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BARGAINS, GALORE . . . The Junior League of Palo Alto-Mid Peninsula will hold its annual summer sale through July 17, 10 a.m.-5 p.m. on Friday, 10 a.m.-3 p.m. on Saturday, at The Shop, 785 Santa Cruz Ave., Menlo Park. Everything from antiques and household goods to designer suits, table linens and paper goods. Prices drop each day, with 75 percent off on Friday, and 85 percent off on Saturday. After the sale, the Junior League has a wish list of donations -- which can be dropped off during normal business hours (Monday-Saturday, 10 a.m.-5 p.m.) -- including seasonal decorations, toys and games, CDs, small furniture, garden accessories, books (fiction) and vintage jewelry and accessories. Call (650) 328-SHOP (or 328-7467) for more information or to arrange for goods to be picked up.

INDIAN BASKETRY . . . Marianne Schonfisch, Filoli nature education instructor, will offer a class on California Indian Basketry tomorrow from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Filoli, 86 Canada Road, Woodside. Fee is $25. For information, call (650) 364-8300 or visit www.filoli.org.

CAMPAIGN KICK-OFF . . . In the past six years, Coldwell Banker agents and colleagues have raised half a million dollars for Habitat for Humanity; this year, they hope to bring in another $400,000, which would go toward building homes in the Bay Area. Raffle tickets, at $2 each, are available at local offices. The grand prize is $5,000; others include trips to Las Vegas or Maui, Giants and A's tickets, dinners, a camera and an autographed baseball. The fundraising campaign runs through Aug. 27. In addition to selling the raffle tickets, local agents volunteer to help build homes in the Bay Area. For more information visit www.CaliforniaMoves.com.

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