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Music (and a movie) due at Fernhill

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Summer has arrived and, with it, the Fernhill Concert Series and National Night Out. Pack your blanket, picnic basket, the kids and the dog. Head for Fernhill Park Friday, July 6 and return the following four Fridays.

That final Friday, Aug. 3, celebrates National Night Out with a concert and a movie. Children’s activities are part of the evening’s fare and free popcorn is available during the movie.

Each Friday’s activities are on the west side of Fernhill Park, beginning at 6:30 p.m. Food vendors are available.

The concerts are among 61 this summer in 42 Portland parks, and this is the second Year Concordia Neighborhood Association (CNA) has screened a movie at the National Night Out gathering. Here’s the line up:

Friday, July 6: Portland Interfaith Gospel Choir
This community-based interfaith choir and nonprofit aims to inspire joy and unity through traditional black gospel traditions that foster crosscultural and cross-racial understanding and connection.

Friday, July 13: Sonny Hess and Lady Kat
Veteran guitarist and vocalist Sonny Hess teams with Lady Kat who, for the past six years, has performed at the Waterfront Blues Festival. At Fernhill Park, they’ll offer modern blues and soulful rhythm and blues

Friday, July 20: Trujillo
A congregation of like-minded musicians and family come together and create a rock & roll ode to Chicano identity

Friday, July 27: The Slants
This all-Asian-American dance-rock band made headlines last year thanks to a landmark U.S. Supreme Court ruling that supported the group’s name. The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office had refused a trademark to the group, citing the name as an offensive slur to people of Asian descent. The band’s representatives argued the meaning instead refers to their perspective and is an attempt to repurpose the term.

Friday, Aug. 3: National Night Out
Concert: Eric John Kaiser is known as the French Troubadour. Born in Paris, the singer-songwriter moved to Portland 10 years ago and continues to reimagine Americana music by applying his French heritage.

Movie: “Isle of Dogs” – 2018, rated PG, Spanish subtitles – is a stop-motion animated film about a boy who searches for his dog after its species is banished to an island following a canine-flu outbreak.

Bring your kitchen & garden tools to May 19 CNA Spring Clean Up for professional sharpening

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Don’t use dull blades for your home spring clean up

Bring your kitchen and garden tools to the May 19 CNA Spring Clean Up for professional sharpening. Between 8 a.m. and 12:30 p.m., 1Sharptool Edge Service will donate a percentage of the proceeds from sharpening:

• Knives
• Pruners
• Pocket knives
• Hoes
• Scissors
• Loppers
• Garden shears
• Chisels
• Machetes
• Axes
• Shovels
• Rotary mowers

Services are first come first served. Prices start at $6.25 for garden tools and $7.50 for kitchen knives. 1Sharptool Edge Service accepts cash, checks and credit cards.

For details, contact 1Sharptool Edge Service at 360.606.7062 or visit 1SharpTool.com.

CNA Spring Clean Up Saturday, May 19

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CNA SPRING CLEAN UP

Saturday, May 19

8 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.

PCC Workforce Training Center at NE 42nd & Killingsworth

Spring cleaning comes to Concordia, and CNA will dump, recycle and/or find new homes for your household items.

ACCEPTED MATERIALS

• Household waste
• Metal
• Styrofoam (no peanuts)
• Furniture
• Electronics
• Lamps
• Mattresses
• Clothes
• Bicycles
• Other household items

SUGGESTED DONATIONS:

Car: $10
Truck, van, SUV: $15
Large truck: $20
Oversized load: $30
Electronics: $5

PROHIBITED MATERIALS

• HAZARDOUS WASTE, including batteries and chemicals
• Construction, demolition, roofing & remodeling debris
• Kitchen garbage
• Residential yard debris
• Commercial landscaping materials
• Waste & recyclables collected curbside
• Light bulbs
• Refrigerators & freezers
• Large appliances/white goods
• Tires, rocks & concrete
• Paint & oil

METRO prohibits the disposal of construction, remodeling or demolition materials suspected of containing asbestos at all neighborhood clean ups. Examples of prohibited materials:
Flooring: vinyl tiles, vinyl sheet, mastic
Walls: plaster, decorative plaster
Siding: cement siding shingles “Transite”
Ceilings: acoustical tiles, “popcorn” and spray-on texture
Insulation: spray-applied, blown-in, vermiculite, pipe, HVAC and lagging
Electrical: wire insulation, panel partitions
Other: fire doors, fire brick, fire proofing

SPECIAL FEATURES IN 2018

“You Price It”Yard Sale: See something you like among the reusable household goods, say what it’s worth to you and it’s yours.
Professional tool & knife sharpening: Details here.

