Announcement

Buy any book and help your Reynolds Schools!

4-Day Holiday Fundraiser When: Nov 29-30, Dec 1-2, 2012 Where: Barnes & Noble Booksellers (Lloyd Center location only!) 1317 Lloyd Center Portland, OR Get Map!

The Reynolds Education Foundation and Barnes and Noble, Lloyd Center are hosting a book fair to benefit ALL Reynolds schools. ALL sales identified from Reynolds patrons will yield a percentage to be applied to book purchases from Reynolds teacher wish lists (those books become property of the schools).

If you'll be shopping this Christmas for book gifts, please consider shopping at Barnes and Noble, Lloyd Center Nov 29, 30, Dec 1 and 2 and help your Reynolds Schools. Simply tell the clerk "you're supporting the Reynolds Education Foundation book fair!"

Every Saturday Now thru October! When: Every Saturday, 8:30AM-2PM Where: NW Miller & Third St Historic Downtown Gresham, OR Get Map!

Fresh & Local
Shoppers will find all-natural meats and cheeses, fresh-picked produce, nursery stock and fresh-cut flowers, hand-crafted jewelry, soaps, artwork, and much more. Live music and food are always part of the market.

Located on Northwest Miller Avenue between Second and Third Street 8:30AM to 2PM each Saturday now through Oct. 27.

Every Saturday Now thru October! When: Every Saturday, 8:30AM-2PM Where: NW Miller & Third St Historic Downtown Gresham, OR Get Map!

Fresh & Local
Shoppers will find all-natural meats and cheeses, fresh-picked produce, nursery stock and fresh-cut flowers, hand-crafted jewelry, soaps, artwork, and much more. Live music and food are always part of the market.

Located on Northwest Miller Avenue between Second and Third Street 8:30AM to 2PM each Saturday now through Oct. 27.

1874 Zimmerman House. Click to Enlarge

Beware of Ghosts and Gobblins When: Sat Oct 20, 2012 10AM-3PM Where: Zimmerman Park 17111 NE Sandy Blvd Gresham, OR Get Map!

A lasting vestige of East Multnomah County's agricultural roots

A delightful 1874 Victorian farmhouse
Take a step back into history at the Zimmerman House, a Victorian era farmhouse, built in 1874 and listed on the National Register of Historic Places. This beautiful farmhouse is a perfect reflection of typical Columbia River dairy farm life in the late 1800s. The Zimmerman Heritage Farm is a unique cultural education and recreational resource that is being created for the benefit of the public on a 5.98-acre historic site in Gresham, Oregon.

Neighborhood Board Meeting When: Mon Oct 22, 2012 6:30PM Where: (Contact for location)

Board meetings are scheduled for the 4th Monday each month 6:30PM

For more information please contact: info@wilkeseastna.org

Upcoming Meetings

• Nov 26, 2012
• Dec 24, 2012 No meeting
• Jan 28, 2013

Annual Teddy Bear Parade

Bring Your Bear! When: Sat, Sep 29, 2012 10AM-12PM Where: Historic Downtown Gresham (See route below) Gresham OR Get Map!

Teddy Bears Everwhere
The parade will feature floats from local merchants, service organizations, schools, neighborhood groups and individuals. As always, participants will be carrying teddy bears or will be dressed in bear costumes.

Click here to participate!

For three decades, the Soroptimists have put on this annual Fall parade to celebrate the “child in all of us” and create a tradition that helped Gresham’s “quaint and special downtown area” to thrive. In addition to the parade, the Soroptimists organize fundraisers throughout the year to raise money for scholarships for deserving women and girls in our community.

Sky Map. Click to enlarge

This weekend's biggest show is in the sky! When: Aug 10-12, 2012 11PM-Dawn Where: Northeast Sky, 25' degrees above horizon

Grab a lawn chair and a blanket -- and watch the show!

The Perseid Meteor Shower 2012 hits its stride this weekend, late Saturday night and early Sunday morning. And what stride it will be: according to NASA, expect up to 100 meteors per hour. As an extra bonus, a waning crescent moon means that moonlight won’t completely overwhelm the meteors as they shoot across the sky. (Tips for best viewing below.)

Capri Terrace Summer 2012 Neighborhood Watch Meeting Sunday Aug 5, 2012 5PM

Meet your neighbors. Get involved. Make a difference!

When: Sunday, Aug 5, 2012 5PM
Where: 550 NE 167th Place
Gresham OR
Get Map!

Join us for our 'Summer' Capri Terrace Neighborhood Watch meeting Sunday Aug 5th at 5PM to discuss issues we feel are important to our safety, and hear our special guest speaker followed by a brief Q & A.

Who should attend?
This meeting is open to all neighbors in the vicinity of NE Hoyt St (between NE 167th Pl and NE 169th Ave), and NE Oregon St (between NE 166th Ave and NE 171st Ave), and NE 167th Place (between NE Glisan and NE Oregon St). Get Map!

"It's A BBQ!" Please bring a salad, dessert, rolls or bread (your choice) to share with your neighbors and friends. Serving barbarqued hamburgers and hot dogs. Soft drinks provided.

Come enjoy the food, friends, and conversation! We're looking forward to meeting you!

When: Thu Aug 23, 2012 7PM-10PM Where: HB Lee Middle School 1121 NE 172nd Gresham OR

Showing: ZooKeeper
In Zookeeper, the animals at the Franklin Park Zoo love their kindhearted caretaker, Griffin Keyes (Kevin James). Finding himself more comfortable with a lion than a lady, Griffin decides the only way to get a girl in his life is to leave the zoo and find a more glamorous job. The animals, in a panic, decide to break their time-honored code of silence and reveal their biggest secret: they can talk! To keep Griffin from leaving, they decide to teach him the rules of courtship - animal style.

Join Greater Gresham Area Prevention Partnership (ggapp) for their second year of "Cinema Under the Stars!" This year they will be showing a series of free family-friendly movies fun for all ages.

Bring a blanket to sit on and a picnic, or stop by East County's many restaurants or cafes to pick up dinner to-go. Please note that pets, alcohol and smoking are not allowed. Blankets or low-back chairs are recommended. The event may be canceled in the event of inclement weather.

Oregon Park to Lone Fir When: Thu Aug 23, 2012 6PM-7:30PM Meet at: SW corner of NE Oregon and 30th Oregon Park Portland, OR Get Map!

Walk from one of NE Portland’s lesser know parks to a special tour of Lone Fir Cemetery where some of Portland’s earliest prominent citizens are laid to rest. Distance: 3 miles, 6000 steps. Time: 2 hours.

Cost: Free!

Let's Go Walking!
Join us on another great Ten Toe Express walk throughout inner-city Portland sponsored by the Portland Bureau of Transportation. The Ten Toe Express program is a series of guided walks held Thursdays at 6PM and Saturdays at 9AM from May 10th through September 13th. Download your 2012 Ten Toe Express schedule here.

Each easy and informal Ten Toe Express walk explores the area neighborhood, architecture and unique history. Walk takes about 2 hours, cover 2-4 miles and are open to all ages and skill levels.