Newsline, May 27, 2011

Skyline Rural Watch Newsline

Mailbox: newsline [at] srnpdx [dot] org
Urgent: alert [at] srnpdx [dot] org
Phone: (503) 621-3501

May 27, 2011

FOUND DOG:
Found on Skyline and Dixie Mountain Road.  Black female, looks part Great Dane or Lab, friendly.  Has blue heavy duty collar with little loops that look like dog tags had been torn off.  Currently suffering from lack of food and eye infection.

PUBLIC SAFTEY:

We just had (Monday May 23rd) two late 20-something males (hispanic looking) stop by our house in their black and silver mid-size pick-up to ask if we had any scrap metal. We normally have our gate closed, but had it open for a UPS pick up. I did not open the door but spoke to them through the window. Just seemed a little odd and wanted to give fellow neighbors a heads up.
Rock Creek Road

COMMUNITY ORGANIZATIONS:
6/4/2011 Skyline Grange Trail-building & Woods Clean Up,

Project Activities: *There is brush to haul to the chipper. Brush to chip. Trees to cut into firewood. Firewood to stack & load into waiting trucks? You may take it away if you'd like? And the Forest Park Conservancy will begin to install the Abbey Creek Trail. Please make sure to bring work gloves and sturdy shoes, bring a water bottle too. Activities include: Invasive Plant Removal, Weeding, brush chipping, firewood cutting, trail building.

ENVIRONMENT:

SRN's Annual Self-Guided Weed Tour

When:  May 21 - 30
When:  Anytime at your convenience, identification signs will be up during these ten days
Where: Along the roadsides of Newberry Road, Skyline Boulevard (between Newberry and Logie Trail Road), Rock Creek Road, Elliott Road, and Logie Trail Road (Skyline to Hwy 30).
Purpose: To provide an opportunity for residents to inspect and learn how to identify the invasive plants that grow locally and are a threat to our native ecology. Do you know what a butterfly bush or Scotch broom looks like?  Take the tour and learn about of our invasive plants.

Details:
Maps and literature about the plants will be available at Plainview Grocery (corner of Skyline and Cornelius Pass) and at Skyline Grange (11275 NW Skyline in literature holder to the right of the front door).

FARM & FOREST:

May 24, 2011
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact: Carolyn Myers Lindberg,
503.238.4775, ext. 101

FREE Pollinator Guided Tour

WHO:  West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District
WHAT:  Guided tour of pollinator plantings
WHERE:  Begin at Montgomery Park, 2701 NW Vaughn Street, Portland
WHEN:  Friday, June 24, 2011, from 2:00-5:00 pm

Pollinators are essential to our environment. Pollinating bees, butterflies and birds are critical for the reproduction of nearly 70% of the nation’s flowering plants, including over two-thirds of the world’s crops. The economic value of pollinators to our agricultural production is about $3 billion a year in the U.S. Loss of habitat and the misuse of pesticides has severely harmed the number of pollinators today.

Join local plant and insect experts to learn about the concepts of pollinator plantings, what to plant for specific species and how to group them together in hedgerows for greater impact.  A guided tour will cover urban (Montgomery Park) and rural plantings (Sauvie Island) and information from:

●  Mary Logalbo, Urban Conservationist, West Multnomah SWCD
●  Kathy Pendergrass, Plant Materials Specialist, NRCS

Transportation will be provided but seats are limited so those interested are urged to register by checking “Events” at www.wmswcd.org and filling out the online form. For more information about the tour, call Mary Logalbo at WMSWCD; 503/238-4775, ext. 103 or mary [at] wmswcd [dot] org.

Carolyn Myers Lindberg
Communications Coordinator
West Multnomah Soil & Water Conservation District
2701 NW Vaughn Street, Suite 450
Portland, OR 97210
carolyn [at] wmswcd [dot] org
www.wmswcd.org

SKYLINE ELEMENTARY:

FROM SKYLINE RIGDE NEIGHBORS WEBSITE - SRNPDX.ORG
Community Calendar  

Classifieds:

Handyman or HandyWoman
Handyman or Handywoman, laborers, electrician, carpenter.
The Skyline Grange has many projects needing volunteers and or experienced
skilled crafts people at modest wages but with great emotional rewards.

Resource Directory: 
As a service to neighbors, SRN publishes a listing of local government agencies and businesses in the Skyline Resource Directory. Follow the links in this section to view its contents and learn how to add a business or agency listing.
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, Libby Merwin, Sharon Barthmaier, 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.

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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.