Today’s highlights
Jayden Immonen, 12, left, and seventh-grade classmate Garrett Black, 13, center, and eighth-grader Lauren Green, 13, work on a poster for friend Logan Becker, a seventh-grader at North Pines Middle School battling cancer, on Oct. 4 at the school. SR photo/Tyler Tjomsland
It's Thursday, which means two things. It's nearly Friday (thank goodness) and it's time for some Valley Voice highlights. Reporter Lisa Leinberger stopped by North Pines Middle school on a day when nearly everyone was wearing purple in honor of one of their classmates. Logan Becker, a seventh-grader, is fighting cancer and students came up with the idea of wearing purple to show their support.
We also have the second installment in a series of question and answer format stories featuring candidates for Spokane Valley City Council. Appointed incumbent Rod Higgins is facing off against challenger Linda Thompson for Position 1.
The Spokane Valley City Council took care of a few housekeeping items on Tuesday, including moving the 2014 budget forward to a final vote and awarding a contract for a series of street preservation projects in the spring.
