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INSIDE:

1936 Olympic swimmer Mary Lou Petty-Skok shares memories from historic games and the local support that got her there PAGE 12

SALTESE UPLANDS: Spokane County acquires 552 local acres for conservation P. 10

LIBERTY LAKE DAYS: A full slate of activities is planned for this annual community event P. 4

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her “best job ever,” she found herself with a front-row seat to a wave of historic uprisings and protests throughout the Middle East, including an anti-government movement in Syria that has claimed an estimated 1,300 lives since it began in March.

With regrets, Tichy said she asked to be released from the second year of her twoyear teaching contract earlier this month.

The difficult decision landed on the same week that pro-government demonstrators attacked the American Embassy near the school where she worked.

While she knows she may never return, the longtime educator sat down with The Splash recently to share what she learned abroad.

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So how does someone go from living in Liberty Lake and teaching in the Central Valley School District to teaching abroad in Syria?

I went to Bethesda, Md., a year ago to interview. You get invited to career fairs to teach abroad, and I actually had four job offers. I had one in Africa, one in Poland, one in Morocco and I went to Damascus because I had made a personal connection with the director. You go for a weekend, and if you're lucky enough to get offers, you have to make a quick decision.

Q: What else about Damascus helped it rise to the top?

A: Damascus is the oldest city in the world. It's very biblical, and I really enjoyed seeing in Damascus things you read about in the Bible. …

It was an exciting, interesting, fascinating, wonderful experience until March when the Middle East really started to fall apart. So for me it was sad — a great experience, the best job I've ever had — but because of the situation in Syria, it's just a real sadness.

Q: Tell me about your job at Damascus Community School.

A: I taught grade 1, and I had 11 nationalities of the cutest little first-grade students. A lot of them didn't know English.

It was run as an American school under the American Embassy, so your day-today life at school was like walking into Liberty Lake Elementary. The children

See TEACHING, page 21

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Volume 13, Issue 30 Editor/publisher

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Community Briefs Share your cancer story

Road closed Friday night

How has cancer touched your life?

Maybe you know a survivor or witnessed the courage of someone currently battling the disease. The Splash wants to honor the stories of those in our community who have been affected by cancer.

Liberty Lake Road from Country Vista Drive to Appleway Avenue will be closed to regular traffic from 4 to 10 p.m. Friday so that a loop can be set up for the car cruise as well as a street dance for Liberty Lake Days.

Alternate access to businesses along Liberty Lake Road will be available, and traffic can detour to Signal or Molter Roads.

For more information, visit www.libertylakewa.gov or call 755-6726.

We will feature short essays of 100 words or less for free in our special Relay for Life issue next week. Please email your essay to editor@libertylakesplash.com and include an optional photo by today (July 28).

Kelli Dexter

kelli@libertylakesplash.com Circulation manager

Bob Sullivan

On the cover: Splash photo by Kelly Moore

About The Liberty Lake Splash 2310 N. Molter Road, Suite 305 Liberty Lake, WA 99019 Phone: 242-7752; Fax: 927-2190 www.libertylakesplash.com The Splash is published weekly on Thursdays and is distributed free of charge to every business and residence in the greater Liberty Lake area.

Additional copies are located at more than 100 drop-off locations in Liberty Lake and Otis Orchards.

Submitted materials Announcements, obituaries, letters to the editor and story ideas are encouraged. Submit them in writing to editor@libertylakesplash.com or bring them

by The Splash office. Timely submissions should be received by Friday at noon for best chance of publication in the following week’s Splash.

Advertising information Information about classified and display advertising is on page 22.

Subscriptions Liberty Lake residents receive a complimentary copy each Thursday. Subscriptions for U.S. postal addresses outside of the 99019 ZIP code cost $50 for 52 weeks and $30 for 26 weeks. Send a check and subscription address to P.O. Box 363, Liberty Lake, WA 99019 or call 242-7752 for more information.

Correction policy The Splash strives for accuracy in all content.

Errors should be reported immediately to 2427752 or by e-mail to editor@libertylakesplash. com. Confirmed factual errors will be corrected on this page in the issue following their discovery.

Memberships The Splash is an awardwinning member of the National Newspaper Association and Washington Newspaper Publishers Association.

Copyright © 2011 All rights reserved. All contents of The Splash may not be reproduced without written permission of the publisher.

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Free upcoming events in Liberty Lake’s parks: Dusk Saturday at Pavillion Park: Showing of “Ponyo” This Japanese animated adventure is centered on a 5-year-old boy and his relationship with a goldfish princess who longs to become human. The film is rated G.

LLCT presents children’s play Liberty Lake Community Theatre will present a summer children’s play, “Miss Nelson is Missing,” Saturday at 1 and 4 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m.

The performances will take place in the Meadowwood Technology Campus, 2100 N. Molter Road.

Tickets are $6 and can be purchased at the door. For more information, visit www.libertylaketheatre.com.

Lion’s to offer free health checks The Liberty Lake Lion’s Club is sponsoring a Health Screening Van during Liberty Lake Days on Saturday in the Pavillion Park parking lot.

The service will offer free health checks from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. for sight, hearing and diabetes.

The club will also be collecting a wide assortment of used electronic devices for recycling in a fundraising partnership with Greenschool Recycling. Items that can be brought for recycling include inkjet cartridges, cell phones, cameras, laptops, game systems, broken gold jewelry and graphing calculators.

For more information, contact Tony Cheshier at 927-2193.

Public invited to Kiwanis meeting The public is invited to attend the Liberty Lake Kiwanis meeting each Wednesday at 6:45 a.m. in the upstairs room at Barlow's Restaurant, 1400 N. Meadowwood. The subject of the Aug. 3 meeting is “Serendipity.”

SCOPE welcomes volunteers Liberty Lake SCOPE invites the public to a general meeting 6:30 p.m. on Aug. 3 at City Hall, 22710 E. Country Vista Drive.

This group partners with the Spokane County Sheriff ’s Office and Liberty Lake Police Department to provide a safe living environment and foster community spirit.

Library invites summer reading program participants to carnival The annual summer reading carnival will take place Aug. 4 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at Pavillion Park.

Participants in the reading program and

See BRIEFS, page 5

Friday, July 29 & Saturday, July 30

L

iberty Lake Days return this weekend with a full slate of activities on Friday and Saturday.

A downtown car cruise and street dance will be held on Friday followed by a carnival, car show, games, food and vendors on Saturday.

Saturday at Pavillion Park 11 a.m.-1 p.m. Registration for car show 11:00 a.m.

Model car contest begins

11:00 a.m.

Carnival games begin; egg toss

11:30 a.m.

Brick walk

12:00 p.m.

3-legged race; valve cover races

12:30 p.m.

Gunny sack race

1:00 p.m.

Egg toss

Educational materials, like an antique plane showcased by the Liberty Lake Historical Society and a bus filled with games for children provided by Discover Technology, will also be at Saturday’s event.

1:30 p.m.

Brick walk

2:00 p.m.

3-legged race

2:30 p.m.

Gunny sack race

A parking shuttle for Saturday’s events will run from Liberty Lake Elementary School. For more information, go to www.libertylakewa.gov.

2:30 p.m.

Voting for the People’s Choice for the car show

3:00 p.m.

Cake walk

3:30 p.m.

Pie eating contest

Friday in downtown Liberty Lake

4:00 p.m.

People’s Choice awards presented

6:00 p.m.

Registration for car cruise, Albertsons parking lot

4:30 p.m.

Charleston dance contest

7-9 p.m.

Car cruise and street dance, Liberty Lake Road

5:00 p.m.

Liberty Lake Days end

Carnival games and prizes are free. Other vendor booths will feature goods for purchase, such as hot dogs from Bubbadogz and Barlows, root beer floats from Safeway, baked goods from Great Harvest Bread Co. and desserts from MJ’s Wonderful World of Cakes.

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BRIEFS Continued from page 4

their friends are invited to the free, oldfashioned carnival with games, face painting, balloon animals, activities, prizes and refreshments.

The summer reading program will end Aug. 6, and all reading logs and prize-drawing tickets must be turned in by 4 p.m. that day.

For more information, call the library at 232-2510.

Library holds Lego classes The Liberty Lake Municipal Library is holding classes on Lego Robotics Aug. 13 and 20 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. The classes are geared for kids ages nine to 14.

Mindstorm Legomaster Greg Braileanu will present a slide show on Lego Robotics and then divide up participants into teams for hands-on activities and competition.

Additional information can be found at legomyrobo.com.

The classes are free but registration is required. To register, call 232-2510 or stop by the library.

LL Community Theatre holds murder-mystery dinner A murder-mystery dinner and silent auction "Silence is Golden" will be held 6 p.m.

Aug. 19 at CenterPlace Regional Event Center in Spokane Valley.

This Liberty Lake Community Theatre fundraiser is a semi-formal affair with optional black tie. Italian pasta will be served by buffet, and drinks will be available for purchase.

Tickets for the fundraiser are $30 and are available by calling 342-2055.

Enjoy free movie at the HUB A family movie night will be held Aug. 19 at the HUB Sports Center, 19619 E. Cataldo Ave. The featured movie is “Cars” and will be shown at 7 p.m. Doors open at 6:30 p.m. for the free viewing, although donations will be accepted.

Attendees are encouraged to bring blankets and pillows, and the bleachers will be open for seating. Concessions will be available for sale.

For more information, go to www.hubsportscenter.org.

Free story time, support group held at local business A free story time is held each Wednesday at 10:30 a.m. at Lollipop Lemondrop, 23129 E Mission Ave. A complimentary lactation/new mom support group also meets at the store on Thursdays at noon.

For more information, e-mail info@lollipoplemondrop.com.

