Congratulations to 2011
Spokane Parks Foundation
Grant Award Recipients!

The Spokane Parks Foundation is pleased to announce the recipients of the 2011 Grant Awards. With an assortment of exciting park projects, and numerous well written proposals, the grant advisory committee was challenged in choosing the best projects to award. Equipment purchases funded include a new play structure at Millwood City Park, an ADA accessible drinking fountain at Plants Ferry Sports Stadium, defibrillators for three Spokane County pools, adaptive ski equipment and new snowshoes for youth for the City of Spokane.

There are also many activities going on in the park this summer funded by the Spokane Parks Foundation. The Brown’s Edition Summer Concert Series in Coeur d’Alene Park, the Friday Night Music Series at Manito Park, Artfest at Coeur d’Alene Park, Valleyfest at Mirabeau Point Park, 2011 4th of July Fireworks at Riverfront Park, and Make a Splash summer swim lessons.

Finally, we are excited to announce park improvements at High Bridge Park, where the Spokane Disc Golf Association will be improving public access to the course.

This year’s scholarships include: Northeast Youth Center’s summer camp, Peaceful Valley Community Center summer camp, and IMAX movies at Riverfront Park.

We look forward to watching these projects unfold this year, and cannot wait to see what projects the community has planned for next year.

Project Grants
8,766.93 City of Millwood - This grant will replace the old, deteriorated wooden play structure at Millwood City Park with new, safer playground equipment.

4,815.00 Spokane Disc Golf Association (SDGA), High Bridge Park Public Access Project – Provides funds for landscaping materials that will improve pathways and erosion control at High Bridge Park.

4,500.00 Spokane City Parks & Recreation Department, Therapeutic Recreation Services - This grant will purchase helmets and other specialized equipment for children with disabilities, enabling them to learn to sit-down ski and to enjoy outdoor recreation with families and friends.

4,420.00 Spokane County Parks & Recreation Department & Golf – This grant will provide funding for three Automated External Defibrillators (AED's) at Liberty Lake Regional Park, Northside Family Aquatic Facility and Southside Family Aquatic Facility, to save lives in emergencies.

4,000.00 Make A Splash in a Kid's Life Project - This grant will provide swim lessons and water safety education to under-served youth in the West Central neighborhood.

3,600.00 Spokane County Parks & Recreation Department & Golf, Plantes Ferry Sports Stadium - This grant will provide funds for an ADA Accessible Water Fountain for the public to use in a high pedestrian traffic area at Plants Ferry Sports Stadium.

2,500.00 Northwest Museum of Arts & Culture - This grant provides main stage musical entertainment at the 2011 ArtFest Celebration at Coeur d'Alene Park.

2,500.00 Spokane City Parks & Recreation Department, Riverfront Park 2011 4th of July Festival - This grant contributes funding to the City of Spokane’s 4th of July Festival and Fireworks Display, a community celebration providing the opportunity for free family oriented fun at Riverfront Park.

2,000.00 Coeur d'Alene Park Summer Concert Series Browne's Addition Neighborhood Council - This grant award will provide funding for partial expenses of Browne's Addition Summer Concert Series.

2,000.00 Spokane City Parks & Recreation Department, 2011 Friday Night Music Series - This grant will provide funding for the free weekly concert series every Friday from June 3 to August 26, at The Park Bench Café in Manito Park.

1,000.00 Mirabeau Point Park, Valleyfest - This grant funding provides for a portion of the entertainment expenses for free community celebration at Valleyfest at Maribeau Park in 2011.

600.00 Spokane City Parks & Recreation Outdoor Program, Therapeutic Recreation Adaptive Ski Equipment - This funding will make it possible for youth at risk and low income youth to use snowshoes and obtain instruction and guidance for snowshoeing at Camp Sekani and other parks during the winter months.

Scholarship Grants
3,525.00 Spokane City Parks & Recreation Department, Peaceful Valley Community Center - This scholarship will provide children from low-income families various recreational and educational activities through the ability to attend summer camp.

2,000.00 Spokane City Parks & Recreation Department Riverfront Park - This scholarship will provide children from low-income families the ability to attend an IMAX movie.

2,000.00 Spokane City Parks & Recreation Department – Aquatics. This scholarship provides swim lessons for 75 children from low-income families in the 2011 summer season.

