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| Volume 14, Issue 3 | March 2016 |
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Community News March 2016
Farmers Market seeks co-managersThe Cedar Mill Farmer Market Board is actively looking for market co-managers for season 2016. These are paid positions. We are looking for experienced people familiar with farmers markets. Contact the market at cmfarmersmarket@yahoo.com or 512-962-2115 Our County on Facebook!Facebook is a helpful tool that allows Washington County to provide relevant and easy-to-access information for those who prefer to communicate online. It provides an additional avenue for discussion and community building. These County departments have pages, more may be added as staff is brought up to speed: Bonnie Hays Animal Shelter; Cooperative Library Services; Disability, Aging & Veteran Services; Washington County Fair; Hagg Lake; Health & Human Services; Medical Reserve Corps; Land Use & Transportation –Roads; Sheriff’s Office; Sustainability Program; Women Infants & Children Program; Washington County Main Page. View this page on the county website for a full list of County Facebook pages with links.
Awesome HourApplication deadline Tuesday, March 15, Reception on Tuesday, April 19 What would you do with a $1000 grant? The Awesome Beaverton & Beyond trustees are looking to fund “small”, interesting projects driven by a few passionate contributors that have the possibility of a big impact in Washington County. For more information, visit the website. Bonny Slope Green TeamBEST (the Bonny Slope Earth Sustainability Team) has an active student Green Team this year comprised of six fourth graders and a fifth grader. The Green Team is making Bonny Slope Elementary the first elementary school in the District to institute kitchen composting. Green Team member Frannie Mace is working on her Girl Scout Gold project (like Boy Scout Eagle). She’s coordinating with various Beaverton area schools with gardens, providing training for the kids on the benefits on native mason bees, and then installing bee houses (made by her and the Ridgewood Girl Scout troop) and providing bees (collected at her home and Barnes Elementary last year). Green Team students meet to discuss topics that impact our school, community and world. The Green Team meets once a month on a Friday after school. Any 4th or 5th grade student who wants to help is welcome. For more information visit the website, or contact Jenny Pompilio, BEST lead and Green Team facilitator at best@bonnyslopebsco.org. Coffee with a CopFriday March 11, from 9:30-11:30 Please join your local Washington County Deputies for Coffee with a Cop! This is an opportunity to sit and chat with your local beat Deputies, while enjoying a complimentary cup of coffee provided by Bales Marketplace. Coffee with a Cop is a national program promoting positive relationships with law enforcement and the people they serve. They hope you will join them in March to chat it up with a Deputy and have some good coffee. THPRD Native Plant SaleSaturday, April 16, 10 am-2 pm, Tualatin Hills Nature Center, 15655 SW Millikan Way, Beaverton Plant your garden with native plants! It makes sense! Native plants are a great way to create a beautiful backyard habitat that can be home for birds, butterflies and other pollinators, and other wildlife. Native plants can flourish in your garden while requiring less care, water, fertilizers and pesticides than other ornamental plants.
Gardeners can select from more than 100 species of trees, shrubs, ground covers and perennials. Click here for a list of the plants we will have at the sale this year: Want some help picking your plants? At this event, you will be able to consult with plant experts, our own park rangers and a host of community groups that can help you in your creation of your own native garden. “We are so fortunate to have such a beautiful array of native plants in our region,” said Karen Munday, program coordinator at the Tualatin Hills Nature Center. “You can easily find the right native plant for any spot in your garden. Plus you can shop, talk to plant experts, and browse information from local organizations to learn more about what you can do to improve habitat in your garden.” A small selection of native plants, including trilliums and other early-blooming wildflowers, will be available at the Nature Center starting March 18 during business hours (8:30 am-5 pm on weekdays and 9 am -5 pm on weekends). The sale is sponsored by the Friends of the Tualatin Hills Nature Park. Proceeds support environmental education programs and future improvements at the Tualatin Hills Nature Park, a 222-acre wildlife reserve in the heart of Beaverton. For more information about the Native Plant Sale or other THPRD nature programs, call the Nature Center at 503/629-6350 or e-mail kmunday@thprd.org.
