8 • The Southwest Portland Post
NEWS
August 2013
National Night Out parties include
barbeques, potlucks and music
Sellwood Bridge construction includes
building a new culvert for Stephens Creek
By Lee Perlman
The Southwest Portland Post
By Lee Perlman
The Southwest Portland Post
National Night Out, this year August
6, is a time of year when people are
encouraged to gather together in parks
and other public spaces after dark.
Neighbors symbolically reclaim the
space and, by their numbers, make it
feel safe, rather than being a dead zone
where crime and other bad things can
occur.
Neighborhood associations often
have organized activities on this night,
and several are slated for this year. All
events are Tuesday, August 6, unless
otherwise noted. Below is a partial list:
Arnold Creek: 6:00 p.m. at Stephen-
son School athletic field. Bring food to
a share for a potluck with free dessert
from New Seasons Market. Music by
the Saturnalia Trio.
Bridlemile: 6:30 p.m. at Hamilton
Park. Bring a dish to share for a potluck;
there will be music by The Beat Goes On
Marching Band, field games and, they
promise, friendship.
Collins View: August 4, 3:00 to 6:00
p.m., at the Lewis and Clark College
pool. There will be tennis and swim-
ming, with a lifeguard on duty.
The association will provide bever-
ages and grilled food, but please bring
a side dish or dessert to share. In case of
rain, go to Templeton Campus Center.
No dogs.
Crestwood: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Dick-
inson Park. Potluck and dessert.
Hayhurst: 5:00 to 8:00 p.m. at Pend-
leton Park. Kids activities and live
music by Power Pep Band. Bike, walk
or carpool, please.
Hillsdale: 6:00 to 8:00 p.m. Friday,
August 9, at and hosted by The Water-
shed. Food, music and room to dance.
Homestead: 6:30 to 9 p.m. at the Du-
niway Park lilac garden, at the base of
Southwest Terwilliger Boulevard, with
free parking at the Shell station. They
promise “food and fun.”
Maplewood: 2 to 4:30 p.m. August
4 (some deviation in the official sched-
ule is permitted), April Hill Park. An
ice cream social is scheduled with ice
cream donated by Alotto Gelato and
Work will continue this month on
construction of the new Sellwood
Bridge.
In fact, according to Multnomah
County spokesperson Mike Pullen,
a large number of crews will be at
work on the project to take advantage
of the opportunity to do “in water”
work.
Construction work in the Willa-
mette River will be forbidden after
mid-October to accommodate mi-
grating fish.
The work includes pile
driving for the bridge’s
new piers. This involves
generating some noise.
However, according to
Pullen, so far the County
has received no com-
plaints from residents
about this.
As part of the project,
crews will shortly be in-
stalling a new Stephens
Creek culvert. This will
necessitate temporary
removal of a pedestrian
over-crossing.
Consequently, users
of a regional trail will A Sellwood Bridge worker sprays a stream of water at
be detoured to South- one of the old west piers in July as a way to help control
west Macadam Avenue concrete dust during demolition. (Photo courtesy of
between Nevada Street Mike Pullen, Multnomah County)
Crestwood National Night Out from pre-
vious years. (Post file photo by Jonathon
Marrs)
beverages.
There will be children’s games and
activities, music by Late Empire, tours
of the park’s natural areas and proposed
improvements, and a raffle to help fund
these projects.
Marshall Park: 6 to 8 p.m. at Marshall
Park. Complimentary barbeque and
ice cream.
Multnomah: 7 to 8 p.m. at Spring
Garden Park. Pie and ice cream comple-
ments of the association and Friends of
Spring Garden.
South Burlingame: 5 to 8 p.m. at
Burlingame Park. Bring a picnic dinner
to share; the association will supply
dessert.
Live music by the South Burlingame
Jazz Youth Orchestra and Still Kickin’,
and a raffle for prizes by local mer-
chants. Pets welcome on leashes.
South Portland: 6 to 8:30 p.m. at Wil-
lamette Park. The last of the free park
concerts with The Wicky Pickers.
West Portland Park: 6:30 p.m. at
Holly Farm Park. Bring food to share
for a potluck.
Portland Police Bureau representa-
tives will be at many of these events.
For information on other National
Night Out gatherings in your area, call
the Southwest Neighborhoods, Inc.
(SWNI) office at 503-823-4592.
SWNI can also help set up a block
party or gathering of your own. If
nothing else, leave your porch light on
that night to help your neighbors get
home safely.
and the Macadam Bay moorage this
month.
The City and County are also pro-
ceeding with plans to reconfigure
Southwest Miles Place as a narrow
road with 4.5 foot shoulders on either
side to accommodate increased bike
traffic once the bridge is complete.
This plan replaces an earlier scheme
to install a sidewalk on the west side
of the street to accommodate pedes-
trians, and necessitate the removal of
parking.
“I can’t say that everyone is com-
pletely satisfied, but most people
seem to think this is an improvement,”
Pullen said.
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