Service Agencies Open Remodeled Sites
Although remodeling can seem like a formidable task during the process, when it is done you feel a real sense of accomplishment. The end result brings changes that you anticipate will make your life easier or more enjoyable.
Two local organizations will show the fruits of their efforts this week as they open remodeled facilities.
Anna Ogden Hall will finally realize its dream of a children’s center house when doors are opened on Monday. The ribbon-cutting ceremony will be at 6:30 p.m. at Anna Ogden Hall, 2825 W. Dean.
The house will be used for preschool-age homeless children’s activities and educational experiences.
Fifty-two women in the current Junior League provisional class began in January by dry-walling, reflooring, furnishing and painting the interior and exterior of the building next door to Anna Ogden Hall.
Ogden Hall provides housing and assistance to homeless women and children of all ages and is a service of the Union Gospel Mission.
Attending the ceremony will be the Union Gospel Mission board, the Anna Ogden Hall board, Junior League of Spokane community advisers and board, and all donors.
Also, the Easter Seal Society will open a Regional Assistive Technology Resource Center in its Spokane office in collaboration with the Washington Assistive Technology Alliance.
An open house for the public will be Friday from 2-8 p.m. and Saturday from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at 606 W. Sharp.
The center will be staffed by Sydney Lee, Dorothy Haenle and Glenn LeDuc. Its main goal is to increase the awareness, availability and accessibility of assistive technology devices and services in Eastern Washington to individuals with disabilities, their families and friends, students, business people, service providers, mentors and trainers who will work in rural areas.
Some of the devices include computerassistive programs, expanded keyboards, various kinds of switches, modems and Internet access.
For further information on the center or its opening, call 326-8292.
Lilac Royalty luncheon
Reservations will be accepted beginning Saturday for the annual Lilac Festival Royalty luncheon sponsored by Darigold. The luncheon will be May 19 at the Ridpath Hotel.
A no-host cocktail time will begin at 11:15 a.m. and be followed by lunch at noon.
Bonnie Algar and Wilma Engstrom are co-chairs of the event. Other committees are headed by Vicki Aukett, Jeanne Edwards, Elizabeth Thrams and Lynne Schuster.
Mistress of ceremonies will be Laura Ashley, and 1986 Lilac Festival Queen Monica Palmlund Watson will sing the 1995 Lilac Festival theme song.
Reservations may be obtained by calling Elizabeth Thrams at 448-6132. You can also mail your check for $12.50 per person with a stamped, self-addressed envelope to the Lilac Festival office, Box 802, Spokane, WA 99210. Tickets will be mailed after May 1.
Fashion show
This year marks the 75th anniversary of the local El Karnak Temple of the Daughters of the Nile. In celebration of the event, the 35th-annual fashion review and luncheon, sponsored by the philanthropic committee of the Daughters of the Nile, will be held at noon on April 24 at the Crescent Court.
Proceeds from the show will go to the convalescent relief fund at the Shriners Hospital for Crippled Children.
Chairing this year’s event is Beverly Neilsen. Co-chair is Carole Folsom.
Official hostess will be Nile Queen Bette Chamberlain, and Julie Humphries will be guest commentator.
Fashions for the show will be provided by The Bon Marche. Models will be Jim Tate, Don Sorenson, Fred Hyde, Frank Crawford, Bob Faulkner and his son Allen, Jim Purcell, Larry Rayburn and John Staley and his son Ryan. Also modeling will be Chuck Wyman, Irene Weita, Doris Jansen, Doreen Cain, Bobby Noll, Marilyn Schahfer, Darlene Malone, Julia Mummy and Jane Black.
Tickets for the luncheon and fashion show cost $20. Reservations may be made by calling 448-7526.
Mu Phi Epsilon meeting
The Spokane Alumni Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon will hold its March meeting Monday at the Mukogawa Fort Wright Commons. Social hour begins at 6 p.m., followed by dinner at 6:30.
For further information, call 326-7255.
Retired educators will meet
Tuesday at noon, there will be a luncheon meeting of the Spokane Area Retired Educators Association at the Ridpath Hotel. The program will feature 21 members of the Medical Lake High School Jazz Ensemble and its director, J.L. Lindgren.
Ogden Hall benefit
Sharon Daggett of the Monday Musicale will be soprano soloist for the “Messiah” performance at the Masonic Temple next Sunday at 4 p.m. All proceeds will benefit Ogden Hall.
Several other members of Monday Musicale will be participating as well.
Gonzaga Choir to perform
The Gonzaga University Choir will conclude its intermountain tour with performances at St. Aloysius Roman Catholic Church, Boone Avenue and Astor Street, and at Our Lady of Lourdes Cathedral, 1115 W. Riverside. Performances will be Friday at 7:30 p.m. at St. Aloysius and next Sunday at 4 p.m. at the cathedral.
The performances are free and open to the public.
A freewill offering will be collected. The choir, under the direction of Edward Schaefer, will perform a three-part a cappella program of works ranging from 16th- to 20-century compositions.
For more information, call 328-4220, ext. 3333.
Student art display
A representative exhibition of Gonzaga University student artwork from the current academic year will be on display in the GU Administration Building gallery Wednesday through April 21. An artists’ opening reception will be Wednesday from 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m.
The gallery is on the lower level of the Administration Building. Hours are Monday-Friday, 10 a.m.-4 p.m.
The gallery will be closed April 14-17 for Easter.
Admission is free and open to the public.
For more information, call Scott Patnode 328-4220, ext. 3211.
Lectures at museum
The 1994-95 Senior Lecture Series continues in the auditorium of the Cheney Cowles Museum on April 5 at 11 a.m.
Landscape designer Julia McHugh will speak on the topic “Gardening At All Levels.” Following McHugh’s talk, Tony Wise of West One Bank will present his 10-minute financial tip of the month for seniors.
The series is free to senior citizens. The lecture will be preceded by a continental breakfast at 10:30 a.m.
That evening in the museum’s auditorium, Seattle art conservator Peter Malarkey will speak. Marlarkey’s talk will illustrate the day-to-day processes of painting conservation and discuss the ethical effects of those treatments.