Tonight, from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m., the Parkrose School District presents representatives from Dull Olson Weekes–IBI Architects — the firm designing the new Parkrose Middle School — to meet with the public and give them an update on the progress of the bond.

Parkrose bond update tonight at the high school.

Representatives from DOWA will answer questions about construction updates at the elementary schools and the work schedule on the new middle school.

The meeting is at Parkrose High School Community Center, 12003 N.E. Shaver St.

Light refreshments will be served.

икона за подаръкThe Northeast Rotary Club has scheduled a fundraising golf tournament at Gresham Golf Course on Friday, June 1.

Northeast Rotary golf tourney set for June 1 at Gresham Golf Course.

Four-person teams from area Rotary clubs provide the competition. Tee time is 1 p.m.

A dinner and awards banquet follows the tournament.

According to Northeast Rotarian and organizer AJ Prasad, all proceeds go to the Northeast Rotary’s scholarship fund for Parkrose High School graduates.

For more information, or to enter a team, call Prasad at 503-729-7136. Gresham Golf Course is at 2155 N.E. Division St. in Gresham.

The May 2012 Mid-county Memo is posted online. A recap of its contents:

Last month, the top three mayoral candidates debated at David Douglas High School’s Howard Horner Performing Arts Center; the new Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative areas are approved; Parkrose School District averts a teacher’s strike; David Douglas special education teacher Annie Harrell is named Outstanding Teacher of the Year; Lee Perlman interviews City Commissioner Amanda Fritz and opponent, state Rep. Mary Nolan; the Planning and Sustainability Commission endorsed the Outer Powell Conceptual Design Plan; since 2006, east Portland neighborhood associations have been operating illegally; the Portland Housing Bureau is changing tax abatement area boundaries in east Portland … again; and, longtime Gateway hairstylist June Bauer’s obituary.

The April 2012 Mid-county Memo is posted online. A recap of its contents follows:

Bre’Shay Barnes was named Rose Festival Princess from Parkrose; the new Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative areas struggle to meet financial goals; Parkrose School District declares impasse with teachers; PSD Superintendent Karen Fischer Gray is one of four finalists for Reynolds job; the first meeting between Metro and Glendoveer golf course lovers since a contentious open house in August; the Argay Neighborhood Association hires a lawyer to help fight infill development across the street from Argay Park and an east Portland high school winter sports roundup.

A Multnomah County Healthy Active Schools grant has funded a walking trail at Parkrose High School Community Center, 12003 N.E. Shaver St.

A ribbon cutting ceremony and Parkrose Active Transportation Fair is planned for Saturday, March 10. The ribbon cutting is at noon.

Ribbon cutting ceremony for the new walking track at Parkrose High School is Saturday, March 10.

The fair continues until 2 p.m. There will be prizes including LED lights, bike helmets and bike locks. Bring your bike for free fixes and flat changes.

Be the first to use the new Bronco Community Fitness Trail while learning about walking and biking to school.

Posted online, here’s a recap of the February 2012 edition of the Mid-county Memo ….

Tom West, girls varsity basketball coach at Portland Christian for 30 years, was named Oregon’s 2010-2011 National Federation of State High School Associations Coach of the Year.

Former Portland Christian girls varsity coach Tom West, center, holding plaque, was named 2011 National Federation of State High School Associations Coach of the Year. West quit coaching after 30 years at the school. He won three state titles, including a 29-0, undefeated record in 2007.

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.

Thanks to the Parkrose High choir, pink flamingos are showing up in yards all around Parkrose. This whimsical fundraiser will continue throughout most of the school year as the choir works to raise funds for a trip to New York this spring.

Here’s how it works: Pay a fee of either $10 or $15 and under cover of darkness, a Parkrose choir parent will sneak into your friend’s yard with a flock of 10 or 15 plastic pink flamingos where they will stay for about 24 hours.

As part of its citizen outreach, the Portland Planning and Sustainability Commission held one of its three hearings on the draft Portland Plan at Parkrose High School Community Center last month. Several local residents gave testimony on issues the Plan should address.

The Portland Plan will set policies to guide the creation of a new City Comprehensive Plan, replacing one enacted in 1980. This will set zoning and other regulations to guide both public activity and private development.

Parkrose High School sophomore Max Denning, right, Metro representative of the Oregon Association of Student Councils, testifies at the Portland Plan hearing at Parkrose High School Community Center held last month. Mid-county Memo photos/Tim Curran

Editor’s note: Welcome to Perlman’s Potpourri, news items from across the Gateway and Parkrose neighborhoods of mid-Multnomah County from veteran Beat Reporter Lee Perlman.

Portland Immigrant Statue dedication
As Joe Rossi and friends dedicated the long-anticipated Portland Immigrant Statue at the traffic island at the intersection of Northeast 99th Avenue, Sandy Boulevard and Killingsworth Street Oct. 1, the message was that it symbolized not the Rossi clan (some have speculated it is a statue of Rossi’s great-grandfather, which Rossi has consistently denied), but our common heritage.