Community Announcements
compiled by Jasmine Kim
Become a Weed Watcher!
Tuesday, April 24, 6:30-8:30 pm at Leedy Grange Hall, 835 NW Saltzman.
Invasive plants cost Oregonians millions in control, damage and harm to our local economies. They also cause serious harm to our natural areas, waterways and wildlife. Fortunately, everyone can be part of the solution by becoming Weed Watchers. As a Weed Watcher, you will learn to identify and report some of the region's newest invaders. Once found, the new weeds can be quickly and efficiently eradicated before they become an even bigger problem.
Join your neighbors in a free, two-hour workshop where you will learn the basics of how biological invasions work, what to do about them and how to identify and report new invaders where you live, work or play.
Workshops are sponsored by a partnership of the Tualatin Soil and Water Conservation District, Tualatin Hills Park and Recreation District, Tualatin River Watershed Council, SOLV, and Clean Water Services. For more information or to register, please contact Lacey Townsend at 503-648-3174 x102. You can register on-line at: http://solv.org/programs/event_details.asp?eventID=20040.
Clear invasives at The Bluffs Park
SOLV IT Earth Day at Bluffs Park, Saturday, April 21, 2012 from 9 am-1 pm.
To register for a volunteer event, visit http://www.thprd.org/.
For more information about volunteer opportunities, contact Melissa Marcum at 503.629.6305 x2720 or mmarcum@thprd.org.
Garden Club—Rain Gardens
Carrie Pak of Clean Water Services will present information on Rain Gardens at the Cedar Mill Garden Club's April 18 meeting at the Beaverton Community Center, 12350 SW 5th and Hall Blvd. The meeting begins at 11:30 a.m. and is open to the public.
For further information about the Cedar Mill Garden Club contact President Barbara Cushman, 503-649-7741 or visit thecedarmillgardenclub.org
Public crime prevention training
"Fighting Crime through Design" is a program that will be presented on May 4 from 1-4pm at the Village Baptist Church. Learn to identify potential safety hazards and security threats, and how to better protect yourself and your neighbors from crime. For more information about this training please contact Crime Prevention Specialist Darlene Schnoor at 503-846-2774 or darlene_schnoor@co.washington.or.us
Cedar Mill Garden Club Plant Sale and Garden Art Fair
This annual fundraiser for the Garden Club will be held May 4-5 in the east parking lot of the Cedar Mill Bible Church at 122nd and N.W. Cornell, next to the JQA Young House. Hours of the sale are 9-5 both days. There is ample parking in the lot where the sale will be held.
The sale is the culmination of a year-long effort of club members who divide and pot specialty perennials from their own yards—ferns, Hosta, Peonies, double Primroses and Shooting Stars as well as variegated Holly, pink Viburnum and other shrubs. Garden art will include bird houses and feeders, bee houses, signs and totems.
In conjunction with garden art vendor BuffAloha Bill and METRO Recycled Paints, the Club will hold a contest for the public to create a steam engine train and/or planter by recycling clean, empty one-gallon paint cans. The contest will be judged by people's choice with the winner receiving a plant from Cedar Mill Garden Club.
Proceeds from the sale will benefit local botanical gardens, reforestation, the Oregon Garden, a future garden at the John Quincy Adams Young House, and a scholarship given to an Oregon student studying in a horticultural related field.
To find out more about Cedar Mill Garden Club, or the plant sale, phone 503-649-7741 or visit the club website. http://www.thecedarmillgardenclub.org
For details about the recycling contest e-mail clubbiodiesel@yahoo.com
St. Pius Tea Party
St.Pius X Women's Club is presenting a "Once upon a Time Tea" on Saturday, April 14 from 1-3:30. In addition to the catered menu of tea sandwiches, scones, fresh fruit, and desserts, guests will be entertained by a performance of songs from fairytales and children' stories. Tickets are $20 per person, and must be purchased by April 9. Contact Fran Gilleland, 503-645-3798 for more information.
Adult programs at St. Barts
St. Bartholomew's Episcopal Church, 11265 SW Cabot, Beaverton, welcomes everyone on Wednesday evenings for a new spring Adult Education series, beginning April 18 and running for seven Wednesday evenings through the end of May. Classes begin at 6:45 pm and end at 8:00 pm. A simple supper is also available at 5:45 for $3 per person, $5 per family.
The classes are free, and one may choose among:
- Peace in the Mid East? History and hopes;
- Praying in Color, by Sybil MacBeth, a fresh way to pray using shapes and colors;
- Personal health and safety: "Wholeness: Body, Mind and Spirit;"
- Posies—Gardening weekend field trips; and
- People: Who in the world do you think you are?—Genealogy studies using information from the book "Hey America, Your Roots are Showing."
