Our Junior Contributors section is open to all young people ages 16 and under. Create, write, and snap photos throughout the month, and submit one of your best works of art to the editor to be placed in the paper. Each contributor should include their first name, age, and title of the work.
Submit your work to the editor at [email protected] or
Editor – Deer Park Gazette
PO Box 1581
Deer Park, WA 99006
Young poets will take center stage at the North Spokane Open Mic. They will share their original work in a supportive and welcoming environment. This event offers high school students a chance to build confidence before entering the world of competitive poetry slams.
The SCLD Community Art Show is back, inviting artists of all ages to showcase their creativity and love for their community. Free miniature canvases will be available at Spokane County Libraries throughout February. This year’s theme, Celebrate Your Community, encourages participants to highlight what makes their hometown special.
Homelink Drama II presented “A Winter’s Gift.” The production brought Christmas joy and the spirit of giving to the Ken Fischer Theater. The cast filled the stage with monks, minstrels, mayhem, and mistaken identities; this play was truly a gift to the community.
Hear Ye! Hear Ye! Come on and all to Deer Park Homelink Drama II presentation of “A Winter’s Gift,” a charming Christmas story set in medieval Canterbury. The plot boasts of singing minstrels, monks, Vikings, a missing princess, and the meaning of giving at Christmas time.
The Deer Park High School Drama students gave a masterful performance in their recent production called “Blind Dates and Breakups.” A series of hilarious and outlandish, sketch comedies about some of the perils of dating.
Hear ye! Hear ye! Come one, come all to join in the merriment of the Deer Park Renaissance Faire! Cloverleaf students and instructors have been working tirelessly over the last three weeks to create a medieval free spectacle for the community to enjoy.
Abigail Joy Hill, born July 31st, 2003, was tragically killed in a head on collision on Hwy 395 on Father’s Day June 15th, 2025. She is survived by her father (Dan Hill), mother (Theresa Hill), and 5 siblings (Teresa Polensky, Brett Hill, Elizabeth Moshe, Carissa Curtis, and Jason Hill), as well as many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews. She will be severely missed by all!
The two most important things to Jannis were her relationship to Jesus Christ as her personal Savior and her family. Jannis was born in Oakesdale, Washington on April 14, 1928, and passed away peacefully in Spokane on May 26, 2025. She was preceded in death by her parents, Robert A and Edna (Hall) Crow, her husband M Dean Snook, and her two siblings Robert (Mac) Crow and Jerrene Holling. Jannis learned hard work and gratitude for family values as she helped cook and clean for the large farm crews connected to dry land wheat farming of the 1930s-1940s. She attended WSU (known as WSC at the time) and completed her BS in Home Economics plus her BA in Education in 1950-51.
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