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JULY 30 11 a.m.-5 p.m.: Liberty Lake Days, Pavillion Park 1 and 4 p.m.: LLCT presents “Miss Nelson is Missing,” Meadowwood Technology Campus, 2100 N. Molter Road

SaMe-day & evening appoinTMenTS availaBle

JULY 31 2 p.m.: LLCT presents “Miss Nelson is Missing,” Meadowwood Technology Center, 2100 N. Molter Road AUGUST 1 11 a.m.-2 p.m.: Liberty Lake Senior Lunch Program, Liberty Lake City Hall, 22710 E. Country Vista Drive AUGUST 2 7 p.m.: Liberty Lake City Council meeting, Liberty Lake City Hall, 22710 E. Country Vista Drive AUGUST 3 6:45 a.m.: Liberty Lake Kiwanis meeting, Liberty Lake City Hall, 22710 E. Country Vista Drive 10:30-noon: Spokane Valley’s Mindful Mamas, City Hall’s Little House, 22710 E. Country Vista Blvd.

11 a.m.-2 p.m.: Liberty Lake Senior Lunch Program, Liberty Lake City Hall, 22710 E. Country Vista Drive 5:45 p.m.: Liberty Lake Toastmasters, Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District building, 22510 E. Mission Ave. 6:30 p.m.: SCOPE meeting, LL City Hall, 22710 E. Country Vista Drive AUGUST 4 Noon: Liberty Lake Centennial Rotary meeting, Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District building, 22510 E. Mission Ave. 5:30-7:30 p.m.: LL Municipal Library summer reading carnival, Pavillion Park

City hosts Senior Lunch Program The Senior Lunch Program in Liberty Lake is served Mondays and Wednesdays.

Seniors age 60 and older are invited at 11 a.m. at Liberty Lake City Hall, 22710 E. Country Vista Drive. The recommended donation is $3.50.

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How To Avoid Being Ripped Off By A Carpet Cleaner

By Corinna & Scott Whitaker Owners, Spokane County Carpet Cleaning It’s sad, but there are people who are just out to get your money without providing a service of value. But they would not have as much opportunity if there weren’t individuals who they felt could get something of value for a ridiculously low amount of money. “LET THE BUYER BEWARE” is the old adage that rings true when talking about “too good to be true” prices. If you see an ad for carpet cleaning for say $9.95 per room…Beware! It could be an unscrupulous carpet cleaner or someone who doesn’t know any better and is imitating one.

We call them “Bait and Switch” con artists. The bait is the unbelievable low price. When they get there, they demonstrate their double scrub cleaning method or deluxe cleaning method. That’s the switch, which means that in most cases they won’t pre-spray the traffic areas or work the pre-spray in with a carpet grooming tool unless you pay them extra for it. The “extra,” which should have been included in the initial price, is usually an additional charge of so many dollars or cents per square foot. Now the room you thought you were going to pay $9.95 for has tripled or more, and that is before add-ons like carpet protector and deodorizer.

No ethical carpet cleaner can give you a price quote over the phone. Price is based on type of carpet fiber, amount of soiling and square footage.

In reality, when you add up the cost of the equipment, van, labor, insurance, advertising and other overheads, it costs the average reputable company over $50 just to send someone to your door, and that’s before any work is done. So how can they clean for that price? They can’t. If you insist they clean for what they advertised, they will try to get a minimum trip charge, or they may lightly clean around furniture very quickly and you will not get a good job. This will probably result in you calling out another carpet cleaner, this time a reputable one, to have your carpet cleaned the proper way.

What Can You Do? First of all, don’t be fooled by unbelievably low prices. If the prices look too good to be true, then they probably are.

Ask questions before you invite them into your home, like: 1) Are your technicians employees or subcontractors? (Watch out if they are subcontractors.)

2) What certification do your company and employees have?

3) What cleaning method does your company use? What type of equipment do you use? Is the equipment portable or truckmounted?

4) Do you have a written guarantee? What is it?

5) Can you give me a list of satisfied customers? May I contact one or two?

6) Why should I use your company?

Also ...

• If they come to your home and do not have a van with permanent signage on it, send them away!!!

• If the employees do not have clean uniforms with company logos on them, send them away!!!

• Does the van and equipment appear to be clean? If the van is a wreck and the equipment is dilapidated and dirty, send them away!!!

Carpet cleaning is a must for your carpet. For most of us, the carpet in our homes is a huge investment. Therefore we need to care for and protect that investment. Professionally cleaning your carpet makes it last twice to three times as long. Did you know that most carpet manufacturers require your carpet to be cleaned by an IICRC-certified professional to keep the warranty? Dirt lodged in your carpet acts like a knife to cut carpet fibers; this causes your carpet to wear out fast. A thorough cleaning gets out dirt and other ADVERTISEMENT

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Free Carpet Audit This is exactly what we do: 1) We come to your home and cover the problems your carpet has. We check for excessive soiling and stains and advise whether or not they can be removed and how.

2) We’ll calculate the wear age of your carpet. We can explain how long you might expect to keep your carpet if you have it professionally maintained. Meaning, we can share with you how to prolong the life of your existing carpet.

3) We can determine if your carpet is in good health. Yes, your carpet’s health can affect you and your family’s health. So we’ll let you know how to get rid of the “unhealthy” pollutants that rest in your carpet.

4) After analyzing your carpet, we can give you a “prescription” of how to get the most out of your carpet.

This is absolutely free, and there is no obligation to call.

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Visit our website at www.spokaneclean.com. Help us beat these unethical bait-and-switch carpet cleaners and get valuable free information.

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A single 1/2" wisp of milfoil can multiply into 250 million new plants in a year. — Washington State Department of Ecology Please check these places for milfoil when leaving every lake. Pick up fragments from your watercraft (or beach) and place in trash. Thanks!

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Businesses:

Zephyr Lodge is open for business meetings and luncheons during the week. Wonderful lunch provided for reasonable prices. Great meeting space and dining room for your staff.

Please call 509.255.6122 for a tour or to schedule your meeting & lunch. www.zephyrlodge.org

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CVSD, Tierpoint move forward with contract

By Kelly Moore Splash Staff Writer

The Central Valley School District Board of Directors approved a plan to contract with Liberty Lake-based Tierpoint to house and maintain the district’s technology infrastructure. Before considering the deal, Superintendent Ben Small informed the board of additional costs not apparent at the last meeting’s presentation.

The annual cost to use Tierpoint was first estimated at $169,264 with a one-time set up cost of $42,500. However, a backup direct fiber connection, not previously anticipated, will add to those costs. Small reported that with a 5-year plan the district would still save $283,266.

A portion of the savings comes from the elimination of two full-time positions in the district’s technology department: the server manager and the network manager. The two positions currently cost the district $190,697 annually.

The district’s systems currently run off in-house servers in need of an upgrade estimated to cost $60,000 to $100,000.

An additional $40,000 upgrade is recommended for temperature control in the room where they’re stored. Rather than replace the systems’ hardware, the district pursued the deal with Tierpoint.

With the contract approved, planning meetings with the two entities are scheduled to start this week with the conversion expected to go live in time for the upcoming school year.

In other business: • The board voted to extend the district’s current capital projects budget by $1.5 million to note the receipt of the Energy Operation Cost Savings Improvement Grant through the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction.

The capital projects budget covers maintenance and facilities improvements.

• Board members reported a productive retreat that took place July 14-15.

An administrative retreat for faculty and staff is planned for Aug. 18-19.

News Briefs LL man hired as superintendent Liberty Lake resident Kyle Rydell was recently hired as superintendent of Republic School District in northeast Washington.

He previously served as principal of Trent Elementary in the East Valley School District.

Splash wins national awards The Liberty Lake Splash recently received three awards and an honorable mention from the National Newspaper Association's 2011 Better Newspaper Contest and Better Newspaper Advertising Contest.

Graphics Editor Sarah Burk won third place for a church VBS ad in the best small-page ad competition for non-daily newspapers with a circulation of less

than 10,000.

Publisher Josh Johnson won third place for his story, “In search of protection,” in the environmental story division for non-daily newspapers with a circulation of 6,000 or more.

Managing Editor Tammy Kimberley won third place for her story, "Office market remains steady, despite vacancies," in the business story division for non-daily newspapers with a circulation of less than 8,000.

Splash staff writer Kelly Moore received an honorable mention for her story, “Marching to its own beat,” in the performing arts category for non-daily newspapers.

The contest drew 2,439 entries this year. The awards were given to 143 newspapers in 40 states.

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Spokane County agreed last week to purchase 552 acres of land known as Saltese Uplands for $1.2 million through the Conservation Futures Program. Located south of the Legacy Ridge development, advocate Mark Pinch said a plan is being developed to include about six miles of trails across the hilly landscape.

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Spokane County Commissioners jumped on a $1.2 million deal last week with AmericanWest Bank to purchase 552 acres of Liberty Lake land known as the Saltese Uplands for the Conservation Futures program.

The land is part of the property formerly owned by Legacy Ridge developer Marshall Chesrown, who turned it over to AmericanWest Bank last year in lieu of foreclosure on millions in debt. Although the land was previously valued at $4.8 million as of October of last year, the bank first offered the acreage at $2.6 million with a set-up cash fund for maintenance. The price was reduced in November and then again in April.

“The exciting thing for Liberty Lake is that we’re going to have 552 acres of recreational land right here at our doorstep,” said Mark Pinch, a representative for the property.

Pinch said the declining price was partially due to the reality of the marketplace — a surplus of vacant residential lots coupled with a lack of available investors. Previous offers from the bank included a $100,000

donation toward an endowment fund for maintenance, which is no longer included in the deal.

Both parties have signed a purchase agreement, and Pinch said, pending a few contingencies, the deal should close by October. One contingency is the submission of a trails plan to the county — to be developed by Pinch’s firm, Pinch Development and Investing.

Pinch said the plan should include about six miles of trails across the hilly landscape, varying in difficulty level to maintain accessibility for all abilities. The most strenuous trails will lead to rocky outcroppings that overlook the Saltese Flats, Spokane Valley and Liberty Lake. Trail development is still in the planning phase, but Pinch said it should include mountain bike trails as well.

The Conservation Futures program acquires property to be preserved as open space through a voter-approved tax of up to $6.25 per $100,000 value on all properties in the county. Acquisition of more than 5,000 acres of open space lands at the cost of $14.5 million to the county has been completed since the program started in 1994.

