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LIBERTY LAKE – An afternoon of live music and dessert to benefit Spokane’s Jay Schuh, who has been diagnosed with pancreatic cancer, will be held from 2 to 5 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Rockin’ B Ranch, 3912 N. Idaho Road. The fundraiser will also include a silent auction. The event will feature country, bluegrass, jazz and swing bands, including County Line, The Pearl Snaps, Michael Trantow, Jenny Anne Mannan, Colby Acuff and Justin Sherfey.

SPOKANE VALLEY – AARP will offer its driver safety program at the Good Samaritan Society Community Center, 17121 E. Eighth Ave., on Aug. 22, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. The program will include defensive driving techniques, new traffic laws and rules of the road. Participants will also learn how to deal with aggressive drivers, how to safely use anti-lock brakes, air bags and safety belts, along with how to handle problem situations such as left turns, right-of-way, interstate highway traffic, trucks and blind spots.

Within the Turnbull National Wildlife Refuge six miles south of Cheney are three natural structures that are listed on the National Register of Historic Places – the two Upper Kepple Rock Shelters and the single Turnbull Pines Rock Shelter. Their significance, and hence their listing on the register, has to do with their potential as sources of information about the region’s history. The Upper Kepple sites are just west of Upper Kepple Lake in the northeast corner of the refuge.

Educators agree that summer reading is vital in order for children to maintain the progress they’ve made during the school year. For children in the West Central Neighborhood that proved difficult. The closest library branch is downtown, too far for most children to walk. Last year the Spokane Public Library found an innovative solution – it brought the library to the children. “Each week we set up a minilibrary in the community center,” said Eva Silverstone, communications manager. “Volunteers help the kids check out books and keep track of their summer reading progress. We also hold special programs there – the same kids’ programs we hold at our branches.”

Lottery winners in Spokane County for the week of July 30-Aug. 3. $1,000

• The Public Safety Committee will meet Tuesday at 4:30 p.m. in the Office of Neighborhood Services, Sixth Floor, City Hall, 808 W. Spokane Falls Blvd. • The Whitman Neighborhood Council will meet Wednesday at 6 p.m. at the Northeast Community Center, 4001 N. Cook St.

For the week of Aug. 13-17. Monday – Option 1: Salisbury steak with gravy, mashed potatoes, beets, dinner roll, cookie. Option 2: BLT wrap, mashed potatoes, beets, cookie.

Perhaps it was the recent hot weather that calmed things down in Liberty Lake. The number of calls dropped the week of July 30 to Aug. 6. There were a couple of false alarms and only three arrests: two for driving with a suspended license and one for fourth-degree domestic violence assault. Someone cut a chain link fence to enter a fenced storage lot shortly after 11 p.m. on Aug. 2. Two new Polaris utility vehicles were stolen. Police have reviewed video surveillance footage of the incident, said Police Chief Brian Asmus.

Green Bluff Community United Methodist Church, 9908 E. Green Bluff Road, will present Rocky Point Lighthouse Weekend vacation Bible school on Friday and Saturday from 6 to 8 p.m. Registration will begin at 5:30 p.m. Friday. Children 3 years old through the sixth grade are invited to attend.

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