Be Star Of The Show At G-Prep Auction

Even if some of our sporadic sunny days fool us, the morning and evening temperatures firmly assure us that summer has packed up and moved on.

If you are one of those who loves the hot-weather season, you might want to start dreaming now about summer 1996.

Picture yourself zipping through the water, proud captain of a fully restored 17-1/2-foot Century Resorter. Someone attending “A Star Is Born,” the 1995 Gonzaga Prep Great Auction, will have that dream come true.

This classic wooden boat is just one of hundreds of items to be sold to the highest bidder Nov. 3 and 4.

Todd and Kay Edmonds are chairing the 23rd-annual event.

“A Star’s …” Friday Family Fun Night begins the weekend festivities in the G-Prep gym at 5 p.m. with activities for all ages including games, a food fair, silent auction, crafts, a Christmas boutique and GP Booster clothing.

There is no admission charge Friday night. Bev Doree and Cathy Smalley are organizing the events.

“A Star is Born” moves on Nov. 4 to the Spokane Ag Trade Center, where it will glitter and shine for the Gala Champagne Dinner and Auction chaired by Pat Hartnett and Paulette Bliss.

The evening begins with Mass at 4:30, followed by a social hour, dinner and the live auction.

Along with the Century boat, the procurement committee, chaired by Rob Higgins, gathered hundreds of items to be sold through silent and loud bidding.

Some luxury sipping will be enjoyed by the high bidder for a bottle of Maderia wine bottled around 1860 and originally auctioned at Christie’s in London.

With Notre Dame’s recent win over the University of Washington, four tickets to this year’s ND-Air Force game and four for next year’s ND-USC game should be hot items. Or how about Super Bowl tickets?

An all-inclusive guided canoe trip in beautiful British Columbia, a rafting trip on the Spokane River, a clam bake, original art, gourmet dinners (including one with Bishop William Skylstad), trips, jewelry and hundreds of other items will be sold.

Tickets for the Saturday dinner and auction are $75 each and $35 for people between 18 and 30 years old. Reservations may be made by calling 487-7971.

‘68 red Mustang raffled

Another classic will find itself with a proud new owner at noon, Oct. 31, when the winner of the 1995 Morning Star Boys Ranch car raffle is drawn.

This year’s car is a bright red 1968 Ford Mustang convertible. It boasts a V8 engine, a red interior, new paint and a new top.

Raffle tickets are still available for $2 each by calling Morning Star, 448-1411.

One enchanted evening

“Concert Enchante,” will be presented by Opus Elegance as a benefit for Habitat for Humanity on Oct. 24 at The Met.

The blend of theater, music and dance will be preceded by a champagne and non-alcoholic-Beverage reception in the lobby beginning at 6:30 p.m. The Monday Musicale String Quartet will perform while guests enjoy hors d’oeuvres prior to the start of the concert at 7:30.

The program includes Kathy Blair directing the Messiah Project Women’s Choir, Charlotte and Arnie Carruthers, Kassie Torrence, Dorothy Darby Smith, Kathy Doyle, Kendall Feeney, Carey Chilton Charyk and the five nuns from “Nunsense.”

Advance tickets, $12 for adults and $10 for seniors and students, are available at the Habitat office, 732 N. Napa, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m., or by calling 534-2552. Tickets at the door will be $15 for adults and $12 for students and seniors.

Those were the days

Mark next Friday on your calendar for a flashback to Expo ‘74. The Associated Industries of the Inland Northwest will host a premier showing of the newly restored IMAX film, “Man Belongs to the Earth.” The film was featured at the U.S. Pavilion IMAX Theater during the world’s fair.

The premier showing is a benefit for the Green Star Program, which assists businesses in their efforts to be environmentally responsible and recognizes area businesses for environmental achievements. Spokane is the largest city in the country participating in the program and many area businesses are members of the organization.

During preparations for the event, it was learned that Spokane has the only remaining copy of “Man Belongs to the Earth.”

After its thousands of showings, the film became unusable, but it is now restored and protected and will once again fill the giant IMAX screen.

The event includes a buffet, hors d’oeuvres and lunch from noon to 1 p.m., followed by the movie and an awards ceremony. Tickets are $50 each. Call Associated Industries at 326-6885.

Music’s the key

The Spokane Alumni Chapter of Mu Phi Epsilon meets at 3 this afternoon at the home of Nancy Schoepflin. Joan Weeks and Kathryn Byrne will assist.

The program will be a piano and clarinet performance by Nancy Schoepflin and her husband, James.

Ken Spiering lectures

Greater Gonzaga University Guild meets Oct. 24 in the Schoenberg Conference Center on the GU campus. Spokane artist and sculptor Ken Spiering will be the guest speaker.

Coffee will be at 10 a.m., followed by the lecture at 10:30. For more information, call 747-5232.

Health, fitness discussed

Delta Gamma Alumnae will hold their October meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the home of Marilyn Robinson on Oct. 28. Dawn Schafer and Elizabeth Carroll will be hostesses.

Member Michelle Hagan, a registered dietician, will present procedures on health and fitness.

More family than food?

We are moving closer to Thanksgiving, a time when our attention centers on family and food. However, there are many in our community with a lot more family than food.

Thanks to 44,000 pounds of food collected during the recent Spokane-area Realtors 12th-annual Care and Share Food Drive, the Spokane Food Bank will be better able to help those in need. The collected food will provide more than 35,000 meals for needy residents.

Multiplied by donations throughout the community, one can after another adds up to a tremendous help. Food drives are well worth our support.

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