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To fully serve the community, the Mid-county Memo offers this section to showcase upcoming special events, celebrations of milestones in our readers’ lives, those seemingly small accomplishments that often do not receive the recognition they deserve, and everyday events that should be shared with friends and neighbors.
To ensure publication in the Memo Pad, please send submissions for each month by the 15th of the previous month. Memo Pad submissions for the December issue are due by Friday, November 14. For best results, e-mail Darlene Vinson at editor@midcountymemo.com. Or mail editorial submissions to 3510 N.E. 134th Ave, Portland, OR 97230. To leave a phone message, call 503-287-8904. The fax number is 503-249-7672.
Liquor License Renewals - North of Burnside Street
All liquor licenses located north of Burnside and within the Portland City limits will expire on December 30, 2003. As a part of the renewal process, the City of Portland reviews current licensees in order to make a recommendation to the Oregon Liquor Control Commission, or OLCC. The role of neighbors, Neighborhood Associations and Business Associations is very important in the licensing process.
The annual renewal provides an opportunity for neighborhoods and community members to identify problem locations before the City makes its recommendation to the OLCC. All interested parties are encouraged to provide information regarding liquor establishments with ongoing problems as soon as possible. Concerned neighbors and community organizations wishing to oppose a license renewal should identify problem locations north of Burnside and advise the Office of Neighborhood Involvement by November 15. If there are concerns regarding any liquor location but neighbors do not wish to formally oppose the outlet’s renewal, this is an excellent time to bring these issues to the City’s attention so that they can work with the licensees to resolve specific problems informally.
Park construction goes into high gear
While the City has been working to provide new park land and improvements in Mid-County, Wilkes Park will be the first park east of northeast148th Avenue and north of northeast Glisan Street. This site was purchased in 1998 using Systems Development Charge funds. Master Planning began in 2000 and was completed in October of 2000. Portland Parks teamed with the neighborhood to write a grant to Oregon State Parks for improvement funds, and received the grant in the fall of 2001, at which time Phase One Park Improvement Plan public involvement began.
Many undeveloped park sites in East Portland have been waiting twenty years for development funds, which are difficult to procure. This site will go from acquisition to development in a lightning six years.
The grant and matching funds have been supplemented by help from Nike, and by the training partnership of the Bureau of Maintenance. The Bureau of Maintenance needed to train new employees on heavy equipment, so they “trained” them by grading the Wilkes Park. The improvements, which will be complete in early 2004, will include a basketball half-court, a play area, irrigation, street and park trees, lighting, paved paths, picnic tables, benches, a drinking fountain and screen plantings. Nearly 70% of the households in Wilkes Neighborhood have children under 18.
David Douglas senior receives recognition
The Gateway Elks Lodge has selected Rachel C. Huber as its November student of the month. Rachel is a senior at David Douglas High School, and has earned a grade point average of 4.0.
Softball is the main activity for Huber. The sport plays an important part in Huber’s life as part of school athletics and as a part of her recreational time. She has played the game since she was in the primary grades.
Academically, Huber has demonstrated particular skill and knowledge in math, and she is currently enrolled in college level courses in math, English, and social studies. She said that one of her recently completed classes, Advanced United States History, made a significant impression upon her.
Huber participates in activities that help others. She is committed to the Qualha Club, a school service club, and she is an active member of her youth group at church. Through that youth group, Huber works to assist families in need. Extending beyond the local area, she traveled to Mexico over the summer as a volunteer working with the poor. She reports that that experience gave her new insights into the needs and special circumstances of the very poor.
One of her teachers has written, “Huber is both generous and dedicated, in academics and in life.”
While Rachel is planning to attend college, she has not yet selected a school. She may pursue the study of natural resources.
Rachel lives with her mother, Vicki Huber.
Think trees and tree gifts for the holidays
This holiday season you can honor friends, family and the earth by buying a living Christmas tree from Friends of Trees or by giving friends and family gifts that grow by buying tree planted in their name.
Friends of Trees offers three kinds of living Christmas trees: Ponderosa pine, Colorado blue spruce, and Western red cedar. The trees are three to five feet tall and cost $40 each, with a $10 additional fee for delivery and pick-up. To see pictures of each kind of tree, visit www.friendsoftrees.org and click on “tree-friendly holiday ideas.” Each tree comes with instructions on how to care for it indoors and how to plant it in your yard after the holidays. If you don’t wish to plant the tree in your yard, Friends of Trees will plant it for you in an urban area in need of trees.
All orders for living Christmas trees must be received by Monday, November 24.
You can also give your friends and family a gift that keeps on giving by having a tree planted in their honor. Natural Area Commemorative Trees cost $25 per native tree or $50 for a grove of six native trees. When you purchase a Natural Area Commemorative Tree, Friends of Trees sends a card acknowledging your gift to the person receiving the tree. Both you and the person receiving your gift tree will receive an invitation to plant the tree at Friends of Trees’ annual Commemorative Trees planting Sunday afternoon, February 8, 2004, at the Tualatin River National Wildlife Refuge.
Another personalized gift idea is a Commemorative Yard Tree, which Friends of Trees will plant in the yard of the person receiving the gift. The tree can be up to ten feet tall and comes with a glass sun catcher etched with the name of the person being honored and the date of the planting. Each tree costs $225 and will be planted on a designated day in the spring. When you purchase a Commemorative Yard Tree, Friends of Trees sends a card acknowledging your gift to the person receiving the tree. You can choose from among the 11 yard trees whose photos and descriptions can be found through “tree-friendly holiday ideas” at www.friendsoftrees.org. Please order your Natural Area Commemorative Tree or Commemorative Yard Tree by December 19 if you want your gift acknowledgment card to be received by December 25.
Friends of Trees builds community partnerships to plant, care for, and educate about urban trees in order to strengthen neighborhoods, improve the environment, and enhance the quality of urban life. For more information or to order a living Christmas tree, call 503-282-8846 ext. 19. To find out more about or to order Commemorative Trees, call 503-282-8846 ext. 16. You can learn more about both kinds of trees at www.friendsoftrees.org.
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