A note from our friends at Mt. Hood Community College.  Worth noting:  the last maintenance project out our way, yea!

As part of the 2009 Oregon Economic Stimulus Program, or Go Oregon!, Mt. Hood Community College recently received $3.85 million to use toward deferred maintenance projects.

In addition to improving the College’s facilities, the funds will help stimulate the local economy by providing employment.
maintenance projects funded by Co Oregon!:

·The stage rigging in the Performing Arts Center on the Gresham Campus will be replaced and the stage and electrical system rebuilt.

A note from our friends at Mt. Hood Community College’s Office of College Advancement:

A savory German-themed dinner will be the highlight of the Mt. Hood Community College Hospitality and Tourism program’s 18th annual Gala Dinner and Silent Wine Auction. The event is scheduled for Saturday, May 2, at 5:30 p.m. in the Town and Gown Room on the Gresham Campus.

Robin Flower, corporate executive chef for the Gala Dinner, is a third-generation chef who trained at the University of Cornwall. Flower is currently the corporate chef of Horst Mager’s Rheinlander and Gustav’s restaurants.

A note from the dynamo of volunteer energy otherwise known as Allison Newman-Woods follows. The auction date is Saturday, April 25 at the Airport Holiday Inn is east Portland. Tickets are $45 and can be purchased online.

“In 11 days the Parkrose Educational Foundation will host the 6th Annual Dinner and Auction.  Please join us for this fun event and help support our kids!

Tickets are on sale at each school office, the district office and on-line at www.parkroseedfdn.org.  Buy your tickets now, don’t miss out on the fun!  Don’t forget your attendance can earn your favorite Parkrose school money through the Principals’ Challenge.

We received an e-mail from our friends at The Grotto — the beautiful 62-acre Catholic shrine and botanical garden located off  Sandy Blvd. in east Portland near 85th Avenue — letting us know about events happening there in April.

Saint Peregrine Mass, Saturday, April 4 at  noon
A monthly Mass and blessing with the relic of Saint Peregrine is offered at The Grotto in the Chapel of Mary.  Saint Peregrine is the patron saint of victims of cancer, AIDS and other life-threatening diseases.

We received a public service announcement (below)  from Portland Parks &Recreation. If you can not serve,  maybe you know someone that might be interested.

Portland Parks & Recreation’s Parks Board is currently recruiting one new member to fill an immediate vacancy and two additional members to fill vacancies that will become open when the terms of current Board members expire this coming fall.

Formed by city ordinance in 2001, the Parks Board is a 13-member, non-administrative board whose role is advisory to the PP&R Director, the Commissioner of Parks, and Portland’s City Council. The volunteer Board serves as an advocate for parks and recreation in city infrastructure, provides a forum for public involvement and decision making about major park policy issues, and brings a citywide and long-term perspective to neighborhood-based issues.