Newsline, April 23, 2011
Skyline Rural Watch Newsline
Mailbox: newsline [at] srnpdx [dot] org
Urgent: alert [at] srnpdx [dot] org
Phone: (503) 621-3501
April 23, 2011
PUBLIC SAFTEY:
Neighborhood Crime Reports
At 3 AM Tuesday (April 12) morning someone attempted to break into a home off Pederson road just over the county line into Washington county. The home's alarm system went off and police responded. Another neighbor reported a car break in also that night but nothing of value was in the car. Looks like it was a busy night out this way.
Last Call for the Road Safety Survey: Forms Due April 30
SRN encourages all neighbors to participate in our Road Safety Survey. Your observations on where and when traffic problems occur, and opinions on what we could do about them, are very useful and important. You can get the two-page survey form from the SRN website at http://srnpdx.org/road-safety-survey-2011. Or you can pick up a printed (green) copy at Skyline School or Plainview Grocery that can be mailed. Our thanks to everyone who has taken the time to fill out a survey. If you haven't already done so, please take a few minutes to complete the survey and return it by April 30. Thanks!
COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS:
Emergency Preparation Talk April 28
SRN is sponsoring a presentation by TVF&R on April 28, 7 PM at the Skyline Grange.
Dr. Jeff Rubin, TVF&R’s Emergency Manager, will discuss earthquakes and other hazards in our area, what we can expect during and after an earthquake, and how to prepare your household for major disasters and more local incidents.
Learn about:
* Preparing an emergency kit, including critical documents and supplies
* Communicating with loved ones after a disaster
* Managing utilities
* Conducting a home “hazard hunt”
* Available Internet resources
Immediately preceding the talk, there will be a short business meeting to elect members of the SRN Board of Directors.
Skyline Grange
*NEEDED*- Handyman or Handywoman, laborers, electrician, carpenter. *The Skyline Grange* has many projects needing volunteers and or experienced skilled crafts people at humble labor wages.
To do list*; Electrical-upgrading and repairing some existing outlets and fixtures. Rebuild the circuit-box? Ditch digging along driveway & lower side door to redirect water run off. Floor care and sealing. Strong arms & backs to carry heavy items to lower storage area. Carpentry: outside wall needs a patch, repair woodpeckers' work. When the grass begins to grow we'd hire someone, *$50* each time to mow that field. (ETC ETC) Also please consider joining and supporting our community entity! Please contact Pat Barnard @ 503-286-2857 or via e-mail @ PBARNARD2 [at] aol [dot] com if you're interested in helping.
Skyline Grange Ivy Pull & Berry Bashing
Saturday May 7th, 2011 : 9AM to 12PM*
Please join us for another Saturday morning yanking ivy out by it's roots, whacking back blackberries & cutting up old dead trees. There's plenty to do & last time 7 new faces appeared ala the SOLV website. There was splendid camaraderie & we changed the upper corner significantly. Complete your community service obligations right in your very own 'hood! Come One, Come All, despite your age & lack of experience! We welcome everyone!
Thanks VERY much!
T H2O's
GOVERNMENT:
Help Prevent Wildfires
Learn how to prevnet wildfires in the Skyline area at an upcoming community meeting presented by Oregon Dept of Forestry and TVF&R
Thursday May 19, 2011 7:pm Skyline Grange, 11275 Skyline Blvd, 97231
You'll learn how to:
* Protect your home
* Evacuate safely during a wildfire
* Identify fire safety projects for your community
Free Dinner & Door Prizes!
For more information contact:
Cindy Kolomechuk at Oregon Dept of Forestry 503.829.2216 or Cassandra Ulven at TVF&R 503-259-1513
ENVIRONMENT:
Clean Out Your Barn and Sheds of Unwanted & Outdated Pesticides!
Free of Charge & No Questions Asked!
West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District, in cooperation with Oregon Department of Environmental Quality and Clean Harbors Environmental Services, announces a Pesticide Collection Event on Wednesday, May 4, on Sauvie Island. This event is open to all agriculture and farming operations, rural businesses and homeowners in the surrounding area.
Here's what we ask you to do:
1. Pre-register with Clean Harbors, at which time you will find out the exact location of the collection. This is so they can make sure to have the proper disposal packaging on site for your waste.
2. Preregister by calling Alan Ranf, of Clean Harbors, 503/785-0404 or email him at ranf [dot] alan [at] cleanharbors [dot] com. He will send you the registration form which you will fill out and email/fax back to him by Friday, April 29.
3. You may bring
* Old pesticides like DDT, chlordane, aldrin, chlorpyrifos (Dursban), and azinphos-methyl (Guthion);
* Left-over current use pesticides; and
* Empty, triple-rinsed or pressure-washed plastic pesticide containers.
There are no questions asked about the materials, no fines levied or names taken. The goal of the event is to remove old and unwanted pesticides from residents' barns and sheds before they potentially corrode and leak into soil and groundwater.
Similar DEQ-monitored events in Oregon and Washington have been extremely successful and appreciated by home and business owners. For more information, call Scott Gall, Rural Conservationist at West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District, 503/238-4775, ext. 105; scott [at] wmswcd [dot] org<scott [at] wmswcd [dot] org (mailto:scott [at] wmswcd [dot] org).
West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District mission:
"Conserve and protect soil and water resources for people, wildlife and the environment."
Thanks so much!
Carolyn
Carolyn Myers Lindberg
Communications Coordinator
West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District
2701 NW Vaughn Street, Ste. 450
Portland, OR 97210
503/238-4775, ext. 101
www.wmswcd.org
Solarize Northwest deadline extended to May 15th!
The price goes down when more neighbors join in! Neighbors West by Northwest has already recruited many homeowners in Northwest and Southwest Portland for a bulk purchase of solar electric systems for their homes. Now, we want more homeowners to take advantage of this unique opportunity to go solar at a ridiculously low price. The registration deadline for the Solarize Northwest Portland campaign has been extended to May 15, 2011.
Solarize Portland neighborhood projects are designed to simplify the process of going solar and bring cost reductions through volume purchasing. Free workshops make the process easy to understand by covering topics such as the size of system to purchase, budgeting and financing, and how to get started. Our next workshop will be Saturday, May 7th from 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM at West Sylvan Middle School. We'll also be scheduling open houses for interested individuals to see an installed solar system.
Sign up by May 15th to receive your free solar site assessment. Sign up is only a phone call or email away, just be ready with your name, phone number, email, and address. You can call or email Alison Wallisch, 503-823-4265 or email alison [at] nwnw [dot] org. You can also sign up on our website now by clicking on the button on this page http://www.solarizenorth-nw.org/sign-up/.
This is your best opportunity to buy a solar system, the prices of incentives are supposed to decrease in 2012!
FARM & FOREST:
Oregon Small Farms News
The latest edition of the Oregon Small Farms News is now available online at http://smallfarms.oregonstate.edu/newsletter
Vol. VI No. 2 Spring 2011
Featuring
* Find Oregon Small Farms Program on Facebook
* Small Farms Oregon Legislative Update
* Permaculture Opportunities for Small Farmers in the Willamette Valley
* Farm Profile: The Road From GateWay Farms to Little Farms, LLC
* Buying Whole Animals: Not Only Tasty but Thrifty?
* Pinning Maps Protect Vegetable Seed Quality in the Willamette Valley
* Welcome New Oregon Small Farms Program Member Amy Garrett
* Living on a Few Acres Conference Grows
* Organic Vegetable Growers Share Tricks of the Trade at 9th Annual NW
* Farmer to Farmer Exchange
* FoodHub Membership Waived Until May 1st
* Conservation Opportunity for Landowners - CRP Opens Sign-ups
Oregon Small Farms Program has also launched a Facebook page and you can "Like" us to hear the latest program updates http://www.facebook.com/pages/Oregon-State-University-Small-Farms-Program/174466132601811
Oregon Small Farms Team
SKYLNE SCHOOL
Skyline School Mailing List
Hello Current and Former Skyline Families!
I met a Skyline alumna and her mom in the grocery store the other day, and learned that there is room for improvement in how we update this Skyline School mailing list. If you are still getting our emails, and would rather not, please send me a reply email and I'll delete you from the list.
Thank you!
Milly Skach - mskach [at] pps [dot] k12 [dot] or [dot] us
Go to the SRN calender to see many items including guided hikes, land use workshops and upcoming meetings including:
Emergency Preparedness Talk by TVF&R
Thu, 04/28/2011 - 7:00pm at Skyline Grange, 11275 NW Skyline Blvd.
There will also be a brief SRN meeting to elect Board members.
One and two year old Turken (bare necked chickens) hens for sale
I have too many chickens and need to cull my flock. Turkens are great egg layers. $10 or best offer.
Carol Canning
canning [dot] carol [at] gmail [dot] com
503-286-9534
Free Trees for Firewood
Overgrown Christmas trees avg. 8-12 ft tall available free to cut and haul. Approx. 1,000 available. Easy limbing on the stump. Ridgeback Tree Farm, 971-285-6960 or 503-621-9867.
The SRN Resource Directory is published as a service for Skyline area residents. It lists a wide variety of businesses that are either located in our area, or whose owners live here. It also lists many governmental agencies and nonprofit organizations that provide services to the Skyline neighborhood.
Listing of organizations and businesses herein does not imply any endorsement of SRN nor does it imply a lack of endorsement for similar organizations or businesses not included. =)
About the Newsline:
Skyline Rural Watch Newsline is a part of Skyline Ridge Neighbors (SRN) and has been produced since June 1994 as a means to communicate neighborhood information. The Newsline is produced by Laurel Erhardt (editor) with help from Miles Merwin, Rich Edwards, Libby Merwin, Sharon Barthmaier, Jennifer Jenkins, Sara Bowersox and Sen Speroff.
The Newsline depends on you as a source of accurate information about local crimes, upcoming events, and other news pertinent to the area. If you have information you would like considered for the Newsline, you may do so by e-mailing the information to newsline [at] srnpdx [dot] org, or leaving a message at (503) 621-3501. Urgent, timely items (crimes, lost pets) should be emailed to alert [at] srnpdx [dot] org.
If you would like more detailed information about any item on the Newsline, request that information & SRN will e-mail it to you if available.
You can subscribe to the Newsline at the Skyline Ridge Neighbors Website, SRNPDX.org. Tell your neighbors about this free Newsline service.
About Skyline Ridge Neighbors:
SRN is a neighborhood association serving much of unincorporated northwest Multnomah County and some adjacent areas within the city of Portland. SRN is registered as a neighborhood association within Multnomah County, registered as a non-profit public benefit corporation with the State of Oregon and approved as a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization under the IRS Code. SRN is operated by volunteers and with donated funds entirely.
If you would like to donate to SRN in support of its activities, such as this free Newsline service and the publication of its quarterly Skyline Ridge Runner, send your donation to “Skyline Ridge Neighbors”, c/o Karen Garber, 16238 NW McNamee Rd., Portland, OR 97231 Contributions are tax deductible to the extent allowed by law.
