подаръциThe Resurrection Lutheran Players present “Pinocchio” on Saturday, May 19 at 2 and 7 p.m. Sunday, May 20 at 2 p.m. at Resurrection Lutheran Church, 1700 N.E. 132nd Ave.

Original art by Enrico Mazzanti

This one act play is enhanced with puppets and marionettes.

Tickets are $7.50 for adults, $3.75 for children. Contact Linda Highman, at 503-254-6257 or lindaehighman@msn.com if you have questions.

Amassing an impressive season record of 43-1 — including two 16U tournaments in which they competed — the Rose City Mizuno Volleyball Club Black, an under 14 team, dominated the season and the Columbia Empire Volleyball Association Regional Championships held in April.

They entered the season-ending tournament seeded number one and emerged in the top spot, finishing 32-0 in their age bracket. For the November to May season, they won 87 sets, losing only six.

The St. Therese Black, a 16U volleyball team, went 43-1, under the tutelage of Julie Taylor. COURTESY RON RIVERA

For fifty years the most popular restaurant in the Hollywood neighborhood, Yaw’s Top Notch, is reopening in Gateway.

Despite being out of the restaurant business for more than thirty years, Steve Yaw, whose grandparents opened the first Yaw’s Top Notch in 1926, thinks he can capture lightning in a bottle again, this time in east Portland.

Set to open in Mid-July, Yaw's Top Notch Restaurant, depicted here by artist Mike Hill, is coming to Gateway.

Today’s Oregonian Business section has an announcement that Yaw’s Top Notch Restaurant Inc. leased the space currently occupied by Gossip Restaurant & Lounge at 11340 N.E. Halsey St.

Gossip Restaurant & Lounge owner Tony Truong, center.

Before closing in the early 80s, Yaw’s was a popular restaurant in the Hollywood neighborhood for decades.

After Carrows, followed by its sister company, Coco’s Bakery Restaurant, closed in the late 80s, the 6,700 sq.ft. space on Halsey Street has had a checkered history of nightclub occupants.

Jessica Vega Pederson is a candidate for Oregon House District 47, which includes portions of Portland east of I-205 to the Gresham border and from I-84 and Northeast Sandy Boulevard south to Division Street and Powell Boulevard. She is running to build a sustainable economy with high wage jobs, to strengthen our educational system and to fight for equity in Oregon. If elected, she would make history as the first Latina to serve in the Oregon House.

Running in House District 47, Jessica Vega Pederson wants to become the first Latina to serve in the Oregon House.

As the Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission continued their review of the draft document last month, Mid-Multnomah County had a prominent place in the draft Portland Plan.

Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission members, from left, Chris Smith, vice-chair Howard Shapiro and Mike Houck listen to testimony at the Portland Plan hearing held at Parkrose High School Community Center in November.

At their January 24 meeting, after praising Bureau of Planning and Sustainability and other bureaus’ staff work, they approved the Plan unanimously and forwarded it to City Council. Accoring to BPS staff, Council is expected to act on the Plan in April.

According to head organizer Linda Robinson, the third annual Ventura Park free summer concert series, funded by grants from the City, attracted an average of 300 to 400 people. The musical groups were Chata Addy & Susuma, David Correa and Cascada, and The Midnight Serenaders.

At the Ventura Park summer concerts, organizer Linda Robinson, left, solicits donations to help fund her City sponsored concerts.

“Passing the hat” at shows’ intermissions brought in more than $1,000 in contributions toward next year’s concerts.

A drug deal gone bad with gang overtones is the reason police investigators gave for shots fired in a usually quiet neighborhood of east Portland this afternoon.

When officers arrived, they learned occupants of two vehicles were involved in a confrontation leading to the shootings. One car and one house was hit by gunfire; no injuries were reported.

Northeast 107th Avenue and Oregon Street

Investigators cleared the scene on Oregon Street near 107th Avenue in the Lorene Park neighborhood after processing evidence and talking to witnesses. The investigation is continuing.

You want to hold public office and represent, among others, the people of east Portland. Well, Democrat Jefferson Smith thinks there are some things you should know.

That is why, last month, District 47’s State Representative Smith — who has not ruled out a run for Portland’s Mayor himself — organized a pair of guided tours of the area, and invited candidates — whose jurisdictions if elected would include the area — to learn about it and the issues people who live there face every day. The response was considerably less than universal, but the following people showed up for the two tours: Portland Commissioner Amanda Fritz and a challenger for her seat, State Representative Mary Nolan; Multnomah County Commissioner Diane McKeel, and Alissa Keny-Guyer, who is running to earn the appointment for the remaining term of House District 46, recently vacated by Ben Cannon; State Representative Lew Frederick; Multnomah County District Attorney candidate Kellie Johnson; and Metro Council candidate Bob Stacey.

The September issue of the Mid-county Memo posted online. A re-cap of its content follows …

Proposed changes at Glendoveer Golf Course and Fitness Trail is this month’s main front page feature story. Glendoveer lovers and government haters showed up en masse for the heated open house last month.

Lee Perlman pens a piece about east Portland tours conducted by Oregon State Rep. Jefferson Smith (D) for candidates for City office is the subject of the second story on this month’s front page. Smith took candidates on a tour of east Portland low-lights, highlighting the decades of City neglect for Mid-county.