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Willamette Riverbank Cleanup – May 16

Jim — Wed, 22 Apr 2009 03:39:12 +0000

We Need Your Help!
The Portland Harbor Master and the City of Portland – Office of Healthy Working Rivers
Present
“Willamette Riverbank Cleanup 2”
Please come help us pick up trash along the shores of the Willamette River in the downtown Portland area.
Date: Saturday, May 16
Time: 9:00 AM – 1:00 PM
Location: Sellwood Bridge to Swan Island

We will be bagging trash, placing it on boats and sending it to a barge carrying dumpsters.
Help is needed in all aspects—trash pickers, boaters to transport and access difficult areas, as well as volunteers to help throw the trash onto the barge.
To participate in this event, please call Harbor Master Ray Pratt to request an assignment. Ray can be reached via telephone at (503) 823-3780 or via email at rpratt@fire.ci.portland.or.us.

We need your help to make our “River City” healthy and beautiful!

For more information, call SOLV at (800) 333-SOLV (7568) or (503) 844.9571

Down by the Riverside offers an excellent opportunity to become more involved in environmental stewardship and the community.

For more information, call SOLV at (800) 333-SOLV (7568) or (503) 844.9571.

Easter Egg Hunt – Westmoreland Park Sat. April 11, 2009 @ 10am

reid — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:37:02 +0000

Title: Easter Egg Hunt – Westmoreland Park
Location: South End of Westmoreland Park
Description: Easter Egg Hunt at 10am SHARP at the South end of Westmoreland park. And when we say sharp, we mean it. It’ll be over by 10:15 or so. Those kids are like hungry pirahna looking for chocolate eggs. See the bunny. Have fun. Presented by the Oaks Bottom Lions Club and SMILE.
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2009-04-11
End Time: 10:20

Town Hall meeting with Carolyn Tomei Saturday, April 11 @ 10am

reid — Thu, 09 Apr 2009 02:32:28 +0000

Title: Town Hall meeting with Carolyn Tomei
Location: SMILE Station 8210 SE 13th Ave, Portland, OR 97202
Link out: Click here
Description: Your state representative, Carolyn Tomei, will be in Sellwood for a question-and-answer Town Hall session. Bring your questions and participate in a direct conversation with the woman who represents Sellwood-Moreland at the state level
Start Time: 10:00
Date: 2009-04-11
End Time: 11:00

Tri-Met Public Hearings for proposed service cuts

teresad — Thu, 02 Apr 2009 05:38:16 +0000

Tri-Met has proposed service cuts to our area. The lines affected are #70, #19 Wooodstock, and #41. The big one is #41 which they propose to discontinue completely. For more information about Tri-Met’s proposal click here. There are three public hearings coming up on April 6, 7 & 8 to discuss the proposal. The locations and times are:

Monday, April 6, 2009, 4-7 p.m.
Wilson High School Cafeteria
1151 SW Vermont
Portland, OR 97219

Tuesday, April 7, 2009, 4-7 p.m.

Portland Building Auditorium, Second Floor
1120 SW 5th Ave.
Portland, OR 97204

Wednesday, April 8, 2009, 4-7 p.m.

Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office
Public Safety Training Center
12700 SE 82nd Ave.
Clackamas, OR 97015

New Calendars – Print and Online

admin — Thu, 25 Dec 2008 10:00:09 +0000

2009 Sellwood Calendar available at Wallace Books, Looking Glass, Twin Paradox, Branches & Community Center

The Sellwood-Moreland Historical Society did such a great job on the 2009 Calendar (a benefit for SMILE, your neighborhood association), that it would be a shame not to thank them here. Thanks Dana and LynAnn Beck, Eileen Fitzsimons, Gray Whelan, Tammy Carasco and the SMILE board members. It looks absolutely fantastic.

It’s available for $10.00, with the proceeds benefitting SMILE, your all-volunteer neighborhood organization behind things like Sundae in the Park, the Easter Egg Hunt, representation on the Sellwood Bridge and Light Rail citizens committees and other efforts.

Inspired by the fine work on the print version of their calendar, I’ve updated the SMILE online calendar for 2009 as well. Floating over the dates on the smaller calendar should give you updates for individual days. Feel free to use the comment form below the large-format calendar to let us know about community events that we may have missed and which should be included.

: SMILE Online Calendar

I’ve noticed that the Internet Explorer 7 browser sometimes has an issue with the size of the close box when using the smaller calendar. If, like me, you use IE 7 and you’ re seeing a small, difficult-to-click close box when using the small calendar, I recommend using the larger calendar on the calendar page. This should be fixed in the next release of the smaller calendar widget. Other browsers such as Safari, Firefox and Google’s Chrome don’t seem to have this issue.