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The Mid-county Memo is your newspaper. We want to hear from you. Discuss an important issue or address a concern you want to call to the community's attention. We prefer e-mailed letters to the editor sent to Darlene Vinson at editor@midcountymemo.com. Please put “Letter to the editor” in the subject line. You may also mail your letter to 3510 N.E. 134th Ave., Portland, OR 97230 or fax it to 503-249-7672. Deadline for the January issue is Wednesday, Dec. 15.
Explaining off leash areas in Portland parks
To the editor:
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| At the south end of the heavily wooded John Luby Park near Portland Christian High School in east Portland, there is a grassy area neighbors and nearby residents use as an un-official off-leash area. MEMO PHOTO TIM CURRAN |
Portland Parks & Recreation is not considering adding an off-leash area at John Luby Park.
We are, however, working on establishing a process for the community to request off-leash areas in parks. PP&R does not currently have such a process, and by implementing one, we'll be creating a consistent and fair way for the bureau to consider OLAs. Park users have widely varying opinions on dog recreation, and PP&R needs an objective way to determine whether an OLA is a good fit for a park.
Dogs on leashes are welcome visitors at John Luby Park. Off-leash play is allowed only in PP&R's 32 designated OLAs. The OLAs closest to John Luby Park are at East Holladay Park, 12999 N.E. Holladay St. and Argay Park, Northeast 141st Avenue and Failing Street. Please respect the park, and your fellow park users, by exercising your pet on-leash in John Luby Park.
I'm happy to add anyone interested in the request process to our email list. I'll also be sure to keep Memo readers posted.
Ali Ryan, off-leash program coordinator
Portland Parks & Recreation
ali.ryan@portlandoregon.gov
Editor's note: A flyer, recently posted at the park asked people to contact Ali Ryan at Portland Parks & Recreation and offer input on whether this part of Luby should be an official Off-Leash Area. However, she didn't post the flyer, an exuberant dog owner who uses the park did. Last month we did a piece on it, which incurred her letter.
Litter spoils a nice walk, devalues neighborhood
To the editor:
Hi, I'm just a resident of Gateway who likes to walk around her neighborhood. I walk up Halsey to Fred Meyer daily for food shopping. Also, I like to walk along 122nd to Glisan; up to Glendoveer for a lovely walk amidst the pines and meadows around the golf range.
There is something that really bothers me. And I'm not the only one. People in the neighborhood are noticing too. Trash is accumulating along our roads. Bus stops have used diapers, and I find take home restaurant trash (wrappers from hamburgers, fries, potato chip bags, etc.) lying around littering our streets. It's a real bother, and sometimes I just pick up the trash and then look for somewhere to put it. I find that I have to carry it home because there are no trash bins on 102nd, no trash bins on Halsey or Weidler streets and no trash bins on 122nd. No wonder we have trash accumulating on our streets.
I talked about it with people in the neighborhood and some suggestions have been made. Trash bins should be present by bus stops. Many people eat a fast meal on the way to work waiting for the bus. Women and children wait for the bus and that is when diapers get changed or children eat snacks. It only makes sense to provide trash bins. MacDonald's, Arby's, WinCo, Fred Meyer surely could consider providing customers trash bins and to help keep the neighborhood clean.
Also, it is a crime to take shopping carts out of WinCo, Goodwill and Fred Meyer. Where are the cops! I'm tired of seeing shopping carts littering the roads. People from apartment complexes use them and leave them at bus stops and along apartment complexes. I'm sorry you don't have a car to do your food shopping but really! I saw a guy using a shopping cart to sit on while waiting for the bus. Make yourself comfortable and leave the cart to litter our roads.
We pay our taxes and as a matter fact our property taxes have gone up! Where are the services to our community? A little law enforcement would help in decreasing the littering of carts. Get a backpack of your own or a wheel cart that you can bring onto the bus with you. They are less expensive than a fine.
We want some help in keeping our neighborhood clean and free of trash.
Thank you.
Marie Hale, Gateway resident
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