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Gingerbread garbage goat has same functions as Riverfront Park sculpture

An award-winning gingerbread garbage goat with the same functions as the Riverfront Park sculpture will be on display throughout the holiday season at the Davenport Grand Hotel.

SPOKANE, Wash. — An award-winning gingerbread garbage goat with the same functions as the Riverfront Park sculpture will be on display throughout the holiday season at the Davenport Grand Hotel.

Amber Owens, owner of Casual Friday Donuts, Lilac City Bakery and Celebrations Bakery, said her team of volunteers spent about 60 hours over two weeks working on the dough and royal icing for the masterpiece. The team then constructed the goat at the 14th annual Gingerbread Build-Off benefiting local nonprofit Christ Kitchen on Sunday.

Photo courtesy of the Spokane Parks Foundation

This year’s build-off theme was “historic Spokane landmarks.”

The gingerbread garbage goat, which won the People’s Choice Award at the contest, was placed in front of a backdrop of Spokane’s iconic pavilion and clock tower in Riverfront Park. It even has a shop-vac inside so it can suck garbage like the sculpture located in Riverfront Park, Owens said.

The goat’s body is made of Rice Krispy Treats and coated in chocolate for stability. It took 50 sheets of gingerbread to create the goat’s hair.

The garbage goat sculpture in Riverfront Park is located next to the Loof Carrousel near the intersection on West Spokane Falls Boulevard and North Stevens Street.

It was sculpted out of copper and brass by Sister Paula Turnbull, who passed away in July, to commemorate environmental consciousness for Expo ’74. The city wanted to make sure people knew that it was important to keep the earth clean and litter free.

Owens said her general manger Kira Cowell and manager Leslie Knapp spearheaded this year’s building process. This is the first time her team has won an award after previous appearances at the competition.

Also see: Beloved garbage goat in Riverfront Park upset dairy farmers back in 1974

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