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A d d r e s s e s : r e v i ew n ew s p a p e r@ gm a i l . c om o r r e v i ew n ew s p a p e r@ c om c a s t . n e t * PO B o x 8 3 0 6 8 , P o r t . OR 9 7 2 8 3 * W e b : www . s t j o h n s r e v i ew . c om * 5 0 3 - 2 8 3 - 5 0 8 6 * S t . John s R ev i ew * # 5 M a r . 6 , 2 0 1 5 * Pag e 5 Commun i ty News & Beyond Po r t land Pa rk s & R e c r ea t ion pa rk s and fa c i l i t i e s to b e com e smok e , toba c co - f r e e Po r t l and C i ty Coun c i l app rov ed a po l i cy in F eb ru a ry 2015 exp and - ing Po r t l and P a rk s & R e c r e a t ion (PP&R ) ’ s smok ing and tob a c co b an th roughou t th e en t i r e p a rk s sy s t em . S t a r t ing Ju ly 1 , 2015 , a l l C i ty p a rk s , n a tu r a l a r e a s , commun i ty c en t e r s , t r a i l s , go l f cou r s e s , r e c r e a t ion a r - e a s , and a l l o th e r s i t e s wh e r e PP&R p a rk ru l e s app ly w i l l b e smok e and tob a c co - f r e e . Cu r r en t ly , mo r e th an C i t y Coun c i l vo t e s to expand smok e & toba c co ban s y s t em -w id e 500 c i t i e s and town s n a t ionw id e h av e l aw s m and a t ing smok e - f r e e p a rk s [1 ] , in c lud ing 64 o th e r c i t i e s and coun t i e s in O r egon . “Exp and ing PP&R ’ s ex i s t ing tob a c co - f r e e po l i cy a c ro s s th e en t i r e sy s t em s end s a con s i s t en t m e s s ag e , ” s ay s Po r t l and P a rk s Comm i s s ion e r Am and a F r i t z , who b rough t th e po l i cy to Coun c i l . “ I t h e lp s to c r e a t e h e a l thy and s a f e env i ronm en t s w i th in a l l o f Po r t - l and P a rk s & R e c r e a t ion – e sp e - c i a l ly fo r ch i ld r e n and you th . Th i s po l i cy a l ign s w i th PP&R ’ s fo cu s o f ‘H e a l thy P a rk s , H e a l thy Po r t - l and ’ . ” P roh ib i t ed smok ing and tob a c - co p rodu c t s in c lud e , bu t a r e no t l im i t ed to : b id i s , c ig a r e t t e s , c ig - a r i l lo s , c ig a r s , c lov e c ig a r e t t e s , e - c ig a r e t t e s , n i co t in e v apo r i z e r s , n i co t in e l iqu id s , hook ah s , k r e t ek s , p ip e s , ch ew , snu f f , smok e l e s s tob a c co , and m a r i ju an a . Th e ex - p and ed po l i cy w i l l a l so app ly to ev en t s h e ld a t PP&R p rop e r t i e s , w i th a p rov i s ion fo r go l f tou rn a - m en t s to a l low smok ing und e r p e r - m i t t ed and c e r t a in cond i t ion s . PP&R cu r r en t ly p roh ib i t s to - b a c co u s e a t D i r e c to r P a rk , P io - n e e r Cou r thou s e Squ a r e , and th e po r t ion o f th e Sou th P a rk B lo ck s th a t i s lo c a t ed on Po r t l and S t a t e Un iv e r s i ty ’ s c am pu s . Smok ing i s a l so p roh ib i t ed w i th in 25 f e e t o f T r e a t s a id . “ I p a r t i cu l a r ly w an t to any p l ay s t ru c tu r e , p i cn i c t ab l e o r c a l l ou t K a i s e r P e rm an en t e , ou r d e s ign a t ed ch i ld r en ’ s p l ay a r e a . p r e s en t ing spon so r , a s w e l l a s n ew p a r tn e r s AAA O r egon / Id aho and Umpqu a B ank . ” R e s id en t s and v i s i to r s s ay th ey com e to en joy th e t r a ffi c - f r e e s t r e e t s conn e c t ing p a rk s and s choo l s fi l l ed w i th a c t iv i t i e s , mu - s i c and v endo r s . I t ’ s s a f e , f am i - ly - f r i end ly and a ch an c e to m e e t n e ighbo r s . Commun i ty g roup s and v endo r s w an t ing to p a r t i c ip a t e in Sund