A Portland Oregon newspaper since 1985 –
Solely supported by advertising, the monthly Mid-county Memo newspaper circulates 15,500 copies in the Gateway and Parkrose
neighborhoods in the Mid-Multnomah County area of east Portland. Over 13,500 newspapers are directly mailed free of charge to
Portland homes in the area bounded on the east and west by Northeast 82nd and 162nd avenues, with Sandy Boulevard and
East Burnside Street on the north and south. The remaining 2,000 newspapers are distributed
at popular gathering places throughout the area.
To find the latest updates on information, go to our Memo Web log at: MEMO BLOG.

Vol. 25, No. 2 • Mailed monthly to over 13,500 homes in the Gateway & Parkrose Communities Free • June 2009
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Hats off to Gateway Elkettes
Adventist dedicates new pavilion
Annual Leadership Summit comes out of the woods
Perlman's Potpourri:
Gateway Park site needs clean up
82nd Ave. fence returns
Mentors make major difference for mentees
The Barn: Deeply rooted in Mid-county
Schatz gains design approval after stormy third hearing

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Hats off to Gateway Elkettes
The Gateway Elkettes, a Gateway Elks auxiliary, will celebrate their 40th anniversary in July. Seated in the first row are, from left, Patricia Wojnowski, Beryl McLean, Shirley Lane, Marie Martien, Ruth Winterlick, JP Pierce, Sheri Hayes and Joanne Spina. Standing, from left, Colleen Wilmoth, Judy O’Dell, Cindy Hurst, Shirley Stambaugh, Bunny Van Alstyne, Joyce Mertes, Diane Misfeldt, Eleanor Brown, Sandy Show, Meg Westcott and Best Hat contest winner Jan Vandervort.

The Gateway Elkettes — a 50-member strong auxiliary of the Gateway Elks — will celebrate their fortieth anniversary July 1. The Elkettes are comprised primarily of Elk spouses and widows and range in age from mid-30s to late 80s.

Elkette President Joanne Spina said the Elkette raison d’ être is three-fold and equally weighted: 1) It is an auxiliary group for the Gateway Elks Lodge at functions, fundraisers and wherever the lodge needs its auxiliary; 2) a fundraising entity (whose fundraising prowess, according to some, rival the Elks themselves) that produces and presents their own events focusing on charities for women and children, which include the Gateway Elks Scholarship Fund, Elks National Foundation, Meadowood Springs Speech and Hearing Camp, the Casey Eye Institute Clinic, SnowCap Community Charities, the Oregon Food Bank, Loaves & Fishes and the Francis Center; 3) a social and support network that care about each other.
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The Mid-county Memo newspaper –
serving Gateway and Parkrose in east Portland.

Founded in May 1985, the monthly Mid-county Memo neighborhood newspaper is mailed to every home in a geographic-specific area of Portland, in the middle of Multnomah County, Oregon.

Completely advertiser supported, the Mid-county Memo circulates 15,500 copies in the Gateway and Parkrose neighborhoods of east Portland. Over 13,500 papers are directly mailed, free of charge, to homes in the area bounded on the east and west by Northeast 82nd and 162nd avenues, and Sandy Boulevard and East Burnside Street on the north and south. The remaining 2,000 copies are distributed at popular gathering places throughout the Mid-Multnomah County area of Portland.

The Mid-county Memo focuses and reports on positive forces and people in the Gateway and Parkrose communities of Mid-Multnomah County.

The Memo reports on, and encourages participation, in civic affairs, thereby serving as a means to promote active citizenship and civic participation.

Every month the Mid-county Memo publishes and disseminates pertinent school, neighborhood and business news.

Community, library, church, senior, social and fraternal organization meetings and events in the Gateway and Parkrose communities are also published monthly.

In this way, the Mid-county Memo enables Gateway and Parkrose community members to communicate with themselves and others, strengthening cultural participation and engagement. The Mid-county Memo neighborhood newspaper serves as a vital cultural resource in east Portland.

The Memo publishes news and perspectives of the diverse neighborhoods of east Portland that include Parkrose, Hazelwood, Russell, Parkrose Heights, Wilkes, Glenfair, Mill Park and Madison South, strengthening Mid-County’s cultural vitality.

By being rooted within the community, the Memo serves as a means to strengthen connections and deepen understanding across the diverse Gateway and Parkrose communities of east Portland and Mid-Multnomah County. The Mid-county Memo neighborhood newspaper represents and reflects the Gateway and Parkrose communities of east Portland.

The Mid-county Memo circulation area encompasses one school district in east Portland entirely, the Parkrose School District, along with two others partially, David Douglas and Reynolds school districts.

In 1985 Tom and Marcia Pry founded the Mid-county Memo. At the time, the Memo was one of seven community newspapers the Prys owned in Portland.

In September 1991 the Prys sold the Mid-county Memo to Advertising Manager Tim Curran and Executive Editor Rich Riegel, who continue to this day to publish the Memo. The Mid-county Memo is one of Portland’s oldest community newspapers.

The Mid-county Memo mailing address is 3510 Northeast 134th Ave., Portland, Oregon97230.
Phone: 503.287.8904
Fax: 503.249.7672
Website: www.midcountymemo.com
E-mail: advertising@midcountymemo.com
E-mail: editor@midcountymemo.com
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