CALeNDAR OF eVeNTS
6 • The Southwest Portland Post
COMMUNITY LIFe
By Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
Agatha Christie’s “The Mouse-
trap” returns to Wilson High
School this month. The long-running
hit play is about a group of strangers
stranded in a boarding house during a
snowstorm, one of whom is a murderer.
The play will be performed November
1, 7, 8 with shows starting at 7:00 p.m.
and November 2, 9 matinees beginning
at 2:00 p.m. Tickets are $10 for general
admission, $5 for students/faculty on
sale at the door. Cosgrove Auditorium,
Wilson High School. Call (503) 916-5280
for more information.
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Election Day Prayer Vigil Join
your neighbors in a time of quiet
prayer and meditation for the future of
our neighborhood and nation. Feel free
to come and go as you wish. The vigil
takes place on Tuesday, November 4,
11 a.m. to 1: p.m. and 5 p.m. to 7 p.m.
at Hillsdale Community Church, 6948
SW Capitol Hwy (between Texas and
California streets). Call (503) 246-5764
for more information.
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Maintaining Sports and Health
Performance Throughout Life is
the title of a lecture presented by Dr.
Kerry Kuehl, M.D., Ph.D. who is associ-
ated professor of medicine (health pro-
motion and sports medicine) at OHSU.
The lecture will be held Wednesday,
November 5 from 7-8 p.m. at the OHSU
Center for Health & Healing, 3303 SW
Bond Ave, third fl oor. FREE. This is one
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of fi ve in the “Ask the Health Experts”
lecture series for November. To register
or for more information visit www.
ohsuhealth.com/seminar or call (503)
494-1122.
Loaves & Fishes Homecoming Dance
Southwest Loaves & Fishes Center is
holding a homecoming dance for area
senior citizens on Wednesday, Novem-
ber 5 from 1:30 to 3:30 p.m. The event
will feature tunes from the 1940s to
present spun by DJ Tim Veach from “A
Time to Dance.” Suggested donation is
$2.75. Seniors are encouraged to wear
their letterman jackets and bring fi nger
food to share. Special guests will be
high school seniors from Oregon Epis-
copal School who will be available for
dancing or conversation. The dance will
be held at the Multnomah Center, 7688
SW Capitol Hwy. For more information,
contact Donna Trilli at (503) 244-3873.
Pageturners engage in stimulat-
ing conversation about books,
exchange perspectives about characters
and plot, and get to know your neigh-
bors. Read “My Montana: A History
and Memoir, 1930-1950” by Jewel Beck
Lansing. Meet the author! Lansing
makes a special appearance on Thurs-
day, November 6, 1:30-2:30 p.m. at the
Capitol Hill Library, 10723 SW Capitol
Hwy, (503) 988-5385.
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Stormwater Retrofit Workshop The
City of Portland holds free workshops
to show ratepayers how to manage
stormwater on their property. The next
workshop in Southwest will be held
Thursday, November 6 from 6:30 to 8:30
p.m. at the Multnomah Center, 7688 SW
November 2008
Capitol Hwy. Get more
information at www.
CleanRiverRewards.com
or call 503-823-1371.
Portland Japanese
Garden will be
hosting their fall Free Ad-
mission Day on Veteran’s
Day, Tuesday, Novem-
ber 11, from 10 a.m. to 4
p.m. The garden is above
Washington Park at 611
SW Kingston Drive. Spon- High schoolers Adrian de Forest, Derek Herman, and
sored by the PGE Founda- Jennifer Rowe text each other in “Speech & Debate”
tion, the event will also playing now through November 23 at Artists Repertory
benefi t the Oregon Food Theater. (Photo by Owen Carey)
Bank through collections
of food donations at the gate. Please
Neighborhood Association meeting
bring non-perishable items, canned,
on Thursday, November 13, 6:00 p.m.
plastic or boxed. For more information
at Capitol Hill Elementary School li-
visit www.japanesegarden.com or call
brary. Online survey results and project
503-328-0050.
updates are posted online: go to www.
portlandparks.org and select “Projects/
Multnomah Neighborhood As-
Natural Area Projects/Marshall Park.”
sociation will meet at a special
For more information, contact Roth
time this month due to closure of the
at emily.roth@ci.portland.or.us or call
Multnomah Center for Veteran’s Day.
(503) 823-9225.
The group will meet Wednesday, No-
vember 12 at 7:00 p.m. at the center,
Read to the Dogs Improve your
7688 SW Capitol Hwy. Nominations for
reading skills by reading aloud
new offi cers, and an update on the Sears
to therapy dogs from the DoveLewis
Armory are among the agenda items
Animal Assisted Therapy Program. For
scheduled. For more information call
kids and teens. Saturday, November 15
the Southwest Neighborhood offi ce at
and Saturday, November 22, 11 a.m. to
(503) 823-4592 or contact Randy Bonella
1 p.m. at the Hillsdale Library, 1525 SW
via e-mail rmbonella@addmm.com.
Sunset Blvd. Registration required; call
(503) 988-5388.
Marshall Park Habitat Manage-
ment & Trail Plan Emily Roth,
Historic Preservation Needs
Portland Parks and Recreation senior
Assessment The Bosco-Milligan
planner/project manager will discuss
Foundation with support from the
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the draft plan at the Marshall Park
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