Wine Cellars.

Tickets are available at the library, as well as the venue. Liberty Lake Wine Cellars is located at 23110 E Knox Ave.

One of the ways the “friends” raise supportive funds is through

Additionally, if you shop at Fred Meyer or Amazon there’s an easy way to help at no cost to you.

The Friends of the Library meet at 4 p.m. on the last Tuesday of each month in the library meeting room. All are welcome to attend.

Liberty Lake Municipal Library is located at 23123 E. Mission Ave. For more information, go to www. libertylakelibrary.com

their family and friends and who will now be part of the organization’s prevention work.

It is often through loss that greatness in making a difference comes. Family and friends struggle to understand how such a tragedy could have happened while wanting their loved one to be remembered for the wonderful person they were and the joy they brought to those who knew and loved them. Often being able to give back can help ease the pain.

One such family is remembering their loved one through support for prevention in our community. The Rayce Rudeen Foundation supports organizations and programs that encourage a healthy and productive life free of substance abuse. The foundation honors the memory of Rayce Rudeen.

“When we lost Rayce, we lost an amazing, kind and loving young man,” said foundation founder Kevin Rudeen. “Our goal is to keep his memory alive and honor his life through this foundation. With the relationships I have developed in business, racing and my personal life, I am certain that we will make a

difference.”

Rudeen said GSSAC was chosen as the recipient of the foundation’s first grant “because it is evident that they are doing impactful work with youth and prevention, which we understand is a crucial element in fighting this epidemic.”

Rudeen added that the foundation is also “developing a housing program that will support individuals in recovery."

GSSAC’s Washington Drug Free Youth (WDFY) Program, consisting of 20 chapters with over 2,500 middle and high school students throughout the region, will receive this $10,000 gift from the Rayce Rudeen Foundation. As overall prevention funding has been dramatically reduced, agency officials say these funds will make an incredible difference in GSSAC’s prevention work.

“This generous gift will help build program capacity, support growing a drug free workforce, and encourage community support and involvement to help our youth make the choice to be drug free,” said Terrie Austin, GSSAC’s WDFY coordinator. “Each WDFY chapter will be receiving

a stipend to use directly in their school to expand their membership, promote drug free activities and make it cool to be drug free. We are so excited for our youth!”

GSSAC released this official statement last month after the grant was announced: “On behalf of the GSSAC Board of Directors, volunteers, POWER Coalition members and volunteers, we are grateful for the community support for our prevention work.

Working with the Rayce Rudeen Foundation is an opportunity to help our youth make the choice to be drug free, reduce the stigma of treatment and recovery and promote the health, safety and well-being of our community. Our heartfelt appreciation goes out to Rayce Rudeen’s family with care for their healing.”

The Rayce Rudeen Foundation is actively seeking partnerships with other organizations and will be releasing a request for proposals this fall.

To learn more about the Greater Spokane Substance Abuse Council, go to www.gssac.org or call 9228383.

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Preu’s farewell season begins with Liberty Lake concert

By Tyler Wilson

Splash Correspondent It makes sense that Eckart Preu, music director and conductor for the Spokane Symphony since 2004, often speaks with his hands. Asked about how an East German native and member of the famed Dresden Boys’ Choir eventually found his way to Spokane, he gestures with a table-spanning, zig-zagging wave when describing his “linear” career “with just little visits on the side.”

It also seems fitting that Preu will begin his “farewell tour” as the face of Inland Northwest music where it all began – a concert on Labor Day weekend in Liberty Lake’s Pavillion Park.

“Liberty Lake I believe was my first concert when I started here,” he said. “It’s always the first of the season. It’s always a little bit special. We’re coming fresh out of the summer, it’s a very warm

community. I don’t know what it will feel like, so I suppose I will approach it like I do every year.

But there will definitely be a mix of emotions.”

Preu adds that he might have a box of tissue nearby, then immediately laughs off any notion of getting “wispy.”

“I’m German, I can handle it,” he says.

Preu’s musical resume is an exhaustive list of noted accomplishments and collaborations.

Most currently, Preu serves in music director positions with the Long Beach Symphony Orchestra and the Cincinnati Chamber Orchestra in addition to his role in Spokane.

But his passion and devotion to his work is most apparent in how he speaks (and gestures) about what he wants people to experience with live orchestral performance.

“It can open up a lot of things inside of you, once you allow yourself to be transported away,” Preu said. “It’s almost a kind of meditation – it is a journey inside of you, mediated by the music.”

