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FAMILIAR FACE: Steve Peterson throws his name into the race for mayor P. 6
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Three not-so-new
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Liberty Lake woman supports local animal agenciesBy Tammy KimberleySplaSh Staff writer
When a home around the lake was aban-doned recently and some furry creatures took up residence, two Liberty Lake sisters came to their rescue.
After becoming aware of the situation, Kerry Masters and Christy Anderlik met with the representing realtor and neigh-bors. After getting the creatures out of the home, the cats and kittens continued to hang around the outside of the house.
So the sisters took responsibility for the animals by providing food and setting up humane traps from Pet Savers. They checked the traps multiple times per day, and after they caught them, had them spayed and neutered before finding per-manent homes for all.
Masters has earned the reputation as one to call when compassion for animals is needed. She’s spent the majority of her life attached to animals by providing a home, her time and resources to help advocate for organizations that provide hands-on care for furry creatures.
The Splash recently sat down with Mas-ters in her Liberty Lake home to hear more about her love of animals and her support
of organizations that serve the animal population.
Q. I understand caring for animals is sort of a family thing. Tell me what role your parents played in
your view of animals.
A. We all came to conclusions at the same time, around the time I was a teenager. My memory is that I
had a kitty cat and it killed a bird. We were all upset, but my mother especially be-cause she really loves birds.
I remember sitting at the dinner table with chicken on our plates, and mom sug-gested that maybe we shouldn’t have cats because they kill birds. I asked, “If cats are bad because they kills birds, then aren’t we bad too because we’re killing birds?” We all decided (to become vegetarians) cold turkey.
My dad was the last hold out. He didn’t eat meat at home but he would go out and eat meat. It took my dad watching videos of slaughterhouses to make the connection that eating meat is killing animals.
Caring for displaced critters
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Kerry masters, who has a house full of cats and dogs, serves as an advocate for animal organizations. She said she believes animal overpopulation can be controlled by pet owners taking advantage of spay and neuter services.
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• Feb. 24, 2011� The Splash The Splash Feb. 24, 2011 • �community Calendar Community Briefs
FEBRUARY 24Noon: liberty lake Centennial
rotary meeting, denny ashlock building, 22510 e. mission ave.
FEBRUARY 2611 a.m.: liberty lake poetry Club,
liberty lake municipal library, 23123 e. mission ave.
1 p.m.: lego mania reception, lib-erty lake municipal library, 23123 e. mission ave.
FEBRUARY 2811 a.m.-2 p.m.: liberty lake
Senior lunch program, liberty lake City hall, 22710 e. Country Vista drive
6:30 p.m.: Central Valley School board meeting, 19307 e. Cataldo
MARCH 17 p.m.: liberty lake City Council
meeting, liberty lake City hall, 22710 e. Country Vista drive
MARCH 26:45 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 toastmas-ters, denny ashlock building, 22510 e. mission ave.
6:30 p.m.: Scope meeting, liberty lake City hall, 22710 e. Country Vista drive
MARCH 3Noon: liberty lake Centennial
rotary meeting, denny ashlock building, 22510 e. mission ave.
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LLCT cancels ‘The Big Five Oh!’Liberty Lake Community Theatre an-
nounced last week the cancellation of “The Big Five Oh!” production due to the lack of a full cast.
LLCT President Jennifer Ophardt said they might try the play again in the fu-ture and encouraged interested partici-pants to keep tabs on productions and auditions by checking www.libertylake-theatre.com.
Church holds fundraiserLiberty Lake Church is holding a “Hoops
of Hope” event on Saturday from 8 a.m. to noon at Liberty Lake Elementary School.
Hoops of Hope is a fundraiser that en-courages participants to shoot 1,000 free throws to represent the 1,000 kids or-phaned every four hours by HIV and AIDS. The funds will benefit African orphans who have lost their parents to AIDS.
The church is also doing an acoustic con-cert to benefit the event on Friday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Twisp Café, 23505 E. Appleway.
For more information, contact the church at 255-6266 or [email protected].
CV students featured at mallCentral Valley School District is dis-
playing student work at the Spokane Val-ley Mall Friday through Wednesday.
Artwork and projects from all grade lev-els will be on display and there will also be musical performances by selected groups. For times and locations of performances, contact CV schools.
Lego mania at libraryThe Liberty Lake Municipal Library,
23123 E. Mission Avenue, is hosting a Lego Mania reception Saturday at 1 p.m. Winners of the Lego contest will be an-nounced, and there will be games and ac-tivities for all attendees.
Residents have until Friday to vote on their favorite Lego creations on display at the library.
Kiwanis to hear from counselor Erika Schreiber, counselor with Juvenile
Rehabilitation Administration in Spokane, will be the guest speaker at the Liberty Lake
Kiwanis meeting at 6:45 a.m. Wednesday at City Hall, 22710 E. Country Vista.
Schreiber will share about her work with juvenile offenders and the efforts to guide them toward more productive, responsible lives. The public is invited to attend.
Fathers, daughters invited to annual Kiwanis dance
Tickets are now on sale for the sixth an-nual Father-Daughter Dance sponsored by Liberty Lake Kiwanis and K-Kids. The event will be held March 5 from 7 to 9 p.m. at Cen-terPlace at Mirabeau Point, 2426 N. Discov-ery Place in Spokane Valley.
Girls of all ages, along with their fathers or other adult male guest, are invited to an evening of dancing and fun along a Mardi Gras theme.
The cost is $40 per father and daughter, and $15 for each additional daughter. Price includes favors, refreshments, DJ and more.
To purchase tickets, visit libertylakeki-wanis.org, fatherdaughterdance.webs.com or mail a check to Kiwanis LL Father Daughter Dance, PO Box 384, Liberty Lake, WA 99019.
For more information, call Linda at 951-3573 or Melanie at 315-4068.
Tennis, anyone?Local residents interested in learning more
about the Liberty Lake Community Tennis Association are invited to a meeting March 10 at 7 p.m. at the Trailhead Golf Course clubhouse, 1102 N. Liberty Lake Road.
Volunteers are also needed for assisting with local events, as well as providing input regarding community use of tennis courts.
For more information, contact Frank Cruz-Aedo at 294-8584 or [email protected].
FOPP offers scholarshipsFriends of Pavillion Park announced
this week its scholarship offerings for the 2011-2012 academic year.
The group will offer seven individual scholarships ranging from $500 to $1,500 for students planning to pursue post-high education. Candidates will be judged on community involvement, academic and vo-cational aptitude and the desire to develop
skills to serve society.Scholarships are available to students who
are a Liberty Lake resident or have a parent, guardian or grandparent who are residents. Former recipients are not eligible.
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For more information, call Rand Hatch at 255-6174 or David Himebaugh at 994-7933.
Club offers English lessonsIndividuals who speak Russian or Ukra-
nian are invited to a free English Club on Wednesdays at 7:30 p.m. at The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 23515 E. Boone.
The club is open to those wishing to practice their English skills, improve pro-nunciation and expand their vocabulary.
For more information, contact Ryan Romney at 720-1993.
Library offers reading program during winter months
The Liberty Lake Municipal Library is holding a winter reading program until March 31 for all ages.
Family readers or beginning indepen-dent readers can receive stickers for dif-ferent types of books read. Older partici-pants who read three books are eligible to win a chance at a Barnes & Noble gift card or other cold-weather treats.
For more information, go to www.lib-ertylakewa.gov/library.
Library offers computer classComputer classes are offered on Sat-
urdays from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Liberty Lake Municipal Library, 23123 E. Mission.
