Our Awesome Annual Sabin Neighborhood Event: The 2010 Sabin Spring Clean-Up!

On Saturday, May 15, from 10 am -to 2 pm the Sabin Clean-up Committee cordially invites the Sabin community to load-up unwanted debris and bring it to the annual Spring Clean-Up for disposal. The drop location is the same as most years; the Maranatha Church Parking Lot, NE 12th & Skidmore. We are readily accepting yard debris, household junk, furniture, mattresses, scrap metal, appliances, microwaves & tires. However, there will be a disposal fee for TVs and computer monitors that have "CRT picture tubes." The fees are $10 for each computer monitor, $10 for each TV and $20 for each large console television. There is no charge for e-waste such as stereos, tape players, printers or CPUs.

The Sabin Clean-up will not accept kitchen garbage, construction debris, commercial by-products, batteries, paint, hazardous or chemical wastes. Additionally, the clean-up crew will not accept materials that are classified as compostable material or curbside recyclables; recyclable glass, newspapers, motor oil or cardboard should be put out for pick-up with your regular household garbage for pick-up by your normal rubbish pick-up service. See the Metro website for details at www.metro-region.org.

The Sabin Clean-up Committee offers a limited curbside pick-up service to individuals, seniors and folks that are "in-need." These folks typically have disabilities that limit their ability to efficiently dispose of debris. Please do not use this service unless you are severely limited by physical ability and have no means what-so-ever to dispose of debris. Please donate generously when using this service; Fred and Rick are the Sabin Clean-up A-Team; their commitment to this service is absolutely amazing. Contact Jerry Channell at 503-282-7584 to schedule a pick-up time and place for May 15th only.

To dispose of debris, just clip, fill out and bring the sanctioned coupon that is at the bottom of this newsletter or located at numerous neighborhood businesses and institutions. Please donate generously, this is a neighborhood fund-raising effort; we don’t charge flat fees like most neighborhoods. The Sabin Clean-up Committee is readily soliciting volunteers to expedite this endeavor; call Jerry at the aforementioned phone number to pitch-in and celebrate "community" by contributing to the clean-up effort. Sorry contiguous neighbors, the Sabin Spring Clean-up is available to Sabin residents only.

May 8 -- Sabin Neighborhood Encounter: Our Common Spaces

Want to know about the common spaces we share in our neighborhood, so we can take better care of them? Want to know where boundaries are and rules concerning public property such as parks, planting strips and rights of way? Then join us at Sabin Hydropark, NE Skidmore at 19^th Ave., on

May 8, from 10am-noon. We’ll get a general orientation and talk about the facilities at the Hydropark, such as the play area and Community Garden, walk down 19^th Ave. to Mason St. and the Sabin Community Orchard, cross the street to Sabin School and Sabin Gardens, head over to 15^th to point out the triangle at Prescott, walk down 15^th to Klickitat, stroll down the Klickitat Mall to Irving Park, and end at the Green Streets project on Fremont. From there, we can check out Ariadne Garden, a non-profit land trust project, just north of Fremont on 11^th, before an optional lunch at Whole Foods.

        Stay tuned to your neighborhood newsletter

for more announcements as

we get closer to May. For

more information, contact

Jeff Strang at 503-752-9494

or jeffstrang@comcast.net.

Board Candidates' Statements: Vision for Sabin

President
Austin Peterson: Maintaining the character of sabin while imroving the lifestyle of the residents is the paramount goal of my tenure as president.  I plan to focus on quality recruitment to the board and subcommitees so that we can utilize the diverse character and expertise of our residents in our work as the community representatives.


1st Vice President


2nd Vice President


Secretary 
Barbara Conable: I envision Sabin residents fostering its unique character, cherishing the special nature of its homes and gardens, supporting its school, arts organizations and parks, helping all its businesses to thrive, and cooperating with each other with the help of the SCA and NECN and the Office of Neighborhood Involvement to be a place everybody loves to live and visit. 


Treasurer


Positions at Large