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February 26, 1997
Linn Parish
A stack of seven videocassette recorders hooked to one small television set whir into action in the corner of what once was the dining room of Lisa Bergstrom-Regehr and her family.Across the hardwood floor of the South Hill home, a desk holds a
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New group to question GMA work

Packet Engines founder says he wouldnÂ’t bring a new venture here today
February 26, 1997
Paul Read
Packet Engines Inc. founder Bernard Daines is organizing what he envisions will be a grass-roots citizens group that would call into question and perhaps push for the reversal of steps city and county government officials are taking to bring into
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Arena fills bill, saves up millions

Reserves dedicated strictly for maintenance; new theater planned for smaller events
February 26, 1997
Anita Burke
The Spokane Veterans Memorial Arena and the public district that owns it are performing as well as the entertainers who grace the arenas stage and the champion athletes who compete on its rinks and courts.The Spokane Public Facilities District
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High-rise rumors escalate

Rookery block once again draws notice
February 26, 1997
Linn Parish
Rumors are swirling in downtown Spokane about a possible building projectperhaps a high-rise office tower or a parking garageon the block where the Rookery Building and several smaller structures now stand.The rumors, which are circulating a
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Longtime burial-vault maker broadens scope

Spokane Wilbert Vault changes name, builds new Lewiston plant, eyes others
February 26, 1997
Lisa Harrell
Spokane Wilbert Vault always has been known as a burial-vault maker. Through the years, though, the company quietly has gained a regional reputation as a supplier of hundreds of different precast concrete products, ranging from water tanks to To
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Learning center opens in EWU facility here

Call-center training already under way; supervisory-skills program set to begin soon
February 26, 1997
Lisa Harrell
Eastern Washington University has opened up its building in downtown Spokane to a consortium that plans to offer job assessment and training to employees who work in the downtown core and to people who are looking for entry-level positions.The a
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Super 1 store to be built in Rathdrum

Chain president says town is big enough to support $6 million supermarket
February 26, 1997
Linn Parish
Manito Super 1 Foods Inc., a Hayden Lake-based company that operates Super 1 Foods grocery stores in North Idaho and Western Montana, plans to build a $6 million, 55,000-square-foot supermarket in Rathdrum, Idaho, later this year.Super 1 Foods a
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Out-of-town SBA lender enters Spokane

Commerce Loan Co. offers commercial real estate loans to small-business owners
February 26, 1997
Lisa Harrell
Commerce Loan Co., a division of San Diego-based Bank of Commerce, has opened a loan-production office in the Spokane Valley.The office, at 2510 N. Pines, is the 23rd location for Commerce Loan, which has received a preferred lender designation
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Sacred Heart to spin off share of surgery center

Limited liability company owned by hospital, doctors will operate the facility
February 26, 1997
Anita Burke
Sacred Heart Medical Center plans to shift the ownership of its ambulatory surgery center, located in the Sacred Heart Doctors Building on the hospital campus, to a new limited liability corporation that will be owned by Sacred Heart and surgeons a
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Shop offers stitch in time

Boyd-Walker Sewing Machine Co.
February 26, 1997
Anita Burke
For three generations, Darrell Smiths family has sold sewing machines from a shop at the corner of Sprague Avenue and Napa Street in East Spokane. In the decades since Smiths grandfather, William Boyd, and Boyds partner, Jay Walker, Co. a
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