All proceeds support CNA’s mission to organize human and physical resources, build community and enrich livability here.

THANKS TO THE CNA SPRING CLEAN UP’S GENEROUS SPONSORS

Spring Egg Hunt – Saturday, March 31, 2018

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SPRING EGG HUNT
Saturday, March 31
Fernhill Park
(Playground along NE 37th Avenue)

The hunt begins at 10 am SHARP.

Don’t be late – it ends in a flash!

Volunteers needed to:
– stuff 6,000 plastic eggs with candy on Friday, March 30, 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Meet at the American Legion at 2104 NE Alberta St.
– hide 6,000 candy-filled eggs on Saturday, March 31. Meet at Fernhill Park (Playground along NE 37th Avenue) at 8 a.m.

Sponsored by Concordia Neighborhood Association & American Legion Post 134

Contact Katie Ugolini at Social@ConcordiaPDX.org or 503.449.9690.

Concordia Neighborhood Holiday Party — You Are Invited!

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Tuesday, December 12, 6:30 to 9 p.m. at Cerimon House, 5131 NE 23rd Ave.

  • Light eats and nonalcoholic beverages
  • Activities for kids
  • Live music

Pizza generously donated by Hot Lips Pizza, Pizza Jerk and Red Sauce Pizza.
Coffee generously donated by Caffe Vita.

Featured!

  • Performance by Vernon School Choir at 7 p.m.
  • Community Sing led by Susan Riggs, director of FEAST Community Choir at 8 p.m.

Food & Clothing Drive and Raffle to benefit Northeast Emergency Food Program

Suggested donations:

  • Men’s & women’s clothing
  • Soups
  • Canned meat
  • Rice
  • Pasta
  • Cereal and oats
  • Staples (salt, pepper, cooking oil, etc.)
  • Snacks and treats
  • Personal hygiene items (toilet paper, feminine hygiene, soap, shampoo, etc.)
  • Household supplies (laundry and dish detergent, cleaning supplies)
  • Canned fruits and vegetables
  • Pet food

Raffle tickets: $2 each or six for $10

Raffle prizes generously donated by Basics, a Pacific Foods store; Dekum Street Doorway; Cottage Pantry; Frock; Grand Central Bakery; Hot Lips Pizza; Just Bob; Amelie Marian – Hasson Company Realtors; Red Sauce Pizza; Sarah Miller – Portraits in Prose, ink; Seastar Bakery; and Verum Ultimum Art Gallery.

Emergency prep takes center stage Nov. 1

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Recent events indicate nowhere is safe from disaster, natural and otherwise. Dedicated volunteers and professionals in Concordia – throughout Portland, the state and the nation – are ready to help you prepare for events that may come.

Two of them will share details with you at the Wednesday, Nov. 1, Concordia Neighborhood Association (CNA) Annual Membership Meeting. It begins at 7 p.m. in the McMenamins Kennedy School Community Room.

Immediately prior to the 7 p.m. Annual Membership Meeting, the CNA Board of Directors will convene for its regular monthly meeting at 5:30 p.m. Members of the public are welcome and encouraged to attend and contribute.

Justin Ross

Justin Ross, community capacity specialist, represents Multnomah County Emergency Management at the CNA meeting. That department hosts and sponsors a variety of personal and community preparedness classes through its new Community Preparedness Education and Outreach Team.

His presentation will outline the impacts of a Cascadia Subduction Zone earthquake. Scientists estimate that zone, a fault that stretches from northern California to Vancouver Island, has a 37 percent probability to rupture within the next 50 years and produce a 9.0-plus earthquake in Portland.

He’ll also discuss the necessity for local residents, businesses, agencies, organizations and governments to become disaster resilient. That requires them to:

  • Create plans
  • Build community connections
  • Obtain training

Amy Gard

Amy Gard, leader of the all-volunteer Concordia/Vernon/Woodlawn Neighborhood Emergency Team (NET) will explain how the three-dozen-member team plans and drills for natural disasters. She’ll also discuss “Map Your Neighborhood,” an Oregon Emergency Management/Oregon Citizen Corps publication.

