Get out of the house

Thu., Sept. 8, 2005

The Spokesman-Review

Newport Heritage Days

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 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

Antique sale

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

Get out of town

The 2005 Fall Palmer/Wirfs Tacoma Dome Antiques show will be at the Tacoma Dome, Sept., 24-25 in Tacoma. The 500-plus dealers include 60 booths featuring vintage clothing. For more information, including a special web admission discount, go to www.palmerwirfs.

On the Web

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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’ve got 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 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.

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