The Argay Neighborhood Association annual clean up is tomorrow, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Shaver Elementary, 3701 N.E. 131st Place.

Appliances, scrap metal, microwaves and yard debris are welcome at the annual event.

Argay clean up is tomorrow from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Shaver Elementary.

Because Metro sponsors the clean up, the ANA charges nominal fees: $10 for a car or trunk full and $20 for a truck or trailer. Questions? Call 503-256-5579.

They will not accept: hazardous materials, herbicides, paint, motor oil, tires or electronics for disposal.

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.

You’re on an east Portland centric version of Jeopardy. An answer in the St. Rita Catholic Church category is Spaghetti Dinner. You ring in and say, “Rose Garre.” You are correct. If you answered Bert Garre or the Garre family, the judges would give it to you.

Rose Garre, second from right, marked her 76th year of volunteering at the St. Rita Catholic Church Spaghetti Dinner in April.

Since  its beginning in 1936, a Garre — Rose, her husband Bert (until his passing in 2001) their children, grandchildren and cousins — have been part of every spaghetti dinner.

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.

Every spring the Parkrose Educational Foundation hosts a party to bring the entire community together in support of Parkrose schools.

Tonight, parents, teachers, administrators, staff, alumni and neighbors will gather at the Holiday Inn-Portland Airport, 8439 N.E. Columbia Blvd. to “Build Strong Foundations for Parkrose Kids,” this year’s theme.

Conga line begins behind PEF Auction Chair Allison Newman-Woods.

The evening begins at 5:30 p.m. with hors d’oeuvres, champagne and a silent auction. Guests will then file into the ballroom for a dinner that includes complimentary wine and the oral auction.

Откъде да купя иконаAmanda Hart, the AmeriCorps BEST community involvement specialist at Parkrose School District’s Shaver Elementary is holding an Edible Sidewalk Garden work party and installation today in the Shaver Sharing Garden from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the school, 3701 N.E. 131st Pl. in Argay.

The ribbon-cutting for the Shaver Sharing Garden in August 2011.

Hart’s partners from Portland Nursery and Growing Gardens along with Shaver students and their parents are volunteering to  plant berry and herb starts and seeds in the garden beds; make newspaper pots for students to take their own seeds home and sundry painting and gardening work.

Parkrose High senior Felicia Seery has lost her battle with Hodgkin’s lymphoma.

Felicia Seery

The vivacious drama student and Parkrose Middle School Sparrow will be remembered with a handful of events in the next several days.

On Saturday, April 21 the Parkrose School District classified staff have put together a benefit for the Seery family at the Russellville Grange Hall, 12105 N.E. Prescott St. The event begins at 6 p.m. Admission to this adults only event is $5. Food will be provided by the Parkrose Boosters

The annual Safe Routes to School Spring Kick-Off event is tomorrow, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., at Russell Academy, 2700 NE 127th Ave.

Brought to you by the Portland Bureau of Transportation, the free family event celebrates health, safety and physical activity.

Safe Routes to School annual Spring kick-off event is tomorrow.

You can learn how to safely ride a bicycle, map and plan a bicycle trip and do basic bike maintenance.

Games and activities for the kids, a free raffle for a new bicycle, art projects, a healthy lunch and a community bike ride at 1 p.m. are all part of the event.

It was a hot summer day the last time Metro representatives met Glendoveer Golf Course & Fitness Trail users, neighbors and lovers to discuss the facility’s future at an outdoor open house.

An overflow crowd showed up at a meeting called by Metro to discuss Glendoveer's future.

Even hotter were tempers of hundreds of Glendoveer defenders who showed up to stop what they perceived as the first step in a radical reshaping of the beloved 242-acre golf, tennis, recreation and restaurant complex, considered by many the crown jewel of east Portland’s public facilities.

СВЕТИ ГЕОРГИThe Parkrose Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative wrapped up its three organizational meetings last month with creation of a seven-person steering committee for the next step: a formal commitment to the Portland Development Commission and city, then formation of an “urban renewal light” district bringing physical, permanent improvements along Sandy Boulevard, from Northeast 99th to 120th avenues.

Colleen Gifford, from left, David Ableidinger and Luke Shepard at a Parkrose Neighborhood Prosperity Initiative organizational meeting held last month. Gifford, hired by the Parkrose Business Association through a grant from the City to recruit steering committee members for the Parkrose NPI, one of six areas in Portland designated by the City and Portland Development Commission.