Past and future considered

A chamber of commerce committee exploring options for two schools to be vacated later this year toured Center Elementary March 28, along with Patrick Downey, center, a Spokane attorney and president of the Continental Land Co. The company owns the property but donated the land for a school in 1929. The property reverts to the company's ownership if it is no longer used for a school. Both Center and the district's middle school will stop serving their current functions when all students move to the new K-12 facility in Coulee Dam next fall. Pictured from left in the library are KISSed Quilts owner Marlene Oddy, Investment Services NorthWest's Debbie Starkey, Downey, Port District 7 Commissioner Jim Keene and Electric City Mayor Jerry Sands. - Scott Hunter photo