Fun planned at Shop and Drop

Children ages 5 to 11 can have fun, play games, make holiday crafts, watch a movie and eat pizza, while Mom and Dad do some Christmas shopping on Dec. 18 at the Holiday Shop and Drop at CenterPlace, 2426 N. Discovery Place sponsored by the Spokane Valley Parks and Recreation Department.

Parents can drop-off and pick-up their children between 5:30 and 9:30 p.m. Pizza will be served for the kids at 6.

Cost is $15 per child and $12 for any additional children.

For more information, call 688-0300.

Spokane Valley, Liberty Lake

Dentists ship 386 pounds of Halloween candy

The effort to buy Halloween candy from children and ship it to soldiers was so successful that organizer Kidds Dental plans to bring it back next year.

Candy was collected at the dental practice’s locations in Spokane Valley and Liberty Lake. Children were paid $1 per pound and also got a coupon for a free meal at an area restaurant.

A total of 386 pounds of candy was collected and has been shipped to Operation Gratitude in California along with hundreds of toothbrushes and tubes of toothpaste. Operation Gratitude sends holiday packages to soldiers.

Nina Culver