The class consists of basics of computer use, how to set up an email account and how to use Microsoft Office programs.
Interested participants can sign up by calling the library at 232-2510.
City hosts Senior Lunch 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.
Rotary in need of quiltersLiberty Lake Centennial Rotary Club is
looking for quilters to help supply quilts to children going through surgery.
For more information on the specific dimensions of the quilts, call Mary at 475-6320.
Class offered for abuse victimsA.R.M.S. (Abuse Recovery Ministry
Services) offers free, confidential, weekly classes in Liberty Lake to help victims of domestic violence and abuse. For more information, call 484-0600 (calls are con-fidential).
For full list of community briefs, visit www.libertylakesplash.com.
BRIEFSContinued from page �
LLES wins statewide awardLiberty Lake Elementary School recent-
ly received the Washington Achievement Award in the category of Overall Excel-lence among other elementary schools in the state.
The award, a collaborative effort between the State Board of Education and the Wash-ington Achievement Index, recognizes schools based on their statewide assessment data for the previous three years.
This is the third year in a row LLES has received recognition as a high-performing school.
For a complete list of recipients, go to www.k12.wa.us/EducationAwards/Wash-ingtonAchievement.
GMS students to perform at mallMore than 130 music students from
Greenacres Middle School will perform in the J.C. Penney court at the Spokane Valley Mall on Tuesday as part of the 26th annual Central Valley Days on the Mall.
The GMS sixth-grade choir will perform Tuesday at 11 a.m. followed by the seventh-grade choir at 11:30 a.m., the advanced band at noon and the jazz band at 12:30 p.m. All performances are free and open to the public.
Table-top displays highlighting the achievements of all Central Valley schools are on display from Friday until March 3. For more information and a complete per-formance schedule, visit www.cvsd.org or call 228-5405.
News BriefsneWs neWs
After a term out of the spotlight, the city’s founding mayor hopes to make his return this NovemberBy Kelly MooreSplaSh Staff writer
After months of vocal City Council meeting appearances, former Liberty Lake Mayor Steve Peterson announced an official bid to return as mayor last week when he filed papers declaring himself as a candidate in the November election.
“The biggest thing is that we focus in and get back to what’s important to Liberty Lake — our image, why people move here, what we do to maintain the city, projects like trails and parks, our employees,” Peterson said.
Peterson made himself an outspoken fixture during the City Council’s budget-ing meetings last year. He’s criticized the current Council for raising taxes — call-
ing the utility tax a “slush fund.” He also advocated for the library and Trailhead Golf Course when a budget shortfall threatened to trim their funding.
“In 2012 we’ll be looking at where are the funds to contin-ue what we started and alternative ways to maintain our city,” Peterson said. “We have to look how the econ-omy has changed people’s view of government, es-
pecially regarding taxes. Everybody is semi-struggling right now.”
Peterson, who began serving mayor when the city was incorporated in 2001, was defeated by current Mayor Wendy Van Orman by 61 votes in 2007. Peterson is the first to make his candidacy official since Van Orman announced in January that she wouldn’t run for reelection when her term expires at the end of this year.
the following incidents, arrests, calls for service and citations were reported by the liberty lake police department feb. 14-22.
Incidents and arrests• Runaway — on feb. 14 at 11 a.m.,
llpd received report of a juvenile runaway from the 22800 block of east Country Vista drive. the subject was located at a friend’s house and returned home by the llpd.
• Noise complaint — on feb. 15 at 10:45 p.m., llpd received a report of a noise complaint from the 1600 block of North aladdin road. the complainant reported loud music coming from a neighboring home. officers could hear the loud music coming from the home and contacted the homeowner who was uncooperative. after several minutes, the officers were finally able to talk to the offender, warn him about the loud music and get him to agree to turn it down.
• DUI, hit and run — a 44-year-old Greenacres woman was arrested for dui and hit and run at about 9:30 p.m. feb. 15 at the wal-mart at 15727 e. broadway ave. llpd was requested to assist the Spokane Valley police department at the scene. the complainant reported the suspect driver struck several vehicles in the parking lot and was now trying to leave. the officers detained the driver and took statements from witnesses and those that were victims of the hit and run.
• Outstanding arrest warrant — a 24-year-old Newman lake man was ar-rested at 9:50 p.m. feb. 14 at the 1400 block of North meadowwood lane for an outstanding arrest warrant. officers were dispatched to a local restaurant for a hold up alarm, but upon arrival the contacted employee advised them that the alarm was false. officers learned that the employee had a civil bench warrant for his arrest and returned to the business after closing. they contacted the employee and he was booked into jail on the warrant.
• Suspended license — a 27-year-old hayden, idaho, woman was arrested at 8:30 a.m. feb. 15 at Sprague avenue and liberty lake road for driving while her license was suspended. her car was initially stopped for running a stop sign at the intersection.
• Drug search — llpd’s K-9 team was called at 10:30 a.m. feb. 16 to assist the Spokane County Sheriff’s office with a traffic stop on interstate 90 at mile 298. the sheriff’s deputy told the team that the stopped vehicle was suspected to be traveling to Spokane to purchase controlled substances for distribution in montana. the female passenger in the vehicle admit-ted that they were planning to purchase narcotics in Spokane. K-9 J.J. was deployed and alerted on the front passenger’s side door and the trunk of the vehicle. based on J.J.’s alerts, the vehicle was impounded while the deputy worked to obtain a search
warrant. • Marijuana possession — a 20-year-
old liberty lake man was arrested at 9:30 a.m. feb. 16 at mission avenue and Cavalier road for unlawful possession of a controlled substance (marijuana) and possession of drug paraphernalia. llpd was notified that the man was wanted by the Spokane Valley police department for domestic violence harassment/threats to kill. the llpd officer saw the suspect driv-ing on mission avenue and followed him till he pulled into a driveway on Cavalier Court. the man was detained as he got out of the car. while being searched, the officer located a smoking device and a small bag of marijuana in the suspect’s front pocket. llpd’s K-9 team was dispatched to the scene, and a K-9 search or the car produced additional drug paraphernalia and marijua-na in the vehicle. the suspect was booked into the county jail.
• DUI, reckless driving — a 45-year-old Newman lake man was arrested at midnight on feb. 18 for reckless driving and dui. officers caught his vehicle on radar at 90 mph in a 35-mph zone at appleway avenue and broadway avenue. the vehicle began to brake quickly, causing it to slide as he attempted to turn onto the access ramp to interstate 90. the officer followed the vehicle, estimating the speed at 125 mph. the vehicle exited and finally stopped for the officer at liberty lake road. the suspect was taken into custody for reckless driving, and during the investigation it was determined he was also intoxicated. the suspect was booked into the county jail.
• Injury accident — llpd responded to a two-car injury accident at the 23500 block of appleway avenue at 6:30 p.m. feb. 21. the at-fault driver was issued a citation for failing to yield on a left turn.
Calls for serviceagency assist 2Car seat inspection 2drug possession 1dui 1fugitive 2harassment 1Juvenile runaway 1property damage 1traffic accident 1traffic offense 1
Citationslicense and plates required 2fail to obtain driver’s license 1dwlS 1liability insurance 1defective muffler 3fail to yield left turn 1fail to stop at stop sign 6Speeding 4reckless driving 1dui 1failure to wear seatbelt 1possession of a controlled substance 1possession of drug paraphernalia 1
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• Feb. 24, 20118 The Splash The Splash Feb. 24, 2011 • �local lensA sign of spring
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last week maddie ambriz captured by photo an early sign of spring — a robin in a tree in her back yard.
