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PRIEST RIVER — Selkirk Alliance for Science invites the public to learn how scientists analyze land features to infer past, current and future river or floodplain formations.
This 30-minute SAS Power of Science presentation is 4 p.m. Thursday, Sept. 3 at a meeting of the Priest River Watershed Group in the West Bonner Library, 118 Main St., Priest River. Attendance is free to everyone.
Lots to do at Create
NEWWPORT — Create Arts Center hosts an Artists in the Garden sale on Sunday, Sept. 20, noon to 3 p.m.
There will be refreshments, conversation, and music by Greg Vaughn. The sale will be indoors if there is inclement weather.
Bill Moore will present a Rhythm Healing Workshop on Sunday, Sept. 13, 1-2:30 p.m. for $15. Preregistration required.
In September, the youth Creative Play Date, ages 8-12, returns to 3-4:30 p.m. on the first and third Wednesdays of the month. Ben Kardos’ Rhyme and Rhyme, ages 10–14, is on the second and fourth Thursdays, 3-4 p.m. These two classes are free thanks the Kalispel Tribe of Indians. Preregistration required at CREATE, 900 W 4th Newport or online at www. createarts.org.
For more information call 509-447-9277.
‘Garden Hacks: Work Smarter, Not Harder’ class
NEWPORT — The WSU Pend Oreille County Master Gardeners will host a very special class on Garden Hacks: Work Smarter, Not Harder, on Thursday, Sept.
10, at 1 p.m. at the WSU Pend Oreille County Extension Office, located at 227A South Garden Ave. in Newport.
This class will be taught by longtime Inland Northwest Garden writer and consultant Pat Munts, whose five decades of hands-on experience have shaped her practical, efficient approach to gardening.
From her home garden in Spokane where she has weathered fire, ice, snow, deer, bugs, heat, cold, and plenty of weeds, Munts has developed strategies to make gardening easier at any age. She will share tips on moving materials around the garden, keeping deer at bay, controlling weeds, propagating plants, and repurposing castoff materials. Her message is clear: with the right techniques, gardeners can continue enjoying their gardens well into their 70s and 80s. The cost of the class is $5 per person.
Munts writes a weekly gardening column for the Spokesman-Review and is co-author of the Northwest Gardeners Handbook, the first book to fully address gardening conditions on both sides of the Cascades. She retired from WSU Spokane County Extension after 15 years, where she helped establish community gardens throughout the region, and now offers landscape consulting as Pat Munts Garden Coach.
To register for this class, contact Beverly Sarles, M-F, 8-4:30 p.m., at 509-447-2401 or email anytime at [email protected].
Mule barn restoration tours
PRIEST LAKE — The Priest Lake Museum’s Bismark Mule Barn Restoration Progress Tour is at 10 a.m.
Tuesday, Sept. 15 and Monday, Oct. 5 This is a short mile hike to the former Bismark Ranger Station and Mule Barn. Participants should meet just south of Nordman; look for the sign.
Call Kristen to RSVP and get directions to the Barn at 971-563-6681.
Housed in the historic Luby Bay Ranger Station log cabin, Priest Lake Museum collects and displays historic items onsite and online. Hours are 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Tuesday through Sunday. For more information, call 208-443-2676 (summer only), email priestlakemuse-um@ gmail.com or go to the “contact us” page at www. priestlakemuseum.org.
