Talk:Spokane Valley, Washington

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Yes, I know I described a future event in past tense...just wait a month, and I'll be correct!

Brian Sayrs 18:00 Mar 2, 2003 (UTC)

[edit] I'm new

New Wikipedian here, proud resident of Spokane Valley... can anyone suggest what might be worthwhile to add to this article? --Davidf1966 15:33, 8 September 2005 (UTC)

I recall the irrigation ditches as a kid, they used to run everywhere. We caught a lot of turtles in the one next to my house. There was a large apple packing house in the field behind my house that was torn down in the late 50's. I also remember the canvas irrigation tubes they used to lay down during the summer. They ran down the edges of the streets, blocking off some residential streets so you had to drive around to arterials where they ran through culverts to let traffic pass. One of the canvas arteries ran right by my grandmother's house, and we used to go out and lay on them when it was hot. I wonder if such systems were used elsewhere? My grandmother also had an early map of the valley, now lost, that showed the big (seasonal) shallow lake that used to exist. You can see on flood plain maps where it must have been.

[Good heavens, you must have lived next door! I was just thinking about how we would catch turtles in the ditches on Sharp, and how we used to lay on the wet canvas tubes in the summer on Walnut road . . . which ran in front of my grandmother's house! And I wrote the section of the article about the shallow lake based on a map that hung in my grandmother's garage!! Although I also remember some of the old wooden structures that diverted the water inflow to allow the lake to be drained. And finally, right in back of my house on Oberlin road was a large apple packing house that was torn down when I was a kid. Next you'll tell me your mom was named Lucille, and your first grade teacher at St. John Vianney was sister Bebeanna . . . ]

[edit] What do you call them?

What do you call someone from the city of Spokane Valley? --165.236.228.81 18:24, 11 December 2005 (UTC)

I generally hear them called "valley residents." There has never been a single community in the valley prior to incorporation. It is generally a collection of several smaller communities which have lost much of their separate identities (with exceptions, such as Ponderosa and Greenacres). This is probably why we don't have a single adjective for them. Brian Sayrs 21:44, 8 May 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Awkward Naming Convention?

I removed this: "(with its somewhat awkward naming convention)" It is named according to state law in Washington. All cities are named "City of (named)." What's odd is that the state department of transportation put "Entering City of Spokane Valley" at the borders rather than "Entering Spokane Valley" which is what they normally do, and more appropriate. Nevertheless, the naming convention is not unusual. Brian Sayrs 21:48, 8 May 2006 (UTC)