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Mann has owned Andrean Accounting in Liberty Lake since 2008 and has re-cently moved her office to 2310 N. Molter Rd, Suite 205. She has scheduled an open house for her clients and the community today from 4:30 to 7 p.m. Wine and hors d’oeuvres will be served.

Sitting in her corner office with a for-est of trees behind her just on the verge of their explosion of fall colors, Mann explained that her move last month from a small strip mall on County Vista Drive was necessitated by a growing staff, an expanding client list and the need for a little more peace and quiet while crunch-ing her numbers. She said her new office location is more geared toward a pro-fessional environment, and she and her new bookkeeper, Jessica Fuhlendorf, can get “in the zone” when working on their projects.

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Math Is Cool seeking fourth-graders

The Liberty Lake Elementary School math team is looking for fourth-graders interested in trying out to compete in the Math Is Cool competition. For more infor-mation, call Neal Olander at 921-7612.

SCLD trustee position availableSpokane County Commissioners are

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Committee members sought For Relay for Life

The Liberty Lake Relay For Life is look-ing for committee members to help make the 2013 event a success.

For more information, contact Jenni-fer Kronvall at 242-8303 or [email protected].

Community BriefsCOMMUNITYOct. 13 | CV Grad Night fundraiser: Brats & Brews for Bears 2 to 5 p.m., NoLi Brewhouse, 1003 E. Trent Ave., Spokane. Micro brews, a signature beer glass and brats for $25, plus auction items. For more or tickets: [email protected]

Oct. 19 | Greenacres Middle School Wild West Fundraiser 6 to 9:30 p.m. Rockin' B Ranch, 3912 Spokane Bridge Road. 21 and older is invited for an evening of food, silent auction, Wild West card games and door prizes. Tickets are $25 per person and must be pre-purchased by Oct. 12. Tickets on sale at GMS office. For more: 954-9806

Oct. 29 | Halloween Party 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., Liberty Lake Municipal Library, 23123 E. Mission Ave. Crafts, games and prizes. Wear your costume. $2 photos with decorative frame. For more: 232-2510

Nov. 1 | Great Candy Buy Back 4 to 7 p.m., KiDDS Dental, 1327 N. Stanford Lane, Suite 5, Liberty Lake. Dental office buys leftover Halloween candy at $1 per pound and sends it to troops overseas in this fifth annual event. Also, goodie bags and prizes. For more: 891-7070 or www.growupsmiling.com

Nov. 3 | Friends Book Sale 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Liberty Lake Municipal Library, 23123 E. Mission Ave.

Recurring Friends of the Liberty Lake Municipal Library 6 p.m., the last Tuesday of every month, 23123 E. Mission Ave.

Kiwanis Club of Liberty Lake 6:45 a.m. Wednesdays, Liberty Lake City Hall, 22510 E. Country Vista Drive. For more: www.libertylakekiwanis.org

Oct. 17 meeting to feature Sharon Weiler-Race, chairperson of community services for the Spokane Valley Kiwanis, speaking on the International Kiwanis project to eliminate neo-natal tetanus

Liberty Lake Centennial Rotary Club Noon Thursdays, Meadowwood Technology Campus Liberty Room, 2100 N. Molter Road

Liberty Lake Farmers Market 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturdays through October 13, 1421 N. Meadowwood Lane. For more: www.llfarmersmarket.com

Liberty Lake Lions Club Noon on the second and fourth Wednesday of each month, Barlow’s Restaurant, 1400 N. Meadowwood Lane. For more: 927-2193 or [email protected]

Liberty Lake Municipal Library 23123 E. Mission Ave. 10:15 a.m. Fridays, baby lapsit story time; 11 a.m. Friday, toddler/preschool story time and songs; 1 p.m. Fridays, story time and crafts for preschoolers; 10:30 a.m. Saturdays, Knitting Club; 10:30 a.m. Saturdays, computer classes; 10:30 a.m. Tuesdays and Wednesdays, toddler/preschool story time. For more: 232-2510

Liberty Lake Toastmasters 5:45 to 7 p.m. Wednesdays at the Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District building, 22510 E. Mission Ave. For more: 208-765-8657

Senior Lunch programs 11 a.m. Mondays

and Wednesdays at Liberty Lake City Hall, 22710 E. Country Vista Drive, and 11 a.m. Tuesdays, Thursdays and Fridays at Talon Hills Senior Complex, 24950 E. Hawkstone Loop. Seniors age 60 and older invited; recommended donation $3.50.

MUSIC & THE ARTSOct. 12-14, 18-20 | “Hit the Road, Jack” 7 p.m. each day except Oct. 13, which is 2 p.m., The Kave, 4904 N. Harvard Road, Otis Orchards. Family-friendly comedy performed by the Liberty Lake Community Theatre. Tickets: $8 adults, $5 ages 4-12, 3 and under free. For more: www.libertylaketheatre.com

Oct. 20 | “Inspecting Carol” auditions 2 p.m., City Hall’s Little House, 22710 E. Country Vista Drive. Auditions for Liberty Lake Community Theatre’s December production. For more: www.libertylaketheatre.com

CIVIC & BUSINESSOct. 11 | Andrean Accounting open house 4:30 to 7 p.m., 2310 N. Molter Road, Suite 205, Liberty Lake. Open house with wine and hors d'oeuvres celebrating Andrean’s new location in Liberty Lake. For more: 928-8500

Oct. 12 | WELL meeting 12:45 p.m. networking, 1 p.m. program (buying local), 22510 E. Mission Ave. Monthly meeting of Women Executives of Liberty Lake. For more: well99019.webs.com/

