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dancers, bicycle taxis, a composting
demonstration, the arts fair, music and
promotion specials in several Hillsdale
stores.
The celebration will last from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m., but, if you haven’t had your
fill, a post-celebration wine tasting and
live music are also in the works.
“We want it to be a day when every-
one is out,” said Linda Doyle, a Main
Street Board member. “And we want
them to come back,” said Doyle.
COMMUNITY LIFE
By Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
Historical Associa-
4 Multnomah
tion’s board of directors meets on
the first Monday of the month (April
4) at 7:00 p.m. History Center open
hours are Thursdays 2- 4 pm and by
appointment.
The History Center is located at
2929 SW Multnomah Blvd, Room 107
and includes local southwest Portland
neighborhood history, photos, maps
and memorabilia. Donations and new
members are always welcome.
If you have an interest in your neigh-
borhood history, we encourage your
involvement. For further information
go to www.multnomahhistorical.com
or call 503-893-5549.
Bond Forum. Southwest
15 School
Neighborhoods, Inc. (SWNI) is
holding a forum on the Portland Pub-
lic Schools bond and levy measures
on Friday, April 15, from 7:00 to 9:00
p.m. at the Multnomah Center, 7688
SW Capitol Highway at 31st Ave. in
Multnomah Village
The forum will feature detailed infor-
mation on the measures and a panel of
speakers for and against them. There
will also be time for audience questions,
comments and discussion.
This is a great opportunity to hear
and be heard about these important
measures, with enough time before the
May election to consider them carefully
and cast an informed vote. For more
information contact Will Fuller, chair
of the SWNI Schools Committee, at 503-
246-2328. E-mail wwfuller@teleport.
com. Or visit http://swni.org/schools.
Electronic Recycling
15-16 OPB
Drive sponsored by Green
Century Electronic Recycling. Recycle
your unwanted electronics on Friday
April 15, 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. and Saturday
April 16, 9:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m. at OPB/
Green Century Parking Lot, 6932 SW
Macadam Ave.
Electronics FREE to Recycle: LCD
Monitors, cell phones, telephones,
Portland artist Bobby Fouther was among the vendors at the Samali America
celebration, March 25, at the Multnomah Center. Story on Page 1. (Post photo
by Polina Olsen)
networking and communication equip-
ment, computers, laptops, printers, fax
machines, standing floor copiers, UPS
(uninterruptible power source), wire,
ink and toner, networking and misc
office electronics, keyboards, mice,
VCRs, DVD players, stereo and audio
video equipment, telephones, cameras,
PDAs and hand held devices. Fee for
Recycling: CRT Monitors $5 each; Tele-
visions $1 per diagonal inch. Proceeds
from CRTs & TVs to benefit OPB. More
info at www.opb.org/connect.
SpringFest.
May 1 Hillsdale
Hillsdale is planning
one big celebration for May Day: A
birthday party (the Hillsdale Farmers
Market’s tenth), and Arts Fair (at Rieke
Elementary School) and a Main Street
promotion festival.
So much is planned that organizers
are calling the day — and those that
follow — the Hillsdale SpringFest. The
May 1st kick-off will have May Pole
tools for free? What
19 Borrow
would you think of a library that
allows members to check out tools rath-
er than books? Portland has tool librar-
ies in North, Northeast, and Southeast
that lend tools just like your local library
lends books. In order to judge the need
for a tool library in Southwest Portland
there will be a meeting at 7:00 p.m. on
Tuesday, April 19, Hillsdale Library,
1525 SW Sunset Boulevard.
If you have a need for tools that you
don’t have, have tools you no longer
use and would like to donate, have ex-
pertise using tools, or if you just want
to find out what the heck a tool library
is please join us. For more information
please call Honey at 503.245.0223, or
send an e-mail to swptl@hotmail.com.
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