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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.
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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.