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• Spring on the farm
  
• Second Edition celebrates spring
  
• Bales Garden Center partners with Koida
  
• Sunset Credit Union now offering Shared Branching and Remote Deposit Capture
  
• Les Couleurs de Provence
  
• Hoffman Design
  
• CMBA March Mixer
  
• Lee Davies now ELEETE Real Estate
  
• Lee Davies Sponsors Milltown Soccer
  
• Village Gallery of Arts
  
• HealthSource donation drive for Playing 4 Kicks
  
• Santosha Yoga Music and Senior Classes
  
• The UPS Store provides document shredding

Spring on the farm

At Dinihanian Farm, this time of year is very busy for us. It is the time when we prepare everything for the upcoming growing season, from choosing what to plant, to soil preparation, to early season plantings. Home gardeners are busy too. Seed catalogs, covered with bright and glorious pictures of all the things that could be growing soon start to make hands itchy to get into the dirt again. Just thinking about those luscious tomatoes, crunchy carrots or succulent lettuces makes mouths water in anticipation.

Choosing what varieties to grow can be a daunting task, given all the choices there are. Nowadays, some of the most written about choices are heirloom vegetables and even flowers. What exactly does that mean and how does one know which ones might do well in our region? If you are looking to plant heirlooms this year, and would like to learn more about them, consider attending our Heirloom Vegetable workshop, one of three different classes coming up in March.

Each of our workshops runs one to two hours, and will be held at the farm, 15005 NW Cornell Rd. For info about these workshops, to sign up for weekly veggies through our CSA, or to see what winter goods we have available right now, check our website www.yourcsa.com. You can also email us at csainfo@yourcsa.com or contact us by phone at 503-432-6235. Workshop details and info can be found on the EVENTS page. We’d love to have you join us!

Sat. Mar.15th: “Eating History: Heirloom Vegetables Why & How to Choose Them?”

Wed. Mar. 26th: “Purple Carrots, Yellow Beets!” Crazy-Colored Veggies: A Kids Guide to Learning About the Colors of Food

Sat. Mar. 29th: “Down in the Dirt: Soils, Seeds and Secrets to Success in the Garden”

Second Edition celebrates spring

Second Edition’s Asian theme starts on March 3 and will continue into the month. They will put out St. Paddy’s the next week and later in the month the theme will be nautical.

Spring is in the air at Second Edition and the shop is filled with spring fashions and household items. With the arrival of spring showers, our thoughts are turning to our gardens and the wonderful satisfaction of digging in the dirt. Second Edition is getting ready for their annual garden theme, and you can help them out by bringing in all of your garden related donations. It’s a good time to clean out your garden shed, greenhouse or garage and bring in all your new or gently used tools, bird feeders and houses, wind chimes, garden art, and ceramic pots (please, no plastic pots or chemicals).

Steve Beilman caring for the plants at Bales

Bales Garden Center partners with Koida

Troy Wolfe, Store Director for Bales Cedar Mill, is excited to announce a big change with their Garden Center. Bales is partnering with Koida Greenhouses, Inc., a local grower with facilities in Milwaukie, to provide fresh plants chosen for our local climate, and provided “just in time” for planting when the season is right. Steve Beilman, a Koida employee and also an independent Garden Coach, will be at the store twice a week to deliver and care for the plants and also to give advice.

“No more tomatoes in early March,” he laughs. “You might be getting excited thinking about those summer harvests, but now is not the time to plant tomatoes. Instead, we have peas, artichokes, and other cold-weather-tolerant veggies, and a great selection of ornamental plants that will thrive in our cool and unpredictable March weather.”

Steve has been busy setting up new displays that combine ornamentals to bring your early spring garden back to life. Make Bales Garden Center your first choice for healthy plants that will make the time you invest in your garden productive and satisfying. And look for classes and workshops to help you learn and have fun.

Sunset Credit Union now offering Shared Branching and Remote Deposit Capture

If you live, work or shop in Cedar Mill, you can join Sunset Credit Union and enjoy some of the lowest loan rates and highest savings rates in the Pacific Northwest. However, if you’re already a credit union member somewhere else, you can probably still do simple transactions at Sunset Credit Union because they are now part of the CO-OP Shared Branching Network.

