In brief: Breakfast features senator, opponent

SPOKANE VALLEY – The Spokane Valley Chamber of Commerce will host a Business Connections Breakfast Friday at the Mirabeau Park Hotel, 1100 N. Sullivan Road. Doors open at 6:30 a.m. and the program begins at 7.

The breakfast will feature the 4th District State Senate race between Republican incumbent Jeff Baxter and Mike Padden.

Cost is $25 per person, and the event is open to the public.

For more information visit www.spokanevalley chamber.org.

Riverview league to elect leaders

LIBERTY LAKE – The Riverview Little League general meeting will be Saturday at the Liberty Lake Water and Sewer Building, 22510 E. Mission Ave., from 6 to 8 p.m.

Attendees will have an opportunity to join the general board and vote for the executive board for the 2011-’12 season.

For more information visit www.riverview littleleague.com.

Carrington hosts open house

SPOKANE VALLEY – Carrington College Spokane, 10102 E. Knox Ave., will have an open house today at 11 a.m. and 6 p.m. for prospective students and their families, local business community and current and past students.

The open house will focus on in-demand careers in dental assistance, health care administration, massage therapy, medical assistance, medical billing and coding, medical office management, medical radiography, pharmacy technology and veterinary assistance. The event will also include program demonstrations in hands-on classrooms and interactive labs. Representatives from student finance and enrollment services will be on hand to answer questions.

For more information, call (888) 720-5014 or visit www.carrington RSVP.com.

Fundraising walk aids ALS patients

SPOKANE VALLEY – The seventh annual Walk to Defeat ALS will be Saturday at Mirabeau Meadows Park, 2426 N. Discovery Place. Check-in is at 9 a.m. and the walk begins at 10 a.m.

The walk is part of the ALS Association’s national signature event to raise funds for research and community-based patient services. ALS, commonly known as Lou Gehrig’s disease, afflicts more than 30,000 Americans.

To register for the walk, visit www.walktodefeatals.org or call (866) 786-7257.

Staged news fetes Constitution

RIVERSIDE – On Saturday, the Esther Reed Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution will have a special presentation to celebrate the Constitution, as part of as Constitution Week.

The event will begin at 1:30 p.m. near the Harold Balazs fountain, by the Looff Carrousel in Riverfront Park. The program will feature Spokane actor Christopher Lamb standing on a soapbox, giving historically accurate news of the writing of the Constitution, as that news might have been given by a Town Crier of the time. He will be surrounded by an audience including people dressed as Colonial militia, Colonial citizens, Civil War soldiers and suffragettes. The second half is a short presentation regarding the responsibilities of citizenship under the Constitution.

For additional information call (509) 328-8320.

Friends of Manito to host kids’ fair

MANITO/CANNON HILL – The Friends of Manito will hold the annual Children’s Renaissance Faire on Saturday in Manito Park, from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

The event will include storytelling, games, music, magicians and crafts, and kids can dress in Renaissance costumes.

The event is free and open to the public.

For more information visit www.thefriends ofmanito.org.