http://www.thebeenews.com/news/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126739373293806500 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126739373293806500 en-us AHB speaker gives secrets to fearless public speaking At this month’s public meeting of the area-wide Association of Home Businesses, Thursday, March 18, 6-9 pm, in addition to the usual buffet supper, former radio personality and now local home businessman Eric Norberg, editor and general ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126738793051134800 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126738793051134800 en-us David Elden Walker David Walker was born March 10, 1953, in Portland, to Elden and Dorothy Walker. David passed away February 8 2010 from natural causes at the age of 56 years. David is described as having a great sense of humor and being a wonderful cook by profession. He worked for various ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126738758836428200 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126738758836428200 en-us Robotics kids at Franklin ready for competition Editor, At Franklin High School in Southeast Portland, a team of aspiring young engineers and scientists jump into action each evening at the call, “Students, man your robot”. A team of 18 youngsters between the ages of 14-18 respond by ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126738658801401800 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126738658801401800 en-us If you’ve noticed a sharp increase in the number of stories reported in THE BEE about pedestrians and bicyclists being struck by vehicles, it isn’t the result of some change in our editorial policy. It really has been happening more around here lately. The obvious lesson is that ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126734123069369000 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126734123069369000 en-us The morning commute northbound on McLoughlin Boulevard hit a snag for motorists, just north of the Bybee Bridge late in the 8 am hour of Thursday, January 28. That was when an accident closed the left-hand lane, backing up northbound traffic for over a mile at one point. No injuries were ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126734104841578100 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126734104841578100 en-us There are many ways to demonstrate loving feelings on Valentine’s Day. Some of them grow right on the street. This sweetly-decorated lilac bush, at S.E. 49th & Henderson Street in the Brentwood-Darlington neighborhood, extended a “Happy Valentine’s Day” greeting to ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126734089330860800 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126734089330860800 en-us The garage on a property between S.E. 8th and 9th on Sellwood’s Spokane Street caught fire in the midafternoon of Tuesday, February 9th, drawing fire crews from Westmoreland’s Station 20 and Woodstock’s Station 25. Although the garage was immediately adjacent to another ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733976703239700 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733976703239700 en-us A North Westmoreland light rail station was part of the planning for a light rail line down McLoughlin Boulevard to the City of Milwaukie from the very beginning. Since then, it’s had more cliffhanger rescues than an old-time silent movie heroine. Will it be rescued one more time? TriMet says ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733914257307000 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733914257307000 en-us We told the story on the front page of the July, 2009, BEE — a young Cleveland High student, adjudged one of their best and brightest, gunned down in the dark at age 17 while pursuing a man who was breaking into his house in the 5500 block of S.E. Knapp Street. The victim, Fernando Chavez, ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733866510455900 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733866510455900 en-us If you go to Woodstock Park for dog socializing, strolling, or overseeing your children playing on the equipment, you are undoubtedly familiar with the park’s assets and detractions. In almost every season, the open grassy spaces edged with tall trees are beautiful. In winter, however, the ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733828197455400 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733828197455400 en-us The Sellwood intersection of S.E. Tacoma Street and 13th, although governed by a traffic signal, has long been recognized in the neighborhood as a particularly dangerous place for pedestrians and bicyclists to cross. The most recent serious auto-pedestrian collision there, on February 2nd, has ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733802996872600 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733802996872600 en-us Because their special guest for the evening, Portland City Commissioner Amanda Fritz, was tied up in a Metro land-use meeting, her delayed arrival provided ample time to discuss crime and safety; and other issues, when the Brooklyn Action Corps (BAC) neighborhood association met on January ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733695740497100 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733695740497100 en-us As a precautionary measure, Portland Fire & Rescue shut down the eastbound lanes of S.E. Powell Boulevard on Thursday, February 11, when a fire broke out at the Safari Show Club, located near S.E. 30th Avenue. The hot spot wasn’t inside the club – the fire that was reported at 9:47 ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733633436090300 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733633436090300 en-us In his “State of the City” address on February 5, a comment made by Portland Mayor Sam Adams raised red flags of concern among some, about the possibility Portland might pull funds promised to help rebuild the Sellwood Bridge — and instead spend it on building sidewalks. Turns ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733558821054300 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733558821054300 en-us At 8:37 am on Sunday morning, January 31st, Portland Fire & Rescue was dispatched to a fire at 4912 S.E. Division — to a business called “The Modern Hippie”. Engine 9, first on the scene, arrived to see smoke coming from the front door, and fire erupting from a second story ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733541521650500 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733541521650500 en-us The “Healthy Kids” plan, offering State-of Oregon-sponsored healthcare for children, passed by the Oregon legislature in 2009, has been implemented in phases over the last six months. On Friday, February 5, Governor Ted Kulongoski came to Inner Southeast Portland to announce that the ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733460611577600 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733460611577600 en-us Former Oregon Governor Victor Atiyeh, still energetic in his presentation after years of retirement from Oregon State government, was the featured speaker on February 8th at the weekly Monday noon meeting of Southeast Portland Rotary. He told the assembled club members and guests that from his ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733419284113100 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733419284113100 en-us Even though several participants characterized it as a “surprise” meeting, held at the Eastmoreland Grill on January 28 by TriMet and City of Portland Transportation Bureau officials, nonetheless more than a dozen neighbors from Eastmoreland and Sellwood-Westmoreland neighborhoods were ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733357501900700 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733357501900700 en-us The most difficult part of fighting a house fire on Wednesday, February 10th, on the 4600 block of S.E. Malden Street, was avoiding the many tire-swallowing potholes along the way, firefighters told THE BEE – after they quickly extinguished a small fire in the basement of the home. No ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733317513188800 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733317513188800 en-us Portland Public Schools’ parents and community members got a chance to voice their concerns about the school board’s high school redesign plans at the Portland School Board meeting on Monday night, February 8. And as front-page articles in the last two issues of THE BEE make clear, ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733193369896600 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733193369896600 en-us The centuries-old Chinese New Year tradition — this time welcoming the “Year of the Tiger” — was celebrated on February 15th by a large crowd, in Southeast Portland. The event was held on the second day of the Chinese New Year at the Legin Restaurant Banquet Hall, just west ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733015876725300 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126733015876725300 en-us Although the mood was celebratory, at the official “public commemoration and unveiling celebration” — changing the name of 39th Avenue officially to Cesar E. Chavez Boulevard — not everyone there was cheering. Eric Fruits, president of the Laurelwood Neighborhood ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126732759799791000 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126732759799791000 en-us Visitors to the latest featured exhibit at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry (OMSI) say it’s out of this world. When “Space: A Journey to Our Future” opened on January 30th, space exploration enthusiasts got the first opportunity to touch a piece of the planet Mars, to ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126732802421726700 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126732802421726700 en-us Thursday noon, February 4th, Clackamas Fire crews were dispatched to a two-car accident in the northbound lanes of S.E. McLoughlin Boulevard, a short distance south of Sellwood, near Park Ave in the City of Milwaukie. One car had gone over the embankment and was resting precariously in some trees; ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126732706764753700 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126732706764753700 en-us Those in Woodstock who are unaware that their neighborhood has a lake might be in for a surprise. The lake began as a mud puddle several years ago, on a segment of unimproved street on S.E. Carlton between 44th and 45th Avenues. Now at 20 feet wide, 30 feet long, and sometimes a foot deep after a ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126732653753887100 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126732653753887100 en-us Once again, TriMet has proposed reductions in transit service, as well as a salary and hiring freeze and other administrative cuts, to bridge the latest $27 million funding gap in its budget. The service cuts will take effect in September, although TriMet says it will hold public hearings and take ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126732611979790900 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126732611979790900 en-us Returning to Lincoln Street Methodist Church, S.E. 52nd and Lincoln — in whose basement the local “Meals On Wheels” program originated in 1970 — on Thursday, February 18th, a host of political and civic figures from the three counties in which 5,000 seniors receive meals ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126732543044119000 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126732543044119000 en-us When a catastrophic earthquake struck Haiti, killing thousands and leaving many more homeless or injured, the United States and much of the world came to its aid. That wasn’t enough for Mrs. Susan Frisby’s second grade class at Llewellyn Elementary School in Westmoreland; they had a ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126732419567782700 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126732419567782700 en-us After interviewing at least 150 witnesses, and digging through a mountain of charred rubble looking for the cause of the fire that shuttered Marysville K-8 School on November 10th, Portland Fire Bureau investigators remain mum about what started the disastrous fire while classes were in session ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126732345082609800 2010-03-02 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=126732345082609800 en-us By the time police swarmed an Eastmoreland home on the 3600 block of S.E. Tolman Street, on February 8, the immediate danger for one of its residents — 61-year-old John Rench — was over. But, the troubles of another occupant of this modest whitewashed house, described as Rench’s ...