Preu describes the process of leading that excursion for others to be extremely technical and self-

sacrificing.

“I’m at the steering wheel and you can’t dream at the steering wheel,” he said. “You have to allow other people to feel all these things. I would be very suspicious of someone crying over their own music. It makes me itchy. The job that you do is very intellectual work.”

That work, in Spokane at least, will soon come to an end. While the 2018-19 Spokane Symphony season will his last as music director, Preu – who turns 49 in August – is far from retirement. He’ll maintain his music director responsibilities in Long Beach and Cincinnati and he’s open to other potential opportunities. This season will also include concerts where each of the five finalists to succeed Preu will serve as guest conductor.

“When you are a musical director for 14 to 15 years, that is a long tenure,” Preu said. “Life is so short, you have to open yourself up in many ways and the only way to do that is to finish things. You have to finish one part of your life.”

“It would be really good for the orchestra to have new ideas, fresh blood,” Preu continued. “I think the

orchestra will change, and I think that is necessary. You can't always swim in your own soup, no matter how big you are.”

A Boy in Dresden Preu grew up in East Germany and had early musical training in piano and voice. At age 10 began attending the Dresden Boys' Choir boarding school until he was 18.

He said the experience meant forging “friendships there that last a lifetime,” “You’d only go back home for the holidays and summer,” he recalls.

Days were literally filled with singing and playing piano, mixed in with soccer and rock climbing, an activity his teacher introduced to the class. Preu said the physical activities were a necessary relief from the intellectual study, even though the rock climbing at first seemed crazy.

“Just because the teacher does it doesn’t mean we have to do it,” Preu said.

Preu said he knew he wanted to be a conductor around age 12.

“My brother was a conductor,” he said. “I was a soloist and a good

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Preu said. “We have a very similar upbringing, and he has a very good take on what I want to hear.

Having him here has really changed the way we have played and how I communicate with the orchestra.”

Continued from page 40 singer. It came natural to me.

The way my brain works, I don’t understand math, but I understand music.”

A Legacy of Craftsmanship Preu describes the conductor and musician relationship as something that often relies on nonverbal communication.

Functioning together takes focus and time, but he said it also isn’t necessarily a pursuit of technical precision.

Being a soloist provided him with the experiences that would later benefit his studies as a conductor.

“In order to be a good singer, you have to have the nerves to perform, the nerves to deliver, and if you sound good, you move up the list,” Preu said. “Performing under pressure and knowing your stuff is something that is good in any profession, but especially as a conductor. The difference is as a conductor you’re a mediator. You don’t really produce sound yourself, you have to help other people produce sound.

Being part of the boys’ choir gave Preu the opportunity to experience what life could be outside of East Germany, a place that would definitely shape his worldview.

“We had the rare privilege to study abroad, as very few were able to travel outside of East Germany,” Preu said. “We traveled to places like Finland and to Italy and you see the colorful side of the world.”

He earned a master’s degree in conducting from the Hochschule für Musik in Weimar before continuing his studies at the Conservatoire National Supérieur de Musique de Paris in France.

“As soon as the wall came down, I thought ‘Why am I still here?’” he said. “Let me see the world, let me know the world and it informed me as a person and it also informed my music making.”

Journey to Spokane Preu moved to the U.S. after winning the National Conducting Competition of the German Academic Exchange Service in 1996.

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Eckart Preu has served as conductor of the Spokane Symphony since 2004. He will begin his final season leading the orchestra at Liberty Lake's Lud Kramer Labor Day Concert in Pavillion Park.

Photo courtesy of Spokane Symphony He attended graduate studies with Harold Farberman at Connecticut’s Hartt School of Music.

Preu shares the credit of how the Spokane Symphony evolved over his tenure.

His career in the U.S. began with a community orchestra in New York City, where he lived for five years.

“First and foremost, it was the renovation of the Fox Theater I think that really shaped the orchestra,” Preu said. “As musicians you always adjust to the room, so when you play at somewhere like the Opera House, it was a huge space with not particularly comfortable acoustics.

You had to play a little harsh. You come in here (The Fox), with these acoustics, and the hall challenges us to play the instruments even better… you have to learn to play softer.”

“That was a culture shock,” Preu said. “Moving down to Richmond (working with the Richmond, Virginia Symphony) was also a shock, because it was so different.”

Making the move to Spokane was a bit more comfortable, as the area resembled the vibe in Richmond.

The Inland Northwest seemed like a fit despite a dynamic that he compared with “getting married to a pre-exisiting family.”