Paint a Shelter US umbrellaPaint An Umbrella & HELP us shelter Beaverton’s homeless families! The Beaverton Social Justice League and Beaverton School District’s HELP Center are calling ALL artists interested in hand painting umbrellas for the Shelter Us Beaverton homeless awareness campaign. Host a paint party, take this opportunity on as a classroom or club project, or just express your individual creativity and concern for our Beaverton homeless families. Contact Jolene and Lisa at shelterusbeaverton@gmail.com, visit us on Facebook and Twitter or call 971-808-2755. Skyline garage saleFriday March 11, 9 am – 7 pm, Saturday March 12, 9 am – 5 pm; 11275 NW Skyline Boulevard, Portland 97231 With a unique Skyline flavor, this sale includes zany to practical donations from over 30 local residences. There are items for all sections of a household, and items useful for semi-rural living. They strive to offer clean, functioning items at great prices. This is a benefit for Skyline Grange, which has served the Skyline community for 75 years. Skyline Grange’s 11th Annual Tree & Native Plant SaleFriday-Saturday, April 1-2, 9 am-5 pm, Skyline Grange #894, 11275 NW Skyline Blvd This year, we’ll offer over 80 species of native wildflowers, shrubs and trees—trilliums, trout lily, monkeyflower, Indian plum, mockorange, dogwood, western red cedar, and much more. Each species has an informative display sign. We also offer reference lists of beneficial natives for hummingbirds/birds, pollinating insects and bees, erosion control, sunny locations, shady locations, etc. Sorry, no tree seedlings this year. Request a Native Pre-Order Form by emailing skylinegrange894@msn.com (orders due back by March 26).
Sunset tulips will be blooming soon!Several months ago, Sunset seniors spent part of their lunchtime planting 500 tulips on the school grounds as part of their senior gift to the school. The idea came out of conversations with Principal Huelskamp and Sunset’s Community Partnership Team. 500 tulips – roughly one for every Sunset senior—were purchased by parents on the 2016 Graduation Party Committee and donated for this event. The bulbs were planted around the reader board and in the courtyard nearest to the school entrance. You’ll see the green leaves and stems poking through the ground now. And when they bloom, it will signify that high school graduation is close—both for this year and the years to come. Legislative Town HallMonday, March 14, 7 pm, Souther Auditorium, St Vincent Hospital Oregon State Senator Elizabeth Steiner Hayward, Representative Mitch Greenlick, and Representative Ken Helm will be holding a town hall to discuss the legislative session. Come with your questions about the 2016 session and suggestions for next year! TVFR NewsTualatin Valley Fire & Rescue cares about your health. This month, they encourage you to fight stress and serious illnesses by embracing healthy habits that will improve your overall quality of life. Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue offers the following tips to help you enjoy a heart-healthy lifestyle; Enlist a partner, Fuel your body, Get moving, Get enough sleep, Ditch bad habits, and Team up with your doctor. For more information about adopting a heart-healthy lifestyle, visit www.tvfr.com. Conservation District wins grants
Two recent funding awards to the Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District (TWSCD) bring nearly $1,000,000 to Washington County to improve and protect watershed health. The resulting work will bolster the local economy, improve public well-being, and strengthen our community while protecting natural resources. During the past ten years, TSWCD and its partners have worked with over 70 private landowners to restore 39 miles of stream throughout the larger watershed using unique riparian restoration programs. Through work to assess natural resource conditions in the watershed, TSWCD has focused on the Dairy-McKay and Middle Tualatin watersheds as high priority for conservation. This funding will allow further work with landowners along priority stream reaches to restore fish and wildlife habitat, increase efficient use of irrigation water, and decrease nutrients and pesticides in surface and ground waters. Grant money will also fund their efforts to combat the spread of invasive weeds. Weeds such as garlic mustard, knotweed and giant hogweed are expensive to control, interfere with agriculture, disrupt natural areas, reduce wildlife habit, and in some cases pose a direct threat to human health. “Along with partners at Clean Water Service, Tualatin River Watershed Council and Tualatin Hills Parks and Recreation Department (collectively, the Tualatin Watershed Weed Watchers organization), we work to fight the tide of invasive weeds,” says Jen Nelson Sneed, Outreach, Volunteer and Education Program Manager. To learn more about the work that TSWCD does in our area, watch the recent Oregon Field Guide segment about the Tree For All project. Soil SchoolSaturday, April 16, 8 am-2 pm, PCC Rock Creek Event Center, 17705 NW Springville