To use Shared Branching at Sunset Credit Union, simply bring your photo ID and your credit union account number to Sunset Credit Union (to see if your credit union is part of the Shared Branching Network, visit www.co-opsharedbranch.org). You’ll be able to access your accounts, make loan payments, cash checks, deposit funds and much more. This is a nationwide network of credit unions (over 5,000 branches!), so no matter where you travel to, you’ll still be able to conduct your credit union business as if you were in your credit union branch.

Sunset is also now offering Remote Deposit Capture. Instead of having to come into the branch, you simply take a photo of your check(s) and submit it to their secure site. Your money is automatically deposited into your account. Nothing is faster! Sunset Credit Union is located at 1100 NW Murray Blvd in Portland (across from McDonalds and the Safeway Shopping Center.) Visit their website at sspfcu.com or give them a call at 503-643-1335 to learn more.

Les Couleurs de Provence

Les Couleurs de Provence is locally owned by Mireille Nett who lived in Provence for 15 years. She received a new shipment last week with amazing new fabrics! This small business specializes in cotton acrylic-coated fabric for tablecloths (all shapes) to make your life easier! With these high quality and colorful cloths you can finally enjoy a beautiful setting at the kitchen and/or the dining room table without the worries of spilled wine or tomato sauce. If a spill happens, you just need to wipe it off with a mild soap and water and you are done! The acrylic coating makes the tablecloth stain and water resistant. They are also machine washable and dryer safe.

Please visit their store online at FabricOfProvence.com. You’ll also find 100% cotton tablecloths without coating, exceptional Jacquard tablecloths, matching napkins, and so much more. They will deliver and reimburse the shipping if you live in Portland. Call 503 679-1681 for an appointment at home. Les Couleurs De Provence will be at the Cedar Mill Farmers Market for the fourteenth year, starting in May 2014.

Hoffman Design

Caryl K. Hoffman was awarded the “Best of Houzz,” for 2013 and 2014 at the Las Vegas NAHB International Builders Show in February. Houzz is the leading online database for residential remodeling and design.

Hoffman Design Upcoming Events: Easy Kitchen Remodels—Thursday, March 20, 6 -7 pm at the Sherwin Williams Store Cedar Mill,1355 NW Cornell Rd. Exterior Paint Color Ideas—Thursday, April 17, 6 -7 pm Sherwin Williams Store—Cedar Mill. The workshops are casual, informative, and typically a lot of fun. They need a minimum of four participants to hold the workshops, so please consider bringing along two or three friends! There will be sign-up sheets at the stores, or email Caryl.

As part of her effort to “make the world a better place,” Caryl has decided to make a concerted and organized effort to give back to the community on a regular basis. Each month she will be sponsoring a “Giving Back” project, where she will select a particular charitable organization to support. Caryl will be helping to gather such items as canned food, personal hygiene supplies, dog and cat food, toys and perhaps even some cash. Her hope is that by gathering donations in bulk, she can help streamline the process for herself and others, maximize our efforts by delivering larger donations at once, and hopefully making a larger impact. March’s organization will be Outside In, a social service agency working to address the needs of homeless youth in Portland. Please bring personal care products, and/or clean socks, to one of the workshops. To coordinate pick up or delivery, please arrange with Caryl personally at carylkhoff@gmail.com.

CMBA March Mixer

The Cedar Mill Business Association, in conjunction with Pip’s Frozen Yogurt & Gelato, will host a ‘March Mixer’ fundraiser to benefit the Homeless Youth attending Sunset High School, on March 13 from 5-8 pm. The event is open to the public and will offer multiple avenues for donations to be made to the cause. Pip’s will donate 30% of the sales during the event to benefit the kids.

The CMBA is hosting a silent auction of five items including a Nut & Snack Basket, Coffee Basket, Kettle Corn Basket and a Handmade Denim Quilt. The silent auction items will be on display during normal business hours for bids, winner need not be present to win.

Pip’s is proud to feature Gelato and yogurt in traditional and non-dairy varieties which you can customize to your taste at the ‘toppings bar.’ Also available: coffee drinks, espresso, smoothies and Italian soda. Pip’s is located behind Shari’s Restaurant at 13611 NW Cornell Road. Cedar Mill community members are invited to come by for a visit and a snack or take-home dessert for the family.

The CMBA’s primary purpose is to help develop, both economically and socially, the community of Cedar Mill. The Business Association meets on the second Tuesday of the month, giving businesses the opportunity to network, learn what is happening in the area, and receive information important to growing their business. These luncheon meetings are held at the Cedar Mill Bible Church at 12208 NW Cornell Rd. from 11:45-1:30 pm. Prospective members are encouraged to attend.