“I felt welcome and respected,” Preu said.

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Preu said the support in Spokane helped him grow in the position, especially in its early stages.

“It was my first musical director position,” he recalls. “I started pretty green, but they knew what they were supposed to be doing, and I learned a bit on the job.”

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A generational shift also occurred during his tenure, Preu said changes in leadership and musicians led to new ideas and stylistic choices.

He especially credits the relationship with violinist and concertmaster Mateusz Wolski, who Preu said “makes my ideas audible for everyone else in the orchestra.”

“I can say what I want, but you have to have somebody in the orchestra who can actually do it,”

“Perfection is something very dangerous in art because it is not an artistic entity,” he said. “We should strive for human interaction, we should strive for human emotions.”

“When you work with music, there are certain things that are measurable, then there are other things that are not,” he continued.

“There are some things you can rehearse, some things you can't, and it's all about feeling at the end.

It's like any management position in that it’s like driving a car, you have to know when to push it, and when to let that car go down the hill.”

Much of his approach to conducting is dependent on the idea that musicians themselves are pursuing their craft with the same passion.

“They want to be spoken to as musicians and not as instruments – they want to be addressed as living sound,” Preu said.

Preu said the programming aspect of the symphony can be the most challenging, as there is always a balance between pursuing your own passions, expressing challenging and underrepresented compositions and catering to an audience that has its own ideas of what an orchestra should represent.

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Knudsens lead 30th rendition of LL Community Fourth Parade

By Linda Ball Splash Correspondent It all started when a group of moms gathered together at Annie Tichy’s home three decades ago.

They wanted to start a grassroots community parade to be held each year on the Fourth of July, a celebration for the benefit of the children and community in general.

Once again this summer, colorfully decorated golf carts will line up at 11 a.m. on July 4, with the 30th annual Liberty Lake Community Fourth of July Parade starting at noon. That’s right. Golf carts and only golf carts.

No politicians, no animals, limited advertising appeals and no cars.

Every other year the Central Valley High School participates in the parade and 2018 is one of the band’s years to play in the procession.

Traditionally, local Scout troops lead the parade, and this year is no different.

Tichy has always been in charge of the lineup, but this year the baton was passed to her by longtime parade director Dave Graham to be in charge of the entire parade. In the beginning there were just a handful of spectators according to Tichy, and now it draws huge crowds.

Alpine Shores neighborhood is where the parade is held with the lineup taking place at the corner of Shoreline Drive and Liberty Drive.

There is no need to register in advance – you just show up. Tichy said this is the one time every year where Alpine Shores has the opportunity to be the community host.

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“The highlight has been that the neighborhoods get together and march together,” Tichy said. “It’s America at its best.”

This year’s Grand Marshals are longtime Liberty Lake residents Ron and Linda Knudsen. The Knudsens have lived in their Liberty Lake home for 56 years and are beloved members of the community. Ron’s family homesteaded in Liberty Lake after arriving from Norway in 1889.

Linda arrived with her family in 1953 or 1954. Sig’s Resort, which no longer exists, was a Knudsen family business. Sig, born in 1901, was the Grand Marshal of the very first Liberty Lake Community Fourth of July Parade in 1989.

Ross Schneidmiller, the Knudsen’s son-in-law, is in charge of the committee, along with his wife Kelli, Ron and Linda’s daughter. The group chooses the parade’s Grand Marshal, but this year they backed off the selection process when the idea was floated that it was the Knudsen’s turn. Ross said past Grand Marshals have also represented Liberty Lake’s historical past.

“What we look for is a long-term member of the community, who has been involved significantly in the community,” Schneidmiller said. He added that his in-laws volunteerism did not retire when Ron retired.

Good friend, Lynn Vincent, said Linda’s family had a cabin on the lake near another family’s home where Ron used to play basketball.

Vincent said Ron would wait there for Linda’s family car to go by, then he would go water skiing and fall in front of her dock on purpose. That is how their romance started. They would go on to have four children, nine grandchildren and four greatgrandchildren, who all live at the lake.

Ron attended Central Valley High School and would go on to be a history teacher there for 30 years. He also played then later coached both football and basketball at CV. Linda

The 30th rendition of the Liberty Lake Community Fourth of July Parade will take place at noon in the Alpine Shores neighborhood. The patriotic procession is defined by golf carts decorated in colorful float fashion. Contributed photo

Ron and Linda Knudsen are being honored as Grand Marshals of this year's Liberty Lake Community Fourth of July Parade. The Knudsens have lived in their Liberty Lake home for 56 years and have contributed to many aspects of the community.