SplaSh photo by JoSh JohNSoN
Cub Scout troop 401 members (from left) austin wright, Justin maynes, ryan hagerty, taft Julian and ben ely — all age 9 — vis-ited the Splash recently to learn more about putting together a community newspaper.
Scouts visit Splash
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Spokane Valley mayor tom towey proclaimed the first full week of february as future business leaders of america-phi beta lambda week (fbla-pbl week) in the city of Spokane Valley. Central Valley high School fbla members and adviser Sherry Johnson attended a Spokane Valley City Council meeting on feb. 8 to accept the procla-mation.
pictured are (liberty lake residents in bold): mayor tom towey, Elizabeth Mansoor, Abigail Mansoor, Cody bafus, Taptej Sidhu, rachel burk, Beth Hotchkiss and Shannon Hotchkiss.
FBLA students recognized
Courtney Ku-pets and mohini bhardwaj, silver medalists with the 2004 uSa women’s gymnastics team, are pictured with hub Sports Center executive direc-tor phil Champlin during the flip fest gymnastics meet held last month in liberty lake.
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billed as the “largest snowmobile race ever to be held in the Northwest,” a liberty lake ski resort called holiday hills hosted the inter-mediate Snowmobile Championships feb. 19-20, 1972. the problem for organizers? as the event approached, there was no snow. liberty lake historical Society president ross Schneidmiller recalls that organizers trucked in snow from the Coeur d’alene forest in order to hold the championships. holiday hills was a ski resort operated on Carlson hill, home today to the legacy ridge development.
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• Feb. 24, 201110 The Splash The Splash Feb. 24, 2011 • 11
Considering different ways to bridge the gap between increasing challenges and reluctant taxpayersBy Kelly MooreSplaSh Staff writer
As the Central Valley School District plots its next step after facing the defeat of its Feb. 8 bond election, a few recurring alternatives are staying fresh on the com-munity’s mind and continue to come up as suggestions for moving forward.
Despite a resounding “no” vote on the bond, many community members still ex-press a need to address problems within the district. The challenge seems to be getting everyone to agree on exactly what those needs are and how they should be addressed.
Last week, CVSD Superintendent Ben Small addressed the school board saying he planned to spend the next few weeks developing a proposal for addressing school needs in light of the election.
“We are looking at a lot of feedback and information from the community right now about how to move forward and when to move forward,” CVSD Public In-formation Officer Melanie Rose said. “It’s still too soon to tell what we’re going to do. … It all goes back to our Capital Facilities Plan.”
The plan, developed over 15 months of research and committee work, lays out the district’s facility needs and priorities over the next 25 years.
“To do something different would be major,” Rose said. “People keep asking me, ‘When is the new school going to be built?’ and, ‘Where is the new school going to be built?’ Well, the bond failed and we don’t have any money to build anything right now.”
A few not-so-new ideas — including impact fees, getting rid of the superma-jority rule and redistricting — are ignit-ing fresh conversations in the wake of the bond’s defeat.
Impact feesImpact fees have repeatedly been sug-
gested to the district as a means of fund-ing schools. Ideally, the fees would apply to new construction, requiring those who contribute to growth to pay extra for do-ing so.
“To me, it’s just common sense,” long-time Liberty Lake resident and former SCOPE President Harry Hansen said. “When so many people are moving in, we’ve got to repair the roads more, we’ve got to get more police, we’ve got to build more schools. It’s more of an impact on the
The Washington Research Council re-ported that opponents to such a measure disagree with the argument that it simply makes bonds too hard to pass, because that’s exactly what it’s meant to do.
In response to a survey taken of 27 Splash website readers last week, most responders resounded with that mentality, ranking the supermajority requirement as one of little importance when considering the factors of CVSD’s recent bond failure.
In fact, Washington voters extended sup-port to a supermajority rule of a different kind last November by approving an initia-tive to require that any legislative action on the state level to raise taxes must garner the two-thirds supermajority among the State House of Representative and Senate.
RedistrictingProponents for a Greater Liberty Lake
School District first started speaking up in 2004, after CVSD’s 2003 failed bond at-tempt.
By 2005, the committee spearheading the effort to establish GLLSD hit a road-
block with state legislation. A 1999 law that lists what “the new district may comprise” doesn’t list a portion of a larger district as an option. Again, Rose said this kind of ac-tion would take an amendment to the state constitution.
About seven years and three more failed bond attempts later, and Liberty Lake resi-dents still seem to be tossing around the idea.
“We’ve all talked about it,” Jared Von To-bel, a Liberty Lake resident who campaigned against the districts latest bond, said. “It just seems like no one really wants to step up to be the driving force behind it. … I wouldn’t even know where to start.”
Because of the initial capital expenditure, Von Tobel noted forming an independent district wouldn’t be practical for Liberty Lake until the population was significantly larger.
“That’s not going to happen,” Tom Bratte-bo said. Brattebo sat on the district’s Facili-ties Options Committee after the 2006 bond failures. The committee, comprised entirely of community members, worked to explore alternatives for meeting the district’s facili-ties needs.
“The laws in the state are very much
against breaking off and forming smaller districts,” he said. “They want districts to consolidate to form larger ones.”
Brattebo suggested that consolidating with other valley school districts could cut down on administrative costs, as well as open up less-crowded facilities to students who attend nearby schools operating over capacity.
“CVSD and EVSD both have problems,” Brattebo said. “Wouldn’t it be nice to see them work together?”
He expressed little hope for the districts actually consolidating, but said he’d be hap-py just to see them talk about it and think more outside the box.
“There would be some significant eco-nomic advantages involved,” Brattebo said. “Unfortunately, I think the politics just won’t allow it.”
Rose said there is a clear and extensive process to consolidating districts. The first hurdle would be getting all the districts school boards to agree on it. She said some of the cons of consolidating districts listed by the Facilities Options Committee in 2007 were adjustment in staff, possible in-crease in taxes, requires a year or more to institute and the threat of diminished com-
munity identity.“Really, the philosophy behind local
school districts is that they serve their local communities,” Rose said. “When you look at each of these districts, we’re all unique and we all have unique needs.”
That same report lists a number of op-tions and alternatives for the district to pur-sue when bonds fail. Rose said the board may want to revisit the report, but didn’t say if consolidating districts was something anyone was interested in. Other alternatives listed in the report include portable build-ings and year-round schooling.
In the meantime, the splits between com-munities within CVSD still seem apparent. Von Tobel said he’d talked with people about exploring the possibility of the district run-ning a bond in only a section of the district — a bond that only the east side of the dis-trict would vote on, for improvements that only affect the east side.
“The people in Liberty Lake need to rec-ognize that they’re part of a greater commu-nity,” Brattebo said. “And of course, the rest of the district needs to recognize Liberty Lake as part of the district and quit squab-bling over who gets the new school and whose schools are better.”
Taking another look at bond alternatives“People keep asking me, ‘When
is the new school going to be built?’ and, ‘Where is the new school going to be built?’ Well,
the bond failed and we don’t have any money to build anything right
now.”— MelAnIe rOSe,
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community, so why not make them pay for that?”
Hansen suggested builders include a 5 percent impact fee in the sale price of new homes, partially as a means to stabilize property taxes.
“To me it just doesn’t seem fair to keep raising taxes on people,” Hansen said. “It seems like impact fees are just the fair thing here.”
In a November 2010 interview, Rose said the district really had no say over whether or not impact fees would be enacted. The district could only encourage city and county governments to support the idea.
“We’ve pursued impact fees,” Rose said. “It’s at a bit of a stalemate right now.”