Oct. 13 | Second annual Community Domestic Violence Symposium 9 a.m. to noon, Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District administration building, 22510 E. Mission Ave. Free event presented by the Liberty Lake Police Department includes speakers from law enforcement, YWCA and Valley Hospital. Lunch provided, so RSVP is requested. For more: 755-1140

Oct. 18 | Do-it-Herself Workshop: How to Install Tile 6:30 to 8 p.m. Hope Depot, 21701 E. Country Vista Drive. Snacks and refreshments provided as well as a "swag bag" for the first 12 women present. For more: [email protected]

Oct. 18 | Special meeting: TIF and LIFT 7 p.m. , Liberty Lake City Hall, 22510 E. Country Vista Drive. Meeting called by Mayor Steve Peterson to learn more about economic development tools available to the city. For more: 755-6700

Oct. 19 | Biz Buzz 6:30 a.m. networking, 7 a.m. program, Mirabeau Park Hotel, 1100 N. Sullivan Road, Spokane Valley. A focus on networking will highlight the regular monthly meeting of the Greater Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce. Member and non-member tickets are available. For more or to register: www.spokanevalleychamber.org or 924-4994

RecurringCentral Valley School Board 6:30 p.m. on the second and fourth Mondays of each month, CVSD administration building, 19307 E. Cataldo, Spokane Valley

Liberty Lake City Council 7 p.m. on the first and third Tuesdays of each month, City Hall, 22710 E. Country Vista Drive

Liberty Lake Municipal Library Board 6:30

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Liberty Lake Planning Commission 4 p.m. on the second Wednesday of each month, City Hall, 22710 E. Country Vista Drive

Liberty Lake SCOPE 6:30 p.m. on the first Wednesday of each month, City Hall, 22710 E. Country Vista Drive

Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District Board 4 p.m. on the third Wednesday of each month, 22510 E. Mission Ave.

HEALTH & RECREATIONOct. 16| DECA Dig-4-the-Cure 7 p.m., Central Valley High School, 821 S. Sullivan Road. In conjunction with the CV volleyball game against Ferris, DECA is holding this fundraiser in honor of Breast Cancer Awareness Month. DECA will be selling T-shirts for $10, and proceeds will benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation. Donations will be accepted.

Oct. 19| Dads & Dudes Night 6 to 9 p.m., HUB Sports Center, 19619 E. Cataldo. Fathers and sons invited for basketball, volleyball, soccer, pickleball, badminton and other races and games. Preregistration is $10 for father and son combined, $15 at the door. $3 for additional sons. For more: [email protected] or www.hubsportscenter.org

RecurringLiberty Lake Running Club 6 p.m. Thursdays, 3-mile run followed by cocktails, Palenque Mexican Restaurant, 1102 N. Liberty Lake Road. Season-ending run on Oct. 25 will be followed by a party at the home of Sherry and Allen Pickering. For more: 927-9372 or [email protected]

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Incidents and arrests• Suspicious circumstances — at

11:35 a.m. oct. 3, llpd was dispatched to the 1800 block of north Cavalier road. the complainant reported that when they walked out of the home, they saw a subject inside of the garage stand-ing next to their vehicle. the subject was identified and is known to work on landscaping in the area. nothing was reported missing, but due to the recent vehicle prowls in the area, the complain-ant contacted law enforcement.

• Theft — at 9:40 a.m. oct. 4, llpd was dispatched to the 1300 block of north Whitman lane for what was reported as two subjects who had just taken a mountain bike. officers arrived in the area looking for the suspects, and it was determined that there was a time delay from when the theft occurred and when it was reported to 911. it was also determined that a bike was not taken, but lights from a bicycle were taken.

• Missing wallet — at 10 a.m. oct. 1, llpd was notified that a resident’s wallet was possibly stolen. the complainant reported that between 6 to 7 p.m. the prior evening, her wallet was left in a shopping cart at home depot, and it was not turned in.

• Welfare check — at 4:55 p.m. oct. 4, llpd was dispatched to the 22800 block of East County Vista drive for a welfare check. a father that lives out of state told officers that he has not heard from his daughter for an extended period of time and requested that officers check on her welfare. the officers were able to contact the daughter and determined that everything was fine and passed on the message from her father.

• Welfare check — at 9:15 p.m. oct. 4, llpd was dispatched to a welfare check at the 23000 block of East Sinto avenue. the complainant reported he was being harassed by 40 unknown subjects who have been following him and making threats. the complainant stated the 40 people were currently watching him from two blocks away. the officer checked the area and could not locate anyone.

• DUI — a 54-year-old liberty lake woman was arrested at 9:15 p.m. oct. 5 at Molter and appleway for dui. the officer observed the vehicle swerving and speeding while travelling westbound on appleway. the officer stopped the vehicle and during the contact and investigation determined the driver was intoxicated.

• Suspicious person — at 7:30 p.m. oct. 5, llpd was dispatched to a sus-picious person call. the complainant

reported he observed a male subject taking pictures of houses and children as they were waiting at the bus stop in the area of the 24000 block of East Maxwell between 7:15 and 7:30 a.m. dayshift officers were notified of the situation, and officers will be doing extra patrols in the area.

