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Evening Walk at Vanport Wetlands and Force Lake
Wednesday, June 9 ride the new Yellow Line MAX to the end of the line at the EXPO Center and view the new public art at the stop which commemorates Portland’s stockyard history and the site’s use as an Assembly Center during the Japanese Internment during World War II. Walk to an overlook of the Vanport Wetlands, a 60-plus acre restoration site in the Columbia Slough Watershed. You will also visit Force Lake and discuss proposed restoration projects across from the lake. There will be a brief discussion of the newly listed EPA Superfund site at Harbor Oil (immediately to the north of the lake). Bring binoculars for spotting some of the more than 140 species of birds that visit the area.
Meet on Wednesday, June 9 at the MAX Yellow Line Expo Center light rail station at 6:30 p.m.
For more information, contact Scott Bradway, at 503-281-1132, or scott.bradway@columbiaslough.org
Cycle the Wellfield
Saturday, June 19 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. join the Columbia Slough Watershed Council and the Bureau of Water Works for a free bicycle ride through the Groundwater Protection Area. Visit drinking water production wells, monitoring wells, remediation sites and learn about our new groundwater protection program as you wheel your way around the wellfield. Bring your bike, helmet, water, snacks and dress for the weather. Advance registration is required.
Meet at the 40-mile Loop Trailhead at 16550 N.E. Airport Way. Look for the large blue water tank just past Northeast 158th Avenue, the driveway to the trailhead is just east of the tank. For more information, or to register contact Scott Bradway at 503-281-1132 or e-mail scott.bradway@columbiaslough.org
Explorando el Columbia Slough
Join the Columbia Slough Watershed Council for free Spanish language environmental education festival on Saturday June 26 from 1:00 to 5:00 p.m. There will be free canoe trips, music, bird watching, environmental games and displays, bilingual storytelling, face painting, refreshments and more. Activities will be offered in both Spanish and English at the Whitaker Ponds Environmental Learning Center at 7040 N.E. 47th Ave., 1/4 mile north of Northeast Columbia Boulevard. For more information contact Scott Bradway at 503-281-1132 or scott.bradway@columbiaslough.org
Tender care for toes
A Foot Care Clinic will soothe Mid-County feet at the East Portland Community Center, 740 SE 106th Ave. The YWCA sponsors the clinic during which professional nurses will soak participants’ feet and clip their toenails. The initial visit is $22, with future appointments costing $20.
Clinics are scheduled on Thursdays, June 10, and 24; Thursdays July 8, 22 and 29. Appointments are required. To schedule an appointment, call Abby Kennedy at 503-988-6073.
Understanding the Systems Development Charge
Systems Development Charges, or SDCs, are collected by Portland’s Bureaus of Environmental Services, Parks and Recreation and the Office of Transportation to help offset the impact the construction projects will add to the City’s infrastructure of storm and sanitary sewer systems, parks and recreation facilities, and street systems.
The monthly Lunch and Learn Community Education BrownBag event sponsored by the Bureau of Development Services, or BDS, will address these fees.
Bring your lunch to the Second Floor Conference Room 2500-A of the 1900 S.W. 4th Avenue Building at noon on Friday June 11 to participate in this free seminar.
This public education, discussion, and feedback session will explore:
• What are Systems Development Charges, who pays them and why?
• How are SDCs calculated? What are the new fee methodologies?
• Where to get the SDC information you need about your project
• Special programs available to help you with your SDC fees
• Q & A with SDC experts from Water, Parks, BES, and Transportation
For more information contact Martha Shonya at 503-823-7822.
Explore toxic plants of the Columbia
Get a close-up look at wild toxic plants of the Northwest on a free hike organized by Kaiser Permanente. Participants will learn about the “Sinister Plants of the Columbia Gorge” on Saturday, June 19. Meet at Kaiser Permanente’s Rockwood Medical Office, 19500 S.E. Stark St. at 8:30 a.m. and then carpool to the trailhead at Angel’s Rest. The free, 90-minute walk is open to people of all ages interested in learning which wild plants in and around Portland are potentially harmful if touched or eaten from poison oak to Western baneberry and snowberries. The educational outing is organized by Kaiser Permanente’s poison prevention program in cooperation with the OSU Master Gardeners. For more information, call Kaiser Permanente at 503-813-4820.
Free public seminars on Oriental medicine
Are you interested in a safe, affordable form of health care that focuses on keeping you healthy as well as treating you when you are ill? If so, here is how you can learn more.
The Oregon College of Oriental Medicine, 10525 S.E. Cherry Blossom Dr., is sponsoring a series of free Saturday seminars for the public in June on the health benefits of traditional Chinese medicine. Each Saturday seminar will start at 10 a.m. and will last for two hours.
The seminar on June 19 will focus on medicinal herbs and acupuncture, two elements of Chinese medicine. Free sample acupuncture treatments will be available.
On June 26 the public will see a demonstration of gentle qigong meditative exercise and be introduced to the benefits of Oriental massage.
The seminars are free, but space is limited. To reserve your place, call 503-253-3443 ext. 550.
Neighborhood clean up
Residents of the Wilkes Community Group are invited to participate in the Wilkes Neighborhood Clean Up on Saturday, June 26, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. in the Margaret Scott Elementary School parking lot, 14700 N.E. Sacramento St.
Wilkes Community Group was one of the first neighborhoods to have their own clean up and that tradition is being reintroduced. All residents of Wilkes Community Group, which is bounded by Northeast Glisan Street on the South, the Columbia River on the North, Northeast 148th Avenue on the West (except between Halsey and I-84, where it extends west to 142nd Avenue), and Northeast 162nd Avenue on the East (except North of Sandy Boulevard where it extends east to 185th) are invited to bring their yard debris, appliances, mattresses and just plain old junk.
There are some rules, however:
• No household trash or garbage
• No hazardous chemicals, paint or oil
• No construction debris, roof tiles, or concrete
Please bring these items:
• Tires - on the rim $3 disposal fee, off the rim $1 disposal fee
• Yard debris, wood, grass clippings and brush
Join your friends and neighbors by helping to clean up and getting to know one another. You may have an elderly or disabled neighbor who can use your help, or there may be a vacant lot that could benefit from the attention.
There will be dumpsters devoted to yard debris and other junk. Neighbors will be requested to verify their residence in the Wilkes neighborhood. While the clean up is free, donations will be accepted to support the activities of the neighborhood and park development.
The Wilkes Community Group will provide the Clean Up rain or shine. Please call Paul Capell at 503-255-0919 or Alesia Reese at 503-253-4414 for more information.
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