Bikers, Walkers Can Raise Funds While Doing Their Thing

With our on-again, off-again nice weather, finding time to spend outdoors becomes the main pursuit of many in the Inland Northwest. And when we’re out, recreation can include an element of exercise without one even noticing.

This month, take advantage of an opportunity to spend time outdoors with your family, exercising to your heart’s content - and raise money for those in need at the same time.

Cancer Patient Care, a nonprofit agency providing services for low-income cancer patients, is sponsoring its third annual Loreen Miller Memorial Bike Ride on June 23. Three ride options include a 12-mile Family Ride, a 34.55-mile Half-Century Ride, and a 64.8-mile Century Ride that begins and ends at Mead Junior High School, 12509 N. Market, and travels through the Green Bluff area.

Check-in is at 8:30 a.m., with a drawing for a mountain bike at 8:45. Bicyclists begin peddling at 9.

Fees are $10 for single riders, or $30 for families with up to six. Corporate teams with up to 20 riders may register for $100. To register, call Sheryl McGrath or Carole Montgomery, 456-0446, before June 10.

Habitat for Humanity will sponsor its annual “Hoof It for Habitat” walk-a-thon on Saturday along the Centennial Trail.

Registration is 9 a.m. at the Intercollegiate Center for Nursing Education, 2917 W. Fort George Wright Drive. The walk begins at 10.

Walkers who raise $100 will receive a free T-shirt, food and door prizes. Walker brochures are available at the Habitat office, 732 N. Napa; REI; Mountain Gear; U.S. Bank branches; First Interstate Bank branches; Sta-Fit and Gold’s Gym.

For more information, call 534-2552.

Events

The Children’s Corner Bookshop will host Hanneke Ippisch, author of “SKY: A True Story of Resistance During World War II,” at 1 p.m. Saturday. Ippisch will read, discuss and autograph her book, which includes documents, clippings and photographs.

Ippisch’s life story includes joining the Resistance when she was 17, and being caught, interrogated and sentenced to life imprisonment by the Germans. She survived imprisonment, however, and was honored with the Freedom Award from the Resistance Group in Holland.

For more information and to reserve a copy of the book, call The Children’s Corner Bookshop, 624-4820.

Spokane Public Library’s Youth Services staff has scheduled a full slate of Summer Reading ‘96 programs, activities, reading challenges and fun for children of all ages beginning June 17 and concluding with the End of Summer Reading Celebration on Aug. 9 in Riverfront Park.

This year’s theme, “Get a Clue at the Library,” will be featured in special programs and activities throughout the summer for children and young adults.

Children will receive a “Get a Clue” booklet and weekly clues to help them solve “The Mystery of the Mansion.”

Those who complete the summer reading clues and solve the mystery will be eligible to enter a drawing for round-trip air fare for two on Southwest Airlines.

Summer Reading ‘96 packets will be available at all Spokane Public Library branches on June 17.

Kids can also sharpen their powers of observation and deduction at weekly programs featuring storytelling, puppetry and fun.

Young adults can attend a special Internet Sleuth session, June 17 to 22, and learn how to explore great sites for teens. They will receive weekly challenges in a scavenger hunt on the Internet; submit book reviews and short stories to be published on the World Wide Web; or volunteer to assist at summer reading programs.

To receive a program schedule, call 626-5331.

Health notes

Holy Family Hospital offers the following free events and support groups during June:

Special events in recognition of National Cancer Survivor Day at Holy Family, other hospitals and community health agencies, Thursday, 4-6 p.m. Call 482-2356 for information.

A breast cancer support group meets Mondays, 7 to 8:30 p.m. Call 482-2477, or Sandy Quinn, 325-8716.

Also on Mondays, 5:30-7 p.m., is an adolescent support group for teens with chronically ill parents. Call 482-2477 to register.

Grants awarded

Ronald McDonald House received grants totaling more than $7,000 this year from area businesses and agencies:

Travelers Foundation donated $6,000 for new carpeting; Junior League of Spokane gave $750 for the development of a video; and Washington Water Power gave computer software and $200 for computer upgrades.

Electronic Data Systems donated technical assistance from Rick Ault as well as computer equipment; Thunderbird Lubrication gave assistance with a computer upgrade; and Computer Business Solutions donated assistance with the purchase of computer equipment and technical assistance.

Community requests

Kiwanis Club members will accept donations of clothing and cribs for needy infants on Saturday at five Rosauers supermarkets.

The items are for the Kiwanis Lend-a-Crib program, begun in 1991 by the Spokane, Cheney and Medical Lake clubs. More than 100 cribs have been loaned since then.

Items in good repair will be accepted from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Rosauers stores in the Five Mile Shopping Center, at Lincoln Heights, Sprague and University, Heritage Center and 1808 W. Third.

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