• Domestic violence assault — a 41-year-old liberty lake man was arrest-ed at 12:10 p.m. oct. 5 at the 200 block of north legacy ridge drive for second degree assault domestic violence. offi-cers were dispatched to the address for a domestic violence with a weapon. it was being reported through a third party that they heard through a phone conversa-tion that there was a physical struggle going on between a male and female, and the male subject made a comment about “finishing this now” before the phone line was disconnected. officers arrived on scene and contacted a male and female subject. during the investiga-tion, it was determined the male subject caused substantial injury to the victim, and the male subject made threats to kill the victim. the subject was taken into custody and booked into the Spokane County Jail on the felony assault.

• Vehicle prowl suspected — at 12:35 p.m. oct. 7, llpd was dispatched to the 1800 block of north Cavalier road for a possible vehicle prowl. the complainant reported that during the prior evening someone possibly entered her unlocked vehicle that was parked in the driveway. nothing was missing from the vehicle.

• Reported stolen — at 11:15 a.m. oct. 7, llpd was dispatched to the 600 block of north homestead for a stolen vehicle report. the complainant stated his vehicle was taken from his garage sometime overnight. during the prior evening, officers located an abandoned vehicle that was involved in a crash at Country Vista and Molter road. no one was around the vehicle, and the vehicle was impounded by law enforcement. af-ter further questioning and investigation, the complainant admitted his car was not stolen and that he was the one who crashed the car the prior evening.

• DWLS — llpd officers made three arrests for driving with a suspended license during the reporting period, including:

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- a 32-year-old liberty lake man at 2:30 p.m. oct. 5 at appleway and liberty lake road;

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As a third party listened in over the phone to the physical fight between a Liberty Lake man and woman on Friday, the line went dead. The disconnect came about the time the man was heard talk-ing about “finishing this now.”

Police Chief Brian Asmus was the first officer to respond to the scene, and he ar-rested the man for felony assault. He said the injuries to the woman and evidence through the investigation showed the man allegedly attempted to both gouge out the eye of the woman with his thumb and set her on fire.

While the man arrested has been on the police’s radar before, domestic violence incidents in the community are far from isolated to a known address or two, Asmus said. Incidents both physical and verbal have taken an increasing amount of the department’s time, one reason the LLPD has stepped up community awareness of the issue with the second annual Com-munity Domestic Violence Symposium, scheduled for 9 a.m. to noon Saturday at the Liberty Lake Sewer and Water Dis-trict’s administration building, 22510 E. Mission Ave. (For more on this event, see

the guest column by Asmus on page 16.)The department also recently complet-

ed training with its officers in the Lethal-ity Assessment Program. The program is being coordinated with other local law enforcement bodies and the YWCA, which offers a round-the-clock hotline and other domestic violence services, in-cluding a local shelter.

“The goal is to get victims to resources faster,” Asmus said, explaining that the intent is to get a victim on the phone with an advocate before an officer ever leaves the scene of a domestic violence incident, if the victim is willing. “What typically happens is the bad guy goes to jail, a protection order is issued, but be-fore you know it (the couple is) making up and saying, ‘Oh, it will never happen again.’”

The new regional resource and assess-ment program are intended to keep this cycle from continuing, often with wors-ening outcomes for the victim, Asmus said.

Annual domestic violence calls were up 17 percent in Liberty Lake from 2008 to 2011, while domestic violence assaults rose 55 percent during the same time-frame, according to LLPD data.

Mayor preps 2013 budgetBy Josh JohnsonSplaSh Staff WritEr

Expressing an increased emphasis on ty-ing the city’s budgeted expenses to its pri-orities, Mayor Steve Peterson will present his 2013 budget to the Liberty Lake City Council Tuesday.

“We want the budget to reflect the com-munity’s priorities,” City Administrator Katy Allen said, adding that an August City Council was one important step in defining these initiatives.

Peterson summarizes his overarching mission for the city as creating a “safe, clean, green” community. Among the highlights residents can anticipate in Tues-day’s proposal:

• Police department upgrades: Liberty Lake Police Chief Brian Asmus said his department’s budget request will include a new officer, two new police cars and a portable radar reader. The new officer po-sition would be the city’s first in six years, during which time the city has grown by 1,000 residents, he said.

• Library technology: Library Direc-tor Pamela Mogen said her budget request will reflect one of the library’s priorities of increasing its service as a technology cen-

ter. Media lab software and two new iPads to be integrated as stations into the chil-dren’s department are among the antici-pated requests.

• Capital facilities projects: Allen said that while many of the city’s capital priori-ties depend upon the ability of associated grant funding to come through, items like a pedestrian trail along Sprague Avenue between Liberty Lake Road and Molter, a glass wall partitioning off the children’s portion of the library, development of Town Square Park on the city’s 6.4-acre lot at Appleway and Signal, a roundabout at Harvard Road and Mission, and work with the Central Valley School District on developing a vacant lot next to Liberty Lake Elementary School are among antici-pated 2013 projects.

• “Clean and green”: Allen said the city will look at doubling its seasonal parks and open space “boots on the ground” staff from seven to 14.

• Utility taxes dedicated: Peterson said he anticipates defining a dedicated use for the city’s utility taxes for street mainte-nance projects.

The public is invited to attend the bud-get presentation at 7 p.m. Tuesday at City Hall, 22710 E. Country Vista Drive.


Liberty Lake residents will have a new destination for their junk mail this month, not to mention items like ce-real boxes and mixed plastics that have long been treated as trash. This week, the commu-nity is in the midst of a tran-sition to a new Waste Man-agement recycling program that doesn’t just expand recy-clables, but supersizes the blue container those recyclables are deposited into.

