You have until Monday, May 20th, to get those Hoopfest entries in. This is the final deadline to play in the largest three on three basketball tournament in the world.

Unfortunately, the deadline for guaranteed entry has already passed, this entries made for the Monday deadline will be granted on a space available basis. But don't fret, even if you aren't able to play there are still plenty of opportunities to volunteer. Hoopfest is still need of general volunteers as well as people to act as court monitors. 

Visit http://spokanehoopfest.net to register as a player or to sign up as a volunteer.

AMR Spokane wants you to learn CPR, and on May 22nd they'll train you for free. 

AMR Spokane is joining American Medical Response teams across the nation to train as many people as possible in compression-only CPR. In partnership with Spokane Fire Department, Providence Health Care and Spokane Heart Rescue, AMR instructors will be teaching this life saving skill all day on May 22nd at the Spokane Arena. 

"While first responders often arrive on the scene of an emergency within minutes, we want to remind everyone that during a cardiac arrest, seconds can be critical," said Cathy St. Amand, Training Coordinator of AMR Spokane. 

Compression-only CPR only takes a few minutes to learn and can help keep a cardiac arrest victim alive until first responders can arrive. AMR hopes that this event will help make the community a safer place to live.

You can learn compression-only CPR at the Spokane Arena on May 22nd from 6am-7pm.

Bloomsday expects 50,000 individuals to race this Sunday, and this year organizers are capturing the spirit of racers with new “character trading cards”.

The trading cards feature eight individuals unique to the Bloomsday course. You can collect Fast Start Bart, Doomsday Hill Billy, H2 Otis, Pain Jane, Shoe Lacy, Spaghetti Betty, and Timin' Simon. Leading the group is The Don, “Godfather of Bloomsday”, based on race creator and director Don Kardong.

Each character not only represents people, but aspects of the race that we all know and love. With Spaghetti Feeds happening all over town the night before race day, Spaghetti Betty is our “carbo-loader extraordinaire”. Doomsday Hill Billy is “always inclined to run” as he tackles the landmark Doomsday Hill. Who hasn't seen an “obsessive clock-watcher” like Timin' Simon, always trying to beat last year's race time.