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Sat., Nov. 27, 2004

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Free home improvement workshops – Offered at Home Depot stores through November. Workshops include: “You Can Weatherize Your Home,” today at 10 a.m.; “You Can Modify Your Home to Age in Place, today at 11 a.m.; “You Can Enhance Your Home with Holiday Lighting,” today at 2 p.m.; “You Can Have Fun with Color and Faux Painting,” Sunday at 2 p.m.; and “Power Tools 101: You Can Try It Before You Buy It,” Tuesday at 7 p.m. Call (800) 430-3376 or visit www.homedepot.com for more information.

Upcoming

Couple Relationships from Courtship to Continuance: What We Need to Know, What We Need to Remember – Lecture presented by Diana Hornbogen, marriage and family therapist, Wednesday at the Valley Library, and Dec. 7 at the South Hill Library, 3324 S. Perry St., 6:30-8 p.m. Reservations required by calling 951-0205.

When You Look Like Your Passport Photo, It’s Time to Take a Trip! – Presentation Wednesday, 11:30 a.m. in room 211 of the Spokane Falls Community College Library, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. Mary Ann Sanger, SFCC management department chair, and Mickey McCormick, SFCC management instructor, will discuss the ins and outs of domestic and international travel. Call 533-3699 or 533-3617 for more information.

Community Colleges of Spokane Whitman Center 5th anniversary celebration – Thursday, 1:30 p.m. 115 N.W. State Street, suite 305A, Pullman. Call (509) 332-2706 for more information.

Community Colleges of Spokane Leadership Development Program – Presented by Joe Zolner, director of graduate studies in educational leadership at Harvard University, Friday, 11:30 a.m., Spokane Falls Community College, 3410 W. Fort George Wright Dr. Call 533-8196, 533-7015 or 433-7137 for more information.

Humanist Focus Group lecture – Next Saturday, 8 a.m. at the Old Country Buffet, 5504 N. Division. Topic will be the cruel and inhume treatment of chickens and other domestic fowl, and the alternative methods using compassion and respect, presented by Dr. Karen Davis, president of United Poultry Concerns. Call 448-2516 for more information.

Neighborhood meetings – Held by the Spokane County Sheriff’s Office to discuss neighborhood problems and terrorism. Call 477-3055 for dates, times and location.

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