October 2017
CALENDAR
creatures on Earth—
bats! Learn about bat
diversity, echolocation
and diet. Study live
bats before releasing
them back into the
night sky. Sunday,
Oct. 22, 2–3 p.m. at the
Capitol Hill Library,
10723 SW Capitol
Highway. For more
information, call 503-
988-5123.
COMMUNITY LIFE
By KC Cowan and Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
The Torah of Leonard Cohen:
3 Did
you know Leonard Cohen
was the grandson of two of Canada’s
prominent rabbis? Join musician,
poet, Torah scholar and Leonard
Cohen devotee, Alicia Jo Rabins, on
a deep, joyfully thought-provoking
Jewish journey through Cohen’s
songs and poems. This is a three-
week class, meeting on Tuesdays at
the Mittleman Jewish Community
Center, 6651 SW Capitol Highway,
beginning Oct. 3. Cost is $40 for all
three sessions. Contact MJCC
(oregonjcc.org) to register or for
more information.
Mixed Media: “Holding Space,”
6 mixed
media paintings and
“Meditations on the Platonic Solids,”
m e t a l s c u l p t u re o p e n s a t t h e
Multnomah Arts Center, 7688 SW
Capitol Highway, with an artist
reception Friday, Oct. 6 at 7 p.m.
Rieke Field Celebration: Join Parks
Commissioner Amanda Fritz and
students from Rieke Elementary
School and Wilson High School
for a ribbon-cutting ceremony on
Friday, Oct. 6 at 10 a.m. at Rieke
Field, 1405 SW Vermont St. For
more information, visit www.
portlandoregon.gov/parks/69497.
The Southwest Portland Post • 5
Halloween in
the Village: Do
your trick or treating
in safety! From 3:30 to
Before and after photos of the brand-new Rieke Field. (Courtesy Portland Parks and Recreation)
5:30 p.m., all through
Multnomah Village, kids can get
Repair Fair: Why toss it if you
Oct. 14, 11 a.m to noon. For more
treats from local businesses, enjoy
can fix it? The Garden Home
information, call 503-988-5123.
surprises and do it all in the daylight!
Community Library hosts its annual
Sponsored by the Multnomah Village
Community Sustainability and
Recycle It! On Saturday, Oct.
Business Association. Free. Dress up
Repair Fair on Friday, Oct. 13 from
21 from 9–11:30 a.m., anyone
and have fun! See advertisement on
5–7:30 p.m. at the Garden Home
in Southwest Portland is welcome to
Page 8 for more information.
Recreation Center, 7475 SW Oleson
bring items they can’t leave for
Road. Bring your broken items such
curbside disposal to the Greater
as blenders, mixers, coffee makers,
Portland Bible Church, 2374
vacuums, bikes and more. Volunteers
SW Vermont St., and they’ll
will fix them for free.
take care of it for you. Go to
h t t p : / / w w w. c o m m u n i t y -
Electric Cello: Composer and
recycling.org/# to see the list of
electric cellist Gideon
acceptable items. Freewill
Freudmann gives a free concert at
offering suggested.
the Hillsdale Library, 1525 SW
Sunset Blvd. You will be astounded
Bats in the Belfry: With
at the sounds he gets out of his
Halloween nearly here,
cello—a mix of classical, modern,
it’s the perfect time to learn the
jazz and blues, richly detailed in its
truth about one of the most Trick-or-treaters will be out in force in
nuance and complexity. Saturday,
misunderstood and beneficial Multnomah Village on Halloween.
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Multnomah
Village/
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“Something to Smile About”
The dental office is
a place people typically
don’t enjoy being or even
walk into with a smile.
However, there are a few
rare patients who not only
seem to enjoy visiting us,
but give us something to
smile about. In our of-
fice, patients are friends
and many of those friends
have followed Dr. Ste-
ven Little throughout his
dental career which isn’t
something often heard in this industry.
Patty Bonney was the first patient Dr. Little saw back in 1991 while still
attending dental school and she has stayed with him ever since. Patty always
arrives to our office with a warm smile and optimistic attitude, but that’s not
all she brings… she also carries with her a backpack.
This backpack is filled with endless reasons why she is so special to us and
so many others. Patty spends her time in the chair knitting hats to be donated
to multiple organizations that need them the most. If you pass through our
office during one of her appointments, you will see her laid back in the dental
chair, hygienist hard at work and Pattys knitting needles up in the air creating
one of her precious gifts.
Patty is a member of the Family Community Services Home Extension
Group and for over 30 years has knitted hats to be donated for the prema-
ture newborns in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit of both OHSU and Tuality
Hospital.
According to Patty, she has made over 1,000 hats to date and doesn’t plan
to stop anytime soon. More recently, Patty has also been contributing to the
NW Pilot Project by knitting hats and scarves for young adults that have been
placed in group homes.
It takes a special person to give so much to so many without ever expect-
ing anything in return and she is absolutely one of those people. As dental
care professionals it’s our goal to put a smile on the face of every patient that
walks through the door, but it’s patients like Patty that give us a reason to smile
over and over again. Thank you Patty for being such a wonderful addition to
our family at West Hills Dental Center and for your continued dedication to
spreading smiles and being an inspiration for us all.