Trinity Cow Plop Tomorrow (June 1)

Trinity Cow Plop Tomorrow (June 1)

The 23rd annual Trinity Catholic School [map] Cow Plop takes place tomorrow (that is, Saturday, June 1) from 11am to 4pm.

Cow Plop image 2013

For the uninitiated, a cow plop lets cows do what cows do best while humans gamble on the deposits. The top prize is $3,100, and there are 50 more cash prizes to be won.

In addition to the live bovine bingo, there’s a street carnival with face painting, a mechanical bull, pony rides, arts and crafts, and pizza from Pizza Rita. The event is open to everyone, not just Trinity students, and is a great way to help raise funds for a neighborhood school.

Bingo tickets are available in advance or on the day. For more info, call (509) 327-9369.

Want to help promote the event at the last minute? Download the flyer here.

Traffic Counters on Montgomery Ave

Traffic Counters on Montgomery Ave

Neighborhood drivers will probably have noted that traffic counters are out on Montgomery Ave (blocks west of N. Monroe). With any luck, these are the prelude to the ambitious traffic circles that the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council proposed about a year ago.

A bit of background: We’ve had to push just to get this far. Initially, we received a suggestion from the relevant city department that if the traffic light at the Montgomery/Monroe intersection seemed to be the cause of the speeding — that is, people were accelerating down Montgomery to make the green light — then they should just remove the traffic light.

Yep, you read that right. The city proposed simply removing the traffic light at an incredibly busy residential/arterial intersection and the only designated pedestrian crossing in the 20 blocks between NW Boulevard and Garland. We firmly nixed that suggestion, and so the traffic counters were (slowly) rolled out.

After all this, we hope that the number of cars logged by the counters will be enough to justify the traffic circles.

Tossed & Found Barn Sale, May 25

Tossed & Found Barn Sale, May 25

Tossed & Found is going to be holding its third annual Barn Sale on Saturday, May 25. This is the event where one of N. Monroe’s most popular vintage stores closes off its parking lot and opens up its barn. It will run from 9am until 5pm and will be held in the rear parking lot of the building [map].

BarnSale 3

For the past two years, the Barn Sale has been a cornucopia of all things distressed, vintage, antique, and retro. Some third-party vendors take part and offer their wares in addition to Tossed and Found’s ample selection of furniture, trinkets, books, signs, tools, gewgaws, knickknacks, and nostalgia items.

Oh, and please don’t park at Waffles Plus. They’ll get surly and will tow.

Emerson Community Garden Work Day, May 18

Emerson Community Garden Work Day, May 18

The Emerson Community Garden will be holding its second work day of the season this Saturday (May 18) from 1-4pm. The garden is located at 3209 N. Madison [map].

Emerson Community Garden work day, 2012

Here are some of the things they have planned:

  • Finish roto-tilling the corn bed
  • Prepare the raspberry bed for new starts
  • Build and paint signs to mark the rows of plants
  • Plant seeds and starts

A lot got done during the first work day of the season, and the EGC members are hoping this Saturday will be equally fun and productive.

If you’re interested in taking part in the work day and/or joining the Emerson Community Garden, show up on Saturday — or just call Paul or Sara Kimball on (509) 863-5133.

And in case you haven’t been by the garden recently, there’s a new sign. It looks fantastic!

Emerson-Garfield Farmer’s Market

Emerson-Garfield Farmer’s Market

[Update July 18: A lot has changed since we first posted this back in May. For starters, we had to seek a new location. So please consider what you read below to be history. The dedicated Emerson-Garfield Farmer’s Market page with all up-to-date info is here.]

With kind assistance from Melissa McNabb, the Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council has just arranged use of the parking lot in front of the Adult Education Center (part of the Institute for Extended Learning) on N. Monroe. We hope to organize a weekly farmer’s market there during the growing season, which runs roughly May to October.

Adult Education Center

The location is ideal. The parking lot is directly across from Caffe Delicio and the Vintage Rabbit Antique Mall. Highly frequented bus stops at the corners of Monroe and Montgomery will allow for easy public transit access, and the central location within the neighborhood means that cyclists and pedestrians will also find it convenient. Commuters who work downtown will be able to stop off quickly for fresh veggies and gourmet items on their return journey.

Right now we are looking for interested vendors. Since our focus is on the local, we want to make a point of involving neighborhood stores like Petunia’s Marketplace and Christ Kitchen to ensure that there is a wide range of food available. Another aim is to provide owners of nearby retro and craft stores — like The Heart of Spokane and Paint in My Hair — with the chance to set up booths and sell market-oriented items. And depending on the quality of quantity of the harvest, we might even have super-local produce from the Emerson Community Garden for sale.

To help bring this to (quick) fruition, we will be reaching out to Craig Goodwin, author of Year of Plenty and founder of the successful Millwood Farmer’s Market, to see what advice he can offer.


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If you are interested in participating in the farmer’s market, helping to organize it, or simply shopping there when it’s ready, please get in touch with us by using our contact form or by leaving a comment below.