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	In 1999 Celebrate! Spanaway volunteers cleaned streets, cleared vacant lots, and repaired and painted deteriorating buildings in Spanaway's historic district.

Murals stopped teen-age tagging. The clean-up effect rippled outward for blocks as homeowners and landlords were encouraged to "take a look at your property the way others see it." Celebrate!Spanaway's initial Safe Streets "neighborhood night out," to rebuild a sense of community and pride in Spanaway's historic district, grew into an old-fashioned street fair with artisans coming from as far as Florida and visitors from all over the U.S.

Ethnic Fest and Spanaway Fair Bring out Community Spirit
by Cecilia Nguyen
B2 The news Tribune, Sunday, July 29, 2001

With cherry juice-stained faces, Mit Nelson's granddaughters Jamie and Jordon indulged themselves at the fresh fruit stand. Just a few feet away, while admiring the vintage LeMay cars on display, Jampes Gipson reminisced with James Ramos about the 1960- and 1955 Chevy Belairs he used to own.

And at a booth one block down from the cars, an artist painted an azure-colored butterfly onto the cheek of Angela Sark's daughter. The Spanaway Historic Street Fair was just one of many community celebrations around the South Sound this weekend. Sark and her three children, who are visiting from Indiana, were all looking for a Saturday activity. After scanning the morning paper, they decided to go to Spanaway's fair. Sark said she and her family found pleasure in the simplicity of watermelon-eating contests, candy dives, face paintings and a bit of dancing - all elements in an old-time country street fair. "It's been surprisingly good."

The Celebrate! Spanaway Committee, Inc. is an all-volunteer non-profit 501(c)(3) qualified organization incorporated in 1999. Representatives from citizen, business, church, charitable, school, government, and community service organizations serve on the board of directors and committee-at-large.

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Celebrate! Spanaway Committee, Inc.
P.O. Box 1261
Spanaway, WA 98387

For more information, contact us at celebratespanaway@earthlink.net or

Entertainment: Martin Henry, 253-444-7342

Vendors: Julie Schaefer, 253-267-0824 or Francine Domschine-Hill, 253-843-1317

General Information: Joyce Swanson, 253-531-2509