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Sheriff's Office encourages you to "Take 25" for child safety

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Wednesday, May 22nd, 5:06 pm
Sheriff's Office encourages you to "Take 25" for child safety

Members of the Spokane County Sheriff's Office and Spokane Police Department are at Northtown Mall today to educate parents, kids and community members on child safety. The event is part of the National “Take 25” Child Safety Campaign in observance of National Missing Children's Day on May 25th.

 

The National “Take 25” Child Safety Campaign encourages parents to take 25 minutes to talk to their children about how to stay safe in a variety of situations. The campaign was designed to raise awareness about the issues surrounding missing and exploited children.

 

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Yard sale to help the EV community

Submitted by Robyn Nance, Good Morning Northwest Anchor
Wednesday, May 22nd, 2013, 10:58am
Yard sale to help the EV community

Get this on your calendar! The East Valley Food and Clothing Bank is holding a Yard Sale Friday, May 31st at the High School Extension Portable/Teen Parent Portable parking lot, which is north of the HS tennis courts).

The Food and Clothing Bank has an excess of donated clothing, but is low on food items, so, the smart people there decided to fix that. They will hold the yard sale to benefit those in need in EV. All proceeds will support the food bank, weekend backpack program and various special necessity purchases for kids who come up throughout the school year.

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Armed Forces Day Observances Planned For All Furniture Row Stores

Submitted by Ashley Murphy, TV Promotions & Web Sales Coordinator
Tuesday, May 14th, 2013, 12:46pm
Armed Forces Day Observances Planned For All Furniture Row Stores

 

Furniture Row will host Military Appreciation Nights in each of its 330 stores nationwide on May 17th, the eve of Armed Forces Day. Established in 1949, Armed Forces Day provides a single holiday for all Americans to express their gratitude to those who have given so much in patriotic service to our country.

Military Appreciation Nights will be held from 3pm to 9pm on Friday, May 17th inside all the specialty stores of Furniture Row­; Denver Mattress, Sofa Mart, Oak Express, and Bedroom Expressions. All Active Duty, Former, and Retired Military, as well as Reservist and Members of the National Guard, are invited to come with their families for an evening of celebration and recognition.

To help spread the word, Furniture Row will be taking to the tracks at both Talladega and Darlington raceways with a new commemorative Military Appreciation Night design on the famous Furniture Row Racing #78 NASCAR Sprint Cup Series Chevrolet, driven by Kurt Busch.

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Spokane Wineries celebrate Spring release

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Friday, May 10th, 4:49 pm
Spokane Wineries celebrate Spring release

The Spokane Winery Association is holding it's annual Mother's Day Spring Release Weekend, so tell mom you love and appreciate her with a bottle of wine or an afternoon of tasting.

Spring is when wineries release their selections for the season and local wineries are celebrating with tasting events and other festivities. There are 21 Washington wineries featured at 17 local tasting rooms throughout the area.

The Mother's Day Spring Release Weekend events run from 12pm-6pm through Sunday, May 12th, at area wineries and tasting rooms. Tasting fees vary depending on the location. You can download a map of local places at http://www.spokanewineries.net 

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Avista Energy Resource Team goes mobile

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Friday, May 10th, 3:47 pm
Avista Energy Resource Team goes mobile

Avista Utilities is taking their services on the road setting up their mobile Energy Resource Team in communities throughout the area. Today, they were in the Spokane Valley with Second Harvest's mobile food bank offering tips and supplies to make homes more energy efficient.

 

“The biggest goal is to educate people on ways to conserve energy in their homes,” says Ana Matthews, a Consumer Affairs Program Manager with Avista. The Energy Resource Team provides resources and materials to help people who are struggling lower their monthly bills and set them up with resources such as SNAP when they need more help.

 

Avista workers handed out bags with rope caulk, window insulation kits, fridge coil cleaners and compact florescent light bulbs to help get homes on their way to a lower bill. Matthews says the biggest energy sucker is drafts in the home and they come from places you might not think to look such as your outlets.

 

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Fire District 8 Open House

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Tuesday, May 7th, 12:04 pm
Fire District 8 Open House

Fire District 8 is hosting an open house this weekend for Fire Service Day. The event features fun family activities as well demonstrations and station tours. 

Smokey the Bear will be there to say hi to the kids and the station will be doing two auto extraction demonstrations as well as fire extinguisher demonstrations. Firefighters and EMTs will be teaching CPR classes throughout the day. David's Pizza will be serving lunch from 11am-1pm. 

The open house will be held at Station 81, located at 6117 S. Palouse Highway, just east of the intersection of 57th and the Palouse Highway. Station 81 serves Moran Prairie, Glenrose, Valley View Hills, Hangman Hills, the Ridge at Hangman and Browns Mountain. 

Fire District 8 Open House, Saturday, May 11th, 10:00am-2:00pm.

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AMR to host free CPR class at Spokane Arena

Submitted by Camille Troxel on Monday, May 6th, 5:21 pm
AMR to host free CPR class at Spokane Arena

AMR Spokane wants you to learn CPR, and on May 22nd they'll train you for free. 

AMR Spokane is joining American Medical Response teams across the nation to train as many people as possible in compression-only CPR. In partnership with Spokane Fire Department, Providence Health Care and Spokane Heart Rescue, AMR instructors will be teaching this life saving skill all day on May 22nd at the Spokane Arena. 

"While first responders often arrive on the scene of an emergency within minutes, we want to remind everyone that during a cardiac arrest, seconds can be critical," said Cathy St. Amand, Training Coordinator of AMR Spokane. 

Compression-only CPR only takes a few minutes to learn and can help keep a cardiac arrest victim alive until first responders can arrive. AMR hopes that this event will help make the community a safer place to live.

You can learn compression-only CPR at the Spokane Arena on May 22nd from 6am-7pm.

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