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Portland and SW Washington S P O T L PHOTO COURTESY HANDS OF FAVOR C O Oregon Commission on Black Affairs will meet 9am – noon Saturday, Aug. 16th, at Portland Community College Cascade Campus, Terrell Hall, Room 112, 705 N. Killingsworth St. Portland. Guest speakers will include: • Nora Meier, OCBA Intern, will report on research in minority advancement in Apprenticeship to Journeyman. • Jeri Williams, community leader, will speak on sex trafficking prevention. • Antoinette Edwards, City of Portland Director of Youth Violence Prevention, will speak on the Black Male Achieve- ment Initiative. Find out more at www.oregon.gov/ocba. Free Child Safety Seat M M U T S Portland Parks & Recreation Offers Pools, Park Fountains, Splash Pads, Water Safety Tips Black Affairs Oregon Commission on H The Beaverton Police Department in a partnership with Safe Kids Washington County conducts a free child car seat clinic on Saturday, Aug. 16, at Kuni Collision Center located at 3725 SW Cedar Hills Blvd, Beaverton, from 9 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. This clinic is designed to teach parents and caregivers how to properly install and use a child safety seat. A properly installed and used child safety seat will greatly decrease the chance of your child sustaining a serious or life threatening injury during a motor vehicle crash. A certified technician will help parents and caregivers learn to install and use their child safety restraints properly. No appoint- ment is required just drop by during the event. Each car seat check will take about 30 minutes. Hughes Memorial uMC and Bright Star Ministries host Community unity Jam 2: Stop the Killing, from noon to 5 p.m. in the parking lot of the Hughes memorial uMC at 111 NE Failing St. Legendary music DJ J.W. Friday serves as emcee, with a clothes closet, free haircuts for kids from Hands of Favor (above), free hotdogs, doll-making and other art activities. For more information call Hughes Memorial at 503-281-2332 or Bright Star Ministries at 503-208-1867. The Trailblazers Boys and Girls Club holds Back to School Family Day for fami- lies who are already enrolled in the BGC, this Friday, Aug. 15, 1-4 p.m. 5250 NE. Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. The event features music, food, entertain- ment, with a taco cart and prizes for families. Parents can register their child for the 2014-2015 school year. There’ll be a back pack and school supply give away and teens vs staff basketball game in the gym. For more information call 503-282-8480, or e-mail bfrontdesk@bgcportland.org. G Clinic Hands of Favor Back to School at Boys and Girls Club I N I T PP&R has seven outdoor and six indoor pools, a great way to cool off as the mercury moves to miserable levels. Our pools offer open play swims, water exercise classes, junior lifeguard training, junior swim instructor training, summer swim teams, and more! Park fountains are enjoyable ways to keep cool. For a list of the ones labeled as “inter- active” – they allow wading, splashing and play: www.portlandoregon.gov/parks Portland Parks & Recreation’s splash pads around the city are open to help you stay cool! Splash away through the end of Sep- tember, hours are 11 am to 9pm. Splash pads can be found at the following PP&R parks: Columbia Park - North Lom- bard & Woolsey; Essex Park - SE 79th & Center; Earl Boyles Park - SE 112th & Boise; Elizabeth Caruthers Park - 3508 SW Moody; Farragut Park - North Kerby & Far- ragut; Grant Park - NE 33rd & US Grant Place; Kenton Park - 8417 North Brandon; McCoy Park- North Trenton & Newman; Northgate Park - North Geneva & Fes- Y C A L E N senden; Peninsula Park - 700 North Rosa Parks Way; Pier Park - North Lombard & Bruce; Raymond Park- SE 188th & Ray- mond; Stark Street Island - SE 106th & Stark. For more information go to www.port- landoregon.gov/parks. Sensational Summer Fruit Celebration The Annual Hood River County Sensa- tional Summer Fruit Celebration is Saturday and Sunday, August 15-17, at Packer Orchards & Bakery (and throughout the Hood River Fruit Loop, 3900 Highway 35, Hood River. Packer’s will be offering fresh Graven- stein apples, peaches, and berries. Visitors will also find peach milkshakes and smoothies, fresh pies and empanadas, a cou- ple dozen varieties of cookies, jams and pepper jellies, pickled veggies, ice cream, nuts, gifts, and so much more. For more information call 541-234-4481. City Of Portland Seeks Volunteers for 311 Focus Groups The City of Portland has contracted with Spencer Stern Consulting to assess the potential for development and possible implementation of a more centralized Cus- tomer Relationship Management system and 311 Call Center. Volunteers are sought to give feedback on how community members currently use City services, how they feel about their cur- rent experiences, and their opinions on the potential of a 311 system for the City of Portland. To gather this type of information, we are asking for community volunteers to participate in a 2-hour focus group session with our 311 Assessment Project Team. If you are interested in volunteering to participate in any of these focus groups, please contact 311 Project Manager Laura Wolfe by Monday Aug. 18 with your pre- ferred session. Write or call laura.wolfe@portlandoregon.gov, 503-823- 4762. D A R P ORTLAND 2014 B ULLETIN B OARD Vancouver. Saturday August 16 GREEN NEIGHBORHOOD FESTIVAL. Workshops, backyard habitat certification, bamboo splitting, kids tree planting, music, and much more. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. on N. Kerby Ave. next to Peninsula Park. Sunday August 17 If you have an event you want to share with the community, email it two weeks in advance to The Skanner at info@theskanner.com 2ND ANNuAL COMMuNITY PLAY DAY! There will be lots of fun activities for families: Live music, food vendors, face painting, sports activities and much more. 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Arbor Lodge Park, 6825 N. Delaware Ave. Thursday August 21 Thursday August 7 Friday – Sunday August 15 -17 HOOPS ON THE RIVER. 2014 Hoops on the River 3 – on – 3 Tournament. After a one year hiatus the event will return bigger and bolder. This event starts Friday at 3 p.m. and runs through Sunday at 4 p.m. Esther Short Park, 605 Esther St. SAY HEY! This multicultural event provides a great opportunity to enjoy an evening of meeting new friends and learning about what makes our community a great place to live and work. Everyone is welcome to attend. 5:30 – 8 p.m. 2 World Trade Center Plaza. Page 4 The Portland and Seattle Skanner August 13, 2014 COWABuNGA CHENISTRY AT BELMONT LIBRARY. Students perform amazing chemical reactions as they measure and mix ingredients and discover substances with strange and surprising properties. 3 p.m. – 4:15 p.m. Belmont Public Library, 1038 SE Cesar Chavez Blvd. Saturday August 23 1ST ANNuAL EAST PORTLAND HOuSING AND RESOuRCE FESTIVAL. A family fun festival: Activities include market/information vendors, free giveaways, food court, live music and much more. Noon – 8 p.m. Lents Park, SE 92nd & Holgate Streets. PIRATE AND PRINCESS PARTY AT LLOYD CENTER. Radio Disney and Lloyd Center are hosting a Sofia the First and Jake the Pirate themed party. Enjoy music, crafts, games and much more. 11 a.m. Lloyd Center Shopping Center, 2201 Lloyd Center.
