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Senior Circle chapter here shows strong first-year growth

Organization operates through CHS hospitals, promotes healthy living
October 7, 2010
Kim Crompton
The Spokane-area chapter of an organization named Senior Circle, which promotes healthy lifestyles for those 50 and older, has grown to 500 members since being founded in July 2009, and the woman who founded the chapter says she believes it has the
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More seniors found to get flu shots after reminders, urging

Review finding is based on old data; less prodding might be required now
October 7, 2010
News Wise
Personalized postcards or phone calls can be effective in encouraging more seniors to get their annual flu shots, a new review of evidence suggests. Professional facilitators also are successful at urging providers to perform a suite of preventive
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—Staff photo by Kim Frlan

Recession can trigger hasty decisions

Some wait too long to initiate long-term care, making in-home care, assisted-living not viable
October 7, 2010
Kim Frlan
The long-standing question of when is the best time to move an elderly adult to an assisted-living facility is being complicated by the poor economy, say those in the retirement industry. With plummeting personal investment portfolios and home a
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First wave of boomers approaches 65

Gerontology expert says transition likely to change face of medicine nationally
October 7, 2010
News Wise
January 2011 marks a significant milestone for the baby-boomer generation when its first members, born in 1946, begin the year in which they will celebrate their 65th birthdays. The boomers' transition into the years that traditionally denote of
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—Staff photo by Mike McLean

Long-term care option stimulates hope, skepticism

CLASS Act insurance plan aims to help people stay independent at home
October 7, 2010
Mike McLean
A relatively unknown provision in the massive national health-care bill that became law earlier this year creates the country's first public-option long-term care insurance program, and the program is being eyed with hope and skepticism, depending
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Greenstone starts upscale homes project

Value of 140-acre, 12-lot development at Liberty Lake said to exceed $12 million
October 7, 2010
Mike McLean
Greenstone Corp., the Liberty Lake-based real estate development company, says it's developing a 12-lot residential subdivision, named MacKenzie Beach, on the east side of Liberty Lake. The estimated value of the 140-acre development is more $12
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—Photo courtesy of Seattle City Light

Massive structure removed for Boundary Dam project

Specialized contractors assist Seattle City Light in $1.5 million in jobs
October 7, 2010
Kim Frlan
In a project that involves Spokane contractors and engineers, a 312-ton metal structure has been lifted from 200 feet beneath the surface of the reservoir behind Boundary Dam, in northeast Washington, to a concrete slab for a year-long, $1.5 dam, a
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Small Business Watch

October 7, 2010
Board-sports store opens on Hastings Let It Ride, a shop that specializes in snowboards, wakeboards, skateboards, and board-sport related clothing and accessories, has opened at 101 E. Hastings Rd., just east of Mead High in a space in
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Apple's planting finds fertile ground

October 7, 2010
Editor's Notebook
No matter how intent you might be on not drinking the corporate marketing Kool-Aid, or cider in this case, you can't help but marvel at a company that has developed the near-rabid brand popularity enjoyed by Apple Inc.Consumers' love affair with
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SIA to update master plan, outlining growth for 30 years

Airport awards $800,000 contract to Wisconsin firm Mead & Hunt Inc.
October 7, 2010
Chey Scott
Spokane International Airport has begun updating its master plan, a guiding document that covers such topics as a third runway, terminal and parking improvements, and further development on airport land, says airport spokesman Todd Woodard.The &
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