The NET is one of 71 across Portland that are trained by the Portland Bureau of Emergency Management and Portland Fire & Rescue to respond to events that include:

  • Earthquakes
  • Floods
  • Severe winter storms
  • Hazardous material spills
  • Other citywide/regional emergencies

The local team is tasked with acting as first responders to help the 17,000 local residents survive until the arrival of adequate emergency services. NETs aren’t new to Portland which, in 1994, was the third city in the country to form them.

Click here for additional details – including the board election – about the CNA Annual Membership Meeting.

Nov. 1 election beckons CNA board candidates

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Wednesday, Nov. 1, is election day for Concordia Neighborhood Association (CNA). In addition to the election/re-election of board members are presentations on emergency preparedness, CNA committee reports and time for you to speak up on neighborhood concerns.

Immediately prior to the 7 p.m. Annual Membership Meeting, the CNA Board of Directors will convene for its regular monthly meeting at 5:30 p.m. Members of the public are welcome and encouraged to also attend that meeting and contribute.

Each year, seven two-year positions – half of the CNA Board of Directors – are up for election/re-election. Incumbents may or may not stand for re-election. In either case you’re welcome to nominate yourself or another Concordian for office.

This year eight positions will be included in the election. That’s because the Southwest 2 position is being vacated, with one year remaining in the term. The incumbent in the East 1 position has indicated he will decline re-election to a two-year term.

Terms expiring and/or becoming vacant Dec. 31, and the incumbents, are:

East 1, Tyler Bullen

Southwest 1, Garlynn Woodsong

Southwest 2, Daniel Greenstadt

Northwest 1, Isham “Ike” Harris

At large 1, Robert Bowles

At large 3, Jody Pollak

At large 5, Truls Neal

Chair, Chris Lopez

See the map to right for CNA district boundaries.

The primary qualification is residing in or owning property or business interests in the neighborhood. The age minimum is 14 years, and any nominee younger than 18 must have written permission from a parent. The two-year terms begin in January.

Each board member commits to attending monthly board meetings, attending regular and special membership meetings, attending CNA-sponsored events and membership on at least one CNA committee.

Board members should additionally be willing to represent the community to the city on issues such as land use, livability and safety. They are also ambassadors within the neighborhood and at association events.

For complete details on CNA elections and positions, visit ConcordiaPDX.org/about-cna/bylaws/. If you have questions prior to the Nov. 1 meeting, contact board member Ali Novak, AL4@ConcordiaPDX.org.

In addition to the board election, the CNA Annual Meeting features emergency preparedness presentations by the local neighborhood emergency team and Multnomah County.

UPDATED: National Night Out – Friday, Aug. 4

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CNA’S BICYCLE & PED PARADE ON AUGUST 4th is CANCELLED but THE NNO CELEBRATION WILL GO ON THAT EVENING WITH A FREE CONCERT & MOVIE IN FERNHILL PARK! 

CNA’s National Night Out Parade has been cancelled due to the extreme heat, but as the temperatures start declining on the evening of August 4th, please join us at FERNHILL PARK for a night of traditional Afro-Mexican folk music, song, and zapateado (percussive dance) by COLECTIVO SON JAROCHO DE PORTLAND from 6:30 to 8:15 PM. 

Then stay at the park and beat the heat with a cool nighttime showing of THE LEGO BATMAN MOVIE (Subtítulos en Español) at SUNDOWN sponsored by ROSE CITY MORTGAGE & your CNA!

There will be fun activities at the park, including:

  • Children’s Art Activities by COLLAGE
  • Balloon Animals & Hats
  • Henna Tattoos
  • Firetruck to Explore with Local Firefighters

There will be FREE popcorn, popsicles, and water for all! Bring a picnic dinner or buy a meal from one of our 4 food vendors!

Bring a blanket, or low-back concert chair, relax in the hopefully cool breeze and enjoy the show!

23rd Annual Columbia Slough Regatta

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Sunday August 06, 10:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m.

Join our on-the-water festival and celebrate the Columbia Slough!

At this year’s Regatta, over 500 people will have the opportunity to rent a canoe or kayak from the Council (free of cost) to explore and learn more about this special hidden gem.  Despite the name, the Columbia Slough Regatta is not actually a race, but more of a leisurely wildlife-watching group paddle. The event celebrates the watershed with fun and free activities for community members to develop connections with nature and neighborhood resources.

For more information and to register, visit: columbiaslough.org/events/event/248/