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The Bee, Nov 4, 2009

Paul Swalco will discuss various resources available to small and home businesses at the November AHB meeting in Sellwood, on the 19th, 6-9 pm at SMILE Station.

Glass art on exhibit in Brooklyn

A “Glass Art Exhibition” at Bullseye Glass in the Brooklyn neighborhood opens to the public on Monday, November 2nd, running through December 31st. The address is 3610 S.E. 21st Avenue. The new “Working Glass” exhibit, glass artwork made by the employees of Bullseye Glass Company, will join the “Material Matters” exhibit already in progress. “The public is invited to see artwork made ‘off the clock’ by people who make glass for a living. This is our 8th annual employee exhibition and will be on display in the upstairs gallery of Bullseye Resource Center,” says Janet Bartholomew of Bullseye. “Material Matters” explores the variety of material choices available to design and make glass art today. The exhibition is open weekdays 10-6, Saturdays 10-5, and Sundays noon till 5.

“Body, tissue, eye, organ donation forum”

A variety of nonprofits join to present a free forum on how to become a donor of vital organs, corneas, tissue, bone, or how to be a whole body donor for scientific research, on Wednesday, November 4th, at 6:30 pm at the River View Cemetery Adams Chapel, 0300 S.W. Taylors Ferry Road, not far from the west end of the Sellwood Bridge. Refreshments will be served. For information, call Jessica Repp at 503/246-4251.

Law firm moves into Sellwood

The law firm of Aubertine, Draper, and Rose will be occupying the entire ground floor of the recently-built commercial building at 8203 S.E. 7th Avenue in Sellwood, according to John Prell of Windermere Commercial. The Managing Partner is Krystin Draper Rose. The firm is moving from 1211 S.W. Sixth in Downtown Portland, and is expected to start its tenancy this month.

Last “Landlord Study Hall” of the year, this month

On November 11, realtor Katherine King and colleagues present their 11th and last “Landlord Study Hall” of the calendar year — open free to landlords and “unlicensed individuals of the community”. The subject this month is “Section 8 tenancies”. The hours on the 11th are 6:30 till 8 pm, and the location is All Saints’ Episcopal Church, 40th and S.E. Woodstock Boulevard. Free, but RSVP required; call 503/772-8825.

“First Friday” event evokes “Old Siam”

Elemental Arts, located at 6035 S.E. Milwaukie Avenue, across from the Iron Horse Restaurant, hosts the month-long display of artworks under the entitled theme “The Old Siam” — beginning with a public artist reception on Friday, November 6th, 6-9 pm. Featured artist Fasai Streed is a Thai artist, born from a family of artists. She explains that “The Old Siam” is a collection of 10 mixed media artworks that represent the traditional way of life from the time when Thailand was known as “Siam”.

Two local author readings at “Looking Glass Bookstore”

Two Sellwood authors will be reading from their new books this month at Looking Glass Bookstore at 7983 S.E. 13th Avenue, in the Red Caboose. On Tuesday, November 3rd, at 7 pm, Elizabeth Grossman will speak from her new book “Chasing Molecules: Poisonous Products, Human Health, and the Promise of Green Industry”. Then, on Tuesday, November 17th, at 7 pm, Richard Engeman will read from his new book, “The Oregon Companion: An Historical Gazetteer of the Useful, the Curious, and the Arcane”. Engeman is an historian and archivist; he graduated from Reed College. For information, call the store at 503/227-4760.

New businesses in Sellwood, Westmoreland

Chuck Martin, Manager of the Sellwood-Westmoreland Business Alliance (SWBA) which meets publicly on the third Thursday morning of each month in the ground-floor meeting room at the Windermere building, S.E. 14th and Bybee Boulevard, announces the opening of two new businesses: Creative Minds Learning Centers is starting a large day care at 1540 S.E. Martins, on Milwaukie Avenue, across from the Iron Horse Restaurant and Assured At Home in-home assistance, and they will occupy the entire first floor of the new building. Meantime, “Auntie Katusha’s Rare Books”, owned by Andrew Strom, has located in Suite 206, 8050 SE 13th Avenue in Sellwood. They deal worldwide in rare books.

Neighbor effort boosts Woodstock’s “Hair Affair”

When loyal customer Skyler Freimann heard that Suzi Kennedy, owner of Hair Affair salon, was facing the possible loss of her shop due to the impact of the recession, she decided that was unacceptable. “Suzi should have been excited about planning a celebration for being in business 25 years, not facing the prospect of trying to figure out how to get a job after working for herself most of her life”, she said. “I was shocked. I had no idea things were that bad. Suzi never complains and just soldiers on. I noticed there had been some turnover in the work stations Suzie rented out, but didn’t realize that, like many small, independent salons, customers had been forgoing getting their hair done in order to manage personal expenses.” She e-mailed friends, neighbors, and colleagues, inviting them to pitch in and help give Hair Affair a makeover in hopes that a new, fresh look would draw in customers, and a work party took place on Sunday, October 11th, through Wednesday the 14th, cleaning, repairing, panting, and decorating the shop — at 4424 S.E. Woodstock Boulevard. Freimann exclaimed, after the work was done, “if things go according to plan, Suzie will be celebrating her 25th Anniversary as a small business owner after all.”

Sellwood business exports to Japan

Ashiyu Foot Spas, open in Sellwood since 2006, announces that it has begun exporting its Japanese-inspired products to Japan. Owner John Condon reports that, “Ashiyu builds and sells innovative foot spas that resemble garden water features but are heated and jetted to make a comfortable foot-soaking oasis. The spas have been featured in the NW Natural Street of Dreams luxury home tours in 2007 and 2008, and in numerous home and garden shows. Ashiyu's showroom on 13th Ave doubles as a foot soaking center with a reflexology treatment area.” Ashiyu Foot Spas is located at 8015 S.E. 13th Avenue; the telephone number 503/232-0920, and its Internet website is: www.ashiyu.com.

New tenants in Woodstock

Angie Even, the former owner of The Flower Shop on S.E. Woodstock Boulevard across from Papaccino’s Coffee Shop and Country Bill’s Restaurant, and owner of the building in which it is located, reports that she has leased all four of the newly-renovated offices upstairs in the building: Karen Keeling is moving her Farmers Insurance Agency down the boulevard to this location, to be joined there by “M Therapeutic Body Care” massage therapy, “Clear Skies Virtual Event Producers”, and Diane Havnen of Smith and Serena Barton, Counselors.

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