Big Winners: Think of it as the...

Big Winners: Think of it as the Big Spin for the Big One. . . . More than 100 northeast Valley residents will win emergency gas shut-off valves in a lottery tonight. . . . City Councilman Richard Alarcon, who secured $25,000 in earthquake recovery funds to pay for the safety devices, draws names at 6 p.m. at the Panorama Mall.

Together Again: Michael Holmes, above right, says that he runs his North Hollywood theater company “very much in what I consider the New York tradition.” . . . So it’s probably fitting that Holmes is producing “Cherry Soda Water” by Stephen Levi, left, whom he met on Broadway years ago. Details in Valley Calendar Weekend (Page 44).

Cowboy Country: At the Canyon Club, owner Vance Moran says: “If you’re gonna listen to deejay music, you might as well go home and put on a record or listen to a jukebox.” . . . The Agoura Hills bar is one of two new spots that regularly offer live country music (Calendar Weekend, Page 34).

Money Talks: Bob Dole placed a conference call to Nobel Middle School in Northridge on Wednesday. Some eighth-graders there had written to him asking about his campaign experiences. . . . But teacher Paul Dols said that Dole, having recently loaned $300,000 to House Speaker Newt Gingrich, also figured “the kids were going to ask him to lend them some money.”