Free quilt show at Waterford

The ninth annual “A Walk through a Garden of Quilts,” held at the Waterford Retirement Home, 2929 S. Waterford Drive, will be from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday and Saturday.

There is no admission fee, and the event is open to the public.

For more information, call (509) 536-2929.

Quilts will be auctioned off

Moran Vista Senior Living, 3319 E. 57th Ave., will present a silent auction of four quilts.

If you would like to make a bid on these quilts, stop by Friday before 1 p.m.

For more information, call Moran Vista at 443-1944.

Downtown

Junior Princess will be picked at tea

The Spokane Lilac Festival will host the sixth annual Royal Tea Party on April 13 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Davenport Hotel.

The 2008 Salute to Service Royal Court will host girls ages 4 to 9 and their chaperones in an afternoon of tea and festivities. The girls will have an opportunity to draw for Junior Lilac Princess and ride the float with the Royal Court in the Junior Lilac Parade on May 10. The winner must be present during this drawing.

Tickets are $16 and available through the Spokane Lilac Festival Office at (509) 535-4554.

Spokane County

Fair highlights jobs at Avista Stadium

The Spokane Indians job fair is April 19 from 10 a.m. to noon at Avista Stadium.

Positions at Avista Stadium include jobs in concessions, hawkers, section leaders, security, press box, team store, ticket sellers and ticket takers for energetic, outgoing people at least 16 years old who want to have fun at their summer jobs.

For more information, go to www.spokaneindiansbaseball .com/jobs/.

Parks now hiring seasonal workers

Seasonal workers are needed for mowing, raking, planting, irrigation and pruning in Spokane’s parks. Openings are available now.

Apply in person at Park Operations, 810 N. Stone St., from 7:30 a.m.-4 p.m., Monday through Friday.

For more information call (509) 363-5455.

Applicants must be at least 18.

Week of events promotes health

YMCA of the Inland Northwest is hosting Healthy Kids Week Monday through April 12 with free events.

Monday: Science Adventure, 3 to 4 p.m. at Mobius Kids in River Park Square. There is room for 120 kids, ages 5 through 10.

Tuesday: Family yoga class, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m., Valley YMCA. There is room for 40 participants ages 5 to 65. Martial arts class, Downtown YMCA from 6 to 6:45 p.m. for youths and from 6:45 to 7:30 p.m. for families. The youth classes are for kids ages 9 to 14; family classes are for participants ages 9 to 65.

Wednesday: Family bowling class at Valley Bowl from 10 a.m. to noon. There is room for 120 kids ages 5 through 10. Tennis lessons for kids ages 4 and 5 from 11:30 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., and for kids ages 6 and 7 from 12:15 to 1 p.m. at the Downtown YMCA.

April 10: Pool games, 2 to 4 p.m. at the Downtown YMCA. There is room for 60 kids ages 7 to 14.

April 11: Family survival hike at the Valley YMCA from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. All ages are welcome.

April 12: Healthy Kids Day at the Valley YMCA from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. All ages are welcome to this event, which will feature representatives from the Fire Department, Police Department, SCOPE, the Y Greenhouse, Albertsons, Washington Trust Bank, Moffitt Children’s Dentistry, the Fairchild Survival School and more.

For more information, call Brandi Lenberger at 777-9622, ext. 251.

Whitworth

Former U.S. official to speak on Iraq

Timothy Carney, a former U.S. coordinator for economic transition in Iraq and a former U.S. ambassador to Haiti and Sudan, will speak today at 7:30 p.m. in the Robinson Teaching Theatre in Weyerhaeuser Hall on the Whitworth University campus, 300 W. Hawthorne Road.

Part of the Great Decisions Lecture Series, Carney will speak on the topic “The Iraq End Game.”

For more information, call 777-3270.

Christopher Howell to read poetry

On April 11, Whitworth University’s 2008 Endowed English Reader, Christopher Howell, will read his poetry at 7:30 p.m. in the Robinson Teaching Theatre in Weyerhaeuser Hall at Whitworth.

A book sale and reception will follow. Admission is free.

For more information, call (509) 777-3253.

