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FRIDAY, MAY 25
FREE RETREAT OFFERS SKILLS AND RESOURCES TO GRANDPAR-
ENTS RAISING YOUR GRANDCHILDREN. The free event will include
sessions on: Raising children who have experienced trauma,
guardianship, adoption and raising children informally, internet
safety and screen time boundaries and much more. Lunch, door
prizes and other educational resources and information. Please
call or email if interested in attending: Loriann McNeill (503)
988-8210 or email loriann.mcneill@multco.us 9:15 a.m. – 2:45
p.m., Gethseame Lutheran Church, 11560 SS Market St.
OPENING NIGHT FIREWORKS: The Rose Festival starts off with a
dramatic fireworks display choreographed to music and enter-
tainment inside the RoZone at City Fair. Memorial Day activities
include free gate admission for all active, reserve and retired
military and their families. 5 p.m. – 11 p.m., Tom McCall Water-
front Park, downtown Portland.
SATURDAY, MAY 26
AFRICAN AMERICAN SPECIAL INTERST GROUP AT GENEALOGY
FORUM OF OREGON: If you know any other people interested
in African American genealogy tell them about the group. They
don’t have to be a GFO member to participate. 12:30 p.m. – 2
p.m., GFO, 2505 SE 11th Ave, Suite B-18.
MONDAY, MAY 28
MEMORIAL DAY CELEBRATION: Community members are wel-
come to enjoy the patriotic music of the Hillsboro High School
Jazz Ensemble and the Missbehavens. Veteran organizations
will also be on hand to provide information about their groups.
The event takes place rain or shine. 11 a.m. – 1 p.m., Veterans
Memorial Gateway, NE 34th Ave. & Veterans Dr., Hillsboro.
TUESDAY, MAY 29
HEALTHCARE HIRING EVENT: This hiring event helps bring
healthcare agencies face-toface with eager job seekers pursu-
ing careers in the healthcare industry. To pre-register or view
the list of employers attending visit www.hchiringexpos.com 11
a.m. – 2 p.m., Sheraton Portland Airport Hotel, 8235 NE Airport
Way.
SATURDAY, JUNE 2
STARLIGHT PARADE: This glittering illuminated nighttime parade
lights up downtown Portland. Come see for yourself the twin-
kling floats, drill teams & marching bands. 8:30 p.m. – 11 p.m.,
downtown Portland
STATE PARKS DAY: In celebration of State Parks Day please come
and enjoy your Oregon State Parks-no day use fee charged at
fee parks and no camping fees on traditional camping. Visit
www.oregonstateparks.org for parks information.
SATURDAY – SUNDAY, JUNE 2 – 3
STREET PAINTING BLOCK PARTY & POTLUCK: You are invited to
the 4th annual Street Painting Block Party. Help us re-paint the
Unity Circle in the intersection. Celebrate our Humboldt neigh-
borhood and meet your neighbors. Both days 9 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Please bring food and drinks for an afternoon potluck both
days. For more information email kymberlyjeka@gmail.com
Humboldt neighborhood.
SUNDAY, JUNE 3
EAST COUNTY COMMUNITY ORCHESTRA SPRING CONCERT: The
60-piece orchestra celebration its 40th year. The ECCO’s mem-
bers consist of amateur and professional musicians from all
over the Portland & SW Washington area. There is no admission
fee to the concert. To help defray cost, donations are welcome.
3 p.m. – 4:30 p.m., Horner Performing Arts Center, David Douglas
High School, 1400 SE 130th Ave.
See Community Calendar on page 5
View the Community Calendar and regularly
updated News Briefs for Seattle and Portland at
Young Audiences of Oregon & SW Washington
invited the community to celebrate the 40th
anniversary of Run for the Arts, its trademark
fundraising jog-a-thon that empowers
students and schools to raise money for their
arts programs, materials, and field trips. There
will be a showcase of student designs for our
popular Run for the Arts T-shirt design contest
from over the years. Attendees can peruse
student artwork and vintage Run for the Arts
T-shirts, enjoy some refreshments, and create
their own Run for the Arts t-shirt designs. The
showcase will take place from 6 to 8 p.m. May
31 at Living Room Realty (1401 NE Alberta St.)
during Last Thursday on NE Alberta.
Young Audiences launched the Run for the Arts
program in 1977 and started out by serving
just one school in its first year; now, between
50 and 60 schools participate annually across
Oregon and SW Washington, and in the
2016–2017 school year nearly 22,000 students
raised $627,887 to support the arts in their
schools. To learn more about Run for the Arts,
visit ya-or.org/run-for-the-arts.
