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the official newsletter of the city of lake oswegoMay 2011In This
Issue 1 Community-Wide Clean Up Day
Farmers’ Market Opens
Public Works Week
Festival of the Arts Exhibit
Comp Plan Open House
2 Streetcar Update
City’s Budget Process Underway
Library Says “Thank You”
ACC Saves $25,000
Make Your Home Energy Efficient
Showcasing the Best of LO
3 Parks & Recreation
City Library 4 Lake Run
Historic Home Tour
Community Forestry Workshops
Water Management Classes
Child Safety Seat Clinic
Vote for Your Favorite Sculpture
Community Calendar
For inFormation about the City and its serviCes, go to www.Ci.oswego.or.us, or Call 503-635-0257.
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Historic Preservation
Month
Sustainability Action
Month
Festival oF the arts exhibit
Community-Wide Clean up day
Sofa seen better days?
Farmers’ market
opens may 14
Join us at the Market! Saturdays, 8:30 a.m. to 1:30
p.m., from May 14 to October 8 at Millennium Plaza
Park. Please join us on opening day and enjoy musical
entertainment from our local schools from 10:30 a.m. to
12:30 p.m.
Millennium Plaza Park has expanded, allowing us to add
nine additional vendor spaces. Vendors will be offering
such delights as fresh produce, flowers, plants, pork,
chicken, eggs, honey, salsa, jellies and jams, and cheeses.
There will also be a number of wonderful refreshment
vendors that are sure to appeal to everyone - organic
donuts, omelets, fresh breads, gyros, BBQ, wood fire
pizza made on site, waffles, scones, and more. The Lake
Oswego Farmers’ Market Cookbook will also be available
for sale opening day.
Once again, we are happy to have New Seasons Market
as the Sustainability Sponsor in helping to provide a
greener market for the community. Bring your reusable
shopping and produce bags, buy locally and buy fresh!
Bike Gallery will also be on hand to do helmet checks.
For nearly a half a century, The Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts has been a bright
spot of summer festival magic. Lakewood Center’s true mission to expose and
educate through the years span a range of exhibits such as: Comics, Miniatures,
Painting with Fire, Calligraphy, and now launching this years’ special exhibit, “The
Language of Sculpture.” A unique and standout show enabling
you to see the virtual and visual transformation of sculpture
from start to finish. Ben Dye, the artist of Millennium
Park’s sculpted seahorse, will also be the curator of this
year’s “The Language of Sculpture” special exhibit.
Partnering with the Arts Council of Lake Oswego‘s “Gallery Without Walls”
walking tours will be provided throughout the Festival weekend. With over
60 installations, Gallery Without Walls has introduced thousands of people to
sculptures of all different styles and subject matter.
Through generous donations, the Festival offers docent tours, lectures, and shipments
of artwork that come from beyond Oregon. Thanks to: Key Bank, Shorenstein Realty,
Prudential NW Realty, Lake Oswego Vision Clinic, Allied Waste, the City of Lake Oswego,
and Umpqua Bank - for helping make the Festival possible.
The Festival is June 24, 25, and 26. For more information visit, www.lakewood-center.org or
call 503-636-1060.
Celebrate May 15-21
publiC Works Week
The City’s Public Works Department provides services that
you enjoy every day... from getting quality water to your
house to maintaining your street. During the Market on
May 14, stop by their booth at the lower fountain - check
out some cool equipment and learn about services that
affect your health, safety, comfort and overall quality of life!
The City, along with partner organizations Allied Waste,
Metro, Community Warehouse, and the Oregon National
Guard, will be holding a Community Wide Cleanup Day
on Saturday, June 4, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. (or until the
dumpsters are full) at the West End Building, 4101 Kruse
Way. Bring your items for reuse, recycling or disposal!
Reusable Items For Charity
Community Warehouse (www.communitywarehouse.
org) will be on-site to collect useable furniture and
household items which go directly to your neighbors
in need, providing them with the basics to establish a
functioning home. Items they will be collecting include
towels, pillows, armchairs, dressers, sofas, dish sets, pots
and pans, kitchen tables, microwaves, mattresses, bed
sheets, and TVs.
Recycle
We will have containers to collect the following items for
recycling:
• E-Waste: Computers, monitors, televisions and other
electronics
• Scrap metal: appliances, toasters, ladders and other
metal
• Yard debris: Anything that grows in your yard such
as vines, branches, leaves, and grass clippings. Use
Kraft style paper lawn bags if needed or bundled and
tied with string. No plastic bags please. All branches
must be less than 2” in diameter and 3’ in length.
Restrictions
• NO hazardous waste will be collected at this event.
This material includes items such as oil, gasoline,
diesel fuel, cleaning solvents, pesticides, fertilizers,
fireworks or ammunition, florescent bulbs containing
mercury, batteries, paint, thermometers, sharps or
medical waste or equipment. You can safely dispose
of these items at Metro’s hazardous waste facilities.
For more information, call Metro Recycling at 503-
234-3000.
• NO stumps, oversized branches, rocks, ashes,
asbestos, animal waste, radioactive material, or
commercial waste. For more information on how to
dispose of these items, call Metro Recycling at 503-
234-3000 or Allied Waste at 503-636-3011.
For a more comprehensive list of recycling/reuse items
accepted at this event and additional recycling and
disposal options, visit www.ci.oswego.or.us.
If you are a senior and/or a disabled citizen or need help
getting your stuff to the cleanup, contact us at 503-635-
0257 by May 15 to schedule a pickup. These pickups
will be done by volunteers, so please limit the amount to
one pickup load per address and have all items in your
driveway or placed where our volunteers will have easy
access to them.
If you would like to volunteer to unload items from cars
and trucks, assist seniors and disabled, or have a truck
and want to help with the off-site collections, please
contact Diana Smith-Bouwer, Citizen Information Center,
at 503-635-0257 or dbouwer@ci.oswego.or.us.
You are invited to a Community Open House to discuss the
impacts of where and how new housing and jobs are located
in the future. Drop by the West End Building between 4 and
8 p.m. To learn more, visit www.welovelakeoswego.com
or send an email to welovelo@ci.oswego.or.us.
open house - may 25
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For inFormation about the City and its serviCes, go to www.Ci.oswego.or.us, or Call 503-635-0257.
City Council
503-635-0215
503-697-6594 (fax)
City Council e-mail:
council@ci.oswego.or.us
City Manager
Alex D. McIntyre
503-635-0215
Mike Kehoe
City Councilor
503-706-8365 (Cell)
Jack Hoffman
Mayor
503-635-0213 (City Hall)
Donna Jordan
City Councilor
503-675-1120 (Home)
Bill Tierney
City Councilor
503-539-7144 (Cell)
Mary Olson
City Councilor
503-638-2042 (Home)
Sally Moncrieff
City Councilor
503-819-5553 (Cell)
Jeff Gudman
City Councilor
503-780-1524 (Cell)
aCC saves $25,000
A state of the art database software system called
MySeniorCenter was introduced at the Lake Oswego
Adult Community Center (LOACC) in 2009 to increase
accuracy in reporting and reducing paper usage. Over the
past two years, staff calculated a savings of more than
50,000 sheets of paper. It is estimated that $25,000 has
been saved in supplies and staff time. By eliminating the
inefficiencies in management processes, staff is able to
handle the huge increase in participants with roughly the
same budget and staff. In other words, do more with less,
which for the LOACC has translated into doing a better
job with reporting and indicators which allows staff more
time to connect and assist individual seniors.
The system has also been a hit with participants. Users
receive a swipe card and instructions with a bar code.
Users scan their bar code on the scanner, which reads a
number unique to them, allowing them to use a large,
colorful, easy to read touch screen. By touching the
desired activity, users can sign up for programs, activities,
record volunteer hours, borrow medical equipment, and
register for education programs, lunch, and any other
Center offering. Users have enjoyed learning a new system
and are excited to teach newcomers about the process.
make your home energy eFFiCient
Homeowners in Lake Oswego are now able to get rebates
to transform energy-wasting homes into comfortable,
energy efficient living spaces that stay cooler in the
summer and warmer in the winter. Because of the
success of the pilot program - Clean Energy Works
Portland, a new non-profit organization, Clean Energy
Works Oregon (CEWO), is expanding to 17 communities
statewide, with a goal of retrofitting 6,000 homes and
businesses by 2013.
The CEWO program offers no-money-down, no-fee
financing and simple qualifications. Residents can
complete in-depth weatherization projects on their
homes with no out-of-pocket costs because retrofits are
financed at a low 5.99% APR and repaid on the monthly
heating utility bill.
For a limited time, CEWO is offering up to $3,200 in
Instant Rebates depending on projected energy savings.
Only 1,000 Instant Rebates are available for all of Oregon
in 2011. And, for the first 40 Lake Oswego homes
qualified by the program, the City will offer an additional
$500 instant rebate. These rebates are applied directly
to the project costs so homeowners never have to pay
out-of-pocket.
This program bundles multiple energy upgrades into a
one-time, one-stop Home Energy Remodel and equips
homeowners with expert guidance from start to finish.
It takes the guesswork out of which projects need to
be done and what contractors to hire. After the online
application is approved, CEWO will schedule a FREE four-
hour Home Energy Assessment, a $500 value, to pinpoint
energy saving opportunities and then assign a Building
Performance Institute (BPI)-certified contractor to do the
work. All of this comes from a simple online application.
To apply or to learn more about the CEWO program,
visit www.cewo.org or call Susan Millhauser, City of Lake
Oswego Sustainability Coordinator, at 503-635-0291.
Learn about energy conservation, CEWO and other rebate
programs for home energy retrofits at the May 10 and 21
Energy IQ Workshops (see Sustainability Action Month
insert for more information).
City’s budget proCess underWay
library says “thank you”
On April 8, 50 wonderful high school students from Lake
Oswego High School, poured into Lake Oswego Public
Library and cleaned everything that was not nailed
down. The end-result of their three-hour stint was a
clean Library and happy patrons. The Community Work
Day project at the Library was part of a student-initiated
project designed to thank the community of Lake
Oswego. The goal of Community Work Day is to provide
businesses, community members and/or non-profit
agencies an opportunity to enlist the help of high school
students to work for them at no cost. We were thrilled to
have this help and to participate in this program.
CEWO provides an on-bill financing mechanism for energy efficiency retrofits
streetCar update
Say hello to summer! From mid-June through August,
the Lake Oswego Community Marketing Initiative will
showcase the best of Lake Oswego. Through a public-
private multi-media effort, we will highlight shopping,
dining, cultural and recreational offerings, and the quality
of life and place that make Lake Oswego an attractive
place to live or locate a business. The Initiative invites
Lake Oswego businesses to attend one of two training
The 2011-12 budget process is underway. The City’s
Budget Committee, which is comprised of an equal
number of volunteer citizens and City Council members,
began its review of the City Manager’s Proposed Budget
in April.
The City’s operating budget is relatively flat, with a
few notable exceptions. For example, included in the
Proposed Budget is $2 million in financial assistance for
the Lake Oswego School District. The funding is made up
of service reductions and other strategies from existing
revenues of $811,000 plus $414,000 from capital reserves.
Also, in order to reach $2 million, Council asked for a
proposal to increase Franchise Fees by $775,000. This will
be formally reviewed by the City Council on May 3. The
Proposed Budget also includes an additional $1.1 million
as a means to begin to pay principal on the line of credit
for the West End Building as well approximately $450,000
for the ongoing interest payments.
