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daly, warned the Overlook Neigh-borhood Association (OKNA) in an August 11 letter that it could be dissolved if it passed a proposed bylaw amendment that would have required association members to have a legal address. The letter warned that the association risked violating city standards prohibit-ing income-based discrimination and striving to foster diversity in neighborhood involvement. The neighborhood’s amendment was aimed at excluding those who live in the Hazelnut Grove home-less village near N. Greeley and N. Interstate and other non-city sponsored homeless camps. Chris Trejbal, Overlook Neighborhood Association chair, has been quoted saying, “...for our neighborhood, we think that it’s more than just walking in, dropping a sleeping bag in Overlook Park, and then showing up and saying, ‘I get to vote.’” Trejbal says he’s unhappy with the city’s approach to Ha-zelnut Grove. He claims that the city had initially promised the site would be temporary (Tensions rise Between Portland Neighborhood and Homeless Village, OPB, Cass Ray, 8/23/17). In a special OKNA board meeting on Aug. 15 to re-

Tension between Overlook Neighborhood Association and Hazelnut Grove homeless village grow amid city threat

spond to the warning, the board voted unanimously to remove the bylaws amendment from the gen-eral meeting agenda. The neigh-borhood’s notes from the meet-ing state that its removal was not a reflection on the merits of the proposal but a response to Euda-ly’s threats. Chair Trejbal said the main issues for the neighborhood is that the site is located in a wild-fire and landslide zone. “Of sec-ondary concern, residents worry that having an unregulated home-less camp in the neighborhood will

attract other homeless residents, diminish property values and gen-erally decrease the quality of life as garbage accumulates around the site.” He also feels there’s been little effort by the city to work in any meaningful way to address concerns. “We wish that we had been given the same level of en-gagement that Kenton received.” The mayor has mandated ongo-ing monthly mediation meetings between the two groups and they are also trying to hammer out a good neighbor agreement though it’s not clear if those meetings are occurring. Some OKNA members recently put forth another reso-lution requiring that any good neighbor agreement between the Overlook Neighborhood and the Hazelnut Grove homeless camp include a three-month timeline for relocation of the camp. At the Aug. 15 meeting residents voted two-to-one against the change. Commissioner Chloe Eudaly’s office would like to see Hazel-nut Grove organized like Dignity Village, while the OKNA prefers Kenton’s Womens’ Village as a model because it is closely con-trolled and regulated by sponsor-ing organizations. OKNA would like Hazelnut Grove to agree to health and safety provisions sim-

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Meg Garcia and Jackie Hooper, residents of Hazelnut Grove Village

The iconic 31-foot Paul Bunyan statue has called

North Portland’s Kenton neigh-borhood home for 58 years. Through scorching heat and win-ter snowstorms, his condition has degraded significantly over time, but the Kenton Neighborhood Association and Kenton Busi-ness Association are excited to announce the restoration of their beloved Portland mascot. Thanks to the Kenton com-munity and corporate sponsors, they have raised $60,000 towards Paul’s restoration – but are still $25,000 from their goal. The statue was the vision of Vic-tor R. Nelson and his son, Victor A. Nelson, owners of Kenton Ma-chine Works and was constructed by neighborhood welders, iron-workers, and union plasterers. He was erected for the Oregon Centennial Exposition and Inter-national Trade Fair in 1959. Since then, he’s made his home in the Kenton neighborhood and is listed on the National Register of His-toric Places. Figure Plant (the same site where Paul was originally made) won the bid to restore Paul. Scaffolding went up Sat-urday, July 22, 2017 and he is planned to make his new debut on September 9, 2017. We will be celebrating his restoration with an un-veiling at the 1st Annual Tall Paul Fest on Septem-ber 9, 2017 from 12pm to 7pm right off the Ken-ton/N Denver Ave. The Tall Paul Fest will feature a Timbers match viewing party, (with log

slices cut by the one and only Tim-ber Jim); official unveiling of the re-stored Paul after the game (between 4:30 and 5:00PM); Widmer Broth-er’s limited edition “Tall Paul La-

