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Family Nature Fair
Learn about organic gardening, composting and beneficial bugs at Leach Botanical Garden’s Free Family Nature Fair. Bring the whole family out for a visit, Saturday, May 17 from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. Other activities include green walks, bird watching, storytelling and making art out of nature just for kids. Parents can meet Master Gardeners and find out what plants grow best in different areas of the garden. For more information, call Leach Botanical Garden, 6704 SE 122nd Ave. (off Foster) at 823-9503.
Wetlands 101
Join the Columbia Slough Watershed Council for this two-part seminar designed to give both a classroom and a hands-on overview of wetland ecology and regulations. Guest speaker will be Paul Adamus. Registration required. While there is a $10 registration fee, scholarships are available. Register for both the workshop and the field trip. This event will be of interest to Mid-County residents as local ground water moves into the Columbia Slough Watershed. The slough is a near-by educational and recreational resource often overlooked.
The seminar is scheduled for Thursday, May 15 from 6-9 p.m. at the Port of Portland Commission Room, 121 N.W. Everett St. Topics include: wetland function and values, wetland mitigation, wetland regulation, and restoration.
The field trip will be Saturday, May 17 from 9 a.m.-Noon at the Smith & Bybee Lakes Wildlife Area. Activities will include: digging and examining wetland soils, viewing wildlife, and plant identification. For directions or to register, contact Sarah Murphy, Columbia Slough Watershed Council at 503-281-1132 or sarah.murphy@columbiaslough.org. You may also visit the website at www.columbiaslough.org
New kindergarten class, new teacher
Our Savior Lutheran Church School - Preschool ages 3-4 and Kindergarten, will host an open house on Friday, May 16 from 9-11:30 a.m. All are welcome to come and see the exciting things offered at Our Savior’s school. Meet the preschool teacher, see the new Kindergarten class, the outdoor play area, view the scrapbook of activities prepared this year. Among the events pictured in the scrapbook are fieldtrips, culture of the month, cooking time, crafts as well as wonderful gifts the children have made for their families.
Please join the staff for this open house. They would love to meet you.
Our Savior Lutheran Preschool-Kindergarten is located at 11100 N.E. Skidmore St. Please call Arleene Anderchuk at 503-257-9409 with your questions.
Composting workshops, demonstration sites and bins
Whether you are new to composting or are a veteran, Metro Recycling offers a variety of resources to help.
Because of its many attributes, compost is extremely versatile and beneficial in many applications. Compost has the unique ability to improve the properties of soils and growing media physically (structurally), chemically (nutritionally), and biologically. Although many equate the benefit of compost use to lush green growth, caused by the plant-available nitrogen, the real benefits of using compost are long-term and related to its content of living-organic matter.
A workshop is scheduled for Saturday, May 17 at 9:30 a.m. at Leach Botanical Garden, 6704 S.E. 122nd Ave. This 90-minute workshop will cover basics of yard debris composting, bin design, worm bins and trouble-shooting. You will learn how to turn your yard trimmings and vegetable scraps into magic for your garden. To register call 503-234-3000.
If the workshop does not fit your needs, Leach Botanical Garden offers a home composting demonstration site. The site features active residential-scale compost bins, a worm bin, interpretive signs and free brochures. The garden is open to the public Tuesday through Saturday, 9 a.m.- 4 p.m. and Sunday, 1- 4 p.m. for self guided tours. To find the demonstration site, park in the main parking lot next to Johnson Creek, then walk 1/4 mile, following signs, across the creek and up the hill.
As an added incentive to get you started on the road to composting, Metro is again offering compost bins for sale. In Mid-County, your opportunity will be Saturday, May 10 from 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. at the Gateway park and ride behind the Gateway Fred Meyer. The bins sell for $25 each. More information is available from Metro Recycling at 503-234-3000, or visit their website at www.metro-region.org.
Just for moms
As May celebrates mothers, what better time to talk about a club started by and for moms? Frustrated by the lack of a network to arrange play dates for her two children and to meet other stay at home moms, a California woman started her own group to fill the void in 1983. That first effort has grown to a nationwide organization boasting 1500 chapters.
Mid-County moms can join MOMS Club of Portland-Outer Southeast, which serves all of North and most of NE and SE Portland. The physical boundaries are the Columbia River, the Willamette River, 181st Avenue and Southeast Foster Road.
This is a support group designed for the at-home mother of today. While not exclusive to at-home moms, meetings are held during the day. Group principles include that women must be free to choose their personal path to fulfillment; that, for women who choose it, raising children is an important and fulfilling full-time job. This group also recognizes that a family’s decision for a mother to stay at home to raise the children often involves considerable financial sacrifice.
MOMS Club of Portland - Outer Southeast meets the 1st Thursday of every month (with the exception of July and August) at Resurrection Lutheran Church located at 1700 N.E. 132nd Ave., off of Halsey. Meetings are from 10-11:30 a.m. Annual dues are $15. If you missed the May 1 meeting, they will welcome you on Monday, June 2.
Please call Serena at 503-788-0079 or inquire at www.momsclub.org for more information.
Jim Dandy Cruise In
Jim Dandy’s Restaurant at 9626 N.E. Sandy Blvd, is the place for the Road Knights Cruise In on Saturday, May 17 from noon - 4 p.m. This is an open event featuring dash plaques, awards, raffle prizes and music. Registration is $10. To enter your vehicle or for more information contact Bob at 503-663-5213 or Bruce at 503-310-8921
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