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Take advantage of free services
The YWCA’s Senior Services Program Office hosts many free informational clinics and health checks. Senior Services offers a free law clinic every Friday with half-hour consultations. Make your appointment for these free services today!
Medicare advice is available as well, through Senior Health Insurance Benefits Assistance (SHIBA). Volunteers help both seniors and people with disabilities to understand their rights, make informed choices on how to receive their benefits, and file claims and appeals. Appointments are required.
The Senior Services Program Office is located in the East Portland Community Center at 740 S.E. 106th Ave. For more information or to schedule an appointment with any of these programs, please call 503-988-6073.
School Corner
What’s happing at Parkrose High School
Following is a calendar of events at Parkrose High School (PHS), 12003 N.E. Shaver St. For more information on any event, please call 503-408-2600.
• Thursday, Dec. 5 brings the PHS Fine & Performing Arts Festival from 6 to 10 p.m.
• The “Nutcracker” will be performed from 7 to 9 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 6, and on Saturday, Dec. 7 from noon to 2 p.m. and again from 7 to 9 p.m. Tickets are available through TicketMaster. Cost is $15 for adults and $10 for children. If you buy tickets at the door, cost is $17 for adults and $10 for children.
• Monday, Dec. 9 will host the Rivers of Life Youth Ministries from 7 to 10 p.m.
• Don’t miss the Rose Festival Parent Information meeting on Thursday, Dec. 12 from 7 to 10 p.m.
• Students will be gearing up for the Snowball Formal Dance, held on Saturday, Dec. 14 from 8 to 11 p.m.
• The Aurora Chorus will be performing on Sunday, Dec. 15, from 4 to 6 p.m. and again from 7 to 8 p.m. For more information about this event, please call Sandra at 503-860-7906.
• Monday, Dec. 16 will host the PHS Holiday Choir Concert from 7 to 9 p.m. The Concert Choir, Treble Choir, A Cappella Choir and the Parkrose High Debonnaires will be performing a variety of holiday music. Admission is free.
• The Holiday Band Concert will be held on Tuesday, Dec. 17 from 7 to 9 p.m. Admission is free.
• The PHS Theater will host the Parkrose Middle School 7th Grade Band Concert on Wednesday, Dec. 18 and the Parkrose Middle School 8th Grade Band Concert on Thursday, Dec. 19, both from 7 to 8 p.m. Admission is free to both events.
• The PHS Wrestling Tournament will be held on Saturday, Dec. 21. Time to be arranged
• Christmas Break runs from Monday, Dec. 23 through Friday, Jan. 3.
Support Parkrose High
In light of all of the recent and proposed educational cuts, it is even more important for local residents to support our schools. Every month, the Parkrose High Bronco Boosters give local residents a chance to support the school without having to spend hard-earned holiday money. Instead of setting out your returnable cans and bottles for the trash men to pick up, save them to donate to Parkrose High students. Not only will you be supporting Parkrose High, but you will also be helping to provide a clean, livable environment.
The Bronco Boosters accept donations of soda and beer cans and bottles in the east parking lot of Parkrose High School Community Center, 12003 N.E. Shaver St. Bronco Boosters will be there from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7 to collect donations. For more information about donations or how to help, please call Sharon Mershon at 503-252-7139.
Continuing to support our kids
The East Multnomah Retired Educators won’t let a little thing like retirement stop them from helping our children. Every month, they meet to discuss ways to benefit local school programs. If you are a retired educator who would like to continue to make a difference, attend the next meeting at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday, Dec. 26, at the Refectory Restaurant, 1618 N.E. 122nd Ave. For more information, please call Betty Anne Mosen at 503-760-3958.
Keep up with changes in the schools
Get involved in our local public school systems and educate yourself on what is happening in our centers of education. Help ensure the future of our community by making sure our children have everything they need to become the leaders of tomorrow. Local school board meeting dates and locations are listed below.
• David Douglas School Board meets Thursday, Dec. 12 at 7 p.m. in the David Douglas District Office Boardroom, located at 1500 S.E. 130th Ave. For more information, please call 503-252-2900.
• Parkrose School Board meets for a work session on Monday, Dec. 9 at 7 p.m. in rooms L13 and L14 of the Parkrose High School Community Center, 12003 N.E. Shaver St. For more information, please call 503-408-2100. There is a regularly scheduled period for public comment during each board meeting.
Can’t quite fit the meeting into your schedule? No problem - each meeting will be aired Thursdays and Saturdays at 2 p.m. on cable channel 27.
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