2,000.00 Spokane City Parks & Recreation Department, Northeast Youth Center Summer Camp Program - This scholarship will provide children from low-income families various recreational and educational activities through the ability to attend summer camp.

Will you help? A donation of any size counts! Make a Donation

-Jocelyn Whitfield-Babcock

Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists PS receive
 a ‘Thank You” Plaque for their generous $3000
donation to 2010 Make A Splash Project and
announced another $3,000 donation for 2011.

Miss Manners - For Dogs

As you’ve probably heard by now, the very first dog park in the city of Spokane opened to public acclaim in January. Taking advantage of land donated by the City at High Bridge Park (between Riverside, “A” St. and Government Way) the site now sports a fence enclosing separate areas for small dogs and larger dogs, with lots and lots of room to roam.

Dogs and their persons are visiting the developing park but many of our solitary backyard kings don’t know how to behave with the canine crew they encounter there. That’s where trainer Carol Byrnes from Diamonds in the Ruff comes in. Carol teaches a refresher course for our mutts and mongrels on how to speak dog. Just like us, communication is key for the four-legged folks, too.

Persons will find it useful because it can speak volumes about their dog’s behavior outside the park, too. By reading your pooch’s body language, you can understand how they’re feeling. For example, Carol says, “If you bring your dog, and he’s slinking around, ears drooping and tail tucked between his legs, he is not having a good time.”

Dog Park Bad Boys (& Girls) – and How Not To Be One
When you’re entering the park, get the leash off before coming through the second gate, and keep those doggies movin’. A gaggle of greeters at the entrance can be a lot of pressure on the newcomer, who needs to be free to get her bearings and do some quick nose-to-tail, circular sniff-and-greets to get acquainted with the others.

Your job, just as when you bring your toddler to the playground, is to pay attention, stay with your dog, and intervene when needed. No more than you would when your three-year-old throws sand at another child, don’t assume that the four-legged kids will “sort it out on their own.” If they do, it may involve vet bills and hard feelings, the latter mostly from the humans, of course.

A few personality types and behaviors you’ll see anywhere dogs gather, as explained by Carol Byrnes:

Bullies and Gangs: Here’s an example of why it’s never a good idea to let the dogs sort it out on their own. A little dachshund is being chased by several dogs, most of them much bigger than him. All in good fun – at first. But then, Carol Byrnes points out, the chase becomes more intense, the “pack” becomes aroused, and the nervous dachshund flops confusedly to the ground. Interpreting this as prey behavior, the “pack” moves in, no longer playing.

Voices are raised sharply, people move between their dogs and the dachshund, and danger is averted. But the roughhousing could have had a bloody ending. Just like a parent on the playground, you must intervene.

Space Invader: Usually not aggressive, these dogs just get in too close, making the other dog uncomfortable. Same as you do when a stranger leans in too close.

Hall Monitor: Like the neighborhood busybody, they want to stick their nose into everyone’s business. When they move in to break up fights , this can be good thing, like the stranger who steps in to stop a bar brawl.

Of course, your darling dog would never put a paw wrong! (And your children are always models of perfection, too. Right?) But if she does occasionally goof, that’s okay. With a few pointers on proper doggie behavior, your pooch can become one of the gang at High Bridge -- ears up, tail high, and ready to run!

Help Grow the Dog Park!
Someday the park may have a hiking trail, splash pads, agility equipment, water fountains/lick tubes, lighting – and maybe even a picnic shelter. But only if you help! Please donate today!  |  Make a Donation

SpokAnimal Dog Park Wish List

• Six large garbage cans, each with lids.

• Large garbage can liners.

• Sponsors for Doggie Bag Dispensers ($90 each).

• Case of Doggie Bags $50.

• Drinking fountain for people with dog bowl for dogs at bottom $3700, plus installation.

• Sponsor a Port-A-Potty $50/month.

-Suzanne Schreiner

Free Park Fun
If your neighborhood or group is having a free event, festival,
concert or activity in a public park county-wide, send the information to freeparkfun@spokaneparksfoundation.org and we will spread the word
on our website and on Facebook at Spokane Parks Foundation.

Polly Judd Park Celebrates New Picnic Shelter

Polly Judd Park’s new Picnic Shelter is projected to be completed by June 1, 2011. Efforts to raise money for the much needed shelter began last April 2010 with a pancake fundraiser attended by neighbors and friends, including Mayor Mary Verner, Councilmen Jon Snyder and Richard Rush. After months of fundraising, a total of $30,000 was collected to complete the project. Over 50 families in the neighborhood including Polly Judd's family, the Associated Garden Clubs of Spokane, Rotary Club 21, and The Historic Cannon's Addition Community Development Steering Committee all contributed generously so we could reach our goal.

