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The Alaska Nanooks women’s cross country team for Saturday’s NCAA Division II West Regional consists of six freshmen. Head coach Scott Jerome is glad the rookies are getting an early introduction to the marquee event in Spokane, Wash.

“I think it’s very good,” Jerome said Thursday from Spokane. “They’re finding out what it’s like to compete against 20 teams, and they’re seeing the depth and competitiveness of teams from the West Coast. It helps student-athletes set goals for themselves and they got to see what it’s going to take to make it to the nationals.”

The Nanooks women are racing for six kilometers and seven of their male teammates are running for 10K Saturday at the Plantes Ferry Athletic Complex, which also is the site of the Division II National Championships on Nov. 23.

The Nanooks women competing are Nicole Bathe, Laura Dyer, Sarah Lilly, Dorothy O’Donnell, Hannah Stevens and Kali Striker. 

Alaska will be represented in the men’s race by senior Tux Seims, junior Kenneth Brewer, sophomores Isaac Lammers and Ross MacDougall, and freshmen Mitch Burgess, Tal Norvell and Keegan Rankin.

The women’s race begins at 9:30 a.m. AST, and the men hit the trails at 10:30 a.m. AST.
Lammers is filling in for senior Max Olex, who injured a shoulder after slipping on ice while walking outside of his dormitory at the University of Alaska Fairbanks. Senior Alyson McPhetres was slated to run for the women but stayed in Fairbanks to heal a nagging hamstring injury.
Phetres also is a Nordic skier for the Nanooks.

 Twin Falls Idaho, Pat Cruttenden for bobshannon.org

 DATE: 11/09/13    TIME: 0700    INV UNIT: 437 - TROOPER R BOHLING
LOCATION:N195 MP84 SEVEN MILES SOUTH OF SPOKANE
COUNTY:SPOKANE    COLLISION REPORT NUMBER:SECTOR   CASE FILE:13016578
NBR VEH: 01    CARS: 00    TRUCKS: 01    MOTORCYCLES: 00   PEDESTRIANS: 00
NBR INJ: 01    DECEASED: 01              DRUGS OR ALCOHOL INVOLVED: NO
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NAME: BUNDY, BRADEN J    AGE: 21 YEARS    SEX:M    MC ENDORSEMENT: N/A
CITY: SPOKANE  DRIVER VEH 01  BELT/HELMET: YES-RESTRAINT USED
INJ/DISP: INJURED TRANSPORTED TO SACRED HEART MEDICAL CENTER
VEH1: 2013 KENWORTH SEMI
DAMAGE/DISP: TOTALLED TOWED TO ACE CITY TOWING
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NAME: HEIDECKER, KELSEY R    AGE: 20 YEARS    SEX:F    MC ENDORSEMENT: N/A
CITY: SPOKANE  PASSENGER VEH 01  BELT/HELMET: YES-RESTRAINT USED
INJ/DISP: DECEASED
NEXT OF KIN NOTIFIED: YES   NOTIFIED BY: SGT M BAKER 143
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VEHICLE ONE NORTHBOUND SR195 WENT OFF THE ROAD TO THE LEFT AND STRUCK A TREE.
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DRIVER FELL ASLEEP

 

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Meanwhile voters in the 7^th Legislative District just sent John Smith packing. The Senate appointee from Colville was defeated handily by Ferry County Commissioner Brian Dansel, 54-46. Because both are Republicans, partisan control of the seat was not an issue.
 

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BobShannon wordspicsChief Petty Office Tom Busby wore his uniform in honor of Veterans Day. He works at the Dollar Tree in Cheney and was buy collecting toys for unprivileged children of servicemen and women. Yes there are soem families out there whose Christmas will not be as rewarding because their mothers or fathers are in an area of conflict such as Afghanistan or Iraq. Toys will also be delivered to families who have lost a loved one to enemy fire or IE. Some parents return home still carrying the scars of war and suffer from PTSD which is a very serious problem and the government s promising to help them. Sometimes it takes a ong time and nobody can replace a parent.

Pope Francis has defined himself as a pontiff of the people since replacing former Pope Benedict XVI in March 2013.

Pope Francis embraced several people with severe skin disorders in Vatican City on Wednesday, and photos of him kissing the head of a disfigured man with neurofibromatosis have gone viral.

Neurofibromatosis is a rare genetic disorder that causes tumors — usually benign — to grow from the ends of nerves, and can cause severe disfiguration. Sometimes, the tumors can become cancerous, according to the National Institutes of Health. There are three types of neurofibromatosis: Type 1 causes skin changes, deformed bones, and begins in childhood. Meanwhile, type 2 can lead to hearing loss and poor balance. The last type, called Schwannomatosis, is the most severe and also the rarest, causing intense pain. There is no cure for neurofibromatosis, and it is a hereditary disease, and not contagious. Though surgery can sometimes be used to remove tumors, treatment for the disorder is quite limited. It can be both a physically and emotionally devastating disease.