The Weekly OKNA Email 5/4/12 ? Overlook Neighborhood Association

Your weekly Overlook Neighborhood email round up; as usual, there?s lots going on!

1) Family game night fundraising at Jefferson High School (Tonight! 5/4)
2) Tool Sharpening Workshop (5/5)
3) Overlook Livability Team Clean UP (5/6)
4) Portland Harbor Community Advisory Group (5/9)
5) Portland Harbor Draft Feasibility Study (5/10)
6) Earthquake Home Retrofit Workshop (5/19 ? RSVP now)
7) Free Spay/Neuter Clinics for Feral and Stray Cats (May)
Village Building Convergence Volunteers Needed (6/2)

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1) Family game night fundraising at Jefferson High School (Tonight! 5/4)

Board games, video, and card games, as well as dinner and a raffle to benefit Jefferson Parent Teacher Student Association. 6 p.m., more info here or contact 503-341-2973 or taniapdx@gmail.com

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2) Tool Sharpening Workshop (5/5)

North Portland Tool Library Tool Sharpening Workshop

Saturday May 5th 2012
10:00am -2:00pm (drop-ins welcome)

Learn basic tool sharpening & maintenance techniques to extend the lives & make the most of your tools
Includes: shears, pruners, hoes, shovels, lawn mower blades (gas & electric only), etc. (sorry, no culinary knives)
Bring your own tools or learn by sharpening some of the Library?s tools
Suggested donation to the NPTL: $2 per tool

held at:
SALVAGE WORKS
2030 N Willis Blvd Portland, OR 97217 (another great neighborhood resource)
For info, call NPTL @ (503) 823-0209

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3) Overlook Livability Team Clean UP (5/6)

The Overlook Livability Team (OLT) meets this Sunday morning at 9am, at DiPrima Dolci, 1936 North Killingsworth St. They?ll break out into smaller teams and hit their neighborhood clean up duties. Bravo to these generous neighbors! If you?d like to join them, email graffiti@OverlookNeighborhood.org and get some details, or meet up on Sunday morning.

Scheduled clean up dates 2012: June 3, July 1, August 5, September 9, October 7, November 4, December 2

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4) Portland Harbor Community Advisory Group (5/9)

You are invited to attend the Portland Harbor Community Advisory Group meeting on Wednesday, May 9, 2012.

Meetings of the Portland Harbor Community Advisory Group (PH CAG) are intended to keep the community abreast of developments on the Portland Harbor Superfund Site and to provide a forum for discussion. PH CAG meetings are open to everyone. We encourage you to step forward to share your concerns and advice.

Date: Wednesday, May 9, 2012
Time: 6:00 - 8:00 p.m.
Location: 6543 N Burlington Avenue (Portland BES Water Pollution Control Lab)

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5) Portland Harbor Draft Feasibility Study (5/10)

You are invited to attend the Public Information Session for Portland Harbor Draft Feasibility Study

Date: Thursday, May 10
Time: 6 -8 pm, Open House, 5:30-6 pm
Location: Ecotrust Building?Billy Frank Jr. Conf. Room, 721 NW 9th Ave., Portland, Oregon

The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is now reviewing the draft Feasibility Study for the Portland Harbor Superfund Site. The Feasibility Study is the mechanism for the development, screening, and detailed evaluation of different cleanup plans and methods. It is also now available for review by the public at the Multnomah County Central Library, 801 SW 10th Ave., or from the EPA website at www.epa.gov/region10/portlandharbor.

EPA is holding a public information session to provide an overview of the draft feasibility study on May 10. This session will include:

? Information about cleanup alternatives
? Site background information
? Discussion of effect on the community
? Next steps for making clean up decisions
? Opportunities for public involvement

In addition, an open house is scheduled before the session. During the open house, you can speak with representatives from EPA, Oregon Department of Environmental Quality, LWG, Tribal governments, Natural Resource Trustees and the Portland Harbor Community Advisory Group.

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6) Earthquake Home Retrofit Workshop (5/19 ? RSVP now)

Join ONeST for our Earthquake Home Retrofit Workshop (with North Portland Tool Library) on May 19.? We?ll learn how to bolt our houses to their foundations.? Email Gerry Howard of the NPTL at Gerald.Howard@bankofthewest.com to register, and tell him you are an Overlook resident - we are reserving half of the 20 spots for neighbors.

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7) Free Spay/Neuter Clinics for Feral and Stray Cats (May)

Event date: May 1, 2012 ? May 31, 2012

Event location: The Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon

The Feral Cat Coalition of Oregon (FCCO) will host free spay/neuter clinics for feral and stray cats throughout the entire month of May. Space is limited so call today! Why May? In the spring months, cats begin to breed and are more likely to produce kittens. Cats can reproduce as early as five months old, but can be safely spayed and neutered at two months old.

What can you do to help? If you or someone you know is feeding feral or stray cats, please call 503.797.2606 today or visit www.feralcats.com for more information.

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Village Building Convergence Volunteers Needed (6/2)

ONeST, the Overlook Sustainability Team is sponsoring an Intersection Repair project for this year?s Village Building Convergence. A massive mural is planned for the equally massive intersection of N Overlook Blvd, N Melrose, N Concord and N Failing. Helpers are needed for all sorts of tasks; please see the article in Overlook Views for details.

If community building, artwork, street painting or just trading some work for good food with neighbors sounds interesting to you, please visit the VBC/City Repair website http://vbc.cityrepair.org or contact organizer Leslee Lewis directly:? 503.703.3702 or kgllport@aol.com

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