All Budget Committee meetings are open to the public
and citizens are encouraged to provide input. The
Committee will make recommendations to the City
Council which, in June, will approve a final budget for the
beginning of the fiscal year, July 1, 2011. Meetings began
on April 21 and will continue at 6 p.m. on Thursday, May
5, 12 and 19 in the Council Chambers.
For a copy of the proposed budget, go to
www.ci.oswego.or.us/finance/budg.htm.
shoWCasing the best oF lo
sessions to learn more about the Marketing Initiative and
how to participate in promotional activities:
• Thursday, May 19, 8-9:30 a.m. in the Santiam Room
of the West End Building
• Tuesday, May 24, 8-9:30 a.m. at The Lakewood
Center for the Arts
For more information, please contact the Economic
Development Program at 503-534-4225.
Businesses Invited to Participate in Marketing Initiative
On April 19, the Lake Oswego City Council endorsed
the Lake Oswego to Portland Transit Project Steering
Committee’s recommendation of the streetcar over
the enhanced bus or no-build alternatives as the
Locally Preferred Alternative (LPA) in the Highway
43 transportation corridor. The vote sends the City’s
transportation recommendation as well as a list of
requirements to be met at the different planning stages
of the project to Metro who makes the final LPA decision.
Metro’s selection of a LPA is expected in summer of 2011,
after other jurisdictions along Highway 43 and TriMet have
made their recommendations. While a LPA selection is
a significant decision to focus efforts, it is not a sign-off
on bringing, building or paying for a streetcar. The next
phases will inform future decisions on whether a streetcar
line should be paid for, constructed and operated.
Information required before proceeding to the next step
in the federal process include items below. Should the
process continue to move forward, this data is expected
to be completed in the coming fall or winter.
• a refined budget, informed by an updated value
of the Willamette Shore Line right-of-way (which
makes up a large part of the local contribution), an
independent audit of costs and a narrowing down of
alignment choices - all allowing for more precisely
calculated costs,
• a financing strategy that includes the feasibility
of funding the City’s contribution to a streetcar
- estimated at $12 to $18 million - through
development fees and redevelopment dollars from
the Lake Oswego Redevelopment Agency and/or the
redevelopment of Foothills, and
• the Foothills Framework Plan.
To get additional input from the citizens of Lake Oswego,
the Council unanimously supported holding a city-wide
vote once the refined data becomes available for an
informed decision - no later than May 2012. Also, the
majority of Council asked to conduct a statistically-valid
survey of the community as soon as possible.
For the adopted resolution and more information go to
http://bit.ly/LakeOswegoStreetcarRecommendation.
For more information call:
Main Number, 503-636-7628
Reference Desk Number, 503-675-2540
or visit www.lakeoswegolibrary.org
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d i s C o v e r a C t i v e l i v i n gparks & reCreation
For inFormation about the City and its serviCes, go to www.Ci.oswego.or.us, or Call 503-635-0257.
West End Building, 4101 Kruse Way
For more information call 503-675-2549
www.lakeoswegoparks.org
lusCher Farm
Community Supported Agriculture. Do you prefer fresh,
in-season, organically grown, vegetables that didn’t travel
hundreds (or thousands) of miles to get to your table? If
so, then you should check out the Community Supported
Agriculture (CSA) program at Luscher Farm.
CSA makes you and the farmer partners, where you
supply early seed money and the farmer does the work
of planting, weeding, tending, growing, and harvesting.
You share in the harvest (bountiful or lean), and when
it comes in, you pick up a box of seasonal produce each
Thursday, May 19 to October 27. Think of luscious, just-
picked, red tomatoes; crisp, refreshing cucumbers; tangy
dill, just picked peas, peppers and potatoes, and much
more: Half a year of natural food at its best.
The up-front seed money you supply is called a share and
you can purchase a Summer Whole Share for $950 or a
Half Share for $525. A whole share generously feeds a
family of four for a week; a half share is plenty for smaller
households.