Contributed photo was a stay-at-home-mom, attending a record 13 basketball games in one week she said. Ron was a Boy Scout leader and after retirement he contributed to a group called Back Country Horsemen, which helped clear the Edith Hansen Trail. He worked tirelessly for the community, going into the National Forest, building bridges and outhouses and creating troughs for wild animals to get water.

In 1998 Ron Knudsen rode all the way from the Mexican border to the Canadian border with Horsebackers Against Cancer to raise awareness of the need for cancer research, encouraging people to donate to the cancer research facility in their area. It was a three-month ride, with Ron riding one of his beloved mules.

He still has two mules behind their home on their 2 acres. When asked what the difference was between a mule and a donkey, he said “about 4 feet!”

One of Ron’s former students, Jerry Karstetter, who is now the Knudsen’s financial advisor, was also coached in basketball by Knudsen.

“Ron is a very kind man,” he said.

“He loves his mules, loves to hunt and fish. He has just been so positive – these people have been involved in our lives since high school.”

Karstetter said one year on St. Patrick’s Day, Linda brought him a live four-leaf clover. That’s just what she does. Vincent said Linda is “an angel.”

“Linda is a connector of people – a coordinator of people,” Vincent said.

She said the Knudsen’s home was just a basement when they bought it years ago and have made it into a gracious entertaining space. Vincent said Linda has taken millions of meals to people in the community

whether it is for a graduation, birthday, holiday – it doesn’t matter.

“Linda was a Lilac Princess!”

Vincent exclaimed. She added that Linda has always been active in her church; she loved watersports and is a wonderful grandmother. Always there to help their neighbors – that has been the Knudsen’s life.

The Knudsens will get free Liberty Lake fireworks T-shirts and free hot dogs for their effort. The shirts will be on sale July 3 from 4-7 p.m. at Alpine Shores grass park on Liberty Drive.

This year in addition to T-shirts, men’s and women’s hoodies will be available. T-shirts in both men’s and women’s cuts are $15, $10 for youth sizes. Men’s hoodies will be $40, and women’s zip-up hoodies will be $35.

The hoodies are a limited series, so come early.

Tichy wanted to posthumously thank Marilyn Robinson and Tina Wallingford for their dedication and contributions to the parade.

Current board members include Kelli Schneidmiller, Julie and Jim Elridge, Sue Chapin, Kathy Chalich, Karolyn Kosanke, Genevieve Wimberley, Betty Wolf, John and Michele Greenup, Dave and Marlene Moore, Sarah Martin, Randy and Ronda Grinalds and Janice Prewitt.

During the parade, look for your neighbors to be collecting money for the fireworks high above Liberty Lake, which start at 10 p.m. Denise Coyle is in charge of the display.

Rocket Man of Newman Lake will once again be presenting the fireworks. You can also donate at P.O. Box 430, Liberty Lake, WA. 99019 or libertylakefireworks.com.

Tichy said the parade usually lasts about an hour, then folks move on to Alpine Shores Park for games, live music and food.

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What didn’t we buy??? Here’s my favorite scores of the day. About $200 worth of wrought iron from Pottery barn for $10. A West Elm mirror for $10 and 3 SUPER tall and SUPER heavy brass candlesticks for $6.00. !!! Along with almost an entire store worth of Build A Bear clothes. Everyone is always so nice and friendly! The kids usually see lots of their friends ! We love the Liberty Lake sales and can’t wait for next year!!! Thank you Kiwanis for taking this on and making sure this tradition didn’t go by the wayside!!! Michelle Bartholomew

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Continued from page 41 but in general it is your responsibility to come up with ideas and to come up with themes and everything that you do that shapes the way the orchestra plays,” Preu said.

“That process can take a long time,” he continued. “We think about what would be really fun to do, what we need to do, and what you think would shape the orchestra the best.

I don’t want to just impose on (the audience). I want them to enjoy it and to make it understandable.”

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Looking back on his time in Spokane, Preu said it can be difficult to single out specific concerts.

He better remembers individual moments that “clicked.”

“After all these years with so many programs, it tends to be a wash remembering, but there are certain key moments where I was just very happy with the orchestra,” Preu said. “There are a few of these humongous symphonic works – these humongous mountains you have to climb, so when you have these Mount Everests, you remember them.”

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He cites a season that included “The Rite of Spring” by Igor Stravinsky.

“That was super hard and we did it twice,” he said.

