2 • The Southwest Portland Post
COMMUNITY LIFE
By Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
Multnomah Neighborhood Associa-
9 tion
meets again on Tuesday, Octo-
ber 9, at 7:00 p.m. at the Multnomah
Center, Room 30, 7688 SW Capitol
Hwy. Find out the low-down about
the upcoming Multnomah Boulevard
sidewalk and bike lane project. For more
information, please contact Moses Ross,
chair, 503-309-7985 or email mnachair@
gmail.com.
Small Grants are
10 Neighborhood
available once again. Southwest
Neighborhoods, Inc.’s share this year
is $10,020. The funds, distributed to the
seven district coalitions by the Portland
Office of Neighborhood Involvement,
are available to community organiza-
tions for special projects. SWNI will
hold a workshop for potential grant
applicants on Wednesday, October 10
from 6:00 to 7:00 p.m. at the Multnomah
Center, 7688 SW Capitol Highway. Ap-
plications are due November 5. For
more information, visit www.swni.
org/grants.
Candidates Debate will
16 SWNI
be held on Tuesday, October 16
at 7:00 p.m. in the Multnomah Center
EDITORIAL
Auditorium, 7688 SW Capitol Hwy. The
debate will feature candidates Jeffferson
Smith and Charlie Hales, who are in the
runoff for Portland Mayor. Candidates
Amanda Fritz (incumbent) and Mary
Nolan are in the runoff for Portland City
Commissioner. For more information
call 503-823-4592 or visit www.swni.org.
of Portland Awards will be
29 Spirit
presented by members of the Port-
land City Council in a ceremony begin-
ning at 7 p.m. October 29 at the Double
Tree Hotel, 1000 NE Multnomah St.
Ashcreek Neighborhood Association
(Neighborhood Of The Year) is being
recognized for devising a formula ac-
ceptable to all parties for providing
traffic calming on Southwest Garden
Home Road; for working with the Crest-
wood neighborhood on improvements
to Woods Park and the intersection
of Southwest Taylors Ferry Road and
Capitol Highway; for creating a Good
Neighbor Agreement with a new sports
bar; for creating a memorial fund in
honor of the late Patty Lee; and other
accomplishments.
Southwest resident Bruce Murray
(Community Stewardship) is another
winner. He has served as board chair
of CASH Oregon, which works with
AARP and others to help low income
individuals secure federal tax refunds
they are entitled to. He has also vol-
unteered with Friends of Marquam
October 2012
Park, and helped secure funding for the
Southwest Trails Committee’s 4T Trail.
Annual Halloween in the
31 Sixth
Village is Wednesday, October 31
from 3:30 to 5:30 p.m. Last year more
than 1200 little goblins raided the Vil-
lage, so this year Portland Police will
be directing traffic. Start at Starbucks
(SW 34 th and Capitol Hwy) to pick up
your walking map. Finish across the
street for a special treat from Dr. Jensen’s
Multnomah Village Dental Care. Parents
are encouraged to dress up. Costume
contest with prizes, $5 photos to benefit
Neighborhood House on the Harvest
Stage. Visit www.multnomahvillage.
org for more information.
Lee Perlman contributed to this calendar
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Remember the Golden Rule when
driving along neighborhood streets
I see that the city is going ahead to
change the speed signs and reduce
the speeds in many Portland neigh-
borhoods. Many neighborhoods have
asked for and received traffic calming
techniques already.
Some southwest streets have elec-
tronic signs that tell you what the posted
speed is and how fast you are going.
Our neighborhood street happens to
be a main arterial and therefore cannot
have traffic calming due to the needs of
emergency vehicles.
A large percentage of cars blow right
through the stop sign near my home and
almost all speed on this neighborhood
street.
I requested one of those electronic
speed signs but was told that there are no
funds. Furthermore, the police told me
that they couldn’t enforce the speed on
my street because there is no place to hide!
So, I am asking all the residents of
neighborhoods who have benefit of
speed calming options to stop speeding
on ALL streets!
You want me to drive slowly past
your house and residents of my neigh-
borhood street would like the same
courtesy. Think about it!
Patti Waitman-Ingebretsen
Multnomah
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