http://www.thebeenews.com/features/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=126739298771335700 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=126739298771335700 en-us At a low-key gathering at Woodstock Wine & Deli in February 13th, folks got together to taste wine, cheese, and chocolate — and by doing so, to help dyslexic kids learn to read. “We’re holding a fundraising reception for the ‘Blosser Center for Dyslexia ... http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=126739246552027100 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=126739246552027100 en-us EDITOR’S NOTE: Michael O’Shaughnessy is a key executive in THE BEE’s parent company, Community Newspapers, Inc. He moved to Sellwood with Erin, and has become obsessed with food, leading to this monthly feature. This month, besotted with evidence of a surprisingly early spring ... http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=126739200929718700 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=126739200929718700 en-us Who’s got the Crafts Queen, Wii Rock, Chinese Medicine Remedies, Frank Lloyd Wright, Laura Bush, and Clown Girl? Your neighborhood Multnomah County Branch Library does. As we celebrate the coming of spring, one of those libraries — the Sellwood-Westmoreland Branch Library — is ... http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=126739174555816700 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=126739174555816700 en-us Nationally, statistics show that the chance of having a child with autism is about 1 in 150. For unknown reasons, in Oregon, the ratio is much higher. “Building Bridges”, at 3533 S.E. Milwaukie Avenue in the Brooklyn neighborhood, offers behavioral intervention training for young ... http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=126739136097791700 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=126739136097791700 en-us As two college students who recently taught a Paideia class at Reed know, watertight bike cargo boxes come in handy on campus, where many students own bikes rather than cars When venturing out for a bicycle ride, riders can strap such boxes atop a rack or hang them, saddle-bag style, on either ... http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=126738941410301400 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=126738941410301400 en-us In the January BEE we showed you a 15-carton shipment of books sent to Maternity and Pediatric Hospital in Ojoto, Nigeria, by students at Lewis Elementary School in Woodstock, in cooperation with the Southeast Portland Rotary Club, which meets Monday noons at Our Lady of Sorrows, 52nd and S.E. ... http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=126738888248471500 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=126738888248471500 en-us The Southeast Portland Tool Library (SEPTL), modeled after successful tool libraries in North and Northeast Portland, has found a home, and is slated to open this May. For the past two months, volunteers have been working to transform a space for it at St. David of Wales Episcopal Church, at 2800 ... http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=126738840838817300 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=126738840838817300 en-us Through all kinds of weather — even snow and ice — 92 year-old Don Garvin walks five days a week to take his great-granddaughter to Woodstock School, returning to the school in the afternoon to walk her home. You might wonder how someone now in his nineties could be so agile. However, ... http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=126715271888340200 2010-02-28 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=126715271888340200 en-us MARCH 1 Drawing class for those who don’t think they can. A free drawing class begins today at People’s Co-Op — continuing on Monday the 8th and 15th, and also running April 12, 19, and 26. The class is for people who cannot draw and think they can’t learn — and no ...