Ron Labarr of Labarr Architects, Inc. was chosen to oversee the project. His drawings were submitted to the building department last fall and a building permit was approved. The shelter manufacturer delivered the shelter components to Polly Judd Park early in May and the contractor plans to have the job completed by the end of May.

There will be a pancake feed to celebrate the new addition to the park scheduled for Thursday June 9th from 6-8 pm. We supply the pancakes you bring something to share...

-Pam Deutschman

The borders awash in bloom, June 2010.

Girl Scouts Save Moose Park

	Lauren Champlin, left, and Emily Busch

Lauren Champlin and Emily Busch are 4th grade Girl Scouts making a difference. For their Girl Scout Bronze Award, they decided to “save Moose Park”. Officially known as Gleneden Park, Moose Park was placed on the list of parks receiving reduced services by the Spokane County Parks Department last year. That meant the grass was not watered or mowed, flowerbeds and trees were not cared for. There was no trash service and restrooms received only limited cleaning. The park was destined to stay on that list for the 2011 season as well. When the girls visited the park last year, all they saw was dead grass.

This year, Lauren and Emily wanted their park back, so they organized a Spring Cleanup at Moose Park. They distributed fliers to the community to raise awareness and support for their local park. They’ve been working with the County to restore the grass fields. They partnered with the Spokane Parks Foundation to raise money to put into the park. Lauren and Emily have also arranged for volunteers to mow the park weekly and to provide limited trash pickup during the summer. As a result, the county has agreed to pay for irrigation and sprinkler maintenance this year. Thanks to the motivation of these Girl Scouts, Moose Park will again have green grass and will be a park that families will be happy to visit.

To celebrate their success, Girl Scout Troop 2007 is holding a Family Fun Day at Moose Park. The event will take place on Wednesday, June 1st from 4:30 pm. to 6:30 pm. There will be sports and games, a scavenger hunt and obstacle course, arts and crafts, face painting and refreshments. All are welcome to come enjoy the park.

Click to learn more about Lauren and Emily’s efforts.

-Jenifer Champlin

Thanks to Our Donors...

The Spokane Parks Foundation would like to thank the following generous supporters. Our sincere appreciation goes to the following individuals, businesses and foundations who demonstrate their friendship and support in so many ways. This list is for all donations made from Jan 1, 2011 to May 31, 2011. If we omitted anyone, please accept our sincere apology. You can help us correct our records by calling 326-5233. Thanks for your generous support!

Horticulturist–$10,000 to $24,999: Anonymous • Dolfin Phantom Industries

Master Gardener–$5,000 to $9,999: Group Health • Speedo USA

Conservationist–$2,500 to $4,999: David & Dorothy Pierce Charitable Trust • InTech, Turner Lynn • MacKerrow, Nancy • Northwest Orthopaedic Specialists PS

Cultivator–$1,000 to $2,499: Avista Foundation • Dix Corporation • Greenstone Homes • Kalispel Tribal • Gleneden Moose Park Girl Scout Bronze Award, Busch, Emily & Champlain, Lauren

Gardener–$250 to $999: Coon, Steven • Cummins, Heather • EWU Flip Flop Fundraiser • EWU Lambda Theta Alpha Latin Sorority • EWU Pi Lambda Phi Fraternity • Fix, Bill & Harriett • Girvin, George & Lila • Hillyard Lions • Hollister-Steir Labratories • Holmes, Phyllis & Voris, Bob • Kohl's Northtown • Kiwanis Club of Liberty Lake • MacKerrow, Nancy • Mauer, Kathy • Nersesian, Toni & Barlow, Tom • Querna, Donald & Christine • Quigley, Jim & Rosemary • Rotary Club of Spokane North • Sherman, Diane • University District Physical Therapy Foundation • UTF Benefit Concert • Waln, Lonnie & Adelle • Wendling, Kathy & Lyle • Whitfield-Babcock, Jocelyn