- Prayer in Motion/Tai Chi continues on Saturday mornings from 10-11 am with Kevin Holmes. For more information, contact Anne Madden, Adult Education Coordinator, 503-297-0357.
St. Bart's is a growing and contemporary Episcopal community that combines a rich tradition and heritage, beautiful liturgy and music with progressive social action. All are welcome.
Metro makes home records available online
If you've ever tried to figure out the history of a home in your neighborhood, or need to know boundaries of various planning districts, you've spent time looking at annexation records, mostly in print and only at a local agency like Metro. As of this week, all 40 years of annexation records are now online and searchable at oregonmetro.gov/index.cfm/go/by.web/id/35819
Bike safety fair
A bike safety fair will be held at the covered blacktop area of Jacob Wismer Elementary on Saturday April 7 from 2:30-4:30 pm. The safety fair is intended to teach kids about bike safety through fun and interactive activities. The fair is free to attend, and suggested for ages from 1st to 5th grade. It will include free bike and helmet checks, a road rules lesson, and a skill development course. Kids must bring a helmet and a bike, and should have basic to moderate biking skills. At least one parent or guardian must be present to attend the fair.
The fair is organized by Jacob Wismer alumnus and Westview High School student Adam Rosencrans as part of his senior honors project, with help from Safe Routes to School and TVFR station 64.
Lions Club open house
The Cedar Mill Lions Club will host an open house on Wed., April 18 from 6-8 pm at the Grapevine Restaurant at 11525 SW Barnes Rd. Come learn about your local Lions Club and network with Lions Club members and partners. To RSVP contact Doug Johnson, 503-314-9850 or at dougjohn53@frontier.com
The Lions Club is a service club that raises money for service projects that benefit the community, including providing eyeglasses and hearing aids for low-income members of our community, and performing various health screenings for vision, hearing, blood pressure and diabetes. The Cedar Mill Lions Club also supports various youth service projects.
Washington County Forum schedule—Meet the Candidates!
The Washington County Public Affairs Forum meets at the Tanasbourne Old Spaghetti Factory at 18925 NW Tanasbourne Drive, Hillsboro. Meetings are free and open to all, lunch & beverages are extra.
April 2: House District 29 Candidates—Katie Riley (Democrat), Ben Unger (Democrat).
Washington County Commission District 1 (Non-Partisan)—Betty Bode (Challenger), Dick Schouten (Incumbent)
April 9: Beaverton City Council Position 3 – (Non- Partisan) Rob Soloman, Mark Fagin.
Court of Appeals Judges – Position 6 – (Non- Partisan) Allan J. Arlow, Timothy Volpert
April 16: Oregon Secretary of State Democratic Candidates—Kate Brown, Paul Damien Wells.
Bureau of Labor and Industries Commissioner—Brad Avakian (Democrat), Bruce Starr (Republican).
April 23: Oregon Attorney General Democratic Candidates—Dwayne Holton, Ellen Rosemblum (no Republican filings)
April 30: Oregon Supreme Court Judges – Position 3 – (Non-Partisan)—Richard C. Baldwin, Nena Cook, Timmothy J. Sercombe.
City of Beaverton Mayor – (Non-Partisan)—Dennis Doyle (Incumbent), Pavel Goberman (Challenger)
Teaching Teens Financial Finesse
The Parents of Teens Community is hosting a speaker for the program "Teaching Teens Financial Finesse" on Wednesday, April 25 at 7 pm at Cedar Mill Bible Church, 12208 NW Cornell Rd . This program will help educate parents on how to teach their teenager to avoid debt, build savings and begin money management. Everyone is welcome.
The speaker, Mike Query, is a former independent business owner and IRS agent with 13 years experience. The Parents of Teens community is group of parents who share what helps in supporting their teenagers.
Stoller student art winner
 The Washington County Cooperative Library Services (WCCLS) is proud to announce the winner of its 2012 Teen Summer Reading Art Contest. Stoller Middle School eighth-grader Elina Gouw has been awarded top honors this year for her magical drawing of a fantastic book/owl nightscape. Her design will appear on all countywide Teen Summer Reading publicity this summer. Elina also received a $150 gift card to Powell's Books.
This marks the third year that WCCLS has encouraged young artists to submit designs that are representative of the library's summer reading theme. Over 40 pieces of artwork representative of the library's summer theme were submitted to WCCLS member libraries during the months of January and February. In early March a panel of teen library enthusiasts and local librarians met to select the piece they felt would best represent the 2012 Summer Reading Program and its theme of "Own the Night".