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The Liberty Lake Police are looking for leads in a commercial burglary case stemming from an incident at Storage Solutions, 21305 E. Mission Ave. At 9:10 a.m. July 15, the department received a report of an unknown suspect breaking into a unit and removing a 1997 CBR900 Honda Motorcycle and a toolset.

The suspect reportedly waited outside the gated facility, watching renters drop off items for storage. Police believe this is when he spotted the stolen motorcycle that was dropped off that afternoon.

Shortly after the motorcycle was placed in storage, the suspect entered the unit and left with the tools and a motorcycle helmet. He returned later that night to take the motorcycle.

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Liberty Lake Police are working to identify the pictured suspect caught on surveillance video at Storage Solutions, where he allegedly broke into a unit and took a motorcycle. and a photo of the suspect. During the investigation, LLPD determined the mismatching license plates on the suspect’s blue Dodge pickup were reported stolen, and all other leads for identifying the pictured suspect have turned to dead ends.

Anyone who has information regarding the incident or identifying the pictured suspect is encouraged to call the LLPD at 755-1140.

Police Report The following incidents, arrests, calls for service and citations were reported by the Liberty Lake Police Department July 18-25.

Incidents and arrests: • Rollover crash — At 9 a.m. July 18, LLPD was requested to assist the Washington State Patrol with a rollover crash on westbound Interstate 90 at North Liberty Lake Road. Upon arrival, the officer observed a four-door Saturn on its top in front of George Gee Automotive. The driver of the vehicle did not sustain any serious injuries.

• Malicious mischief — At 2:30 p.m.

July 20, LLPD received a report of a malicious mischief incident at the skate park in Pavillion Park. The complainant reported sometime during the prior evening or early morning hours, unknown suspects painted graffiti on the skate park. Photographs were taken and video surveillance footage was reviewed. City personnel removed the graffiti.

• Assist — At 9:50 p.m. July 19, LLPD was requested to assist Washington State Patrol with a three-car injury accident in the area of I-90 and Barker.

• Reckless driving — A 17-year-old Spokane Valley boy was arrested at 8 p.m.

July 20 for reckless driving at Country Vista Drive and Liberty Lake Road. While

on patrol, an officer heard squealing and observed a vehicle sliding through the intersection with smoke coming from the rear tires. The back end of the vehicle crossed over the yellow line, nearly hitting oncoming traffic. The vehicle was stopped, and the driver initially told the officer that the throttle was stuck, but then later stated that he was just being stupid.

• Fireworks — At 1 a.m. July 25, LLPD received and responded to a fireworks complaint in the area of Settler Drive and Kelsea Court.

• Domestic Violence — On July 24, LLPD was requested to assist the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office with a domestic violence incident at the 18000 block of East Alki Lane. Sheriff’s deputies arrested a subject for domestic assault.

• Malicious mischief — At 11 p.m. July 23, LLPD received a report of a malicious mischief incident that occurred at the Pavillion Park parking lot. The complainant reported that he let a friend borrow his vehicle and when his friend returned it to the parking lot, two of his tires appeared to have been slashed. The complainant was able to provide possible suspect information. The case has been assigned to Detective Ray Bourgeois for further investigation.

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Olympic swimmer recalls summers on Liberty Lake

By Kelly Moore Splash Staff Writer

Tempe, Ariz., resident Mary Lou PettySkok, 96, is one of the few surviving 1936 Olympic athletes able to recall the games in Berlin, Germany. Those summer games went down in history as a precursor to World War II and the Holocaust, taking place at the epicenter of burgeoning conflict.

Almost 75 years to the day she first saw it in person, she remembers Adolf Hitler’s serious scowl. She remembers Jesse Owens’ dance moves and the lighting of the firstever Olympic flame. What she recalls even more fondly is Liberty Lake.

Born in Spokane, the swimmer honed her skills every summer in the cool mountain waters at the foot of her family’s lake cottage. Here, her Olympic dream was born.

“I just walked in the water and that was it,” Petty-Skok said. “I just loved it.”

“They were supposed to be sink-proof,” Petty-Skok laughed. “There was an air tank under the front seat to keep the boats from sinking. Well, of course we didn’t mean to, but we got to rocking and playing and before long that boat was completely under water.”

Petty-Skok said her friends often visited her family cabin on Dreamwood Bay. Whether they were old pals from high school or, later, Olympic teammates in town to train, everyone slept on the floor of the one-room cabin, and “they loved it.”

“We had a wood range in the corner, and my mother would bake all day,” Petty-Skok said. “We’d come in for lunch and eat a cake in one sitting, and there’d be another one for dinner. … Of course, that was before the Great Depression hit.”

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Visiting Liberty Lake wasn’t all just fun and games. During the school year, PettySummers at the Petty cabin Skok swam early-morning and late-afFrom Memorial Day to Labor Day every ternoon laps at the Elks Club in Spokane. year from 1916 to 1937, Petty-Skok and a When summer hit, she only picked up the handful of her dearest friends spent their pace. summers stirring up mis“Ever since I was 8 chief on the wild shores “We had absolute free years old, I wanted to be of Liberty Lake. in the Olympics,” Pettyreign. There was no “We had absolute free Skok said. “I don’t know reign,” Petty-Skok said. vandalism or violence. We why, but I did. I had to “There was no vandalism could go anywhere, and we explain to my friends at or violence. We could go school what it was.” anywhere, and we weren’t weren’t afraid of anything.”

During her summers afraid of anything.”

— 1936 Olympic swimmer on the lake, she said Her parents pulled Mary Lou Petty-Skok, she’d swim from Dreama houseboat ashore on on life in Liberty Lake wood Bay across the lake MacKenzie Beach in to MacKenzie Beach, her 1916, and by the next father watching with a summer, the family was ready to move into stopwatch and binoculars. If she met the their cottage on Dreamwood Bay. At that competitive time she was aiming for, her time, only three cottages — all built by her father would wave a flag to let her know father — existed there. The three families she could swim back at her leisure. If she had six kids, all close in age, and all friends. missed her mark, she’d have to try again.

“We were busy all the time,” Petty-Skok Eventually, she and her father were able to said. “We made water skis by nailing shoes communicate beach to beach by telephone. to boards. … We lived in the water and in “There wasn’t much time to talk,” she the sun. It was absolutely beautiful.” said. “But we could say, ‘Yes. Good job.’ or, She said visitors to the nearby Dream- ‘No. Try again.’” wood Bay Resort would often rent boats She started swimming competitively and abandon them in the middle of the when she was 13, and no one in Spokane lake to skip out on the bill. For fun, the kids could touch her. At the age of 17, she earned would retrieve boats. Perhaps in a case of a spot in the 1932 Olympic trials but, as it too much fun, the group accidentally sent did for many families, the Great Depresone of the boats straight to the bottom of sion had cleaned the Pettys dry. Without financial backing, she declined the invitation the lake.

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Mary Lou Petty-Skok takes to the water on a “free board” in 1931. At right, Mary Lou relaxes on the dock of her family’s cabin with her future husband, Robert Skok, in 1933.

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The memory of Mary Lou and the Petty family is still alive at the current-day cabin on Dreamwood Bay. and watched two girls she’d already beaten take spots on the Olympic team.

Another chance came when she was offered a spot on the Washington Athletic Club’s swim team based in Seattle in 1934.

She left behind Spokane and her fiancé, Robert Skok, took a job across the state at Montgomery Ward and started setting national records.

“When I got a second chance, oh, it was just heavenly,” she said.

Even so, she made sure to come home every chance she got. The roundtrip train ride from Seattle to Spokane cost about 12 cents, and the familiar waters of Liberty Lake became another training ground for her and a handful of future Olympic teammates.

And while he lacked the skill and competitive drive to keep up, Skok, who had a “marvelous sense of humor,” joined in as well.

“He loved the water, too, but he couldn’t swim for nothing,” she laughed. “We had a little boat at our cottage, and I’d take a tow rope and tie it around my waist. I’d pull

the boat behind me while I swam and that slowed me down to about his pace. So we’d swim side by side around the lake and have a great time.”

Her hard work paid off. In 1936, she qualified for the Olympic team at the Astoria, N.Y., trials. That August, she’d be on her way to Berlin, Germany, for the experience of a lifetime.

The journey to Berlin “There was no money available at that time,” Petty-Skok said. “Women didn’t get anything. Almost all the guys had scholarships at universities, so their expenses were paid. It was a different story for us.”

Her mother and aunt walked the streets of Spokane with a tin cup asking people to help send her to Germany. She said Spokane was a lot smaller then, and her family was well known, so the panhandling was more of a joke.

“They just giggled and laughed and they got about $15 out there,” Petty-Skok said.

She also raised money selling pictures

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Bunking with a Hollywood starlet

By Kelly Moore

Splash Staff Writer

“Two notable things came out of the 1936 Olympics: Jesse Owens and Eleanor Holm,” Olympic swimmer Mary Lou Petty-Skok said.

Although known less for her achievements and more for getting suspended from the Olympic swim team just weeks before the games, Holm made headlines that year nonetheless. Petty-Skok was the 1932 gold medalist’s cabin mate on the SS Manhattan to Berlin.

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The Petty cabin (center), just a half mile from the Dreamwood Bay Resort, was home to Mary Lou Petty-Skok and her family every summer from 1917 to 1937.

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and swimming in exhibitions — anything to raise a buck. The Spokane Elks Club also donated money to her efforts.

High school friends from the Kappa Chi Social Club tried raising funds at a dance in the Dance Pavillion on Liberty Lake.

Her husband-to-be played in the band that night.

“I don’t remember if they made any money that night, but I know those girls would have done anything for me,” she said.

With $75 in her pocket, Petty-Skok made her way to New York, where she and 350 other U.S. Olympians boarded the SS Manhattan.

Many of the athletes got sick on the eight-day journey to Germany while they were kept locked away in the lower decks, away from first-class passengers. Still, conditions on the boat were better than what many of the Depression-wracked athletes had grown used to.

The swimming pool was an iron tank “in the bowels of the ship,” too fetid to train in after only four days.

“There were few complaints,” PettySkok said. “When you get there, you don’t complain. The conditions weren’t great, but there was food all the time, and we enjoyed each other because nothing else was provided.”

