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About The Southwest Portland Post. (Portland, Oregon) 2007-current | View Entire Issue (May 1, 2009)
May 2009 COMMUNITY LIFE By Don Snedecor The Southwest Portland Post 3 The annual Rieke Elementary School Art Fair is being held Sun- day, May 3 from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Fun for the whole family. Professional art and crafts for sale from some of Port- land’s favorite artists. Food, live music, art classes for kids. The Art Fair will be running in conjunction with the Hills- dale Farmers’ Market. The Art Fair will be located inside the Rieke School gym. Rieke School is located in the heart of Hillsdale, 1405 SW Vermont Street. For more information visit their website: www.riekearts.blogspot.com. Hillsdale Neighborhood Associa- tion meets again on Wednesday, May 6 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Barnabus Episcopal Church, 2201 SW Vermont St. Agenda includes a vote on the Capitol Hill Road speed bump project. Contact the Southwest Neighborhood offi ce at 503-823-4592 for more information. 6 Multnomah Historical Associa- tion is having an Open House on Saturday, May 9 from 2:00 to 4:00 p.m. at their new offi ce, 2929 SW Multnomah Blvd. Find out more about MHA by visiting their website, www.multno- mahhistorical.com. 9 Don’t forget to mark your calen- dar for the annual “Spring Cleanup” CALENDAR sponsored by SOLV, Southwest Neigh- borhoods, Inc. and PCC Sylvania. It’s Saturday, May 9 from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. at the Portland Christian Center parking lot, 5700 SW Dosch Road (off Beaverton-Hillsdale Highway. The cost is $10 per carload of recycla- ble items such as scrap metal (toasters, ladders, empty buckets); bulky items and large appliances (couches, chairs, refrigerators, exercise equipment); yard debris and wood items (weeds, leaves, vines, grass clipping, fencing). New this year PCC students and faculty will recycle your old, unwanted computer equipment for free! To volunteer con- tact SWNI at 503-823-4592. For more information about the Spring Cleanup, contact Kate Chester at PCC Sylvania at 503-977-8233 12 Multnomah Neighborhood Association meets again on Tuesday, May 12 at 7:00 p.m. at the Multnomah Center, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy. Agenda includes a vote on the Capitol Hill Road speed bump project. Contact the Southwest Neighborhood offi ce at 503-823-4592 for more infor- mation. “Post-Conflict Resolution— Challenges Facing Business, NGOs and the Obama Administration” is the third installment in Portland Community College’s “Global Busi- ness Speaker Series,” to be held at the Sylvania Campus. Mark Schneider, for- mer director of the United States Peace Corps, will be the keynote speaker. The lecture, which is free and open to the 13 public, will be held Wednesday, May 13 at PCC Sylvania’s performing arts center, 12000 SW 49 th Ave. For more information or to register visit www. bizcenter.org/globalspeakerseries or contact Kate Chester at (503) 977-8233. Volunteers are needed to help in planting and weeding at Multnomah Village Park on Sunday, May 17 from 9:00 a.m. to 12 noon. Dirt therapy-- it is mind clearing, great exercise, cheap and in the end you feel good about yourself and the commu- nity. Please bring work gloves, shovels, 17 The Southwest Portland Post • 7 hoes, etc. Check out the website: www. multnomahvillagepark.googlepages. com for other work party dates and events. The Portland Bureau of Trans- portation is holding a series of joint open houses to discuss both updates to the City’s Bike Master Plan, and its Streetcar Systems plan for the future placement of streetcar routes. The southwest session will be from 4 to 7 p.m. on Monday, May 18 at Wilson High School, 1151 SW Vermont St. 18
