The barriers and detour that have suddenly sprung up on the stretch of W Montgomery between N Monroe and Northwest Boulevard mark the start of construction for the traffic circles (aka roundabouts) that will help to abate speeding. The chain-link fence in the left of the photo below has been taken out twice in recent years due to speeders. This post from August shows the engineering designs and also contains links to the long but fairly smooth history of this…
Corbin Senior Center (827 W Cleveland) is hosting a free 90-minute workshop on life and end-of-life planning for seniors, their families and caregivers on Thursday, November 13 from 12:30 to 2pm. Retired attorney Anne Counts from the nonprofit organization Legal Voice will present legal and medical information for making key decisions in advance for later years and end-of-life. It covers powers of attorney, advance directives and a checklist for what to do when a death occurs. Over the past eight years,…
Faith Bible Church is holding its first Fall Clean Up Day for Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood on Saturday, November 1 from 9am to 2pm. Residents of Emerson-Garfield neighborhood can bring their leaves and yard waste to FBC’s parking lot at 600 W Cora. They’ll have two dumpsters available for yard waste disposal. Also, volunteers from FBC will be going around the neighborhood south of the church and raking up leaves. If you’d like to make sure your address gets on their list, please contact them well…
Spokane Hope Christian Reformed Church (스포켄 소망교회), the Korean congregation that shares a building with Knox Presbyterian (806 W Knox), is holding its October Korean food sale today (Friday, October 17) concurrent with the Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market from 3 to 7pm and tomorrow (Saturday, October 18) from 11am to 3pm. As today is the final market of the season, this will also be the last Friday of the year that the church will hold the sale. Afterwards it will return to its monthly Saturday event. There’s bulgogi…
The Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market got a nice writeup in today’s Spokesman-Review — just in time for tomorrow’s (Friday, October 17) season finale. In addition to the usual vendor lineup — which now includes Chattaroy Cheese Co. — here’s what the market has in store for this season-closing event: A one-time vendor will be selling Davenport-area organic Fuji apples and Bosc pears for just 75¢ per pound. (Compare that with Safeway’s $2.99 per pound for non-local, non-organic apples.) An old-fashioned cider press to juice…