ay P a rkw ay s - and vo lun t e e r s who w an t to h e lp m ak e i t h app en - a r e en cou r ag ed to con t a c t th e t r an s - po r t a t ion bu r e au a t 503 -823 -7599 o r on l in e a t Po r t l andSund ayP a rk - w ay s .o r g . Sund ay P a rkw ay s i s o r g an i z ed by th e Po r t l and Bu r e au o f T r an s - po r t a t ion w i th long t im e p r e s en t ing spon so r K a i s e r P e rm an en t e and r e - tu rn ing p a r tn e r s / spon so r s Po r t l and P a rk s & R e c r e a t ion , C l i f K id , B ik e G a l l e ry , Who l e Food s , NW N a tu - r a l , C a r2Go , M e t ro and AARP o f O r egon . N ew p a r tn e r s fo r 2015 a r e AAA O r egon / Id aho , Umpqu a B ank , R e co logy Po r t l and and Sp in l i s t e r . Th e C i ty o f Po r t l and fund s a th i rd o f th e co s t w i th two - th i rd s o f fund - ing com ing f rom spon so r s , v en - do r s , and ind iv idu a l suppo r t e r s . Fo r m ap s and mo r e in fo rm a t ion , v i s i t www .Po r t l andSund ayP a rk - w ay s .o r g o r c a l l 503 -823 -7599 . 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Sund ay P a rkw ay s i s a s e r i e s o f f r e e commun i ty ev en t s op en ing th e c i ty ’ s l a r g e s t pub l i c sp a c e - i t s s t r e e t s - fo r p eop l e to w a lk , b ik e , ro l l and d i s cov - e r a c t iv e t r an spo r t a t ion . Th e ev en t s a r e hug e ly popu l a r ; to t a l a t t end an c e topp ed 100 ,000 l a s t y e a r . Th i s y e a r , o r g an i z e r s a r e emph a s i z - ing w ay s p eop l e c an c r e a t e th e Sun - d ay P a rkw ay s exp e r i en c e ev e ry d ay . A l l fi v e Sund ay P a rkw ay s rou t e s show c a s e low - t r a ffi c s t r e e t s c a l l ed ‘n e ighbo rhood g r e enw ay s ’ a s w e l l a s C i ty p a rk s th a t p eop l e c an en joy a l l y e a r long fo r th e i r own b i cy c l ing and w a lk ing t r ip s . Th e T i l ikum C ro s s ing / S e l lwood rou t e w i l l in t rodu c e p a r t i c - ip an t s to n ew b i cy c l ing , w a lk ing and t r an s i t imp rov em en t s b e ing m ad e by th e C i ty and p a r tn e r s a long th e n ew l igh t r a i l co r r ido r th a t op en s in S ep - t emb e r . “Ev e ry d ay c an b e Sund ay P a rk - w ay s fo r thou s and s o f Po r t l and e r s wh en w e p rov id e s a f e rou t e s fo r p eop l e to b ik e and w a lk , ” s a id Comm i s s ion e r S t ev e Nov i ck . “Th e id e a th a t ev e ry d ay c an b e Sund ay P a rkw ay s suppo r t s wh a t w e r e comm end to p a t i en t s - in co r - po r a t e a c t iv i ty in to you r d a i ly l i f e by w a lk ing you r k id s to s choo l , t ak ing a sho r t s t ro l l du r ing lun ch , o r t ak ing you r dog fo r a w a lk , ” s a id D r . 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P a t ron s who r e fu s e to comp ly w i th th e po l i - cy m ay a l so b e sub j e c t to a p a rk s ex c lu s ion . En fo r c em en t w i l l b e adm in i s t e r ed by PP&R s t a f f and o th e r p a rk o ffi c e r s who h av e th e au tho r i ty to en fo r c e p a rk ru l e s . PR IC ING : 1 Y e a r ( 2 6 i s su e s ) $ 3 2 e a ch = $ 8 3 2 9 Mon th s ( 1 9 i s su e s ) $ 3 3 e a ch = $ 6 2 7 6 Mon th s ( 1 2 i s su e s ) $ 3 5 e a ch = $ 4 2 0 3 Mon th s ( 6 i s su e s ) $ 3 8 e a ch = $ 2 2 8 Coupon Coupon No r th Po r t land ’ s Rea l E s ta te & P rope r t y Managemen t spe c ia l i s t s s in ce 1980 ! 4772 N . Lomba rd S t . Po r t land 97203 503 -283 -1900 O f f i ce