To start getting the best in both taste and nutrition,
become a CSA Shareholder. Sign up today at
lakeoswegoparks.org (keyword csa) or call 503-675-2549.
A Summer Picnic. Leave the potato salad in the fridge
and gussy up your picnic with new twists. Join Chef Allen
Doty for new menu ideas for outdoor concerts and other
summer outings! Saturday, May 21, 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
$20.
Mother’s Day Tea Party. An afternoon tea party - how
very civilized! Children and mothers make sweet and
savory nibbles to share and sip on tea in the the Luscher
Farmhouse living room. Ages 6 and up, Sunday, May 8, 3
to 5 p.m. $28 per pair; $14 each additional child.
summer Camp disCount
$10 discounts on selected summer camps before June 1.
Rowing/Sculling
The secret is out: The Charlie S. Brown Water Sports
Center near Oswego Pointe offers a full complement of
rowing and sculling classes for anyone age 13 and up.
Four-week class sessions run all summer, May through
August. Get a $15 discount for signing up before June 1.
Find out more at Learn to Row Day, open to the public on
June 4.
Making Animated Cartoons
Movies like Coraline, Toy Story, Rango and Rio, all
started with someone who knew how to make pictures
move. Portland animator Marten Zagunis leads students
through the concepts, various techniques and steps
of creating cartoons. A short film and different theme
each day, plus a DVD of the class work. Ages 15 and up,
Fridays, June 3 to July 8, 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. $135.
lake osWego publiC golF Course
17525 Stafford Road – 503-636-8228
YAC Grand Scramble Golf Tourney. 18 hole, four-person
scramble with a caddy auction, $10,000 hole-in-one,
marshmallow drive, catered lunch and more! $42 per
person raises funds for teen programs. Saturday, June
11, 8:30 a.m. shotgun start. Sponsored by Youth Action
Council.
programs For adults
First Tuesday Music Series - Dan Balmer
May 3, 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Guitarist Dan Balmer’s music has been featured in movies
and television shows both in the U.S. and overseas.
His most recent CD, Thanksgiving, features New York
heavyweights Gary Versace and Matt Wilson in a free
spirited romp through several of Dan’s compositions.
Performing Arts Series - Trashcan Joe
May 11, 2 p.m.
Trashcan Joe can be summed up as “ideology based
on maximum musical output from recycled minimum
input.” Playing with instruments made from recycled
and found objects, Trashcan Joe provides a unique sound
reminiscent of the early jazz era.
May Art Display
The Library will show the work of 15 area artists who
were inspired by the Lake Oswego Reads book, Cutting
For Stone, by Abraham Verghese.
Third Tuesday Author Series - Author Daniel Gottlieb
May 17, 7 p.m.
Daniel H. Gottlieb will discuss the misnomer global
warming in a lively presentation about how all sides of
the climate issue use propaganda, misinformation, and
spin to muddle the impacts industrial society has had
on the planet. Mr. Gottlieb is the author of The
Galileo Syndrome, (previously used as a
college level textbook on environmental
philosophy), The Fires of Home,
and The Dialogues of Sancho and
Quixote: Mythical Debates on
Global Warming 1997 - 2010. A
fourth book, The Dirties, will be
out in 2011.
Environmental Book Group
May 24, 7 p.m.
As a part of Sustainability
Action Month, the Group will
meet to discuss The Fires of Home by Daniel Gottlieb.
This work of fiction explores humans’ connection to the
Earth and the madness that results when that connection
is broken.
Celebrates the Works of Emily Dickinson
May 26, 7 p.m.
The Library’s Open Forum features Holly Springfield,
founder of the Portland Chapter of the Emily Dickinson
International Society, for a talk about Dickinson’s writing
and some of her favorite authors. Bring a favorite
Dickinson poem to share!
