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Anita Burke

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Food Services expands distribution facility here

Lydig Construction starts $3 million project on Francis
February 26, 1997
Anita Burke
Seattle-based Food Services of America has started a $3 million expansion at its Spokane distribution center at 3520 E. Francis.Lydig Construction Inc., of Spokane, is building the 33,000-square-foot addition to the food distributors facility,
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West Plains may start chamber of commerce

Business association finds members support the idea of exploring a new role
February 26, 1997
Anita Burke
The West Plains Business Association and the Cheney Chamber of Commerce are considering forming a new chamber of commerce that would represent the business interests of western Spokane County.Although theyre still in the early stages of the at
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Another big subdivision proposed for Five Mile

Falcon Ridge would have 287 lots, plus land set aside for wildlife and recreation
February 26, 1997
Anita Burke
The Five Mile Corp., of Spokane, has proposed developing a 287-lot subdivision, to be called Falcon Ridge, on almost 122 acres located on Five Mile Prairie, where neighbors have contested several recent subdivision proposals.The proposed would a
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Sacred Heart offers to buy Fifth & Browne

Hospital wants longtime health-care complex ‘for potential future use’
February 26, 1997
Anita Burke
Sacred Heart Medical Center has made an offer to buy the Fifth & Browne Medical Center, a busy 66,000-square-foot complex at 104 W. Fifth at the base of the South Hill.We made the offer because of the location, says Sacred Heart spokeswoman
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West Plains growth dampened

Problems with storm runoff, ground water create big challenge;
county can require up to 40% of a site be dedicated to evaporation
February 26, 1997
Anita Burke
Water problems that have plagued a host of West Plains construction projects, including most recently work on the BFGoodrich airplane brake plant, now may also be putting a wet blanket on commercial and industrial development efforts in an area for
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EZ Loader Boat Trailers thrives in marine rebound

Strong economy helps push production, employment up; distribution network grows
February 26, 1997
Anita Burke
Nothing but boat trailers. For nearly 50 years, that tight focus has kept Spokane-based EZ Loader Boat Trailers Inc. successfully cutting sometimes choppy seas, company officials say. Now with a generally healthy U.S. economy and a strong market EZ
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Providence Services seeks $241 million in bonds

Washington and Montana asked to handle issues to cover refinancings, outlays
February 26, 1997
Anita Burke
Providence Services, which oversees two of Spokanes major hospitals and others in the region, is asking state health-care facility authorities in Montana and Washington to issue about $241 million in bonds in its behalf.Proceeds of the bond be
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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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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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