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Page 4 The Skanner June 29, 2016 News Events & Announcements Community Calendar 2016 brought to you by Baseball Magna Carta Visit us at a store near you FAMILY FUN DAY AT HEAVENBOUND DELIVERANCE CENTER CHURCH: Activities for all ages, live DJ, entertainment at the top of every hour, vendors and free lunch. Please bring travel size hygiene products, children’s books, new pajamas and coats for infants to age 17, also accepting gentle used clothing to be donated to local shelters. 11 a.m. – 3 p.m., Heavenbound Deliver- ance Center Church, 84 NE Killingsworth St. COME CELEBRATE LIFE! There’s going to be a party to “CELEBRATE LIFE” for anyone that’s been impacted by cancer, be it patient, survivor, or caregiver. Join the party! Great information, a spe- cial movie, guest speakers, a few surprises and tons of fun! Free to the public. 9 a.m. – 11:30 a .m. Jubitz Cinema – Portlander Inn, 10350 N. Vancouver St. SUNDAY, JULY 3 JULY 3 CELEBRATION & FIREWORKS: Celebrate Independence Day and the 15th anniversary of The Oregon Garden. Tons of activi- ties for all ages! Gates open at 10 a.m. There will be live music at Founder’s Square from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. Then will start back up after the ireworks display. Fireworks display starts at 10 p.m. The Oregon Garden, 879 West Main St., Silverton. MONDAY, JULY 4 INDEPENDENCE DAY AT FT. VANCOUVER: Spend the day kicking back on the lush lawns. Celebrate with friends & family in the Adult Beverage Pavilion, grab the kids and enjoy family fun games and entertainment ALL DAY. Gates open at 8 a.m. Fire- works launch at 10:05 p.m. General admission is $5, presale online or $7 at the gate. Children 12 and younger are FREE! Fort Vancouver National Site, 750 Anderson St., Vancouver THURSDAY JULY 7 ADDICTED TO HEROINES COMEDY SHOW: The show features hilar- ious clever standup, wonderful music, nerdy monologue jokes and thoughtful, funny interviews. There will be awesome prizes too! This is a free show. Doors open at 7:30 p.m. Show starts at 8 p.m. Bossanova Ballroom, 722 E. Burnside St. FRIDAY JULY 8 JOB & COLLEGE FAIR. 4 p.m. – 6 p.m., Highland Christian Church, 7600 NE Glisan St. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE OREGON HISTORICAL SOCIETY Portland Metro SATURDAY, JULY 2 Portland News Briefs Clark County Historical Society Hosts History Townhall in Ridgefield The Clark County Historical Museum (CCHM) and the City of Ridgeield will host the irst in a series of countywide town hall conversations about each community’s history and heritage at 6 p.m. on July 25, 2016 at the A Pickled Heron Gallery and Ballroom (418 Pioneer St. Ridgeield). The evening will begin with a moderated panel dis- cussion comprised of community historians. Each panelist will delve into the historical people, places, or moments they feel embody the spirit of Ridgeield history. A question and answer session with the au- dience will follow. During that time, the community historians and citizens of Ridgeield will examine the city’s place in Clark County history and along the way tell many great stories about their history and home. Over the next few years, CCHM will install a per- manent exhibition telling the overall story of Clark County’s history. These town halls, held in the difer- ent Clark County communities, will act as an inspi- Documents that the Oicial Historian of Major League Baseball declared “the Magna Carta of America’s national pastime” will be on exhibit at the Oregon Historical Society in Portland (1200 SW Park Avenue) beginning Friday and continuing through October 9. The exhibit will be the irst public display of these 19th-century papers, which only recently came to light at an auction in California. The hand-written documents were drafted by Daniel “Doc” Adams and presented at an unprecedented special meeting of all New York area baseball clubs in 1857. ration for each community’s representation in this story. Each evening will be recorded and reviewed by those working on the exhibition. Doors will open at 5:30 p.m. and the discussion will start at 6 p.m. Admission is free. For more event information and questions, contact the