On Friday, May 24 Parkrose High School Community Center student groups, teachers and student advisors produce a public Multicultural Festival from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria.

The event includes ethnic food, games, prizes, a raffle and live performances beginning at 7 p.m.

Parkrose High School Community Center students, with help from teachers and advisors, are producing a Multicultural Festival Friday, May 24 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. in the high school cafeteria at 12003 N.E. Shaver St.

The festival is being presented to display the unity of the many ethnicities at the high school, according to Student Advisor Whitney Alfrey.

The May 2013 edition of the Mid-county Memo posted online.

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LaShawn McCarthey, Prescott Elementary SUN site manager, poses with some of his students, from left, fifth grader Anthony Green, first grader Rickiya Overton and fifth grader Forrest Clark. Students participate in up to 45 minutes of daily homework help.

This month’s feature stories are: Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) shines at Prescott Elementary in the Parkrose School District; a Top Notch labor dispute at Yaw’s restaurant in Gateway; East Portland Sunday Parkways kicks off in outer southeast this Sunday; the East Portland Neighborhood Office and the East Portland Action Plan face budget cuts; Parkrose school board candidates answer a question and, how do Mid-county restaurants rate?

The Parkrose Athletic Boosters Banquet is set.

To recognize Parkrose scholar athletes, the Bronco Boosters Banquet is set for Tuesday May 28 at the Gateway Elks Lodge.

To recognize Parkrose High School athletic accomplishments — and hand out awards to scholar athletes — parents, relatives and friends of Parkrose athletes gather Tuesday, May 28 at the Gateway Elks Lodge, 711 N.E. 100th Ave., from 5 to 7 p.m.

In addition, two seniors are receiving scholarships.

The April edition of the Mid-county Memo posted online.

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The David Douglas High School wrestling team celebrates first place in the 6A team title of the OSAA 2013 Wrestling State Championships at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum.

The March issue of the Mid-county Memo is posted online.

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Vancouver residents Cindi and Dave Fooshe travel to east Portland monthly to dance the night away at Ballroom Parkrose.

This month’s edition features: dancing with the professionals at Ballroom Parkrose; a co-op grocery store is forming in Montavilla, construction on the I-205 Airport Way interchange improvement project; city budget cuts proposed and, how do Mid-county restaurants rate?

Memo Departments — Memo Pad, Business Memos, Memo Calendar and the monthly Meals on Wheels People menu — are full of items of interest about what east Portlanders are doing; local business news and the many activities in March.

Dressed in business attire and with parents in tow 103 young ladies completed the first round of judging for the 2013 Rose Festival Court presented by Pacific Power, last month at the Lloyd Center.

Each applicant gave a one-minute introduction, a one-minute speech and answered two impromptu questions posed by a panel of community volunteer judges.

Junior and senior girls from class 4A to 6A schools in the tri-county area who have a grade point average of 3.0 or higher and 20 hours of verifiable community service were eligible.

Saturday March 2 is can and bottle day for the Parkrose High PTO Boosters and Parkrose MEChA.

Drop your refundable cans and bottles at Parkrose Middle School, 11800 N.E. Shaver St., between 9 a.m. and 1 p.m.

Saturday March 2 is can and bottle day for the Parkrose High PTO Boosters and Parkrose MEChA.

Funds raised this month support scholarships and MEChA, the Hispanic student group at the high school.

Created in California in 1969, MEChA is a Chicano pronunciation of the English word, “match,” symbolic of a “fire, or a spark, according to Wikipedia. MEChA’s motto is ‘La Union Hace La Fuerza’ — Unity Makes Strength.

Parkrose High School Theatre and video students present the 4th annual Student Directed Films and One Act Plays Festival, Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 20 and 21 at 7 p.m. in the PHS Theater, 12003 N.E. Shaver St.

COURTESY PARKROSE HIGH SCHOOL THEATRE
Parkrose High Theater and video students present the 4th annual Student Directed Films and One Act Plays Festival, Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 20 and 21 at 7 p.m.

Enjoy the creativity and ingenuity of these students.

Performances are suitable for ages 13 and over. Tickets are $5.

To learn more, contact theater director Ms. Zena at zena@parkrose.k12.or.us.

Each year, Mt. Hood Community College recognizes outstanding part-time faculty for their contributions to teaching and learning — one of MHCC’s core values — along with community engagement and resource development. The 2012 Part-time Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching goes to Zach Hudson and Andy Gurevich.

Hudson is a developmental reading and writing instructor in MHCC’s Academic Literacy program and recently began contributing to Advancement Via Individual Determination.

COURTESY MT. HOOD COMMUNITY COLLEGE
Zach Hudson, a Mt. Hood Community College faculty member, was recently awarded the 2012 Part-time Faculty Award for Excellence in Teaching.

The January edition of the Mid-county Memo is posted online.

Tim Price, Parkrose high school head football coach, was fired in November. Over his five seasons, he had an 18-26 record.

Feature stories, news and events about east Portland people, all right here.

This month’s edition features: a Christmas tradition of giving at SnowCap Community Charities; Parkrose sacks head football coach Tim Price;

Parkrose school district buys a piece of property from the Rossi family for $240,000;

the Portland Planning and Sustainability Bureau holds Comprehensive Plan Workshops in east Portland;