Vendor Lineup for 2014 Opening Market

Vendor Lineup for 2014 Opening Market

Below is the vendor lineup for the 2014 season opening of the Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market on Friday, June 6. Bollman’s Second Chance Plants The Farm Yard The Father’s Table Gluten Busters Hope’s Treasure Chest Howell’s Sauces Mary Beauregard Crafts JJ Goats Orange Thyme Pacific Produce Petunia’s Marketplace Pine Hills Farm Pleasant Prairie Farms Pop-n-Corn Ramstead Ranch Riverfront Farm Scone Ranger Shameless Sausages Simply Sweets Slingshots by Riley Vinegar Flats Even though some full-season vendors — such as Jennifer Michelle Massage, who many…

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Sara Brown Band
Help Sponsor E-G’s Concerts in the Park

Help Sponsor E-G’s Concerts in the Park

The Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council (EGNC) is gearing up for its second annual Concert in the Park! This year we’re joining up with Summer Parkways to create an all-out block party around Corbin Park on Friday, July 18 from 6 to 9pm. Sara Brown (of the Sara Brown Band) will be performing a duet from 6 to 8pm. We’re looking for private and business sponsors who will join us in making our neighborhood come alive. At least $500 needs to be raised to help pay for the permit,…

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Piper Farms Looking for Help

Piper Farms Looking for Help

Piper Farms, one of the vendors at this year’s Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market, is looking for a reliable and diligent part-time person to help around their U-pick blueberry and raspberry farm located six miles north of the Spokane Valley Mall. Days and hours are flexible. Most of the work will consist of helping with the weeding and picking berries at both farms. The work will continue through October. If interested, call Cindy at (509) 951-4755 for more information.

Trinity Cow Plop (June 7)

Trinity Cow Plop (June 7)

Trinity Catholic School (1306 W Montgomery) will be holding its 24th annual Cow Plop on Saturday, June 7 from 11am to 4pm. What’s a cow plop? Well, it makes a bingo-like sport out of natural bovine deposits. They graze and poop as usual, and depending on where the poop lands, it can earn you a heck of a lot of money. The top prize is a respectable $3,100, and there are 50 more cash prizes to be won. To keep everyone entertained…

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Photos from Spring Cleanup 2014

Photos from Spring Cleanup 2014

In pure numbers alone, this year’s Spring Cleanup was the most successful yet. The neighborhood used $6,443.19 of its $6,500 budget and hauled 34.77 tons of trash. That means 11 dumpsters were filled. It also amounts to ten more tons than last year — the highest the neighborhood has logged in the time it’s been running the Spring Cleanup. There were some unfortunate delays due to a broken dumpster hinge and a truck returning with an “empty” dumpster that was…

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