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Why some neighbors may be sporting binoculars this summer
HILLSDALE NOTEBOOK
By Jillian Daley
The Southwest Portland Post
Locals are taking a closer look at the
wildlife flourishing in their backyards.
In a presentation before the Hillsdale
Neighborhood Association on June
6, Portland State University assistant
professor Marion Dresner detailed an
effort to assess back yard and front
yard habitats.
Dresner said, starting in mid-June,
a group including local volunteers
would be exploring the Laurelhurst
and Hillsdale neighborhoods armed
with binoculars, spying on birds, plants
and insects.
Part of a larger study, the aim is to
determine the impact on wildlife that
Southwest Sunday Parkways
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five kilometer and eight kilometer
races and a walk.
For the Friends of Terwilliger, the
Sunday events are the conclusion of
an entire weekend of activity. At 10
a.m. Friday, July 20, there will be a new
Gateway sign unveiled at Duniway
Park. The morning of Saturday, July
21, there will be an ivy pull near the
Charthouse.
During the day there will be a
guided walk to Marquam Nature
Park. In the evening there will be a
free concert by Trashcan Joe, and a re-
enactor will imitate suffragist Abigail
Scott Duniway.
There is much anticipation of the
some neighbors had when they re-
moved non-native species and planted
native varieties through the Backyard
Habitat Certification Program.
“We really don’t know what the im-
pact is of all of these backyard habitats,”
Dresner said. “People who put them in
think they are doing a good thing. We’re
trying to find out by actually collecting
data.”
On Aug. 5, ecologists with the Eco-
logical Society of America will lead a
Bioblitz, an intense survey of the little
habitats spread throughout Hillsdale
and Laurelhurst neighborhoods.
For more information, email Dresner
at dresnem@pdx.edu.
How to protect yourself from
identity theft
Also at the Hillsdale meeting: Port-
land Police Neighborhood Response
Team Officer and Acting Sgt. Brian
Hughes and Hillsdale resident Robert
Hamilton gave a presentation on how
to protect oneself from identity theft.
Hamilton inspired the discussion
after catching a Caucasian woman with
facial scars rifling through papers in his
recycling bin.
The woman told Hamilton at the time
that garbage is public property. Hughes
said at the presentation that it is not.
Hughes said neighbors should be on
the alert and report suspicious activ-
ity, adding that the woman, who has
hazel eyes and brown hair, may be in
the company of a 6-foot-tall Caucasian
male with brown hair and brown eyes.
The two may be seen driving a Suba-
ru with bins in the back, but Hughes
asked that neighbors only report sight-
ings (503-823-3333 non-emergency) of
the pair if seen rummaging through
someone’s recycling bin.
July 2012
Budget Pitch to City Council
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struggling with the down economy.”
Bonella thanked Mayor Sam Ad-
ams, commissioners Amanda Fritz,
Randy Leonard and Dan Saltzman,
the Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc.
office, Stephen Sykes of the Bureau of
Environmental Services, the Portland
Development Commission and the
Portland Bureau of Transportation.
Bonella then asked for continued
funding for the Small Business Devel-
opment Center, storefront improvement
grants, neighborhood coalition offices,
and the business association umbrella
Venture Portland.
He also asked for “marketing money
for business districts that are impacted
by major capital improvement projects.
Make it standard practice by your bu-
reaus. It helps improve our success.”
– Lee Perlman
event, and not all of it is joyous. “This
is a new route, and people are ner-
vous,” Ginenthal said.
In some cases, residents are afraid
they will be locked into or out of their
homes for five hours. “There isn’t a
standard grid here, and the detour
routes aren’t obvious,” Ginenthal said.
However, an army of volunteers,
called Intersection Superheroes, will
be standing by to move barriers to
accommodate local residents. If you
have an hour or two to spare, they
could use you.
For more information about Sunday
Parkways, visit www.portlandsun-
dayparkways.com. To find out about
the Terwilliger Centennial, visit www.
terwillgerfriends.org.
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