Skyfest to return to Fairchild in July
Fairchild Air Force Base’s Skyfest on July 29-30 will feature the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds on both days.
Demonstrations by an F-15 Eagle, F-117A Nighthawk Stealth fighter, a World War II-era P-51 Mustang and the Canadian Skyhawks parachute team also are scheduled.
Skyfest was canceled last year due to lack of personnel.
About 100,000 people are expected to attend this year’s show, which is free to the public.
For more information, go to http://public.fairchild.amc.af .mil/.
– Amy Cannata
Man charged with attempted arson
A Spokane man faces a charge of attempted first-degree arson for allegedly trying to burn down a house in which four people were sleeping after the occupants had complained about his loud car stereo.
Ian Clark Silvers, 20, was booked into jail Saturday and was released on $50,000 bail Monday evening.
Court documents say Silvers threatened to damage a neighbor’s house after she had complained about his “excessively loud” music at 4910 W. Alpine Court at about 7 p.m. Friday. Another neighbor said Silvers had told him to “mind your own business” and threatened to burn his house and the rest of the neighborhood.
At about 1:30 a.m. Saturday, someone threw a rock through the front window of the first neighbor’s house. One of four people sleeping inside told police he went outside and saw Silvers and his girlfriend sitting on their porch.
The neighbor found a jug of model-airplane fuel with a spent match in it near the side of her house, where two wooden beams had been soaked with the fuel. Spokane police officer Jennifer DeRuwe found an empty matchbook in the same area.
– John Craig
Vaccinations urged for children
This is National Infant Immunization Week, and the Spokane Regional Health District is reminding parents to keep babies’ vaccinations up to date.
“Public health immunization programs cannot fully protect our community if adequate numbers of children are not immunized,” said Dr. Kim Thorburn, district health officer.
In Washington state, vaccinations for nine preventable diseases are required of children attending public or parochial schools and day-care facilities.
Vaccinations are available at doctors offices; the Public Health Center, 1101 W. College Ave.; and the district’s Valley Clinic, 10814 E. Broadway. Call (509) 324-1600 for more information.
– Kevin Graman
lincoln county, Wash.
Keller ferry back in operation today
The Keller ferry will return to service this morning after being out of operation for two days.
A ferry employee drove to Seattle on Monday to pick up a new control head, said Washington state Depart- ment of Transportation spokesman Al Gilson. The part controls engine speed and puts the ferry into the proper gear.
The Keller ferry on state Highway 21 crosses the Columbia River to connect Lincoln County north of Wilbur to the Colville Indian Reservation.
– Amy Cannata