We received notice from Eden Dabbs at the Bureau of Planning and and Sustainability about next week’s Portland Plan Senior Day. It follows. In this round of meetings, the City especially wants to hear from seniors, elders, their friends and families to help shape Portland’s future

“The senior community, family and friends are invited to the Portland Plan Senior Day discussion. The event is co-sponsored by Elders in Action, Multnomah County Aging and Disability Services, Native American Youth and Family Center and Hollywood Senior Center. Deborah Stein of the Bureau of Planning and Sustainability will lead the dialogue, and door prizes, ice cream and beverages will be provided!

Portland Plan Senior Day
Thursday, June 3rd, 2010
1:30-3:30 p.m.
NAYA Family Center Cafeteria
5135 N.E. Columbia Boulevard

A press release from Portland Parks & Recreation follows:

“At a special Parkrose High School event this morning, Portland Timbers owner and president Merritt Paulson presented a check for $50,000 on behalf of the Major League Soccer team to the Parkrose School District, a contribution towards the future Parkrose Regional Soccer Center.

“In addition to Paulson, others at the presentation included Portland City Commissioners Nick Fish and Amanda Fritz, and Parkrose School District Superintendent Dr. Karen Fischer Gray, who accepted the donation on behalf of the school district.

A media advisory from the Portland Rose Festival Association follows. Elmer’s Restaurants and the Rose Festival Association are doing a promotion highlighting Elmer’s 50th Anniversary and the Rose Festival Court, culminating in the court’s appearance tomorrow at the Parkrose Elmer’s. The media advisory follows.

“Elmer’s Restaurants has been a Northwest favorite for 50 years! In honor of their 50th Anniversary, Elmer’s Restaurants are offering an official Rose Meal option for breakfast, lunch and dinner.

“The special anniversary entrees will be available from May 22 to June 13 and includes: A Colonial Pan-San, a Chicken Strip Sandwich and Steak Medallions and Crab Cakes.

The East Portland Action Plan Committee meets Wednesday, from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. in the David Douglas School District Board Room, 1500 S.E. 130th Ave.

Contact Lore Wintergreen at 503-823-4035 or lore.wintergreen@ci.portland.or.us.

The EPAP Advisory Committee meets the fourth Wednesday of every month.

A Media Advisory from Strikeforce, a mixed martial arts cage fighting promotion company, about their Challengers Event Friday at the Rose Garden follows. Rivaling boxing, mixed martial arts, with almost no help from the mainstream media, has become an incredibly popular phenomena.

More than one Portland native is participating. They work out at Matt Lindland’s Team Quest Martial Arts Gym in Gresham at 182nd and Southeast Stark St.

“Friday’s night’s STRIKEFORCE Challengers headliner, former Olympic wrestling silver medalist Matt “The Law” Lindland, and two other popular area fighterstook part in a workout at Team Quest Martial Arts and Fitness just days before the event to be broadcast live on SHOWTIME® at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

Portland Plan meeting at David Douglas today

A media advisory (new name for  press release) from Bureau of Planning & Sustainability Eden Dabbs about the Portland Plan’s Phase Two workshop at David Douglas High School follows:

“WHAT: Portland residents are invited to participate in the Portland Plan Phase Two Community Workshops all over town!

“Featuring door prizes, refreshments and live music, the East Portland Plan workshop will be Saturday, May 15 from 10:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at David Douglas High School. Childcare will be provided.

An east Portland multi-neighborhood bulky waste Spring clean-up is being held tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. — earlier if dumpsters fill up — in TriMet’s Park & Ride at Southeast 122nd Ave. and E. Burnside St. in outer east Portland. Enter on Southeast Ash St.

They will welcome appliances, furniture, metal and tires.
Because of Metro’s new rules this year, they can’t accept yard debris, electronics (televisions and monitors), food, animal, Commercial or hazardous waste.

Suggested Donations are $10 per passenger car load; $20 per truck load. Tires: $2 off rim, $5 on rim — limit five.

For more information about tomorrow’s event call the East Portland Neighborhood Office at 503-823-4550.

A news release from the City follows regarding the arrest of a “subject” apparently involved in an identity theft ring centered in a house on Northeast 112th Ave. and Weidler Street in east Portland.
Five photos of the cash seized, goods bought and equipment used are here: No.1, No.2, No.3, No.4 and No.5

“On 05-12-10, at about 1800 hours, officers and a detective from the Sandy Police Department, as well as a Canby Police Detective, contacted a suspect in a large number of Identity Theft cases. They contacted the suspect at his home, in the 11200 block of NE Weidler St. in Portland.

The East Portland Land Use & Transportation Advisory Committee meets this Wednesday, May 12 from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. at the East Portland Neighborhood Office, 1017 N.E. 117th Ave.

For additional information contact Linda Bauer at 503-761-2941 or lbauerpvna@aol.com.

We received an e-mail from Portland Parks & Recreation’s Public Information Officer Beth Sorensen regarding non- budget cuts to PP&R programs for teens. It follows.

“Portland Mayor Sam Adams released his Proposed Budget for FY 2010-2011 and, while Portland Parks & Recreation took across the board reductions required of all General Fund bureaus, the Mayor restored funding for two important programs for children and teens that were facing potential elimination this year.