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EndNotes archive for July 25, 2012

WEDNESDAY, JULY 25, 2012

Mother Superior (Jean Hardie) is surrounded by, from left, Sister Robert Anne (Abbey Crawford), Sister Mary Amnesia (Patricia Brady), Sister Mary Leo (Jillian Wylie) and Sister Mary Hubert (Kathie Doyle-Lipe) in a scene from Spokane Civic Theatre’s “Nunsense.” (Dan Pelle)

The salary of the St. Charles sisters 

For a Sunday package of stories on Spokane Catholic schools, I contributed a historic timeline and came across many details I didn't have room for, including how much the sisters who ran the schools were paid. In 1975, sisters were paid $270 a month in…

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The worthiness of girlfriends

In journalism world, a controversy is being discussed stemming from a tweet sent by James Taranto of the Wall Street Journal. Referring to the three boyfriends who saved their girlfriends' lives by taking bullets for them in the Aurora theater, Taranto said: "I hope the…

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Spokesman-Review features writer Rebecca Nappi, along with writer Catherine Johnston of Olympia, Wash., discuss here issues facing aging boomers, seniors and those experiencing serious illness, dying, death and other forms of loss.