museum at info@cchmuseum.org or by phone at (360) 993-5679. Mississippi Street Fair to Take Place July 9 The 15th Annual Mississippi Street Fair will take place July 9 from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Historic Missis- sippi Avenue between N Fremont and N Skidmore Streets. The Fair includes over 200 local vendors, crats, dunk tank, open air gallery, kids zone, 5 stages and a variety of family friendly activities. Proceeds from the fair beneit the Boise Business Youth Unity Project. For complete Fair Information, please visit: Missis- sippiAve.com/StreetFair<http://mississippiave.com/ streetfair/ For fair promotional information, please visit: Mis- sissippiAve.com/StreetFair/Promo<http://mississip- piave.com/streetfair/promo/> SATURDAY, JULY 9 15TH ANNUAL MISSISSIPPI STREET FAIR! 200+ local vendors & crafts, over 40 bands, open air gallery, dunk tank, shops, beer & wine gardens, food carts and much more! 10 a.m. – 9 p.m. Free admission, family - friendly. Mississippi Ave between Fremont St. and Skidmore St. COMMUNITY COOKOUIT AT KING SCHOOL PARK: : ne Portland will stand together to make the neighborhood a safe and friendly place! The event is free, open to the public, and will bring to- gether NE Portland neighbors for family – friendly activities. The day will include face painting, clowns, musical performanc- es, water games and so much more! 4 P.M. – 7 P.M. King School Park, 4906 NE 6th Ave. SISTERS NETWORK OF OREGON & SW WASHINGTON CHAPTER MONTHLY MEETING: The meeting will be at the June Key Delta Center, 5940 N. Albina St. 10 a.m. SATURDAY – SUNDAY, JULY 9 – 10 WILLAMETTE VALLEY LAVENFER FESTIVAL RETURNS TO THE CHE- HALEM CULTURAL CENTER: The inest celebration of Lavender and Art! The festival ofers stellar music and other activities for your entertainment. Saturday 9 a.m. – 6 p.m. Sunday 10 a.m. – 5 p.m. Chehalem Cultural Center, 415 E. Sheridan St., Newberg. View the Community Calendar and regularly updated News Briefs for Seattle and Portland at Seattle News Briefs High Point and NewHolly Farm Stands Open This Week The High Point and NewHolly Farm Stands open for the season this week. The farm stands ofer produce picked fresh from the P-Patch market gardens and grown by low-income residents of the High Point and NewHolly Seattle Housing Authority (SHA) neigh- borhoods. The hours of operation are 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. The locations are: • High Point Farm Stand (32nd Ave. SW and SW Ju- neau Street) open Wednesdays from June 29 to Sep- tember 28. • NewHolly Farm Stand (S. Holly Park Dr. between 40th Ave. S. and Rockery Dr. S.) open Fridays from July 1 to September 30. Both farm stands accept EBT cards and participate in Fresh Bucks which doubles consumers’ irst $10 spent on the card. Come see the gardens, meet the farmers, and enjoy their fresh produce. The High Point Farm Stand will again host ROAR, the mobile farm stand that sells produce to neighbor- hoods with limited access to healthy food. The food is grown by local farmers across Puget Sound. Seattle P-Patch Market Gardens is a program of Seattle Department of Neighborhoods P-Patch Com- munity Gardening Program to support low-income gardeners and their neighborhoods. Its mission is to establish safe, healthy communities and economic opportunity through Community Supported Agri- culture (CSA) and farm stand enterprises. To learn more, visit seattle.gov/neighborhoods/p-patch-com- munity-gardening/market-gardens. Rainier Beach Library to Host Community Discussion on Sexual Assault MyAsia’s Bookclub and Emily Imani DeAngel are coordinating a community discussion on sexual abuse and sexual assault, taking place from 3 p.m. to 5:45 p.m. July 2 at the Rainier Beach Library. All are welcome. Participants will hold an open dialogue to learn from each other how sexual assault and abuse afects victims’ self-esteem and mental health. For more information, call (206) 730-8660 or EMAIL rqcounseling@gmail.com. Emily Imani is a counselor and health Educator, and MyAsia runs the Sister Survivors Support Group. 49 studio apartments on three upper loors, includ- ing units for 20 homeless young adults with Youth- Care providing supportive services.
