In brief: Corbin center hosts Sage Players

EMERSON/GARFIELD – The Sage Players will perform “Caucasian Chalk Circle,” beginning Friday at 7 p.m. at the Corbin Senior Activity Center, 827 W. Cleveland St. The staged reading will continue on Saturday and also will be performed Sept. 17 and Sept. 18 at 7 p.m. and Sunday and Sept. 19 at 2 p.m.

Tickets will be available at the door for a $10 donation for adults and an $8 donation for military, senior citizens and students with ID.

Proceeds will benefit Corbin Senior Activity Center and the Institute for Extended Learning Senior Program Scholarship Fund.

For more information, call (509) 838-4952 or visit www.sageplayers.org.

Push buttons added for pedestrians

SPOKANE – The city of Spokane is encouraging drivers to slow down, obey speed limits, and become more aware of pedestrians and children walking to school, to improve pedestrian safety.

Drivers are being asked to observe reduced speed limits zones when children are present, at and around schools. Flashing signs are powered by solar panels that are programmed to run for 45 minutes at the start and close of the school day. Yellow diamond school crossing signs are present at schools.

Other pedestrian safety measures include the recently installed pedestrian count-down timers along Third Avenue from Division to Maple streets, and at Second and Fourth avenues on Maple and Walnut streets. The timers count down the amount of time pedestrians have to cross a street.

The city also has installed new pedestrian push buttons. The button for east-west pedestrian movement was just installed at Monroe Street and Montgomery Avenue

Previously, the intersection used a fixed time. With the new buttons, a pedestrian will receive time only if the button is pushed or a vehicle pulls up to the stop bar. If the button isn’t pushed the pedestrian will not have enough time to cross the street. The buttons are typically placed in the same direction that is intended for service. Other locations with push buttons include the intersections of Division Street and Wellesley Avenue, Division Street and Francis Avenue, Maple and Ash streets at Northwest Boulevard and at Interstate 90, Regal Street and 44th Avenue, Ray Street and 29th Avenue, and Nevada Street and Bridgeport Avenue.

For more information, visit www.spokanestreet department.org.

CHENEY – The third annual Eastern Washington University community food drive raised more than $13,000 and five tons of food for the Cheney Food Bank, Second Harvest of Spokane and Cheney Outreach.

Teams from various university departments competed for prizes based on how many pounds of food collected. Businesses and members of the community also took part in the food drive.

TAC will present ‘Juvie’ Sept. 16-19

SPOKANE VALLEY – Theater Arts For Children will perform “Juvie” Sept. 16 through Sept. 19 at 7 p.m. at Spokane Valley Partners, 10814 E. Broadway Ave.

The show is set in a juvenile detention center and depicts the lives of kids, some drug offenders, some killers and some who are misfits and are scared, lonely and locked up. The show is meant for a PG-13 audience.

Tickets are $7 per person.

For more information, call (509) 892-5413 or visit www.theaterarts forchildren.org.