Learning how to live a healthier, more sustainable lifestyle has never been more easy.  This weekend, more than three dozen vendors will be on hand at the Natural Living Show to help you make better choices for your body, environment and our community.

The show will feature local cheese-makers and handmade soaps. And, if you ever wanted to have your own eggs fresh from your backyard there will be a workshop on urban chickens too.

Here are all the details:

 Saturday, October 13th

10 am-6 pm

Spokane Community College Lair

Admission is $7, although if you swing by Sun People Dry Goods located at 32 West 2nd Avenue, Suite 200 you can pick up FREE passes!

On November 26th Boy Scout Troop 3 from Coeur d'Alene will open their annual Christmas Tree Lot.  It is located on the corner of Canfield and Government Way, next to Michael's.  The hours of operation are 4pm to 7pm weekdays and 10am-7pm on the weekends.  The sale of the trees will run until December 18th. 

For your selection, trees will be in the 5 to 8 foot range with a few from 11 to 12 feet tall.  There will be Frazier Firs and Grand Firs with prices from $35 to $75 depending on their height.  All trees are grown locally, using local transport and keeping the benefits here.

A competition to find the best heavy equipment operator in the Inland Northwest in underway at the Spokane County Fairgrounds.  The Western States Rodeo consists of five challenges that tests the operators skills and speed.  Events include stacking tires with a backhoe, navigating a skid steer through an obstacle course while balancing a large pipe on a pallet and picking up soccer balls with an excavator.  Each event is timed and the competitor with the fastest overall time is the winner.  “Cat equipment is known for its reliability and durability, so it is only fitting