The Spokane Youth Sports Association (SYSA) is pleased to announce their upcoming "Breakfast with a Side of Sportsmanship" fundraising event on Thursday, June 7 at 7:30 am.  The breakfast will be held at the SYSA Bingo Hall on 2230 E. Sprague.

A minimum contribution of $100 is requested, but all gifts are welcome.  This year’s breakfast host is 700 ESPN's Rick Lukens and the featured speaker is Gonzaga Women's Basketball Coach, Kelly Graves.

Graves has turned the GU women’s basketball team into one of the elite programs in the nation in his 11 years at the helm.  He led GU to their unprecedented seventh-straight West Coast Conference Championship and fourth WCC Tournament Title in the last five yeaers.  He has also taken the Lady Zags to the Sweet Sixteen for the past three years and to the Elite Eight once.

SYSA has over 8000 youths participating in sports and camps throughout the year.  Over 600 youths were able to participate because of the generous support from the community totaling more than $40,000 to the SYSA Scholarship fund in 2011!

It seems like Thursday's Cliff-Cannon neighborhood meeting is going to be a bit busy with agenda items. The items of discussion are out, so in case you haven't seen them, here they are sent via email.

The group will be hosting Taylor Bressler with the City of Spokane parks and recreation department so he can talk about the city's parks and all his memories with the department. Sounds like the kind of conversation perfect for a fireside chat, or Roosevelt Elementary where the meetings are held.

On another note, Bressler once explained to me the kind of phone calls he gets regarding Cliff Park. Local wiccans always call to ask if the park has willow trees. 

Also on the agenda, there will be an update for the South Hill Coalition, Land Use Committee and the Spring Clean Up event coming up later in May.

Interested in attending? They meet the 2nd Thursday of the month at Roosevelt Elementary starting at 7 p.m. I'll be there taking notes, so if you can't attend, we'll have a recap of what happened the next day. However, it's always nice to attend these meetings to get to know your neighbors and have your say in decisions made.

Two concerts are planned for the Rocket Market this month. According to the music planner Isamu Jordan, the rest of the summer performances are still in the works, but that will come out soon.

Janet Johnson is performing on Saturday, May 19th at 7:30 p.m. and Sam Endress is performing on Saturday, May 26th at 7:30 p.m.

Also - The Scoop will be starting up live music soon. We’re still waiting to hear the official date, but from what the owner says, it could be a drumming group. Stay tuned for that.

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