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.

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

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.

????? ??????Zach Abney, Parkrose High quarterback, was the center of attention at an event in the school cafeteria yesterday held to showcase him signing a National Letter of Intent to attend Harding University on an athletic scholarship. While the day was about Zach, his accomplishments and this honor, the theme was most definitely about community.

Zach Abney, center with tie, wears a Harding University cap for the first time at a ceremony to recognize him as a scholar athlete who has been offered a scholarship to play football at the Searcy, Ark. school. Supporting him are teammates (from left) Tonga Tokelau, Matteo Rigoni, Thomas Lott, Andre Johnson, Deontre Curry, Jonathan Boland, Cody Rowley, Marquis Hammick and Jerry Hunter.

We first met seven-year-old Lorenzo Caldera when we did a 2002 feature story about his father Joel, a Parkrose restaurant owner at the time, who taught little men the sweet science of boxing; too young to box.

Five years later, not only old enough to box, he was undefeated when we saw him fight — and win — on a youth boxing card his father held in the parking lot of his Sandy Blvd. restaurant in Parkrose.

Today, Lorenzo Caldera is a 16-year old junior at Parkrose High School who trains at Curt’s Ultimate Fitness & Fighting Arts gym in Gateway.

What City Commissioner in attendance at the Parkrose Educational Foundation Auction last night undercut the special appeals bid (for Parkrose High School athletics this year) by having it announced, during the live solicitation for athletics and equipment that an extra $100,000 was being made available by the City for soccer field construction?

Nice, but completely unrelated to what the live auction appeal  was for.

“When people heard that, it killed it,” auctioneer Pat Brothers said afterward. “People figured … ‘Yeah, they got all that money from the City, they don’t need my help.’ ”

A press release from Portland Parks & Recreation follows:

“At a special Parkrose High School event this morning, Portland Timbers owner and president Merritt Paulson presented a check for $50,000 on behalf of the Major League Soccer team to the Parkrose School District, a contribution towards the future Parkrose Regional Soccer Center.

“In addition to Paulson, others at the presentation included Portland City Commissioners Nick Fish and Amanda Fritz, and Parkrose School District Superintendent Dr. Karen Fischer Gray, who accepted the donation on behalf of the school district.

Parkrose High School Community Center, 12003 N.E. Shaver St., hosts Mayor Sam Adams’ Education Summit this Saturday, April 10 from 12:30 to 3:30 p.m.
Held to discuss critical issues facing schools in Portland, hear about actions underway to increase graduations rates and access to post-secondary education.

What would help the educational opportunities in Portland? Air your concerns, offer solutions at Saturday’s summit.

The monthly Parkrose High School Bronco Boosters can collection, is this Saturday, Jan. 2 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. at Parkrose Middle School, 11800 N.E. Shaver St. in east Portland.

Donations of refundable cans and bottles support the PHS Scholarship Program. Call Dave Luce at 503-255-3745.

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.