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Planning underway for the 53rd
annual St. Johns Parade
Committee asks for “Citizen of the Year” nominations
Gayla Patton
to be in by March By
St. Johns Review
It
St Johns Review PO Box 83068 Port. OR 97238
#3 Feb. 6, 2015
seems too early to start
thinking about the St.
Johns Parade, but the
Saturday, May 9 event will be here
quick than you can say, “We Are
Family,” which is this year’s cho-
sen theme. The Parade Committee
has actually been working on the
upcoming event as soon as the
2014 Parade ended, - that’s how
much work goes into planning this
huge, spectacular community af-
fair.
“We Are Family resonated with
the committee members,” said
Barbara Legge, Parade Co-Chair.
“We feel it is such a great fi t for
St Johns and will enhance the pa-
rade.”
Taken into consideration by the
committee members when choos-
ing a theme are ways contestants
can decorate their fl oats, good
songs for bands to play, and ways
the marching groups can work
with it. Anything “family” works
well for the Parade since St. Johns
is such a family-oriented commu-
nity.
The Parade, a 100% volunteer
event, is organized and funded by
donations only. Therefore they ap-
preciate any monetary help com-
munity members can send. They
also welcome new committee
members and volunteers to help
out on Parade Day. For more in-
formation, or to volunteer, email:
information@Stjohnsparade.com.
Next on the agenda for the
community to think about is who
would be a good candidate for this
515-840
year’s Citizen of the Year.
Legge said, “We ask everyone to
start thinking about someone who
has St Johns in their hearts with
that person’s volunteer efforts.”
Specifi cally, the committee wants
a member of the neighborhood
who has helped coordinate com-
munity activities and/or events,
works with local schools, helps
seniors, etc. etc. etc., in general,
nominate someone in the neigh-
borhood who helps keep St. Johns
the unique, livable and wonderful
community that it is.
Forms to nominate someone will
soon be available at local busi-
nesses and also printed in the Re-
view in a future issue. Due date to
nominate someone for Citizen of
the Year needs to be sent in before
March 19, 2015.
Commemorative Parade Pins are
in the planning process and will go
on sale in April, as will Parade
T-shirts. Pins are being created by
Gary Boehm.
- www.stjohnsreview.com - 503-283-5086
Above is one of this week’s winning photos,
taken by by John “Rotos” Bauchrowitz.
On Page 8 is the winning Photo of the Week
taken by Paul Urban.
Happy Birthday, Mary!
Continued on Page 3
“Parade”
St. Johns
PARADE
Saturday, May 9,
2015
NOON
2015 St. Johns Bridge photo contest
Who doesn’t like to see pictures of North Portland’s majestic St.
Johns Bridge? It’s provides views we never tire of seeing, whether its
sunny, rainy, foggy or snow-covered. Therefore, the Review would like
to encourage everyone to take and send photographs to the paper for
publication this year.
For each issue the edtior will choose two pictures to be used as either
a Masthead or as a Photo of the Week. A third pictures may also be
used as space allows.
At the end of 2015 (most likely in November,) the pictures will be
voted upon by readers for which photo you liked the best. The winner
will receive a $100 cash prize from the Review.
Pictures must be:
*Sent in high resolution (200+) and sent to reviewnewspaper@com-
cast.net or reviewnewspaper@gmail.com (only) in JPEG or PDF for-
mat.
* Pictures may be cropped (by the Review) to fi t the paper’s perim-
eters. For photos appearing in the Masthead they need to be vertical
more than horizontal. Masthead pictures are 10.25” across, and 3” to
5” tall. Pictures of the Week can be vertical or horizontal and any size.
* Pictures appearing in the paper must belong to taker of the picture,
but the Review has the right to use them in current and future issues.
* Color pictures are preferred, but outstanding black & whites might
be used.
* Photos used in 2013 and/or 2014 may be sent and used again.
* If multiple photos are sent at one time by a photographer, the Review
will use judgment for the picture (or pics) we think will print best in
the paper.
* Since this is a fi rst, these rules may change during the year, or more
suggestions and rules added. (We’ll learn as we go.)
* One vote per person. Voting begins in November where all the year’s
pictures will be re-shown.
(Disclaimer: Pictures appearing in the paper are reformatted to tiff’s at 600
resolution for printing presses. After placement in the paper and being printed
on newsprint, the photos may lose a certain amount of clarity. The Review
cannot be responsible for lack of clarity or any other changes in the pictures.
The Review is not responsible or liable for pictures sent in saying their author
has taken them when in fact they may not have.)
By Eyvonne Abraham
Mary Lacy was born in Wyoming
March 8, 1913. Do the math. That
means Mary will be celebrating
her 102nd birthday soon.
As a child, Mary has a vivid
memory of walking to school to a
one-room school house. She said
she never wore a fl apper-dress or
met anyone famous, but if she had,
her wish would for it to have been
Mary Pickford before the famous
actress died in 1979.
Mary and her family lived in
Vanport during the 1948 fl ood.
She said 18 feet of water circled
their home but the family was
able to escape by chopping a hole
Continued on Page 4
“Mary Lacy
St. Johns’ Community
of Hope expands
transitional housing
By Barbara Quinn
Review Reporter
C
ommunity of Hope, a new
transitional shelter for
women and children, located in
the Hub building in St. Johns,
has taken a big step with a lease
and plans to remodel in order to
provide new sleeping areas and
much needed showers under
one roof. Currently, the sleep-
ing quarters are across the street
at Red Sea church and mobile
showers parked outside are un-
usable due to lack of volunteer
attendants. The building now has
space for four families, and after
the remodel it will accommodate
eight.
The Community of Hope was
started in 2011 after Christian
churches in north Portland
jointly realized transitional
housing was a major unmet
need. There are around 150
school families in north Port-
land at risk of being house-
less. So the churches decided
to concentrate on transitional
housing and asked Linda Jo
Devlaemick to organize it. In
February of 2014, the Com-
Continued on Page 3
“Community of Hope”