Join us this summer for LAZINFEST
Beginning June 1, library card holders 18 and older may
register for LAZINFEST at the Adult Services Desk. The
Adult Summer Reading Program will last through August
31. Read books! Win prizes! Escape reality!
Free Computer Classes at the Library
The 24/7 Library: Searching Online Resources. Classes
are held every first and second Tuesday at 9 a.m.
Beginning Library2Go. Teaches you how to use free
digital audiobooks, eBooks and videos. Only six students
per class. Classes will be held on May 14, from
9:30-10:30 a.m. and May 20 and 27, from 9 to
10 a.m.
Keyboarding and Internet Searching.
Classes held on the second, third and fourth
Wednesdays, from 9 to 10 a.m.
Email Basics. Classes will be held on May 2
and May 23. Please call for times.
Be your Own Librarian. Learn to
successfully navigate the ocean
of information available online
and through your library. Only
six students per class. Classes
held on Wednesdays, May 12,
19 and 26. Please call for times.
Classes are free of charge, but
you must sign up in advance.
Call 503-675-2540.
programs For Children
Children’s Storytimes
Through Wednesday, May 25
Storytimes are special reading adventures tailored for a
range of ages. Baby Storytime (birth through 18 months)
is on Tuesdays at 11:45 a.m. Toddler Storytime (19
months to three years old) takes place on Wednesdays at
11:45 a.m. Preschool Storytime (three to five year olds)
is on Tuesdays and Wednesdays at 10:30 a.m. The spring
storytime series ends on May 25. The summer series
begins on Tuesday, June 21.
Special Series: Musical Laptime with Colette Fallon
Fridays at 10:30 a.m. on May 6, 13, 20, and 27
Families with babies from birth through 18 months are
invited to a series of musical laptimes presented by early
childhood music specialist Colette Fallon.
Betty the Clumsy Ballerina - Penny’s Puppet Productions
May 14, 11 a.m.
Betty wants to be a real ballerina someday. The problem
is, she has a hard time staying up on her toes.
programs For teens
DS and Wii Gaming
May 13, 3:30 p.m.
Gamers in grades 7-12 - test your gaming skills at a
Pokemon and Mario Kart gaming event. Bring friends, a
DS and your Pokemon games for battle and trading fun
and compete for prizes in a Mario Kart Wii tournament.
Play one or both games. Snacks will be available. DS
games and devices are not supplied by the Library. Please
call 503-697-6580 to register.
adult Community Center
505 G Avenue, 503-635-3758
May is Older Americans Month
On May 18 two events address this year’s theme “Older
Americans: Connecting the Community.”
At 10 a.m., Paul Lyons presents “Right Sized Housing,”
cosponsored by the Sustainability Advisory Board, and
full of the latest facts and figures on housing options
for aging in place and downsizing in Lake Oswego.
After lunch at 1 p.m., Interior Designer and Aging in
Place Specialist Phyllis Eastman introduces “Universal
Design” - creating planned spaces that are safer, more
accessible and functional for people of all ages and
abilities.
Programs are free but please call the ACC to pre-register
at 503-635-3758.
Computer Learning Center Classes
How to use your Digital Camera. Mondays, May 2 and 9,
12:30 to 2 p.m.
Beginning Microsoft Word. Tuesdays, May 3 to 24, 10 to
11:30 p.m.
Beginning Windows 7 for the PC. Tuesdays and
Thursdays, May 3 to 19, 2:30 to 4 p.m.
Beginning Excel. Fridays, May 20 to 27 and June 3, 12:30
to 2 p.m.
Computer 101 - First Time User. Mondays, May 16 to 23,
2:30 to 4 p.m.
Printing Essentials for the PC. Tuesday, May 24, 2:30 to 4
p.m.
For information or to register, call 503-635-3758 or visit
www.lo-clc.org.
Night Ranger Glow Ball Tourney. Two player best ball on
18 holes; Men’s and Ladies Divisions. Saturday, May 21, 7
p.m. (8:30 p.m. shotgun start) $79 two person team entry
includes glow equipment, dinner by the new Bunkers Call
Restaurant, and more. $10 discount for paid entry by May
7. Entry deadline May 17.
Dan Balmer
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Community Calendar
This newsletter is printed on 100% recycled
content paper, using soy-based ink.
