Where can BECU take you?

May 22, 2020
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Who helps write your story? It’s the people you meet. The places you travel. Where you live, work and play. BECU is a credit union helping write the stories of its members.

As a member-owned, not-for-profit credit union, we’re invested in giving back to you, the member. Buy the home you’ve long sought, paying no origination fee on most loans. Reach new places with our better rates when financing an RV or boat. Grow your child’s savings using higher early-saver rates that show them the power of interest.

We’re also helping write the story of your community. See us partnering with the 4News Now Extreme Team, building a new canine rescue, making the wish of a child come true, and lighting up the holidays for children at Sacred Heart Hospital. Cheer for Coug Country, knowing WSU college students learn real-world budgeting through our sponsorship of Cougar Money Matters.

Where can we take you? At BECU, a new page is waiting.

Visit one of our three locations in Spokane: North Division, Downtown and in the Valley. Learn more at becu.org/locations.

NOTE: A version of this article first appeared in the 2020 Liberty Lake Yearbook.

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Avista Chief Efficiency Engineer Tom Lienhard recommends three ways to save energy — and money — this summer. And here’s a bonus: he said these tactics for keeping homes cool in the summer also keep them warm in the winter.

FOCUS ON WINDOWS & DOORS
Proper insulation and air sealing techniques around windows and doors successfully keep the heat outside in the summer and inside during the winter. A good way to find leaks around doors is to have a helper outside the door in the dark with a flashlight and have them run the light around the door. Where you see light you have issues. A one-quarter inch gap at the bottom of a door or an one-eighth inch gap around the whole door is the equivalent of a softball-sized hole. Caulking around doors and windows is best done when the temperature is warm and the surfaces are dry in the late spring, summer or early fall.

DON’T OVERLOOK THE ATTIC
Adequate ventilation in the attic has a significant impact on the temperature of your home. Gable, soffit and roof vents, among other options, can lower the temperature in your attic by about 30 degrees in the summer, according to the Department of Energy. An attic needs a year-round flow of natural air, provided your insulation is R-38 or greater, but make sure your attic soffit vents are not covered with insulation.

CIRCULATE THE AIR
Consider fans. A whole house fan pulls air in through open windows and exhausts hot air through the attic or roof, flushing out the built-up heat and cooling your home in the process. A ceiling fan is the most effective because it creates a wind-chill factor on your skin, making you feel cooler.

NOTE: A version of this article first appeared in the 2019 Liberty Lake Yearbook.

Top of the Menu: Thai Chicken Gourmet Pizza

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Thai Chicken Gourmet Pizza
Papa Murphy’s Take ‘N’ Bake Pizza
1318 N. Liberty Lake Road

Papa Murphy’s artisan thin crust topped with Thai sweet chili sauce, whole-milk mozzarella, grilled chicken, sliced zucchini, mixed onions, cheddar and crushed red peppers. Also available on original crust.

Why you’ll love it

People tend to be creatures of habit when it comes to pizza ordering. Pepperoni. Supreme. Hawaiian. Repeat. Ed Elliott encourages you to branch out.

“There are a lot of pizzas people haven’t tried, but I know they would like,” said Elliott, marketing director for Liberty Lake Papa Murphy’s and five other franchises in the Inland Northwest. “The Thai Chicken is one of my favorites – sweet and hot. It’s a great pizza.”

Elliott should know. He has made every type of Papa Murphy’s pizza from scratch ingredients, cooked every pizza, marketed every pizza and sampled every pizza in nearly 20 years with Papa Murphy’s. You could say he is part of the local Papa Murphy’s family – literally and figuratively. The Papa Murphy’s Liberty Lake franchise is operated by a local family-owned business that started in Hayden in 1992. Bill and G’Nell DeLack launched the franchise; Elliott is their son-in-law. But every Papa Murphy’s employee is truly “part of the family,” Elliott said, explaining that the manager and employees of each store create a family environment and truly work together.

“If we take care of the product, the guests and our people, we are going to do well,” he said. “We can’t go wrong.”

NOTE: A version of this article first appeared in the 2019 Liberty Lake Yearbook.

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