Communities Host Fun-Filled Fair Days

The county fair season kicks into high gear this week as the granddaddy of Inland Northwest fairs, the Spokane Interstate Fair, begins a 10-day run Friday at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center.

For more information, call 325-7328 or (800) 325-7328.

Several smaller towns in the area also are holding fairs in the next week. Among those are: Colville, Northeast Washington Fair, Sept. 9-12; Dayton, Columbia County Fair, Sept. 10-12; Lewiston, Lewiston Roundup, Sept. 10-12; and Spangle, Spangle Harvest Days, Sept. 11.

In other events this week:

Monday

Financial markets, government offices and many businesses will be closed for the Labor Day holiday.

Wednesday

The last of a series of symposiums on economic development in Spokane will be held in the Jepson Center at Gonzaga University from 4 p.m. to 6 p.m. A roundtable discussion will be facilitated by David Van Nuys, chairman of the psychology department at Sonoma State University in California and head of his own consulting firm.

* The Spokane office of the Washington state Department of Revenue presents a free “New Business Outreach” workshop from 8:30-11:30 a.m. and again from 1:30-4:30 p.m. on the eighth floor of the Northtown Office Building, 4407 N. Division. For information, call 482-3805.

Thursday

Phyllis Hill Slater, past president of the National Association of Women Business Owners, will deliver the keynote address at the annual meeting of the Inland Northwest Chapter of NAWBO at 6 p.m. at the Spokane Club. To request an invitation, call Jan Krogh at 892-6300.

* A formal ceremony to create a Rural Enterprise Community in northeast Washington is scheduled for 10 a.m. at the Sherwood Community Center in Wellpinit. The EC designation provides federal funds, tax credits, technical assistance and eased regulations for selected low-income communities. For information, call (509) 684-4571.

* Inland Northwest Seniors’ Wellness Conference ‘99 runs from 7:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Lair Student Center at Spokane Community College. Keynote address on “Laughter for Life” is at 8:45 a.m. Cost: $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Call 467-9030.

Friday

The American Association of Retired Persons and state and federal consumer agencies hold a “consumer university” at Washington State University’s Spokane campus. Fee: $4 for AARP members, $5 for non-members. To pre-register, call 1-800-922-8716.

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