OKNA Email Digest 4/15/11

Don't forget about the Overlook Neighborhood Association's April General Meeting (Tues., 4/19, 7:00pm at Kaiser Town Hall). We hope to see you there.

Other events (details are below):
1. Sustainability Film & Food Series: Urban Gardening – Seed/Plant Exchange, Potluck and Film (4/20)
2. Egg-stravaganza at Overlook House
3. Solarize Portland projects extend deadline to May 15, 2011
4. Mid-session Town Hall with Lew Frederick, Chip Shields, and Tina Kotek (4/23)
5. Upcoming meetings regarding Air Toxics in Oregon.

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1. Sustainability Film & Food Series: Urban Gardening – Seed/Plant Exchange, Potluck and Film (4/20)

Join the Overlook Neighborhood Sustainability Team (ONest) for our Sustainability Film & Food Series: Urban Gardening

Wednesday, April 20, 6-8:30pm
Daybreak CoHousing Common House Great Room, 2525 N. Killingsworth

Potluck @ 6
Film: The Power Of Community: How Cuba Survived Peak Oil @ 6:30
Seed/Plan Exchange @ 7:30

Please bring a potluck dish, your own beverages and utensils, and seeds/plants to share (if you have none to share, this is the event for you!! Bring a box to take home seeds and plants that others want you to have!)

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2. Egg-stravaganza at Overlook House

Saturday, April 23, 10:30 a.m.
3839 North Melrose Drive

Kids, bring your baskets and see what the Easter Bunny has left for you to find!
Have fun hunting for colorful eggs filled wi

th treats and toys on the lawns at Overlook House.
Hunt begins promptly at 10:30 for the youngest children.
There will be a second “release” for older kids at 10:45.
Free, but a donation is suggested.
This event is sponsored by Friends of the Overlook House.
Hunt will be held rain or shine.  See you there!

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3. Solarize Portland projects extend deadline to May 15, 2011

For info and upcoming free workshops, go to www.soloarizenorth-nw.org

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4. Mid-session Town Hall with Lew Frederick, Chip Shields, and Tina Kotek (4/23)

Who: Representatives Lew Frederick and Tina Kotek, Senator Chip Shields, and you!
What: Mid-Session Town Hall
When: Saturday, April 23, 10 AM- noon
Where: Moriarty Hall Auditorium, PCC Cascade

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5. Upcoming meetings regarding Air Toxics in Oregon

(1) April 19, 2011: Meeting to evaluate short term air toxics benchmarks feasibility 
When: 5 p.m. to 7 p.m, Tuesday April 19. 
Where: Oregon DEQ Headquarters, 10th floor Conference Room, 811 SW 6th Ave., Portland

(2) April 27, 2011: EPA to present Harriet Tubman School Air Toxics Monitoring results. 
When: 6 p.m., Wednesday April 27. 
Where: Harriet Tubman School Library, 2231 N. Flint Portland, OR 97227

Go to http://www.deq.state.or.us/aq/toxics/schools.htm for more info

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