Road Got Dirt? Then join us at Soil School! It will be a day packed full of information for gardeners, small farmers, landscapers, grounds managers and anyone else who wants to improve the health of their soil. Why is soil important? The health of your soil determines the health of everything that grows in it—the food you eat, the products you sell…and the natural world that is sustained by it. Attendees will learn about soil structure, texture and composition and get a chance to examine and interpret a sample of their own soil through a microscope with assistance from a soil scientist. Participants will also have the opportunity to get their hands dirty as they learn how to use a probe to sample soil outside and view native plantings in their natural habitats. Topics include: Cover crops, slugs & snails, planting for pollinators, soil testing & analysis, irrigation, organic weed control & land care, lawn conversion, stormwater management, composting & organic matter, landscaping with native plants, and more. Cost (tentative): $30 per person or $50 for two people (Breakfast snacks and lunch are provided). Register online here. Beaverton Symphony Orchestra ConcertFriday, March 11, 7:30 pm and Sunday, March 13, 3 pm, Village Baptist Church, 330 SW Murray Blvd; $10 adults, $5 seniors/students, $20 families. Spring concert features Holst’s The Planets with projected NASA satellite images. Also Liszt’s Piano Concerto No. 1 with guest soloist Eloise Kim, and Stravinsky’s Suite No. 2 for Small Orchestra. A Prelude Conversation with music director Travis Hatton will happen 30 minutes prior to concert. Learn more at beavertonsymphony.org. New look at Metro Parks & NatureOn February 4, the Metro Council approved a blueprint for the future of Metro’s Parks and Nature work. The new Parks and Nature System Plan will guide decision-making and investments across Metro’s nature programs and 17,000 acres of voter-protected land. The plan, which you can review at oregonmetro.gov/nature, lays out Metro’s mission and role, the status of our portfolio today, trends that will shape the future and strategies to bring this vision to life. Metro’s Parks and Nature team spent two years developing the system plan, working closely with partners and community members. Thanks to all of you who took time to share your questions, ideas and feedback. You are a critical part of our work to protect water quality, fish and wildlife habitat and connect people with nature close to home. With the approval of the plan, Metro Council President Tom Hughes also called for a conversation about asking voters to renew Metro’s Parks and Natural Areas Levy as early as this November. He said that renewal of the levy is a critical step in maintaining funding for Metro’s core parks and nature operations – as well as continuing programs that support local communities and partners, like Nature in Neighborhoods grants. Please stay tuned for information about how you can get involved as the Metro Council continues this conversation over the next few months, and email marybeth.haliski@oregonmetro.gov if you’d like to schedule a conversation or presentation for your group. Your voice is important.
Viva Village sponsors garden talkMarch 19th, 10 - 12 am, Leedy Grange Hall, 835 NW Saltzman Road Garden designer, author, and teacher Barbara Blossom Ashmun will join a panel of expert local gardeners to discuss how adding easy-to-grow evergreen shrubs and perennials can add great multi-season interest to our gardens and reduce our garden chores as well. Panel members will bring cuttings from their favorite plants, mostly evergreen, but some not, that are beautiful and easy to grow. After “show and tell” the group will take questions from the audience. For more information, visit vivavillage.org or contact 503-644-7417. Visit our website for more spring events, including a Nature Walk, Village 101, Social Gatherings and more. Washington County Forum scheduleMondays at 11:30 am, September through June, (except holidays), Peppermill Restaurant, 17455 SW Farmington Rd. in Aloha There is no charge for the meetings! The speakers start at noon and lunch is available to order from the menu. Following the speaker, there will be an opportunity for Forum members to ask questions. March 7: Ben Unger, Our Oregon, “Corporate Tax Ballot Measure.”