Representatives of Waste Recycling Services Inc. began distributing new 96-gallon carts to single-family homes in unincorporated Liberty Lake (those living south of Sprague Avenue) on Monday, and Waste Management will fol-low suit beginning next Mon-day for city residents. The carts replace the present 18-gallon blue bins and are intended to be a one-stop container for all the family’s recyclable materi-als.

As a rule of thumb, once the carts are delivered the first pick-up will occur two weeks later. With the new cart de-livery, there will be either a green or yellow plastic bag attached that will contain an introductory letter and a re-cycling guide with the basic information explaining the program. Waste Management District Manager Marco Gon-zalez said it is vital that each household retain the guide and the attached calendar because it highlights the collection weeks. The southern portion of Liberty Lake’s recycling will be picked up on one Monday, while the northern part will be picked up the following Mon-day. Typical garbage collection will continue to be picked up on a weekly basis.

At the present time, the pro-gram is designed for only sin-gle family homes and does not include apartment complexes or local businesses.

Ken Gimpel, Waste Man-agement Municipal Relations Manager for Eastern Washing-ton/ Idaho, explained that the basic change for the program is that residents will go from their 18-gallon bins collected weekly with only limited re-cyclable materials to the larger container collected every other week, which will take a myriad of recyclable products, includ-ing clean paper and cardboard,

glass bottles and jars, metal and foil and plastic containers.

He emphasized customers must be cautious not to place their regular garbage in the new recycle carts, as that could contaminate the entire load once the truck reaches the re-cycling center.

Gimpel said the most con-venient aspect of the new pro-gram is that all the recyclables will be able to be comingled in the carts. He explained that a person will be able to throw away a cereal box, glass or plas-tic orange juice container and last year’s phone book at the same time without separating them or securing them in indi-vidual plastic bags.

Indeed, plastic trash bags are discouraged for use in the recycling carts as they could clog the separating equipment at the new Spokane Mate-rial and Recycling Technol-

ogy (SMART) Center. The $20 million center, which is lo-cated next to the Waste to En-ergy plant on the West Plains, opened last month.

Although the new carts will allow for the combining of a multitude of recyclable prod-ucts, the new technology in place at the SMART Center has the ability to sort each item as it speeds along on a convey-or belt.

Gonzalez said that the change is ultimately in re-sponse to years of customer comments as to why Waste Management wasn’t accepting materials that have been typi-cally considered recyclable.

“Our customers were asking more of us, and the SMART facility and the larger carts are the solution,” Gonzalez said. “And the change of going from a weekly collection to every other week is part of our ef-forts to control the cost of such a large conversion without raising the rates for our cus-tomers.”

Collection of both garbage and recycling is one set rate for Waste Management’s cus-tomers, depending on the size of their trash container, and right now there are no plans to raise rates to those single fam-ily customers utilizing the new program.

Gimpel said Liberty Lake customers will also be see-ing new Waste Management trucks picking up the carts. The company recently pur-chased 18 new trucks that will run on natural gas instead of diesel. He explained the older trucks with diesel engines have a fuel cost of a little more than $4 per gallon. Running the new trucks will cut that cost to about $1.69 per gallon.

The new vehicles will not be able to handle the phased-out, 18-gallon bins, Gimpel said, as they are designed to top-load the new carts, and the drivers will not be able to dump the smaller bins into the trucks.

When the new carts are de-livered, customers have the option of keeping the smaller blue bins for storage or any-thing they wish, excluding re-cyclables, or setting them out alongside the new carts and Waste Management will take them away to be recycled, he said.

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Gabriel lucich with Waste recycling Services inc. of fort Worth, texas, tracks his inventory while delivering a new 96-gallon recycling cart to a residence on alpine drive in liberty lake. lucich said the company will be in the area for a few weeks as it was contracted to distribute the bins to unincorporated Waste Management customers.

New recycling options, schedule

landing in LLCart distribution to single family homes is currently in progress

At A GlAnce‘Goodbye bins, hello carts’ 96-gallon carts are currently being delivered to single family homes in Liberty Lake to replace the 18-gallon blue bins. The carts will be picked up every other week. South Liberty Lake (basically county residents) are receiving bins this week, while the northern part of Liberty Lake (city resi-dents) is scheduled to begin receiving carts on Monday.

Newly acceptable Among the items that weren’t accepted in the old bins but can be deposited in the new carts: Junk mail and office paper; cereal and other food boxes; expansion of mixed plastics; clean metal and foil; and much more.

For more Check out the information delivered with your new cart, or visit www.wmnorthwest.com.

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“Our customers were asking more of us, and the SMART facility and the larger carts are the

solution.”— MArCO GOnzAlez

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the new carts are equipped with guide-lines sharing the proper items either to recycle or throw in the trash. City residents should receive the carts beginning Monday.


At the Liberty Lake PORTALIT-LIFELINE Reaching Around the Country

IT-Lifeline is in the business of ensuring their customers can continue to do business when disaster strikes. As the leading provider of enterprise class data vaulting and recovery ser-vices, this cutting edge company literally provides a lifeline to customers who depend on IT-Lifeline to meet recovery times

and provide mini-mum data loss.

Because IT-Life-line customers op-erate in the heavily regulated indus-tries of health-care and financial services, security is paramount. “I don’t think there is another facility in this region that even comes close to the technology that is in the Lib-erty Lake Portal,” said Vice President

Brandon Tanner. “This enables us to ensure our business is al-ways available and ready, so that if a customer can’t use their own space, they can come and set up in ours.”