The Liberty Lake City Council approved a resolution to collect impact fees in 2006, but a formal ordinance to establish rates and collection procedures was never es-tablished. Since then, no other jurisdiction within the CVSD boundaries has taken steps to establish impact fees.
“At that time, it was the philosophy of the Council that unless Spokane Valley got on board as well, it wouldn’t be beneficial for us,” Liberty Lake Mayor Wendy Van Orman said.
Van Orman said the fees affect homes sales and might discourage growth in Lib-erty Lake if the surrounding areas don’t enforce something similar.
If Liberty Lake were to pass a formal ordinance, depending on the Council’s stance, the collected fees could go toward anything impacted by growth — not nec-essarily schools. In addition, Van Orman explained that if Liberty Lake collected impact fees for the schools, they would go into the district’s capital budget — the budget that funds facility projects and con-struction — but wouldn’t be earmarked for anything specific.
When the district was proposing their recent $69.6 million bond to voters, Small also noted that the impact fees would be a “drop in the bucket.”
“We cannot meet all the needs that we have through impact fees,” Small said.
As the district moves forward from the failure of that bond, the idea is likely to be revisited.
“I’m optimistic with the fact that it’s a funding source we can look into,” Van Or-man said. “I think the conversation needs to start happening again. … It’d be benefi-cial for the west side of the district to see we’re doing something to fund education.”
SupermajorityCurrent state legislation requires a bond
election for educational funding to pass by a supermajority of 60 percent.
While the bond attempt earlier this month, came back with only 46 percent voter support, the three previous bond at-tempts from 2003 to 2006 all garnered a simple majority, but were shy of the super-majority. The March 2006 attempt came closest with 57 percent voter support.
In 2007, voters approved an amendment to the state constitution to allow levies to pass with a simple majority, but the re-quirement still stands with bond issues.
“We really feel fortunate that things changed for levies,” Rose said, “But no, there’s no conversation at all about doing the same for bonds.”
Rose explained that some districts use levies for smaller projects because they expire in six years, whereas the district would have 20 years to pay off a bond.
“It’s a finance issue,” Rose said. “For what we need to do … the tax burden would just be too great on the community.”
According to the Washington Research Council, the supermajority requirement came about during the Great Depression as a means of controlling increasing prop-erty taxes. It was written into statute in 1932 and was added to the state constitu-tion in 1944.
Reversing the supermajority require-ment for bond elections would require an amendment to the state constitution — something that doesn’t come by too easily.
By Kelly MooreSplaSh Staff writer
Members of the Kiwanis Club of Liberty Lake may be busy prepar-ing for their sixth annual Father-Daughter Dance on March 5, but they probably aren’t the only ones making plans.
“The girls all get together and talk about it and figure out what they’re all going to do,” Liberty Lake resident David Himebaugh said. Himebaugh, a father of three daughters, has attended the dance every year since it started in 2006. “If you plan it right, it’s really fun. I think what they really like is get-ting together with other girls and going out for dinner before. … One year, we even got a limousine for the girls.”
The event started out simply as a fundraiser for Kiwanis Club of Liberty Lake, but it only took a few years to turn into a regular tradi-tion for young girls in the area.
“It’s really a special, magical night for the girls and their dads,” organizer Pat Lutzenberger said.
Lutzenberger starts work on the event months in advance. Details like décor, finger foods, party fa-vors and entertainment are ham-mered out as soon as possible not only so the girls can have a good
Kiwanis dance returns as party for fathers, daughters
SplaSh photo by Kelly moore
Students in Kellie ackerman’s third-grade class listen to instructions during a lesson at liberty lake elementary School.
time, but also so that the club can be sure to achieve as much fund-raising as possible.
Himebaugh lauded the event as one of the few where girls can “be
just 100 percent girls.”“It starts out with the girls danc-
ing with their dads, and by the end of the night it’s just a bunch of girls jumping up and down and singing
on the dance floor,” Himebaugh said. “Being a dad, it’s an opportu-nity for me to really take that eve-ning for time with my daughters.”
The Kiwanis Club may have
worked out all the kinks to allow everyone a great time, but they’ve learned a lot along the way.
“On blind faith, we thought we could get maybe 100 people to come when we started,” Lutzen-berger said. “We had no theme. We just sent a flyer home with all the kids at school … and we probably had 250 people our first year.”
The dance outgrew the elemen-tary school location in two years and moved to Centerplace at Mirabeau Point Park in Spokane Valley. Next year, Lutzenberger predicts the club will need to find an even bigger space.
This year’s dance, featuring a Mardi Gras theme, will be at Cen-terPlace from 7 to 9 p.m. March 5.
Tickets are $40 for a father-daughter pair and $15 for each additional daughter. The price in-cludes party favors, refreshments and DJ music by Party Starters. Photography will be available by Leo’s Photography. In addition to raising funds through ticket sales, Kiwanis also raises funds through a raffle with donated prizes.
To purchase tickets, visit the Ki-wanis Club of Liberty Lake’s web-site at www.libertylakekiwanis.org.
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fathers and daughters light up the dance floor at the 2009 event. the sixth annual Ki-wanis Club of liberty lake father-daughter dance will be held march 5 at Centerplace in Spokane Valley.
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Boys basketball season ends with loss at districts
After beating Rogers High School twice during the regular season, the Central Val-ley High School boys basketball team saw their season come to an end in a losers-out district game against Rogers at University High School. Rogers raced out to an eight point lead at the half and pushed the lead to 18 going into the final quarter as they ended the Bears season. CV was led by se-niors Tyler Chamberlain and Joseph Guer-rinha who both had 15 points in the loss.
Wrestling finishes fourth at stateThe CVHS wrestling squad wrapped up
a successful season under first-year coach Tommy Owen by finishing in fourth place at the 4A Washington State Mat Classic
wrestled over the weekend in Tacoma. The Bears, who scored 91.5 points as a team, finished behind state champion Lake Ste-vens High School who scored 129.5 points.
The Bears finished with five wrestlers placing in the top four of their weight class and two of them wrestling in championship matches. At 119 pounds Colton Orrino lost his championship match 5-4 in overtime. Jarod Maynes also finished in second place at 125 pounds dropping a 4-1 decision.
Two grapplers earned third place finishes. Brenton Beard won 9-1 in the 130 pound weight class and Jake Hollenbeck won his third place match 5-3 at 152 pounds after losing to the same opponent 7-0 in the sec-ond round. Tanner Davis, wrestling at 160 pounds, battled back after losing his first round match to earn a fourth place finish.
Cheer 1: Jarod Maynes, Central Valley Wrestling
Maynes, a Liberty Lake resident, wrapped up his wrestling career for Central Valley High School by earning a second-place fin-ish in the 125 pound weight class at the Mat Classic state championship. Maynes com-pleted his high school career with a second-place finish, two third-place finishes and one fourth-place finish at state meets.
Cheer 2: Colton Orrino, Central Valley Wrestling
Orrino, a freshman, competed in his first Mat Classic and earned a second place fin-ish in the 119 pound weight class. After win-ning his first three matches, Orrino dropped the championship final 5-4 in overtime.
Cheer 3: Tyler Johnson, Spokane Chiefs Hockey
Johnson, a Liberty Lake resident, scored two goals against the Tri-City Americans and currently leads the Western Hockey League in goals with 45. Johnson also sits just two points back of the overall lead in points (goals plus assists).
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When Jeff Baxter arrived at the Spokane County Courthouse Feb. 11, he nearly missed his own appointment to the state Senate.
“I walked in the door, [and] by the time I sat down, I was a senator,” Baxter said. “At that moment my legs turned to Jell-O…. Within 48 hours, or maybe less, I was in Olympia.”
