Get out of the house

Summer’s over and the calendar is beginning to get interesting again.

Here’s what’s coming up:

• Corbin Senior Activity Center will hold a flea market Sept.10, 9:30 a.m. through 3:30 p.m., at 827 W. Cleveland.

In addition to the sale, the boutique – which is normally only open Tuesday through Thursday – will be open with clothing, kitchen items and household goods. For more information, call 327-1584.

• Newport Heritage Days will culminate in a day-long festival in Newport, Wash., Saturday, Sept 17, 9:30 a.m. until 4 p.m. Activities will include tours of the Pend Oreille County Historical Society Museum, plus demonstrations of wool spinning, butter churning, blacksmithing and quilting. Crafts, music and food will be available. There will be a 10-cent rummage sale and silent auction. For more information call (509) 447-5388.

• Farm Chicks’ Spring Sale: The September issue of Country Living Magazine is on the stands. In it is a 5-page fold-out spread featuring The Farm Chicks’ Spring Sale in Fairfield, Wash.

By the way, the Chicks’ fall sale is coming up and will be in Fairfield on Sept. 24 and 25.

For more information, go to www.thefarmchicks.com

• Custer’s Fall Antique Collector’s Sale will be at the Spokane County Fair and Expo Center, Sept. 30 through Oct 2. For more information go to www.custershows.com

Want to show and tell?

We’d like to know what wonderful thing you found at the flea market or the antique mall. Or, if you have a family heirloom that means a lot to you, we’d like to know about that as well.

If you’d like to be featured in our “Look What I Found” or “Look at My Treasure” page of the weekly Home section of The Spokesman-Review, contact me by mail, email or by phone at (509) 459-5153

Leave a phone number where you can be reached during the day with a description of your treasure, and we’ll take it from there.