Submitted by Jacob Palmer on Wednesday, January 9th, 3:08 pm
Little-known fact: A key member of the Seahawks resides in the Spokane area.
Taima the Hawk, the 7-year-old African Augur Hawk that leads the team out of the tunnel before every home game, makes David Knutson's Spokane farm home.
Knutson, a master falconer, attends every Seahawk home game, training camp, organized team activity and team event east of the Cascades – logging “at the very least” 65,000 miles during that span.
Knutson's work with Taima (pronounced: TAY-ma) starts long before the regular season because the bird needs to be prepared for the thousands of people touching him and the array of stimuli that could startle an untrained bird.
Submitted by Jacob Palmer on Wednesday, January 2nd, 1:27 pm
The popular Dirty Dash opened registration today for the 2013 “race” to be held at Riverside State Park on July 13.
Loyalty registration, which runs until Jan. 30, costs only $35. After that the price to sign up steadily rises the closer we get to the event.
“Resolve to make 2013 your dirtiest yet and we guarantee to make that happen for you in one unforgettable morning of feasting on filth, groveling through grime, delighting in dirt, and wallowing in mud rather than self-pity,” a news release from Dirty Dash said.
Submitted by Jacob Palmer on Tuesday, January 1st, 5:47 pm
How did you spend your New Year's Day? Napping away a hangover on the couch, pretending to watch football?
That kind of afternoon sounds foolish to the group of rafters who floated the Spokane River on Tuesday. The Northwest Whitewater Association celebrated the 20th Annual Only Fools Float the River on the First the only way they knew how – by eschewing a day at home and getting onto the water despite the air being only 22 degrees when they launched.
“If you're a boater, you take every chance to get on the water,” Bruce Bernhardt said.
More than 30 people attended the event with more than 20 boats on the water.
“This is more exciting” than watching football, said Pat Keegan before launching.
Here’s this week’s selection of Spokane photos taken by the Instagram community. To start it off, chalk art that still confirms that it is summer in Spokane in case you can’t tell. Some people in the area retreat to the river, some to their cell phones to take pictures of glorious sunsets. Sometimes it's the same sunset taken by different people in different parts of Spokane.
How was your week in the Inland Northwest? A lot of traffic and construction stories are building up in the community. Some schools are getting sidewalks and some neighborhoods really want their traffic calming projects.
Speaking of those projects, we uploaded a document showing all the submitted applications from neighborhoods this year for traffic calming projects. You can see what was submitted for your neighborhood.
Want to participate in next week’s photo gallery? Here’s how: Once a week we go through and select ten photos that we think show off the region in all its glory. To select them, we search the #Spokane tag on Instagram through Storify. Your photo could appear in this weekly slide show.
We were sent this video by Ramsey Larsen who witnessed a moose going for an early morning stroll on the South Hill. Around 7:30 a.m., the calf was spotted trotting along 18th Avenue.
According to the video's voice over, there's another moose two blocks of way. Hopefully fish and wildlife officials were notified of the moose hanging around the densely populated neighborhood.
This reminds us of the time fish and wildlife officials were tracking down a moose that was out near Moran Prairie Elementary. We never actually saw the moose, but we were reminded on why moose encroaching on civilization can be dangerous.
This story is in progress and will be updated as information develops.
You don't wake up that morning expecting to cover that story, but you hope to be prepared for anything that could happen.
Thankfully it's Friday though, the start of the weekend for some, which means a new selection of photos showcasing Spokane and all it's beauty and unique visuals. Take the time to share with us how your week was in the comments below.
Once a week we go through and select ten photos that we think show off the region in all its glory. To select them, we search the #Spokane tag on Instagram through Storify. Your photo could appear in this weekly slide show. With the app, Instagram, all you need to do is take a photo, assign a filter and add the #Spokane tag to the photo description. Please take note that these photos are not listed in any particular order.
How was your week? Here's this week's Instagram photos of Spokane showing a variety of activity from folks including walks through our scenic downtown, hiking at Bowl and Pitcher and marmots. Hopefully the outdoor photography continues even with this weekend's rain.
