Crystal Plum Bazaar

Christmas Wishes in Salmon Creek

Almost-two-year-old Bridger wasn’t waiting for Santa to make his Christmas wishes at the Crystal Plum Bazaar at Alki Middle School in Salmon Creek.

Some of my favorite items at the Crystal Plum Bazaar were handbags made out of recycled plastic bags by Shellie Sews (shelliepc@hotmail.com), Dirt Soap by Country Memories Soap, Photography by Jodi Tripp, and glass art by A Glass Act.

There are lots of talented local artists and local vendors in Clark County.  For unique gifts for your family, friends, or yourself, check out some of the upcoming Bazaars in our area.

Hope your wishes come true, and Happy Birthday Bridger!

Black Friday in Salmon Creek

Shop Till You Drop Camp.

Kids Club Fun and Fitness in Salmon Creek is having a Shop Till U Drop Camp for kids (ages 4-12) on Black Friday, November 27, 2009 from 6:30 am to 6:30 pm.

Drop the kids off and let them have fun; swimming (1st-5th Graders), Gymnastics, Arts and Crafts, Jungle Playland and more, while you have fun shopping, or just relaxing!

Registration is required, click for more information from Kids Club Fun and Fitness.

Destination: Family

Infertility Support Group in Salmon Creek.

Are you going through the difficult and stressful journey of infertility? You are not alone.

Come to the Infertility Support Group on the first Wednesday of each month (next meeting is December 2, 2009) from 7:30 to 9:00 pm, located in Legacy Salmon Creek Hospital Conference Room B (Third Floor).  This group was established by CrossWay Church in Salmon Creek, as a safe place for group members to share their hurts, dreams, fears, doubts, and joys; and is based on Christian perspective, but everyone is welcome and encouraged to participate.

For more information, Call Stephanie at 360.828-1663, or visit CrossWay Church on the web.

*Post updated 11/6/2009

Parking or No Parking?

That is the Question.

Update: County Commissioners have scheduled a public hearing on the proposed changes on December 8, 10 am at the Public Service Center (1300 Franklin Street).

Clark County Public Works will be holding an Open House for public input in regards to restricting parking in the Mt. Vista neighborhood by WSU in Salmon Creek.

In 2008, a group of residents North and West of the WSU Vancouver campus asked the county to restrict on-street parking. Surveys conducted in spring 2009 showed that a majority of residents living on Northeast 147th, 148th and 150th streets and 26th Avenue favored the change.

If approved, the county would restrict on-street parking along Northeast 147th, 148th and 150th streets between 29th and 26th avenues, and on Northeast 26th Avenue between 147th and 148th streets. The restrictions would occur Mondays through Thursdays from 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. and Fridays from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m.  Other roads north of Northeast 150th Street could also be affected.

If you want to be heard, or want to hear what others are saying,  the meeting will be Tuesday, August 11, 6-8 pm at the Clark County Sheriff’s Office West Precinct classroom, 505 NW 179th St., in Ridgefield.

*Originally posted August 10, 2009 at 9:45 am. Updated October 15, 2009 at 2:41 pm.

Not Too Shabby Salmon Creek

Boutique Now Offering Spa Services.

A Salmon Creek family operated boutique, Not Too Shabby, has expanded their services to include the “Master Suite Spa”. This new addition will provide full body treatments including Swedish massage and sports recovery.  The Master Suites foot and leg treatments are a unique relaxation experience for two or more. Kimberlee Kinlock LMP, is providing the expertise with 16 years of massage and spa treatment experience.

Family owned and operated for nine years by mother-daughter team Reshell Douglas and Nancy Karasinski, they have been a part of our Salmon Creek Community since 2006 at 13317 NE 12th Ave.

They are “graciously proud of being one of the remaining small owner-operated shops providing quality products and services in Clark County. Specializing in upscale quality gifts,  French bath & body products, baby and children gifts,  plus fashion accessories, and Vancouver’s only dealer of Brighton jewelry.”

For more information, call 360.695.5174.

Clean and Green in Clark County

Green Cleaning Workshop at Three Creeks Library.

You don’t have to use harsh chemical products to clean your house. Learn how to make simple nontoxic products for pennies per ounce. These products are effective and are safer for your children, pets and your health.

This workshop, sponsored by WSU and Clark County Clean Water Program, will be held at the Three Creeks Library in Salmon Creek on December 10, 2009. For more information, call 360.397.6060 x 7703, or click for WSU Clark County Extension.

Workshop is free, but $15 buys a green cleaning kit to give to a friend for the holidays. 

NSCNA Halloween Contest

Get Into the Spirit of Halloween.

The North Salmon Creek Neighborhood Association (NSCNA) will be having its fourth annual Halloween House Decorating Contest this year for homes in the NSCNA boundaries.  “Winners will receive bragging rights and a Best in the NSCNA award.  Enter yourself, your neighbor, or that house that catches your eye with a ghoulish graveyard.”  (Just make sure it is “just for decoration” ).

Email nominations to NSCNA@inthecouve.com or call Carrol Heller at 360.433.2676 (or any other NSCNA officer), be sure to include the address, and name and phone number (if available) of nominees.  Judging will take place on October 30, with winners announced at the November 17th meeting.  Interested in being a judge?, contact NSCNA@inthecouve.com.

Check out the latest North Salmon Creek Neighborhood Association Newsletter more information.

Watercolor At WSU Vancouver

Art on Display.

Washington State University Vancouver in Salmon Creek is currently displaying a group exhibition of selected Watercolor Artists from the Southwest Washington Watercolor Society in the Engineering Life Science Building through November 6.

The Southwest Washington Watercolor Society was established in 1979 to bring fine art to the community and to encourage a higher experience and education for both artists and the community.  WSU Vancouver Art Galleries are free and open to the public 8 am to 9 pm Monday through Thursday, and 8 am to 5 pm Friday.

Reading Around the World

Chinook Elementary is Having Their Book Fair.

Don’t miss the fall Book Fair at Chinook Elementary! This year’s theme is Reading Around the World. The
book fair is a fantastic opportunity to stock up on books for your home library, as well as to purchase books as gifts for your child’s classroom teacher.

The book fair will be October 13-16th, with extended hours on Thursday, October 15th, and Friday, October 16th.  If you’re interested in volunteering at the book fair, please contact Natalie Brehm at bookfair@chinookpta.com and let her know.

Solve a Mystery with the StreamTeam!

What Was the Cause of Death?

After volunteers spend time planting trees and making sure the native saplings go into the ground correctly, volunteers are needed to spend a day with the StreamTeam to make sure the trees survive.

Improve your native plant identification skills while learning how to monitor a native tree planting!  StreamTeam members will sleuth their way through a yearling planting to find who is the caper.  Was it deer in the wetland with improper tube placement?  You be the judge!

On Saturday, September 12, 2009 from 8:45 to 1 pm, the team will head out into the field to gauge the success of StreamTeam plantings.  Monitors will collect important data.  Volunteers are a major part of the scientific process!

Please contact Lisa Beranek at (360) 992-8585 for more information or to register.  Once you register you will receive meeting time and location.

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