Mid-county Memo Blog

The dedication for the Parkrose Peace Labyrinth has been announced — Saturday, June 21 at ???????? ????? ????????Parkrose High School Community Center in east Portland.

Built with hours of volunteer labor, grants and donations, The labyrinth is at 115th Avenue and Northeast Shaver Street, the southwest end of the school site.

Things get underway at noon and the party lasts until 2 p.m.

For more information e-mail emartin@parkroseucc.org
Earth Day 2007 was the groundbreaking day for the Parkrose Community Peace Labyrinth.The idea was conceptualized and developed through Parkrose High School groundskeeper Sharon Dewitt. She viewed the empty field and saw potential. “I wanted to create a place like this where people from the school and neighborhood could get away from the pressures and busy pace they face every day,” Dewitt said.

Memo readers are invited to attend a “night of fun and special travel prices” from Carnival Cruise Lines and Mexico Unlimited at The Bungalow Rose and Addie’s You and I Travel on June 20.

There will be local entertainment, ethnic cuisine and special prizes for the first 30 people to arrive at the event that Friday night. The cost to attend is $10.00. It’s set from 4 to 8 p.m. The Bungalow Rose and Addie’s You and I Travel are located at 7545 N.E. Sandy Blvd. in east Portland

Please call Debbie at The Bungalow Rose to RSVP, or for more information, at 503-255-6221.

The Parkrose Cruise-In, an early summer event produced by the Parkrose Business Association and formerly held at Parkrose High School and Community Center, is about to be transformed. According to PBA member and former President Jon Turino, the event is being moved to Saturday, Aug. 2 to take advantage of warmer weather and will become the Parkrose Festival and Cruise-In: A Celebration of Parkrose.

Turino said organizers are looking to draw residents to the heart of the Parkrose business district and are hopeful that every business along Sandy Boulevard in east Portland will get in the spirit. He sees the festival as an opportunity to showcase the variety of products and services offered by local merchants.

Volunteer advocates and investigators are needed to serve as ombudsmen for residents of nursing homes, residential care facilities, assisted living facilities and adult foster care homes in mid-Multnomah county and east Portland.

The Office of the Long Term Care Ombudsman will train the volunteers on the aging process, communication skills, problem-solving skills, investigation and other ombudsman skills.

Recently, we received an e-mail from ACE Academy Director Michael Taylor, inviting us to their barbecue welcoming parents, staff and patrons and the all-new charter high school in east Portland inviting us to their barbecue welcoming students, parents, staff and patrons.
The Academy for Architecture, Construction & Engineering, or ACE Academy, is a public charter school combining technical and academic education for high school juniors and seniors.

Taylor’s note follows: