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"Chavelitas - Inside Trailhead Golf's New Restaurant" - with Vanessa Orozco (Episode 68: 11/24/2025) Nov 25, 2025

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The long-awaited new restaurant in the clubhouse building at the city-owned Trailhead Golf Course is now in operation! We take the microphones to that site as Vanessa Orozco, owner of Chavelitas Pub Grill & Cantina, shares details about the new restaurant, including some of the considerations that went into developing its menu, as well as the interactions it has with Trailhead's golfers and special activities at the facility.

"Introducing ... Home For The Holidays" - with Mickael Stevens (Episode 67: 11/11/2025) Nov 11, 2025

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Is there going to be a light display at Orchard Park this winter for the end of 2025? City Recreation coordinator Mickael Stevens clears up that question ... and introduces you to the new multi-activity "Home for the Holidays" that the City of Liberty Lake is staging this year. Listen to learn about "Winter Wonderland" ... "Battle of the Branches" ... "Deck the Homes" ... "Letters to Santa" ... and (for the second consecutive year) "Light Up Liberty Lake"!

"The Mayor's 2026 City Budget Message" - presented by Mayor Cris Kaminskas (Episode 66: 10/27/2025) Oct 27, 2025

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Hear the presentation by Mayor Cris Kaminskas of the 2026 city budget message (Liberty Lake's much shorter version of a "State of the Union Address") as recorded during the City Council meeting of Oct. 21, 2025. It's a quick collection of Liberty Lake's achievements from the past dozen months and a forecast of city services for 2026 ... with brief bit of trivia about the State of the Union Address tossed in!

"Halloween Treats at the Liberty Lake Library" - with Jandy Humble and Mikayla Kittilstved (Episode #65: 10/20/2025) Oct 20, 2025

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We're serving up a selection of different treats for our first-ever Halloween show! Jandy Humble and Mikayla Kittilstved of the Liberty Lake Municipal Library offer up a few of their recommendations of hauntingly great books for the season -- highlighting some picks for readers of all ages. Plus, you'll hear details about the library's highly popular Halloween party, and we'll even do a diversion into some of the DVD options that the library has to help get you into the spirit of the October holiday.

"Plans for a New City Hall ... and More" - with Ben Turner (Episode #64: 10/12/2025 ) Oct 13, 2025

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What's happening with a new City Hall for Liberty Lake? Public Works director Ben Turner has the full status update on that as well as a couple of the other big projects that are on the Liberty Lake facilities master plan: the city's library as well as the police station.

"Prepping Your Yard Plants for Fall and Winter" - with Dan Maus (Episode 63: 9/24/2025) Sep 24, 2025

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City Horticulture Division supervisor Dan Maus brings his urban forestry expertise to a residential level as he offers great tips you may want to do as you prepare your yard and garden areas for the colder months of fall and winter. Dan also digs a bit into the background of what he does as Liberty Lake's urban forester. And ... you will DEFINITELY want to stick around to the very end to hear the Dan Maus theme song! (Think "rock opera"!)

"How to Stay Alert about Phone and Online Scams" - with Evan O'Malley (Episode 62: 9/10/2025) Sep 11, 2025

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City Hall's I.T. guy, Evan O'Malley, is back -- this time with some tips to help you be smart in avoiding some phone and online scams that could otherwise threaten your bank account. Plus, our trivia question includes some related useful information from the Liberty Lake Police Department to further help you prevent becoming a victim to those types of scams.

"How the Spokane Symphony Concerts Got Started" - with Bob & Sue Schneidmiller (Episode 61: 8/22/2025) Aug 22, 2025

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It's a history podcast episode this time about a longtime Liberty Lake tradition, as Bob and Sue Schneidmiller talk about the origin and early growth of the annual Labor Day weekend public concerts by the Spokane Symphony Orchestra. You'll hear this major community event is called the Lud Kramer Memorial Concert, some of the Schneidmiller's memories about the first concert in 2001, how they became involved in making it an annual event, and a few fun anecdotes about some of the concerts from past years!

"Previewing Barefoot in the Park 2025" - with Recreation coordinator Mickael Stevens (Episode 60: 7/26/2026) Jul 26, 2025

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Without question, THE most event-packed day at Liberty Lake each year is the annual Barefoot in the Park, which happens in 2025 on Saturday, Aug. 2, all day long at Pavillion Park. Mickael Stevens, the city's Recreation coordinator, gives everything you want to know about every attraction happening that day -- all in about the time it will take you to thoroughly enjoy any one single event on this year's Barefoot schedule!

"Under the Hood of Touch A Truck" - with Jandy Humble (Episode 59: 7/10/2025) Jul 11, 2025

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Touch A Truck is the biggest thing to happen at Orchard Park each summer! Event organizer Jandy Humble drives you through the details on how Touch A Truck got started, how it has changed and grown throughout each year, and what new things visitors can expect for the 2025 edition (happening July 18, 2025). Plus, she'll share her memorable account about the very surprise arrival of the helicopter during the 2024 event!

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