As IT-Lifeline expands their customer base throughout the United States, they are continu-ally demonstrating their compli-ance with security regulations specific to their industry. “We go through extensive audits,” Tanner explained. “This allows our customers to know the ser-vice we provide is secure as or more secure than if they were to handle it on their own.”

With the introduction of BlackCloud, a secure private cloud solution, Tanner pointed out that “IT-Lifeline is rapidly gaining

national attention and adding customers across the country.” In addition to their many regional customers, their services are being utilized by companies in Colorado, California, and Maryland with many more states to come.

“The telecommunications infrastructure in the Portal com-petes with datacenters you’d find in Seattle, Denver, or the San Francisco bay area” enabling IT-Lifeline to provide customers nationwide with security, redundancy, and uninterrupted busi-ness operation come flood, fire, earthquake, or worse.

NORTHWEST TAILORING Marks Second Anniversary at The Liberty Lake PORTAL

If your favorite jacket needs to be relined, your new slacks need to be hemmed, or your daughter’s dress needs to be al-tered, then you need to visit Northwest Tailoring in the Liberty Lake Portal.

For the past two years, Irina Khadzhi has provided professional tailoring and alteration services to the Liberty Lake community. Her large shop in the Por-tal houses cutting tables, industrial sewing machines, and racks of clothing trust-ed to her by her numerous clients throughout the area.

With a love of sewing, and many years of experi-ence in the alterations busi-ness, Irina enjoys delighting her customers. She also really enjoys having her business in Liberty Lake. “It’s my home,” Irina said.

Of the Liberty Lake Portal, Irina mentioned, “I love this building, It is close to my home, and just down the street from Liberty Lake Elementary.” Irina is the mother of four, and she enjoys the flexibility of operating her own business.

IT Lifeline employees conduct regular test scenarios to ensure data security and acces-sibility for customers.

Irina Khadzhi enjoys the flexibility and the variety that comes with owning her own tailoring business.

“I don’t think there is another facility in this region that even comes close to the technology that is in the Liberty Lake Portal.”

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The creation of a safe walkway on Val-leyway Road was among the transporta-tion improvements that earned the nod as this year’s “best of the best” in city and county projects.

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The projects were evaluated based on safety enhancements, construction, inno-vative design, environmental sustainabil-ity and community involvement.

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to those classes in high school; I didn’t do so well. So I went back to my career goal I had in seventh grade, and that was work-ing with numbers.”

After graduating from college, she sat for her CPA exam but failed it. Instead of taking the advice of some of her friends to retake it again, she decided to reassess her goals.

“I have always been someone who has done very well on tests, so that was a piv-otal moment in my life where I thought that maybe I should step back and reeval-uate my career path,” she said. “So I went into private accounting work for a private corporation in downtown Seattle. I got a really wonderful job with a seven-and-a-half hour work day and great benefits. I was a single mom at that time, and it was a much better deal for me.”

After 20 years, she lost her job in 2008, and Mann began considering what she wanted to do for the next segment of her life. She said she had always loved doing taxes. In fact, before going into the cor-porate world, she spent some time do-

ing taxes for “mom and pop” businesses in the Seattle area and even worked for H&R Block while still in college.

“Twenty years of running the rat-race just wasn’t that fulfilling,” she said. “You know, money is money and it’s great, but what’s the point of having a lot of money if you aren’t fulfilled? So I decided to start my own business.”

As luck or fate would have it, she knew someone in Spokane who needed some help. Plus, she had some family in the Spokane area, so she decided to take the leap and open an office in Liberty Lake.

When she described the spectrum of her clients, Mann gestured that she gets “that proverbial shoe box of yearly re-ceipts,” which she goes through, puts into a financial statement and ultimately into a tax return.

Her office also does payroll for busi-nesses and customizes the bookkeeping for each individual client.

“One thing I’ve found is that every cli-ent is different,” she said. “What they do as a business is different; their needs are different.”

Andrean Accounting does all aspects of bookkeeping, which includes: invoic-es, receiving payments, payroll, quarterly tax returns for payroll taxes, as well as state sales and B&O taxes for both Wash-ington and Idaho.

Her office also does accounting analy-sis work, which helps companies under-stand if they are profitable. It also helps them make decisions about buying an-

other business, the prospects of expand-ing or even shutting down.

When talking about her profession, Mann’s face lights up.

“I’m one of those sick people who really loves working with numbers,” she said. “I love puzzles, and I believe accounting is like a puzzle. When I’m working on a tax return, I’m taking bits and pieces of in-formation from here and there, and when it’s done it looks great. It’s not as beautiful as a seascape; it’s just a tax return, but to me it’s a piece of art. When we are given a gift, and I believe my gift has to do with numbers and working with people, you get joy out of it.”

She credits her natural sense of calm-ness with being able to make her clients feel more at ease and less stressed when they come into her office with that afore-mentioned shoebox of receipts and a looming IRS deadline.

When she isn’t at her office, Mann do-nates a great deal of her time to programs in her adopted hometown of Liberty Lake.

Mann has taught workshops for the SCORE program in the area. SCORE of-fers professionals with real-world expe-rience to help small businesses succeed. Counselors are experts in such areas as accounting, finance, marketing, tech-nology, management and business plan preparation. Because her own growing business has kept her so busy this past year, she was only able to teach a few classes, but she hopes to have the time to hold more workshops in the coming year.

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“I love working with SCORE,” she said. “Again, it’s an opportunity to mentor someone when they are in a desperate need to find solutions. When someone starts a business, there is so much they don’t know. I love working with SCORE because I really do think I have a gift to be able to teach people and to work with numbers.”

