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.

Links and a recap of feature articles from the December 2009  edition of the Mid-county Memo online version follow:

Latest photos and full story about the world’s largest choral festival, The Grotto’s twenty second annual Festival of Lights in east Portland.

Full story about east Portland neighborhood association leaders examining the different ways other neighborhood offices are run.

Latest photos and full recap of fall high school spots in Mid-County.

Latest photos and full story about Hall of Fame wrestling coach Marc Sprague joining the David Douglas Mat Club.

Mid-county Memo Neighbor of the Year (1994) William “Bill” Winge’s obituary.

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

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.

Memo readers and Mid-Multnomah County business owners will want to get involved in a holiday event that benefits everybody.

It’s “A Christmas Breakfast,” presented by the Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce and the Greater Gresham Baptist Church, set for Friday, Dec. 14, from 7:30 to 9 a.m. It’s to be at the Greater Gresham Baptist Church, 3848 N.E. Division St. in Gresham.

It’s a benefit for SnowCap Community Charities.

The cost is $12 per person, with sponsored tables available for $125 each.

Tickets are available by either calling Julie at the Gresham Area Chamber of Commerce at 503-665-1131 or by calling Rhea Rice at SnowCap at 503-674-8785, ext. 17.

Last month, ten dedicated Unitus Community Credit Union employees volunteered an entire workday at the SnowCap Community Charities warehouse located in Southeast Portland.

Unitus Community Credit Union employees Linda See, from left, Shelly Keller and Paula Johns pack Food To You boxes during and all day volunteer work session at SnowCap Community Charities headquarters in Mid-county.

Unitus employees rolled up their sleeves and went to work on everything from packing food boxes to painting. They hand-packed over 250 Food to You boxes that were delivered to seniors, broke down, measured and packaged 100 pounds of pancake mix and 200 pounds of rice, painted food collection barrels and interior SnowCap headquarters office walls and even measured and packaged pet food for SnowCap clients’ four-legged friends.