In brief: Groups offer tree disposal services
After the holidays, a crispy brown Christmas tree will be as welcome as the in-laws staying in the guest room – both will need to go, and soon.
A Christmas tree disposal service is being sponsored from noon to 4 p.m. Dec. 30 and 31 and Jan. 6 and 7 by East Valley Senior All-Knighter group. For $7, trees can be dropped off at Wellesley Avenue and Sullivan Road in the southwest corner of the EVHS parking lot.
The group also can arrange tree pickup service for $10 by calling 979-4927. This group is raising funds for an all-night, substance-free graduation celebration.
The University High School Band and Color Guard will offer this service Jan. 6 and 7 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. A tree pickup service is offered for $10. Call 228-5307 to schedule collection dates.
Trees also can be dropped off during these dates for $5 at these sites: University High School, 32nd Avenue and Pines Road; University Elementary, 1613 S. University Road; and Broadway Elementary, 11016 E. Broadway Ave.
Waste Management Inc. will provide free curbside pickup for existing yard waste customers. Please put your tree next to the green yard waste bin.
Share those smiles
We want to see some photos
Picture Perfect is a weekly scrapbook of the people and events that make life in Spokane Valley special. We’ll publish your slice-of-life photographs for free.
Just send in your family snapshots via e-mail or put them in an envelope and deliver them the old-fashioned way. If you mail photographs please print the caption information and provide a daytime phone number in case we have questions. Include a couple of sentences with details about the photo. All photographs will be returned.
Send your submissions to Valley Voice photo editor J. Bart Rayniak at bartr@spokesman.com or send a letter to: Picture Perfect, Valley Voice photo editor, The Spokesman-Review, 13208 E. Sprague Ave., Spokane Valley, WA 99216.
Volunteer
City seeks cable board member
Spokane Valley is looking for a volunteer to serve on the City-County Cable Advisory Board.
The board’s duties include advising local governments on local cable-TV franchise issues and considering unresolved complaints from cable customers.
Members serve a three-year term and are unpaid.
Applications are available on the “volunteer opportunities” section of the city’s Web site, www.spokanevalley.org, or at the clerk’s office at City Hall, 11707 E. Sprague Ave.
For more information, contact the city at 921-1000.
The successful applicant is appointed by the mayor and confirmed by the City Council.