Lee Davies now ELEETE Real Estate

In 2007, after selling real estate for over 20 years, Lee Davies’ past clients and advisors strongly recommended that they name their new real estate company with his own name. The logic was simple—he had a good reputation, was strong in the immediate community, and it was a very traditional approach to building a foundation of excellence when one knows there is a true owner-operator sitting in the building. Fast-forward to today, and the company name has served well. Lee Davies Real Estate is one that is synonymous with local real estate, and represents quality, exceptional service, and boasts a positive reputation. The company has grown each year during what have been extremely challenging economic times and that is due to ingenuity, aggressive marketing, strong ethics, and sheer determination.

That being said, as the owner, Lee Davies has worked hard to build their company’s platform of excellence and would like to see it utilized by more realtors and ultimately serve more clients. To accomplish this mission, they have chosen to create a brand that represents their standards of expertise and excellence that will allow realtors to harmoniously build their own business identity with their individual names. ELEETE Real Estate accomplishes just that. It represents their core values, as well as allowing their brokers to clearly brand themselves as an ELEETE Realtor. This paradigm shift is more in keeping with today’s top agents as they consistently are looking for ways to clearly distinguish their name. Their existing brokers have been successful building their independent portfolios, and now with their new name, they, will also be able to better establish their ELEETE brand. On March 3rd, Lee Davies began the transition to the new name. This big move will now allow everyone to win, especially the public, as they look to raise the standards of the industry by ensuring that their brokers always deliver their consistent brand of EXPERTISE and EXCELLENCE, the ELEETE way.

Lee Davies Sponsors Milltown Soccer

ELEETE Real Estate is proud to be the primary sponsor for Milltown United Soccer Club! They are excited to announce that they have entered into a long-term sponsorship agreement with Milltown (serving over 1100 children in the Cedar Mill, Cedar Hills, and Beaverton communities) that will make ELEETE Real Estate the primary sponsor through the 2016 season. The resources provided by this partnership will partially offset the rising cost of providing youth soccer, and will help Milltown continue to offer a quality recreational soccer program without significant increases in registration fees. Specifically, this will fund additional coaching and player development programs, provide scholarship assistance to players who otherwise may be unable to participate in the sport, and allow Milltown to invest in much-needed improvements to their infrastructure.

Village Gallery of Arts

"Psychedelic Ocean" by Chris Kondrat

Featured artist: Chris Kondrat, March 4-April 6. Artist reception on Sunday, March 9, 12-4 pm. Kondrat is an emerging watercolor artist who has been actively painting since 2005. She enjoys exploring her creative side and employing various techniques in her whimsical, colorful paintings.

Face behind the artwork demo: A new quarterly event for 2014, free and open to the public. On Saturday, March 15, 1-3 pm, artist Chris Kondrat will be demonstrating how she creates transparent decals to accent her art pieces. Using layers of gloss medium and varnish, she creates finished decals that can be used in many different ways. Drop in to the gallery to mingle with other artists and watch this process come to life.

Linda Rothchild Ollis—Acrylic Potential—Transparent and Opaque: Mondays, March 10 & April 21, 9:30-12:30 pm. $60 per session includes supplies. Ages 16-adult. Are you ready for a new approach to awaken your painting potential? This class starts with a step-by-step process and completed painting by the instructor; students then create their own with supplies and tools provided. www.lrothchildollis.blogspot.com

Danny Rodriguez—Turkish Marbling on Fabric: Saturday, April 12, 11-3 pm, $60 includes all supplies Come and explore the joys of marbling fabric. Complete instructions will be given for using all the various marbling ingredients. Learn about the patterns, and how to make the tools to produce them. Following the demonstration, you’ll create your very own custom marbled blended fabric scarf for you to take home. This course is for beginners as well as those who already have experience with marbling.

Regular Classes: Emma Achleithner—Traditional Watercolor: Thursdays, 9:30-12:30 pm March 6, 13, 20, 27. On-going morning drop-in class. Pay for four classes at a time to be used within three months. $120. More info: Please call the Gallery at 503-644-8001 or visit their website villagegalleryarts.org for additional information about membership, classes and special events.