Kenton’s Paul Bunyan gets his needed makeover

Paul Bunyan being built in 1959

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Dear Editor & Community, Many lives and stories over the past 160 years lay within the six acres of the Historic Columbian Cemetery on Columbia Blvd., in-cluding the founders of St. Johns & North Portland. Less well known, but just as important, are the plumb-ers, carpenters, electricians and those who built the city and many of your homes, along with the farm-ers, the cooks who fed them all,

and those who ran the ferries and raised the horses to deliver the sup-plies. Immigrants, residents of Van-port, (and the many children of that community), folks of all ethnic and religious background; No one was turned away and many were buried there for free. To walk through the cemetery is a walk through history. The cemetery had been in a state of neglect for a long time. Over the past ten years, a small group of vol-unteers have been making many improvements. The cemetery re-lies on donations and burials for its funding. The Scouts visit often, and have for the past nine years, to help with clean-up and they then place flags on gravesites on Veterans and Memorial Day. We have had several jobs com-pleted as Eagle Scout projects and help from DeLaSalle high school students. “Gary-n-Johns Mowers & More” have helped keep the ma-chinery running and “Davey Tree Company” has been so helpful in maintaining the old trees on the grounds. The help from volunteers has been very appreciated. Some volunteers help Alan (our ground keeper) with ongoing clean-up. U-Haul recently bought the build-ing adjacent to the cemetery and had all the invasive trees removed and painted the cemetery side of their building. There have been several movies filmed in the cemetery and it has been a popular spot for the NW Paranormal group to visit. We have attempted to have Met-ro include the Historic Columbia Cemetery in the group of Historic cemeteries they maintain; thus far they have not wanted to include any more. We are hopeful that for future generations, there will be a group that would be interested in future maintenance of the cemetery. We welcome volunteers and any ideas/suggestions that the community might have to maintain this historic part of Portland!

We have a website and a Face-book page with the most recent in-formation and photos of most of the headstones. We keep all the original maps and records at the Genealogi-cal Forum in Portland and have been in the process of scanning all burials so they can easily be referenced. We could use volunteers for that project! If you think you may have a family member buried there, let us know and we can look them up for you. If you have been unaware of this piece of Portland history, please come take a walk through it. It is family friendly! The cemetery recently had some damage done to it and we are in the process of repairing some of it, but have also have had some tools sto-len. The iron archway was damaged beyond repair and we are looking to replace it with new signage. Hope you can come visit!Jane Gille, HCC Board President=========================Cathedral Park Upgrades NeededDear Editor, As a life time resident of the Ca-thedral Park Neighborhood since 1976 I want to start a petition that demands Cathedral Park finally sees it’s proposed overhaul & upgrade to become one of the city’s top 5 family friendly parks that includes all the planned upgrade that were drawn out in 2009. It’s been 8 yrs. and nothing?? While the rest of St. Johns becomes the rising hot spot in 2017 Cathedral Park is stuck in 1980 minus the infamous Gazebo & aka 151 that was torn down in the early 90s. We need everything from new docks, wider paved pathways, more bathrooms, a sport court, big-ger concert stage, central staircase, a state of the art hillside playground with splashpad, and most impor-tantly a new train crossing barrier to silence the late night obnoxious horns from the trains. Included is a Modern Hillside playground perfect for Cathedral Park. Lets demand the city gives us the long overdue up-grade. Strength in numbers. Thank you for reading. Michael Meler =========================

Historic Columbia CemeteryA PLACE OF HISTORY

Will community get all promised Fessenden improvements?Dear Editor, Thank you, Barbara Quinn, for an-other great article about Fessenden/St Louis (St. Johns Review: Aug. 25, 2017). It is so important for us all the keep up on this issue because it is only by working together that we can turn things around. Portland City Commissioner Dan Saltzman (in charge of PBOT) is running for re-election. Is he representing our community properly when he can-not give us, or get PBOT, to give St. Johns a commitment on when we will get (promised for 2018) three new pedestrian signals on the corri-dor? I think not. A letter from Leah Treat, the head of PBOT, said, “…if it [the signals] can’t be included with the exist-ing…contract, it will be construct-ed following the completion of the larger St Johns Truck Strategy Phase II improvement.” Well, here is my opinion. Every-thing PBOT has done - fighting against the signals in 2012, elim-inating them unilaterally in June, presenting a flawed “analysis” of why they can’t be justified for fed-eral funding at SJNA in August, and now providing no time commitment, says to me that they still want to stop us from getting the signals and what I think will happen is that the rest of the project will be constructed in 2018; then they will turn around and say - “gee, look how we’ve changed the street with the median islands and the other treatments. We don’t think you need the signals and we need the money for other parts of the city.” Mark my words, if we let them construct everything but the signals in 2018, we will never get them. The cost of the pedestrian signals is only about 1% of the total budget. THEY NEED TO FUND THE PED SIG-NALS FOR CONSTRUCTION IN 2018. PBOT tells us they are waiting on the signals being accepted for funding by the Federal Highway Administration. Yet everyone we have contacted, including the Fed-eral Highway Administration and Oregon Department of Transporta-