Grass Roots-$100 to $249: Anderson, Steven & Susan • Anderson-Michel, Connie • Architects West • Busch, Mike & Marguerite • Corbett, Brenda • Dix, Michael & Josie • Graham, Curtis & Virginia • Hawley, Robert & Brooke • Hobbs, Molly • Hussey, Jen • Kaufman, Ron & Diane • Laursen, Gary & Leslie • Manning, Kathleen R • McCoy, Matthew and Margaret • McGregor, Ronald • McNeely, Ellen & Richard • McNutt, Steve & Lorrie • Miller, Ivan • Milsow, Larry & Linda • Schroeder, Cynthia • Shipley, Catherine • South Hill Kiwanis • Robinson, Debra • Waln, Lonnie & Adelle • Wallis, Diane & Richard

Seedlings–up to $99: Adebayo, Kehinde • Anderson, Daren & Rachelle • Anderson, Steven & Susan • Angioli, Johnny & Shelley • Anonymous - Truist • Anonymous Donors • Ascentia Recovery House • Bacon, Laura & Kent • Baum, Edward & Sandra • Bell, Albert & Debra Joyce • Berkman, Miriam • Blackhawk Business Services • Brannon, Robert & Judy • Braskich Family • Brickner, Curtis & Doreen • Brown, Gary & Penny • Buckley, John J • Budinger & Associates • Buries, Mishelle & Jason • Busch, Mike & Marguerite • Busch, Mrs. R A & Michael • Calcaterra, Robie & Family • Campbell, Lorrie • Cannon, Penny • Chaon, Paul & Ashley • Christiansen, DeeAnna & James • Collins, Patty • Condon, Donald • Conover, Sarah • Cook, Dave or Freida • Covell, John & Stephanie • Crego, Sheila & Donald • Davis, Wm E & Eleanor • Delmar, June & J. • Dendy, Arthur • Denenny, Daniel • Dooley, Bryan • Dugent, Frederic • Eggen-Smith, J.K. • Endahl, Vince & Kristen • Erickson, Nicole • Farias, Lynn Marie • Frank, Jennifer • Fry, Steven & Debra • Gaffney, Angela & Cary • Gavin, Michael and Norma • Gilette, Christine • Gittel, Delmar & June • Goble, Joyce • Griffin, James • Hahn, Brian • Hall, Jeff • Hardie, Larry & Kristina • Harmson, Kimberley • Hawk, Cary & Rosemary • Heylman, Warren & Kathryn • Husfloen, Barry & Sharon • Isitt, Robert & Karmen • Johnson, Robert • Landry, Gerry • Laursen, Gary & Leslie • Liddicoat, Shane • Luety, Benjamin CPA • Marlin, Allison • McColly, Geraldine • McGraw, Colleen • Miciak, Heather & Ryan • Mobley, Karen • Neupert, Carol • Oliver, Charles & Mary • Olson, Richard & Trudy Hoy • Olson, Tom & Linda • Osebold, William & Patricia • Osebold, William & Patricia • Otterholt, Randy & Tracy • Perry, Jill & Michael • Pollard, Gary & Marianne • Pooler, Douglas & Sarah • Porter, Sarah • Price, Gary & Diana • Racht, Justin R & Kerry M • Redman, Anthony • Repovich, Wendy • Ritchey, Kimberly D • Robinson, Debra • Schafer, Mark and Kim • Shoemaker, Tyler & Jinger • Simon, John • Smith, Kevin • Soles, Daryl D & Louise M • Sollie, Sandra • Stanford, Richard & Kim • Stewart, Anna Lucia • Stickelmeyer, Victoria & Lee • Swannack, George & Mary Lynn • Tapscott, Yvonne & Douglas • Thomas, P L • Town & Co. Dental Labratories • Vahlstom, Thomas • Van Der Walde, Lukas • Volsen, Grace & David • Wallis, Diane & Richard • Weaver, James & Brenda • Whorley, Jack & Pamela • Williams, Alan & Nancy • Williams, David • Williis-Rector, B Arminta • Winters, Lorene & Dana • Wright, Carolyn • Yoder, Roger & Jeanne

Gifts were made in memory and celebration for the following:

• Architects West, Bruce, Kathy, Tanya and Diane Braskich, June & J. Delmar in memory of Brent Miller

• Karen Mobley and P L Thomas in memory of Collette Dodd

• Corbin Park Neighbors in memory of Mick McGarvey and Mildred Hamilton

• Christine Gillette celebrating Ann McGetrick

• Tim & Elaine Morgan celebrating Ashley Cheyenne Short