The Rainier Valley Heritage Parade & Summer Streets Festival is coming up this Sat., Aug. 8, and to celebrate, coordinators are inviting local kids to enter the commemorative coloring contest by illustrating answers to the question, “What do you like best about the Rainier Valley?”
It’s easy! Just print the official coloring contest entry form, work your creative magic and then drop-off or mail your finished drawing to SEEDArts (5117 Rainier Ave. S.) by this Thur., Aug. 6.
All submissions will be on display at the Rainier Chamber of Commerce (5290 Rainier Ave. S.) from Aug. 7 through 21, and prizes will be awarded for 1st, 2nd and 3rd place winners, who will be notified by phone.
Winning drawings will also be featured right here at your RVP!
Featured art by Sydney Campbell
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There used to be some fruit trees (apple, pear, and plum) in part of the city right of way which the power lines cut through (the Holly Park to Skyway powerlines). Unfortunately, these trees were removed, I believe some time during the 1980′s, probably to make it easier for the city to operate its grass mowing equipment. That is unfortunate as the apples were varieties that I haven’t seen at the grocery store. I’m sure the trees had been growing there for decades, and who knows who planted them originally. It was common for the local neighborhood kids, like myself, to go pick apples off these trees so the neighborhood moms could make applie pie or apple crisp, or applesauce.
See the following link to the South District Journal article on how South Seattle “Covered as it used to be with truck farms and orchards, South Seattle was once the breadbasket, or at least the fruit and vegetable basket, of Seattle. ”
http://www.sdistrictjournal.com/main.asp?Search=1&ArticleID=26796&SectionID=40&SubSectionID=262&S=1
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