tion, put the responsibility on PBOT for endorsing the signals. PBOT is hiding the fact that they really don’t want to include these signals by bo-gus claims that others stand in the way. In fact, in my opinion, they never want us to have them. Work with us to get the pedestrian signal beacons constructed in 2018 as originally promised! Contact:Mayor Ted Wheeler mayorwheel-er@portlandoregon.gov 503-823-4120 Commissioner Dan Saltzman [In charge of PBOT] dan@portlandore-gon.gov 503-823-4151 PBOT Director Leah Treat leah.treat@portlandoregon.gov 503-823-9194 PBOT Policy, Planning and Projects Mngr. Art Pearce art.pearce@port-landoregon.gov 503-823-7791 And, join https://www.facebook.com/groups/30962251458 / and/or join our email list at info@civ-icthinker.net Donna L Cohen, MEd, MLISPortland, Oregon503-737-1425citizen@civicthinker.netCivics for Adults Workshops: To Enhance Civic Knowledge and In-spire Political EngagementKeep up-to-date: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Civics-for-Adults-1490728887922036/ and/or let me know if you want to be on the Civics email list.

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material. LED bulbs are trash. They are made of plastic or glass and diode parts. Any fluorescent lamp or bulb needs to be recycled. Call Metro or go to a recycling center with unbroken Fluorescent lamps. If the lamps are broken the glass and base need to be put in a marked container and put beside your trash can. Clean up the glass with damp paper towels.

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ger”; food carts; live music; and the opportunity to win awesome items like log slices cut during the match, Danner boots, 107ist Limited Edition 5th Quadrant Timbers scarves, miniature Paul Bunyan Dolls and more. All pro-ceeds from the Tall Paul Fest will go towards the restoration and preservation of this beloved city icon. To learn more, or to donate, please visit www.paintpaulpdx.org or Contact Gloria Pittel paint-paulpdx@gmail.com. 503-828-8505; @paulbunyanpdx Ken-ton Neighborhood Association: knachair@gmail.com. Kenton Business Association: info@ken-tonbusiness.com

Paul BunyanContinued from Page 1

Roosevelt High-Lights

By Mark

HubbardRHS Parent &

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On August 29, 2017, the day be-fore classes began, Roosevelt High School held a full-day event to wel-come the incoming freshman class of 2021. The event, called Fresh-man Connection, combined games, group breakout sessions and discus-sions that were led by upperclass students who were there to mentor the incoming freshmen. Attended by 170 freshmen, the event was held in the school gym-nasium, with students breaking out of the gym for a BBQ lunch and a scavenger hunt which helped them explore and navigate the halls and classrooms of their new school.¬¬ “This is a special day just for freshmen,” said Bryndle Rueck, Roosevelt’s Leadership Advisor and Activities Director. “We want to connect to the incoming freshmen, create a support system and make them feel like they are part of a fam-ily and a community.” The goals of the event were two-fold: 1) to help incoming freshmen feel more confident and empowered as they enter high school and; 2) to convey Roosevelt’s RIDER values, specifically that Roosevelt students come ready to live with respect and integrity, embrace and celebrate the school’s diversity, empower them-selves and others, and live with resolve. The small group work-shops emphasized these values, with students engaging in activities and games followed by discussions about core values.

Roosevelt Welcomes Incoming Freshmen

A key element of the day’s events was the involvement of Roosevelt sophomores, juniors and seniors who participated as mentors in the workshops. Approximately 20 stu-dents from Roosevelt’s Leadership Classes and Associated Student Body (student government) partici-pated. “I have some of the most amaz-ing student leaders who think of and give to others,” said Rueck. “They are my team and my family. I couldn’t do this without them.” Three members of Rueck’s student leadership team sat down and talked about what motivated them to help with the event and mentor freshmen throughout the year. “The transition from eighth grade to high school is something students struggle with,” said RHS senior Jes-sica Sjobeck. “When I was a fresh-man there was support but I didn’t know exactly where to find it.” “I wanted to be involved in leader-ship because I wanted to give guid-

Photos thanks to RHS student Miles Rodriguez.

ance and support to the freshmen,” said RHS senior Phia Haleen. “In my freshman year we didn’t have this kind of event.” “We want kids to come to Roo-sevelt feeling connected and in-volved,” said Anna Mills, President of the Associated Student Body. “We are also going to follow up with the freshmen throughout the year.” The mentor program will include quarterly check-ins throughout the year. Mentors that worked with groups at the Freshman Connec-tion event will meet with the same groups throughout the year to touch base on the new students’ progress and concerns. Ms. Rueck will or-ganize and facilitate the check-in sessions. “We want the freshmen to feel our pride in the school and commu-nity, and we want that to continue throughout the year,” said Rueck.---------------------Mark Hubbard is co-chair of the RHS Site Council, a group of par-

ents, students, teachers and admin-istrators that work on curriculum, student issues, and community out-reach at the school.

Freshman Connection Cookout

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Roxy Crunchie is 11 going on 12, but she’s been a force for monarch butterfly restoration since she was only 9 years old. She started learn-ing about the butterflies in school when she was six and became fasci-nated. She soon wanted to do some-thing to help the insect whose num-bers have plummeted alarmingly over the last few years to the point that they are now being considered for endangered species status. Two years ago Roxy enlisted the help of her aunt Heather, a Kenton resident. Heather said, “Roxy is the lead in this project. She said to me, ‘Auntie, we need to help the mon-archs and we need to get other kids to help.’” After Heather attended a talk by Richard Harding of the Oregon Milkweed Project, Roxy contact-ed him to obtain native milkweed seed, an increasingly rare wildflow-er required by monarch caterpillars. Roxy said, “I did some reading up and found out we have two native milkweed versions, showy and nar-row-leaved.” With the support of her aunt, Roxy raised both varieties, Asclepias speciosa and Asclepias fascicularis, from seed in deep pots. Harding advised them, “Soil, seed and pumice on top.” Roxy then en-listed her classmates to help plant the young wildflowers in a series of raised beds on the parking strip at her aunt’s residence at N. Brandon near the Kenton Firehouse.The eight raised beds at aunt Heath-er’s house are now bursting with an attractive display of the mature 3-foot tall wildflower with its foun-tain shape habit, green grey leaves, and unusual mauve colored bloom. “The showy is so beautiful,” said Heather. The blooms are accom-panied by a delightful fragrance. Alongside them, Roxy added other

flowers she’d learned were good pollinator plants such as echinacea, goldenrod, and salvia. Bumblebees and honey bees visit the all the plants in large numbers as well. Aunt Heather notes that milk-weed requires patience, but says, “It’s a hardy plant once it gets go-ing.” In fact it takes two to three years to reach bloom and produce seed pods. Like many native flow-ers it disappears completely in the winter but comes back strongly in the late spring when the ground warms. Oregon’s native milkweed has a symbiotic relationship with monarchs and blooms precisely at the time they migrate through the Willamette Valley. The butterflies fly thousands of miles to winter in California or Mexico. Scientists do not yet know how they hone in on the plant, though they suspect it may be through scent. Roxy likes being a pioneer in the study of the butterfly. “I really want-ed to help the monarchs and it was a really good thing to do.” In fact, she has participated in science fairs at her school focusing on the insect. One year she hosted a booth where she gave away milkweed seeds and

plants. Her hypothesis was that if more people plant milkweed, “in 5 years time we can bring them back to Oregon.” Roxy and Heather noted their milkweed attracted at least one monarch butterfly the very first year they were planted out. They were thrilled when they found a few eggs. Last year several monarchs visited and they recovered 60 eggs! Roxy and her young helpers, the Monarch Monitors, raised the eggs to fully fledged butterflies and then tagged them to track their move-ments and released them. They got tags from professor David James of Western Washington University who leads a monarch research pro-gram. The Monarch Monitors were

called into ac-tion again when Roxy found cat-erpillars on the plants left over from eggs they’d missed. Each of the six Monitors adopted several caterpillars to take home. Aunt Heath-er noted, “It’s a lot of work to keep hungry caterpillars fed. They need lots of milkweed. We gave them a lot and we invited them to come

back and get more.” Roxy added, “My grandma and I both got to wit-ness one come out of a chrysalis. It’s pretty quick. They wiggle out. It takes a while for their wings to un-fold.” Currently Roxy’s milkweed is sporting giant, silver seed pods filed with neat rows of seed attached to small para-chute-like tops. When the seed ripens to a dark-er color, she will host a seed har-vesting party to collect it. They will then donate the seed to Ore-gon Milkweed Project or other local projects. To find out more about milkweed check with the Ore-gon Milkweed Project whose mission is to grow, collect and distribute native Oregon milkweed seed and sometimes plants. When director Rich-ard Harding has plants available, he posts it on the facebook page or Nextdoor. See Facebook.com/ore-gonmilkweed for more. In response to critics who say

there are no monarch butterflies in Oregon, Harding said, “Last year I raised 8 wild Monarchs from at least 2 different females from egg to adult, so they are here and they will eventually find your milkweeds if you plant them. A lot of the hab-itat loss in the Willamette Valley is due to residential development. I’m more interested in helping restore some of that lost habitat by having people plant milkweed in residential areas.” To find out more about the young Monarch Monitors, you can contact Roxie at pdxmonarchmonitors@gmail.com. Heather notes that she and Roxy have had the most success when planting good-sized milkweed and recommends raising it in a pot for the first year. Richard Harding also recommends cutting off the stalks once they die back in order to avoid disease spores that can pass from adult butterflies to caterpil-lars. Native milkweed plants can be found locally in the spring at City Farm in St. Johns, the East Mult-nomah Soil and Water Conservation District plant sale and Scappoose Bay Watershed Council Nursery on Thursdays 9-12 noon.