For entertainment, the hoards of athletes shared one ping-pong table and one volleyball net. She said they’d play games at the ping-pong table with 10 or 12 people at a time, everyone sharing the two paddles.

That’s when she met American track legend Jesse Owens.

“At that time, he was just like everyone else,” Petty-Skok said. “We were all national champions.”

She said all the athletes mingled together on the ship, paying no attention to race —different from the way things were in much of the country they represented. Everyone did everything together, although the “track boys,” who were wonderful dancers, never asked anyone to join them.

Swimming in Hitler’s Games The Olympic Games were awarded to Berlin in 1931, two years before Adolf Hitler rose to power. By 1934, word of his anti-Semitism had started to spread, and some called for a boycott of the games.

“We didn’t realize at that time the severity of it,” Petty-Skok said. “To me, Hitler was just another dictator. We’d seen Stalin, Mussolini, Tito. They were all dictators.

Hitler was just another one. We had no idea what he had in mind.”

At the opening ceremonies, she remembers standing in the stadium lined up by country waiting an hour and a half for Hitler to arrive. As he entered the stadium, he came within about 15 feet of her, but that’s not what left the most lasting impression.

What she remembers is giggling with the Hungarian athletes and overcoming language barriers to spread the game of “rock, paper, scissors.” And recalling when the torchbearer lit the Olympic flame still gives Petty-Skok a chill.

“The runner came in and climbed up all those steps, then whoom!” she recalled.

“I don’t think there was a dry eye in the place.”

The games lasted 16 days and before swimming events started, she remembered seeing Hitler at the track and field stadium every day. However, he left right after Owens won his first of four gold medals, then reappeared poolside about a week later.

“He had a place right down on the deck,” Petty-Skok said. “I never saw him smile.

He was always very serious. People always adored him, though.”

At a banquet, her team listened to a 45-minute speech from Hilter without an

“She was the kind that could party all night and set a record in the morning,” interpreter.

“We didn’t understand a word he said, but none of us moved a muscle the entire time,” Petty-Skok said. “We were mesmerized. Just the articulation — it was fascinating to watch.”

Two days after coming down with food poisoning, Petty-Skok finished fourth in her event, just seconds away from the bronze medal. She retired from swimming the day she set foot back on American soil. Skok, her fiancé of three years, took money from their hope chest to fly to New York and surprise her, and they were married that day.

Another chapter The couple moved to southern California a few short years later, where they raised two daughters. Later, they moved to Arizona, where Skok passed away in 1998. Her children, seven grandchildren and 17 greatgrandchildren remain.

Petty-Skok now lives in a retirement community, where she exercises five times a week, volunteers in the kitchen every morning and bartends all the parties.

She looks back on her years as a champion swimmer with fondness, but has no regrets leaving it behind. When recalling those days, she said she feels like she’s talking about someone else.

“I’m humbled,” she said. “I just did it because it was a kind of selfish thing I always wanted to do. … Getting to talk about it now is just frosting on the cake.”

Blessed with an athletic bent, Petty-Skok took up competitive golf in the late 1940s and played for decades, working her way down to a handicap of 9.

“My life has been one wonderful chapter after another,” she said. “The swimming was a chapter; the golfing was another chapter; when we got married that was a chapter and when our daughters married that was another chapter. We’ve always made the best of everything we’ve done, and I still am.

This is just another chapter.”

Petty-Skok said.

Holm was kept locked on the lower deck along with the 350 other American athletes, but Petty-Skok said reporters would find ways to sneak her into firstclass parties, sending her to bed inebriated at the end of the night.

“Our coach told her he’d kick her off the team if she kept doing that,” PettySkok said. “Sure enough, she did it again and he followed through on his word.”

Holm outlived her infamous Olympic showing and went on to have a highprofile celebrity career as an actress and singer co-starring as Jane in a Hollywood production of “Tarzan.”

1936 Olympics by the numbers: Berlin, Germany, Aug. 1-16, 1936

11th Olympic Games 49 nations competing 3,632 male athletes 331 female athletes 129 events in 19 sports 24 gold medals for the U.S. (56 total)

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Now 96, Mary Lou Petty-Skok lives in a retirement community in Tempe, Ariz.

She exercises five times a week and volunteers in her spare time.

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Business changes ownership, name also carry Dermalogica skin care products.

By Tammy Kimberley Splash Staff Writer

A mother-daughter team of Kelly Sailas and Katie Sailas became co-owners of Riviera Tan & Spa Boutique, 1235 N. Liberty Lake Road, Suite 106, earlier this summer.

Formerly known as Riviera Tanning, Kelly Sailas said she and her daughter gave the establishment a “little makeover” and changed the name when they took over the business on June 1.

“We’ve added a bunch of fun accessories, and we’re adding new things all the time,” Kelly Sailas said.

Handbags, scarves, hats, belts and jewelry are among the accessories currently available at the store. She said they

Services offered at the boutique include UV tanning, UV-free tanning via a spray and UV teeth whitening. Katie Sailas, who had been employed

by Riviera Tanning, also does facials, waxes and tinting.

In addition, the business rents space to an eyelash extension provider and someone who does nails and specializes in shellac and bling.

Current hours are 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. Monday through Friday and 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. on Saturday. Although Kelly Sailas said they try to accommodate walk-ins, most services are by appointment only.

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In Biz Frozen yogurt shop to open soon Just Chillin’ Frozen Yogurt is preparing to open soon at 1322 N. Liberty Lake Road. Owners said they expect to be in business

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STCU holds “Christmas in July” fundraiser STCU is currently holding a one-week “Christmas in July” fundraising and gift drive for Tree of Sharing. Donors have until Friday to drop off gifts or cash donations at any of the 10 STCU branch locations in Spokane County.

Tree of Sharing is a non-profit organization that distributes holiday gifts to thousands of low-income people in the Spokane area through an annual campaign that usually starts in November. According to a news release, STCU is holding this gift drive to give the organization a boost during a year when the need is expected to be especially great.

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Ferrero launches web firm Liberty Lake resident Jennifer Ferrero recently announced the opening of Switch Up Web, a new web development firm in downtown Spokane. The firm caters to business website development for simple to complex companies doing business online.

Switch Up Web is a colferrero l ab orat ion between Ferrero and Kirt Runolfson of Interlink Advantage, a technology, web hosting and IT services company.

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LL business named to list Family Home Care and Hospice was recently named one of the 100 best companies to work for in the state of Washington by The Seattle Business magazine.

The company was in the top 10 in the midsized category for the entire state. The Liberty Lakebased business was one of five companies selected from the Spokane area.

Hall publishes book Garrett R. Hall released his first book, “Liberal in Nature,” on July 4. It is the first book published by Hall, who also is an attorney and business owner of HALL Law Office.

According to the website, the book takes place in an isolated valley in the wilderness, where a liberal named Andrew applies his political ideologies to “fix” the injustices he sees in nature.

For more information, go to www.liberalinnature.com.

Agent completes course A Farmers Insurance agent in Liberty Lake recently went through the Career Agents Course at the University of Farmers training facility in Agoura Hills, Calif.

Daryl Lewsader completed the five-day course, which is designed to give agents the ability to understand the needs of customers and select the right insurance to meet their needs.

Sales call centers recognized for service Safeco Insurance Sales call centers were recently recognized for providing "An Outstanding Service Experience" by J.D. Power and Associates.

According to a press release, the recognition was given following a detailed review process where the call center must perform within the top 20 percent of scores for customer service.

Earlier this year, Safeco Services and Claims call centers were also recognized for outstanding service. In addition to Liberty Lake, Safeco has call centers located in Golden, Colo., and Carmel, Ind. In Biz features Liberty Lakeconnected business items. Contact The Splash with business news at editor@libertylakesplash.com.

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Every Saturday morning at a busy crossroads in Hayden, Idaho, you can find Liberty Lake residents Liz and Jake Nielsen at the Kootenai County Farmers’ Market, selling everything from pies to shortbread cookies to their newest creation, pecan cinnamon coffee cake muffins.

Liz Nielsen said she grew up cooking and baking, but never planned to become a professional cook or small business owner.

“I went to school to be a teacher and graduated teaching art,” she said.

But when she noticed that there were only a couple places in town to buy a good fresh pie, she decided to offer her baked goods and services to the general community by opening Hint Bakery.

Though Hint Bakery was unable to get into the Liberty Lake Farmers Market this year, Liz Nielsen said the Kootenai Market has fit her business well by generating lots of business and regular customers. She and her husband set up shop there each Saturday from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m.

Her small and large pies are available in flavors including blueberry crisp, apple, cherry berry and strawberry rhubarb. Her signature flavor is apple, and though she declined to provide the secret recipe, she said she cooks the apples ahead of time to make them “super soft instead of crispy.”

Liz Nielsen also said her shortbread cookies have become popular and can be purchased individually or in larger quantities in unique flavors such as lavender,

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She has recently expanded her baked products to include a chocolate mocha brownie and pecan cinnamon coffee cake muffins.

For those who are craving homemade, freshly baked goods and don’t wish to drive to Hayden, custom orders are available.

Individual orders can be picked up at the Nielsen’s Liberty Lake home, and they can deliver large orders.

For more information, call 868-3885 or email lizn509@gmail.com.

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Take Me Out to the Ball Game Chico Walker and Pookie Bernstine (yes, real names).

I loved minor league baseball because you could get so close to the action. You could talk to players, get autographs and enjoy all the crazy promotions that make up minor league baseball.

By Chad Kimberley So when it came time to tap Splash Staff Writer into that inner child, there was Being a sports fanatic, one an obvious place we knew we question always comes up with should go — off to see some miother sports fans — what is the nor league action with the Spogreatest game you have ever kane Indians. My wife noticed seen live? that Liberty Lake Children’s I have had the same answer Academy (one kid attended, one for the last 4,827 days (yes, I more to go) was planning a day took the time to count them up) at Avista ballpark so we decided to tag along with the group.

— Kerry Wood’s 20-strikeout First off, we performance at had great seats!

Wrigley Field.

