Spokane Area Students Learn How to Bike Safely Keep your eyes out for a string of bicyclists practicing left turns, riding on neighborhood streets, and looking at intersections around schools. Physical education classes for 5th through 8th graders will look different this spring. Middle school students in 6 school districts will be learning how to […]
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THEY MAY CALL THEMSELVES bike clubs, but you could also think of them as support groups. Many of the members were once where you are now and are glad to help you grow into the sport. There are a number of benefits from riding with others. You learn about other routes, become a stronger rider,
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CHRIS MORLAN HAS SUPER POWERS. By day, most people know him as an architect, a good husband and a caring father. But this is all part of his plan to blend in with the rest of the community. His modest demeanor and easy-going smile might fool some, but when it’s time to run, he reveals
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Floating down Ecuador’s Pindo River in a cheap inflatable raft with his brothers when he was seven years old was Ryan Kerrigan’s first rafting experience. They all survived—the rapids were no greater than class II. Now, at age 32, Ryan is a professional whitewater raft guide and executive director of Peak 7 Adventures—a local non-profit
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SOME VACATIONS FEEL SO busy and exhausting that once you return home you need another vacation just to rejuvenate. Staying at a resort—and focusing your recreation and other activities around that focal point—is one way to ensure a relaxing getaway. Located outside of Leavenworth along Icicle Creek is Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort, whose namesake peak
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The week of January 23rd Spokane, Coeur d’Alene & Post Falls Toastmaster Clubs will be hosting a series of workshops to present and showcase skills in coaching, team-building, delegating, resolving conflict, motivating employees and goal setting. Experienced members of the club will present and teach these valuable skills to our community, skills necessary to be
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In my mind, the bike lanes in Spokane serve one of two purposes. Some of them take you places you’d like to go, and some of them allow you to answer in the positive when you’re asked, “Does Spokane have bike lanes?” The latter are what I’ve heard referred to as bike lanes of opportunity.
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HIGH SCHOOL RUNNERS TO COMPETE IN NATIONAL MEETS IN CALIFORNIA AND OREGON November 30, 2011—This Saturday will be a big day for high school runners from the Spokane area, as the region’s top harriers head south for post-season meets in California and Oregon. Nearly 50 individuals will be competing in the Foot Locker West Regional
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Wyakin Map Spokane Parks and Recreation is planning two volunteer trail building days this fall one on Veteran’s Day Friday November 11 from 12-3PM and another Saturday November 12 from 9AM-Noon at Wyakin Park which is located in the Northwest part of Spokane at the corner of Assembly and Francis. This area is about 20
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Death Valley To Mt. Whitney. Solo.In 89 Hours And 38 Minutes. Is Lisa Bliss Crazy Or Just Crazy Good? With freezing hands, Lisa Bliss battled to change the batteries in her headlamp. Sleep-deprived and grossly exhausted, she shivered in the dark on that July night in California and tried to finesse the tiny batteries into