Roxy with tagged monarch

Milkweed cutting by monitors

Monitors moving young caterpillarsA female drinking nectar

Monarch butterfly caterpillars on native milkweed. Photo courtesy Richard Harding, Oregon Milkweed Project

Young student helps transform Kenton yard into monarch butterfly haven

Photos courtesy of Heather Crunchie

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ilar to the Kenton Model. I decide to go see for myself what Hazelnut Grove is like. It is located on a narrow strip at the base of a nearly vertical bluff on one side of N Greeley Ave. and consists of a raised gravel walk-way with two rows of tiny houses on each side. Upon arriving and being let in the locked gate, I’m surprised by how few people live there and their friendliness. There are 19 residents. Gone is the large, ungoverned “Forgotten Realms” camp that used to be adjacent. It’s been moved says Marvin Ross, Ha-zelnut Grove mayor. He is a mid-dle-aged man of color with sharp eyes, opinions and a quick wit. He obviously has a strong interest in sports judging by his clothing insignias and the Oregon duck signs in his window. Besides the tiny houses, the site has a shared kitchen, mobile shower unit, por-table lavatories, library, storage area and mini greenhouse under construction, all in tiny structures. Some were donated and others constructed on site by residents and volunteers using donated ma-terials from the Rebuilding Center. Residents proudly point out a new permanent shower building under construction. It contains a bathtub, shower stall and water heater, but there is no water connection cur-rently. Residents of Hazelnut Grove say their own working model since 2015 has proven successful and safe. It keeps thieves and others with problem behavior out. Drugs are forbidden. Resident Meg Gar-cia said, “This camp strives to be safe and sober. We don’t want any trouble. We ask people interested in joining to come to weekly meet-ings to express why they would like to join. After they come to four meetings they can request a 30-day trial. We vote on it. Many are winnowed out. If it doesn’t work, they get 30 days to move. If they have a house, they get 60 days to move.” Meg is a smallish, 62 year old woman with two, long blond braids neatly woven on ei-ther side of her pink-tinted face. She appears care-worn but friend-ly. “I took care of myself for years until my disability became insur-mountable. I even raised a son,” she said, “But now on disabili-ty I can’t afford housing prices. Neighborhood Association people don’t understand. We’re regular people.” Her past experience with low-income housing wasn’t good. “There were bed bugs and I didn’t feel safe. When I went outside to smoke, I would get harassed. And one time I came back upstairs and a man was standing in the hall with only a sweater on.” Meg says she was also looking for something more—a sense of community. She and another resident, Tequilah Gordon, are very hospitable after I arrive unannounced. He clears a spot on the picnic table and they fetch water in a cup and a can of sparkling water on a very hot af-ternoon. Tequilah is a young man of color, exceptionally tall and wide with a quick smile, graceful movements, expressive, intelligent eyes and a halo of curly hair. He enjoys talking. He eventually dis-closes that, “I got shot in Cincin-nati,” and adds that he’s now on

disability. The 19 Hazelnut Grove residents have elected a mayor, and make decisions democratically. All are expected to attend a GA meeting once a week (General Assembly meeting they explain). “We have 24 hour security,” said Meg, “We work in shifts from 10pm to 2am and 2am to 6am.” She also noted that the entire camp is fenced and has locked gates, so all communi-ty members especially the women, feel safe, secure, and can rest in peace, something that is impossi-ble on the street because, as she explains, “No one wants you. You have to keep moving and can’t get sleep.” Meg and Jackie Hooper, another resident, say at Hazelnut Grove they rarely lock their doors. Each lives in a tiny house with charmingly decorated porches on either side of the locked gate. Jackie’s house was built at Port-land State and moved to the site, while Meg’s was built in place by residents. Both tiny houses are just large enough for a bed, clothing and a few small possessions. In Jackie’s case that also includes a big, striped cat. When asked how they get along with neighbors, Hazelnut Grove mayor, Marvin Ross, makes an expansive gesture toward the site’s surrounding trees and shrubs. “Look around. Do you see any neighbors? Why object? They just don’t like homeless.” He then points in the direction of a large house perched over the site high on the bluff. “There is one neighbor. That house over there. That neigh-bor said he likes us here because we keep out random campers. He lets us use his water.” A sentiment earlier expressed by Meg and Te-quilah. In regard to the neighborhood’s hot button issue of fire safety, Mayor Marvin Ross, Meg, Jackie and Tequilah all agree, “We’ve had the fire marshal out here several times and passed every fire safety inspection. The marshal said we’re safe.” The mayor adds, “We have extinguishers here.” I notice the dry, tall grass nearby has been cut back very short. The Hazelnut Grove residents I talk to say it’s not right that oth-ers are making decisions about the camp. “Houseless people are a part of the community and should be involved in a conversation about