Newly anointed Senator Baxter was sworn in Feb. 14 before the regular Senate floor session, finally filling a seat in Sen-ate Republican ranks that had sat vacant since Sen. Bob McCaslin, R-Spokane Val-ley, stepped down five weeks earlier.
“It’s been a whirlwind. A very steep learning curve, to say the least,” Baxter said. “I’ve been working 18 hours a day. I spend hours studying these bills until 1 or 2 in the morning to cram for the next day’s work.”
Included in that work are some weighty committee assignments: Judiciary, Hu-man Services and Corrections, and the powerful budget-writing Ways and Means committee. The sheer amount of catch-up, six weeks after the start of the session, requires Baxter to make a few sacrifices.
“Last night I didn’t sit down to eat din-ner until 10:30,” he said in a Feb. 18 inter-view. “It’s not a privilege I have, to go out and eat dinner. … It’s that important that I’m here.”
Baxter had been considered a long-shot for the appointment; while he has worked on various Republican campaigns since 1988, including those of gubernatorial candidate Bob Williams, U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, former U.S. Sen. Slade Gorton and state Rep. Matt Shea (R-Spo-kane Valley), he limited his involvement to tasks such as planting signs and hold-ing fundraisers to be able to spend time with his family.
Less than one week into his term, Baxter’s comments are guarded. He still has much to learn, he said, while being responsible for billions of dollars of the state’s money.
“I’d like to restore fiscal sanity to the state’s budgeting process,” Baxter said, adding that he has the background to do so: he owns three small businesses in Spokane Valley that provide credit card services to other local businesses. “My businesses live within their means. My fiscal house is in order. I have the per-spective to put Washington back on track. I tell my sons that they have to have their room clean before they go out and clean
the world; it’s harder to do that if you’re $100,000 in debt.”
While Baxter wants to preserve funding to programs that meet reasonable needs, namely public safety budgets, he said he has more studying to do before he can decide what other government services and institutions should or should not be cut. His other goals include lowering tax burdens on employers, paring back busi-ness regulations and raising the state’s high school graduation rate. So far, he has introduced bills to adjust the minimum wage, protect employers from minimum wage complaints and require private au-dits of state purchases.
Baxter also calls himself a patriot and intends to “fight for our country’s free-dom and the Constitution’s original in-tent as it was laid out by the Founding Fathers,” he said.
Baxter’s calm swearing-in and hectic schedule reveal little of the behind-the-scenes furor that preceded his appoint-ment. What was supposed to be a routine replacement process became an unusually prolonged and dramatic five-week affair that saw accusations of rigging, alleged threats of violence, conflicts over oaths, harsh comments from Senator McCaslin and the arrest of one of the three candi-dates. The fact that Shea had been nomi-nated alongside two virtual unknowns in the party — Baxter and Roy Murry — provoked accusations that the Spokane Republican officials had skewed the race
in Shea’s favor. A Jan. 14 meeting of precinct commit-
tee officers in Spokane had to be moved because of security concerns after Shea’s supporters announced what they termed a “flash mob” gathering to demand Shea’s appointment. Murry, an Afghanistan war veteran who owns a security company, was arrested in Las Vegas on Jan. 27 for sleeping in public and carrying a con-cealed weapon.
On Feb. 5, the Spokesman-Review re-ported that McCaslin refused to support Shea as his replacement, saying in a state-ment to Spokane County commissioners, “Under no circumstances would I sup-port Matthew Shea for any public office.” McCaslin alleged that Shea had broken an agreement to support former state Rep. Mike Padden for the Senate seat.
Shea said he had refused to participate in any such deal and blasted such com-ments as “vicious personal attacks” in a statement sent to his supporters on Feb. 8.
In a Feb. 1 interview, Shea claimed to have received violent threats “on several occasions” from people opposed to his nomination. But Baxter, who remains good friends with Shea, said he has not let any of the drama affect his job, nor is he worried about his ability to see out the rest of the term.
“I have great people helping me,” he
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Sen. Jeff baxter (center), r-Spokane Valley, was sworn in on feb. 14 by washing-ton State Supreme Court Justice Jim Johnson. accompanying baxter was his wife, dianne.
Baxter leaves Spokane political furor for budget-busted Olympia
McCaslin leaves behind 30 years of wisdom, laughter, memories By Tiffany VuwNpa olympia NewS bureau
The long wait ended for Senate Re-publicans and the 4th Legislative Dis-trict as Sen. Jeff Baxter, R-Spokane Val-ley, finally filled Sen. Bob McCaslin’s
seat on Feb. 14. But whether he can fill the hole that Mc-Caslin’s legacy left behind remains to be seen.
Until his retire-ment on Jan. 4 for health reasons, McCaslin had been the longest-serving member of
the Senate — and the only one to have served during the state’s last major re-cession, in 1982. McCaslin is recover-ing in Spokane from a Jan. 19 surgery to amputate his left leg.
Fellow senators from both sides of the aisle saw McCaslin, R-Spokane Val-ley, as an invaluable colleague whose absence will be felt for a long time, as evidenced by their heartfelt tribute to him Jan. 12 on the Senate floor.
SR 8600, sponsored by Sen. Jim Honeyford (R-Sunnyside), recognized McCaslin for not only his 30-year tenure and institutional memory, but for what Honeyford called his ability to defuse tension on the Senate floor with his “wit and wisdom,” along with such quirks as “his constant battle to ensure that the President knew he was handsome and wise before he ruled on a particular matter.”
Laughter echoed in the Senate chambers several times that day, par-ticularly during some of the anecdotes delivered by 18 senators to support the resolution. Many of them counted McCaslin among their close friends, remembering him as a mentor and a sometimes unlikely ally who never let politics get in the way of keeping his word.
Sen. Jim Hargrove, D-Hoquiam, said that McCaslin “was always really will-ing to think through issues. He avoid-ed this kind of caucus-pack mentality most of the time. I could go talk to him about things and … sometimes break with the mold if he felt it was right.”
Sen. Jim Kastama, D-Puyallup, re-called a particularly contentious debate
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above, senior Joseph Guer-rinha soars to the basket as he attempts a shot against rogers high School in a loser-out dis-trict game played at university high School. Guerrinha led the team with 15 points and hit four three pointers as the bears season came to an end with a 67-52 loss.
at left, senior tyler Chamber-lain goes up strong for a shot as a rogers defender attempts to swat away the ball. Cham-berlain scored 15 points as CV ended their season in districts.
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Filmmaker also receives production awardBy Tammy KimberleySplaSh Staff writer
Teen filmmaker Kendra Sher-rill received a boost in her con-fidence and cash in her pocket when she was awarded two prizes for her entry in Teen Vid-eofest.
E a r l i e r this month, the 17-year-old’s work titled “Raise Your Voice” was selected among en-tries from other area youth for first prize
in a contest hosted by Spokane Regional Health District. In addition, she won a prize for best production from North by Northwest for her video.
Sherrill received $1,000 and a
trophy for winning the compe-tition, and North by Northwest presented her with a director’s chair with her name printed on it. Sherrill was among nine fi-nalists representing teens from various parts of Spokane.
“Filmmaking is my passion, and it is what I want to do for the rest of my life, so winning those awards made me realize that my dreams are in fact pos-sible,” Sherrill said. “It’s been my dream to someday intern for North by Northwest, so I felt so honored.”
The Central Valley High School senior said she started mapping out ideas when she saw a flier at her school explain-ing the contest as a way for area youth to address health issues through visual media. She spent two months planning, filming and editing her entry.
