In spite of the ever changing COVID-19 situation, Miss Deer Park organizers have not given up. The effects of COVID-19 are seeping into every corner of Deer Park and making changes to many of our favorite local traditions. By March, planning for the Miss Deer Park Scholarship event should be in full swing.
Girl Scout Cookie season is here! Even in the light of the COVID-19 pandemic, the girls are adapting their sales methods to continue the joy of Girl Scout Cookies through the largest girl-led entrepreneurship program in the world.
It’s time again for the March for Meals campaign! Greater Spokane County Meals on Wheels is dedicating the whole month of March to bringing awareness to the silent malady of poor nutrition and isolation. Meals on Wheels is kicking off the month with their Mall Crawl.
Rotarian Marty Hilton introduced our first student, Jasmin James. Jasmin, a senior at Mary Walker High School, lives in Ford, Washington with her parents, who
Each month’s prompt will be in the newspaper and on Facebook. Our favorite stories will be published the following month. Responses will be judged on creativity and the ability to communicate a story. Submit your six-word story by the 25th of each month.
The annual Dollars for Scholars Hearts Fund has begun. The fundraising effort runs from February 1st – March 20th. The funds raised will make up scholarships for seniors at Deer Park High School, Home Link, and Deer Park Alternative School.
From the loss of loved ones to arguments about masks and lockdowns, and now tracking the vaccine and deciding whether or not to even get it, everyone has a personal story about the impacts of the virus upon their daily life.
Deer Park’s population is growing and forecasts predict it will continue to do so. A question naturally arises: How can Deer Park keep its charm and character while continuing to grow?
Even before its incorporation on June 24, 1908, early residents and non-residents alike looked to Deer Park as a rural escape from Spokane. It was a community they had created for themselves while working with the Spokane Falls/Great Northern Railway, Arcadia Orchards, or Short and Crawford’s lumber mill, whose structure eventually became the city’s center. More than a century later, with few remnants of the lumber mill or orchards left, many of the town’s residents still cherish the charm, character, and “escape from the city” Deer Park provides. Many would like it to stay this way.
Megan Perkins is an artist in all walks of life. She’s a painter, a potter, and the watercolorist behind the book project, Artist’s Eye on Spokane—a compilation of watercolor paintings from 52 weeks of her year around Spokane. She is one of those people whose passion is what they live and breathe every day. In every corner of her life, artistic expression fills her time. It has trained her, she says, to be intentional in her hunt for beauty in her daily life.
Deer Park City Council meetings are now streaming on the Deer Park Gazette Facebook page. The entire phone conference will be streamed live. Meetings are held every first and third Wednesday at 7pm.