First row, behind the home I was workbullpen, down ing as a youth the first base pastor in central line. The kids Illinois when could have higha sixth grader fived the Indians told me he had pitcher while he won two tickets was warming up. to a Cubs game Our seats also and needed confirmed the someone to take valuable first him. I pondered “That is the beauty of step we adhered his problem to in heading to baseball. Any game for about 1.8 the ballpark — seconds and could result in seeing bring a glove. quickly agreed to chaperone something that has Now I know the young man the of getnever happened before. tingodds up to Chicaa foul ball go. Little did That is what drew me at a baseball I know that I be it high to baseball as a kid in game would witness school, minor one of the great- Des Moines, Iowa. Each leagues or maest pitching perleagues are game felt so uniquely jor formances in somewhere the history of between slim different. ” Major League and none. (Side Baseball. note: I did have one tracking right towards my That is the beauty of baseball. glove while watching the MinAny game could result in seeing something that has never hap- nesota Twins in the old Metropened before. That is what drew dome when the ball caromed me to baseball as a kid in Des off of a speaker near the ceiling.

Moines, Iowa. Each game felt so Stupid indoor baseball stadiums.) But sitting in a front row uniquely different. raises the chances of a line drive Des Moines is the home of the coming screaming down into Iowa Cubs. This Triple A affiliate the corner, so we were glad to of the Chicago Cubs is the final have some gloved protection. step before reaching the major Unfortunately the gloves leagues. As a kid, I would go to didn’t come into play other than several games a year and enjoy to simulate a plate for ballgame cheering on my favorite players,

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Asia Beale and Bri Kimberley hope to snag a ball during the Spokane Indians game Friday night. staple number two — food. You can’t head out to the old ballpark without partaking in the concessions. We actually managed to hold the kids off for three whole innings before we broke down.

The two youngest went for big bags of cotton candy, a pink sticky mess of a food. A question came to mind as their sugar levels increased — what is cotton candy? Is it simply spider webs dipped in colored sugar and weaved around a stick? Cotton balls mixed with air and artificial sweeteners? I am honestly perplexed.

The leading lady of our family opted for an elephant ear that was the size of, well, an actual elephant. I paused a moment to ponder this realization but decided to dive into sugar coma item number two.

Admittedly, I forced my oldest child into the same thing I used to get at the ballpark, ice cream in a mini baseball helmet.

I remember when Dairy Queen had these helmets, and I made my parents take me two or three times a week each summer to try to collect them all. Avista Stadium unfortunately only had

five options, and Bri chose the White Sox. The stinking White Sox! Have I not raised my daughter right?

You can’t pick the White Sox. We are Cubs fans.

Bri attempted to make amends by reminding me she was on a Tball team named the White Sox. She also quickly reminded me that I was the coach of the team.

I countered by letting her know I threw the game when we played the Cubs T-ball team. My Cubs fandom card cannot be revoked; hers is currently up for debate.

The third part of the minor league experience which I must admit was a bit odd was the mascots. I knew the Indians had Otto the Spokanasaurus, but they also had two new costumed characters roaming around that I hadn’t seen before.

The first was Recycle Man, who seemed to be a cross between Captain America and the Greenzo guy from 30 Rock.

I wondered if part of Recycle Man’s job was to sort out all the bottles thrown into the trash cans and recycle the many paper “K” signs and bingo cards that were floating throughout the

stadium.

The second one was a match made in Spokanasaurus heaven, I guess. A female version of Otto was running around named Doris, and for some reason I can see a marriage on the diamond in their future (a bit cliché of an idea since that scene is in most minor league baseball movies).

As we headed to the parking lot in the ninth inning of an eventual Indians loss, I asked my kids if they had fun. The yes answers came quickly but with the same complaint I had as a kid whenever I walked out of Sec Taylor Stadium.

“I didn’t get a ball,” they all said.

And I told them that was the beauty of baseball. Even though they didn’t get one on this trip, you never know what will happen on future visits to the ball park.

Who knows? Maybe some minor league flamethrower will fan 21 hitters in the next game.

This is the fifth installment of a summer column series Chad Kimberley is writing about recapturing his inner child.

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‘Clash at the Border’ champions

NBA players offer camp at HUB

who will be guest speakers.

NBA players Nate Robinson of the Oklahoma City Thunder and Terrence Williams of the Houston Rockets will be hosting a basketball skills camp Aug. 2-4 at the HUB Sports Center, 19619 E. Cataldo Ave. The camp, which is open to boys and girls ages 7 to 17, will run from 9 a.m. until 2 p.m. each day and focus on multiple skill sets as well as basketball team concepts.

The cost to attend is $150 per camper, and space is limited. All campers will receive an autographed team camp photo and have the opportunity to hear from other professional players and coaches

Participants may register for this camp online at www.elitesports.biz.

Bikes to race at Half Moon Park The fourth annual Criterium Bike Race will be held Aug. 9 near Half Moon Park in the River District.

Registration for the kids race begins at 4:30 p.m., and the race begins at 5 p.m. The professionals’ race starts at 6 p.m. The race is part of the Twilight series hosted by the Baddlands Bicycle Club.

For more information, go to exploreriverdistrict.com.

Scoreboard Community Golf 7/21 Liberty Lake 9-Hole First flight: gross, Robin McKee, 41; net, Nancy Lamke, 36

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Submitted photo Second flight: gross, Sadie Ruekert, 55; net, Bette Devine and Kathy Camyn, 37 Third flight: gross, Pat Reiter, 57; net, Wilma Capaul and Deanna Hayser, 35

Red Raiders clam inter-league championship

The River City Rapids U-15 boys soccer team recently won the silver division at the ninth annual “Clash at the Border” tournament held in Camas, Wash.

Pictured are Evan Kern, CJ Pier, Jack Frater, Andrew Enzler, Tyler Wiggin, Ryan Baker; (back row) Coach Chris Windham, Ryan Brou, Cody Smith, Mikey Pieroni, Adam Todd, Brandon Ray, Josh Gabert, John McGehee, Ryan Van Liew, Nathan Grinalds and Drew Mosman. (Liberty Lake residents are highlighted in bold.)

LL kids participate in Race the River

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After a season of inter-league play against Spokane South Hill, West Plains and Lake Spokane, Riverview Little League juniors team, The Red Raiders, won first place for the city/county.

The team of 13- and 14-year-olds consisted of (back row) Coach Mike McDowell, Sammy Anderson, Ian Josquin, Mikey Swanson, Ryan McDowell, Zach Johnson, Coach Kevin Schneider; (front row) Ian St. John, Cameron Schneider, Colin Rindlisbacher, Tristan Segraves, Zach Demchuck and Chad Hansen. Not pictured is Sean Peck. (Liberty Lake residents are highlighted in bold.)

Guns and Roses wins tri Tammy Whitbeck (biker), Jaquelin Hartman (runner) and Christy Anderlik (swimmer) show off their guns at the July 24 Race the River triathlon. Their team, “Guns and Roses,” won the women’s masters team division at the race in Coeur d’Alene.

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Several Liberty Lake kids participated in the Race The River Kids Duathlon in Coeur d'Alene on July 25. Pictured are (back row) Bryden Dodson, Jake Johnson, Sarah Cartee, Lily Johnson, Greta Merkel, Jack Johnson; (middle row) Hayden Dodson, Clare Johnson, Anna Cartee, Erin Martin; and (front row) Makena Dodson.

Local kids earned the top three places in the girls 11/12-year-old division. Sarah Cartee placed second, Greta Merkel won first and Makena Dodson took third.

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Festivale Italiano

Splash photos by Kelly Moore

Clockwise from top left: American Italian Club of Spokane members at the Liberty Lake Farmers Market Italian Festival sell T-shirts, basil and homemade cookies to benefit the Doug Flutie Jr. Foundation for Autism; A club member demonstrates making pizelle, a traditional Italian cookie, under a market tent; A vendor slices open one of his last melons for shoppers to sample.

Successful landing in Liberty Lake

Library hosts International Fair

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Jean Shelley took these photos of a hot air balloon landing near her home on McKinzie Road near Liberty Lake Community Church on July 18. She was invited to take part in a toast, a tradition after a successful landing, along with the pilots and riders.

Twelve countries were represented at Liberty Lake Municipal Library’s International Fair held earlier this month.

Patrons were invited to come learn about other cultures in conjunction with the summer reading program, “One World, Many Stories.”

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A lunch luau

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Over 45 people came dressed in Hawaiian attire last week for the senior lunch luau at City Hall. The Hauoli dancers from Project Joy provided entertainment.

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The cast of “Miss Nelson is Missing,” top: Kevin Kuecken and Janean Jorgensen; middle, from left: Alyssa Mitchell, Sami Kopelson, Shandra McGoldrick and Gracie Carlson; bottom, from left: Nessa Greenup, Genevieve Schmidt, Greer Greenup and Emily Henning.

‘Miss Nelson’ is chance to applaud talent, support LLCT Hooping it up The Blacktop Beginners team, consisting of Chase Wilson, Dylan Darling and Tayshawn Colvin, went 6-0 and won first place in the third grade division at the YMCA Hooops! Tournament held recently at the Spokane Valley Mall.

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We were properly forewarned that Miss Nelson wasn’t going to be the only one missing Monday. At the screening I attended with my family, so was one member of the cast, a few of the costumes, the programs and the air conditioning.

All, I’m assured, will be back in sync this weekend when the embattled Liberty Lake Community Theatre returns with its first stage production since December’s “BurgerTown” — and its first since having to vacate the donated space that had ably served as a temporary home in Greenstone’s Liberty Square Building.

If the world was a fair place — and the last I checked with my mother, it is not — this group would have a permanent stage to share its talents with a wildly supportive community.

There is no permanent stage on the immediate horizon, but as for the wildly supportive community, I strongly encourage Liberty Lake to show up for “Miss Nelson is Missing” this weekend for one main reason: Talent.

This is a gifted cast of 11, from the youngest member, 6-year-old Nessa

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Greenup, who is adorably expressive as the cue card girl announcing each scene, to LLCT veteran Kevin Kuecken, who plays the geeky and self-absorbed Principal Humleker.