Using different camera angles and characters, Sherrill told the story of teens dealing with four health issues — eating disor-ders, bullying, drug abuse and STDs. The end result was a five-minute video of teens who
hit rock bottom and realize the only way to climb back out is to reach out to others and openly communicate.
“I didn’t want to have any dia-logue, only the visuals and some compelling music,” she said. “I feel that silent films can deliver a message much more power-fully.”
Sherrill cast several Liberty Lake residents, including her parents, in the film based on how each actor could connect with the character.
“Of course none of them have such serious health issues, but they each played the part so well that it was very convincing,” she said.
The video will remain on the sponsoring website, which pro-vides resources and information available to area teens, as well as be used in classrooms around Spokane, Sherrill said.
Online voting for the “People’s Choice” award among the nine finalists continues until March 1. To view the video, go to www.thedailyrisk.com.
CV student wins Teen Videofest contest
By Kelly MooreSplaSh Staff writer
Inland Imaging is the latest tenant to make the move into Liberty Lake’s Health and Well-ness Building located at 1334 N. Whitman Lane.
The imaging machinery was moved in last week, but finish-ing touches and installations keep the targeted opening day on March 7.
After more than 20 years in their Spokane Valley location, Chief Operations Officer Kath-leen Wilson said it was time to expand operations as the sole east Valley location was simply “too busy.”
The new location will offer MRI and digital X-ray services to patients. According to Wilson, digital X-rays make for better patient care as they are easier to share with physicians and pro-cessing is quicker. The new facil-ity also has designated space for expansion.
Each Inland Imaging radiolo-gist is board-certified and trained in radiology studies or perfor-mance of image-guided proce-dures. Many Inland radiologists have concluded a sub-specialty fellowship, allowing them to de-velop considerable expertise in their chosen field and earn addi-tional certification
Wilson said the branch will ro-tate a three-person staff consist-ing of a doctor, technologist and a clerical support person.
“I’m hoping it’ll be so busy, we’ll need a fourth,” Wilson said.
No grand opening is planned
Inland Imaging prepares to open LL branch
SplaSh photo by Kelly moore
Crew members move in the new mri machine at the new liberty lake inland imaging location. the center is set to open march 7.
Law firm hires paralegalHall Law Office, 21950 E. Country Vista
Drive, Suite 400, recently hired a new em-ployee.
Tara Raiford began her duties as para-legal for the firm at the end of 2010. Her responsibilities include drafting legal documents, preparing pleadings for court, scheduling and office management.
“It’s awesome working for an attorney who really cares about his clients,” Rai-ford said. “Garrett would not do anything
to compromise his integrity, and he takes care of the little guy.”
Raiford, who works around 30 hours per week, is currently attending school and will be certified as a paralegal with the American Bar Association in June.
Itron reports reduced earningsItron recently released a quarterly report
with lower-than-expected market esti-mates and also readjusted financial results for the first three quarters of 2010.
According to a press release, last quar-ter’s earnings (excluding items) were 95 cents per share. Many analysts expected $1.05 a share.
In addition, total revenue for the first nine months of 2010 was reduced by $6.1 million and adjusted earnings per share were reduced by 11 cents. The release said these revisions were made to defer rev-enue that had been incorrectly recognized on one contract.
The report said Itron expects 2011 rev-
enue of $2.15 to $2.3 billion. Average es-timates among analysts expected $2.33 billion.
Liberty Lake-based Itron is a provider of smart metering, data collection and utility software systems for nearly 8,000 utilities worldwide.
In Biz features Liberty Lake-connected business items. Contact The Splash with business news at [email protected].
In Biz
Corey, andrea, Kellen and eve Christophersen celebrate the ar-rival of the newest member of their family, a kitten, at pawpular Com-panions boutique earlier this month.
pawpular Compan-ions, who part-nered with SCrapS for this first cat adoption day, plans to hold another adoption event on march 19.
One lucky kitty
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A double celebration
yet for the imaging center, but Wilson said the Health and Well-ness Building tenants hope to plan a joint event sometime this spring.
The Health and Wellness Building is a 26,000-square-foot building in the Liberty Lake Commons development, a Baker Construction project.
SplaSh photo by JaNet pier
dr. Susan ashley held a ribbon-cutting ceremony last week for her new business, healthy living liberty lake. She also cele-brated the one-year anniversary of her medical practice, family medicine liberty lake.
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Kendra Sherrill’s video “raise your Voice” was awarded first prize in teen Videofest hosted by Spokane regional health district. She received a trophy and $1,000 cash for her prize.
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Q: Are you vegetarian or vegan?A: I’m always vegetarian and strive to be
vegan. I’m a bad vegetarian that eats potato chips and cookies. I tried to be a vegan, but I travel a lot with my job, and it’s hard to do without being a total maniac.
Our family became vegetarians before the day when people knew how healthy it was. There were nowhere near the amount of versions of vegetarian foods back then. We weren’t sure that we would be OK. Back then, you thought it was really com-plicated. The meat and dairy industry have done a good job of convincing people that if you don’t eat those products, you’re go-ing to die.
Q: In your opinion, what purpose do animals fulfill in the world?
A: That’s a hard question. I never really think of them as having a purpose. It’s like the question, “What purpose do humans serve?”
I think we domesticated animals, espe-cially cats and dogs, and made them depen-dent on us so we have a huge responsibility to them. I don’t think they were put here for us to abuse. I think of them as fellow companions we share the planet with.
Q: How does your respect for animals influence others areas of your life?
A: I think there are so many people around here who are trying to do really
good things to help animals. What I try to do is help them — not reinvent the wheels.
Q: What organizations do you help? A: I am one of the vice presidents of An-
imal Advocates of the Inland Northwest. What we do, in a nutshell, is try to help other organizations achieve their missions. We have around 80 members who help fill in the gaps with SCRAPS, Humane Society, Pet Savers, Concerned People for Animals, River City Pet Rescue, Pacific Northwest Animal Welfare Project, River’s Wish Ani-mal Sanctuary and others.
Most of these organizations rely heav-ily on donations to survive. Nobody has enough time and space and money to take care of as many homeless animals as need to be taken care of. It takes a whole animal community — some have facilities, some have the money — it takes everybody working together.
Q: You made a significant donation to Pet Savers last month. Why did you feel this was important?
A: I originally made a $25,000 anony-mous donation to Pet Savers in honor of their 25,000 spay and neuter service. But I decided to talk about it in order to bring attention to the good work they’re doing. They provide low-cost spaying and neuter-ing as well as have a walk-in vaccination clinic and microchipping for pets.
Q: Are you aware of what the money was used for?
A: It is being used for building improve-ments, medical and veterinary equipment and animal care expenses. They receive grants from American Society for Preven-tion of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) for the surgeries, but they need additional help to pay for other expenses to keep their mis-sion going.
Q: In what ways can people support Pet Savers and other animal organizations?
A: Adopt from shelters and not pet stores that get animals from puppy mills. Go to Pet Savers events or support SCRAPS’ chocolate fundraiser or participate in the Humane Society’s dog walk. They’re all working together to try to stop the pet overpopulation problem and to find homes for the animals.
People really need to spay and neuter and donate to organizations like Pet Savers that are providing low-cost spaying and neuter-ing. None of the problem will be solved un-til people get serious about spay/neuter. If people can’t afford it, there are groups that can help low-income people.
Q: Just out of curiosity, do you have a favorite type of animal?
A: Everyone loves their own dogs and cats, but people forget there are just as many wonderful pets in the shelter that are constantly being killed. I did have chick-ens, and I got attached to them, too. Any animal you get to know, you realize how special they are.
