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Garfield Elementary Culture & Community Night, May 16

May 14, 2014 Emerson Garfield

Garfield Elementary is holding its seventh annual Culture & Community Night this Friday, May 16 from 6 to 8pm.

The event is like a mini Unity in the Community, with booths showcasing cultures from all over the world. There will be free snacks, bingo games, fun craft activities, exciting performers, art education (including learning how to write your name in Japanese) and lots more. Reverend Happy Watkins will also be returning this year to speak.

And parents, there’s lots more than kids’ activities. The local C.O.P.S. Shop will be on hand to provide safety IDs for children.

The Emerson-Garfield Neighborhood Council will be tabling a booth there too. Volunteers will be on hand to talk to you about how to request free street trees in front of your house, how to get sidewalks repaired or replaced, our ambitious Neighborhood Planning effort, this year’s Concerts in the Park series, the Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market and the role of the neighborhood council in improving the quality of life here in E-G.

If you have questions about the Culture & Community Night, call Dee Dee on (509) 324-2700.

Garden Plant Sale (May 3 & 4)

April 23, 2014 Emerson Garfield

The Father’s Table (1718 N Lincoln) — a philanthropic garden here in Emerson-Garfield; you might recognize them as a summer vendor at the Emerson-Garfield Farmers’ Market — will be holding a Garden Plant Sale on Saturday and Sunday, May 3 and 4 between 9am and 5pm on both days.

Here are some of the starts on offer:

Tomatoes: Beefsteak, Early Girl, Roma and cherry, Ukrainian
Peppers: Anaheim, jalapeño, sweet (various colors)
Herbs: Basil
Marigolds and zinnias
Plus homemade soaps and lip balms

The Father’s Table always has prices that are more than reasonable. There will also be some visiting vendors with various wares at this event.

For more info, visit the link above or call Anne on (509) 368-0752.

Spring Workshop: Meetings That Don’t Suck (Apr 26)

April 21, 2014 Emerson Garfield

[EDIT: This workshop has been cancelled due to low response rates.]

Building Stronger Neighborhoods will be hosting its Spring Workshop, titled Planning and Running Meetings That Don’t Suck (and Instead Are Awesome), ~~on Saturday, April 26 from 9am to noon~~ at the East Central Community Center (500 S Stone).

The workshop will give you simple tools to plan and run great meetings that will move your project forward. That means using consensus to reach agreement and share power, sharpening your ability to prevent and deal with challenging situations and personalities, and strengthening your group through clear decision-making and roles.

Liz Moore, Director of the Peace and Justice Action League, will be presenting. It promises to be hands-on and engaging rather than an intro-level course on running a meeting.

Coffee and snacks will be provided. Doors open at 8:30am.

To confirm your attendance, please contact Jackie Caro at (509) 625-6733 or jcaro@spokanecity.org.

Photos from the Tree Planting on N. Maple

April 19, 2014 Emerson Garfield

Linda spreads some compost around a tree.

The tree-planting crew.

Karl hauls some compost.

Jim signs the MoU.

Bryce fills a wheelbarrow with mulch.

Angel of Spokane Urban Forestry and Nancy MacKerrow of the Susie Forest.

Bryce and Alicia fill a wheelbarrow with mulch.

Andy of Spokane Urban Forestry gives some tips and instructions.

A treegram hangs from one of the branches.

Angel and Stacy catch up.

Jackie fills out a treegram.

Melissa scoops mulch into the wheelbarrow.

Tim and Bryce fill a wheelbarrow with mulch.

Jim and his young assistant

Stacy rakes out compost.

Volunteers of all ages came to help.

A treegram hangs from one of the branches.

Andy and Bert deal with the shrinking pile of compost.

Jim and Tim talk trees.

Jigmed wheels some mulch to where it’s needed.

Bryce digs in to the pile of compost.

Loni rakes some compost around a tree.

The line of new trees next to N. Maple.

Tim fills out a treegram.

Jackie shovels some compost.

Loni is having a lot of fun spreading compost.

Loni and Karl tend to a tree.

Jim, Bert and Tim figure out who’s next on shovel duty.

Petunia’s Flower & Chocolate Festival (Apr 19)

April 16, 2014 Emerson Garfield

It’s all going off in Emerson-Garfield this Saturday (April 19).

In addition to the Pancakes ‘n’ More breakfast at the Corbin Senior Center from 7:30 to 10:30am and the street-tree planting event on N. Maple from 8:30am to noon, Petunia’s Marketplace (2010 N Madison) will be holding a Flower and Chocolate Festival from 9am to 5pm. So why not make a neighborhood day of it?

As the flyer above says, there will be handmade chocolate Easter bunnies; seasonal lilies, flowers and herbs; antiques; and a wine and chocolate tasting between 1 and 5pm.

By the way, Petunia’s now carries local milk from Pure Éire Dairy in gallons and half-gallons. That means there’s now even more reason to stop in on a regular basis.