In brief: Sale supports Guilds’ School
Windermere Real Estate offices in Spokane Valley and Liberty Lake will host its annual “Cash for Kids” garage sale Saturday from 8 a.m. to 2 p.m. at 11704 E. Fourth Ave.
The event will raise money for developmentally disabled children at the Spokane Guilds’ School and Neuromuscular Center. Call 928-1991 for more information.
Freeman
Open houses give bond details
The Freeman School District is planning a series of open houses in conjunction with a planned $19.5 million capital improvement bond on the May 20 ballot.
The measure would pay to renovate and expand the existing elementary and high school buildings and make safety improvements.
District superintendent Sergio Hernandez will lead tours of the schools from 2 to 3:30 p.m. today, next Thursday and April 24. A tour and car wash will be held April 19 from 2-4 p.m., with musical performances by students. The schools are located at Highway 27 and Jackson Road.
Spokane Valley
Fundraiser for Tanner Homminga
A spaghetti feed fundraiser to benefit an East Valley teenager will be held from 5 to 7 p.m. April 19 at Statz Bar and Grill on the corner of Trent Avenue and Pines Road. The event is limited to age 21 and over. There also will be a silent auction and raffle from 6 to 8 p.m. and Ultraglide will perform live music beginning at 8. The dinner is $5 per plate.
The event is to benefit Tanner Homminga, who suffered a brain aneurysm after a soccer tournament in March.
Conference to focus on grieving children
Hospice of Spokane will host a teleconference on Wednesday, “Living with Grief: Children and Adolescents,” from 9:30 a.m. to 2 p.m. at CenterPlace, 2426 N. Discovery.
The nationwide live broadcast will explore perspectives on loss and grief as experienced by children and adolescents throughout a life-limiting illness and by survivors after the death of a loved one, and will be followed by a local panel of experts, discussing topics such as anticipatory grief and mourning, meaning-making, and life review.
Call Hospice of Spokane at 456-0438 or visit www.hospiceofspokane.org/ teleconference for more information.
West Central/Riverside
Project MOVE event at REI
REI of Spokane and Project MOVE will team with Miriam Richards, who will share her challenges of being fully deaf and living with Multiple Sclerosis on Saturday at REI, 1125 N. Monroe St.
Richards hasn’t let her obstacles get in her way and now teaches American Sign Language at Western Oregon University, travels and has climbed the highest points in all 50 states, and has written a book about her experiences.
The day-long free event includes booths, information on Project MOVE, Climbing Wall fun, and more. For more information call 328-9900 or e-mail jhess@rei.com. For more information about Project MOVE call Kerry Whitsitt at 209-2856 or visit www.projectmove.org.
Balboa/Indian Trail
VASA Lodge plans anniversary dinner
The Spokane chapter of the Swedish American VASA Lodge No. 145 is celebrating 100 years in the Inland Northwest with an anniversary dinner and program April 26 at the Sons of Norway Hall, 6710 N. Country Homes Blvd.
The VASA lodge is the oldest in the Pacific Northwest and was organized to become a fraternal outlet for Swedish immigrants. Several churches were started because of the need for Swedish-speaking “friends,” including Salem and Grace Lutheran and The Swedish Tabernacle, now First Covenant. The lodge continues to offer Swedish lessons to interested members.
Exhibits of the past 100 years will be on display, plus scrapbooks of their activities. The Lundin Family Violinists will play Scandinavian music.
Reservations are requested by Saturday for the catered dinner. Contact Steve Matthews at 489-2333, e-mail scubasteve701@comcast.net, or at 701 Brady Court, Spokane, WA 99208.
Cheney
EWU launches International Week
Eastern Washington University will host its inaugural International Week May 12-17, on the Cheney campus. The weeklong celebration is anchored around the two-day, Creative Works and Research Symposium, on May 14-15.
The opening ceremony for International Week will be held at 11:30 a.m.,on May 12 in the JFK Library and will begin with an international flag procession followed by a welcome address by EWU President Rodolfo Arévalo.
During the week, activities will include an international dinner at the PUB, a study abroad fair, an international movie, musical performances and a multicultural festival.
For more information and registration contact Kenny Capps at the International Education Office at 359-6431 or kcapps@ewu.edu; Janice Batchelor at the JFK Library at 359-2264 or jbatchelor@ewu.edu; James Ochwa-Echel at the Office of the Faculty Fellow for Diversity at 359-6301 or james.ochwa-echel@ewu.ewu or Claudine Richardson at 359-2226 or crichardson@eagles.ewu.edu.
AIRWAY HEIGHTS
High-limit poker at Northern Quest
Northern Quest Casino is offering high-limit poker games, with a betting limit of up to $500 per bet with three raises.
Prior to March 28, when the high-limit tables were introduced, the largest bet allowed was $40 with three raises. Northern Quest will be offering three different high-limit poker games, according to Janet Chavez, poker room supervisor. They are:
“$1/$2 blind, buy-in $100-$200, betting $2-$200
“$3/$5 blind, Buy in $100-$300, betting $5-$300
“$5/$10 blind, buy in $300-$500, betting $10-$500
Northern Quest has two poker tables dedicated exclusively to the high limit games. Play will start daily at 10 a.m.
Northern Quest also offers no-limit tournaments seven days a week and the casino expects to attract a large number of players who only compete in high-limit tournaments.
Call 242-7000.