Citizen Information Specialist and HelloLO Editor
Bonnie Hirshberger
503-675-3992 bhirshberger@ci.oswego.or.us
Event dates are subject to change.
More details are available online at:
www.ci.oswego.or.us/cal/calendar.htm.
For more information, call 503-635-0236.
May
1 Sunday
2 Monday • DRC Meeting, 7pm
3 Tuesday • City Council Regular Meeting, 6pm
• Library Music Series, 7pm
4 Wednesday • First Wednesday at Heritage House, 7pm
• Solar Ready Workshop, 6-8pm
• HRAB, 7pm
• Skyland NA Semi-Annual Mtg, 7:30pm
5 Thursday • Budget Committee Meeting, 6pm
• Tree Risk Mgmt Workshop, WEB,
7-8pm
6 Friday • SAM Month-Chamber Networking
Event, City Hall, 7:30-9:30am
• First Addition/Forest Hills Neighbors
Coordinating Meeting, 6:30pm
• “Secret Garden” Zero-Waste Opening
Night, Lakewood Center, 7:30-9:30pm
7 Saturday • LONAC Meeting, 9:30am
• Lake Run, Millennium Plaza Park
• Solar Oregon Goal Net Zero Tour
8 Sunday
9 Monday • Planning Commission, 6:30pm
10 Tuesday • Foothills Oversight Committee, Main
Fire Station, 3:30-5pm
• City Council Special Mtg, 6pm
• Energy IQ Workshop, WEB, 6-8pm
11 Wednesday • Library Performing Arts Series, 2pm
• Boones Ferry Rd Project Advisory
Committee, 4:30-6:30pm
• Earthquake Presentation, Marylhurst
University, 6:30-8:30pm
• LAB Meeting, 7pm
• TAB Meeting, 7pm
12 Thursday • Budget Committee Meeting, 6pm
13 Friday • SAM Month-Chamber Networking
Event, Bike Gallery, 7:30-9:30am
• Evergreen NA Board Mtg, 7pm
14 Saturday • Farmers’ Market, 8:30am-1:30pm
• Heritage Tree Bike Ride, 9:30am
• Child Safety Seat Clinic, 10am-2pm
• Solar Ready Workshop, 10am
• Historic Home Tour, 11am
• Luscher Farm Walking Tour, 1pm
• Deep Green Open House, 1-4pm
15 Sunday
16 Monday • Redevelopment Agency Meeting, 6pm
• SAB Meeting, 6:30pm
• DRC Meeting, 7pm
17 Tuesday • SAM FORGE Business Education
Seminar, Marylhurst, 11:30am-1pm
• City Council Regular Meeting, 6pm
• Library Author Series, 7pm
18 Wednesday • Right Size Housing, ACC, 10-11am
• Joint NRAB/PRAB meeting, 6pm
• NRAB Meeting, 6:30pm
19 Thursday • Budget Committee Meeting, 6pm
20 Friday • SAM Month-Chamber Networking
Event, Marylhurst, 7:30-9:30am
21 Saturday • Farmers’ Market, 8:30am-1:30pm
• Energy IQ Workshop, WEB, 9am
• Irrigation Workshop, City Hall, 9am
• Landscaping for Conservation, 9am
• Electric Bicycle Test Ride, WEB, 11am
• Sustainability Day at Tryon Creek
Natural Area, 1-4pm
22 Sunday • Millennium Concert Band, 7:30pm
23 Monday • Arts Council Gallery Without Walls, 1pm
• Planning Commission, 6:30pm
24 Tuesday • City Council Special Mtg, 6pm
• Environment Book Group, 7pm
25 Wednesday • Hallinan Garden Tour, 10am and 2pm
• Comp Plan Open House, WEB, 4-8pm
26 Thursday • 50+ Advisory Board, 8:30am
• Arts Council Board Mtg, 8:30am
• Library Open Forum Series, 7pm
• Girl Scout Sustainability Event
• Foothills CAC, WEB, 5-7pm
27 Friday • SAM Month-Chamber Networking
Event, Bull Mountain, 7:30-9:30am
28 Saturday • Farmers’ Market, 8:30am-1:30pm
29 Sunday
30 Monday • City Holiday - CITY OFFICES CLOSED
31 Tuesday
On May 21 and June 18, the City’s Water Conservation
Coordinator, Kevin McCaleb, will teach you how to: detect
leaks; read and use your water meter; tune up, maintain
and repair your irrigation system; calculate how much
water your yard needs; program your timer and many
other helpful techniques.