HealthSource kicks in for kids

HealthSource Chiropractic and Progressive Rehab is stepping it up for local non-profit Playing 4 Kicks, by providing a Free Community Health Screening in exchange for a pair of new or used athletic shoes, or a minimum donation of $10 to Playing 4 Kicks. Playing for Kicks collects new and used athletic shoes to provide athletic shoes for children in need. Their mission is to provide children of all ages the opportunity to become the best they can be. “By involving children and young adults in athletics, they learn valuable lessons like hard work, dedication, perseverance, and teamwork. Living active lives will result in better test scores, lower drop-out rates, more confidence, better social skills, and combat the plethora of health issues related to sedentary lifestyles,” says founder and CEO Jared Mace.

The 19-point health screenings ($189 value) will help track down even the smallest amounts of pain, including those suffering from a wide range of problems such as low back pain, headaches, neck pain, shoulder or arm pain, bulging or herniated discs, leg pain, numbness and more. Even X-Rays will be included if necessary. Donations will be accepted at the office located at 13305 NW Cornell Rd Suite E up until March 31, but contributors are encouraged to call and set up an appointment.

To schedule an appointment, and make a difference, call (503) 746-5085 today. For more information on HealthSource go to HealthSourceChiro.com.

Santosha Yoga Music and Senior Classes

Santosha Yoga is sponsoring a transformational music concert on Saturday March 10 from 7-9 pm. It will take place at Santosha Yoga in Bethany Village and the suggested donation is $10-20 dollars. Anton Mizerak & Laura Berryhill will share their transforming music, along with Celtic songs and interactive singing. All are welcome to this community event. Refreshments provided.

Santosha’s Senior Class is one of our most popular classes! So much so that we are planning another session so that more can take advantage of this special class, where even those in chairs discover that they can ‘do’ yoga and get a workout at the same time. Great for the digestion, too!

Our Karma projects are so rewarding. In the past we have raised money for the Water Project, Monica’s House (for those dealing with domestic violence), and through the Charlie Brown giving tree in December. The proceeds from our new Family class, the first and third Saturdays of the month, and their Align and Flow class on Sundays at 10:30 am, go to support Street Yoga, an organization that takes yoga to people living on the street.

Santosha will be offering our first yoga retreat in Tulum, Mexico in June. This is open to anyone who would like to go to a beautiful location and practice yoga, as well as tour and have some R & R.

There is more information about all of these events on their website, santoshaforeverybody.com For more information contact Katy Nadal or Dina Lang at katy@santoshaforeverybody.com or call 503-372-9825. Santosha Yoga studio is located at 4876 NW Bethany Blvd L-4.

The UPS Store helps with identity protection

With identity theft among the fastest-growing crimes in the country, The UPS Store, located at 10940 SW Barnes Rd., Peterkort Towne Square, is urging consumers to set aside time to conduct a personal document inventory and to take appropriate measures to safeguard their identify. The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) estimates that nearly eleven million Americans have their identities stolen each year, and rummaging through trash is one of the common ways identity thieves victimize consumers.

The UPS Store recommends annually making copies of critical documents such as birth certificates, financial records, wills, bank records, insurance information, social security cards, and mortgage records, among others. These copies can prove especially useful for recovery in the event of a natural disaster or in establishing your identity in case it is compromised.

The UPS Store also encourages customers to shred documents containing personal information to protect themselves against identity theft and fraud. To help customers do this, The UPS Store offers its customers the ability to dispose of documents containing personal information using its convenient shredding services. Customers can drop their sensitive documents into the container and our secured shredding service provider Iron Mountain will shred them in our parking lot using one of its patented mobile shredding trucks.

 The UPS Store offers secure mailbox services, which include a real street address, package and mail receiving from all carriers, 24-hour mailbox access, and text and email notification when they have mail or packages to save unnecessary trips. Your mail provides so much information about your life. With one of our mailboxes, your mail is under lock and key and not somewhere it could end up in the wrong hands. In addition to domestic and international shipping, The UPS Store offers full-service packaging; digital and online printing; black-and-white and color copies; document finishing (binding, laminating, etc.); printing services (business cards, letterhead, rubber stamps, etc.); notary; custom crating and shipping for large items (furniture, artwork, motorcycles, etc.); mailbox and postal services; office and packaging supplies; and more. The UPS Store has convenient hours: Monday through Friday 9 am to 7 pm, Saturday 9 am to 5 pm and closed on Sundays. For additional information, visit theupsstorelocal.com/3379 or call 503-646-9999.

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