Roundabouts Begin on W Montgomery

Roundabouts Begin on W Montgomery

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.

Start of W Montgomery roundabouts

This post from August shows the engineering designs and also contains links to the long but fairly smooth history of this project. W Montgomery residents and Trinity Catholic School will be helping to landscape and maintain the roundabouts once they’re completed.

As an important side note, this is being paid for through Photo Red dollars (the fines handed out for running red lights), not tax dollars, and it was entirely resident-proposed. Which is to say, if you’re not happy with the traffic situation on your own street, you can put available funding to good use and do something about it.

Life Planning for Seniors, Families and Caregivers (Nov 13)

Life Planning for Seniors, Families and Caregivers (Nov 13)

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.

spokane legal workshop Nov 13-14

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, Counts helped research, write and edit sections of the Handbook for Washington Seniors: Legal Rights and Resources.

The workshop is free and the public is invited. The first 45 minutes is presentation followed by 45 minutes of question and answers. To learn more, contact Joan Schrammeck, the Outreach Coordinator for Legal Voice, at (206) 399-8401 or Joan.LegalVoice@gmail.com.

If you miss the presentation at Corbin, you can catch it the following day from 10 to 11:30am at Hillyard Senior Center (4001 N Cook).

The PDF flyer for the event is available here.

Faith Bible Church Fall Clean Up Day (Nov 1)

Faith Bible Church Fall Clean Up Day (Nov 1)

Faith Bible Church is holding its first Fall Clean Up Day for Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood on Saturday, November 1 from 9am to 2pm.

FBC Fall Cleanup 2014

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 in advance at (509) 326-9455.

FBC is looking for volunteers — not just from the church, but the wider neighborhood as well — to help rake and dispose of the leaves in the dumpsters. If you’re able to lend a hand or contribute a truck, rake or leaf blower, please let them know by calling the number above.

Facebook users can RSVP on the event page.

October Korean Food Sale (Oct 17 & 18)

October Korean Food Sale (Oct 17 & 18)

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.

October 2014 Food Sale

There’s bulgogi (BBQ beef), spicy Korean pork, potstickers, bibimbap (mixed veggies). gimbap (vegetarian sushi) plus plenty more on the menu. Their kimchi is a popular favorites and often gets compliments for being the best in town. You can eat in or take out.

Dishes range between $5 and $10, and they also offer multi-meal or loyalty discounts. This sale acts a fundraiser for the church, which has shown itself to be very supportive of our neighborhood in general and the market in particular.

E-G Farmers’ Market Season Finale (Oct 17)

E-G Farmers’ Market Season Finale (Oct 17)

The cider press in action.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 apples that you’ve either brought or bought. Don’t forget to bring a jug!
  • A balloon animal maker for the kids.
  • Members of Corbin Senior Activity Center and the Women and Children’s Free Restaurant will get a free jar of spiced apple jelly for coming down and joining us.
  • This also marks the last Friday of the year that Spokane Hope Christian Reformed Church will be preparing authentic Korean food alongside the market to eat in or take out.
  • Plus music, hay bales, and the bittersweet farewell that comes with the end of the season.

If you’re on Facebook, please RSVP to the event. We hope you’ll stop by and join us!