May 2013 Cedar Mill Community News
No more plastic recycling at Flea Market
We regret to announce that the Leedy Grange Flea Market will no longer be able to accept plastic for recycling. Far West Fibers has stopped taking most of the items that we’ve been collecting, so until further notice, we will not be accepting them. If you still wish to bring your refundable bottles and cans, we can handle those.
 Bonny Slope reunion
Once again, alumni and friends from Bonny Slope will gather in Bonny Slope Park this summer. If you ever attended Bonny Slope Elementary School, or if you’re a current or former resident of the area and are curious about its history and want to get to know more of your neighbors, you’re invited to Bonny Slope Park on Saturday, August 10 at noon for the Bonny Slope Reunion picnic.
Hamburgers and hotdogs will be available, and bring a potluck item to share. Copies of the Bonny Slope Story will be available for purchase. Donations gladly accepted for food, table rentals and other expenses. For more information and to get involved, visit the Facebook group “Bonny Slope Alumni,”, or contact Marie Grammer, mariegrammer@hotmail.com or phone 503-656-0766.
History writer volunteer needed
Do you want to learn more about Cedar Mill History, or share what you know? The Cedar Mill News is seeking one or more volunteers to write the “History in the News” column. We have plenty of resources, including the Cedar Mill History book and other documents and photos, and contacts with locals who can share stories. We just need YOU to get involved. Contact Virginia Bruce at info@cedarmillnews.com for more information or to volunteer.
Sunset News
End of the year approaches
By Elsie Garner
With the end of the school year in sight, things at Sunset High School are coming to an explosive close. Starting with Prom week, assemblies and spirit days have been getting the upperclassmen excited for their final dance on Saturday, May 4th.
Other recreational events are keeping the end of the year busy -- the Powderpuff game on May 17th promises to be entertaining.
Musical ability and growth over the two semesters this year is being showcased as well, starting with the final band concert on May 16th and finishing out the last weekend of May with the annual Sunset Variety Show, a collection of musical acts that will keep you on the edge of your seat. Not to mention it's free of charge!
Wrapping up the year means different things for each student. Juniors who still need to take the SAT can do so on June 1st before their summer of college applications and jobs kick in. Seniors are getting ready to graduate with "Most Likely" nominations and grad party planning meetings this month.
Things are getting even busier at Sunset, and for many students it brings stress. "Let's just hope it stays sunny!" says senior Jason Allgower.
Food Preservation Spring classes
Registration is now open for OSU Extension Service food preservation classes. Experts host a series of hands-on classes on how to preserve produce in a safe and healthy way. Recipes, equipment, ingredients and additional resources are provided.
These classes are held on Thursdays, 5:30-8:30 pm, at the Oregon Food Bank-West, 1840 NW 173rd Ave., Beaverton. Pre-registration is required at http://www.pcc.edu/schedule/ or at 971-722-888. Cost: $34/class.
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Fruit Products: Water Canning (CRN 28065) May 16
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Veggies and Meat: Canning and Drying (CRN 28066) May 23
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Tomatoes, Sauces and Salsas (CRN 28067) May 30
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Pickle Making (CRN 28068) June 6
Classes are also being held in July on Mondays, 6-9 pm, at Bohemian Gourmet Food, 8045 SW Nimbus Ave., Beaverton. Pre-registration is required. Cost: $25/class.
For more information and a class list contact OSU Extension Service at 503-821-1150.
 Washington County Public Affairs Forum
The forum meets over lunch every Monday at the Tanasbourne Old Spaghetti Factory. There is no charge for admission. The cost of lunch pays for the room. Since this is how we can afford to not have an admission charge we strongly encourage you to buy lunch.
Doors open at 11 am. People tend to start gathering for lunch around 11:30 and the speakers start at noon. The program lasts until around 1 pm, which includes the question and answer period. Only current members are allowed to ask questions of the speakers.
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May 13: Westside Economic Alliance with Pam Treece, Director
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May 20: Fernhill Wetlands Improvement Project with Diane Taniguchi-Dennis, Deputy General Manager Clean Water Services
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May 27: Memorial Day—no meeting
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June 3: Public Employees Retirement System, with Marc Abrams, Attorney, and Eric Fruits, Managing Economist (Northwest Regional) Nathan Associates.
Visit http://washingtoncountyforum.org for more information.