 Green Gardening Fair
Tualitan Hills Park and Recreation District is hosting a Green Gardening Fair & Spring Native Plant Sale on Saturday, April 28, 10-2 pm at the Nature Park Interpretative Center. Admission is free and people of all ages are welcome.
Come learn about sustainable gardening techniques through activities and information booths, and shop our Spring Native Plant Sale to start growing your own native habitat.
Friends of the Tualatin Hills Nature Park sponsor this event with proceeds going towards education programs and future park improvements.
Second Edition needs teens
Second Edition Resale Shop, which supports the Cedar Mill Community Library Association, will be providing opportunities for high school or college teens to gain retail and customer service skills.
Second Edition will be accepting up to five teens in Retail Sales Associate Positions. Teens must be able to commit for the summer months of June, July, and August, with two training sessions in May. (One to two weeks may be taken off for vacation.) Shifts will be 2.5-3 hours long, either on a weekday or weekend (or both), 1-2 days per week depending on teen volunteer's availability and the when shifts are open.
These volunteers will receive on-the-job retail training as a sales associate. This training includes interacting with customers, providing customer service, and learning the proper way to stage merchandise. Teens will accumulate volunteer hours, obtain job experience and references, and have the opportunity to be promoted to a cashier position.
Teens are invited to apply by picking up a Volunteer Application from either the Cedar Mill Library or Second Edition. Deadline for application is May 13, unless positions fill sooner. Questions should be directed to Kevin Kelley, Head of Volunteer Services, at 503-644-0043 x 111.
Free neutering offered by Forest Heights Vet Clinic
The Oregon Spay and Neuter Fund and Forest Heights Veterinary Clinic have teamed up to offer 10 low cost neuters (male cats only). There is only a copay of $10 per animal. However, appointments must be made by April 30. To make an appointment, call Oregon Spay and Neuter Fund at 1-888-664-7729.
WOW!
Walk to school on Wednesdays has brought many caring parents and enthusiastic students together at Jacob Wismer Elementary school in the Bethany area! http://www.beaverton.k12.or.us/
The goals of the program are to alleviate morning congestion in the parking lot, promote safety, develop healthy habits and build community in the neighborhoods! Smile! Rain or Shine! Look out for a Walking School bus near you! For more information, contact Delaram Adyani, Parent Volunteer, mehdel@pacifier.com
Bonny Slope Jog-a-Thon
The countdown to the 2012 Bonny Slope Jog-a-thon has officially begun. The jog-a-thon is an annual event that raises money to support many of the excellent programs that Bonny Slope Elementary students enjoy year round. The Science Fair, Artist in Residence, Passport Club, Bobcat Trail Running Club, Community Outreach, Community Garden, and Art Literacy are some of the activities that are able to operate because of funds raised from the jog-a-thon.
Prior to the event, students will ask friends and family to sponsor them to run laps around the track, or to provide a set donation. On the day of the event, each grade will warm up in the gym, run as many laps around the Bonny Slope track as they can in 20 minutes, and then enjoy some refreshments. Many parents and volunteers come out on the day of the event to cheer on students, record laps, provide snacks, and keep things "running" smoothly.
Prizes will be awarded to the individual that raises the most money and to the class that collectively raises the most money.
Metro gardening
Metro and Oregon State University Extension Service are offering free gardening classes and workshops to help you grow healthier plants while reducing the use of chemicals in your garden. From building healthy soil to attracting beneficial birds and critters to feeding your family from the backyard, expert instructors talk tips and share gardening tricks at locations throughout the region. Each program includes a visual presentation, discussion, hands-on learning and free publications. For more information and to register for a workshop, visit oregonmetro.gov/garden.
Sabbath Workshop
A free workshop, "Sabbath: Finding Rest, Renewal, and Delight in Our Busy Lives," based on the book by Wayne Muller, will be held on Sunday, May 6 from 2:30-4 pm at the Cedar Mill Library Community Room.
Participants will explore the "what, why and how" of the Sabbath. Hands-on exercises will strengthen resolve and develop a personalized Sabbath practice. This workshop is multi-denominational and is more philosophical than religious in nature. All are welcome.
Please RSVP by May 2 to Becky Lovejoy, Facilitator, at BeckyLovejoy@Comcast.net.
Beaverton Historical Society
Have you ever wondered why there is a park district named Tualatin inside Beaverton? Come to the April 10 Beaverton Historical Society meeting at 12412 SW Broadway St and listen as Lynda Myers, THPRD employee and Supervisor for the Jenkins Estate and Fanno Farm House, provides you with the answers you have always wanted to hear about this subject.
Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation is the largest special park district in the State of Oregon, spanning 50 square miles, and serving more than 220,000 residents in the greater Beaverton Area.
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