8 • The Southwest Portland Post
COMMUNITY LIFE
By Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
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Alpenrose Dairy will be hopping
during its 50 th annual Easter Egg
Hunt on Saturday, April 7. Attendees
should arrive early because thousands
of people attend the holiday fete at the
dairy farm (6149 SW Shattuck Road)
each year, and traffic is heavy.
The Easter bunny will accompany the
children during their quest for choco-
late eggs: The egg hunt for ages 3 to 5
kicks off at 10:30 a.m., and ages 6 to 8
begin searching at 12:00 noon.
Radio Disney will be on hand, trans-
mitting tunes from the dairy, and a
concessions stand will offer hot dogs
and ice cream for purchase. Admission
and parking are free. For more informa-
tion, call 503-244-1133 or visit www.
alpenrose.com
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The Southwest Candidates
Fair will take place Tuesday,
April 10 at 6:30 p.m. at the Multnomah
Arts Center, 7688 S.W. Capitol Hwy.
Sponsored by Southwest Neighbor-
hoods, Inc., this year the forum will not
include mayoral candidates.
With 23 mayoral candidates regis-
tered for the primary election, SWNI
CALENDAR
leaders felt they could not be inclusive
and still have time for a meaningful
discussion.
They have invited candidates for
Portland City Council positions 1 and
4 as well as speakers for and against
Multnomah County Measure 26-125 on
library funding. For more information
visit www.swni.org or call 503-823-
4592.
April 2012
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Join Southwest Trails PDX for
their next meeting where re-
tired ODOT traffic engineer and South-
west Portland resident Ed Fischer will
present a slide show and talk about his
recent trip to Europe with the Ameri-
can Association of State Highway and
Transportation Officials.
The purpose of the trip was to look
at traffic calming, pedestrian and bike
facilites in Europe and get creative ideas
for possible implementation in the US.
The meeting is Thursday, April 26 at
7:00 p.m. at the Watershed Building in
Hillsdale (6388 SW Capitol Hwy).
Jillian Daley and Lee Perlman contrib-
uted to this calendar.
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Second Saturday Family
Dance means fun dancing for
kids and families with live music
and Janet Trygstad calling! It’s hap-
pening Saturday, April 14, from 4:30 to
6:30 p.m. at Fulton Park Community
Center, 68 SW Miles St. $6/adults, $5/
kids, $20/family max. For more infor-
mation call 503-775-6537.
Kid & Habitat Friendly Yards:
Kids and nature can coexist without
a plastic play structure! Education
Director Matthew Collins will intro-
duce participants to “Nature Play”
as they create a backyard habitat that
supports ecological health while al-
lowing children to explore and play.
Saturday, April 14, at Tryon Creek
Natural Area, 11321 SW Terwilliger
Blvd. Adult workshop 10:00 a.m. to
12:30 p.m. $29/person. To register visit
www.pcc.edu/registration. Visit www.
tryonfriends.org or call 503-636-4398
for more information.
Gibbs Street pedestrian bridge. (Post photo by Don Snedecor)
Gibbs Street pedestrian bridge
on schedule to open in June
Jean Senechal Biggs of the Portland
Bureau of Transportation says that
the Gibbs Street pedestrian bridge,
spanning Southwest Barbur Boule-
vard and Interstate 5, is due to be
“substantially complete” by April 30
according to the City’s contract with
the builders, and the project is on
schedule to open this June.
After April 30, a month will be set
aside to complete a “punch list” of
minor items still needing work. No
operational or ceremonial “grand”
opening had been set at press time.
The bridge, already visibly in place,
extends from the east side of South-
west Macadam Avenue to Southwest
Kelley Avenue, providing a direct
pedestrian link from the South Wa-
terfront to the older South Portland
neighborhood.
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