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NEWPORT — Backpack Buffet, hosted by Youth Emergency Services of Pend Oreille County is Monday, Aug. 18–Thursday, Aug. 21, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. each day. This event is for underserved students in 7th–12th grade in Pend Oreille County and assists them with school supplies. There will be a barbeque starting at 11 a.m. Thursday, Aug. 21.
YES is located at 229 N. Calispel Ave. in Newport.
Call 509-447-1125 for more information.
Labor Day Celebration in Spirit Lake
SPIRIT LAKE — Spirit Lake City Park’s annual Labor Day Celebration is from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Sunday, Aug.
31. There will be vendors and a car show. If interested in being a vendor, message Spirit Event Committee on their Facebook page. Car show check-in starts at 7:30 a.m. and is put on by the Roy Racy VFW Post 1473 in Spirit Lake.
Contact the VFW for any car show-related questions by calling 509-981-6208.
Seed saving class at Newport Library
METALINE FALLS — The Kelly Cutter Murder Mystery Dinner Theatre, returning this October, needs some actors. Writer and director Tara Leininger needs four who can both learn lines and do improvisation with guests to play four roles.
Kelly Cutter is the resident sleuth and hostess for the evening and central character for the show. The other three roles can be played by men or women who are of “adult” age and appearance, according to the news release. These include Mr. or Ms. Vanderbilt, Mr. or Ms.
Getty and Mr. or Ms. Skirball. The three characters have spouses or children who have been “bumped off,” and they become the main suspects in the mystery. The three characters’ genders are not important, so casting depends on availability.
Leininger has a preliminary rehearsal schedule available at the Cutter Theatre. The show is scheduled at 6 p.m. Oct. 3 and 1 p.m. Oct. 4.
For audition and performance information, call Leininger at 509-589-1044 or the Cutter Theatre at 509-446-4108.
Bike Rodeo for kids coming up
NEWPORT — The 11th Annual Newport Area Bike Rodeo is from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 13 at Sadie Halstead Middle School. Children should bring their own bicycles for this bike safety event where they receive a free helmet, bike maintenance check, safety instruction, prizes, healthy snacks and more. The bike rodeo is for grades kindergarten through sixth.
Class on acidified foods coming up
NEWPORT — A class on the processing of acidified foods will be Monday, Sept. 15, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Washington State University Extension in Newport. This class is geared towards small- and very smallscale producers of preserves, sauces, dressings, barbeque, hot sauces and vinegars. This workshop will provide the region’s small- and very small-scale food processors with up-to-date information and technical knowledge of the acid/acidified food product development process for the specialty food industry and how to bring such products to market, targeted to start-up entrepreneurs and food product developers. The class fee is $30. WSU will provide refreshments, snacks, materials and lunch.
The class leader is Dr. Girish Ganjyal, WSU Extension food processing specialist.
To register for the class, go to www.foodprocessing. wsu.edu/extension/training/processing-of-acidifiedfoods- jams-jellies-pickles-bbq-and-hot-sauces/.
