Week Ahead

Conventions

2019 WICSEC Annual Training Conference – Western Interstate Child Support Enforcement Council, Friday-Oct. 10, Spokane Convention Center, 650 attendees.

2019 Fall Family Weekend – Gonzaga University, Friday-Oct. 6, Gonzaga University, 2,400 attendees.

44th Fall Antique and Collectors Sale – Custer Enterprises, Friday-Oct. 6, Spokane County Fair and Expo Center, 8,000 attendees.

2019 Jurassic Quest – Jurassic Quest Holdings LLC, FridayOct. 6, Spokane Convention Center, 10,000 attendees.

Lecture/Seminar

Access Job and Resource Fair – Tuesday. Featuring actively hiring employers from a variety of industries and service providers that can educate both job seekers and employers on resources available to support employment. ASL interpreters will be on site. 10 a.m.-1 p.m. Centennial Hotel, 303 W. North River Drive. Free. (509) 326-8000.

How to Start a Business – Wednesday. Step-by-step consideration of legal, tax, insurance, accounting, business planning and funding topics to be addressed for successfully starting a business. 9 a.m.-noon. Spokane SCORE Chapter 180, 801 W. Riverside Ave., Suite 444. $25-$40. (509) 353-2821.

Spokane Faith and Values Coffee Talk: Compassion in the Face of Crime and Homelessness – Saturday. Panelists are the Rev. Andy CastroLang, who opened Westminster UCC as a warming shelter last year; Spokane mayoral candidate Ben Stuckart; Phil Altmeyer, executive director of Union Gospel Mission;and Edie Rice-Sauer, executive director of Transitions, which aims to end poverty and homelessness for women and children in Spokane. 10 a.m. Faith and Values Center, 5115 S. Freya St. Free. (509) 448-1311.