http://www.thebeenews.com/features/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=121471703628293300 JULY 3 Ice Cream Social for William Temple House. St John the Evangelist Episcopal Church, at S.E. Jefferson and 21st in Milwaukie, is having an Ice Cream Social and Old-Fashioned Patriotic Sing-Along on Thursday, July 3rd, from 7 till 9 pm. It’s a benefit for St. John’s/William Temple ... http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=121471660751617900 Drive too fast and you’ll miss it. Right on the cusp of the Woodstock neighborhood, it’s easy to overlook most of what comes up along the bend leading from Powell Boulevard onto Foster. There’s a tire shop, and a place to get fingernails and hair done; an old post office tucked ... http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=121471561126502700 Ghosts seem to be kicking up their heels for the 100-year anniversary of the First Bank of Sellwood — now the site of Justin & Burks furniture at 8301 S.E. 13th Avenue. Businesses all along the block are reporting unusual instances of ghostly activity, and odd evidence of past presences. ... http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=121471491582358000 EDITOR’S NOTE: Well, this is a fine kettle of fish. We expect our usual dose of something cooked at great length in Sellwood (usually chicken), and instead we get an East Coast vacation, and relatives whose precise identity is not disclosed for some reason. Perhaps they are wanted.. The ... http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=121471448249479300 Energy Assistance Coordinator Cheryl Hudgens is glad she lives in Westmoreland, only 13 blocks away from her new office at the St. Vincent de Paul Portland Council. That way, the high cost of gasoline doesn’t chip away at her income. But for many of her clients — the homeowners and ... http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=121471399487718000 “Where before no one person had enough to eat, through the power of sharing, all were fed.” This line from the folk tale “Stone Soup” — an ancient story of villagers, each adding a vegetable into a pot with a stone, thereby making “stone soup” — is a ... http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=121471382977609700 The calendar says it’s summer, so crank up the Beach Boys on the car’s CD player, and pile up a heap of vacation-type books to read! While the kids are madly reading to complete their Summer Reading game boards and win prizes, adults can read and win prizes too. Multnomah County ... http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=121471325405049800 The fact that the Brooklyn Spring Clean-up fell on Rose Festival parade day of June 7th this year didn’t stem the flow of debris. “People have been dragging boxes, rolling carts and wheelbarrows, and bringing junk in trucks and trailers today,” said Brooklyn Action Corps ... http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=121471284978412700 On Sunday, June 8th, game tables in the lobby of the Sellwood Community Center were pushed aside — and replaced with a buffet of home-made desserts and beverages. Gathering on that sunny afternoon were members of the Friends of the Sellwood Community Center, as well as personal friends of ... http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=121471234770465500 Hundreds of avian admirers once again flocked to Sellwood Park on May 10th to celebrate the annual International Migratory Bird Day event. “Three partners put on the ‘Festival of the Birds’ here, to bring attention to the migratory birds that pass through,” said Karen ... http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=121471190974057800 Old Sellwood History is full of unusual characters, and one of the more colorful was Dr. Donald Nickelsen. “Doc” Nickelson was an eccentric general practitioner who owned Sellwood’s Portland General Hospital along with his brother, who lived in Garthwick. The hospital was then ... http://www.thebeenews.com/features/story.php?story_id=121471132419584400 For people who live in most cities of our size, the only time folks can take a spin on thrill rides, play midway games, and see live entertainment, is when a carnival comes to town. Fortunately, Portlanders can still “get away from it all” all summer long – as they have for 103 ...