It’s raining and cold outside today in May and the last several months have been just as dreary, but I’ve been thankful to live in Deer Park where the silver linings have never been brighter. Churches, businesses, and neighbors have worked together to make a difference and I wanted to write a thank-you note to them all while celebrating our great small town.
Clayton
Clayton Community Church
In-person services resume May 31st at 10:30am
Up-to-date information available at FB.me/ClaytonCommunityChurchwa
Deer Park
Williams Valley Mennonite Church
In-person service resumes May 31st at 10am
Sermons can be found online at
Shade can be challenging to grow plants, let alone vegetables, but don’t fret! Here are seven tried and proven varieties that will produce in abundance even in shade!
Date: Thursday, May 28th 2020
Event: The Greenhouse & Deer Park School District Drive-Up Food Distribution
Time: 11:00 am – 2:00 pm
Location: Deer Park High School
800 South Weber Rd
Deer Park, WA 99006
The Greenhouse & Deer Park School District are partnering with 2nd Harvest to provide Drive-Up Food Distribution Thursday, May 28th at 11:00am – 2:00pm at the Deer Park High School. Free food for those in need.
This election year, Cathy McMorris Rodgers has two opponents in the race for the congressional 5th district seat: Christopher Armitage, a Democrat, and Rob Chase, a Republican.
Each May, local 4-H and FFA youth look forward to showing and selling project animals at the Junior Livestock Show of Spokane. The show, scheduled to celebrate its 85th year, draws nearly 500 youth from the Pacific Northwest to compete for awards and to sell market animals they’ve reared for months.
The community has found yet another virtual way to come together. “Adopt a Senior” is a national movement made by the families and friends of the class of 2020.
The Stevens County / Spokane Tribe Broadband Action Team announced in a press release that they are collaborating with the Spokane Tribe Telecom Exchange (STTX) on a crowdsourcing project. By collecting internet speed data from residents, they will gain the ability to further advocate for an expansion of high-speed internet connectivity throughout communities in need of it.
The Pend Oreille County Master Gardeners are offering a free, live, internet class called “Bear Aware”, on Thursday, May 21st, from 6:30pm-8:00pm. The class will be taught by County Extension Director, Mike Jensen, who will provide information and educational resources so a person can safely and responsibly enjoy bears in the wild. If a close encounter should occur, the goal is to educate you on the best way to handle the situation and minimize the bear encounter risk.
School buildings may be closed for the remainder of the academic year, but every school district in the state is working hard to feed children–all children, ages 1-18, no matter their home school district.
