St. Anne's Catholic Church undergoes remodel

St. Anne’s Catholic Church in Medical Lake went through a makeover these past eight months.

According to parish member Jim Patterson, the church’s sacristy floor along the corner of the south and east brick walls had fallen though last August. During this time, the parish community moved into the Parish Hall for Mass and other functions.

A structural engineer from DCI Engineering in Spokane came to the church and discovered that the 18-inch crawl space in the room had floor trusses that sat on the cement foundation and were sheared off due to dry rot of the timbers from excess moisture. The en...