The Salmon Celebration at Westmoreland Park is an annual community gathering to welcome the return of salmon to the city of Portland, Oregon. Each fall we come together along the banks of Crystal Springs Creek to celebrate the renewal of salmon runs in the last undammed, unpiped salmon-bearing watershed in the city. The Native American Community Advisory Council to Portland Parks (NACAC) has been a partner with many others in coordinating the Salmon Celebration at Westmoreland Park since its inception and are excited and committed to continue this event for its fifth year and serve as host!  More information here.

We had to push to the second Sunday of the month this month, but the garden ready for some seed planting! We'll be tidying up, talking about native plants, and planting some annual seeds. Join your friends and neighbors Sunday, October 14th, from 10am-Noon and become a neighborhood steward! No experience is necessary -- just bring your gloves, trowels, and curiosity, to the corner of SE 13th Ave. and SE Bybee Blvd. What better way to spend a morning than helping native plants and pollinators thrive right in our own backyard? Woohoo!

Topic:  Marketing and managing Oaks Pioneer Church & the SMILE Station - Preserving the past, improving the present, planning the future (part II, continued from December 2017 meeting).  At some point during this meeting an Executive Session, closed to the general public, will be called. This meeting will be immediately followed by the regularly scheduled SMILE Board Meeting at 7:30.

6:00 p.m. - Introductions and announcements – Scott Kelly, Chairman, Transportation Committee. 6:10 p.m.  - 11th Ave speed bumps – Scott Kelly, Charles Kingsley.  Review and discuss meeting with PBOT for potential pilot project to install speed bumps between Miller & Spokane. 7:00 p.m.  - Future agenda items. 7:15 p.m. - Adjourn.

7:30 p.m. Welcome and introductions. 7:35 p.m. Review and pass minutes of September 19 meeting. 7:40 p.m. Update: Haunted House event and SE Uplift SMILE representation - Gail Hoffnagle, SMILE Board Vice President. 7:50 p.m. Discussion: pickleball courts and futsal court at Sellwood Park - Nancy Youlden, pickleball proposal and Eric Miller, futsal proposal. 8:30 p.m. SNAC Committee update and SMILE Station back yard maintenance - Elizabeth Milner, SMILE Board Member and SNAC Committee Co-Chair. 8:45 p.m. Open Forum: an opportunity for any announcements, ideas, or issues that are of interest to SMILE. 9:00 p.m. Adjourn.

The NW Examiner is co-sponsoring an event to discuss the future of neighborhood associations in Portland on Friday, Oct. 19, 7-10 p.m. A showing of the documentary “Citizen Jane: The Battle for the City Continues,” will be followed by a panel discussion led by neighborhood activists from across the city.

Friends of Westmoreland Park stewardship party.  Meet at the picnic table in the center of the play area.  Bring garden gloves, a water bottle, weather-appropriate clothing and small garden tools if you have them.

We will discuss our strategy for saving the community center given the new budget approach the city has laid out for the next budget cycle.  We will also brainstorm new fundraisers for the center.  Everyone is welcomed.

The Sellwood Moreland Business Alliance invites creatures of all ages to the 18th Annual Monster March, starting at 3pm on Sunday, October 28th. Costume parade begins and ends at Llewellyn Elementary School. This year - adults with kids in costume can stop in at Laurelwood Brew Pub before, after, or during the parade, to get a $2.00 beer. For more information: SellwoodMoreland.com

Bring garden gloves, a water bottle, weather-appropriate clothing and small garden tools if you have them.