When she teaches her workshops, it is usually on financial recordkeeping and cash flow. She explained that many new and established businesses don’t realize the true definition of cash flow. They are surprised to learn that just because they have a healthy volume of business com-ing in doesn’t mean they are making a profit. Her workshops help them realize the difference.

Mann is also actively involved with Women Executives of Liberty Lake (WELL).

She explained that when she first joined the group four years ago, about six local businesswomen would meet for lunch at Hay Jay’s and talk about their business and how they could help each other. As their numbers grew, the WELL mem-bers moved their meeting to the Liberty Lake Municipal Library and started in-viting guest speakers to their meetings. The group of 25-30 women now meets monthly at the Liberty Lake Sewer & Wa-ter District administration building.

She has been asked to give annual tax updates to the organization. Other pre-sentations have been given by individuals on obtaining SBA loans, social network-ing and even how to fix a hairstyle to complement any business situation.

Andrean Accounting can be reached at 928-8500 or email Mann at [email protected].


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Used to laboring anonymously in foot-ball’s trenches, a pair of Central Valley linemen took their turn in the limelight during victory over University in the an-nual battle for the Greasy Pig.

J.D. Boden, a 6-foot-5 junior two-way performer, had a highlight-reel moment when he batted a Titan screen pass attempt into the air and pulled down the intercep-tion late in the second quarter. He would later recover a fumble in the fourth quar-ter during the 47-14 romp, with all but six points coming in the second half.

All week during practice, the coaches had warned the linemen to beware of U-Hi’s screens out of its spread offense, and they took it to heart.

“I saw the quarterback and tipped the ball,” Boden said. Of the fumble recovery, “I was ready. I saw the pitch and nobody was there.”

Fellow lineman, senior Nick Ramberg, picked off his pass deep in Titan territory midway through the third quarter, and in four plays CV scored for a 26-0 lead.

“The defense played really solid,” Boden said.

“They were overloading us on one side,” coach Rick Giampietri added. “We made a couple of adjustments, and our line took over again in the second half. They’ve been doing it for the last couple of weeks.”

‘Now it gets serious’That’s what Giampietri said of his 5-1

Bears upon the conclusion of last week’s game.

He was referring to CV’s end-of-season schedule. Two of their final three games come against other postseason aspirants. Tonight will shed light on their chances in a 6:15 p.m. game against preseason fa-vorite Mead (5-1) at Albi Stadium.

Showdown at homeYouth has played a big part in CV vol-

leyball success this year.Sophomores Sasha Montgomery and

Kara Nitteberg and 6-foot-1 junior Alai-na Gentili have been major contributors.

“It’s definitely been the passing of Mont-gomery and Nitteberg,” coach Chris Kosty said. “Gentili actually has been our leading hitting percentage.”

Senior veteran Taylor Butters is CV’s overall kills leader. West Valley transfer Sequoia Lofton contributes as part of a relatively new look for a team that is in a similar position in the GSL as last year’s state qualifiers.

“It’s hard to compare,” Kosty said. “Last year was just a completely different team with a different mentality. (This year) we have some good hitters. We’re just waiting for them to show their potential.”

CV shares second place in the GSL but faces its sternest test at home Friday against unbeaten Mead. The Panthers won the 16-team championship bracket at last weekend’s annual Cross-Over Tourna-ment which features the top teams in state.

The Bears, second to West Valley-Yaki-

Linemen come up big in Greasy Pig

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the Gu11 united team, coached by rik robles, won its age group at the river City Challenge at plantes ferry park on aug. 25-26. pictured, from left, back row is Emily Kaiser, Dori Ames, haylie Greenwood, taryn baxter, Kaitlyn harvey, Skylar robles and Coach robles. in the front row is lily o’neel, Sailor Watson, audriana alfaro, Haley Lance, bailey Carter, rachel Ewers and brooklyn Worsham. (liberty lake residents in bold.)

Soccer standouts

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ma in their pool, reached the finals of the bracket for the 16 runner-up pool teams, placing 18th overall in the 64-team event.

Quick hitsThe fate of Central Valley’s soccer team

will be decided over the final four match-es of the season. The Bears share a 5-0 record with two other Greater Spokane League teams, although they currently stand third, a point behind, because of their shootout win over Lewis and Clark following scoreless regulation and over-times. Wednesday, CV faced league co-leader Gonzaga Prep. On Friday, CV plays ever-dangerous Mead and then next Wednesday holds a match against un-beaten Mt. Spokane. … Logan Giese fin-ished sixth, timing 15:49.58 in Division I of the Richland Invitational Saturday. It was also a tune-up on the course that hosts the state qualifying regional Oct. 27. … Alexandria Moore was sixth and Skye Sanders 12th in the girls Division I race. … Slowpitch softball playoffs begin Mon-day with the championship Oct. 18.

FooTBALL 10/5 CV vs. University 47-14 W

VoLLEyBALL10/2 CV vs. Gonzaga Prep 3-1 W

BoyS CRoSS CoUNTRy10/6 CV at Richland Invite individual results

Division 2 — 1. Holland (North Central) 16:32.74. 2. Kubik (NC) 16:40.68. 3. Strauss (Central Valley) 16:44.01. 8. Nicholls (CV) 17:04.06.

GIRLS CRoSS CoUNTRy10/6 CV at Richland Invite individual results

Division 2 — 1. Clem (Pendleton) 19:47.91. 2. Adams (Deer Park) 20:38.56. 3. Kinzel (Ferris) 20:45.38. 6. Horton (Central Valley) 21:04.36.

