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Dear winter: Please pay us a visit soon

(12/31/2004) Snow on the ground Thursday morning seemed so wimpy it left me wondering: Is this the best winter can do? The season clearly hasn't measured up to what we've come to expect in the Inland Northwest.

A welcoming place to learn to fly planes

(11/26/2004) Gideon Karinga, 20, never dreamed of coming to America. Yet three months ago, he relocated to Spokane for school. Sitting in a hangar next to Felts Field, where an occasional small plane zips by, Karinga explained how he had ambitions of leaving Kenya's capital of Nairobi for Sweden, Britain or Japan.

Staying on the up and up on the slopes

(11/19/2004) A bit of a brouhaha broke out at Mount Spokane last week. A recent news story about the upcoming ski season included the vital statistics of each of the five local ski resorts – including Mount Spokane Ski and Snowboard Park, Silver Mountain, 49 Degrees North, Schweitzer Mountain and Lookout Pass.

A few tactics in the war against wasps

(8/6/2004) Watching people flail at the sight of yellow jackets is always amusing. Every summer, these pesky critters go on the attack in search of food.

Lack of logic in helmet law a big headache

(7/16/2004) Everybody buckle up, put on your sunscreen, your life jackets and your helmets – the City Council is at the wheel. This week, the council rode roughshod over Mayor Jim West's veto of Spokane's silly new helmet law – which makes it illegal to bike, roller skate or skateboard without a helmet.

Cyclists of all sorts can share trail

(6/25/2004) I had an experience last Wednesday night that gave me hope for world peace. I was mountain biking on Canfield Mountain in Coeur d'Alene when a motorcyclist coming up the trail yielded the path to me.