Daily Juggling Act Will Be Topic Of Scc Workshop

Sun., Jan. 17, 1999

Lynn Gibson Correspondent

If scheduled lives and busyness are the ethos of the modern age, stress and exhaustion are its byproducts.

On Thursday, Spokane Community College will present a workshop to offer help in managing the juggling act of daily living.

“Fitting the Pieces Together - Balancing School, Family and Work,” 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. in Littlefoot Rooms A and B of the Lair-Student Center, will be sponsored by SCC’s Single Parent Program.

Sunny Burns, SCC vice president of student services, will speak from her experience of coordinating responsibilities as she worked toward a doctorate in educational leadership at Gonzaga University while working full time and raising four children.

“Sunny is a warm, witty facilitator with many years of juggling,” said SCC’s Shannon Stegman, who helped organize the free public program.

For more information, call 533-7030.

Community events

Consultant and motivational speaker Dianne Loy Ferri will present “Inspiring the Heart of Volunteerism” during a noon luncheon Thursday for the Downtown Spokane Exchange Club.

The Exchange Club is a national service organization whose mission is the prevention of child abuse and neglect.

The luncheon at the Ridpath Hotel is open to the public for a $10 donation.

For reservations, call Rob Lindsay, 838-1144, or Rebecca Hille, 325-2351.

Charles Johnson, award-winning author and English professor at the University of Washington, will speak at Whitworth College at 7 p.m. Feb. 5 as part of the school’s Simpson-Duvall Lectureship.

Johnson is author of “Dreamer,” a novel that imagines the last two years in the life of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. His presentation will focus on King’s life and his role in the civil rights movement.

The free program will be in the Seeley Mudd Chapel on the Whitworth campus.

Etiquette workshops

Teens 15 to 18 years old can brush up on table manners in time for high school proms during “Dining Skills: Prom Special,” a one-day course Feb. 27 at Patsy Clark’s Mansion. The class will include a tutorial dinner.

Instructor Merrily Bjerkestrand is director of the Northwest School of Protocol, which instructs children and young adults in social and communication skills.

Ongoing classes on dining skills and “Etiquette for the ‘90s” are available to children 8 and older. For class schedules and tuition information, call 467-2897.

Family note

Families can enjoy the American Indian heritage from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Feb. 6 during FamilyFest at Cheney Cowles Museum, 2316 W. First. Activities will include crafts, storytelling and poetry for children, 5 to 14 years old.

FamilyFest, the first Saturday of each month, is free with regular museum admission.

For more information, call 456-3931.

Miss Washington Teen Pageant

The search is on for Miss 1999 Washington Teen.

Girls 13 to 19 years old can compete for a chance to represent Washington state in the national Miss United States Teen competition.

Contestants will be judged on a personal interview, swim wear and evening wear. There is no talent competition.

For an application, write to Miss Washington Teen Pageant, 6239 Edgewater Drive, Suite N3-2, Orlando, FL 32810, or call (407) 523-9015. Deadline for completed applications is Feb. 25.

This sidebar appeared with the story: VARIETY SHOW PLANNED “Hearts and the Arts,” a variety show benefiting Caring Friends of Cystic Fibrosis, will be at 7 p.m. Feb. 18 at The Met. Highlights of the show of local performers will include a cello solo by Dr. Michael McCarthy, a musician and a lung specialist who treats cystic fibrosis patients. Other entertainers will be members of Theatre Ballet of Spokane, and pianist Brad Greene, guitarist Mark Stanton, vocalist Lisa Meadows, pianist Kathy Schulhauser, violinist Carlie Rigg, pianist Soon Lewis, harmonica player Bruce Hayton and tap dancer Alicia Woodard. Caring Friends works with Deaconess Medical Center’s Cystic Fibrosis Clinic to provide financial and emotional support to Inland Northwest patients. The program will be free, although donations will be accepted at the door. For reservations, call 466-1588.

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