Death & Mourning at Beaverton History Center
 Tuesday, May 14, 7-8 pm, Beaverton History Center, 12412 SW Broadway St. Event is free. Donations to the Beaverton Historical Society are welcome and appreciated.
Rebecca Ross has been a Civil War reenactor for 22 years. Her focus has been on civilian life, with a primary interest in how death and mourning habits were handled by men and women during the 1800s. Rebecca has researched undertaking and embalming to do an undertakers impression at reenactments. She has accumulated original and reproduction equipment which will be exhibited during the presentation of Death & Mourning Habits in the 1800s.
Visit Rebecca’s web site at the-yankee-reb.myshopify.com. The Yankee Reb has been in business since 1995, serving the Civil War reenacting community in the western states of Oregon, Washington, California, Nevada and Arizona. They feature quality and affordable merchandise including uniforms, attire of ladies, accessories and gift items.
The History Center, with exhibits and a small library, is open Tuesday/Thursday, noon-4 pm. For more information, call 503-430-0106 or visit http://www.historicbeaverton.org
THPRD Summer Concerts in the Park schedule announced
The annual Cedar Mill Park Concert, brought to you by Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District, will be on Thursday, August 22 this year, with the terrific Patrick Lamb Band. http://www.patricklamb.com
The rest of the Park entertainment series, including the Groovin’ On The Grass party at the Terpenning complex on August 10, promises some great free entertainment. Visit the Concert Series website for more information.
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July 6 - Cloverdayle
Garden Home Park, 8020 SW 83rd Ave., Portland
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July 11 - Hit Machine
Center Street Park, SW Denfield St. & SW Mercer Terrace, Beaverton
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July 14 – Theater: “100 Years of Broadway”
Evelyn M. Schiffler Memorial Park, Access off Bonnie Brae, Erickson, or Berthold, Beaverton
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July 18 - Deep Blue Soul Revue
Arnold Park, 17770 SW Blanton St., Aloha
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August 1 - Hapa
Greenway Park, SW Pearson Ct. & SW Parkview Loop, Beaverton
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August 10 - Quarterflash and Stone In Love
HMT Recreation Complex (5-8:30 p.m.), 15707 SW Walker Road, Beaverton
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August 15 - Curtis Salgado, with opening act Sarah Jackson-Holman
Raleigh Park, 3500 SW 78th Ave., Portland
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August 22 - Patrick Lamb Band
Cedar Mill Park, 10385 NW Cornell Rd., Portland
Sunset High students advance to Destination Imagination’s Global Finals
 A team of Sunset High School seniors cruised to victory with vehicles they engineered for the Oregon Destination ImaginationR (DI) State Competition in Corvallis on April 6. Next stop on the road is DI Global Finals to be held May 22-26 at the University of Tennessee in Knoxville, TN. The Fighting Mongooses include team captain Susannah Hershberg, Billy Buffum, Calder Dorn, Alex Groshans, Andrew Jeddeloh and Ethan Wallace.
The Fighting Mongooses will join approximately 12,000 other students, including 3,000 international students, at DI Global Finals. The team will compete in the “In The Zone” challenge, one of six open-ended challenges requiring them to apply science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), in addition to improvisation, theater arts, writing, project management, communication, innovation and teamwork.
Students are challenged to raise funds for travel to Knoxville Tennesee
The next big challenge for the Fighting Mongooses is to raise approximately $9,000 for travel to Knoxville for Global Finals. They plan to organize fundraisers, but with International Baccalaureate tests approaching, free time is limited for these busy students. Much of their financing depends on the generosity of friends, family and the community. “It’s important to support young people in these activities,” said the team’s first official donor, Lois Todd. A pioneer in early childhood education and neighbor of team captain Hershberg, Todd continued, “This kind of hands-on experience is invaluable and I can’t think of a better investment.” Oregon DI, a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, is accepting donations on behalf of the Fighting Mongooses. Checks should be made out to Oregon DI and should reference “TSA 12-804.” Mail checks to Oregon DI, c/o Adam Kendall, PO Box 14074, Portland OR 97293. Donors will receive a tax receipt from Oregon DI.
The Fighting Mongooses’ challenge was to build a number of small vehicles that used at least three different power sources. The goal was for the vehicles to start in a designated area and travel to the “zone,” a square area marked off with tape. The zone had three different areas and each car could earn or lose points depending on where it stopped in the zone. To meet the artistic component requirement, the team created a story about the evolution of automobiles. The team has been developing their solution to this challenge since last fall. Competition day turned out to be even more challenging than expected.