And those are two slighter roles. The real heavy lifting in a play filled with dialogue is done by Miss Nelson and her seven students, all played by budding stars ages 8-11. I’m tempted to pick a favorite, but I honestly can’t. I might have some favorite characters, but all seven of the young actresses (other than Kuecken, this is a female cast) were equally adept at making their roles come alive.

Alyssa Mitchell, who played class bully Georgia, is surely sweet in real life, but I know I was tempted to give her and henchman Lavita (Sami Kopelson) my

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Letter to Editor Retain current government and bring back Peterson Kudos to Mary Munger and others for forming the Committee for Better Government. However, after reading “People’s Choice” (July 21 Splash), I must say I agree with council members Owens, Crump and Schuler. A mayor-council form of government has withstood the test of time in smaller communities and larger cities nationwide for years and years. Though I’ve always embraced change, choosing to remain positive and open-minded, it helps when it’s actually something that merits a change for the better. Voting for a councilmanager form of government for Liberty Lake would not be a change for the better.

I am in support of Steve Peterson for mayor this year as he is a results-oriented person with past proven success as our former mayor of Liberty Lake. I met with Mr. Peterson earlier this year, and he asked what I thought of pickle ball for seniors here in Liberty Lake. Personally, as a promoter of sports and parks and recreation, I fully appreciate the support Mr. Peterson has given the Liberty Lake Community Tennis Association in the past. A couple of my friends expressed concern over an issue they’re passionate about, and when I asked Mr. Peterson about it, he was positive in his response about addressing it should he be elected mayor.

In November, I will be voting “no” on the formal petition to change our form of government and will be voting for Steve Peterson for mayor. We need his experience, leadership and great commitment to our wonderful community. I urge you to talk to your friends to ask their opinion, read up on different forms of government, go to a City Council meeting and become informed and ask questions. And, as always, do the right thing and vote in November.

Frank Cruz-Aedo

Liberty Lake

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An ode to living with generosity

By Ian Robertson Splash Guest Column

My brother, Colin K. Robertson, penned the following poem especially for July’s PACE character trait of the month, generosity: Generosity is a fine character trait This world prizes highly. It is not innate; But is learned from our parents, our teachers or friends Who showed their compassion and love that extends To reach out to others in times of great need, And by their example they planted this seed.

The selfish accumulate things for themselves, And often just store it in cupboards or shelves Their garages are full of their stuff not in use.

Asked to make a donation they find some excuse Such as: “In these hard times everybody must save.”

But what value are objects we take to the grave?

They say generosity should start at home.

Give time to your children, and don’t let them roam The streets of the neighborhood out of control, But guide them in life and give them a goal.

Take care of your marriage and keep love on fire, For this good role model your kids will inspire.

Generosity takes many guises and forms, Like relief from those tragic tornadoes and storms.

It’s a hug; or a shoulder on which they can sob, Maybe help with the rent when they’ve just lost their job, Or stopping to see why they’re stuck by the road.

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lunch money. I liked Shandra McGoldrick in last year’s “SeussOdyssey,” and she showed veteran skill delivering her laugh lines Monday as aspiring model Kimberly.

Also cracking me up (as well as my wife and 6-year-old) were Genevieve Schmidt as Elvis and the veteran of the bunch, fourtime LLCT cast member Greer Greenup, who plays Mouse. Greer’s facial expressions alone are worth the price of admission.

The class brain trust — and therefore the class targets — are represented by characters Ramona (Gracie Carlson) and Phoebe (Emily Henning). If these girls aren’t both excellent students in real life, I’ll have a hard time believing it. Gracie was up to her role’s requirement to show coming-out-of-her-shell versatility, while Emily not only played her part deftly, but her ability to help a cast mates remember lines left me wondering whether she’d memorized the entire script.

For fear of playing the spoiler, I won’t tell you too much about Janean Jorgensen’s performance. For those familiar with the classic children’s book, you know that the part of Miss Nelson takes versatility to a

There are so many ways we can lighten a load.

Look out for the elderly. This is a task Where they may be wary; reluctant to ask.

So you be proactive. Give help when required.

Change the light bulb they can’t reach. Sit them down when they’re tired.

Give a ride to the market; or make soup when they’re ill.

Pick up that prescription they need to refill.

Our Creator is lavish in what He provides And all His provision somehow coincides With just what we need to be healthy and wise.

We all have a mind, and a voice, and two eyes, To look for the hurting, and hear their appeal.

Let generous feelings provide them a meal.

If you can’t feed a hundred, then feed just the one, And this is how charity’s work is begun.

It’s not about politics, birth place, or creeds, Both wealthy and poor folks can all do good deeds.

Give to everyone kindness, a handshake, a smile, Help them carry their burden for that one extra mile.

The freedoms we all take for granted today Were bought with a price that someone had to pay.

Our military forces at home and abroad, And veteran soldiers we all should applaud.

Remember, the ultimate way we can give, Is giving our lives so that others might live.

Mother Teresa said it best, “If you can’t feed a hundred people, then just feed one.” Start being generous where you are

IF YOU GO

What: “Miss Nelson is Missing” When: Saturday at 1 p.m. and 4 p.m.; Sunday at 2 p.m. (running time just over one hour) Where: Meadowwood Technology Campus, 2100 N. Molter Road, Liberty Lake (follow signs) Admission: $6, sold at the door Cast: Judy Black, Gracie Carlson, Greer Greenup, Nessa Greenup, Emily Henning, Janean Jorgensen, Kevin Kuecken, Sami Kopelson, Shandra McGoldrick, Alyssa Mitchell and Genevieve Schmidt.

Crew: Ken Boles, director; Teresa Roberson, stage manager; Sean Boles, sound; Jill Boles, backstage whole new level, and Jorgensen is certainly up to the task.

Versatility is actually a good description for LLCT as a whole. The community group has been on the lookout for a permanent home since its founding, without luck. Kuecken said Monday he has a

with what you have now. You may want to do something for a friend or stranger in a way that they will not find out who did it. Instead of paying you back, they may simply pay it forward and help someone else. One good deed may lead to many more.

John Wesley, the founder of Methodism, put it this way: “Do all the good you can, By all the means you can, In all the ways you can, In all the places you can, At all the times you can, To all the people you can, As long as ever you can.”

Will Rogers once said, “I can remember way back when a liberal was generous with his own money.” For all of us who are a part of the PACE initiative, may we be generous with our own time, resources and influence. What a joy it is to be in a community where so many spheres of influence — schools, businesses, civic leaders, places of worship — are teaching and living character development.

Ian Robertson is CEO (chief energy officer) at ChangePoint Spokane. This is part of a monthly column series written by members of the greater Spokane Valley community about the PACE character trait of the month.

play picked out to stage in October, but before the wheels are put in motion the group must find a place to stage it. He is hopeful a murder mystery dinner and silent auction planned for next month will raise some funds, but in the meantime the group is stuck with having to scramble.

Take “Miss Nelson is Missing.” The play was initially planned to be staged at the Meadowwood Technology Campus’ outdoor amphitheater, but when other plans for that venue surfaced, the production was moved inside the former Agilent complex. (If you attend this weekend, and I hope you do, park as close as you can to the north side of the building and follow the signs to the upper-level room where the performance will be staged.) It’s not an ideal setting from a production standpoint, but it’s plenty comfortable for the audience. And while some LLCT productions are more geared toward adults, this mostly student cast makes the show — much like “SeussOdyssey” — great for the family. (As a dad, I like to hear my kids laugh out loud.)

Looking for a family outing this weekend that simultaneously offers well-deserved support to the community theatre?

Don’t miss “Miss Nelson.”

Josh Johnson is editor and publisher of The Liberty Lake Splash.

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profiles aNNIE tICHY

Age 60

Annie Tichy visited many ancient ruins while in Syria. She traveled a lot — fitting in a ski trip to Lebanon and a teacher’s conference in Thailand — before an anti-government uprising in April forced her to stay close to her Damascus apartment.

Lived in Liberty Lake 38 years, where she has been involved with the annual Fourth of July parade since its formation

Educational background More than 20 years in the Central Valley School District, primarily as a special education teacher. Also taught as an adjunct professor at Eastern Washington University and North Idaho College. Officially retired from the state of Washington this spring with 24 years of teaching experience.

Highlights from Syria Turning 60 in Syria in May, leading her students to wear purple and cheer on the University of Washington football team, snow falling in the desert, holidays, putting on a production of “101 Dalmatians”

Makeup of her class 18 children representing 11 nations (Egypt, Syria, Venezuela, India, Canada, Indonesia, Uzbekistan, Czech Republic, Japan, Sweden and the United States of America)

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you have are children whose parents work for different embassies or companies, and they wanted their children to go to an American school.

Q: You just officially retired from teaching in Washington state this spring after 24 years in the Central Valley School District. Teaching abroad is quite a geographic departure after so much time in Liberty Lake and Spokane Valley.

A: It was just getting time. I wasn't getting any younger, and it was on my bucket list to teach abroad. … I would have been happy going back and teaching a few years in Syria except for what happened. I signed a twoyear contract and I was supposed to go back, but I just recently — which was stressful — asked to be released from my contract. The reason was because of the situation in Syria. It was a hard decision because I have good friends there and loving students and an apartment with things in it.

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Q: What kinds of things did you leave behind?

A: Well clothes, books, DVDs — actually, you kind of had to leave with the thought maybe you wouldn't be back because it's so volatile. It's a personal feeling I have that Americans shouldn't be there right now because of what they're going through. I won't speak for my fellow staff members. We had a couple of resignations in the spring that they made their decision. I didn't make my decision till just (recently) because I followed the news. I was hoping that things would get better, but it's getting worse because now it's turning very anti-American.

Q: Did you sense any hostility or anti-Americanism before the spring?

A: No, none of that. The people were wonderful. They were very warm and welcoming and open and friendly, and I think really what's happening is just such an internal problem with Syria. I personally think it's just difficult to be a foreigner in a country when they're having these issues.

Q: Were you isolated from most of the violence while you were there?

