Group Organizing Cleanup Along Centennial Trail

Anyone who loves the Centennial Trail can translate that affection into action next Saturday morning.

Friends of the Centennial Trail is organizing a fall cleanup day, dubbed “Tidy up the Trail.”

Groups that have adopted miles, as well as community volunteers, will be sweeping, weeding and collecting litter. Hours are 9 a.m. to noon.

Those who want to participate are asked to call the Friends office (624-7188) for an area assignment.

Adopting sponsors for the trail include Bloomsday Road Runners Club, Spokane Mountaineers, Hewlett-Packard, Kaiser Aluminum-Trentwood, Telect Inc., Valley Kiwanis Club, Valley Rotary Club and Yoke’s Pac’n’ Save Foods.

McCaslin plans town hall meeting

Spokane County Commissioner Kate McCaslin will hold a town hall meeting next week in Liberty Lake to discuss the concerns and priorities of Valley residents.

The meeting, one of four McCaslin holds in her district each year, will run from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Liberty Lake Community Church, Garry Road and Eighth Avenue.

All topics are open for discussion, said McCaslin, who is also looking for community input on the 1998 county budget. County staff will be available at the meeting to answer questions.

McCaslin’s next meeting will focus on the Spangle, Rockford and Fairfield areas. It will be held this winter.

St. Mary’s fun run is fund-raiser

St. Mary’s Catholic School is having its 16th annual fund-raising fun run on Wednesday.

Students, who will be running laps around the school gym to earn pledges they have secured from sponsors, have set a fund-raising goal of $27,000.

The students will start running at 8:35 a.m. and continue until 2:30 p.m., with classes rotating in and out in 15-minute shifts. , DataTimes