4 • The Southwest Portland Post
COMMUNITY LIFE
By KC Cowan
The Southwest Portland Post
Artistry: A group exhibit
2 Fiber
by members of the Portland
Handweavers Guild opens June 2 at
the Multnomah Arts Center Gallery,
7688 SW Capitol Highway. The show
presents a variety of fiber techniques
in both two- and three-dimensional
expressions made from a diverse
selection of materials. Opening
reception in the gallery on Friday,
June 2, 7–9 p.m. The exhibit closes
July 3. For more information, contact
Jaye Campbell at 503-823-2787.
Hillsdale Trail: The Hillsdale
7 Neighborhood Association will
conduct a hearing at their regular
meeting on the request of
SWTrailsPDX for a permit to manage
the repair and ongoing maintenance
of the trail built by neighborhood
volunteers in 2003. The trail runs
along Southwest 19th Avenue right of
way from Fairmount Boulevard to
Council Crest Park. Interested persons
are urged to participate in the hearing.
The meeting is June 7 at 7 p.m. at St.
Barnabas Church parish hall, 2201 SW
Vermont St.
10 Midsummer Celebration:
Join Nordic Northwest for the
annual Midsummer celebration, and
enjoy Nordic food, a beer garden,
kids’ crafts, live entertainment, flower-
crown making, the crowning of the
CALENDAR
June 2017
Scandinavian of the Year, the raising
of the Maypole, and more. This event
takes place on Saturday, June 10, 11
a.m. to 6 p.m. at Oaks Park, 7805 SE
Oaks Park Way. Adults $8, seniors and
students $7, families $17, children 11
and under free.
Take a Walk: SWTrails is sponsoring
a walk on Saturday, June 10. They will
walk Trail #6 from Hillsdale up to
Fairmont, then through the Southwest
Hills neighborhood of Portland
Heights to the end of Goose Hollow.
It is 6 miles in all. Bring bus tickets
or money for bus fare home. Meet
behind the bleachers at Wilson High
School (Sunset Boulevard and Capitol
Highway) at 9:00 am. For more
information, or to volunteer to lead
a future walk in your neighborhood,
contact Sharon Fekety (fekety@
hevanet.com).
The Jewish Community
11 Orchestra
presents its final
concert of the season on Sunday, June
11 at 3:30 p.m. at the Mittleman Jewish
Community Center, 6651 SW Capitol
Highway. The concert will feature
Verdi’s Nabucco Overture, Delibes’
Sylvia Ballet Suite and more.Tickets
available at the door. For more
information, call 503-244-0111.
18 Citizen Advocacy 101:
Interested in learning how to
improve life for yourself and your
neighbors? Have a concern about
local, state or federal laws? Learn
about strategies for change, including
information and misinformation,
examples of successful advocacy,
Weavers Guild members Kim Thompson and Marilyn Harrison display their work
this month at the Multnomah Arts Center Gallery. (Photos courtesy MAC)
choosing your battles, getting heard,
and tracking civic and political issues.
This event takes place on Sunday,
June 18, 1–2:30 p.m. at the Hillsdale
Library, 1525 SW Sunset Blvd. For
more information call 503-988-5123.
26 Bees Buzz:
Learn more about
bees at the Honey Bee Science
Discovery Program at the Capitol Hill
Library, 10723 SW Capitol Highway.
The short interactive presentation is
followed by hands-on learning
stations, including: honey bee
discovery lab, flower seed planting,
pollination station, honey bee board
games, and coloring sheets. This
discovery lab is for children ages 3
years and up, but adults enjoy the lab
as well.The event takes place on
Monday, June 26, 2–2:45 p.m. For
more information call 503-988-5123.
Exploring local improvement districts to
improve your street
Is your street unimproved? Then
be sure to circle your calendar for
a Capitol Highway Subcommittee
meeting on Thursday, June 22, 6:30–
8:30 p.m. at the Multnomah Arts
Center, 7688 SW Capitol Highway.
With the Capitol Highway project
going to construction in 2019, Local
Improvement District street projects in
the area proposed by the community
could potentially be wrapped into
the larger project, allowing for cost
savings and efficiencies.
Many of the surrounding streets
are considered non-maintained
city streets, which mean it is the
responsibility of the adjacent property
owner to maintain the area abutting
your property to the centerline,
including stormwater infrastructure.
Others may be maintained but lack
sidewalks. The city’s LID program
is one of the tools available to help
property owners pool funding
resources and work with the city to
pave gravel streets, build sidewalks
and solve stormwater issues.
For more information, please contact
Chris Lyons, chair, Capitol Highway
Subcommittee, chrislyons7@yahoo.
com.
—Don Snedecor
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