A: I lived a few blocks from the school, and it was kind of known as the Beverly Hills of Damascus.

In other words, I was pretty safe.

So I didn't see a whole lot of what

was on the news, but of course just knowing what was going on made a difference to me. And President Obama wanted Americans out of there; that came out this spring. So I kind of listened to my president and the State Department.

Q: Did your classroom environment change after the uprising began?

A: Yes, because kids started leaving, and there was a sense of that loss and sadness. I only lost four, but that was hard. As kids left our school, you shed a lot of tears. But we tried to carry on.

School closed early, but we put on a performance of “101 Dalmatians” our last night there, and we had gone through three different casts because kids kept leaving.

So we'd lose our star. You tried to keep life as normal as possible for the kids.

Q: Tell me about the makeup of your class.

A: There is a joy in having 11 little nationalities in one class. I wish countries could do that. I wish countries could be like little children, you know, helping each other, being friends. If they got mad at each other, they worked it out.

Q: Was there an aspect of the Syrian culture that you thought you would like to import?

A: They are very, very close to their families. Family is every-

thing. Families live together a lot, and you don't see that a lot in America. There was a real respect for their elder population. That really impressed me.

They taught me a lot. They are very generous, and that was something I learned about, too.

The other thing I really found interesting is kind of the desert Bedouin philosophy, which is you are extremely hospitable because a part of it was survival. That was ingrained in their culture.

Q: How were the first graders you worked with similar or different than kids you worked with in the States?

A: The Syrian kids who were in my class were extremely wealthy.

They had drivers and bodyguards. The kids were really well behaved. There was a real respect level for teachers. I didn't really have any behavior issues. But they were so much like little firstgraders here in America. They loved to play. They were excited to learn to read. They loved their friends. …

These families often move around every two years, and so the coming and the going becomes ingrained in them. That was a good lesson for me to learn, too, that people come into your

lives and are very important to you, and then when you have to close that door, you carry them with you. But you have to move on. I'm doing self talking now as I think of my friends I've left in Syria, and I'll never see them again, and I know that. But it's life, and you carry them with you.

Q: I can't imagine how much preparation there must be to teach in an international setting. Was this the hardest you worked for a year in your life?

A: Yeah, you know, my normal day was 7 in the morning to 6 at night. You put in a lot of hours, but on the other hand you didn't have a lot of distractions. This is what you had. You had the school, so I could really focus on the job.

Q: What else can your experience with these kids teach all of us?

A: Everybody loves their culture. I mean, when I got back to America I was so happy. And the Fourth of July parade really meant a lot. I stuck enough flags in my yard, I swear. But we all love our country. And my little Uzbekistan girl, she loves her country. The Syrians, they love their country. So everyone loves their country, and they should.

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Liberty Lake condo-Big Trout Villa, 1200/sf 2-b/r, 2-bath, balcony, garage 1-yr lease at $900/ mo incl cable, internet, W/S, W/D, gym & pool, michikogorman@yahoo.com, 604-682-8208.

FURNITURE Lovely Cherry wood dresser and two nightstands.

Good condition - $250. Call 255-8711.

Twin bed. White with 3 side drawers, $75. Call 869-4954.

HELP WANTED DANCE INSTRUCTOR Ballet, Tap, Modern, Hip Hop, Jazz, Tumbling, Kid Zumba. Beginning & intermediate. Part-time.

Experienced only. Contact Pam, 953-7501.

LOST & FOUND Bought my Wii Tony Hawk “Ride” skateboard at the LL garage sale? You have the wrong game disk. Please call to exchange, 255-6102.

Missing cat! A female, gray calico with tan and white spots. Answers to Juno. If you see her or know where she is, please call (509) 924-2626.

MISC. FOR SALE 2 US Kids Ultralite Series 5 Club set w/bag. Purple set used once, girls 42-48in $100. Gently used green set boys 54-60in $75, 1-208-277-5909.

FRESH START PRODUCE U-pick blueberries, Cukes, peas, beans, lettuce, summer squash. In the store, Bing and Rainier cherries, 4 varieties apricots, Walla Walla onions, fresh garlic, beans, beets and local honey. Hours: Mon-sat 9-6, Sun. 11-5. 21619 E. Wellesley, Otis Orchards, 927-8133.

Pottery Barn Kids play wooden ironing board w/cover, $25, 1-208-277-5909.

REAL ESTATE 2-bed, 1 3/4 bath with private beach rights 1 block from Liberty Lake. This adorable home has been totally renovated. Walk in shower in master bath.

Custom stone and hickory gas fireplace. Approx 1000 sq ft. 1418 S Liberty Drive. Asking 189,500. Call Robert at 509-979-5324.

FSBO GREAT FAMILY HOME 5-bed, 3-bath, 2358 sq/ ft, 3-garage, close to Pavilion Park, huge fenced yard, 22914 E Settler Dr. Liberty Lake, $229,500. Can email pictures. Call 509-413-1444 or 509-385-1303.

SERVICES

RECREATION 30 used golf carts: Club Car, Ezego, Yamaha, gas/electric from $750. 2 or 4 pass. Will trade, del, finance, 999-8989.

LIBERTY LAWN & LANDSCAPE

20/20 WINDOW WASHING Window cleaning/power washing/gutter cleaning. Liberty Lake resident. Residential and commercial services. Very competitive, satisfaction guarantee. Free estimates 509-6388275. This week get 25% off any inside and out window cleaning service.

A-1 WHITE DUSTER Housecleaning, give yourself a treat and have your house cleaned. Reliable, trustworthy and reasonable rates. Weekly and biweekly. Please call Jamie at 509-892-3594 or cell 208661-5535.

AIRPORT TRANSPORTATION Clean, non-smoking van Liberty Lake to Spokane International Airport (GEG) $ 40 each way. We accept reservations, 509-270-3115 (Tom’s Flat Rate Taxi.

BABYSITTING Responsible 16 year-old. I’ve been babysitting professionally for 4 years. First-aid and CPR certified by American Red Cross. I absolutely love kids!

References available. Call me at 509-368-1388.

BUILDING BLOCKS PRE-K Building Blocks Pre-K in Liberty Lake has openings for the 2011-2012 school year. For more information, visit www.libertylakeprek.com or contact Amy Dickeson at 509-993-9845.

Experienced, loving childcare giver with degree in Human Development seeking part- or full-time nanny position. References available. Contact Heather at 509-891-9018

EYELASH EXTENSIONS $75 NO MORE MASCARA!! Eyelash Extensions are individually placed on each individual eyelash.

Extensions last 3-4 weeks before fill. Done by a Licensed Esthetician. Lashes by Stephanie, 509-342-8199.

HEINZ PAINTING & HANDYMAN BBB accredited, hardworking, honest, on time, and quality work. Dave Heinz, 509-953-8093. July special: get 10% off when you book within 2 weeks of your estimate! Licensed, bonded & insured, Heinzph924bw.

Home repairs, large or small. Minor plumbing, fences, bathroom remodels and more. References available.

Let me finish your “honey-do’s”, 869-3062. Paulman Services, Paulms*991bt.

LAWN CARE ORGANIC MICRO-CUT. Why settle for the “cheapest in town” when for a competitive price you can have the best around! Call CJ at Organic Micro-cut for your free quote today! 509-863-8894.

LAWNMOWER REPAIR Joel’s Lawnmower Repair repairing both riding and walk-behind lawnmowers, garden tillers and most power equipment. Pickup and delivery available. Factory Trained Technician. Licensed and insured. Call 924-5396. M-F 10-6, Sat 9-12, Closed Sundays.

Providing complete landscape service. Property cleanup, tree & hedge service. Residential yards start at $30 for mow, blow & trim edge. 509-2261352, www.vizzini.com.

PACIFIC LAWN MAINTENANCE Full Service Professional weekly / bi-weekly lawn care with rates starting at $20 weekly.

Serving the Liberty Lake area for over ten years.

Guaranteed lowest prices in town. Will meet or beat any competitors written bid. Free estimates and free first mow with summer commitment.

Pacific Lawn Maintenance, 509-218-1775.

PAVER PATIOS & DRIVEWAYS SAV Associates is your complete home & property contractor. Paver patios & drives, repairs, decks. No job too small or large. Tenant move-out repairs, maintenance & haul away. We can prepare your home for listing & sale or maintain vacant properties & rentals. #savasa*923ms. 509-226-1352, www.vizzini.com.

PERSONALIZED FITNESS Affordable personalized fitness programs. Circuit, TRX, Bootcamp, Dance/Zumba, Yoga, Pilates, Nutrition. Individual, partner & group training.

Private studio, home, or on-site. Specials! Contact Pam, 953-7501, www.chalpinfitness.com.

PROFESSIONAL INSTALLERS 26 years experience, free estimates, all types of showers, backsplashes countertops and flooring.

Let us put the finishing touch on your project.

Call Larry and Lillie 924-4954.

SENIOR PORTRAITS Tired of the extravagant prices that photography studios charge for senior portraits? Instead of paying $300-600 or more for a few hours in a studio, think local instead.

I’m a photography student with all the right equipment and can come to the location that suits you best. I charge $100 for 1-1.5 hours at one location, or $200 for 3 hours at two locations, both with unlimited photos and outfit changes. I will provide you with a CD of the best photos, retouched and with black & white or sepia options, with prints being extra. Call Randi Wilson at 509-998-4836 for more information or to set up an appointment today!

YOU’VE GOT IT “MAID” Licensed, bonded & Insured. I am honest, reliable and take pride in what I do. I have great references and competitive rates. Please call Gail, 509385-1008.

STATEWIDE REACH 2.7 MILLION READERS: The Splash participates in a statewide classified ad program that allows classified advertisers to submit ads for publication in more than 130 community publications throughout Washington. $255 buys 1,180,746 circulation and 2,715,700 readers.

For more information, contact Josh Johnson at 242-7752 or josh@libertylakesplash.com.

See CLASSIFIEDS, page 23

Index of advertisers

NEW ROCKY HILL $169,900 - 1761 SQ FT Oversized garage. Largest fenced lot. 3-br 2-ba. Open floor plan, granite, etc. 2225 N Oakland Lane, $169,900. Craig, agent, 208-704-5400.

