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Portland and SW Washington S P O T L I G H T S from the special.) All adoptions include spay/neuter, vaccinations, a health exam, a one-year pet license and a microchip that can be registered for free. For more information go to www.multcopets.org. Kids and Cops Rose City Rollers host Toy Drive for Operation homefront The Rose City Rollers host a toy drive at their season opener bout on Dec. 13, at Veterans Memorial Coliseum, 300 N Winning Way. Fans who donate a new, unwrapped toy at the double- header will receive a $5 voucher that can be redeemed at the RCR merchandise table. This toy drive will help provide a brighter holiday for the families of our Northwest service members and wounded warriors. Doors open at 5 p.m., the match starts at 5:45p.m. The RCR season opener will feature all four Portland home teams squaring off. First will be the High Rollers vs. The Heartless Heathers, followed by the Guns ‘N’ Rollers vs. the defending champions, the Break Neck Betties. A national non-profit, Operation Homefront provides emergency and other financial assistance to the families of service members. Operation Homefront helped 31,648 mil- itary families celebrate with toys during the 2013 holidays. For more information see www.facebook.com/OHPacific- Northwest or www.operationhomefront.net. PHOTO COURTESY OF VANCOUVER PAL On Thursday, Dec. 4, the Vancouver Police Activities league hosts another monthly literacy event. These events provide free books to kids, encourage reading, and create positive connections between kids and cops. This month’s school is Crestline Elementary. Vancouver PAl literacy events focus on youth in the third and fourth grades. Each literacy event includes a safety presentation from the Vancouver Police Department, time for kids to pick out a free book, reading time with police officers and a tour of specialty police vehicles. These events are fun for the officers and the kids and are one of the education programs the Vancouver Police Activities league offers. For more information on the Vancouver Police Activities league visit www.vancouverpal.org. Multnomah County Sheriffs, Troutdale Police Partner for holiday Toy Drive Operation ‘Silent Night’ Seeks homes for Pets Animal Services hosts ‘Operation Silent Night’ to find homes for all 200 unadopted pets in their facility by Dec 31st. Beginning on Dec. 1, Multnomah County Animal Servic- C O M M es hosts “Operation Silent Night” in an effort to find a home for every shelter animal by Dec. 31. To help meet this goal, adoption fees for all animals over the age of 6 months will match the date. On Dec. 1, you can adopt for just $1, on Dec. 2, $2 and so forth, through Dec. 31. These are some of the lowest adoption fees of the year. (Puppies and kittens under 6 months of age are excluded U N I T Y C A L Officers and deputies from TPD and MCSO will be volun- teering their time to collect toys for east county youth. They will also be collecting gifts for teenage children, a group often overlooked during holiday toy distribution efforts. Toys will be distributed through Snowcap of East County and Human Solutions to children and youth through 18 years of age. You can help by bringing an unwrapped NEW toy to the Wal-Mart store in Wood Village. Toys and gifts will be accepted: • Saturday and Sunday Dec. 6 and 7, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. • Saturday and Sunday Dec. 13 and 14, 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. E N D A R P ORTLAND 2014 B ULLETIN B OARD 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 Thursday December 4 IN OThER wORDS ANNUAl hOlIDAY OPEN hOUSE. Enjoy snacks and drinks while you get an early jump on your holiday shopping for the wonderful feminists in your life. 5 – 8 p.m. 14 NE Killingsworth St. Friday December 5 ChRISTMAS IN ThE PARK. The entire event is free! Get your picture taken with Santa, enjoy hot cocoa with a mound of marshmallows, and sing songs. have a fun filled evening all for free. 6 – 8 p.m. Esther Short Park, w Columbia Ave. and w. 8th St. Vancouver. CElEBRATE ThE hOlIDAYS IN ThE BEAUMONT VIllAGE NEIGhBORhOOD. Join us for a family- friendly fun event that includes a parade down Fremont Street, music, concession, Santa arrival in a Portland Fire Truck, and photos. 3 – 7 p.m. Fremont District. Bring a book to donate to Umpqua Band for their book drive. Friday – Sunday December 5 – 7 ThE FRIENDS OF MUlTNOMAh COUNTY lIBRARY’S GIVE TwICE hOlIDAY SAlE. You’ll find gifts, toys, jewelry, cards, local art and the best prices on books. Visit us Dec. 5 and Dec. 6 from 11 a.m. – 6 p.m. and Dec. 7 from 11 a.m. – 5 p.m. Just inside the main entry in the U.S. Bank Room, 801 S 10Th Ave. Saturday December 6 CONNECTIVE CONVERSATIONS lECTURE: MIChAEl NED hOlTE. “Closer-than-Close.” Notes on some exhibitions and (at least) one performance. 2 p.m. white Stage Block Event Room, 70 N Couch St. Saturday – Sunday December 6 – 7 SOUl DISTRICT hOlIDAY BAZAAR & GOSPEl SOUNDS. Featuring live gospel sounds & entertainment up to 20 unique vendors will sell and display their services. 11 a.m. – 7 p.m. NNEBA hQ, 311 North Ivy St. Sunday December 7 MEET OVER 85 lOCAl AUThORS AT ThE OhS ANNUAl hOlIDAY ChEER BOOK SAlE lITERARY CElEBRATION. holiday cheer begins at noon at the Oregon historical Society, 1200 Sw Park Ave. Runs until 7 p.m. both days Tuesday December 9 JhS ANNUAl MUlTICUlTURAl FIlM FESTIVAl PRESENTS: DON’T GET SICK AFTER JUNE. This film walks us Page 4 The Portland and Seattle Skanner December 3, 2014 through the many inadequacies of Native American healthcare and offers, through impassioned Native voices. 6 p.m. North Portland Neighborhood library, 512 N. Killingsworth St. Free. Saturday – Sunday December 13 – 21 GNOME FOR ThE hOlIDAYS. holiday fun for all ages! Find 35 Gnomes hidden in Alberta Street storefronts. Ask the merchants to stamp your card, and win great prizes. Free. Alberta Street Business District. Saturday December 13 CIVIl AIR PATROl SQUADRON hOSTS hOlIDAY TRIBUTE TO ThE ARMED FORCES. It starts indoors across the road from willamette National Cemetery at lincoln Memorial Park and Funeral home’s chapel at 1 p.m. Then at 2:30 p.m. all participants will gather outdoors at the Rostrum (flagpole area and ceremony bowl) in willamette National where they will dedicate the wreaths to be laid on graves. 11800 SE. Mt. Scott Blvd. wINTERGREEN ARTS AND CRAFTS FAIR 2014: FREE. Join the NCNM Community for a full day of community activities, wonderful local vendors and holiday cheer. 9:30 a.m. – 6 p.m. (donations welcome) There will also be community education events. To cap the festivities, join us for a holiday mixer from 4 – 6 p.m. National College of Natural Medicine, 049 Sw Porter Ave. Sunday December 14 ThE wAKE OF VANPORT. Second Screening: Oral history screening of the flood! Survivors stories 2 p.m. Oregon historical Society, 1200 Sw Park Ave.
