Night Of Shopping At Bon Will Benefit Local Charities

As I was driving through a park recently, it struck me that I am very grateful not to be a duck at this time of year.

Granted, on a hot summer day, it’s easy to envy them as they nonchalantly swim around the pond, but when temperatures drop and a layer of ice forms on the water - the ducks can have it!

Shopping with a purpose

As the holiday season draws closer, can’t you imagine how great it would be to do all your shopping without fighting large crowds? And, wouldn’t it be even better if your shopping could benefit local charities?

The Bon Marche will offer just such an opportunity on Sunday, Nov. 19.

The special holiday event - benefitting Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery, Children’s Home Society and Inland Northwest Special Olympics - will be from 6 to 9 p.m. at the downtown Bon.

The evening will include an early visit from Santa, holiday music, hors d’oeuvres, door prizes, free gift wrap and free parking. Shoppers can also take advantage of After-Thanksgiving-Day Sale prices before Thanksgiving - and, they’ll earn Holiday Dollars for their purchases.

Shopping extravaganza tickets are $5 (children under 12 are free), and are available from the charities: Vanessa Behan Crisis Nursery, 535-3155; Children’s Home Society, 747-4174; and Special Olympics, 327-8551.

All ticket proceeds and 5 percent of the night’s total sales will go to the beneficiaries.

Music made on Friday

Beth Haight, piano, and Brian Haight, violin, will perform with the Westwind Quintet for the Friday Musical at 1:30 p.m., Friday, at the home of Betty Kiemle.

Quintet members are Kathryn Hannibal, Andy Turtle, Casey Traver, Tina Morrison and Tom Shook.

Chelle Baravalle, Debra Greagor, Doris Swanson and Barbara Conley will serve as hostesses.

Films of the ‘40s and ‘50s

As part of the exhibit “Behind the Red, White and Blue: Posters, Propaganda and Pride,” the Cheney Cowles Museum will show two films at two free, Wednesday Night Program Series at 7:30 p.m. in the auditorium.

Wednesday’s film is “The Beginning of the End,” starring Brian Donlevy and Hume Cronyn, from 1947. It’s an account of the Manhattan Project and the development of the atomic bomb. A 1945 10-minute newsreel will also be shown.

The Nov. 29 program will be the 1954 film, “The Atomic Kid,” starring Mickey Rooney.

Hanford’s history unfolded

“Yes, In My Backyard,” an innovative art project created with people who lived and worked around the Hanford Nuclear Reservation in Eastern Washington, will be presented at the Cheney Cowles Museum today through Dec. 3.

The project presents Hanford’s history from the stories of 11 people, including a pioneer of the former towns of Hanford and White bluffs, a retired Hanford site engineer, Hanford Downwinders and members of the nearby Wanapum and Umatilla Indian tribes.

“Yes, In My Backyard” makes the history and future of Hanford more personal, more accessible and more compelling for audiences. It is sponsored by the Washington Commission for the Humanities with support from the Eastern Washington State Historical Society.

“Creating Consciousness: Conversations on Stewardship and Activism,” will be the topic of a Brown Bag Lunch with Curator Helen Slade at noon Wednesday at the museum.

A tour of the “…Backyard” exhibit with Slade and project participants follows at 2 with a round-table discussion with artists, activists and public outreach specialists on “Understanding Hanford - Looking to Art for Answers.”

The following fields overflowed: CREDIT = Betsy Carosella The Spokesman-Review