Community

Stretch your grocery dollars at the farmer's market

Enjoy the best produce, flowers, and plants starts direct from the garden.

Healthy and fresh
Farmer’s markets are a fantastic source for fresh, seasonal, locally produced foods and artisan products. Plus, you'll find great activities and fun for the whole family. Come experience the markets. Meet the vendors. Meet local cooks. Enjoy the freshest produce and products. Make your own statement in support of local food.

Portland's east side Farmer's Markets

• Fairview Farmers' & Artists' Market
• Gresham Farmers Market
• Hollywood Farmers' Market
• Lents International Farmers' Market
• Lloyd Farmers Market
• Montavilla Farmers Market
• Parkrose Farmers Market
• Portland Farmers Market
• Troutdale Farmers' and Artists' Market

(Complete details on these area markets below)

You'll find plenty of root vegetables, braising greens and lettuces, and of course plant starts for your own vegetable garden.

Bring your reusable shopping bags and plenty of small bills, though some of the markets will trade you a credit/debit card for wooden tokens that all vendors accept, which can be easier to handle than cash. We've indicated those markets that accept EBT or other food assistant coupons.

Get ready for another summer of increased air traffic as PDX airport runway construction resumes, again

Work is planned to reconstruct Taxiway C and repair the south runway this spring through fall 2013 at Portland International Airport (PDX).

Planned is the full reconstruction of the eastern portion of Taxiway C, which provides aircraft access to and from the south runway. The south runway repair will replace concrete that was damaged after a military jet’s tire failed, causing its landing gear to scrape the runway. Temporary repairs are already in place.

Taxiway C reconstruction work will run from April 1 through mid-October. Repairs are planned for the south runway from approximately April 15 to May 31, and again from August 16 to September 29. The runway will be open between June 1 and August 15 to help accommodate peak summer traffic.

While no major flight schedule delays are expected, airport neighbors should expect increased flights over some airport neighborhoods during the south runway closure.

Inside this Issue

• Help Guide Gresham's Future Housing Needs
• Volunteer Watching Birds for Survey
• Backyard Burning Season Starts
• Recycle (Don't Toss) at Earth Day Event
• Free Compost, Bring Your Buckets
• Attend City's Graffiti Removal Summit
• Connect With Your City Councilors
• Bike Fun in May
• Rain Garden Workshop, $200 Incentive
• City Jobs, Meetings and Community Events

Keep up with what’s Happening in your City!

Inside this Issue

• Connect at Community Information Fair
• Building Safety Month Help for Residents
• Follow Gresham Police on Twitter
• Emergency Practice Drill in the Neighborhood
• Tour Gresham's Natural Areas
• Get Ready to 'Rock the Block' at Event
• Event Honors Gussie, Dedicates New Plaza, Trail
• Voice Your Support for Transportation Projects
• Volunteer Mentors Needed for School Children
• City Jobs, Meetings and Community Events

Keep up with what’s Happening in your City!

Annual Earth Day Event When: Sat Apr 20, 2013 9AM-2PM Where: Gresham City Hall 1333 NW Eastman Pkwy Gresham, OR Get Map!

Bring your recyclables to Gresham City Hall, Sat April 20th 9AM to 2PM

Earth Day Recycling. Rain or Shine!

Every year the City holds a free recycling event in April around Earth Day. The recycling event is free to Gresham and Wood Village residents (businesses may only participate in recycling fluorescents).

Begin saving your recyclable items and bring them to Gresham City Hall on Saturday, April 20.

Collection Items

• Rigid plastics/clean plastic bags (not accepted in curbside recycling)
• Styrofoam™
• Paper shredding (two boxes per household)
• Fluorescent tubes and lights
• Cell phones
• Batteries (3lb. limit per household)

Electronics
The City does not accept electronics at the Earth Day recycling event.

Options for Recycling Electronics:
• TVs, computers and monitors can be recycled for free year-round at several recycling sites (Goodwill, Salvation Army) in Gresham.
• Metro has two household hazardous waste facilities open for drop-off. See Metro's website for more information.
• Metro also holds household hazardous collection events.

Or, take your items to a recycler year-round. Contact Metro Recycling at 503-234-3000 for location and material information.

Celebrate Earth Day Exhibits, Crafts, Tours and More When: Sat Apr 20, 2013 11AM-3PM Where: St Aidan's Episcopal Church 174th & NE Glisan Get Map!

St. Aidan's Episcopal Church in Gresham, in conjunction with We Are Rockwood is holding a celebration of Earth Day on Saturday, April 20, 2013, 11AM-3PM. Events will take place in St' Aidan's Murdock Hall and on the church's park-like grounds.

Activities include environmental exhibits, crafts made from found objects for the kids, tours of Nadaka Nature Park, refreshments, and community information.

Nadaka & SOLVE® Clean-Up Event
Friends of Nadaka and SOLVE® is having a clean up day at Nadaka Nature Park on Saturday morning April 20th from 9AM-1PM. Everyone's invited to participate! Click here to register, or visit the north gate at 175th & NE Pacific St.

Community Forum When: Wed Apr 24, 2013 6:30-8:30PM Rescheduled: May 6, 2013 7PM Where: Gresham City Hall Room 2A 1333 NW Eastman Pky Gresham OR Get Map!

Join us for an open house to review draft changes to City development rules, review processes and fees related to the Food and Beverage Carts and Temporary Uses project.

An open house will begin at 6:30PM and will be followed by the community forum at 7PM.

Inside this Issue

• Help us Share the News
• State of the City: ‘Great Energy Building’
• New Drop Box: Safely Dispose Prescription Meds
• Arbor Day Tree Tag Campaign
• Become a Weed Watcher: Apr 16
• Free Earth Day Recycling Event: Apr 20
• Seniors Need Rides, You Can Help
• City Jobs, Meetings and Community Events

Keep up with what’s Happening in your City!

Three East-County school districts in our area — Parkrose, David Douglas and Reynolds — are holding school board elections Tuesday, May 21.

Source: Mid County Memo (March 7, 2013)

Any qualified voter who desires to be a candidate for an office must file with the Elections Division of Multnomah County, 1040 SE Morrison St, Portland, OR 97214, no later than 5PM Thursday, March 21.

Four of seven positions on the Reynolds School Board are up for election; all with four-year terms ending June 30, 2017.

Incumbents Robert Lee and Joe Teeny, Positions 1 and 4 respectively, have filed for re-election.

To date, two others have also filed to run:

John Lindenthal, Multnomah County’s Capital Improvement Program manager and a Reynolds Budget and Finance Committee member challenges incumbent Theresa Delaney Davis for Position 3.

Juan Diego Hernandez, a teacher with Elevate Oregon and Reynolds Finance and Audit Committee member, filed for school board chair Valerie Tewksbury’s Position 4.

The application packet and the candidate qualifications are available at the Multnomah County Elections Division website www.mcelections.org.

The Pleiades MHCC Planetarium website

Galaxy Treasures When: Mon Mar 04, 2013 Show Times: 7:00PM and 8:15PM Where: Mt Hood Community College Planetarium Sky Theater 26000 SE Stark St Gresham, OR Get Map!

Admission $2. MHCC students are admitted free.
The Sky Theater is wheelchair accessible.

Galaxy Treasures
Join planetarium director Pat Hanrahan as he shows visitors how to locate the planets and prominent constellations, star clusters, galaxies and nebulae. You don't want to miss this exciting monthly star adventure into our universe.

Each 45-minute show is presented under a realistic representation of the night sky, featuring the latest galactic, stellar and planetary images.

Visitors are encouraged to ask questions during each 45-minute program. Children are welcome to attend.