Event benefits Hillyard center

The Hillyard Senior Center hosts its third annual Italian dinner and auction March 31 at the Northeast Community Center, 4001 N. Cook.

The event features dinners served at 5 and 6:30 p.m., a silent and live auction and entertainment.

Admission is $8 adults, $4 children 7-12 years old; children age 6 and under are admitted free. Anyone enrolling as a new member will receive free admission. Proceeds benefit the Hillyard Senior Center.

Make your reservations by calling Steve Bell at 482-0803. Space is limited.

Deer Park Eagles auction and luncheon

To help cover rising insurance costs, Deer Park Eagles Aerie No. 3564 will host an auction and luncheon at 1 p.m. Sunday at the Eagles Lodge, 12 W. South Ave.

This year the lodge’s insurance premium is expected to triple. The luncheon and auction will help offset the increase. Auction items include a pool table and furniture.

Aerie members have contributed to a variety of community events since opening 32 years ago, including: scholarships for Deer Park and Riverside High School seniors; donations to Settlers Day, Winter Festival and Easter Egg Hunt celebrations; grad-night fish fry fund-raiser; Thanksgiving and Christmas food baskets for low-income families; blood drives; purchasing school supplies for elementary school students; and raising money for the American Heart Association.

The aerie will also hold a dinner Friday to benefit the Clayton Grange Building Fund, which aims to restore the fire-damaged Grange. Serving for the pork loin dinner starts at 5 p.m. Admission is $6.

County Extension classes offered

“Weeds to Grasses” classes are being offered by Washington State University Spokane County Extension for landowners to learn how to maintain or improve nonlandscaped areas and prevent undesirable weeds.

Class schedule:

•Monday: “Improve Pasture for Weed Control,” instructor Jim Cavender, Northwest Custom Farming

•Wednesday: “Identify and Manage Noxious Weeds,” instructor Dave Mundt, Spokane County Noxious Weed Board

•Next Thursday: “Manage Grazing for Healthy and Competitive Forage Plants,” Tom Platt, WSU Extension

All classes are from 7:15 to 9:15 p.m. in rooms A and B at the Spokane County Extension Education Center, 222 N. Havana St. Coffee, tea and cookies will be served.

The cost is $5 per class or $10 for all three if registration is received by Monday. A $5 late fee will be charged at the door.

To register, call 477-2048 and press zero to leave a message with your name, telephone number, number of people attending and which dates you are attending.

For more information, call Tom Platt at 725-4171 or Tonie Fitzgerald, 477-2164.

Meetings

•The Minnehaha Neighborhood Council meets at 7 tonight at Cooper Elementary School Library, 3200 N. Ferrall.

•Spokane City Town Hall meets at 6 p.m. Monday at the East Central Community Center, 500 S. Stone St.