Enjoy a good story? Then you’ll like this one. The Inland Northwest Lighthouse for the Blind in Spokane is one of those feel-good stories in itself. The manufacturing company hires blind employees to manufacture goods, mainly for the U.S. Government. The company hopes to get more public contracts, as well as expand its offices here […]
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Once Brian Price learned that one of his twins would be born with leukemia, he changed career directions and headed home. But work didn’t stop there. Chip Kohrman, CEO of Telesaur, tells Brian’s story.
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By Peg Hopkins, Executive Director Community Health Association of Spokane Community Health Association of Spokane (CHAS) currently serves over 30,000 patients each year, providing a health care home for the Spokane-area population. For more than four decades, Federally Qualified Health Centers have been providing quality care accessible to the entire population, regardless of insurance or
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Jobs and the economy are the main focus of congress. Congressional representatives are working to introduce small business liability reform legislation, and legislation that will create jobs. Our delegation met with members of congress, the Department of Commerce, and the Small Business Administration (SBA).
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Greater Spokane Incorporated is currently in Washington D.C. leading a delegation of Spokane Regional businesses and organizations in an effort to advocate on behalf of our region. Q: Rich – What’s been the highlight of the trip so far? A: There has been unanimous and enthusiastic support for a 4 year medical school in Spokane.
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What day is it? GSI China Trip – Day 10 Wall Street of the East By Maria Vandervert Yesterday we landed in Shanghai. I haven’t had such big hair since the 80’s. The humidity is very high. Shanghai is known as the “Wall Street of the East,” and it’s truly a spectacle, an international metropolis
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April 18, 2010 GSI China Trip – Day 8 Warriors of another kind By Maria Vandervert We had another busy day today visiting the Banpo Site and the Terra Cotta Warriors. The Banpo was a matriarchal clan community of the Yangshao culture in the Neolithic age. I’ve now heard of the countryside in southwest China
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April 17, 2010 GSI China Trip – Day 7 Nihao (hello) Xian, Zaijian (goodbye) Beijing By Maria Vandervert Leaving Beijing early this morning (4:30 wakeup call) was bittersweet. I’m excited to experience new adventures, but will miss Beijing and Julia, our tour guide who now has a place in my heart. Julia said, “There are
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April 16, 2010 China Trip Day 6 – Part 4 Yes – A Very Busy Day, and Pray By Maria Vandervert After our wonderful lunch, we traveled by bus to the Lama Temple, constructed during the 17th century and converted into a Tibetan lamasery in 1744. We went through three? halls. One contained three very large
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April 16, 2010 China Trip Day 6 – Part 3 Most Heart Warming Experience By Maria Vandervert Our group was privileged to take a tour of the Hutong countryside by Rickshaw. This is one of the oldest areas of Beijing. Hutong homes are created by the walls of courtyard houses, which are now state-owned. If the
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