The Lands Council, an organization to “preserve and revitalize Inland Northwest forests, water, and wildlife through advocacy, education, effective action, and community engagement,” is in search of new members. If you join by Dec. 9th, you get reduced membership rates of $25 per individual or family, and you’ll be entered to win: – Two 1-day […]
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Now that the election’s over, I’ve tested out the instructions for making campaign-sign fenders we included in this month’s OTM. If you think making fenders out of this stuff is crazy, read the story on Gonzaga Law professor Terry Sawyer’s coroplast kayak and other cool stuff you can make out of old signs. Alright, here
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To find out more about the event, check out the news story on page 8 of the November issue of OTM.
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Lookout Pass Ski Area is reporting 15 inches of snow over the weekend and forecasts for more throughout the week. They will open for the 2009-2010 season this Friday, November 13th. – The majority of the front side of the mountain with top-to-bottom skiing off Chair 1 will open. – Eight runs have been groomed
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Last Saturday morning, new owners — Geoff Forshag and Bruce Abbotts — unlocked the doors at the downtown bike shop Two Wheel Transit. The shop will continue carrying Trek and Gary Fisher bikes, and Bontrager gear and parts, and it will remain a full service maintenance and repair shop. “We’re going to be more of
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One World Spokane, a Sprague Ave. organic community kitchen, has begun hosting guest chefs and live music on Friday nights from 5:30-8. Tonight, they’re featuring Stephanie Smith for an entirely vegan meal. For non-vegans, here’s a great opportunity to answer that burning question, “What do vegans eat?” On the menu: Split Pea Soup Roasted Butternut
The Couer d’Alene office of J-U-B Engineers, a Boise-based civil engineering firm, was one of only three businesses in Northern Idaho and Eastern Washington recognized as Bicycle Friendly Businesses by the League of American Bicyclists. Mountain Gear in Spokane Valley and Rings & Things in Spokane also made the list. What qualified them? Shower facilities
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We’ve received a Letter to the Editor regarding our October interview with Novella Carpenter, an urban farmer who visited Spokane last month to promote her new book “Farm City.” Dear Jon, I felt that I must write to you regarding the article about Novella Carpenter and urban farming. She raises and kills her own rabbits,
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Spokane mountaineer Dawes Eddy, who climbed Mt. Everest at 65 earlier this year, will present a slide on his accomplisment Wednesday, 7 p.m., at the Jepson Center’s Wolfe Auditorium, Gonzaga University. Physiology researcher Don Winant will present a report, “Built to Scale: Dawes Eddy at Extreme Altitude,” detailing a medical study that followed Eddy on his
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