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themselves.” Meg added, “This whole thing is a fairy tale to be-lieve that moving people accom-plishes something. Where would they like for us to go? Forced sleep deprivation, hunger, not being able to relieve yourself, and carrying heavy loads—these are the ways and means of torture.” Meg adds, “Neighborhood As-sociation people don’t understand. We’re regular people. We’re on disability. With such an expensive housing market we got pushed out.” Mayor Marvin points out that, “Portland had the biggest building boom in the country be-tween 2014 and 2016. Of 23,000 units built, 83%, 19,100 went to luxury apartments.” I ask how often neighborhood association members have visit-ed the camp. Mayor Marvin says chair Chris Trejbal has been there once. Overlook leaders have in turn complained that the Hazel-nut Grove residents do not come to their meetings or have walked out of meetings. Marvin Ross says he’s been to four meetings in two years but felt disregarded when the neighborhood discussed the amendment to exclude houseless people. “Even though we may be houseless, we are not invisi-ble,” Ross said (Tensions rise Be-tween Portland Neighborhood and Homeless Village, OPB, Cass Ray, 8/23/17). Mediation sessions between the Overlook Neighborhood Associa-tion and Hazelnut Grove residents will hopefully continue once a month. Trejbal said, “Three mem-bers of the HG delegation walked out of our most recent meeting. We are supposed to have a meeting on Thursday evening. I hope they will return.” Both sides hope for a bet-ter understanding of their respec-tive positions and that a reasonable way forward can be worked out.

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POLICE/FIRE REPORts PORTLAND FIRE & RESCUE RESPOND TO AN EARLY MORNING FIRENews Release from Portland Fire & RescueFlashAlert: August 22nd, 2017 7:22 AMAt 4:51am Portland Fire & Rescue responded to a residential fire at N Fiske Ave. and N Butler St. When crews arrived, they reported heavy fire on the back of the home, and the detached garage. The fire started on the back porch and extended to the first and second floors, and the garage. Within 15 minutes the fire fighters had contained the fire, and completed a search of the home for any other residents. All three of the occupants, and their dog, escaped the fire without any injuries. The fire was determined to be caused by improperly disposed cigarettes. It is important to remember to al-ways use a deep, sturdy ashtray that cannot be tipped over. They can also be doused in water or sand. Never discard cigarettes in potted plants or landscaping -- they can easily catch fire.

CREDIT UNION ROBBERY IN NORTH PORTLANDNews Release from Portland Police BureauFlashAlert: August 21st, 2017 2:12 POn Monday August 21, 2017, at 12:17 p.m., North Precinct officers responded to the report of a rob-bery at United Advantage North-west Credit Union, located at 1430 North Killingsworth St. Officers arrived in the area and spoke with employees who told police that the suspect presented a demand note, mentioned a weapon, and obtained an undisclosed amount of cash from the teller. No weapon was displayed during the robbery. After obtaining an undisclosed amount of cash, the suspect left the bank without inci-dent. Officers did not locate anyone matching the suspect’s description in the area. The suspect is described as a black male, approximately 20-years-old, 6’00” tall with a thin muscular build. Anyone with information about this incident should contact Portland

Police Bureau Robbery detectives at 503-823-0405, or the Portland office of the Federal Bureau of In-vestigation (FBI) at 503-224-4181.

NORTH PORTLAND TAVERN ROBBED EARLY FRIDAY MORNINGNews Release from Portland Police BureauFlashAlert: August 18th, 2017 6:00 PMOn Friday August 18, 2017, at 2:08 a.m., North Precinct officers re-sponded to the Perch Tavern, locat-ed at 7505 North Lombard Street on the report of a robbery. Officers ar-rived in the area and contacted em-ployees who told police two masked suspects entered the bar armed with handguns. Once inside, the suspects ordered people inside the tavern to lie on the ground. During the rob-bery a suspect struck one of the bar occupants with a pistol. The victim received minor injuries after being struck and was provided medical aid by emergency medical personnel at the scene. The suspects obtained an undisclosed amount of cash and were last seen running northbound on North Buchannan Avenue. Any-one with information about this in-cident is asked to contact the Port-land Police Bureau Robbery Detail Detective Tracy Chamberlin at 503-823-4783 or email at Tracy.Cham-berlin@portlandoregon.gov

