October 2010 General Meeting - What Style is My House?

Minutes of the Sabin General Meeting, Monday 18 October, Sabin Elementary School.

Social hour, 6-7:00. Sabinites ate cookies and enjoyed Trailhead Coffee and hot cider, during which they had the opportunity to peruse the Betty Walker files organized by Rachel Studer and Bill Youngren, our Sabin historian. In addition, we saw plans for the Irvington Historical District, explained by Mary Piper. The Architectural Heritage Center had a table supportive of the program What Style Is My House? Resolutions Northwest was well represented by Naomi Pusch.

The opening lecture by Robert Jordan was supplemented by photographs and commentary by Bill Youngren showing Sabin houses representative of the various styles. This contribution was greatly appreciated. In closing, Bill made the point that we have every reason to be as proud of the architectural integrity of our homes as anyone else.

The business meeting contained updates on the Green Streets projects on Fremont, on the Sabin Identity Project for designing a new logo and motto, and plans to beef up community-business engagement.

Future projects include a yard sale to accompany the cleanup, a guided home tour, plant exchanges, and a Betty Walker Memorial Bench in Irving Park.

Discussion from the floor concerned a troubling burned out house at 3954 NE 18th and welcome baskets for new people in the neighborhood.

Austin delivered a Call for Volunteers for all the wonderful projects ahead and for service on the SCA committees.

The meeting adjourned at 8:30.

Fall General Meeting: Tomorrow night @ Sabin School!

Sabin Community Association Fall General Meeting
What Style Is My House?

When: This Monday evening! Monday, October 18th
6pm – 7pm: Social Hour (refreshments, local coffee roaster, cider)
7pm – 8pm: Special Presentation: Sabin Architecture
8pm: Sabin Community Association Business Meeting (all welcome)

What:

• Social Hour: Special exhibit of Sabin’s rich history of diversity and community service from the archives of Betty Walker; Architectural Heritage Center table, with experts on weatherizing your home, researching your house, and more; Irvington Historic District table.
• Special Presentation: 7-7:30. What Style Is my House? by Bosco-Milligan Foundation/Architectural Heritage Center board member Robert Jordan. If you’ve ever wondered what style to call your home, you will find the answer in this perfect program. 7:30-8. Sabin historian William Youngren presents particular houses representative of the great integrity of Sabin design.
• Business Meeting: Bring your community business. All residents, community organizations and businesses welcome.

Where: Sabin Elementary School Auditorium 4013 NE 18th Ave. Portland, 97212

Note: Free Babysitting Available, no RSVP necessary!

FREE Lunch at Sabin School this Summer!

Sabin SUN program is offering FREE lunch for any person 0-18 years and their parents!

Lunch is served anytime between 11am and 1pm, now through the end of July.   Don't miss out and please spread the word within Sabin!

In addition, there are books, games, and gym equipment for students to use.

Oregon Tradeswomen Empowers Women

Hello Friends,

Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc. empowers women to enter into high skill, high wage careers in construction through our FREE, seven-week Trades and Apprenticeship Career Class.

Please help us spread the word about our free program so even more women can get started into satisfying, living wage careers.  Here are the basics:

• Class meets Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays from 8:30 a.m. -4:30 p.m. and includes classroom training (including 5 hours of green job training), hands-on construction work, field trips, valuable industry certifications, strength/fitness training, construction math and measurement, and career counseling.

• Our next class starts on August 10, 2010. Information Sessions about what to expect from the class are held at the PCC Metro One Stop and attending is thefirst step to entering our class.  Info sessions are held twice a month.

Women can call us to sign up for the next info session at 503-335-8200 x 21 OR sign up online at: http://www.tradeswomen.net/tacc-info-session-signup.php

• We do require a GED and prioritize participants that have a driver’s license.  However, interested women should contact us as we often counsel people about what goals to work toward to be more successful in the industry.

Again, thanks for your help in spreading the word and please contact me if you have any questions about the class.

Warmly,

Dawn Jones

Available only Monday and Thursdays for emails and phone calls.

Lead Instructor/Construction Manager

Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc.

1714 NE Alberta St.

Portland, OR 97211

dawn@tradeswomen.net

phone: 503-335-8200 x31

fax: 503-249-0445

Oregon Tradeswomen, Inc:  dedicated to promoting the success

of women in the trades through education, leadership and mentorship.

Check out our FREE women-only pre-apprenticeship class

and other programs at www.tradeswomen.net.

How do I know where to start saving energy?

You could be wasting as much as 60 percent of the energy used to heat and cool your home. Leaky ducts, inefficient equipment, poor insulation and air leaks may be inflating your energy costs. To find out what is causing the energy loss, use an online Home Energy Analyzer or schedule a Home Energy Review with Energy Trust of Oregon. An energy advisor will come to your home when it’s convenient, spend an hour walking with you through your home and visually assessing typical areas of energy loss. After the review, you’ll get customized recommendations on where to start, plus information on cash incentives available when you improve the energy efficiency of your home. Sign-up online at www.energytrust.org/her for your Home Energy Review.  Or call 1.866.368.7878 for homeowners to set-up an appointment.

Sabin's Pre-kindergarten program

By Andrew Dauch, Sabin School Principal

For the 2010-11 school year, Sabin will be offering a fee-based  pre-kindergarten program. The program will run from 8:30 - 11:15 am, Monday through Friday. The cost of the program is $340 per month, September through May. We will have four tuition reduction slots for families qualifying for Free and Reduced-Priced Meals. The early registration deadline is June 1st, but we will continue to accept applications on a first come, first serve basis until all 20 slots have been taken.

To pick up an application, please go to the school or go online to:www.pps.k12.or.us/departments/kindergarten and go to the pre-k link.

Questions? Please contact the school at 503-916-6482.

  

Thanks to all of you for your support of our students and school. I look forward to working with all of you next year!

Build-a-Burger to Fight Hunger

by David Sweet

The King Portland Farmers Market is in full swing Sundays from 10 am until 2 pm at the King neighborhood facility, NE 7th & Wygant.

Foodshare Fund Northeast, a project of the Northeast Coalition of Neighborhoods (NECN), is also in full swing.  For our second year we are providing a matching funds for our neighbors using food stamps to buy fresh, local food at the market. This year, in response to a growing and urgent need, we've expanded the program.  Nearly one in five Oregonians are now receiving food stamps, 39% of them children.  Foodshare Fund NE provides funds from our community -- businesses, community groups, neighbors -- to match food stamps spent at King dollar for dollar, up to $10 per week.   Last year, the average match was $234 per Sunday. This year it has been $896 per Sunday. 

Foodshare Fund NE is privileged to be able to support our neighbors  during this time with fresh, local food and to support our local farmers and food system. If you'd like the opportunity to help, contact us at traci17@comcast.net or through our Facebook page "Foodshare Fund NE". If you'd like to donate, you can do so at the market every week at the NECN info booth, on-line through PayPal at portland.necoalition.org (specify "Foodshare Fund" in comments), or by mail, 4815 NE 7th Avenue, Portland, OR 97211-3939. More information is also available on the Portland Farmers Market site, portlandfarmersmarket.org "Healthy Food for All".

Join us! at King Portland Farmers Market Sunday, the 4th of July for Build-a-Burger! Get a $5 meat or vegie burger fresh grilled at the market from 11 am - 1 pm. 100% of proceeds benefit Foodshare Fund NE.