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To fully serve the community, the Mid-county Memo offers this section to showcase upcoming special events, celebrations of milestones in our readers’ lives, those seemingly small accomplishments that often do not receive the recognition they deserve, and everyday events that should be shared with friends and neighbors.
Memo Pad submissions for the May issue are due by Friday, April 15. For best results, e-mail Darlene Vinson at editor@midcountymemo.com. Or mail editorial submissions to 3510 N.E. 134th Ave, Portland, OR 97230. To leave a phone message, call 503-287-8904. The fax number is 503-249-7672.
Adopt a park
There is a small group of dedicated folks who maintain a perennial flowerbed at Argay Park at Northeast 141st Avenue and Failing Street. They could use your help for one hour a month. If you have the time and inclination, get in touch with Jane Roffey-Berry at 503-253-8625 or jane@yessolutions.net.
Roffey-Berry, an Argay Neighborhood Association board member, is also responsible for finding volunteers for the Argay Park park patrol, which will begin again in May. The patrol is intended to keep a neighborhood presence in the park to help deter people who might have less than wholesome activities in mind. Let her know if you can help out.
Parkrose Community Fair invites participation
The parents, staff and community of Parkrose High School make up the Bronco Boosters. These folks are hard at work planning their annual Parkrose Community Fair, dubbed the “party on the patio,” set for Saturday, June 4. The Boosters are looking for vendors, student groups and community groups to fill booth spaces. In addition, groups or individuals interested in providing entertainment at this daylong event are being sought.
To learn more about the opportunities available at the Parkrose Community Fair, contact Alesia Reese at 503-253-4414 or alesiajmr@yahoo.com.
Fares increase to cover diesel prices
Starting Friday, April 1 most TriMet fares will increase to help cover record high diesel prices. TriMet purchases more than 6 million gallons of diesel annually, and high prices have created a $3 million budget deficit.
To cover the deficit, TriMet has focused on operating buses more efficiently by making transmission and axle adjustments, reducing engine idling and is checking tire pressure more frequently. These steps look to save the agency $600,000 annually and will make TriMet among the most fuel-efficient transit districts in the country, according to representatives with the agency.
In addition, a 5-cent fare increase on most cash fares will result in a $1.5 million increase in revenue.
Beginning April 1, single fares, which include All-Zone, 2-Zone and Youth/Student fares, will increase by a nickel. At that time the 10-Ticket Books will go up by 50 cents. All-Zone and 2-Zone Monthly Passes will increase by $2. Fares not changing are the Youth/Student Monthly Pass, Honored Citizen fares, LIFT Paratransit fares and the All-Day Ticket.
Klingman Resident of Month
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| Longtime Oregon Baptist Retirement Home resident Regina Klingman enjoys craft classes and the community of the facility. |
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The Mid-county Memo is proud to announce that Klingman is the Resident of the Month for March for the Oregon Baptist Retirement Home.
Klingman grew up in a town near the Mt. Rushmore National Memorial and recalled being amazed at the workers as the statues were being carved.
Klingman taught in a one room school house in the Black Hills where the duties included cleaning the building, carrying in the drinking water, keeping the stove going, and gaining the cooperation and respect of those tall older farm boys. While a teacher, she boarded at the nearest school parent’s home during the week, returning to her parents on the weekend.
Klingman and her husband Fred H. Klingman raised five children, Jeannine, Phyllis, Donna, Jack and Arthur. There are now eight grandchildren and 19 great grandchildren. Fred died at the age of 68 after a wonderfully busy life of family, church and work. Fred was a union representative for the woodworkers and a leader in the Emanuel Baptist Church in Portland, where Regina Klingman taught Sunday school for years. She remembers much togetherness as a family and is very proud of all her five children.
Klingman lived in the Oregon Baptist Retirement Home Independent Community for 12 years and moved to the Assisted Living Community two years ago. She enjoys crafts the activities leader arranges and the church hymns sung in chapel.
Visitors will find Klingman enjoying community life in the lounge of Oregon Baptist Retirement Home, where she often reads at her favorite round table and chats with her family as they visit. She exclaims her years at Oregon Baptist Retirement Home have been wonderful and she has been very happy. Klingman attributes her longevity to lots of walking, beginning in her youth, and a healthy diet.
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