SoCCER10/3 CV vs. Lewis and Clark 1-0 W

SoFTBALL 10/1 CV vs. Shadle Park 17-5 W10/2 CV vs. Ferris 21-9 W10/4 CV vs. North Central 10-0 W10/4 CV vs. North Central 4-1 W

CoMMUNITy GoLF10/3 Trailhead ladies 9 Hole Golf ClubFlight A — gross, CC Marshall, 43; net, Bea Carroll, 33Flight B — gross, Deanna Hauser, 53; net, Dee Elder, 40Flight C — gross, Ann Parman, 54; net, Peg Nadvornick, 29Birdies — Bea Carroll and CC Marshall on No. 5

SCHEDULEOCTOBer 116:15 p.m. CV Football at Mead, Joe Albi StadiumOCTOBer 124 p.m. CV Soccer at Mead 7 p.m. CV Volleyball vs. Mead OCTOBer 167 p.m. CV Volleyball vs. FerrisOCTOBer 173:30 p.m. CV Boys and Girls Cross Country vs. Ferris, Lewis and Clark, Shadle Park at Comstock Park 6:30 p.m. CV Soccer vs. Mt. Spokane OCTOBer 186:15 p.m. CV Football vs. Shadle Park, Joe Albi Stadium

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Fisher contributing to WWCC success

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liberty lake resident delaney fisher, who starts as a freshman libero for the Walla Walla Community College volleyball team, has helped WWCC to a 20-5 record and a no. 2 ranking in the nWaaCC. “What a great kid,” coach tim toon said. “delaney has been a rock star for us this season. her serve is really tough, she passes well and is fearless on defense. i expect delaney’s role on this team to continue to increase.”

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October is Domestic Violence Aware-ness Month, and I thank The Splash for its recent article covering the issue of do-mestic violence in our community. Be-cause domestic violence is so ugly, most people choose to look the other way. Your officers see the heartbreaking results of domestic violence almost daily. To have an impact on this issue, our attitude, as a community, must change.

Domestic violence touches almost ev-ery family regardless of education, so-cial status or income. Victims around us may be a relative, a classmate, a neighbor, sports teammate, a co-worker or someone in your church. While domestic abuse is under-reported (it is estimated that only one quarter of domestic violence assaults are ever reported), one-third of American women report being physically or sexu-ally abused by their intimate partner.

Perpetrators also come from all occu-pations and lifestyles, and 95 percent are men.

Domestic violence is the leading cause of injury to women in the U.S. It is the leading cause of hospital emergency room visits by women. In our country, a woman is assaulted by her partner every 15 seconds. Every day, four women die as a result of domestic violence.

Sadly, the silent victims are the chil-dren. More than half the female victims live in households with children under 12. A child’s exposure to parental violence causes emotional damage and increased risk of transmitting violent behavior from one generation to the next. Every day, three children die as a result of domestic violence.

Between 1997-2010, 47 domestic vio-lence fatalities occurred in Spokane County. Of cases of homicide against a fe-male victim in Washington, half are com-mitted by an intimate partner.

As a community, we can stop the need-less suffering by changing our attitude toward domestic violence. We all have a responsibility to teach our children that domestic violence is unacceptable. We must not turn our heads when we see signs of domestic violence. If you know a victim, discretely provide them with community resources that are available.

The YWCA is the region’s resource for

Battling DV requires collaboration, education

domestic violence programs. The YWCA supports and advocates for victims of do-mestic violence. The organization offers safe shelter for victims and children, legal representation and advocacy, assists with safety planning, and has a 24-hour help line: 326-CALL (326-2255). The Wash-ington statewide domestic violence hot-line is 1-800-562-6025, and the National domestic violence hotline is 1-800-799-SAFE. The services are free and confiden-tial.

Your Liberty Lake police officers are well-trained in the area of responding to and investigating domestic violence calls for service, and they receive updated training on an annual basis. In addition, the department has a nationally certi-fied domestic violence instructor that can provide training to law enforcement of-ficers and the community. Most recently, your officers attended training on assess-ing domestic violence lethality. As this program develops, law enforcement will be working directly with victim advocates

IF YOU GO …Second annual Domestic Violence SymposiumPresented by the Liberty Lake Police Department

9 a.m. to noon, SaturdayLLSWD Building22510 E. Mission Ave.Cost Free (RSVP to 755-1140 is requested as lunch is provided)AboutLearn more about the impact domes-tic violence has in the Liberty Lake area and the resources available for those who need help or are looking to provide help.HostBrian Asmus, chief of the Liberty Lake Police DepartmentSpeakers• Sarah Foley, community education and outreach advocate for the YWCA Alternatives to Domestic Violence program• Lou Thomson, emergency room nurse at Valley Hospital and Medical Center• Stormi Koerner, detective with the Spokane Police Department

See DV, page 17

By Brian AsmusSplaSh GuESt ColuMn

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Members of the cast of “hit the road, Jack” include, back row from left, Judy black, Jean Simpson, lono hagmann, dan diCicco, angela Waugh, Vickie Weaver and Stephen hol-comb; middle row, Ethan hagmann, allison leyh, Kaylee plumb and Michelle hare; front row, co-directors Jennifer ophardt and Kevin Kuecken.

Stellar cast makes LLCT’s latest worth ‘hitting the road’ to seeBy Josh JohnsonSplaSh Staff rEViEW

Remember the 1980s game show, “Press Your Luck,” in which contestants would take a “spin” on a prize board and try to avoid a red-caped cartoon character known as the “Whammy”?

