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BRIEF: Greek Fest begins Thursday

By: Tracy Simmons

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September 24, 2014

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By Tracy Simmons

Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church will hold its 79th annual Greek Dinner Festival this week.

The event will be Thursday-Saturday and will include greek pastries, a deli and dancing.

Pastries will be available daily from at 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church, 1703 N. Washington. Dinner will be served from 4:30-8 p.m (dine in or carry out). Tickets at the door are $15.

Souvlaki (a popular Greek fast food consisting of small pieces of meat and sometimes vegetables grilled on a skewer) will be served from the grill from 4:30 p.m. on. The dinner menu also includes beef kapama, Greek orzo pasta, Greek salads and Greek pastries. For lunch the church will be serving gyro sandwiches, soups and salads.

For information call 328-9319.

Tracy Simmons

Tracy Simmons is an award-winning journalist specializing in religion reporting and digital entrepreneurship. In her approximate 20 years on the religion beat, Simmons has tucked a notepad in her pocket and found some of her favorite stories aboard cargo ships in New Jersey, on a police chase in Albuquerque, in dusty Texas church bell towers, on the streets of New York and in tent cities in Haiti. Simmons has worked as a multimedia journalist for newspapers across New Mexico, Texas, Connecticut and Washington. She is the executive director of FāVS.News, a digital journalism start-up covering religion news and commentary in Spokane, Washington. She also writes for The Spokesman-Review and national publications. She is a Scholarly Associate Professor of Journalism at Washington State University.

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