The Spovangelist

While this comic is funny because it’s extreme, anyone who has ever attempted to advance a new idea or finally implement an old one is familiar with “pushback” – an ingrown resistance to change based on a lack of information, personal assumptions, or both. Among older, heavily experienced community figures in Spokane, I’ve occasionally observed [...]

January is National Mentoring Month, who knew? Mentoring is proven to be one of the most effective ways to make a positive difference in the life of a young person, often having a higher time-to-impact ratio than tutoring, scholarship programs, and other group-based after school activities. If you’re getting a little bored hanging out with [...]

In a time of economic upset, more people find themselves out of work and unable to afford the increasing costs of vocational retraining. One way to gain new skills and demonstrate initiative (whether you’re employed or not) is to volunteer. While some equate volunteering with dishing out gruel at a local soup kitchen, there are [...]

Goodness knows Spokane has its fair share of shortsighted surface parking lots. Even historic buildings have been razed to the ground in their favor. “His legacy is going to be a surface parking lot,” said Halvorson, President of the Spokane Preservation Advocates. “Wendell Reugh has been making money off of real estate investments in Spokane [...]