http://www.thebeenews.com/news/index.php Portland and surrounding area community news and information http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132789471873766100 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132789471873766100 en-us “Setting Your Price: Bids, Estimates, Verbal Agreements” At this month’s meeting of the Association of Home Businesses in Sellwood, open to everyone, on Thursday, February 16th, the speaker is AHB member Kathryn Leech of River City Gardens (www.rivercitygardens.com) — on ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132787608283738200 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132787608283738200 en-us Kudos to local Lego team Editor, As a proud parent and coach I want to congratulate a local group of kids from Eastmoreland and Westmoreland for their outstanding performance at the 2011 First Lego League (FLL) Robotics Tournament at Hillsboro High School on December 10th. The team members are ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132787432113011100 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132787432113011100 en-us The e-mail from a longtime friend in California had an odd subject line. The e-mail itself consisted of a single line, with a hotlink in it to a website somewhere. I did NOT click on the link. I had seen such e-mails before; my friend had been victimized by a criminal somewhere in the ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132787375348052100 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132787375348052100 en-us Although the fire only damaged the home, this December 19th blaze could have been worse — in fact, deadly — Portland Fire & Rescue (PF&R) officials say. At 2:50 pm on that day, Woodstock’s Station 25 firefighters were dispatched to a residential fire at 3532 S.E. 62nd ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132787331366112000 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132787331366112000 en-us Diane Havnen-Smith, a counselor with a psychotherapy practice located above The Flower Shop on S.E. Woodstock Boulevard, routinely counsels adults, couples, and children — including giving support to those who have experienced trauma, loss, and grief. Since the devastating earthquake in ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132787211359693100 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132787211359693100 en-us Northbound drivers on S.E. McLoughlin Boulevard slowed to see why police were present at the intersection with S.E. Rhone Street, just south of the Ross Island Bridge, at about 4 pm on January 2nd. The reason was a car that had crashed into a retaining wall at a house on the northeast ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132787196084747300 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132787196084747300 en-us The driver of what’s described as a small brown pickup truck was speeding — and swerved into a late model Kia Rio, a little after 1 pm on Saturday, January 7, on S.E. Woodstock Boulevard at 65th Avenue. The driver then just sped off. While officers and paramedics tended to the crash ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132787177721826200 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132787177721826200 en-us At about 4:30 am on Wednesday, December 28th, someone with the apparent intention of breaking into or stealing a stand-alone Automatic Teller Machine at S.E. 48th and Division Street backed up to dislodge the device. The crook managed to break loose the machine, but accelerated too far — he ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132787074179815100 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132787074179815100 en-us When a car blew through a stop sign on Foster Road near 62nd, crossed three lanes of traffic, and smashed into Bus 14 on September 20, bystanders realized something was wrong. It got worse — the errant driver, trying to get away from the scene of his crash, wound up hitting the bus again ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132787055298044400 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132787055298044400 en-us Just after Southeast Portland nonprofit organization Human Solutions started its annual energy assistance program last fall — a fire at the agency’s main office at 12350 S.E. Powell Boulevard on October 16 threw the organization into temporary disarray. The fire is suspected to have ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132786557090464400 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132786557090464400 en-us On December 28th, just after midnight, a man with a dark bandana over the lower half of his face, and armed with a handgun, walked into the Plaid Pantry store at 4030 S.E. 39th Avenue [Chavez], at Gladstone Street, and demanded money from the clerk. After flashing a silver handgun tucked into his ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132786530611065000 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132786530611065000 en-us Eastmoreland resident Jim Wygant, a retired Polygraph examiner, recently published his third paperback book: “Confessions of a Lie Detector: Years of theft, sex and murder” (Lycetta Press, 2011, 298 pages). He spent an evening at the Sellwood Branch Library, discussing his true-crime ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132786510913079400 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132786510913079400 en-us Portland Fire & Rescue’s specially-designed river rescue boat, the “Eldon Trinity”, dedicated in December 2010, was again put to the test in the noon hour of January 14. Multiple witnesses driving across the bridge at 12:39 pm called 9-1-1, saying they’d seen a woman, ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132786394796690700 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132786394796690700 en-us Within minutes of each other, Portland Police Bureau East Precinct officers were dispatched to two different calls in the Powell-Foster neighborhood on January 14. It wound up with one of the crooks on the ground, looking up at a police dog. At 8:55 pm, some officers were sent to Essex Park, on ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132786375403166900 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132786375403166900 en-us The young students, now able to take their piano lessons on brand new Yamaha Arius digital instruments, looked delighted — as they took their seats in Southeast Portland’s Community Music Center’s (CMC) piano classroom, on the afternoon of January 10. “The difference ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132786354075693500 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132786354075693500 en-us When most drivers see flashing red and blue lights behind them, they pull over and stop, just as they are supposed to do. Not so one driver, on January 15, at about 7:30 pm, when a gold 2006 Toyota four-door Corolla went whizzing past a Milwaukie police officer while traveling north on S.E. ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132786233862752200 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132786233862752200 en-us Over the Christmas and New Years holidays this year, the Woodstock Community Center gained 8,000 pounds. Yes, while partygoers were gaining weight on cookies, candy, and festive meals, the Woodstock’s civic meetingplace gained four tons — with the installation of a new laminate ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132786030395184100 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132786030395184100 en-us Micha Sinclair and his wife Grace have lived in their two-story house between S.E. Holgate and Woodstock Boulevard for eight years and, until now, he's never felt that crime was an issue in his neighborhood. But, in the last half of 2011, 50 percent of the households on his block had burglaries or ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781689260114500 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781689260114500 en-us As the calendar turned to 2012, Portland Parks and Recreation lauded maintenance worker Peter Anthony for helping save a 54 year-old man’s life on New Year’s Day. A distraught man approached Anthony, a veteran of five years with PP&R, on the north shore of Sellwood Riverfront ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781668967746700 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781668967746700 en-us On Monday afternoon, December 26, the day after Christmas, Central Precinct officers arrested a driver who had apparently passed out from drinking — while stopped at the west end of the Sellwood Bridge. His three children were in the car. Daniel Lee Sherman, 34, was charged with driving ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781550318423100 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781550318423100 en-us 2011 was a mild year in Southeast Portland — with not much freezing weather in the winter and no 100-degree days in the summer. No flooding, and a very dry December just ended — but our precipitation total for the year in Southeast Portland was 44.49 inches, which is a good seven inches ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781491419592200 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781491419592200 en-us At just about 1 pm on Friday, January 13th, the driver of a white Ford Mustang was speeding north on S.E. 53rd Avenue at an estimated 40 miles an hour, and failed to realize until too late that the street dead-ends into Franklin High at that spot. The car vaulted the curb, hit a recently-planted ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781421753618500 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781421753618500 en-us Details remain sketchy regarding a stabbing at a house on S.E. 42nd Avenue, just north of Woodstock Boulevard, on Saturday evening January 14th, a little after 10 pm. What is known is that a man with an abdominal stab wound made his way southward about a block, into the Woodstock Plaid Pantry ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781379531445000 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781379531445000 en-us Once again this year, over the New Year’s weekend, Boy Scout Troop 64 and Cub Scout Pack 64 made it easy for local residents to part with their Christmas Tree and related natural trimmings — with their annual recycling effort. For a small donation, Inner Southeast folks got front-porch ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781289290500200 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781289290500200 en-us The last of three house fires that Portland Fire & Rescue battled — across the city, all within an hour — broke out on December 28, just after midnight, at a large, three-story house at 933 S.E. Reynolds Street., a block north of Holgate, and just east of S.E McLaughlin Boulevard. ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781232573581300 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781232573581300 en-us The multiple-vehicle accident on Tuesday, January 17th, started in the Mt. Scott-Arleta neighborhood — and ended up in the Foster-Powell neighborhood. It wasn’t caused the cloud-darkened sky, or by the heavy rain. It might have been that the driver experienced a medical emergency. ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781181677997600 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781181677997600 en-us On the chilly and clear New Year’s Day morning, when many revelers were recovering from their late-night party, a group of valiant rowing enthusiasts were carrying their long, thin boats down to the edge of the Willamette River. At their Oaks Park boathouse, Oregon Rowing Unlimited’s ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781117436225200 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781117436225200 en-us Unless a donor with deep pockets comes forward to help, the final piece of the historic Sellwood Carbarns, at S.E. 13th Avenue between Linn and Ochoco Streets, may soon be demolished. On January 11, a handful of the 69 members of the Trolley Barn Commons Homeowners Association (TBCHA) gathered to ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781041259110700 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132781041259110700 en-us It’s ironic to some parents, and perplexing to others, that Portland Public Schools (PPS) only six years ago made a case for boarding up Llewellyn Elementary School because of low enrollment — about 309 students at the time. “Parents, and THE BEE, objected at the time that there ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132780822367544400 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132780822367544400 en-us On December 16th, officials from Multnomah County, the City of Portland, and the State of Oregon gathered — along with neighbors, and a number of schoolchildren — at the edge of the Willamette River at Sellwood Riverfront Park, to “break ground” for the long-awaited Sellwood ... http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132780752591495700 2012-01-31 00:00:00 http://www.thebeenews.com/news/story.php?story_id=132780752591495700 en-us Even though they’re rooted well off the roadway, the stately trees along the border of Westmoreland Park, lining the west edge of S.E. McLoughlin Boulevard just south of Bybee Boulevard, are covered with scars and cuts left by vehicles that have slammed into them over the years. But it is ...