Epicurean Affair Is A Pure Delight

Tasty delectables are certain to please the palate at the 16th annual Epicurean Delight presented by the Deaconess and Valley Healthcare Foundation.

The black-tie affair is Friday night from 6:30 to midnight at the Agricultural Trade Center.

Twenty-three of the region’s finest restaurants, 18 Northwest wineries and two local microbreweries will combine their talents to present exquisite hors d’oeuvres, salads, entrees and desserts at the gala sit-down dinner.

Additionally, Inland Northwest wine and beer merchants will present selected offerings.

Participating vendors will be competing for awards in several categories, including taste, presentation and hospitality. Dinner guests will cast their ballots for the People’s Choice Award, which will be announced that evening.

The affair concludes with music by Men in the Making for after-dinner dancing beginning at 9.

The fund-raiser celebrates 100 years of service of the Deaconess Medical Center. Proceeds will benefit the East Central Community Organization Primary Care Clinic, which provides medical services to low-income residents.

Tickets are $125 each. Table sponsorships are available for $1,500 per table, which includes printed recognition of the sponsorship.

To make your reservations, call Debbie Carter, 744-7673.

Community Events

The Adoption Resource Center, a program of Children’s Home Society of Washington, celebrates National Adoption Month throughout November.

The center is sponsoring the following events to inform and educate the community of the complexity and joys of adoption.

A Candlelighting Ceremony/ Open House is Thursday, 4 to 6 p.m., at the Children’s Home Society of Washington, 4315 S. Scott.

The free event wants to bring together the adoption community to celebrate the diversity of adoption experiences.

International Soundex Reunion Registry (ISRR) is a computerized system for those interested in locating lost relatives.

The ISRR computer will be available from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., Saturday, at University City Mall, attempting to match registered individuals with their birth families. If the data matches another registrant and the computer determines a relationship exists, both parties will be notified.

The ISRR is a free, voluntary registration service. It does not perform searches nor provide advice.

Search support resources in the Inland Northwest will also be available Saturday.

Fetal Alcohol Syndrome/ Alcohol Neurological Disorder Workshop will be Nov. 18, 9 a.m. to 3 p.m., in the Spokane County Health District Auditorium, 1101 W. College.

The workshop is primarily for foster and adoptive parents and professionals who are parenting or working with children who were prenatally exposed to alcohol and drugs.

A variety of topics will be presented, including resource referrals and parenting issues. Lunch will be provided. Registration is $12. To enroll, call Annette Wilkinson at 324-1679.

For more information on Adoption Resource Center events, call 747-4174.

Families in a crisis situation due to gang-related activities are invited to a meeting of C.O.P.S. West, Thursday, 7 p.m., at its office, 1901 W. Boone.

Information regarding gangs and community resource materials will be available. Parents are invited to attend for information, support and networking. Childcare will be provided. For more information, call 625-4092.

Spokane Public Library will offer a free program, “How to Design a Web Home Page,” at 2 p.m., Saturday, at the downtown branch, 906 W. Main.

Representatives from the Library’s Internet Publication Group will discuss resources and tools available through the Internet and the library for home page design. They will also provide an introduction to hypertext markup language.

For more information on the free, public program, call 626-5312.

Put your best foot forward by attending HealthTalks workshop on Aching Feet, at 7 p.m., Wednesday, at Rockwood Clinic, 400 E. Fifth.

Dr. Richard Frost, podiatrist, will answer questions about common foot problems and provide insights about treatments, ranging from properfitting shoes and padding to orthotics and surgeries.

HealthTalks community programs, free and open to the public, are co-sponsored by Rockwood Clinic, HealthPlus and Medical Service Corp. Reservations are encouraged; call 838-2531, ext. 6200.

Awards

HealthTalks’ community health education programs (see above) was selected as a winner in the 1996 National Health Information Awards.

The awards program recognizes the nation’s best consumer health information presentations and materials.

HealthTalks received a Silver Award in the Total Health Information Program category.

Rockwood Clinic competed with more than 700 entries judged by a national panel of health information experts, said Chris Ericksen, Rockwood’s public relations director.

Kathryn L. Utter, from the University of Washington, was awarded the Joel E. Ferris History Award for her entry, “Property as Social Contact: Evolving Rights and Obligations Within the Context of the Columbia Basin Reclamation Project.”

The Cheney Cowles Museum’s History Committee granted Utter the award for her choice of a complex and relevant regional issue, her wide variety of research sources and her readable and interesting writing style.

The paper is now cataloged into the museum’s research library collection.

This annual award of $500 encourages regional history research and writing, and broadens public awareness of recent scholarship. , DataTimes MEMO: Community Update appears each Sunday in The Spokesman Review. Please allow two weeks notice for inclusion in this column.

This sidebar appeared with the story: CHILDREN’S BOOK DRIVES Success By 6 book drives will be Friday and Dec. 20 at the Children’s Museum of Spokane, 222 N. Post, during regular museum hours, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. One new book dropped into the book bin will provide free admission for four family members. Two new books will be good for families of eight. Books should be for children from birth to 6 years old. The drives are co-sponsored by KHQ-TV, a partner with Success by 6. The books will be included in the Success By 6 Raise-A-Reader kits given to all Spokane County parents of newborn children beginning in 1997.