June 2014
NEWS
The Southwest Portland Post • 7
Thieves steal trees and shrubs from gardens in Multnomah Village
By Erik Vidstrand
The Southwest Portland Post
There have been some recent
thefts of trees and shrubbery along
SW Capitol Hwy. in the Multnomah
Village area.
Portland Police Officer Dan Spie-
gel reported that there was a theft
of a tree at a home on the 7400 block
of Southwest Capitol Highway.
This occurred during the night
of May 17 or early the morning of
May 18. An apple tree was removed
from the back of the home. The tree
was not recently planted.
While taking the report, Spiegel
learned that some shrubbery was
also stolen from the front of a
couple of other homes in the area.
Four bamboo trees that had
recently been planted were also
stolen from the side of an office
building located at 7600 SW Capitol
Hwy. during the weekend of May
10-11.
If you hear that someone was the
victim of this kind of theft, please
encourage them to report it. They
can call the non-emergency num-
ber to the police at 503-823-3333 or
they can report it online at www.
portlandoregon.gov/police/cor.
“It’s important to report all inci-
dents of crime,” Stefanie Adams,
crime prevention coordinator for
Southwest Portland said, “That
way we’ll have statistics which
reflect trends in crime and the
police officers are made aware of
problems in the neighborhood.”
Adams offered some additional
prevention tips.
Call the police when you observe
suspicious activity in your neigh-
borhood. If what you see appears
to be an immediate threat to life
or property or a crime in progress,
call 9-1-1.
If not, call the non-emergency
number to the police at (503) 823-
3333.
“When in doubt start with 9-1-1,”
Officer Spiegel stressed. “The more
you know about your neighbors
and the routines of the neighbor-
hood, including businesses, the
more readily you will be able to
identify suspicious behavior.”
Make sure that there is adequate
and even lighting around your
property. If neighbors or passerby
cannot observe activity occurring
on your property, they will not be
able to get involved and call the
police if there are problems.
Motion detector lighting is an ef-
fective option; many systems allow
you to set the distance of activation,
which can be set to edge of your
property.
Some people may be motivated to
take further steps to prevent theft
of vegetation. There is a website
that provides some ideas: www.
thecrimepreventionwebsite.com.
For more information on crime pre-
vention, please check out the city’s
Facebook page at www.facebook.
com/portlandcrimeprevention.
Oregon short story
writers coming to
Multnomah Village for
reading
By Lee Braymen-Cleary
The Southwest Portland Post
If you support Oregon writers—not
to mention local small presses—mark
your calendars for Thursday, June 5, at
7:00 p.m. Annie Bloom’s Books (7834
SW Capitol Hwy) in Multnomah Vil-
lage will host four such writers who
read from their works.
Readers will include Jan Baross of
Southwest Portland, Gail Gartley of
Bend, Steve Denniston of Southeast
Portland, and Jackie Shannon Hollis
of Aloha.
E a c h
writer is
affiliated
with the
new small
press, For-
est Avenue
Press. Their
work will
appear in
the Hills-
dale press’s
anthology
The Night,
and the
Rain, and the River, a collection of 22
short stories edited by Multnomah Vil-
lage resident Liz Prato, and, of course,
written by Oregonians.
Forest Avenue Press offers this collec-
tion in part because it acquired a 2014
Oregon Literary Fellowship. Not a bad
accomplishment for a young organiza-
tion striving to make its mark among
larger and more established presses.
Laura Stanfill, press founder and
Southwest Portland resident, is jus-
tifiably proud of her two year-old
establishment. “We’ve seen amazing
reviews, blurbs, and newspaper cover-
age for our work, including recently
being included in the May cover story
by Portland Monthly, “100 Reasons to
Love Portland.”
Advertise in the Post!
Call 503-244-6933
A NEW LAND USE PROPOSAL FOR PORTLAND, COMING THIS SUMMER
THE CITY’S NEW COMPREHENSIVE PLAN WILL INCLUDE LAND USE CHANGES TO CREATE A HEALTHIER, SAFER, MORE CONNECTED CITY.
Share feedback with the
Planning and Sustainability
Commission (PSC)
starting July 21.
Zoom into your neighborhood
www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/mapapp
Through the interactive Map App,
you can view proposed land use
changes, read more about the
project, add your name to the
mailing list and give feedback.
You’ll also see where and how
development will be guided over
time, and what’s proposed in
your neighborhood.
Informational open houses in July and early September
will help Portlanders understand the proposal and
prepare testimony. After considering public testimony,
the PSC will forward a Recommended Plan to City
Council in early 2015.
Visit www.portlandoregon.gov/bps/pdxcompplan
or call 503-823-7700.
The Bureau of Planning and Sustainability is committed to providing equal access to information and hearings. If you need special accommodation,
please call 503-823-7700, the City’s TTY at 503-823-6868, or by the Oregon Relay Service at 1-800-735-2900