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COMMUNITY LIFE
By Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
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Hillsdale Neighborhood Asso-
ciation is hosting a Harvest Pot-
luck on Wednesday, September 5, at
6:00 p.m. at a special location. Bring
a favorite dish to share at The Water-
shed at Hillsdale (Southwest Bertha
Court and Capitol Highway). Pot-
luck at 6:00 p.m., meeting follows
at 7:00 p.m. Contact Mikal Apenes,
503-705-9777, mikal@windemere.
com for agenda information.
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Occupy Politics 2012, a show of
acrylic on canvas and mixed me-
dia on paper by Allen Schmertzler,
will be on display at the Multnomah
Arts Center Gallery, 7688 SW Capi-
tol Hwy, September 7 through
October 3. Opening reception with
the artist will be Friday, September
7, 7-9 p.m. Contact Jay Campbell at
503-823-2787 for more information.
Editor’s Note: Schmertzler was editorial
cartoonist at The Post from 1994-2005.
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Read The Crying Tree by Nas-
eem Rakha. Meet the author!
Tuesday, September 11, 6:30-7:30
p.m., at the Hillsdale Library, 1525
SW Sunset Blvd, (503) 988-5388.
Engage in stimulating conversation
about books, exchange perspectives
about characters and plot, and get
to know your neighbors in the Pag-
eturners Book Group. Sponsored
by the Friends of the Library. For
adults.
CALENDAR
Multnomah Neighborhood As-
sociation meets again on Tuesday,
September 11, at 7:00 p.m. at the
Multnomah Center, 7688 SW Capi-
tol Hwy. For agenda information,
contact Moses Ross, mnachair@
gmail.com or the Southwest Neigh-
borhood office at 503-823-4592.
September 2012
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Coal Hard Truth Forum.
There are proposals to trans-
port megatons of coal through Or-
egon and Washington en route to
Asia’s coal-fired plants. A panel of
experts and community members
will discuss the coal export issue.
Learn more at this free event. Mon-
day, September 24, 7:00-8:30pm,
Multnomah Center Auditorium, 7688
SW Capitol Hwy. No reservations
needed. For information contact Bon-
nie McKinlay at 503-705-1943 or via
email, goto350pdx@gmail.com.
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The Southwest Land Use
Committee will have a meet-
ing on the proposed Portland Plan
on Wednesday, September 19, at 7:00
p.m. at the Multnomah Center, 7688
S.W. Capitol Hwy. The Plan will ex-
amine and perhaps change regula-
tions and programs governing City
actions and private development,
including zoning. City staff is try-
ing to create transitions between
designated high-density areas and
single-family neighborhoods.
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Mahrajan, the largest cele-
bration of Arab heritage and
culture in Oregon is now in its third
year. Experience delicious Arab
cuisine, coffee, tea and refresh-
ments, an Arab souq (bazaar), arts
and crafts, henna painting, cooking
demonstrations, an art show, music,
dancing, a fashion show of Arab
attire from throughout the Middle
East, children’s activities, a raffle for
prizes, and more! Saturday, Sept. 22,
11 a.m.-7 p.m. Portland Community
College, Sylvania Campus, Per-
forming Arts Center lobby and
courtyard, 12000 SW 49 th Ave. Free
parking available. Co-sponsored by
the Arab American Cultural Center
of Oregon and PCC Sylvania.
F o r m o re i n f o r m a t i o n , v i s i t
www.araboregon.org.
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lower standard for streets could
stigmatize the areas they are located
in as lower class communities.
In developing such options, “We
need the community to come out
and participate,” Baugh said. “We
need for them to see this as an
enhancement of the value of their
street.”
Leon said that the City would
still require developers to pay the
same amount of money for street
improvements, but provide “flex-
ibility” in deciding how the money
is used.
Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc.
Transportation Committee chair
Roger Averbeck shared some of
Valdez’s concerns. “It’s not okay to
ask children, the elderly and people
with disabilities to share the road
with cars,” he told The Post.
According to Averbeck, “Traffic
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calming would make it more feasi-
ble, but would also add cost. This is
aimed at other parts of the city that
don’t have the grade, visibility and
storm water issues we have here.”
“This may make the roads better
for cars, and possibly for bicycles,”
Averbeck continued, “but you can’t
create something that is truly un-
safe. Safety trumps convenience.”
Southwest Trails chair Don Baack
had a different take on the proposal.
“Sidewalks are fine and dandy, but
if you insist on having those, noth-
ing will ever be built,” he told The
Post.
According to Baack, “This is a
good start at trying to provide al-
ternative ways to build streets.” His
own street would meet the criteria
for lean shared streets, he said, and
so would many others in southwest.
Baack agreed with Averbeck that
traffic calming should be included.
“We need more creativity in design-
ing streets, and (Leon’s) proposal
calls for that,” Baack said.