Q: What keeps you motivated to give your time and resources to these causes?
Kerry maSterS
Age56
ll resident since1989
familyParents, Bob and Chris Anderlik; sister, Christy Anderlik; “my sweetsy,” Chris Bowers
petsHouse full of rescued dogs and cats
Hobbies/interestsCrusading on behalf of animals, gardening
JobField marketing manager for Rain and Hail Insurance
favorite dessertVegan pumpkin cheesecake made by sister, Christy
personality trait you value in othersKindness
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A: I can’t volunteer at the shelter, because I bawl my eyes out and I want to bring home more animals than I can care for. But I can support these organizations.
When I was younger I liked to go on vacation and such. My priorities have be-come different. As I get older, I’ve realized that there’s no where I can go or nothing I can do that makes me feel as good as help-ing people help animals.
opinion/profiles Splash Editorial
Playing Politics
Why it’s not the preferred method for picking a senator
Replacing the longest-serving member of the Washington state Senate is an ex-traordinarily tall task, but local Republi-cans managed to amp up the degree of dif-ficulty in recent weeks.
With Sen. Bob McCaslin’s early January resignation for health reasons, Republican precinct committee officers in his Fourth District were tasked with forwarding three nominees to Spokane County commis-sioners to decide upon a replacement. The Tea Party wing of the party orchestrated an effort to synchronize the trio so as to make state Rep. Matt Shea the clear front-runner. A group of Republicans led by McCaslin himself cried foul, alleging Shea promised that former Rep. Mike Padden would be included in the forwarded list of three nominees.
Yes, you read that right: One faction of the party complaining about a backroom deal — by referencing promises made in a backroom deal.
Look, that’s politics. Sometimes you just have to accept the nature of the beast, and in this case state law leaves mak-ing such a replacement in the hands of political animals. Knowing county com-missioners would be reluctant to select Shea, however, it would have shown bet-ter stewardship for the Fourth District to forward alternatives with thicker resumes. Other than Padden, Liberty Lake Mayor Wendy Van Orman and former Spokane Valley Mayor Diana Wilhite were among applicants with elected experience, but the PCOs decided on Shea and two rela-tive newcomers — small businessmen Jeff Baxter and Roy Murry.
And that’s how the nomination of our Fourth District state senator devolved into Survival of the Fittest Strategist. And for all the rigging and manipulating — because of the rigging and manipulating? — Shea was passed over anyway.
Baxter was selected, and he is doing his best to get up to speed. He’s an unproven commodity tossed into a tricky Legislative session. Those poor folks in Olympia are trying to figure out how to spend millions less while simultaneously revitalizing the state’s shaky economy.
Hopefully, Baxter rises as lemonade from the lemons. The Fourth District could use something to erase this sour taste.
My wife and I have six children, five cur-rently attending three different schools in the Central Valley School District. Our youngest will start kindergarten in two years. After several failed bond attempts, we were hopeful this latest school bond would meet the needs of the district while maximizing taxpayer dollars. Unfortu-nately, after careful consideration, we had to vote no.
First, I believe the district tried to use scare tactics to gain votes. The district kept telling us our children were not safe in the open concept schools. This may be true, but what are the statistics to back this up? While our common sense tells us that classrooms with doors are safer, how likely is it for our children to be put in this situation? Elementary students are prob-ably more likely to be struck and killed by lightning on the playground, die from a food allergy or injured riding the school bus then by the actions of a school intrud-er. A basic remodel of the entries to keep intruders out would be a more cost effec-tive idea for now in this economy.
If the district’s claims were true, why would they close the Central Valley Kin-dergarten Center? The Kindergarten Cen-ter has everything the district is telling us they want. It is an older facility that has
Poor plan the reason for CVSD bond failure
Survey ResultsWhy They Said ‘No’
Ranking reasons for opposition to the CVSD construction bond
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From 1 (little impact) to 5 (heavy impact), the degree to which each factor played a role in the bond's defeat.*Number represents the average entry of 27 respondents surveyed Feb. 16-21
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CVSD facilities are not that bad — work effectively with what you have.
Liberty Lake residents should form a separate school district.
The 60 percent supermajority requirement makes it unlikely a bond will ever pass.
The vote-by-mail system makes it easier for those who typically oppose school bonds to cast their votes.
The bond did not include a school in Liberty Lake.
The bond was the first of five in the 25-year Capital Facilities Plan — too confusing, big or overwhelming.
The two "vote no" camps did enough to convince voters this bond was not the answer.
The district and "vote yes" campaign did not do enough to impress the need for the bond upon voters.
The bond was too expensive.
The bad economy.
People responding to a Splash website survey (see results at right) regarding the failure of the Central Valley School Dis-trict construction bond were given the opportunity to explain their rankings of factors influencing the bond’s demise — or provide other reasons the measure fell short. Some selected comments:
• Too expensive — you don’t have to build “architectural monuments.” Use land available next to the present school and enlarge/build.
• People are sick of the silly spending. Do more with less. My children go to a pri-vate school that does way more with one-tenth the budget. Run it like a business, not an institution.
• The No. 1 reason was voter turnout. Only 47 percent of registered voters in Liberty Lake bothered to turn out. No. 2: CVSD purposely excluded Liberty Lake from this bond based on previous attempts of putting a middle school here. No. 3: This bond would have only divided Liberty Lake even more. How does CVSD create a “community” feel by sending our children to multiple elementary schools? No. 4: The growth in the district is on the east side. Why would we build away from this area? The entire bond was its own worst enemy, planning wise.
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been remodeled, it has the safer individual classrooms, several parents like it (we love it) and, finally, it’s paid for!
We were told closing the Kindergarten Center would keep our children in their neighborhood schools. We live in Lib-erty Lake, and currently our 5-year-old is bused to the Kindergarten Center. Under the new plan, our child would have gone to Greenacres Elementary, still not in our neighborhood and in a school full of older kids. When the district is out of class-rooms, closing a school just doesn’t make sense. While safety is a concern, I believe the truth is this: open concept schools provide a bad learning environment, pose heating and cooling challenges and were a fad of the ’70s that doesn’t work. Don’t try to scare me into voting the way you want; just state the facts.
Secondly, why has the district not in-stalled some portables at Liberty Lake Ele-mentary School to add some much needed
classrooms? Portable classrooms are not a desirable option, but they are an option when you are out of room. We were told that adding portables puts more pressure on a school’s infrastructure not designed for the additional students. Why the dou-ble standard? Why is it an acceptable op-tion at an older school like Greenacres and not at a newer school like Liberty Lake? A newer school, with updated infrastruc-ture, should be a good choice for portable classrooms.
Finally, and the main reason for our no vote, $69 million ($100 million total) is a lot of money to only add one new school. We have a hard time trusting the district to spend wisely after the way that money was spent on the two high schools. Besides the fact those schools are less than conserva-tive, we saw perfectly good furniture auc-tioned away for pennies on the dollar that could have been put in the new schools and used for many more years. The actual net gain of this bond would have been zero with the closing of the Kindergarten Cen-ter. The district still needs a new middle school at Liberty Lake.
Ultimately, our decision had nothing to do with the economy, rather a bad plan on the part of the school district.
Dave Griffiths lives in Liberty Lake.
• Fix incrementally. Remodel Liberty Lake for general facility use of kitchen, etc., while expanding school for class size by use of portables.
• The Department of Education, the liberal spend and tax and spend and bor-row and spend and tax and spend bologna going on in the State and federal levels of government, coupled with the economic hit we all are feeling, made me vote no. ... I will not support or endorse anything that leads to me having to pay one more cent in taxes, fees or other levies until federal, state and local government spending is reined in.
