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Oregon Renaissance Band

"As it fell on a holie eve" A Christmas and New Years Concert When: Sun Dec 30, 2012 3PM Where: St Aidan's Episcopal Church 17405 NE Glisan Get Map!

Admission: $15 general, $12 students and seniors.
Tickets will be available at the door.

What on Earth is a sagbutt?*
The 13 musicians of the Oregon Renaissance Band will perform "As it fell on a holie eve," the second concert in Concerts @ 3:00pm series at St. Aidan's Episcopal Church, 17405 NE Glisan in Gresham, December 30th, 2012. This concert of Christmas and New Years is by 16th and 17th century composers for early instruments and voices. Celtic, Italian, German, English, Spanish, and French music will be featured by composers including O'Carolan, Playford, Praetorius, and Holborne, Byrd, Du Caurroy, and includes the performance of a Magnificat.

The instrumentalists and singers play music of and others on period instruments including violin, viola da gamba, lute, sackbutts, recorders, cornamusen, bagpipes, racketts, tartold, spinettino, krummhorn, tabor, and others. The program will include the splendid Magnificat by Pachelbel's son Charles who worked in 18th century South Carolina.

Learn the Do's and Don'ts of Holiday Recycling Plus, How-to Recycle Your Tree Curbside for Free!

As the holiday's draw to a close, here's a few tips for proper disposal of unwanted wrapping paper, wreaths and trees!

Holiday Recycling Questions

• Can glossy holiday gift bags go in the blue cart?
  Paper gift bags can be recycled. Tip: Usually if you can tear the paper fairly easily it will pulp up at the paper mill. Gift bags can be reused or donated to charity.
• Can cellophane or foil wrapping paper go in the blue cart?
  Non-paper wrapping material should not go in the blue roll carts. Most “foil-like” paper is metallic ink on paper and is accepted with recycling.
• Can present ribbons be recycled in the blue cart?
  Non-paper ribbons are not accepted (very few ribbons are paper-based).

  Plenty more tips below this break!

Take A Survey About Food Carts in Gresham.

Let planners know what you think about proposed rule changes Surveys end Nov 28th

The City of Gresham planners would like you to take the latest online survey regarding the Food and Beverage Carts project.

Take the Surveys Here!
Visit the City's Food and Beverage Carts project website to learn more about how you can shape Gresham's new food cart policy.

• Take the Food and Beverage Cart survey here!
• Take the Temporary Uses survey here!

The City of Gresham will use the information from the surveys as they proceed with the project. Hurry. Only one week left. Surveys close Nov. 28.

Handmade Crafts Bazaar 2 Days Only! Sat/Sun Nov 19-20, 2011 9AM-3PM Where: St Aidan's Episcopal Church 174th & NE Glisan St Greaham OR Get Map!

Holiday Gifts Galore

• Pictures with Santa and Mrs. Santa
• Canned goods prepared in our licensed kitchen
• Specialty vendors, Needlework, Baked goods, Plants, Games, Handiwork and Crafts, Resale Items
• Raffle including a handmade quilt
• Delicious Food at the Christmas Café, 11AM-2PM
  Deli Sandwiches and Homemade Soups
• Giving Tree for SnowCap

Click here for the Oregonian's complete list of 2012 Holiday Bazaar's!

Happy shopping!

Serving warm food, warm smiles

Happy Thanksgiving For most families, Thanksgiving is a time to reflect on everything you’ve been given, and be grateful for all that you have.

This year may be tough for many of us. But no matter how bad things are looking for you this year, there’s always someone who has it worse. So this year, take the time to give thanks for all that’s good in your own life -- and to give to others who may not share the same good fortune this Thanksgiving.

Give from the heart

Help brighten the holiday for someone in need.

• Donate time or money to a local charity or food pantry
• Donate a Thanksgiving basket to a neighbor in need
• Volunteer at a local soup kitchen or homeless shelter
• Deliver Thanksgiving meals to housebound seniors

Volunteer this holiday, and share the season!

Have a safe Thanksgiving weekend.

When: Mon Nov 26, 2012 7PM Where: St Aidan's Episcopal Church Murdock Hall 17405 NE Glisan St Gresham, OR Get Map!

Neighborhood Meeting, Everyone's Invited

Join Your Neighbors. Get involved. Make a difference!

Save the date
Be sure to save Monday, August 27th at 7:00 PM for the Wilkes East Neighborhood Annual Meeting. The meeting will be held at St. Aidan’s Episcopal Church, 17405 NE Glisan St, Portland, Oregon. Get map!

Topics & Guests
Highlights will include: Neighborhood Update, Election of Officers and special guest speakers: Steve Messinetti & David Bonn, Habitat for Humanity; Kelly Niedermeyer, City of Gresham; Chris Roberts, Multnomah County Vector Control; Lee Dayfield, Friends of Nadaka.

Who should attend?
This meeting is open to all residents and businesses in the Wilkes East Neighborhood!

Be A Part Of Your Community, Plan To Attend.

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.

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.