Time flies when you're having fun and we are happy to say Atomic Pizza has been open for one year. To celebrate, we are giving 10% of our sales to two very dedicated local non-profit organizations. Saturday, March 6th 10% of sales will be donated to Family of Friends Mentoring Program. www.family-of-friends.org And Sunday, March 7th 10% of sales will be donated to Project Pooch pet rescue program. www.pooch.org. Please come celebrate with us and help support these great programs.

The plan seeks to address how to restore endangered species...not just hold the line or lessen the negative impacts, but actually increase the rapidly declining populations of the most acutely affected species: Salmon and Steelhead in our section of the river. The decline is mainly through loss of habitat, so restoration will have to be through recovery of habitat. It has been estimated by scientists that Salmon need shallow rest & feeding areas near the riverbank about every quarter mile. The plan has been compromised to offer less than that, but it is a step in the right direction since currently the North Reach offers close to no riverbank habitat.

The plan also addresses upland connectivity because we are now seeing alarmingly sharp declines in mammals, once common birds, reptiles & amphibians as well as plants native to our community.

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Home is wherever your family is, and Maria’s home is definitely in Oregon now.

She was born in Zacatecas, in the high mountains and plateaus about 350 miles northwest of Mexico City. She was the oldest girl in a family of 11 children.

Today, Maria owns El Tepeyac, a Mexican store and bakery at 1854 North Lombard. El Tepeyac is the hill where the Virgin of Guadalupe appeared to Juan Diego, a humble Aztec man. Images of the Virgin adorn the walls of the store – she even appears on Maria’s business card.

Salem – Human trafficking is 21st century slavery, and is closer to home than we might like to imagine.  

Priority legislation aimed at combating the issue of human trafficking in Oregon was positively received in the State Senate this morning. Senator Diane Rosenbaum carried HB 3623 on the floor where it received unanimous support. Rosenbaum is one of three chief sponsors, joined by Representatives Jefferson Smith and Barton.  Multnomah County Commissioner Diane McKeel - a champion of the issue - brought this bill to the attention of the legislators.

* APPLE * ASIAN PEAR * CHERRY * FIG * PEAR * PERSIMMON * PLUM *

PLANT FRUIT TREES!
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Winter Fruit Tree Workshops and Sales

Enjoy the beauty and flavor of fruit trees.
Learn how to properly select, plant, prune and care for trees.

Saturday February 20th 2010: 12:00pm - 4:30pm
(1 ½ hour classes at 12:30 and 2:30)
Naomi's Organic Farm Supply
2500 SE Tacoma Street, Portland: www.naomisorganic.com

Saturday February 27th 2010: 1pm - 4:00pm

Hey, let’s get our bikes, we can go over to the Sandy River. There is a lifeguard there today and it's supposed to be a hot one. We can even take the MAX back with our bikes!” 

REGISTRATION BEGINS IN MARCH

CAMP BIKE FUN at North Portland Bike Works  is running a bicycle/ adventure/ community building summer program summer of 2010 for 10-15 year olds.

Students will learn individual and group bicycle riding skills, and take fun and adventurous field trips every day to different places. Some trips may include biking, hiking, walking, swimming, going to museums, playgrounds, festivals, gardening, gleening fruit, visiting other organizations, making zines, art projects, and lots more.

Cost is $190 per week, and includes bikes and helmets.  Scholarships are available.

Registration starts in March. Contact the North Portland Bike Works for more information:

503-287-1098. www.northportlandbikeworks.org.

We will offer programs in 4 sessions:

Session 1: June 21^st- July 2^nd (2 weeks)

Session 2: July 5^th to July 16^th (2 weeks)

Session 3: July 19^th to August 6^th (3 weeks)

Session 4: August 9^th to August 27^th (3 weeks)

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Enjoy breathing, much? Then you may not enjoy this news: Oregon has the dirtiest gasoline in the nation. And our freeways supply us with nearly 3 times the airborne levels of harmful benzene (one of petroleum's volatile organic compounds, or VOC) as any other region. But wait, it gets worse. What's worse is that our gasoline is stored in 100-year-old leaking storage tanks. These are conveniently located in nearby Linnton--next to many thousands of urban Portlanders--at the Northwest Portland Petroleum Tank Farm. Here are the facts, according to Paul Koberstein of Cascadia Times:

 

- 7  companies

- 8 terminals

- 586 storage tanks

- 300 million gallon capacity

- 1,394 tons of volatile organic compounds emitted annually

 

Testimony Before Portland City Council 1/13/10

My name is Richard Ellmyer. I am a candidate for the North Portland House seat in the Democratic primary next May. On December 19 I asked each of you to answer the following questions so that I may discuss this issue with voters in North Portland over the coming months:

1. Why wasn't the Washington Monroe High School property offered to the Portland Hope Meadows Corporation?

2. Why weren't advisory committees, similar to those involved in the Buckman neighborhood, created in the Portsmouth neighborhood to discuss and recommend potential future uses for the John Ball School site despite requests from the Portsmouth Neighborhood Association and the ad hoc 195 member Portsmouth Residents Action Committee and the North Portland Business Association to establish such advisory committees?

3. Why were the citizen requests of the Buckman neighborhood acceded to by the Portland city council and those citizen requests of the Portsmouth/North Portland neighborhood summarily dismissed when the issue of the use of surplus PPS property was exactly the same?