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The Canada Pavilion at EPCOT is going through a refurbishment at the moment. The construction walls start by the Trading Post and go to Canada Far and Wide, which eliminates a lot of walking areas at the moment. It seems like this is all being done to refresh the area, which is desperately needed.

The Hotel du Canada is covered in scaffolding which is an eye-sore when looking at it from across World Showcase Lagoon. I have seen and noticed that they are painting sections of the building. On the lower part, fabric coverings can be seen, and construction walls cover most of Le Cellier.

Its not confirmed what they are doing to the Canada Pavilion, but Im sure this is just general maintenance. If it ends up being more than just that, then I am excited to see what the future holds. I know this pavilion doesnt look as beautiful as usual right now, but hopefully, everything will return to normal by the time the holidays roll around.

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ABOVE: Mayor Williams says the next step in the demolition of Bresee Tower will be a new intergovernmental agreement with Vermilion County, so as to include the old Court Annex Building in the demolition plans.

In Danville; lets look at updates on something coming down, something going up, and something getting gutted on the inside.

The item coming down, now certainly for sure, is Bresee Tower. The city order for demolition had been legally granted after owner Chris Collins had failed to show up in court on July 18th. However, Collins had until August 18th to appeal. No action was taken.

Mayor Rickey Williams, Jr says now its time to go back to the county, and obtain a new intergovernmental agreement, since the original idea had been to tear down Bresee Towner and and adjacent Vermilion County Court Annex building at the same time.

AUDIO: Then we will put that out for bid. The bid process will probably be 45 to 60 days. And then once weve received bids, we will take them to Council to be awarded. I dont expect that demolition would start before the beginning of next year.

The northwest corner of Vermilion and Fairchild, where a new SONIC drive-in and Jimmy Johns are planned.

In the something going up category, Mayor Williams says; dont worry, the plans for the new SONIC and Jimmy Johns northwest of Vermilion and Fairchild are going just fine. Even if ground hasnt been broken, theres work being done.

AUDIO: The reason why it hasnt broken ground is theyre working with IDOT on ingress and regress on to Route 1. So once they have that worked out, then theyll put together the final plans for them to be approved. As we said last year, this is a project where we dont expect it to be open until next fall.

Three new eating establishments are planned inside the old Downtown Danville Turk Furniture building.

Finally, the plans for three new eating establishments inside the old Turk Furniture building are progressing as well. Mayor Williams says the planned bakery is right now leading the way.

AUDIO: We received stamp plans for the bakery, those were approved I believe last week or the week before. So hopefully, well see some movement soon.

BBQ and Italian establishments are scheduled for inside the old Turk building as well.

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Firefighters from multiple agencies quickly stopped a wildland blaze in the Latah Valley on Sunday that was determined to be caused by people who left a campfire unattended.

City and county fire crews were able to dig a dozer line around a 15-acre fire early Sunday afternoon that was reported just before 8:30 a.m. in the 2700 block of Thorpe Road, said Justin de Ruyter, a spokesman for the Spokane Fire Department. The fire had been burning in hilly terrain, he said.

The concern is its on that hillside, getting it caught before it gets any bigger, he said. Especially if the winds pick up this afternoon.

As of 1 p.m., De Ruyter said a bulldozer line had been dug around the fire and efforts had been aided by a helicopter dumping water on the blaze from Latah Creek.

Well stay on it for at least another day, he said. Its looking good now, for the day. Crews will continue to look for hot spots and perform mop-up over the next several days.

The fire began at a transient camp, the Spokane Fire Department posted on social media Sunday afternoon.

Fire Chief Brian Schaeffer said the fire was especially upsetting because it took time and resources away from other efforts.

Its ridiculous, we shouldnt have to deal with fires that are preventable in this kind of condition, Schaeffer told KHQ in an interview. Our community locally is completely stretched thin. Our people across all disciplines, DNR, volunteer, career, that doesnt matter when theres so much fire on the ground theyre exhausted.

The evacuation area is west of U.S. Highway 195, in an area bounded by Thorpe Road to the north, Merryweather Road to the west and 44th Avenue to the South, according to Spokane County Emergency Management. Level 2 evacuation orders were downgraded Sunday afternoon to Level 1, which indicates residents should remain on alert.

Firefighters and the Washington Department of Transportation closed the entrance to Thorpe Road off of 195 on Sunday morning.

No structures had been lost as of 11:50 a.m. Firefighters were attempting to battle the blaze from the air, but visibility is making that difficult, de Ruyter said. No injuries were reported.

Crews from the city of Spokane, Spokane Valley, Department of Natural Resources and fire districts 8, 9 and 10 helped battle the blaze.

Alicia Dolar, who lives in a nearby apartment complex, said she had two cats and was concerned about animals belonging to neighbors that werent home.

Im kind of waiting to see if theres a Level 3 so I can run up and grab my animals, because theyre the last pieces of precious cargo that I have, she said.

I pray for rain, she said. I really do.

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