Ironically, the team’s van broke down on the way to Corvallis. And when they arrived at the competition site they realized they would have to do some serious re-engineering. “We had a sinking feeling as soon as we saw the yellow tape marking the zone,” said Hershberg. “It was the only color our cars wouldn’t be able to ‘see’.” One set of their vehicles was equipped with sensors programmed to detect the strips of tape bordering the zone. The sensor would detect the tape and tell the vehicle to stop. However, the sensors couldn’t detect yellow. “Once we got over our panic we just got down to trouble-shooting,” added Andrew Jeddeloh, chief programmer. “We had about three hours to figure it out. It was a very tense three hours.” In the end, one of the five sensor-equipped vehicles stopped in the highest value zone. Another vehicle, powered by spring energy, stopped in a lower value zone.
The team’s persistence and ingenuity paid off. “This team demonstrated an outstanding work ethic when, upon realizing the effect that the performance site was going to have on their solution, they spent hours reworking their vehicles,” said the DI Appraisers when awarding the Fighting Mongooses the Renaissance Award for exceptional skill in the areas of engineering, design, or performance.
The team also received the coveted DaVinci Award for their solution to the instant challenge. DI’s most prestigious award, the DaVinci Award is given for exceptional creativity or a unique approach to a problem. The DI Appraisers said the “first-year team came together to create a solution that blew the appraisers away!” The instant challenge required the team members to think on their feet and come up with an innovative solution in a short time with limited materials.
“This experience has truly reflected real life,” said Team Manager Ed Hershberg, an engineer at Intel. “The kids had to stay within a strict budget; they had to solve a variety of technical challenges with a lot of creative thinking; they had to work as a team over an extended period of time and under some very stressful circumstances; and now they have to figure out how to fund the next step. I’m so proud of their accomplishment and I’m looking forward to watching them compete against an international field of competitors at Global Finals.”
Destination Imagination, Inc. dedicates itself to enriching the global community by providing opportunities for learners of all ages to explore and discover using the creative process from imagination to innovation.
Oregon Primate Center Tour
A public tour of the Oregon National Primate Research Center has been scheduled for Friday, May 24th, from 2-4:30 p.m. The tour will begin at 2 pm with a brief presentation by Dr. Nancy Haigwood, Director of ONPRC, about the history, mission, and current research activities being conducted at the Center. Next you will learn about the animal care program from the head of our Behavioral Services Unit, Dr. Kristine Coleman. Finally, you will take a tour of the campus, which will include visiting our outdoor housed breeding colonies of rhesus macaques and Japanese macaques ("snow monkeys").
If you are interested in attending the tour, please contact the Center's Education & Outreach Coordinator, Diana Gordon, by phone (503-690-5201), or e-mail gordondi@ohsu.edu. Attendees must be at least 10 years of age. As the ONPRC is a secure federal facility, you will be asked to provide your name and home address for the purpose of identification as you pass through the front gate.
Window Fall Safety Urged as Warmer Weather Arrives
By Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue
Every year In Oregon, approximately 50 children fall from second and third story windows, and many suffer severe injuries. Window screens are not strong enough to keep a child from falling out of a window. They are designed to keep bugs out, not kids in. Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue reminds parents, grandparents, babysitters, and all adults who care for children that window falls are preventable!
The encouraging news is that recent community-wide efforts to create public awareness of window safety are saving children’s lives. 2012 data from the Oregon Trauma Registry shows a 46 percent reduction in window falls from 2009 to 2011. As a partner in the “STOP at 4"” campaign, Tualatin Valley Fire & Rescue urges parents and families to continue their commitment to window safety as we welcome warmer spring and summer weather and open our windows. Please share the following tips with friends, family, or anyone else that has children living in or visiting their home.
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Keep play areas, furniture, and anything a child can climb on away from windows.
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Do not open windows more than four inches and install window stops. Window stops prevent windows from opening wide enough to allow a child to tumble out.
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Window stops should be easily removed by an adult in the case of a fire or other emergency.
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Lock windows when not in use.
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Actively watch children near windows - no device can replace adult supervision!
Appropriate window devices can be purchased at any Ace Hardware store. For other safety tips, please visit www.tvfr.com.
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