8 • The Southwest Portland Post
COMMUNITY LIFE
By Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
Book Groups for
5 Pageturners
Adults. Read The Perfectionists:
A Novel by Tom Rachman. Engage
in stimulating conversation about
books, exchange perspectives about
characters and plot, and get to
know you neighbors. Thursday,
January 5, 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. Tues-
day, January 10, 6:45 to 7:45 p.m.
at Capitol Hill Library, 10723 SW
Capitol Hwy, 503-988-5385.
Dance. Fun dancing
7 Family
for kids and families with live
music and Maggie Lind calling will
be held Saturday, January 7, 4:30
to 6:30 p.m. at Fulton Park Com-
munity Center, 68 SW Miles St.
Admission is $6 for adults, $5 for
kids, $20 per family max. For more
information call 503-775-6537.
Historical Asso-
9 Multnomah
ciation will have their monthly
board meeting on Monday, Janu-
ary 9 at 7:00 p.m. at the Village
Offices conference room, 2929 SW
Multnomah Blvd. For agenda or
for more information visit www.
multnomahhistorical.com.
isla-
10 L tive e g Town
Hall. Residents
of Southwest
Portland, King
C i t y a n d Ti -
gard are invit-
ed to join Sen.
Ginny Burdick
(D-Portland/Ti-
gard) and Sen.
Richard Devlin
(D-Tualatin) to Sen. Ginny Burdick
CALENDAR
a town hall and open forum on
Tuesday, January 10, at 7:00 p.m. at
The Watershed at Hillsdale, 6388 SW
Capitol Hwy.
Multnomah Neighborhood Asso-
ciation meets again on Tuesday, Janu-
ary 10, at 7:00 p.m. at the Multnomah
Center, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy. Visit
www.swni.org/multnomah or con-
tact: Moses Ross, mnachair@gmail.
com for more information.
January 2012
No-sew Recycled T-shirts. Turn an
old T-shirt into a useful shopping bag,
then use the leftover recycled fabric
scraps to make necklaces, bracelets,
headbands, wrist cuffs and hats.
Make all these items (with no sewing
required!) with the help of artist Lee
Meredith of leethal.net. Bring an old
T-shirt, for teens and adults. Saturday,
January 21, 2:30 to 4:30 p.m. at Capitol
Hill Library, 10723 SW Capitol Hwy,
503-988-5385.
clothes. Rain or shine. Cost is $8 for
individuals, $12 for groups of two
or more, compasses can be rented
for $1. For more information go to
www.croc.org or contact Vanessa
Blake at 503-803-7495 or vblakeor@
yahoo.com.
Human Resources Man-
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ager. It’s Film Night on Tues-
day, January 24 at 6:30 p.m., Garden
Home Community Library, 7475
SW Oleson Rd, Portland, OR 97223.
Gain a whole new perspective
on HR from director Eran Riklis.
Israel. In Hebrew, Romanian and
English w/English subtitles. Of-
ficial selection of the Palm Springs
and Toronto film festivals! For more
information call 503-245-9932 or
visit www.wccls.org.
Just how well
do you know
Multnomah Vil-
lage? Find out
at the Colum-
bia River Orien-
teering Club’s
(CROC) first
event of the new
year, Saturday,
January 21, at
the Lucky Lab-
rador Pub, 7675
SW Capitol Hwy.
In this scaven-
ger hunt kind of
event, partici-
pants have their
choice of 60 or 90
One of Portland's biggest powwows is set for Jan. 21 at PCC minutes to find as
Sylvania. (Photo by James Hill, courtesy Portland Commu- many controls as
nity College)
they can. Regis-
tration begins at
Portland Community Col-
5:30 p.m. Maps will be handed out
lege’s Annual Winter Tra-
at 6:15 p.m. with a mass start at 6:30
ditional Powwow, showcasing
p.m. Bring a bright flashlight, reflec-
hundreds of Native American danc-
tive clothing, compass and warm
ers, drummers and vendors, takes
place on Saturday, January 21, from
9 a.m. to 12 noon in the Health and
Technology Building gymnasium,
at PCC Sylvania, 12000 SW 49th
Ave. Children’s activities, a college
Classic Hillsdale
fair, and a community dinner (at
Day Ranch - $387,000
5:30 p.m.) are among the festivities.
Admission and parking are free. For
Classic 3 Bedroom,
more details, visit www.pcc.edu/
3 Bath day ranch with
powwow.
sweeping southern
valley views and
enchanting private
garden.
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