• The facilities and needs of the district were outlined in the bond accurately. The perception is that the district can make do — they always have — and we benefit from having well-run, well-maintained schools. I think it is unfortunate that the campaign was run like it always has. As-sumptions were made that there is decent support. The campaign should have had a much more aggressive look and feel, and volunteers didn’t seem impassioned. How unfortunate that we are a community that can’t take advantage of lower costs now
and job creation and ecomomic stimulus because of our shortsightedness. What a shame. Sorry kids!
• I wonder how many parents are homeschooling or using private, religious schools? CVSD is so spread out that it lacks the sense of community — Liberty Lake vs. Spokane Valley vs. county resi-dents. No group feels like helping the oth-ers. With three school districts in the Val-ley, there might be significant cost savings in combining into one district, yet nobody will talk about it. How about getting out of the same old box and talking about year-round schools, putting more students through the same facilities? Administra-tors don’t want to talk about that either.
• Every year, the school district asks for more money. In my opinion, the money does not go for teachers but to more admin-istrators and ultimately more to the teacher unions. Enough is enough, and this has to stop. Clean up the admin expenses and then we’ll talk further. Take it to the bare bones, and then we the taxpayers will see how much more we are willing to pay. I be-lieve there would be more than enough to remodel or build additional schools if that were to happen. Also, how about redistrict-ing so there will be more equal distribution of students? There are a lot of things that can be done without raising taxes.
• We were taught with chalkboards or dry erase boards. Why does every room need SmartBoards? Why all the “fancy” stuff? Our kids will not suffer having schools similar to what we had. The bond could have been half the price and still do what it needed to.
• The first priority with our schools in the U.S. should be correcting the failing educational system. We need to invest in changing how we teach our kids so they can compete in the world. If our school district would concentrate on “IN-struc-tion” instead of “CON-struction,” maybe we could turn things around. Our best teachers need to be paid better, our bad teachers need to find another career and give up on the “job for life” attitude.
• The CVSD seems awfully far-flung. I think Liberty Lake should form a separate school district for K-12. Liberty Lake has had huge growth, and the CVSD has be-come strained because of it.
• Being a senior citizen had nothing to do with my much-pondered “no” vote. I disliked having to vote no. I studied both sides, watched all videos. I felt it too much money for struggling folks at this time. Though I don’t know much about con-struction, remodeling, electrical wiring for electronics, plumbing, etc., I could not
New survey: Who should run? Within the past week, former state Rep.
Mike Padden has announced his Novem-ber candidacy for state senator, and for-mer Mayor Steve Peterson made it official
that he will be vying to regain the posi-tion he held as Liberty Lake’s inaugural mayor. Who would you like to see take a run at this seats? Take our short poll at www.libertylakesplash.com/surveys.See SURVEY, page 17
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get past “how about spending hundreds of thousands” instead of millions?
• We weren’t supporters because we just can’t afford it. And Liberty Lake taxes are going up, so that added to the tax burden. Income is hard to come by right now, and at a time when we are all trying to spend less because we don’t have a choice, an increase in taxes just wasn’t an option. I would rather spend the money on other more essential things. With the money the district has spent running bonds, some of the problems like broken broilers could be fixed. Maybe they can spread the projects out a little at a time so the price isn’t so high all at once.
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LEGAL NOTICESIN THE SUPERIOR COURT OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTON
IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF SPOKANE
In the Matter of the Estate of NO. 11400160-3Mitchell A. Miller Deceased NOTICE TO CREDITORS
The Personal Representative named below has been appointed as Personal Representative of this Estate. Any person having a claim against the Decedent 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 at the address stated below a copy of the claim and filing the original of the claim with the Court. 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(3); 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 11.40.060. This bar is effective as to claims against both the Decedent’s probate and nonprobate assets.
Date of First Publication: February 17, 2011
Personal Representative: Cheryl E. Miller
Attorney for the Personal Representative: Douglas A. Pierce James, Vernon & Weeks, PA 1626 Lincoln Way Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814
Address for Mailing or Service: Douglas A. Pierce James, Vernon & Weeks, PA 1626 Lincoln Way Coeur d’Alene, ID 83814
SUPERIOR COURT, STATE OF WASHINGTON, COUNTY OF SPOKANE
In re the Estate of: No: 11400174-3
GEORGE R. SICILIA, PROBATE NOTICE TO CREDITORS
Deceased. 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: February 17, 2011
Personal Representative: Richard M. Sicilia
Attorneys for Personal Representative: Terry L. Snow, WSBA # 00689 Terry L. Snow, PLLCAddress for Mailing or Service: N. 711 Lincoln, Ste. A Spokane, WA 99201 (509) 324-0100 (509) 324-0107 faxCourt of Probate Proceedings Spokane County, Washington Superior Courtand Cause Number: Cause No.: 11400174-3
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said. “I don’t want to sound overconfi-dent, but I’m starting to feel confident of the learning process and the way the system works. I can start to walk around [the Capitol] without running into walls. … I feel very humbled and confident that I’ll do an excellent job.”
Spokane County commissioners made the appointment to fill McCaslin’s vacant senate seat from among three nominees provided by the Republican Party. Baxter has not said whether he will seek election to the position when it appears on this fall’s general election ballot.
Editor’s note: This story was reported out of the Olympia news bureau of the Wash-ington Newspaper Publishers Association, of which The Splash is a member.
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early in his career in which McCaslin had promised to vote for one of his amend-ments — an amendment the rest of the Republican Caucus solidly opposed.
“He gave me his word,” Kastama said. “Bob stuck by his word and he stuck by me. … One of the leaders said to him on the floor, ‘Bob, change your vote.’ He turned around in a manner I’ve never seen someone turn around and made it very clear: ‘You don’t tell me what to do.’”
Others recounted McCaslin’s memory of sessions long past, for which he was frequently consulted on tough decisions, and his legendary and sometimes ribald sense of humor, particularly regarding his appreciation of women.
“The first time I met Bob McCaslin as a senator, he asked me to marry him,” said Sen. Randi Becker (R-Eatonville), pro-voking laughter from her colleagues. “I called him ‘boyfriend’ from day one, and he calls me ‘girlfriend’ or ‘sweetie,’ but I figure it’s because I have white hair, so I’m safe.”
Even some of McCaslin’s legislative foes, such as Sen. Mary Margaret Haugen (D-Camano Island), struck up unlikely friendships with him. McCaslin’s depar-ture leaves Haugen and Hargrove the most senior members of the Senate.
“The thing about serving in the Legis-lature is that you meet people you would never have met in your walk in life, and they become your good friends, like Bob McCaslin,” Haugen said, choking back emotions several times during her speech. “I can tell you, he always killed my bills. He’d always come over and say, ‘You work too hard and we don’t need this. I love you, but go back.’”
Haugen said she absolutely feels the pressure to carry on McCaslin’s role dis-pensing advice about the old days.
“I’m kind of the last one from that era,” Haugen said. “I feel what it must be like when I’m old and your parents’ genera-tion are dying off: you really miss it, want to go back and talk about what happened when … You absolutely have to have the ability to tell people what happened be-fore and why it happened.”
The resolution to honor McCaslin passed by a unanimous vote with every member of the Senate signed on as a co-sponsor. Without him, business con-tinues as normal in the Senate, but as his colleagues made loud and clear, Mc-Caslin is dearly missed this session.
Editor’s note: This story was reported out of the Olympia news bureau of the Wash-ington Newspaper Publishers Association, of which The Splash is a member.
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