Garland Street Fair

Held today, August 16th, 2008. The Garland Street Fair is an all-day family event featuring arts and crafts, games for kids, live music on 3 stages, classic cars, face paiting and food vendors.

The Garland Street Fair is a tribute to Judy Garland and The Wizard of Oz.

The bright yellow brick road bobs and weaves through the center of Garland street, leading visitors from one end of the Garland street fair to the other. Today was HOT HOT HOT but thankfully a few booths offered shade, and a place to plop down for a few minutes and catch some time under a fan. There weren't too many food vendors today, so Kim's Teryaki (always a Garland District treat) was packed with hungy and thirsty patrons who could catch a break from the sun. Take a look at some pics: Thanks! Aaron

Spokane County Traffic Safety Commission is putting on a free car seat safety check

Today at WalMart on North Division from 10am - 2pm.
After doing a little shopping with Olivia (while Rebecca slept after working an overnight shift at Sacred Heart), I popped over. I wouldn't have known about the free car seat safety check except that I drove right past it! The volunteers were amazing. Several volunteers helped get me checked in, and a Certified Child Passenger Safety Technician performed the car seat check. After filling out a brief survey and taking an optional safety quiz, a Safety Technician came over and got me started. At first she checked the belts and buckles with Olivia in the car seat, then had Olivia pop out. She and her assistant removed the car seat, recorded the model and year made and did a search for any possible past recall notices. Then, she showed me how to (properly) install the car seat back in our car. The best part of the car seat check was the safety education. The questions they address are:

• Is the car seat installed correctly?
• Is the car sear the right size for your child?
• Has your car seat been recalled.

Our technician talked to me about the benefits of newer car seat models. Ours car seat was made in 2002, which is on the cusp of what the safety experts would consider optimal. She also explained how different car seat models install differently in different cars depending on what safety features your car has. We also had a discussion about the increased safety of keeping Olivia rear-facing instead of forward-facing in her carseat.

The Spokane County Traffic Safety Commissions puts these car seat safety check workshops on about once per month.

• Their last free check station was on Saturday, June 21, 2008 at AAA located at 1717 W. Fourth Avenue Spokane, WA.
• Their next free check station is on Saturday, September 27th, 2008 at Dishman Dodge
• If you don't want to wait until the next Spokane County Traffic Safety Commission workshop, you can have your car seat checked at 7 child-seat fitting locations around Spokane county. You can also call (509) 232-2985 for more information.

Thanks, Aaron

Our Spokane real estate market according to the Spokane Association of Realtors

What the Spokane Association of Realtors says about Spokane Real Estate:

There were 489 sales reported in May compared to 441 reported in April. The average sales price was up 1.3% from April. May's average sales price was $206,284 while the median sales price was $183,000."

Again, here is what the MLS data tells us....

When we look at the Spokane MLS Real Estate statistics, what are we really looking at?

Everything. Every property type. Every city within the MLS. Which is why I don't like using the MLS stats. Generally, when we discuss the Spokane real estate market, I want to know about single-family homes in and around Spokane, not in Colville, Spangle, etc. Not condos. Not 120 acre parcels. Nothing wrong with these communities or property types, but I want to know about, analyze and discuss Spokane houses.

Read also: Spokane Real Estate statistics explanation

So, let's look at Spokane houses (a subset of the Spokane Real Estate MLS data), as of June 9th, 2008:

(The footnote states: Includes sales data from Spokane, Spokane Valley, Millwood, Veradale, Liberty Lake, Medical Lake & Airway Heights on Single Family Houses on <= 1 acre.)

... continued... there is plenty more...

Such as:
5 additional bar and chart graphs
Analysis of the trends in the Spokane real estate market

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