[Note: A representative of Grow Oregon Now will present in opposition] March 14: Matt Davis, Washington County Department of Health, “A Discussion about wood smoke batement – What are we doing about it? March 21: Lucy Baker, Administrator, Oregon Advocacy Commissions, “A Consideration of Advocacy in Oregon” March 28: Cheerily Bertges, Oregon Beverage Recycling Cooperative, “New Bottle Recycling Centers – the Changes to the Recycling Process” April 4: Jeanne Atkins, Oregon Secretary of State, “State of the State Department” For more information, visit washingtoncountyforum.org. Library-by-Mail for the Homebound and Their CaregiversWashington County residents of any age who are unable to visit a local library can apply for free library mail service through the Washington County Cooperative Library Services (WCCLS). Reading helps the homebound participate in current events and promotes brain wellness. One regular subscriber to Library-by-Mail says, “Going through your fabulous book review lists is like being free to sample goodies in a candy store! My quality of life has been much happier due to your services by mail.” To qualify for this service, the person must: • be homebound due to a physical/mental impairment of six months or more, • be the caregiver of a homebound person, or • reside in a residential, assisted living or nursing care facility. According to Cynthia Peterson, librarian for Homebound Library Services, “In addition to standard print books, we carry large print books, Playaway audio books, music CDs and movie DVDs, including Blu-ray films.” Items are mailed in easy-to-use zippered bags. WCCLS also offers rotating large print and audio book collections to adult care facilities. For individual and care center application materials, call 503-648-9785 or visit wccls.org/homebound. Eat Smart Movie Series: The Perennial PlateSaturday, March 19, 7 pm, Leedy Grange Hall, 835 NW Saltzman
Leedy Grange presents The Perennial Plate, a series of seven short (5-10 minute) films dedicated to socially responsible and adventurous eating. Chef/activist Daniel Klein and filmmaker Mirra Fine traveled the world and created wonderful film vignettes exploring the relationship of communities to their local food systems. This series highlights South American mate, Asian rice, South Pacific coconuts, and other important foods around the world. As part of the cinematic experience, Leedy Grange will serve coconut and mate as snacks before and during the film. After learning to cook at his mother’s bed and breakfast, director Daniel Klein trained at many of the world’s top restaurants and then went on to pursue a career in film. Mirra Fine is a graphic designer and freelance writer. Together, Daniel and Mirra have created this unique Perennial Plate series, which feels like cinematic poems celebrating people and the food that sustains them. The films are free, although donations to help defray costs are appreciated. Participants are invited to bring garden seeds to swap. Please join us! Cedar Mill “Futurepalooza”Saturday, April 9, 10 am-noon, Leedy Grange Hall, 835 NW Saltzman Terra Linda Conservation, Us and the Environment (CUE) and Leedy Grange will present a free workshop that will provide information and solicit ideas on what the Cedar Mill area will look like in ten years. Metro Councilor Kathryn Harrington will deliver a brief keynote address to provide an overview of what we can expect in the near future for Cedar Mill. This keynote will be followed by a series of brief presentations and discussion by a panel of experts, focusing on water supply, transportation, waste collection and growth. Participants are encouraged to bring questions and ideas about Cedar Mill’s future. A free native shrub or tree will be provided to the first 50 participants, courtesy of the Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District. For more information, contact Dean Moberg at Terra Linda CUE odonata3@comcast.net. Art sessions for kids & familiesWe’re lucky to have the Oregon College of Art & Craft right in our community! Visit the website to find out about their famous spring offerings. These classes fill up fast, so be sure to get your application in quickly! Washington County Museum newsScout Passport Days Saturday, March 5, 10-11:30 am Cub Scouts are invited to complete their badge requirements at the Museum. Scouts will receive a passport appropriate to their scouting level and move between stations to complete electives relating to the history and culture of their community, while exploring the Museum. For more details and to register, please visit the Scout Passport Days page. Save 50% at the Spring Clearance Sale With Spring comes Spring Cleaning, and with Spring Cleaning comes the sale in our Gift Shop. Don’t wait until it’s over and you have missed a great deal. Stop by the Museum today for some of the best bargains around. The Museum Gift Shop is open from 10-5, Wednesday-Saturday. Exhibit gallery admission is not necessary to shop. Daylighters Toastmasters ClubWednesdays 6:40-8:00 am weekly, Cedar Hills Recreation Center, Room 3, 11640 SW Park Way Jumpstart your speaking and leadership skills. Get your point across. Appear confident. Find your voice. Daylighters Toastmasters Club will help. Come and see what the talk is all about. Visitors always welcome. Israeli folk dancing at Leedy Grange!Monday March 21, 7-9 pm, Leedy Grange, 835 NW Saltzman Rd. Learn and enjoy beginning and intermediate level dances brought to you by Sue and Friends the third Monday of each month for just $6 at the door. 7- 8 pm will entail beginner dances and moving into the 8-9 pm hour will be intermediate dances. For details please visit Portland Israeli Folk Dance News, or email Sue at pifdnews@gmail.com. |
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