2 • The Southwest Portland Post
EDITORIAL
Join the Multnomah Historical As-
sociation and the Multnomah County
Library to learn how to research the
architectural and historical facts about
your home. Saturday, Jan. 25, 3:00-4:00
p.m. at the Hillsdale Library, 1525 SW
Sunset Blvd, 503-988-5388.
COMMUNITY LIFE
By Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
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Multnomah Historical Associa-
tion will hold their monthly board
meeting on Monday, Jan. 6 at 7:00 p.m. at
the Village Offices, first floor conference
room, 2929 SW Multnomah Blvd. Open
to the public. More information is avail-
able at www.multnomahistorical.com.
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Hillsdale Neighborhood Asso-
ciation will hold their monthly
meeting on Wednesday, Jan. 8, at the
Watershed Building, community room,
6388 SW Capitol Hwy (at Bertha Court
in Hillsdale). Visit www.swni.org or
call 503-823-4592 for more information.
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William Stafford Centennial
Celebration: The Oregon Poet
Laureate’s works will be read and birth-
day cake will be served. Wednesday,
Jan. 15, 7:00-9:00 p.m., at Annie Bloom’s
Books, 7834 SW Capitol Hwy.
Hosted by Susan McKee Reese,
Friends of William Stafford board mem-
ber. Feel free to bring a favorite William
Stafford poem to share. For more infor-
mation visit www.annieblooms.com.
Note: this is just one of a number of
events throughout the year celebrating
the 100th birthday of Stafford.
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Researching your house his-
tory: Have you ever wondered
about the history of your house, apart-
ment, church or other building? Wheth-
er you’re looking for documentation for
historic status or are just plain inquisi-
tive, tracing a property’s history and
learning about the people who have
lived there can be a fascinating and
fulfilling project.
January 2014
cess with SW Neighbors, Inc. (SWNI),
which means that they are able to accept
donations toward their legal fees and
that those donations are tax-deductible.
The SWNI fiscal sponsorship account
is very specific for their potential legal
fees and required contingencies for the
use of the money in the case the legal
fees are met or no longer needed.
The application was reviewed and
approved by the SWNI board and is
managed by the MNA chair and SWNI.
As of Dec. 15, there was over $5000 in
donations and a retainer of $5000 was
sent to the designated lawyer, Kristian
Roggendorf.
Clean Energy Works Oregon
Neighbors deal with water
tower property, energy
efficiency, traffic calming
The January meeting of the
Multnomah Neighborhood Associa-
tion will be held on Tuesday, Jan. 14 at
7:00 p.m. at the Multnomah Arts Center,
Room 30. Our December meeting was
held on Tuesday, Dec. 10 and the high-
lights of that meeting are below.
Freeman Water Tower property
A report was given by members of
the MNA sub-committee working on
the Freeman Water Tower property sale.
They report that neighbors working
to stop the pending sale of the Free-
man Water Tank are gathering at the
property located at 8625 SW 42nd Ave
on Sundays at 9:30 a.m. until the issue
is resolved.
Everyone is invited and encouraged
to attend. They also report that the sub-
committee has successfully completed
the fiscal sponsorship application pro-
A non-profit group, Clean Energy
Works Oregon made a presentation
to discuss how their group helps local
homeowners with home energy ef-
ficiency. The group works with home-
owners to assess the energy efficiency
of their homes and then works with
them through local contractors to make
the necessary improvements to resolve
those issues.
In addition, they have graciously
made to members of the Multnomah
Neighborhood Association a special
offer: for anyone who applies with
code CENPMU, and completes a proj-
ect in 2014, Clean Energy Works will
donate $50 back to the neighborhood
association. So we encourage interested
Multnomah homeowners to visit their
website at www.cewo.org to learn more
and to determine eligibility.
Traffic calming along Capitol
Highway
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Omanski elected Vice Chair
Many thanks to Beth Omanski, who
was appointed via acclamation as the
Vice Chair of the Multnomah Neigh-
borhood Association. We now have
three of the four MNA board positions
filled (chair, vice-chair and secretary).
The treasurer’s position is still vacant
and any local resident interested in the
position should contact your chair prior
to our January meeting.
Moses Ross, Chair -
Multnomah Neighborhood Association
MNAChair@gmail.com
The issue of traffic calming along
Capitol Highway continued to be
discussed. The chair presented draft
versions of the letter to be sent to the
Portland Bureau of Transportation and
Deeper Sedation Dentistry...
Dr. Little at West Hills Family Dental Center now offers
to City Commissioner Steve Novick, to
express our concerns with the speed of
traffic at two points.
The first area is the downhill straight
section as you drive south into the Vil-
lage near Southwest Texas Street. The
West Hills Preschool located along this
strip has reported many near-accidents
(and one actual accident) involving
parents picking up children.
The second area is the downhill sec-
tion of Capitol Highway as you drive
north into the Village at the intersec-
tion of Southwest 40th Avenue. There
is a fork in the road to allow traffic to
turn onto 40th Avenue and due to in-
adequate warning signage, there have
been numerous accidents reported.
Wording changes were suggested
and applied and the letters will be
sent by the end of the year. In addi-
tion, members suggested that these
letters be sent for review to the SWNI
Transportation Committee and to ask
for their assistance and advocacy with
these problem areas.
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