By Amy Silbernagel McCaffree Camping provides rituals for family bonding: the road trip, meals around the picnic table, playtime, and the campfire. Days stretch long for children to immerse themselves in nature. It’s as transformative as it is fun. “Teaching children about the natural world should be treated as one of the most important events […]
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Amy McCaffree Amy (Silbernagel) McCaffree enjoys paddling, camping, biking, hiking, alpine skiing, and gardening. She is the Out There Kids columnist and has been writing for OTO since 2006. Amy has a MFA in Creative Writing from Eastern Washington University and lives in Spokane with her husband and their two children. View Articles Connect Carol
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Riverside State Park just received a grant for improvements for its Equestrian Riding Area Riding Arena. The Riverside State Park Foundation (RSPF) is pleased to announce an award of $15,000 from the Johnston-Hanson Foundation funding a project to refurbish and improve the riding arena of the Park’s Equestrian Area, located at the south end of
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Details: Paid 20 hr/week position. Further position description attached and available at projecthopespokane.org.
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SPOKANE VALLEY, WASH—Once the repaving project along eastbound Appleway between Dishman-Mica and University wraps up later this week, drivers, pedestrians and bicyclists will notice a new kind of striping for the bike lanes that run along the curb lane on the south side of the roadway. Referred to as a “buffered bike lane,” the new
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IT’S A UBIQUITOUS SUMMER PHRASE in Spokane: “Going to the lake.” For some, the body of water referenced is Coeur d’Alene; for others, Newman or Hayden lakes. For many, though, the “lake” in the phrase is Priest, probably the most popular water destination in the area and certainly the most scenic (apologies to Pend Oreille
Paddling Upper Priest Lake As Easy As 1, 2, 3,*** Read More »
MY DAUGHTER SCORES a hat-trick in a soccer game. Girl on the other teams says to her, “You’re gonna need those goals.” My daughter wants to know, “Was that girl being mean to me?” How do you explain trash talk to a seven-year-old? Or that her best teammate from last year was “poached” by a
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Bands to watch….. ELKFEST 2012 My Goodness Guitarist Joel Schneider and drummer Ethan Jacobson epitomize the purest distillation of rock, blues and punk. They both hail from other notable Seattle bands, but their sonic chemistry became immediately apparent when they began playing together. Very quickly they were offered a show and needed a name. Since
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IT TURNS OUT THAT a strong indicator of the health of bicycle commuting is the number of women who participate in it. Women make up only about one-fourth of bike commuters in the United States. The percentage is higher in bike-friendly cities where there is greater emphasis on safe and practical bike routes. In cities
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