Short on garden space or don’t have or want to spend a lot of time gardening? Container gardening may just be for you. You can even grow vegetables in large containers in whatever space you have. Use the largest pot you can. Containers 14 to 16 inches in diameter or larger are easier to keep watered in the hot summer weather than smaller ones. Vegetables often need large pots for their root systems. The pot should be made of plastic, high density resin, hard fired ceramic clay or lightweight Styrofoam. Terra cotta and fiber pots made of pressed paper, coco fiber or peat are porous and allow water to evaporate quickly. The popularity of container gardening has resulted in a broader selection of good looking pots at reasonable prices.
The Medical Lake City Council agreed Tuesday night to enter into a resignation agreement with police Sgt. Joseph Mehrens. The former Medical Lake police sergeant will receive $20,000 from the city and will agree to release the city from all legal claims. The council voted 5-0 to accept the agreement. Two members were absent.
It’s been a spring of ups and downs for Northeast Youth Center in Hillyard. First, a group of Leadership Spokane students helped NEYC successfully fundraise for a commercial-sized freezer to help stock up on and safely keep food for its Kids Café program.
The Eastern Washington University symphony orchestra will join the EWU symphonic choir in its final performance of the school year at 7:30 p.m. Monday in the Showalter Auditorium on the Cheney campus. Director of Orchestras Julián Gómez Giraldo said the repertoire will feature recent winners of the EWU concerto competition, who will perform Leonard Bernstein’s “Chichester Psalms,” among other pieces. He said the concert allows students to sharpen their skills by playing in front of a live audience and provides the audience a great evening of music.
OLYMPIA – Perhaps not surprisingly, the citizens panel that sets salaries for lawmakers, the governor, many judges and other state-paid officials has voted not to give any of them raises for the next two years. “The commission regrets the need to take this action,” the Washington Citizens’ Commission on Salaries for Elected Officials said recently, announcing the decision.
As one of Idaho’s fastest-growing communities, Post Falls is looking to the future with a focus on the design of future development rather than use. The city has adopted “SmartCode,” with a few details to be worked out such as putting the code into ordinance form. Colin Coles, senior planner, said Post Falls is the first community in the Northwest to adopt SmartCode, a method of developing land that he said is similar to a planned unit development (like Riverstone in Coeur d’Alene), but with less commercial use.
Editor’s note: Because an editing error left out a section of the Landmarks feature last Thursday, this story is being reprinted in its entirety.
Among Washington cities, Spokane holds a unique distinction with the Daughters of the American Revolution.
St. Patrick Catholic School, 2706 E. Queen Ave., will hold a dowry breakfast to help raise funds for Drisana Spratt, June 7 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Spratt, 18, attended St. Patrick and will soon enter the religious order of the Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Church as a postulant. The breakfast will help to pay for her living expenses before she takes her first vows.
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Libby Junior High School All-Class Reunion – July 10, noon-3 p.m., at Libby Junior High School cafeteria, 2900 E. First Ave. Drinks will be provided, participants are welcome to bring their own lunch. For more information, e-mail italianbunny1@aol.com or call (509) 922-6681.
Badminton – Wednesdays, 12:30-2 p.m., at the Liberty Lake Athletic Club, 23410 Mission Ave., Liberty Lake. Call 891-2582 for more information.
Bingo – Tuesdays, 1-3 p.m., Spokane Valley Senior Center, 2426 N. Discovery Place. 50 cents per card. Call 926-1937 for more information.
Do you want to see more faces of your favorite Spokane Valley sports teams? Now is your chance to get some publicity. We’d like to publish your team photos.
Although many of us certainly enjoyed the nice weather over the Memorial Day weekend, warm temperatures did raise some flooding concerns along the upper Yakima River and the Stehekin River due to rapid snowmelt. Many of us have seen lowland flooding in the winter months, but the Inland Northwest sees its greatest risk of high waters during the spring season. They typically result from thunderstorms or warm rains falling on melting snowpacks in the higher elevations.
In a two-day whirlwind of higher learning, Eastern Washington University held its 12th annual Research and Creative Works Symposium last week, showcasing the efforts of hundreds of students. With the help of faculty mentors, students presented their work in front of community members via writing, artistic display or oral presentation. Projects were judged by about 50 faculty members, student services personnel and administrators who weighed qualities such as presentation style and how well presenters responded to questions.
For the 19th year in a row, the Inland Northwest Blood Center has launched its summer blood drive with the release of a new T-shirt. From Memorial Day through Labor Day, donors get a T-shirt as a thank you when they donate.
With her dark hair swept back into a ponytail, 14-year-old Michelle Kazuba warmed up with the East Valley Middle School track team on May 20. At 4 feet tall, Kazuba is the smallest teen on the team – but her competitive spirit is huge. She not only competes in javelin and shot put for East Valley, she’s also a member of Team St. Luke’s, and has set records in shot, discus and javelin at last year’s National Junior Disability Championships in New Jersey.
Dirk and Helen Parsons became artists when they were young. Helen Parsons was presented with a cigar box filled with sewing paraphernalia when she was 8 and began sewing anything and everything. Her first job was at a fabric store, and textiles became her palette.
After two years without a Spokane-area recipient, two area teens joined the ranks of an elite few who earn the Camp Fire USA’s highest honor. Mead High senior Megan Bunker, 17, and Shadle Park senior Sondra Willmann, 18, accepted the Wohelo Medallion Award at a special May 18 ceremony at First Assembly of God Church, 828 W. Indiana Ave.
