In brief: Cribbage club plans open house

SPOKANE VALLEY – The Lilac City Cribbage Club will have an open house on June 29 at Puerto Vallarta Restaurant, 6915 E. Sprague Ave., beginning at 5:30 p.m.

All cribbage players are welcome to attend. The open house will include an all-you-can-eat taco buffet and all fees are waived.

To reserve a space and for more information, call Bill at (310) 621-3897, email bill@playcribbage.com or visit www.playcribbage.com.

Art fest planned Aug. 27 in Millwood

MILLWOOD – Area artists are invited to enter their work in the second annual Millwood Daze Art Festival, Aug. 27.

The festival will held in front of the Millwood Gallery, 9007 E. Euclid Ave., and also in the gallery’s courtyard. Prizes include a $25 award to the best booth and a $25 people’s choice award. Both prizes will be voted on by attendees of the festival.

Booth fee is $75, to be paid by check or money order and must accompany all submissions. Art brought to the event must be appropriate for the general public. Entries will be notified of their acceptance.

For an entry form and for more information, call Pamee Hohner at (509) 863-8485.

Valley Fire teams with clean air agency

SPOKANE VALLEY – The Spokane Valley Fire Department Commissioners voted this week to enter into an agreement with the Spokane Regional Clean Air Agency. The agreement would allow the department to recover its costs for responding to a prohibited fire, such as burning yard waste. That option will likely only be used if a crime has been committed or if someone is a repeat offender, said fire marshal Kevin Miller. “This just gives us another arm for enforcement,” he said.

During the commissioners meeting deputy fire chief Larry Rider reported that all construction equipment and materials have been removed from the department’s land at Barker and Euclid. The equipment was left over from construction of the Barker Bridge but was not removed in a timely manner. The contractor also had the land prepared for seeding with native grass. “The yard is cleaned off,” Rider said. “They did a good job.”

City will send surveys over services

SPOKANE VALLEY – Some Spokane Valley residents have been selected to receive surveys in the mail and the City of Spokane Valley would really like the surveys back. The questions asked are about Spokane Valley’s quality of life, safety and satisfaction with city services. Return envelopes were included with the surveys.

The survey is being conducted by the National Research Center Inc. The results will be presented to the City Council in the fall.