It seemed a requirement that contestants would cry, “No Whammy! No Whammy! No Whammy!” over and over again before ending the spin with the drawn-out excla-mation, “aaaaaannnnd STOP!”

(Ethan Hagmann probably doesn’t re-member that show, but more on that in a moment.)

The point is that the Liberty Lake Community Theatre’s most recent pro-duction, “Hit the Road, Jack,” is like a prize-winning spin on “Press Your Luck.” This cast has no Whammies.

Seriously. I attended a special press screening on Monday, and greeting me there were many of my favorite cast members from past LLCT productions.And the only two I hadn’t seen before — both LLCT first-timers — ended up being show-stealers themselves.

All told, while “Hit the Road, Jack,” is in the upper echelon of my favorite LLCT performances to date, the top-to-bottom quality of its cast was the best LLCT has fielded in the productions I’ve seen.

The story itself is similar to a lot of LLCT scripts. It’s a lot of fun, there are plenty of laugh lines — and it’s not out to win you over with a substantial, life-altering plot. Rather, the simple story-line follows the father-son team of Jack and Trevor Gunderson (played by Lib-erty Lake residents Lono Hagmann and Stephen Holcomb, respectively), own-ers of a driver education school with a questionable track record of producing top-flight students. As the future exis-tence of the school is called into ques-tion, a next-door bank robbery turns the play into a bit of a whodunnit.

Holcomb’s role binds the play togeth-er, and his comic touch compliments an impressive ability to play the worrying — yet easily distracted — role of Trevor. Hagmann is steady and reliable as Jack, who is indeed the steadier Gunderson

See LLCT, page 17


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to try to get resources to victims and provide additional options as soon as possible after an inci-dent. Law enforcement interven-tion is only part of the solution. Our primary task is to provide safety for the victim and to hold the perpetrator accountable. We can’t solve this issue on our own.

Effectively addressing and ul-timately ending domestic vio-lence requires a collaborative ef-fort involving every part of our community. During Domestic

Violence Awareness Month, let us all recommit to ensuring do-mestic violence has no place in Liberty Lake.

To learn more, I encourage you to attend the community Domestic Violence Symposium from 9 a.m. to noon on Saturday at the Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District administration building. Please RSVP to Bobbi Anderson at 755-1140 for the event.

Brian Asmus is chief of the Lib-erty Lake Police Department. He can be reached at [email protected].

DVContinued from page 16

IF YOU GO …“Hit the Road, Jack”

When: Saturday at 2 p.m.; Friday, Sunday and Oct. 18-20 at 7 p.m.

Where: The Kave, 4904 N. Harvard Road, Otis Orchards

Admission: $8 adults, $5 ages 4-12 (3 and under free), tickets sold at the door

Cast: Judy Black, Jean Simpson, Lono Hagmann, Dan DiCicco, Angela Waugh, Vickie Weaver, Stephen Holcomb, Ethan Hagmann, Allison Leyh, Kaylee Plumb and Michelle Hare

Crew: Co-directors Jennifer Ophardt and Kevin Kuecken

For more: www.libertyla-ketheatre.com

so the casting is a great fit. As an interesting aside, Holcomb shed a mustache and Hagmann grew one for the roles. According to a post-screening discussion with the cast, consensus seems to be that Holcomb needs to keep his off, while Hagmann has pro-duced an impressive look. Alas, Hagmann is reportedly ready to shave the second the final curtain closes.

Not growing a mustache for his part is sixth-grader Ethan Hagmann, Lono’s son, who turns in a distinguished performance as Mayor Mac McKendrick. Ethan, one of two student mem-bers of the cast and the youngest by a longshot, was good natured about working with the older crowd and reportedly helped Dad (and many other cast mem-bers) with his steel-trap memory of the script.

The other student is Kaylee Plumb, a high school sophomore and LLCT newcomer. Plumb plays the sarcastic Flo Delaney perfectly and was one of the many bright standouts in the play.

The other newcomer, local Stepping Stone teacher Allison Leyh, brings her outgoing per-sonality onto the stage with im-pressive talent. It was hard to believe that “Hit the Road, Jack” was her first theatre production. She was talked into taking part

by her boss, LLCT veteran and Stepping Stone Director Angela Waugh, whose sense of humor on and off screen are part of what make community theater so fun.

Judy Black and Michelle Hare are repeat cast members who show a real ability to take on a role that doesn’t reflect their real-life personalities. Both of their roles call for a bit of flighty,

“blonde” banter, and they do a great job of making the audience believe.

Vicky Weaver was flawless as bank executive Melinda Bremer. She is always so reliable and steady with her acting, and there-fore smartly cast. Bremer’s char-acter is perhaps as important to making the play work as any, so Weaver was a great choice.

Finally, the Safeway duo of Dan DiCicco (incidentally, a man with a great mustache) and Jean Simpson continue to delight every time they take the stage. Both have wonderful comic touch, and Simpson de-lights as usual when called upon to explore the louder parts of her existence with expressions like, “Holy cheese and crackers!”

As usual, the connections to the community make the play extra fun. Whether it’s the sets of coworkers, the Liberty Lake family connections or the local-ized props (look for Safeway re-ceipts, Washington Trust Bank references, The Splash want ads and even Liberty Lake Police De-partment uniforms), this is truly a local theater group.

It’s hard to beat, even if you have to take a short ride down Harvard Road into Otis Or-chards. Truly, The Kave venue fits LLCT well, and while some would wish it was actually inside city limits, it’s so close it may as well be. It’s well worth “hitting the road”

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