PORTLAND POLICE RESPOND TO MAN WITH A GUN AT PCC CASCADE CAMPUSNews Release from Portland Police BureauFlashAlert: August 22nd, 2017 3:13 PMOn Tuesday August 22, 2017, at 11:03 a.m., North Precinct officers responded to the Portland Commu-nity College (PCC) Cascade Cam-pus library, located at 720 N Jessup St, on the report of a man armed with a gun. As officers responded to the area, they learned a man had entered the PCC library and stated he needed help. After the man had requested help, an employee had requested PCC security officers re-spond to assist the man. When PCC

security officers responded to the li-brary, the man ran from the location and a handgun was seen in is hand. PCC security officers continued to observe the man as he ran from the library, waving a gun. When Portland Police officers arrived in the area, they followed the route the man had taken, and located a firearm. The firearm was seized as evidence. Officers continued to search the area for the suspect. When officers arrived in the 6100 Block of North Kerby Avenue, a homeowner informed officers a man had entered his house without permission. Based on the informa-tion provided by the homeowner, officers believed the same suspect who had fled from the PCC Cam-pus was currently in the homeown-er’s residence. Officers devised a plan to safely contact the suspect. A team of officers, comprised of a K9 team, Special Emergency Reaction Team and Crisis Negotiation Team officers, entered the home, locat-ed, and arrested the suspect who had barricaded himself in an up-stairs bedroom. The suspect will be booked into the Multnomah Coun-ty Jail later today. Once the suspect is lodged in the jail his name and charges will be released.

OFFICERS INVESTIGATE ROAD RAGE INCIDENT IN NORTH PORTLANDNews Release from Portland Police BureauFlashAlert: August 21st, 2017 4:14 PMOn Monday, August 21, 2017, at 9:05 a.m., North Precinct officers responded to the report of a road rage situation involving a shooting on Marine Drive. Officers contact-ed the victim of the road rage in-cident a safe distance from where the shooting occurred. During the investigation, officers learned the victim was driving north on NE 6th Avenue near NE Vancouver Ave when he came upon a newer blue Chrysler Pacifica driving north on Northeast 6th Avenue. The victim observed that the vehicle had a small spare tire on the back driver’s side of the vehicle and was driving at a slow rate of speed, approxi-mately 20 miles per hour. Because the driver of the Pacifica drove so slowly, the victim attempted to pass the vehicle near Northeast 6th Av-enue and Northeast Marine Drive. The victim was able to get around the Pacifica despite the driver of the Pacifica attempting to force the vic-tim off the road. At Northeast Ma-rine Drive and Northeast 13th Ave-nue, the suspect caught up with the victim vehicle and the driver of the Pacifica fired multiple rounds at the victim’s vehicle, striking the vehi-cle with gunfire. The victim quickly left the area and contacted police. Officers located several bullet strikes in the victim’s vehicle and requested criminalists from the Forensic Evidence Division re-spond to the location to assist with the investigation. The suspect is described as a black or Hispanic male. The victim believes there was a Hispanic female in the front passenger seat. North Precinct offi-cers and detectives with the Assault Detail continue to investigate this incident. Anyone with information about the shooting should call the Police Non-Emergency Line at 503-823-3333.

Bridge construction will begin summer of 2018 on the Sturgeon Lake Restoration Project on Sauvie Island, specifically where Reed-er Road crosses the Dairy Creek channel. Preparatory vegetation work is underway now. The proj-ect calls for a full spanning bridge at the Dairy Creek crossing, which fully allows the high spring flows from the Columbia River to enter and flush out upper Sturgeon Lake, the largest lake on Sauvie Island. Such hydrological connectivity between upper Sturgeon Lake and the Columbia River will restore important juvenile salmon migra-tion and rearing habitat. While most of the project ac-tivities will occur in 2018, it’s im-portant for those traveling the area to know about the construction so they can plan their activities in ad-vance. Sauvie Island visitors and recreationalists (particularly those visiting the beaches) should be aware of possible slow traffic on Reeder Road while the construc-tion is underway during the 2018 summer months. A bypass road is planned around the construction area (Reeder Road at Dairy Creek), but slow traffic will be likely during peak travel times of 2018 summer weekends. West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District are clear-ing the site this summer (2017) in anticipation of revegetation work along Dairy Creek. Eventually the

District will restore about seven acres of riparian habitat along the creek. Crews will begin to remove thickets of non-native blackberry and false indigo bush on the creek banks. Native trees and shrubs will be replanted in the winter of 2018-2019. Finally, on June 29th WMSWCD staff conducted a survey of the shoreline of Stur-geon Lake looking for potential invasive plants. While little of significance was found, valuable baseline information was needed before the Sturgeon Lake Resto-ration Project reestablishes a tidal link between Dairy Creek and the Columbia River. Once the creek is reopened, new weed seeds will be able to float into the lake, so keeping a vigilant eye out for new invaders will help keep the lake pristine and maximize its value to fish and wildlife. Due to the Bonneville Power Administration (BPA) funding a more significant portion of the project costs, management of the project has been transferred from the US Army Corps of Engineers to BPA. In turn, BPA partners with WMSWCD and the Colum-bia River Estuary Study Taskforce to oversee the final design and construction of the project. Chick into the website for fu-ture updates (https://wmswcd.org/sturgeonlake) and direct questions tosturgeonlake@wmswcd.org.

