4 • The Southwest Portland Post
FEATURES
August 2012
Multnomah Days includes street fair, parade, live music, petting zoo and more!
By Lee Perlman
The Southwest Portland Post
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For a business district that claims
to be more than 100 years old, and
is such a success, the Multnomah
Village Business Association’s
Multnomah Days Festival and Pa-
rade – 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. August 18 –
still manages to change and evolve.
A safe, consistent starting point
is the Kiwanis Pancake Breakfast, 8
to 11 a.m. at the Key Bank parking
lot. $6 for adults, $4 for kids, with
proceeds to the Kiwanis camp for
children with disabilities.
Then there is “the biggest little pa-
rade” in Portland, with an assembly
point at Handy Andy’s, a kickoff
time of 10 a.m., and Timber Joey as
mascot. This year, for the first time,
organizers are asking participants to
make a cash donation to Neighbor-
hood House.
Neighborhood House will also
be doing some other collecting – in
a unique way. Up to and on Parade
Day they will have been collecting
non-food items of use to the needy
– hygiene supplies, paper towels,
cleaning supplies, toiletries – obvi-
ous necessities that can NOT be
purchased with food stamps.
On Parade Day the supplies will
be formed into a sculpture called
the Snap Gap that you can view at
the Neighborhood House booth at
Southwest 35 th Avenue. After the
event, the items will be put to use.
There will be a Kids Zone at the
Multnomah Arts Center basketball
courts from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. The at-
tractions will include a petting zoo.
For the adults, there will be a beer
garden and wine garden, courtesy
of Sip D’Vine, at Southwest Moss
Street from noon to 10 p.m., with
live music after 6 p.m.
There will also be live music on
the Main Stage, also at Moss, with
the following lineup at press time:
The Beat Goes On Marching Band
at the conclusion of the parade;
The Magnets at 1:30 p.m.; and the
Renegade String Band from 2 to 4:30
p.m. This year there will also be a
Community Stage, featuring local
talent, at Southwest 36 th Avenue.
Along Southwest Capitol High-
way there will be more than 100
street vendors selling everything
from food to art to the unique as
well as free information. (If you
Neighborhood Greenways
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According to Chisek, “In the South-
west, that’s kind of a challenge because
a lot of the residential streets, they
don’t have sidewalks, so you have
bikes and pedestrians on the street.
You have cars on the street.”
Maplewood Neighborhood Associa-
tion president Jill Gaddis said she is
excited about the changes.
“It’s so that our streets are safer to
walk on and ride our bicycles,” Gad-
dis said. “Children can walk safely to
school; we can walk safely to the park;
we can walk safely to exercise, go to
our neighbor’s house.”
For more information, go to www.
neighborhoodgreenways.com.
Finally, individual businesses and
institutions will have their own activi-
ties. For instance, the Lucky Lab will
have their annual Dog Wash, with do-
nations going to Dove Lewis animal
clinics. Umpqua Bank is co-sponsor-
ing an Energy Fair. The Multnomah
Arts Center will have their annual
Crafts Sale on the front lawn.
For more information about
Multnomah Days visit www.mult-
nomahvillage.org.
Vine and Dine benefits Village;
MHA sponsors community picnic
This year the fun spills over into
Sunday, August 19. Sip D’Vine will
be host to Vine and Dine, with par-
ticipants treated to tastings of fine
wines and food donated by shops and
restaurants. Tickets are $40.
For $60 you can have an “early
entry” at 1 p.m. (everyone else gets
in at 3 p.m.), and listen to renowned
geologist Alan Busacca speak on “Ex-
Police Chief Mike Reese was grand marshal for the Multnomah Days Parade in
2010. (Post file photo by Polina Olsen)
ploring Washington’s Ice Age.”
Proceeds will go to the Multnomah
Village Bloc Initiative to install vin-
tage light fixtures and street furniture.
For tickets visit http://vineanddi-
netickets.eventbrite.com.
Also Sunday, the Multnomah His-
torical Association is hosting a free
community picnic, from 11 a.m. to 2
p.m., at Gabriel Park.
MHA will be providing hot dogs
and cold drinks. Don’t forget your
blanket, lawn chair and picnic lunch!
For more information call 503-893-
5549 or visit www.multnomahhistori-
cal.com.
Multnomah Days Festival & Parade - August 18
Tye Steinbach, Amelia Blackman, and Joan Steinbach
Back row: Pat Connell, Ross Mang, Jeff Parker
Front row: Rachel Quigley, Angie Anderson,
Suzie Barendrick, Stacy Hawkins-Parker
Not pictured: Chris Malcolm, Wynn Parker, Betsy Shand
The grateful staff thanks
everyone for supporting
Thinker Toys as part of the
Multnomah Village community
since 1994.
7874 SW Capitol Hwy
(503) 245-3936
Parker Realty, Inc.
Your neighborhood Realtor
since 1980. Full-time service
whether buying or selling.
Dogs & kids always welcome .
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503-977-1888
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