Lavender garden party planned
GREEN BLUFF – Garden Gate Lavender and Fleur de Provence Lavender will host a lavender garden party Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Sunday, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at Fleur de Provence Lavender Farm, located at 7019 E. Day Mount Spokane Road in Green Bluff.
The event includes U-pick lavender and plants, Green Bluff honey, garden art and crafts, and Taste and See Tea.
For more information, call (509) 466-4236 or go to www.lavenderongreenbluff.com.
Garden to be dedicated Tuesday
EAST CENTRAL – A dedication ceremony for the new East Central Community Garden will be Tuesday at 6 p.m. at the corner of South Ralph Street and East Hartson Avenue.
East Central neighbors can apply for 10-foot-by-10-foot plots within the garden to grow their own produce. The neighbors can keep whatever they grow in their section, but they are encouraged to share their harvest by planting a row for the hungry or give away what they don’t eat.
A second garden on vacant Water Department land is being developed in Hillyard and is expected to be dedicated later this summer. Additional sites also are being considered for gardens that would be developed in 2010.
Rock League offers concert
EAST CENTRAL – The East Central Community Center, 500 S. Stone St., will host Rock League Concert Tuesday from 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.
Bands scheduled to perform include If I Had, Justin Oliveri, Aaron Rison and David Barnhart.
The Rock League program has been teaching fundamentals of music to children ages 9 to 15.
The outdoor concert is free and open to the public. Audience members should bring chairs and blankets for seating.
For more information, call Allison Morse at the Northeast Youth Center at (509) 482-0708 or go to www.spokaneneyc.org.
Additional lifeguards needed
SPOKANE – Additional lifeguards are needed to staff the new city aquatic centers. Up to 30 lifeguard positions are available.
Qualifications include a current lifeguard certification, CPR/AED, blood borne pathogens certification and applicants must be at least 15 years old.
Pay is $9 per hour and pools are open Monday through Friday, from 6 a.m. to 8 p.m.; 1 to 7 p.m. on Saturdays; and 1 to 5 p.m. on Sundays. The aquatic centers will be open at least through Aug. 26.
To apply and for more information, visit the Shadle and A.M. Cannon pools, City Hall, or www.spokaneparks.org/aquatics.
Groups collecting school supplies
LOGAN – The Salvation Army, 222 E. Indiana Ave., will place back-to-school collection barrels at all Rite Aid, Dollar Tree, ShopKo, Dollar Store and Fred Meyer stores in the Spokane area today through Aug. 31. Campfire is also collecting supplies.
The annual event will help local children in need prepare for the upcoming school year. The back-to-school distribution will be at The Salvation Army Aug. 24 and Aug. 25, from 1 to 7 p.m.
For more information, call Joanne Bradley at (509) 329-2732.
Car seat safety patrols planned
SPOKANE COUNTY – A grant through the Washington State Traffic Safety Commission and the Spokane County Health District will have extra sheriff’s deputies on the lookout for child safety-restraint violations through the end of July.
Motor vehicle collisions are one of the greatest causes of injury and death to children in Washington State, and the grant-funded safety emphasis is one effort to reduce those numbers.
Fines for child safety restraint violations are $124. Teams comprised of four deputies each will work the following locations in Spokane County through July 31.
Sheriff’s deputies will patrol Boulder Beach on Upriver Drive on Saturday, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.; Division Street and Francis Avenue on July 24, from 1 to 6 p.m.; and Harvard Road and Wellesley Ave. on July 31, from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m.