And he always loves presenting “Symphony No. 9” by Beethoven at the Fox on New Year’s Eve every year.

“When you do something every year you try and scratch off a new layer each time,” he said.

The memories usually come visually, rather than what it sounded like at the time, Preu said.

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He said thinking about his exit is “distracting,” as he doesn’t want to dwell too much on what comes next.

“What I’ll miss is just being here,” he said. “There will be an emptiness and I think that emptiness is both musical and also on a social or human level. Being too much concerned with your future I think sometimes gets in the way. I’ve always been better at facing destiny when it is here and not plan for it.”

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“I know exactly where everybody was sitting, and I’m looking over here and there, and I’m just telling myself, ‘This is awesome,’” he said.

Eckart said the Spokane area will remain in his life in some form.

He met his wife, Neeley, here and together they’ve raised their daughters, Sophia, 10, and Victoria, 8, in Spokane.

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Nostalgic Nine – Spokane Indians define local baseball heritage

By Kylor Allen

Spokane Valley Heritage Museum That time of year is upon us again folks. The kids are out of school, the warm Inland Northwest weather is here and our beloved Spokane Indians have taken the field again to kick off summer in the Spokane Valley.

The history of the team is extensive and includes many interesting highlights spanning over 100 years. Indians’ baseball began in 1903 even though history of Spokane baseball dates back to 1892. The team was even featured at Spokane’s Natatorium Park during the turn of the century, eventually moving to Ferris Field in the PlayFair Complex for 20 years until the current home – known to most as Avista Stadium – was built on Havana Road in 1958.

The team was struck with tragedy in 1946 when heading over Snoqualmie Pass. The team bus lost control during a rain storm and went down an embankment, killing nine and injuring seven.

Three players missed the crash due to different circumstances. Players from other teams were loaned out for the remainder of the season to help field a squad. Future major leaguer Jack Lohrke, who had been called up the very day of the crash, June 24, was spared. He was later coined with the nickname “Lucky.”

When the Brooklyn Dodgers moved west to Los Angeles in 1958, it meant that Spokane would be the new host to the Dodgers’ AAA farm team. With a new stadium and some of the best minor leaguers available, Spokane was ripe for young baseball talent. During its run as a Dodgers affiliate, the Indians were Pacific Coast League Champions in 1960 and 1970 and were runners up three other times during that span.

After the Dodgers relocated their AAA team to Albuquerque in 1971, the Indians bounced around affiliates until they landed with the San Diego Padres for 11 years.

Then they switched to the Kansas City Royals farm system until 2002 and currently are part of the Texas Rangers farm system.

The club also plays an integral role

ON THAT NOTE in both the Spokane and Spokane Valley communities. Their newest mascot, “Ribby the Redband,” riles up the team and the crowd to cheer on the hometown nine when they are either tied or trailing heading into the seventh inning of each home game. While Ribby has some awesome dance moves, his impact is even greater off the field.

The Redband Trout is native to the Spokane area and their population has been in serious peril. The city of Spokane and the Spokane Indians have teamed together to spread awareness and help provide a future for this endangered species.

Purchases of Redband merchandise help support the Spokane River and the Redband Trout’s environment.

The team has also reached out to the Spokane Tribe and has collaborated to feature historical

images of the team and the tribe at Avista Stadium in an effort to educate fans about the significance of both to the Inland Northwest.

In 2014, the team introduced new logos in traditional Salish markings, a tribute to the tribe’s distinguished language. One such uniform is displayed in the National Baseball Hall of Fame and Museum in Cooperstown, New York.

Finally, while the Indians may be a short-season single-A ballclub, they have had their share of major leaguers in the past and present.

From Hall of Famers to all stars to key role players in the majors, the Indians have been an important pipeline for the MLB for decades.

Three World Series winning managers – Tommy Lasorda, Bruce Bochy and Ned Yost – spent time in Spokane.

Some familiar players have also

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made their mark on the ballclub throughout the years. The list includes Arizona Diamondbacks’ ace Zack Greinke, Baltimore Orioles’ power-hitting first baseman Chris Davis and dependable Texas Rangers’ third baseman Joey Gallo.

Potential Hall of Famer Carlos Beltran, who recently retired after winning a World Series ring with the Houston Astros, joined the Indians in 1996 after being drafted by the Royals the year before.

Who knew there would be so much baseball lore right here in our own backyard?

So, make sure you come out and see the Indians this season and maybe get to see a couple of future big leaguers of your own.

The season began with the home opener against Boise on June 15 and runs through Sept. 3.

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