Rapid Rabbit Run scheduled

East Valley High School will hold its 25th annual Rapid Rabbit Run on March 14, beginning at 10 a.m.

Entrants can participate in runs of 3 or 5 miles, and support the 2009 East Valley Knights graduation night party.

Cost is $14 if you want a T-shirt and $7 if you don’t want a shirt. Entry forms must be postmarked by March 2.

Forms and details can be picked up at EVHS.

For more information, call Jeni at 226-2197 or e-mail tjragan@comcast.net

Proceeds benefit the Senior All Knighter Class of 2009.

Airway Heights

Poker tourney benefits EVHS

A Texas Hold ’Em Poker Tournament is scheduled for March 1 at the Northern Quest Casino in Airway Heights to raise money for the East Valley High School Senior All Knighter.

The tournament will begin at 4 p.m. Tickets are $75 for players and $25 for nonplayers. Refreshments are included. Call Kim at 869-8974 to purchase tickets.

Greenacres

Burglar steals wheels in theft

A Spokane Valley business was paid a return visit this week by a burglar who again entered by breaking through an exterior wall.

An employee of Greenacres Motors, 18111 E. Appleway Ave., showed Officer Richard Johnson where a suspect gained entry Monday night or Tuesday morning, said Spokane Valley Police spokesman Sgt. Dave Reagan.

Once inside the business, the suspect entered a small storage room and took three or four sets of aluminum wheels. The employee suspected the wheels would be sold as scrap metal.

The suspect also took a drawer containing about 50 faceplates for various automobile stereo components.

The thief left behind a set of bolt cutters which Johnson seized for fingerprint examination.

Anyone with information about this or any prior break-in at Greenacres Motors is encouraged to call Crime Check at 456-2233.

Spokane Valley

Gala includes auctions, dancing

Live and silent auctions, coffee samplings, hors d’oeuvres and dancing will be featured at the 25th annual Chocolate and Champagne Gala on Friday at Mirabeau Park Hotel, 1100 N. Sullivan Road.

Presented by Our Daily Bread., the fundraiser benefits Lutheran Community Services.

The schedule: 6 p.m., early registration; 6:30 to 9, chocolate sampling and hors d’oeuvres including a pasta station, roast beef and turkey, grilled vegetables and fruit; 6:30 to 10, silent auction; 8 to 9, live auction; 9 p.m. to midnight, dancing.

Tickets are $50. Call 343-5053 or 325-SEAT.