In brief: Volunteers needed for pool haunting

SPOKANE VALLEY – The Spokane Valley Parks and Recreation Department is looking for “energetic” volunteers to haunt the Valley Mission pool.

City officials need spooks Oct. 23, 24 and 30 for what they hope will become an annual Halloween event at the pool. Ghouls must be high school-age or older unless the work with a parent.

Applications must submitted by Oct. 12. They’re available online at www.spokanevalley.org.

Those who are selected will get masks, makeup, costumes and training from the parks staff.

For more information, contact city recreation coordinator Jennifer Papich – with a telephone, not a séance. Call (509) 688-0190.

John Craig

Candidates forum planned Thursday

LIBERTY LAKE – Meet the candidates for Liberty Lake City Council at a candidate’s forum Thursday at 6:30 p.m. at the Liberty Lake Sewer and Water District, 22510 E. Mission Ave.

Cristella Kaminskas and Josh Becket are running for Position 2 after incumbent Neal Olander announced he would not be running in November.

Incumbent Odin Langford faces challenger Jason Adelmann for Position 4. Recent appointee Ryan Romney is running unopposed for Position 6, which was vacated by the resignation of councilman Brian Sayrs.

Nina Culver

Swim team tryouts are Sept. 25, Oct. 2

SPOKANE COUNTY – Spokane Area Swimming will hold fall team tryouts on Sept. 25, from 5 to 6 p.m. at the Valley YMCA, and on Oct. 2, from 4:30 to 6 p.m., at the North YMCA.

Spokane Area Swimming is a competitive swimming team for Spokane Area Youth, age 6 and older. Practices and competitions are offered for Novice through National level swimmers.

For more information call (509) 326-7546 or visit www.spokanearea swimming.org.

Rainey Coffin

Holistic Festival to be held Sept. 19

SPOKANE VALLEY – The 19th annual Holistic Festival, featuring free lectures, psychic panel, chiropractors, healers, medical intuitives, readers, hypnotherapists, reflexologists and more, will be Saturday, Sept. 19 at CenterPlace, 2426 N. Discovery Place.

Shop for organic and natural products and remedies, supplements, books, crystals, clothes, music, jewelry and art. It starts at 10 a.m. Cost is $6. For more information call (509) 624-1865.

Staff reports