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3Cs Fall Craft Faire is this weekend

DEVIN WEEKS | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 4 years, 6 months AGO
by DEVIN WEEKS
Devin Weeks is a third-generation North Idaho resident. She holds an associate degree in journalism from North Idaho College and a bachelor's in communication arts from Lewis-Clark State College Coeur d'Alene. Devin embarked on her journalism career at the Coeur d'Alene Press in 2013. She worked weekends for several years, covering a wide variety of events and issues throughout Kootenai County. Devin now mainly covers K-12 education and the city of Post Falls. She enjoys delivering daily chuckles through the Ghastly Groaner and loves highlighting local people in the Fast Five segment that runs in CoeurVoice. Devin lives in Post Falls with her husband and their three eccentric and very needy cats. | October 22, 2020 1:00 AM

COEUR d’ALENE — The ladies of Cancer and Community Charities are inviting one and all to the fifth annual 3Cs Fall Craft Faire at the Kootenai County Fairgrounds this weekend.

The faire will be held in the Jacklin Building from 2 to 8 p.m. Friday and from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday. Guests will enjoy seasonal items and handicrafts such as jewelry, signage, tole paintings, gift baskets and more.

"We're trying to grow this thing," Suzi Wong, one of the show chairs, said Wednesday. "We're trying to make it a go-to event every year. That's our goal for the show. We enjoy doing it because it helps us raise money for the community."

About 50 vendors will have booths at the craft faire.

Admission is $2.

In other 3Cs news, Book Bingo is wrapping up. To enter for the six gift certificate drawings, completed bingo cards may be dropped off in bingo entries boxes in the Well~Read Moose and Mix It Up, with suggested donation $10. The deadline is Saturday.

Mailed entries must be postmarked by Saturday. Address them to: Genie Higbee, 11185 N. Patty Drive, Hayden, ID 83835.

The drawings will be held in early November.

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