Mid-county Memo Blog

A recap, with links, to the January 2010 issue of the Mid-county Memo follows.

A feature story about Multnomah County Sheriff’s office personnel adopting residents of a skilled nursing facility, a MCSO neighbor, is on this month’s front page.

Lee Perlman asks Mid-county business leaders, school and social service agency administrators to reflect on 2009 and what they see for 2010.

A story by Heather Hill about shop classes and vocational training for Parkrose High School students provided by a partnership with the Northwest College of Construction.

Tonight,  from 6 to 8 p.m. all She She apparel is 15% off at the Union Rose women’s clothing store in Montavilla at 7909 S.E. Stark St.

Bring your friends for treats, gifts, drinks and new clothes.

Union Rose is a woman and children’s clothing store. They carry accessories, gifts and even a few things for men. Union Rose is on the web at: www.unionrosepdx.com, Etsy for online sales, and also on Facebook and Twitter

Union Rose’s hours are Monday through Saturday, 10:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sundays from noon to 5 p.m. The phone number is 503-287-4242, and their e-mail address is info@unionrosepdx.com.

The Refectory’s Annual Customer Appreciation Party is tonight at 7 p.m.

Owners Mitch and Cece Stanley fete their customers with complimentary food and beverages at the yearly bacchanalia. Bring non-perishable cans of food for their favorite community charity,  SnowCap.

Lots of fun, live music and schmoozing.

See you there.

Links and a recap of feature articles from the online editon of the November 2009  Mid-county Memo follow:

Latest photos and full story about the transformation of the former Children’s Receiving Center into the Gateway Center for Domestic Violence Services in east Portland.

Latest photos and full story about how former elementary schools within Parkrose School District — Thompson School and Knott Elementary — are being used these days.

A story about developers, for all intents and purposes, killing a proposed amendment to control the way garages are built on smaller parcels

Doing the work he was elected and sent to Washington, D.C.  for, we applaud and salute Oregon’s junior Senator Jeff Merkley (our former State Representative from east Portland) today for working to reverse the devastation visited on the American financial system through years of purposeful deregulation.
The release from his office follows:

Oregon’s Senator Jeff Merkley joined Senate Banking Committee Chairman Chris Dodd (D-Conn.) and fellow committee members today to announce the beginning of committee work on a package of financial regulatory reform legislation.

A recap of and links to feature articles and departments from the October 2009  Mid-county Memo follow:

Terry Robb, Parkrose High School grad and featured performer at the Parkrose Educational Foundation’s inaugural homecoming dance, is one of this month’s front page stories.
Terry Robb: page one, Terry Robb: page two, Terry Robb: page three, Terry Robb: page four and Terry Robb: page 5.

The MAX Green Line opening ceremonies share this month’s front page. The new line opened to fanfare, speeches, bands, free rides and vows to build more light rail farther south and north.

A recap of feature articles from the September issue of the Mid-county Memo follows.

The three stories on the front page are: TriMet opens light rail service in Southeast Portland to Clackamas Town Center with the opening of the Green Line Saturday, September 12.

Marking the completion of the Russellville community — begun over a decade ago by the Rembold family — Russellville Park II opens with fanfare and politicos speechifying.

Mid-County’s Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization uses federal stimulus dollars to keep hundreds of teenagers working and learning.

Bill Lynch and Jim Miller hope their new Subway Restaurant — in east Portland’s San Rafael Shopping Center — will be open by mid-July.

Construction is underway to convert the old Skipper’s Restaurant building in the shopping center, 1740 N.E. 122nd Ave., into a Subway Restaurant.

The partners are excited their restaurant will offer customers a drive-thru option, the first 24-hour drive-thru Subway location in the area.

Received an e-mail plea from Portland Mayor Sam Adams looking for help to find  business volunteers. There’s a Tribune editorial on the same subject here.

“Students behind on core graduation credits who attend summer school are more likely to graduate from high school. But budget cuts driven by the current recession will reduce summer school opportunities and risk increasing the dropout rate.

“We pledge to continue our efforts toward finding a long-term fix for education funding. Our schools, our teachers, and our students deserve it and our community desperately needs it.

Dear advertisers (and prospective), we thought this press release from the Better Business Bureau about unscrupulous publishers, targeting restaurants primarily, might possibly save you time, hassle and money.

ADVERTISEMENT PUBLISHER CHEATS BUSINESSES
Avoid Wasting Hard Earned Advertising Dollars

Lake Oswego, OR – June 19, 2009 – The “Trivia Pages” is presented as an entertaining laminated booklet displayed in restaurants and other high traffic eating establishments. However, businesses complain they are getting cheated when they purchase advertising space from Northwest Publishing the Portland, Oregon-based company, located at 2705 SE Ankeny St.,  in east Portland also goes by NW Publishing, NWP, and Table Topics. Accusations that the company over-promises and under-delivers are common.