Cheney

Sale will benefit EWU libraries

Eastern Washington University Friends of the Library will hold a used books and recordings sale on April 11 and 12 to benefit the libraries and to raise the public’s awareness of the libraries as a resource for Eastern students and the community.

The sale will take place in the lobby of the JFK Library on EWU’s campus from 8 a.m.-5:30 p.m. April 11, and 10 a.m.-5:30 p.m. April 12.

The event is free and open to the public. For more information, call Janice Batchelor at (509) 359-2264.

Science Olympiad is Saturday

More than 40 teams of area middle and high school students will compete at Eastern Washington University on Saturday for the 2008 Washington State Science Olympiad.

Opening ceremonies for the state Olympiad finals will begin at 8 a.m., with events scheduled from 9 a.m.-2:50 p.m. The public is invited to attend.

For more information, including a listing of events, visit www.ewu.edu/scienceolympiad.

Warming expert to speak at EWU

Tim Flannery, an international global warming authority who has gained prominence through his many scientific achievements and provocative books, will speak at Eastern Washington University at 10 a.m. Saturday in EWU’s Showalter Auditorium.

Flannery’s latest book, “The Weather Makers,” looks at how man may be changing the climate and what it means to our planet.

“Dr. Flannery is an international voice on climate change, and climate change is the single biggest challenge our students will face in their lifetime,” said Dana Elder, director of the EWU Honors Program, who is bringing Flannery to campus through a grant received from the Strategic Planning Council. The EWU College of Science, Health and Engineering, whose dean is an accomplished biologist and longtime friend of Flannery, is cosponsoring the speech.

In addition to his numerous books, Flannery is a regular contributor to The New York Review of Books and has frequently been interviewed on ABC Radio, NPR and the BBC. He is currently a professor at Macquarie University in Sydney, Australia.

For more information, call Mary Benham at 359-2822.

Park Board will meet April 10

The next meeting of the Cheney Park Board will be April 10 at 7 p.m. in the Wren Pierson Community Center, 615 Fourth St.

Fore more information, call Cheney Parks and Recreation at 498-9250.

Registration starts Monday for 3-on-3

Cheney Parks and Recreation is taking registration starting Monday for its Mayfest Outdoor 3-on-3 Basketball Tournament to be held May 9 and 10 in Cheney.

Registrations will be accepted through April 26.

The tournament is set up in a double elimination format. Each player gets a T-shirt.

For registration or more information, visit www.cityofcheney.org and click on the Mayfest link, or call Cheney Parks and Recreation at 498-9250.

West Central

Event highlights green living

The Jobs Not Jails/Riverfront Farms Eco House, 2605 W. Boone, will host an evening with Van Jones, father of the Green Collar Jobs Movement, Tuesday from 7 to 9 p.m.

Anyone interested in building a self-reliant neighborhood and a low-impact lifestyle is invited to attend. Admission is a $1 donation.

For more information, call 328-4540..

Downtown

Get Lit! hosting writer Tobias Wolff

Eastern Washington University Press will present “An Afternoon with Toby Wolff” at 1 p.m. on Sunday, April 20, as part of the 10th annual Get Lit! festival for readers and writers. He will speak at the Spokane Athletic Club, 1002 W. Main, and will sign books afterwards.

Tobias Wolff is described as “a master of the short story who writes with the exacting precision of a bomb maker” in the March/April 2008 issue of Poets and Writers magazine. Wolff is currently the Ward W. and Priscilla B. Woods Professor in Humanities at Stanford University, where he studied creative writing as a Wallace Stegner Fellow in 1975.

Wolff’s latest collection, “Our Story Begins,” contains the best of three decades of short stories in the tradition of his famous memoir, “This Boy’s Life,” and his novel “Old School.”

Get Lit! features author presentations and readings, writing workshops and panels, author visits to schools, youth poetry slams and more. Many events are free to the public. The festival will be held April 16-20 in Spokane and Cheney. For more information, go to www.ewu.edu/getlit.

Tickets for “An Afternoon with Toby Wolff” are available for $10 at Aunties Bookstore at 402 W. Main, Spokane, 838-0206, or from Eastern Washington University Press at 534 E. Spokane Falls Boulevard, 368-6587.