| Heirloom Discover Day to benefit riding charity
Bring your fine jewelry, coins, art and vintage items to Cathedral City this month to find out if they're valuable, and you can help a good cause at the same time.
Pegasus Riding Academy for the Handicapped is hosting an Heirloom Discovery Day on Sunday, Feb. 11, at the Doral Desert Princess in Cathedral City. The event, like the popular PBS "Antique Road Show," invites the public to bring their valuables to find out if they were true treasures.
The event runs from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. in the Doral Desert Princess Hotel Grand Ballroom.
People interested in having their goods reviewed can call the Heirloom Discovery Day hotline at (760) 218-9922 in advance and make an appointment with an appraiser. Those without an appointment will be allowed to wait in line for an appraiser.
Spotlights
The Crossroads Doll & Teddy Bear Show, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 3, will offer a chance to revisit childhood via antique dolls or get those Barbie dolls appraised. Tickets are $6, adults; $5, seniors; and $3, children. Free parking at the National Guard Armory, NE 33rd Dr., in Portland. Musical carpet ride Aladdin Theatre presents WinterFolk XIX: Nineteen Years of Music, Community and Service at 8 p.m., Saturday, Feb. 3. There will be a raffle for a Woody Guthrie-style guitar. This benefit supports Sisters of the Road, an organization that aims to solve homelessness and poverty. Portland's largest annual acoustic music show features Kate Power and Steve Einhorn, among other artists. The theater is at 3017 SE Milwaukie Ave. in Portland.
Snomobilers invited to step back in time
OWLS HEAD-The Owls Head Transportation Museum will hold its first ever Antique & Vintage Snowmobile Festival Saturday, Feb. 10. Snowmobile owners from around the state will bring their old machines and will join antique snowplow trucks and snow-blowers for a parade around the museum's exhibit area at noon.
Exhibitors will receive free admission to the event.
The public is also invited to bring and display modern snowmobiles in the museum's main parking lot. Maine Snowmobile Association and Snowmobile Club members are invited to attend and will receive a reduced admission rate of $5 per person. A special family rate of $15 for parents and children is also being offered for the day.
Besides the noontime parade, other scheduled activities include dogsled demonstrations, rides in the museum's 1926 Model T Ford snowmobile, children's activities, snowmobile movies in the auditorium, and a presentation by Mark Kingsbury of the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries & Wildlife.
An engagement ring can make or break your future
One of the most difficult things for a guy to do is propose marriage to his girlfriend. On second thought, make that the second-most difficult thing to do. The first? Picking out the right engagement ring. "I'm not a big jewelry guy so finding a ring was real tough for me," El Paso resident David De Leon said. "I didn't realize there were so many things to consider." At the risk of getting the wrong ring for his girlfriend, Monica, De Leon enlisted the help of her best friend and his sister. "Funny thing is, they both told me that the best thing to do is let her pick it out herself," De Leon said. "But I wanted to surprise her and I ended up surprising myself because she loved the diamond I picked out for her." Valentine's Day - the most romantic day of the year - is Wednesday, and many men will be proposing to their girlfriend with or without the right ring.
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