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Spokane, Washington  Est. May 19, 1883

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Alan Liere: The fishin’ thing

We’d been picnicking – my family and I – at Granite Point on Loon Lake, one of those dog-day August afternoons in Eastern Washington when the sun seems to find a spot directly overhead and refuses to leave, tossing down ultraviolet until you can pick out the office workers by the rosy-pink blush on their shoulders and the great gobs of Coppertone slathered on their noses.
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Lake Sammamish State Park creek project aims to help salmon habitat

SEATTLE – The day begins as early as 6:30 a.m. for the contractors in orange vests and hard hats working along lower Issaquah Creek in Lake Sammamish State Park, one of Washington’s most popular state parks. Using excavators, they carefully place sturdy Douglas fir logs into the stream. These buoyant, wooden structures, half of which were salvaged from fallen trees at the Everett watershed during the November bomb cyclone, will slow the flow of water and give millions of juvenile salmon shelter as they prepare for migration.
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Ammi Midstokke: Getting the most out of your summer

The most determinate measures of a successful summer are reaching the end in a state of physical exhaustion and social fatigue, and with enough sun damage to warrant an extra trip to the dermatologist. To this end, we must never say no to anything, be it picnic, playdate or parade.
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Velvet trio

Three mule deer bucks take in the Monday morning sun south of Cheney in this photo by Buck Domitrovich.
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Escaping life’s cares on Upper Priest Lake

Most folks don’t know it, but a canoe trip to Upper Priest Lake would do them a world of good. Out there, far from cell phone service, internet connectivity and electronic “friends,” Mother Nature sets the tempo. There’s time to pick huckleberries, go exploring and savor spectacular sunsets back in camp.