Sauvie Island prepares for massive Sturgeon Lake restoration project

Researchers at Portland State University have launched a new website that pinpoints trees in Portland and connects them with historic events, family memories, urban legends, and more. Anyone can contribute stories on the site at CanopyStory.org. PSU professors Catherine Mc-Neur and Vivek Shandas say the Canopy Story project could help preserve Portland’s biggest, oldest trees. “We’re inviting Portlanders to share their memories and expe-riences of local trees,” said Cather-ine McNeur, an associate professor of environmental history and fel-low of the Institute for Sustainable Solutions. “In doing so, they’ll contribute to a public record that demonstrates the value residents place on trees in our city.” Urban planning professor Vivek Shandas has linked urban trees to health risks during heat waves—areas of cities that have fewer trees are more likely to experience ex-treme heat fluctuations and pose deadly threats to people who live and work there. “Trees provide real, tangible benefits for our community,” said Shandas. “Some of those benefits can be measured with numbers and charts, others are more anecdotal. Canopy Story aims to broaden our understanding of what trees con-

tribute to our urban communities.” PSU students in McNeur’s his-tory class last spring used modern technology to tell stories about sev-eral of Portland’s Heritage Trees—trees that are formally recognized, and protected, by the city due to their unique size, age, or histori-cal or horticultural significance. Once a Heritage Tree is designat-ed, it cannot be removed without the consent of the Urban Forestry Commission and the Portland City Council. The students produced podcasts about notable trees, planted Geo-caches, and contributed to Cano-pyStory.org. Their stories include a 300-year-old Douglas fir saved from destruction with the help of dairy cows, a madrone transplant-ed from the Olympic Peninsula by a child in 1957, and a white oak that provides wildlife habitat in the Johnson Creek Floodplain. Contribute your own story at Can-opyStory.org. The Institute for Sustainable Solutions matches the passion and expertise of Portland State Univer-sity faculty and students with the needs of community groups, gov-ernment agencies, and businesses to develop practical solutions for more equitable, livable, sustainable cities and regions. (www.pdx.edu/sustainability)

Portland’s history through its trees: PSU researchers collect stories, aim to

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Raymond Edward Thomas Raymond Thomas was born Au-gust 26, 1923 in Duluth Minnesota to John and Alma Thomas. He died August 12, 2017. Raymond attended Benson High School before enlisint with the Coast Guard in 1943. He served on the San Pedro until 1946. He then went to bakers school at the Bohemian Restaurant and Bakery. In 1949 Ray married Margaret Mary Carriere they had six boys: Tarrance, Ken-

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Baltimore Ave.Cub sCOut PaCK 52: Meets Mondays at St. Johns Christian Church, 8044 N. Richmond. We welcome all families with boys in K-5. Contact Jeff at 971-226-6394 w/ questions. East COLumbIa NEIghbORhOOD assN: Meets the second Tuesday of each month from 7-8:30pm at the Columbia Rvr RV Park Comm. Rm, 10649 NE 13th. FRIENDs OF baLtImORE WOODs: General meeting: 3rd Tuesdays, 6:30pm at the BES Water Lab, 6543 N. Burlington.FRIENDs OF PIER PaRK: mEEtINg: Third Monday, 6:30pm at St. Johns Community Ctr., 8427 N CentralgamE NIght IN st. JOhNs: Coming back soon....watch here for more info!!gathERINg, thE: Meets 4 times a year. 5-7pm at various locations within the community. Upcoming in 2016: June 7, Sept. 6, Dec. 6. 2017: March 7, June 6, Sept. 5, Dec. 5.hayDEN IsLaND NEIghbORhOOD NEtWORK: Meetings: 2nd Thur, 7pm, at the Oxford Suites, 1226 N. Jantzen Beach Dr., KENtON busINEss assN: 1st Thursday of the month, 9am at Kenton Firehouse 2nd fl. 2209 N. 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NOTICE: EVENT DATE CHANGE. The September GATHERING will occur on Tuesday, September 26, 2017 not the First Tuesday. The week of September 26 will be Roosevelt High School’s Homecoming Week with the Homecoming Parade and BBQ and Game on Friday, September 29th. We thought this might be a terrific way to signal the beginning of our community/neighborhood high school celebration activities! The location will be determined within a couple of days. Our hosts are the St. Johns Opportunity Center! The board of St. Johns Opportunity Center is preparing dinner for everyone!!