Antiques, walking, speed dating — and lots of garage sale-ing

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Compiled by SALLY ANN SHURMUR

Star-Tribune staff writer

Spend today cruising around Casper and you'll find a loaded schedule full of interesting things for the family to enjoy.

The Casper Antique & Collectors Club will be sponsoring its 63rd Antique Show from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. today and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Sunday at the Central Wyoming Fairgrounds Industrial Building. Admission is $2, children under 12 are free accompanied by an adult. There will be food on the premises.

In memory of Diane DeBoer, her friends have organized a walk/run around the Three Crowns Golf Course pathway. Preregistration begins at 8 a.m., and the walk starts at 9 a.m., from the Oil & Gas Commission building on King Boulevard, next to Three Crowns Golf Course. Fee for the walk/run is $15, and all proceeds benefit the Casper Humane Society.

The VFW Post and Auxiliaries No. 9439 will host its Men's Auxiliary Annual Shell McCormick Memorial Golf Tournament at the Glenrock golf course. Registration fee is $35 per player; 4-person start, blind draw. Single players are welcome; start time 9 a.m. Banquet to follow at VFW Post No. 9439, 1800 Bryan Stock Trail. For info, call Freeman at 797-2924.

The First Congregational United Church of Christ will be holding a parking lot garage sale at the corner of 15th and Melrose from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. with partial proceeds benefiting Family Promise.

The Soroptimists International of Central Wyoming will hold a fundraiser/garage sale this weekend from 7:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at 2316 Mandan Trail in Bar Nunn. This is the weekend of the community-wide garage sale held each year in Bar Nunn. All proceeds of the garage sale will be used at the local level to support Soroptimist projects.

The Casper Salvation Army's Youth Bible Bowl Team will be hosting a book and bake sale today from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. The young people will be raising money for a trip to California to attend Bible Bowl competitions. The youth will be selling children's and adult books, records, baked items and anything else they can find to sell.

Casper Snow Gypsies garage sale will run from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. today and from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. Sunday at Rec Vee's, 1743 E. Yellowstone.

Proceeds go to the maintenance of the warming huts and stocking of firewood on Casper and Muddy mountains for the 2008-09 snowmobile season.

The Casper Recreation Center is offering Six-Minute Singles, a Speed Dating program for singles ages 38-55 from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. in the Recreation Center Activities Room. Participants at the event will meet at least eight single members of the opposite sex through a series of six-minute dates throughout the evening. Participants pick their matches on a dating card, and then receive information on any reciprocal matches a few days after the event. Registration fee is $10 for CRC members; $15 for nonmembers.

For more information, call Jennifer Haines at 235-8383.

Simply Sheila at the Sunrise Shopping Center will host a book signing from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. to celebrate Casper author Robyn Fischer and her new book, "Stop Kicking My Seat! The Manners Meltdown in America."

Spin in the park. Take a lunch, spinning wheel, knitting, or crochet projects for a day in Amoco Park from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m. Try out a spinning wheel.

Half-price family swim will be held from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Casper Family Aquatic Center for $2.50 per person. All children under age 8 must be accompanied by an adult in the water.

The movie, "Elling," is being shown at 5:30 p.m. in the NAMI Casper office, 133 W. Sixth St. It is a film from Norway portraying what it is like to cope with mental illness, specifically, anxiety disorders. This inspiring and humorous film is shown free to the public.

Stage III Community Theatre, 900 N. Center St., wraps up its 2007-08 season with two short comedies in one laugh-packed performance tonight at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are $12 for adults, $8 for seniors and students, available in advance at Metro Coffee Company, Grant Street Grocery, and the Cadillac Cowgirl, and at the door beginning one hour before each performance.

Season ticket holders and those coming from out of town to attend the show may make telephone reservations by calling 234-0946.

The Casper Senior Center, 1831 E. Fourth St., hosts a dance from 7 to 10 p.m. to music provided by "Swing Sounds." Admission is $4 per person.

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