Twisp Cafe in Liberty Lake is for sale. This is almost the cafés 2nd year and has a established customer base, steady sales and a great reputation. Business is ready for new owners to take over. The café comes with equipment, full espresso bar, beer and wine license, trained employees and inventory. Email: twispcafe@ comcast.net.

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3 Calvary Chapel Christian School 15 Carver Farms 9 Chamberlain, Dr. Dan 15 City of Liberty Lake - Trailhead junior 10 Discover Technology 11 Domino’s Pizza 9 Essentials Medi Spa 11 Good Samaritan Society Spokane Valley 15 Granite Transformations 2 Green Thumb Nursery 9 KidFit Spokane 3

Lakeside Vision PLLC 6 Liberty Lake Family & Sports Medicine 5 Liberty Lake Farmers Market 3 Liberty Lake Sewer & Water District 8 Liberty Lashes 9 McDonald’s 3 Mega Wash Express 9 Northern Quest Resort & Casino 24 NW Tailoring 15 R’n R RV 6 Relay For Life 11 Sayre and Sayre 14

Simonds Dental Group Sleep City Spokane County Carpet Cleaning Spokane Indians Spokane Roofing Spokane Valley Cosmetic Laser Center Sterling Savings Bank True Legends Grill Valley Hospital & Medical Center Zephyr Lodge & Conference Grounds

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CLASSIFIEDS Continued from page 22 EDUCATION ATTEND COLLEGE online from Home. Medical, Business, Paralegal, Accounting, Criminal Justice. Job placement assistance. Computer available. Financial Aid if qualified.

Call 866-483-4429, www.CenturaOnline.com.

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FINANCIAL

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HELP WANTED

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INTERNATIONAL CULTURAL Exchange Representative: Earn supplemental income placing and supervising high school exchange students. Volunteer host families also needed. Promote world peace! 1-866-GO-AFICE or www.afice.org.

TRUCK DRIVERS - CDL-A flatbed drivers needed. Teams, solos & O/O’s. Great pay & benefits. Consistent miles and hometime. 50 cents per mile for teams, 1-888-430-7659.

DRIVERS - Company - Lease - Work for us or let us work for you! Unbeatable career opportunities. Trainee, company driver. Lease Operators earn up to $51K. Lease Trainers earn up to $80K, 877-369-7105, www. centraldrivingjobs.net.

LEGAL SERVICES

DIVORCE $135. $165 with children. No court appearances.

Complete preparation. Includes, custody, support, property division and bills. BBB member. 503-772-5295, www.paralegalalternatives.com, divorce@usa.com.

REAL ESTATE

20 ACRE RANCH foreclosures Near booming El Paso, Texas. Was $16,900, now $12,900, $0 down, take over payment, $99/mo. Beautiful views, owner financing.

Free map/pictures, 800-343-9444.

LEGAL NOTICES NOTICE OF CITY PLANNING COMMISSION PUBLIC WORKSHOP ON THE PROPOSED 2011 CITY DEVELOPMENT CODE & RIVER DISTRICT SPECIFIC AREA PLAN OVERLAY (RDSAP) AMENDMENTS NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN TO ALL INTERESTED PERSONS THAT: The Planning Commission of the City of Liberty Lake will hold a public workshop on the proposed 2011 City Development Code and RDSAP Amendments. Attendees will have the opportunity to comment on the above-mentioned proposed amendments.

The public workshop will be held Wednesday, August 10, 2011, beginning at 4pm @ the Liberty Lake City Hall Council Chambers, 22710 E. Country Vista, Liberty Lake, WA. A brief presentation on the proposed 2011 City Development Code and RDSAP Amendments will be conducted at the beginning of the workshop.

If you have any questions, please contact the City of Liberty Lake Planning & Building Services at 755-6708. Information and lists of the proposed amendments is also available on the City website at http://www.libertylakewa.gov/development/public_notices.asp.

City of Liberty Lake 22710 E. Country Vista Drive Liberty Lake, WA 99019 (509) 755-6700 www.libertylakewa.gov NOTICE OF ORDINANCE PASSED

BY LIBERTY LAKE CITY COUNCIL The following is the title and summary of Ordinance No. 194, passed by the City of Liberty Lake City Council on the 19th day of July, 2011 AN ORDINANCE OF THE CITY OF LIBERTY LAKE, WASHINGTON, GRANTING THE RIGHT OF FRANCHISE TO ZAYO GROUP, LLC AND ITS AFFILIATES FOR THE OPERATION OF A TELECOMMUNCATIONS SYSTEM IN THE CITY OF LIBERTY LAKE Section 1 explains definitions of indicated meanings used in the Ordinance.

Section 2 grants non-exclusive use of Public Right of Way to provide telecommunication services, and addresses facilities within and outside the Franchise area.

Section 3 requires compliance with all applicable federal, state, and local laws.

Section 4 establishes a noninterference of facilities clause.

Section 5 authorizes the City to direct Zayo Group to abate conditions deemed dangerous to any person.

Section 6 requires Zayo Group to comply with City permitting regulations.

Section 7 requires Zayo Group to provide prompt restoration of conditions which existed prior to installation, construction, excavation, relocation, maintenance or repair in accordance with City standards.

Section 8 outlines bonding requirements.

Section 9 governs all matters related to underground installation of Zayo Group’s Facilities within the Franchise Area.

Section 10 addresses relocation of facilities.

Section 11 allows the City to obtain installation and planning records.

Section 12 provides an indemnification clause.

Section 13 establishes insurance requirements.

Section 14 complies with state laws governing administrative fees and reimbursement costs.

Section 15 outlines necessary arrangements for moving buildings within the Franchise area.

Section 16 establishes forfeiture, revocation, and remedies for noncompliance.

Section 17 establishes a non-waiver clause.

Section 18 establishes a no waiver, expansion, and change of boundary clause.

Section 19 addresses abandonment of facilities.

Section 20 provides that this Franchise is not, and shall not be deemed to be, an exclusive Franchise.

Section 21 sets forth a shared use of excavations clause.

Section 22 provides for the Franchise term.

Section 23 prohibits Zayo Group from assigning its rights, benefits, and privileges in and under this Franchise without prior written consent of the City.

Section 24 reserves the right to alter, amend, or modify the terms and conditions of this Franchise.

Section 25 addresses Franchise dispute resolution.

Section 26 addresses attorney fees and costs incurred in any action arising out of the existence of this Franchise.

Section 27 supersedes all prior rights and obligations granted by City Ordinance No. 40.

Section 28 defines headings or titles in this Franchise for the purpose of reference only.

Section 29 establishes unconditional written acceptance by Zayo Group of all terms and conditions of the Franchise.

Section 30 establishes a severability clause in the event some portion of the Ordinance is held invalid.

Section 31 provides contact information for both parties.

Section 32 provides for an effective date.

copy will be mailed.

The full text of the Ordinance is available at the City of Liberty Lake offices and/or City website as identified above. Upon request, a

DATED this 28th day of July, 2011.

/S/ , City Clerk, Ann Swenson

Date of Publication: 7.28.11

IN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SPOKANE LAWRENCE V. BROWN, JR., Plaintiff, vs.

CENTURION FINANCIAL GROUP, LLC, SCOTT G. SWITZER and CHERI SWITZER, husband and wife, individually, and the marital community comprised thereof, THOMAS R. HAZELRIGG, BINGO INVESTMENTS, LLC, BINGO INVESTMENTS I, LLC, and DAVID S. BINGHAM and SHERRY BINGHAM, husband and wife, individually, and the marital community comprised thereof, Defendants.

No. 09-2-05736-7 SUMMONS The State of Washington to the said Scott G. Switzer and Cheri Switzer, husband and wife, individually, and the marital community comprised thereof, Thomas R. Hazelrigg, and Centurion Financial Group, LLC: You are hereby summoned to appear within sixty (60) days after the date of the first publication of this summons, to wit, within sixty days after the 28th day of July, 2011, and defend the above entitled action in the above entitled court, and answer the complaint of the plaintiff Lawrence V. Brown, Jr., and serve a copy of your answer upon the undersigned attorneys for plaintiff Lawrence V. Brown, Jr., at his office below stated; and in case of your failure so to do, judgment will be rendered against you according to the demand of the complaint, which has been filed with the clerk of said court.

A lawsuit has been commenced against you by Plaintiff Lawrence V. Brown, Jr., alleging breach of contract, securities act violations, conversion, and other related causes of action on account of a commercial business loan provided to you by Plaintiff Lawrence V. Brown, Jr.

EVANS, CRAVEN & LACKIE, P.S.

By /s/ SEAN P. BOUTZ, #34164 Attorneys for Plaintiff Evans, Craven & Lackie, P.S. 818 W. Riverside Ave., Suite 250 Spokane, WA 99201 (509) 455-5200

SUPERIOR COURT, STATE OF WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF SPOKANE In re the Estate of:

No: 11400911-6

DOUGLAS G. CLUKEY,

Deceased.

PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS RCW 11.40.030

The personal representative named below has been appointed and has qualified as personal representative of this estate. Any person having a claim against the deceased must, before the time the claim would be barred by any otherwise applicable statute of limitations, present the claim in the manner as provided in RCW 11.40.070 by serving on or mailing to the personal representative or the personal representative’s attorney of record at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the court in which the probate proceedings were commenced. The claim must be presented within the later of: (1) Thirty days after the personal representative served or mailed the notice to the creditor as provided under RCW 11.40.020(1) (c); or (2) four months after the date of first publication of the notice.

If the claim is not presented within this time frame, the claim is forever barred, except as otherwise provided in RCW 11.40.051 and RCW 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the decedent’s probate assets and nonprobate assets.

Date of first publication:

July 28, 2011

Personal Representative:

Darrell F. Clukey

Attorneys for Personal Representative:

Address for Mailing or Service:

Terry L. Snow, WSBA # 00689 Terry L. Snow, PLLC N. 711 Lincoln, Ste. A Spokane, WA 99201 (509) 324-0100 (509) 324-0107 fax

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