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To serve the community fully, the Mid-county Memo offers this section to showcase celebrations of milestones in our readers' lives, those seemingly small accomplishments that often do not receive the recognition they deserve, and everyday events that should be shared with friends and neighbors along with opportunities to participate in the community. When you send submissions, please include all details that apply: full names of any individuals mentioned, details of the milestone and everyone impacted by the event, and a contact name and phone number or email address. Send a photo if you have one. Please identify each individual from left to right (large group shots can simply be identified by the group name) and provide the name of the photographer so we can give proper credit. Memo Pad submissions for the June issue are due Thursday, May 15. For best results, email Darlene Vinson at editor@midcountymemo.com. Or mail submissions to 3510 N.E. 134th Ave, Portland, OR 97230. To leave a phone message, call 503-287-8904. The Mid-county Memo fax number is 503-249-7672.
Injured PCHS player returns to field
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| Royals outfielder, Malachi Madson, makes comeback after tragic accident. COURTESY BETH MUMFORD |
His recovery included weeks in an intensive care unit and at Providence Child Center, but he is back in school and back on the baseball field. “Mentally, he's doing great…He's had so much support from everybody at school-his friends, his teammates. That's really helped,” his mother, Michele, said.
During the Royals' annual baseball trip to Arizona for a non-league tourney, Madson batted twice and scored once after gaining a walk in a game.
Bassoonist earns scholarships
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| Gifted Parkrose High senior Debra Loh has been awarded a pair of music scholarships. COURTESY KAREN LOH |
Loh has also been awarded a $500 General Federation of Women's Clubs/Oregon Federation of Women's Clubs Violet Lang Instrumental Music Scholarship for high school seniors.
More state titles for Parkrose
The Parkrose chapter of Future Business Leaders of America counts three state champions among its members.
The State Business Leadership Conference was last month. Alex Nguyen placed first in computer problem solving, David Kuzmenko was first in cyber security and Cara Lindsay earned the championship in public service announcement. Each has qualified for nationals in Nashville in June.
Also qualifying for nationals are Kuzmenko and David Pavlenko in emerging business issues (second at state); Max Denning, public speaking II; Kristy Lu, Theresa Nguyen and Tina Vuong, community service; and Josephine Pham, Nate Frary and Palme Gudmundson, e-business. These students all earned third place finishes at state.
Congratulations are also due John Radke and Nick Hansen, business plan; Kyeanna Henry, Kevin Rogers and Lorna Gavin, digital design and promotion; Lilia Bechtel and Casey Cody as well as Kayla Meng, Anthony Osborne, Alex Nguyen, Michael Simkovic and Jeanette Pham, web design. They all had a great conference.
Whooo knew
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| A rescued baby great horned owl was thriving in its cardboard nest at The Grotto. COURTESY THE AUDIBON SOCIETY |
With Operation Bird Rescue initiated, it was now up to he Wildlife Care Center's Operations Manager Lacy Campbell to care for the bird and eventually return him to his nest at The Grotto.
Campbell identified the foundling as a two-week old Great Horned Owl, a species not uncommon to the area, but because they “blend in well, most people don't know they're around,” said Campbell. After two days of care at The Audubon Society, Campbell returned the bird to The Grotto, placing it in a nesting box on a branch of a tree, directly underneath the nest where an adult owl was seen. “I'm assuming it was a female, and she's definitely feeding him” said Campbell, who also reported seeing at least one other young bird in the nest.
The baby owl's progress has been monitored by Campbell and staff at The Grotto, and he appears to be thriving. “He's still a couple of weeks away from flying,” Campbell added, “but the fact that there are great horned owls at The Grotto means something is going well.”
The young bird likely will have left the nest by the time this story is printed.
Blizzard turns event into a blast
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| SnowCap Executive Director Judy Alley, standing, poses with SnowCap Dinner and Auction sponsor Alyson Hunting. More than $110,000 was raised at the annual event for the East Multnomah County community charity. Tim Curran/The Mid-county Memo |
Nearly 350 guests donated a record-breaking $117,000 through bids on both silent and live auction items.
A portion of these funds will support SnowCap's effort to open in the evening hours to serve the working poor better.
Emcee Carla Piluso and auctioneer JillMarie Wiles kept the evening lively. Knowledge garnered from their long association with SnowCap enabled them to connect the evening's fun with the serious work of operating East County's largest food pantry. Over 8,000 local residents depend on SnowCap for food or clothing each month.
Contact SnowCap at www.snowcap.org; PO Box 160, Fairview, OR 97024 or 503.674.8785 ext. 17 for more information or to make a donation.
Landscapers donate time, materials on Earth Day
A crew from Dennis' 7 Dees Landscaping and Garden Centers volunteered to spend Earth Day-Tuesday, April 22-sprucing up the grounds at Douglas Meadows, an eight-unit affordable housing complex on Southeast 127th Avenue owned and operated by Human Solutions. The project included building raised garden beds and spreading bark dust in the apartment's courtyard. This is the second consecutive year Dennis' 7 Dees has undertaken an Earth Day project at a Human Solutions property, providing all materials and labor free of cost.
New principal at Prescott
Parkrose School District Superintendent Karen Fischer Gray has announced the selection of Cathy Mitchell as the new principal at Prescott Elementary School, 10410 N.E. Prescott St.
Mitchell comes to Parkrose from Aumsville Elementary, near Salem. Selected for her experience working with economically and demographically diverse communities, Mitchell is charged with closing Prescott's existing achievement gap.
Gray describes her as “a positive and strategic instructional leader with a heart for kids, parents and staff that is genuine, welcoming and warm.”
Parkrose Educational Foundation
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| Parkrose educational Foundation Board members, from left, Kathy Krug and Londa and Vern Sundin pose at the foundation's annual dinner and auction fundraiser. Tim Curran/The Mid-county Memo |
As a result of generous donors during the special appeal, a check will be presented to Parkrose School District counselors for their Dream Builders program next month. Final numbers are not yet in, but the auction committee anticipates the special appeal could top $5,000, and general funds will be enhanced enough to allow for $25,000 to $30,000 in grants during the 2014-15 school year.
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