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Montavilla Kiwanis Club meetings
The Montavilla Kiwanis Club gets together every Tuesday to discuss and implement ways to be of service to the community through support of local non-profit organizations. This group meets at 12:10 p.m. every Tuesday in the Chinese Village Restaurant and Lounge, 520 S.E. 82nd Ave. For more information, please call Diane Lawrence at 503-289-6427.
Make a difference
The Mall 205 Early Riser Kiwanis Club meets one morning a week. They invite anyone to stop by and find out how to make a difference. At 7 a.m. every Thursday morning, this group meets and discusses ways to support charitable organizations such as Snow-CAP and the East Portland Community Center.
Join an active club
The Gateway Elks offer the chance to help others in the community, such as youth and veterans, as well as an opportunity to improve the Gateway area. Get results you can see reflected in the community.
Elk membership also opens new social doors. The Lodge is constantly having functions of all sorts, from sporting events on the big screen TV to fairs and picnics. Events for February include the Elkettes Sweetheart Ball on Friday, Fed. 14 and the Disabled Dance on Friday, Feb. 21 as well as the regular lodge meetings on Thursdays at 7:30 p.m. held at the Gateway Elks Lodge, 711 N.E. 100th Ave.
The Elks offer the public the chance to support groups through recycling. Donate to the paper recycling drop-box in the Lodge parking lot to help the Youth Activities Fund, supporting groups such as our area Boy Scout troops. Donate colored glass and cardboard at the recycle donation area on the north side of the Lodge in the RV parking lot to help support veterans in hospitals.
If you are interested in being a part of charitable projects and having a lot of fun, consider joining the Elks - the club welcomes both men and women. For more information, please call 503-255-6535. You can also e-mail secretary@gatewayelks.org or visit www.gatewayelks.org.
Tired of noisy planes?
Do something about airport noise. There are several organizations that have been formed to deal with this ongoing problem. The public is invited to Citizen’s Noise Advisory Committee (CNAC) meeting on Thursday, Feb. 13 in the Commissions Room of the Port of Portland building downtown at 121 N.W. Everett St. Come to the meeting from 6 to 8 p.m. to educate yourself and express your opinion. The meeting includes time for public comment. For more information about the CNAC or the Noise Abatement Office, please call 503-460-4100.
The City of Portland also sponsors a group to deal with airport matters. For any airport concerns, attend the next meeting of the Airtraffic Issues Roundtable (AIR) on Tuesday, Feb. 4 at 7 p.m. in City Hall, 1221 S.W. 4th Ave.
If you have a question about aircraft noise, or would like to share feedback or register a complaint, call the 24-Hour Noise Hotline at 503-460-4100. Team members are available to take your call 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday through Friday. After hours and on weekends, you may leave information with the answering service or record a voicemail message.
Learn a life lesson
The Russellville Home Family and Community Education Program holds classes on life lessons, everything from how to balance your diet to insurance education. Always wondered how everyone else seems to know how to treat a fever? Well, here is your chance to learn the things they didn’t teach you in school.
The meeting for February will be held on Thursday, Feb. 6, in the East Portland Community Center, 740 S.E. 106th Ave., from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Each meeting also includes a light lunch at noon. Lunch fee is one dollar, but first-time visitors are treated to lunch. The Russellville Education Program especially invites stay-at-home moms to learn something new and spend a little “adult time”.
For more information, please call June Carey at 503-257-6573.
Learn to grow your own exotic beauty
Portland hosts a club full of folks that love exotic flowers. The African Violet Society can teach you everything you need to grow beautiful, healthy African Violets, as well as other exotic flowers. Meetings often include guest speakers, workshops, or slideshows featuring different types of violets.
The African Violet Society will meet at 12:30 p.m. on Saturday, Feb. 22 at Tabor Heights Methodist Church, 6161 S.E. Stark St. Use back entrance. For more information, please call Charlotte Smith at 503-771-5762.
School Corner
Dr. Suess’ birthday book bash
Sacramento Elementary School, 11400 N.E. Sacramento St. will be celebrating its 6th annual Read Across America night on Thursday, Feb. 27 in honor of Dr. Seuss’ birthday. Students and their families will be invited back to school from 6:30-7:30 p.m. for an hour of storytelling. Stories will be read not only in English, but also in Spanish and Russian. Refreshments will be served and every child will be given a free book.
This event is sponsored by the Sacramento Parent-Teacher Organization, Parkrose Faculty Association, Events and Adventures and many other in-kind supporters. For more information, please call Sacramento School at 503-408-2816.
Get ready for the future
College-bound students and their families will meet with admissions representatives from more than thirty colleges at the fourth annual East Portland College Fair. The evening event, co-sponsored by Parkrose High School and Portland Christian High School, is scheduled for Thursday, Feb. 6. Admission is free to the College Fair, held from 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Parkrose High School, 12003 N.E Shaver St.
Mid-County students and their families can expect to meet representatives from Oregon’s state universities, local community colleges and private colleges from Oregon, Washington and California. College admissions officers will staff information tables at Parkrose High School’s Student Center and be available to answer specific questions. The Fair also includes a series of breakout sessions on topics such as scholarships, SAT preparation, financial aid, and the college selection process. Jim Farmer, a counselor at Portland Christian High School, emphasized that public, private and home-schooled students are all invited to attend the fair.
“I encourage juniors and sophomores to attend the College Fair,” says Meg Kilmer, the Career Center Director at Parkrose High School. “This is a great time for younger students to begin researching their options. Of course, seniors are also welcome, but we know that many of them have already made their decisions.”
An updated list of colleges planning to attend the event is available from either high school. Meg Kilmer can be reached at Parkrose High School, 503-408-2681. Jim Farmer at Portland Christian High School is available at 503-256-3960.
Support Parkrose High and the environment
Each month, members of the Parkrose High Bronco Boosters collect pop cans and bottles to raise funds for scholarships. From 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday, March 1 the Bronco Boosters will collect returnable aluminum cans and glass and plastic bottles at Parkrose High School, 12003 N.E. Shaver St. Please save your bottles and cans and donate them to the students of Parkrose High. For more information or if you would like your bottles and cans picked up, please call Sue Kunz at 503-254-2664.
Stay involved in school
Keep yourself up to date on current issues in our school system. To stay involved in the education of our future leaders, attend the school board meeting in your area. 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 on Thursday, Feb. 6 and Thursday, Feb. 20 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, Feb. 10 at 4:30 p.m. in the District Administration Office, 10636 N.E. Prescott. There will also be a regular meeting on Monday, Feb. 24 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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