Harvest Hoops forms available
The 16th annual Harvest Hoops 3-on-3 basketball tournament will be Sept. 22 and 23 in conjunction with the Southeast Spokane County Fair in Rockford.
Entry forms are available in Freeman, Rockford, Fairfield, Workey, Plummer or by calling 928-5839 (Doug or Lynne Goldsmith), or at www.sespokanecountyfair.org. Deadline is Sept. 10.
There will be age brackets from third grade through adult.
The event is sponsored by the Freeman Athletic Booster Club.
- Mike Vlahovich
Spokane Valley
Valley Chapel rezone sought
The Spokane County hearing examiner has scheduled a public hearing for Sept. 12 on a zone change request for 120 acres at the southeast corner of Valley Chapel and Stoughton roads.
The request calls for changing the zoning from large-tract to small-tract agriculture, which would allow for subdivision into 10-acre lots. County assessor records show the owner is Craftsman Homes Northwest Inc. of Spokane Valley.
The hearing is set for 9 a.m. in the Commissioners Assembly Room in the lower level of the Spokane County Public Works Building. For more information on the proposal, contact Bill Moser at the county planning staff at 477-7154.
– Mike Prager
Florist will give flowers away
Appleway Florist & Greenhouse will be giving away 2,000 free flowers Wednesday for FTD Good Neighbor Day.
The store, at 11006 E. Sprague Ave., will give away a dozen flowers to anyone who promises to give away 11 of the flowers. The goal is to spread good will and friendship in the community.
Appleway is also collecting nonperishable food donations for the Second Harvest Food Bank.
– Donna Tam
Spokane
Walk/run to aid Friend to Friend
Friend to Friend, nonprofit Christian ministry that provides companionship to residents in long-term care facilities, is holding a three-mile walk/run on Sept. 23 to help raise money for its organization.
The run/walk starts at 10 a.m. at 1411 E. Mission Ave., and goes to the Greene Street Bridge and back. A walk/run with T-shirt registration fee is $10 and the walk/run-only is $5.
Call Jan Kendrick at 483-1600 for more information.
– Donna Tam
Golf event to aid Guilds’ School
The 16th annual Wendy’s Classic Golf Tournament will be Sept. 17 at the Spokane Country Club, 2010 W. Waikiki Road.
The annual event, hosted by Wendy’s Restaurants, benefits the Spokane Guilds’ School and Neuromuscular Center.
The tournament will be a two-person best ball which will begin as a shotgun start at 1 p.m. The cost is $250 per player and includes 18 holes of golf, lunch, dinner and prizes.
To register for the tournament, call Dan Nagy at 326-6333 or Debbie Leslie at 448-3717. Online registration is available at www.barnzinc.com.
Lisa Leinberger
Block party to aid cancer patient
The Wishing Star Foundation and DeVries Business Services are holding a block party and shredding event Wednesday from 7 a.m. to 5 p.m. to benefit a young boy, Gabe.
Gabe has a stage four Wilms tumor and metastasis tumors on both lungs. Gabe’s wish is a bedroom makeover with a Spongebob Squarpants theme.
To help raise money for the bedroom, there will be a block party on Pacific Avenue, which will be closed from Sherman to Sheridan streets.
There will be haircuts by Great Clips for a $5 minimum donation.
Participants can bring three boxes of documents that can be shredded for a donation.
For more information, call the Wishing Star Foundation at 744-3411.
– Lisa Leinberger