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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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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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Materials for the May 14 EGNC Meeting

Materials for the May 14 EGNC Meeting

The Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council meets this Wednesday, May 14 at 7pm in the Corbin Senior Center (827 W Cleveland). We met hundreds of new folks at the Spring Cleanup this past weekend, and we hope to see many of you there! On the subject of Spring Cleanup, we’ll be hearing a quick recap of the event, including participation, hiccups (like broken dumpster hinges and dumpsters that came back full), and just how much trash was collected. The numbers are pretty impressive. There will be a trio of guest speakers, including…

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2014 Farmers’ Market Poster Contest Winners

2014 Farmers’ Market Poster Contest Winners

We’re pleased to announce Claire Menzer (of Audubon Elementary) and Karissa Orlob (of Garfield Elementary) as our two winners in the first-ever poster contest for the Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market! Their drawings will be featured on this year’s promotional materials for the market, such as posters and flyers. The two of them will also each be awarded $15 in market tokens at the opening market on Friday, June 6. Claire and Karissa had some fierce competition from their schoolmates. Some entries had colorful and clever…

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