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Visiting pastor
Eastminster Presbyterian Church, 12505 N.E. Halsey St., welcomes a special guest to their service on Sunday, Aug. 22. The Rev. Aleida Jernigan, Co-executive Presbyter of the NE Region Cascades Presbytery will preside.
Sunday worship is at 10 a.m. each week.
For more information contact Bill Taylor at 503-252-3888.
FUNDRAISERS
Gamble for fun and a good cause
A popular poker activity will be offered again by the 205 Earlyriser Kiwanis to raise funds for the Kiwanis Camp for disabled youth and the East Portland Community Center Playground Fund. A Texas Hold’em Tournament will be held on Saturday, Aug. 7 from 6 to 10 p.m. at the East Portland Community Center, 740 S.E. 106th Ave. The entry fee is $20 per player and covers your initial chip allotment. An additional $5 in chips maybe purchased with five cans of tuna, which will be donated to Loaves & Fishes.
To register, please call Marty at 503-257-9676 by Friday, Aug. 6.
Drop off your empties
The Parkrose Bronco Boosters will be on hand at Parkrose Middle School, 11800 N.E. Shaver St. the first Saturday of the month to relieve you of your refundable bottles and cans.
Volunteers will be on hand on Saturday, Aug. 7 from 9 a.m. until 1 p.m. If you miss that opportunity, look for them again on Saturday, Sept. 4. Rain or shine.
Funds raised benefit Parkrose High School students.
Donate your old cell phones
The Columbia View Kiwanis Club is collecting old cell phones as a project to help people who are in abusive situations. The cell phones will be sent to an organization that re-programs them to dial only 911, and then gives them free to individuals in abusive situations.
You may take your old cell phones to one of two places: SnowCap Community Charities at Southeast 178th Avenue and Pine Street, or to Courtyard at Russellville at 20 S.E. 103rd Ave.
Anyone interested in being a part of an active service club is invited to join the Kiwanians any Wednesday for lunch at The Refectory, Northeast 122nd Avenue and Halsey Street from noon to 1 p.m. Columbia View Kiwanis supports a variety of community projects, including SnowCap, Mt. Hood Kiwanis Camp for disabled children, youth and adults, DayBreak Family Shelter and Doernbecher Children’s Hospital.
If you have questions, call Charlie Ross at 503-252-1570.
LIBRARIES
Library announces new hours, effective August 29
Beginning Sunday, Aug. 29, all Multnomah County libraries will be open seven days a week, with opening and closing times varying depending on location.
To create the new schedule, library staff carefully reviewed current usage patterns and evaluated the days and time periods that are most popular at each library. In addition, community members provided extensive input. Over 4,000 library users filled out a survey this spring, giving concrete information about their hours of preference.
Among other results, the surveys indicated that Monday hours are highly popular and that mornings, afternoons and evenings are all desirable to different members of the community.
“It’s clear that in order to fully respond to the demand, we would need to be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week,” said Director of Libraries Molly Raphael. “Since that’s not possible except for the services we offer online from the library’s Web site, we’re pleased that the new hours address a diverse range of users’ needs with the resources available.”
“The new hours meet or exceed what was promised to the voters who passed the library levy in 2002,” Raphael said, and added that budget challenges were the impetus for the change. Like many other publicly funded institutions, Multnomah County Library is addressing a budget shortfall in the current fiscal year, which began July 1. With a continuing drop in levy revenues, as well as reduced support from the county’s general fund, the library’s goal is to maintain library services efficiently and effectively over the remaining four years of the library levy.
Gregory Heights Library, 7921 N.E. Sandy Blvd., 503-988-5386, www.multcolib.org/agcy/grh.html
New Hours beginning Aug. 29: Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.; Monday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.; Tuesday and
Wednesday from noon to 8 p.m.; Thursday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Story Stop: Story time for children newborn to 6 years. Tuesdays through Saturdays from 3:30 to 3:45 p.m.
Toddler Story time: Story time for children 18 to 36 months. Tuesdays from 11 to 11:30 a.m.
Pajama Time: Bedtime stories for the whole family. Wednesdays from 7 to 7:30 p.m.
Bilingual Story time: Hora de Cuentos Bilingües, Presented in Spanish and English for children of all ages. Thursdays from 4 to 5 p.m.
Book Babies: Story time for children 0 to 18 months. Fridays from 10 to 10:30 a.m.
Artist Trading Cards: Create your own trading cards using colored pencils, rubber stamps, collage and more. You may keep your cards or trade with other artists. Saturday, Aug. 14 from 1 to 3 p.m.
The Fascinating World of Reptiles: Pet a python! The Reptile Man, Richard Ritchey, presents reptile wonders. Saturday, Aug. 28 from 3 to 4 p.m.
Intercambio/Language Exchange: Engage in conversation with native English speakers who want to practice their Spanish as well as with native Spanish speakers who want to practice their English.
Thursdays from 4 to 5 p.m.
Pageturners: Engage in stimulating conversation about books. Sponsored by the Friends of the Library. Read “Sometimes a Great Notion: A Novel,” by Ken Kesey. Tuesday, Aug. 17 from 7 to 8 p.m.
Computer Lab: Library staff help beginners practice computer skills. Saturdays, Aug. 14 through 28 from 9 to 10 a.m.
TechnoHosts: Volunteers help you search the Web, look up books with the library’s online catalog, and use online databases. Sundays from 1 to 5 p.m.
E-mail for Beginners: Prerequisite: Web Basics. Learn how to use free e-mail on the Web, like Yahoo or Hotmail. Sign up, then compose and send messages to anywhere in the world.
Saturday, Aug. 7 from 9 to 10 a.m.
Midland Library, 805 S.E. 122nd Ave., 503-988-5392, www.multcolib.org/agcy/mid/html
New Hours beginning Aug. 29: Sunday from noon to 5 p.m.; Monday and Tuesday from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m.; Wednesday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Story Stop: Stories for children newborn to 6 years. Daily, from1:30 to 1:45 p.m.
Bilingual Storytime/Hora de Cuentos Bilingües: Presented in Spanish and English for children of all ages.
Tuesdays, June 29 through Aug. 24, from 6 to 6:45 p.m.
Meet Seattle Author Janet Wong: Wong talks about what it’s like to be an author. Whether you love Minn and Jake (The Multnomah County Library Junior Book Group pick for August) or are a fan of Behind the Wheel, learn how to become an author and then get your favorite books signed.
Tuesday, Aug. 3, from 4 to 5 p.m.
Read to the Dogs: Improve your reading skills and make a new friend by reading aloud to therapy dogs from the Dove Lewis Animal Assisted Therapy Program.
Pre-registration required; call 503-988-5392.
Monday, Aug. 9, from 6:30 to 8 p.m. and Thursdays, Aug. 12 and 26, from 6 to 7:30 p.m.
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