Auction Will Support Easter Seals

Sun., June 9, 1996

Lynn Gibson Correspondent

Ladies, adorn yourselves in semi-formal attire and attend the sixth annual Easter Seal Evening of Elegance Bachelor Auction on Friday. You’ll have a chance to win a date with an eligible bachelor and all the while supporting the Easter Seal Society of Washington.

The evening begins at 6 at the Red Lion City Center, 322 N. Spokane Falls Court. Auction bidding begins at 7:30.

Bachelors from their 20s to 50s have planned date packages - dinner and dancing, a boat cruise on Lake Coeur d’Alene, a weekend getaway …

In addition to the bachelor auction, will be a variety of silent and live auction items available for bidding, drawings and prizes, and merchandise displayed by local businesses.

All proceeds will benefit the local Easter Seals office as it assists area children, teens and adults with disabilities.

VIP Sponsors of this year’s auction include Together Dating Service, First Impressions Creative Printing, Mr. Tux, The Breakfast Boys, KZZU, KXLY and G&B Select-A-Seat.

Event tickets, $15, are available at all G&B Select-A-Seat outlets, or by calling 325-SEAT. For more information call 326-8292.

Another fund-raiser is the sixth annual Evergreen Club Golf Tournament on June 29 at Downriver Golf Course, 3225 N. Columbia Circle.

The tournament begins at 12:45 p.m.

Teams of four are invited to participate in this (best ball) scramble tournament with proceeds to benefit the Evergreen Club, a vocational and rehabilitation program serving adults with mental illness.

Registration is $40 per player; for an entry form, call the Evergreen Club at 458-7454.

Awards

Whitworth College was awarded a $30,000 grant by the Consortium for the Advancement of Private Higher Education (CAPHE).

From 200 applications, Whitworth was one of 22 colleges and universities to receive the grants as part of a new program, “Faculty Roles, Faculty Rewards and Institutional Priorities.”

The money will be used to examine the current policies of faculty roles and rewards and identify ways to improve teaching and work more effectively.

CAPHE provides funding to smaller private colleges and universities to meet the changing needs of students, employers, and society.

The Spokane Garry Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution received various honors at the DAR State Conference, including the Mary Jane Waterbury Trophy for outstanding support by the chapter for the Tamassee School, one of six schools sponsored by DAR.

Daughters of the American Revolution is a national organization whose members have ancestral ties to the Revolutionary War. Their community projects focus on patriotism, historic preservation and education.

The Spokane Garry Chapter welcomes new members. For more information call Elizabeth Clodfelter, 325-5813.

Community events

The Corbin Art Center presents “Doing What We Should Have Done in the First Place,” an art exhibit opening Wednesday and running through July 18 at the Daniel Corbin Gallery, 507 W. Seventh.

The show features the work of four women who returned to art school after pursuing other careers and raising families before discovering their love and talent for creating art.

The artists are Tracy Williams, Cheney; Pamela Meek Hohner, Everett; and Kathy Shryne Malone and Sharon DeLeo Weiber, both of Spokane.

The public is invited to an opening reception, 6 to 8 p.m., Thursday, at the gallery. For more information, call 625-6677.

Applications are being accepted to audition for the Miss Spokane Scholarship Pageant.

Auditions will be July 8, 5:30 p.m., at The Shilo Inn, 923 E. Third.

Judging will be based on an interview as well as the talent, swimsuit and evening wear portions of the program.

Eligible women must live in Spokane, Ferry, Stevens, Lincoln, Adams, Whitman or Pend Oreille counties; and they must be U.S. citizens, single and be between 17 and 23 years old.

The Miss Spokane Pageant leads to Miss Washington and Miss America. For an application, call Lynne Schuster at 535-8627. Deadline is June 29.

Health programs

Empire Health Services will present two Community Programs at Deaconess Health & Education Center, 312 W. Eighth.

“The Sandwich Generation” will be from noon to 1:30, Tuesday. Gail and John Goeller, authors of “Mature Matters,” will discuss making the transition from being a child to parenting a parent. Participants are welcome to bring their own lunch; beverages will be provided.

“Hello Mid-life: A Time of New Awakening” is the topic for June 18, noon to 1:30 p.m. Dr. Hampton Irwin, gynecologist, will discuss the changes of mid-life for women, as well as the latest recommendations for hormone replacement therapy, osteoporosis and stress incontinence.

The programs are free to Women’s Health Network and Health Access members; for non-members, the cost is $5 per program. For more information, call Community Programs at 624-7770.

“All Worn Out? Joint Replacement Surgery” is the topic of the last of this year’s “HealthTalks” series, monthly health education programs sponsored by Rockwood Clinic and HealthPlus.

The 7 p.m. program Wednesday will be at Rockwood Clinic downtown; and at Rockwood Clinic North on Thursday.

Dr. Tim Lovell, orthopedist, will address joint replacement and the rapid advances underway for this health problem.

Although the program is free, reservations are requested. Call Rockwood Clinic at 459-1561.

QiGong Miracle Healing ‘96 will be June 14-16, at the Masonic Temple, 1108 W. Riverside.

Instructor Effie Chow will lead the seminars beginning Friday with “Immune Empowerment,” 7 to 9:30 p.m. Cost is $20. On June 15 and 16, 8:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., the seminars will be on Qi Exercises and Meditation.

Cost is $40 per session.

QiGong, originating in ancient China, is recognized as effective for increasing energy, strengthening the immune system, relieving stress and promoting peak performance.

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