Portland News Briefs
Oregon’s First Sustainability Bond
Sale Exceeds Expectations
State Treasurer Tobias Read announced that the
first sale of innovative Oregon Sustainability Bonds
exceeded expectations, with more buyers than the
supply of available bonds.
As a result, in addition to helping Oregonians in-
vest in themselves, Treasury was able to shave inter-
est costs with competitive long-term financing rates.
The first Sustainability Bond sale is a $40 million fed-
erally taxable issuance for affordable housing con-
struction and home ownership programs throughout
the state.
Based on the highly successful sale, Treasury will
explore future potential sales dedicated to sustain-
able communities and environmental protection,
said Treasurer Read, who originated the new Oregon
municipal debt classification. The bonds are tailored
for socially responsible investors.
The bonds were priced and allocated to buyers last
week, and the issuance were final as of May 22. Buy-
ers include Oregon retail buyers and managers of
institutional mutual funds, including a number of
firms that focus particularly on socially responsible
investments and who bid for Oregon bonds for the
first time.
Because the bonds were approximately three times
oversubscribed, it allowed for slightly lower yields on
most bond maturities, which will save about $75,000
in interest costs over the life of the bonds.
The bonds will mature between one and 20 years,
with coupons ranging from 2.29 to 3.98 percent.
They earned ratings of AA+/Aa1/AA+ from Standard
& Poor’s, Moody’s Investor Service, and Fitch Inves-
tor’s Service, respectively.
In addition to being dedicated to sustainable public
priorities, such as affordable housing, Oregon Sus-
tainability Bonds have a higher level of transparency:
Annual reports will be made available on the uses
and spend-down of the bond proceeds, until the funds
are spent in full.
The $40 million will finance grants for the construc-
tion of affordable housing projects via the State’s
Local Innovation and Fast Track (LIFT) Affordable
Housing Program, managed by the Oregon Housing
and Community Services Department. Projects that
receive financing assistance from the LIFT program
are in historically underserved communities and for
households earning at or below 60% of Area Median
Income.
The Oregon State Treasury protects public assets,
saves money, and helps Oregonians to invest in them-
selves and their families through empowerment
programs like the Oregon 529 Savings Network and
OregonSaves. Treasury oversees public investment,
banking, and debt management services. State in-
vestment policies are set by the Oregon Investment
Council. Treasury also promotes public outreach and
education to help Oregonians learn strategies to save
money and make smart financial choices.
Washington County One of Five
Oregon Counties to Pilot Family
Alternative Sentencing Program
The Family Sentencing Alternative Pilot Program
(FSAPP) was created in 2015 by the Oregon legisla-
ture in a comprehensive effort to divert custodial
parents facing one year or more of prison time into
community-based intensive supervision and sup-
ports. The program is designed to promote reunifica-
tion of families, prevent children from entering the
foster care sys-
tem and reduce
the likelihood of
further involve-
ment in the crimi-
nal justice system
by the individuals
or their children.
In 2016, Wash-
ington
County
was chosen as one
of five Oregon
counties to pilot
this 10-year ini-
tiative, working Sisters play together at the park
closely with the
Oregon Department of Corrections (DOC) and De-
partment of Human Services (DHS) to administer the
program and evaluate the outcomes. The participat-
ing counties, which also include Deschutes, Jackson,
Marion and Multnomah, each receive State funds to
cover the costs of a probation officer to manage the
additional, specialized caseload and to pay for treat-
ment and housing costs associated with the program.
In July of 2017, all were awarded a one-year continu-
ation after demonstrating support for FSAPP from
local leaders in the criminal justice system including
their sheriff, district attorney, presiding judge and a
representative of the defense bar.
Since it launched in April of 2016, Washington
County’s FSAPP, administered by Community Cor-
rections, has served 36 corrections clients and 70 of
their children, including 29 children who were di-
rectly diverted from non-relative placement in foster
care. While the majority of the clients are women, a
few have been men.
Potential participants are carefully screened by
Probation Officer Erin Gladstone for eligibility based
on their criminal history and referrals from various
system partners. (Those with current convictions
for felony person crimes or any convictions for sex
crimes are not eligible.) Close collaboration with DHS
Child Welfare is necessary to confirm eligibility and
ensure that the children’s needs are included in case
planning. According to Community Corrections Pro-
gram Supervisor Sheila Clark, “Our strong, existing
partnerships with the District Attorney’s Office, DHS,
CODA Recovery Center, Bridges to Change and House
of Hope have been invaluable in creating a multidisci-
plinary team approach which provides a network of
PHOTO: CHERIEJOYFUL VIA FLICKR
brought to you by
Run for the
Arts
PHOTO COURTESY OF YOUNG AUDIENCES OF OREGON & SW WASHINGTON
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