Voices

Widows Might has three core goals: to assist widows, to advocate for widows and to alert family and community members to the needs of widows.

Normally I like birds. I am, after all, the chicken lady. But a robin is testing my patience.

Cooking classes at Second Harvest help community members learning how to make nutritious meals from scratch with foods regularly available from the food bank.

Besides flowers for nectar and pollen, pollinator and beneficial insects need water, shelter from predators and nesting sites.

Aspen is an orange tabby who’s available for adoption at the Spokane County Regional Animal Protection Service. Please refer to the pet’s ID number when contacting SCRAPS with questions about one of the adoptable pets. If you are interested in this cat or any animal at SCRAPS, call (509) 477-2532 or come by the shelter at 6815 E. Trent Ave. in Spokane Valley. Adoptions of cats 6 months or older are $40 and include spay or neuter, first set of vaccinations, health check, microchip and first year’s license.

If today’s column seems littered with superlatives and exclamation marks, you’ll have to pardon my excess. I’m still coming off a literary high.

The Associated Garden Clubs of Spokane is holding its annual plant sale at Manito Park next to the Conservatory on Saturday and Sunday.

On May 6, “Utilitarian Incorporeal Countereffort” opens at Kolva-Sullivan Gallery. During the reception, visitors can ask artist Paul Andrew Gregg the reasoning for the title, though he might just leave you guessing.

Gonzaga Prep’s Destination Imagination team recently won the Washington state competition and is headed to Knoxville, Tennessee, to compete at the global level.

Jackie Robinson had been retired for a year by the time I was born. But I knew enough about him to idolize him.

Tia Ramirez won the second annual Spokane Community Observance of the Holocaust Art Contest with her stained glass piece “Light Amidst Darkness.”