All classes are from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Council
Chambers in City Hall. Classes are limited to 25 attendees
and are open to anyone wishing to attend. Reserve your
spot online at www.lowaterconservation.com or stop by
the reception desk on the 3rd floor of City Hall, 380 A
Avenue. There is a $10 registration fee that must be paid
prior to the class. For more information, call 503-675-3747.
Water management
vote For your Favorite sCulpture
Cast your ballot for the People’s Choice Award and help choose the next piece of art for the City of Lake Oswego’s
permanent art collection. Five pieces of sculpture in the rotating Gallery Without Walls exhibition are on the People’s
Choice Ballot, available now through May 16. This annual event gives community members the opportunity to
participate in developing the City’s permanent art collection. The sculpture with the most votes cast for it will be
purchased by the City.
Ballots are available at City Hall, the Library, and online at www.artscouncillo.org. For additional information or a
walking tour of the complete Galley Without Walls collection, call the Arts Council of Lake Oswego at 503-675-3738, or
email cbrock@ci.oswego.or.us. Take a self-guided tour on your Iphone with a free app, L.O. Art Tour, from the App Store
and artscouncillo.org/tour from your smartphone.
Learn how to install your child’s seat correctly at our free
clinic at the Main Fire Station, 300 B Avenue, on May 14,
10 a.m. to 2 p.m. No appointment is necessary.
Child saFety seat
The Lake Oswego Junior Women’s Club
and Lake Oswego Parks and Recreation
are proud to present the 35th Annual
Lake Run on Saturday, May 7.
Runners and walkers of all ages
and abilities are invited! Events
include a 12k run, 5k run/
walk (strollers allowed in
5k), ½ mile Kid’s Dash
(ages 11 and under) and
a Family Fun Festival
from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. All
start at Millennium Plaza Park. Bring
your friends and family and enjoy
the fun, food, entertainment, crafts,
info booths, children’s activities,
and lots more. Not only is this
event fun for all ages, the proceeds
benefit local charities selected by
the Lake Oswego Junior Women’s
Club – this year the Lake Oswego School
Foundation and Parrott Creek and
William Temple House charities.
For course maps, approximate times that runners/
walkers will be passing through neighborhoods and
traffic changes, go to www.ci.oswego.or.us.
Race information and online registration is available at
www.racecenter.com/lakerun.
lake run
Community Forestry
Workshops
The City is pleased to offer a series of Urban and
Community Forestry Workshops. All workshops are free
and open to the public with preregistration, and held at
the West End Building, 4101 Kruse Way.
Tree Risk Management with ISA Certified Arborist and
Tree Risk Assessor Morgan Holen, owner of Morgan
Holen & Associates, LLC, Consulting Arborists and Urban
Forest Management.
May 5, 7 to 8 p.m.
Call 503-635-0290, for free registration.
Landscaping for Conservation with Stephanie Wagner,
Education Director of Friends of Tryon Creek State Park.
May 21, 9 to 11 a.m.
Visit www.tryonfriends.org or call 503-636-4398, for free
registration.
For more information, visit www.ci.oswego.or.us/plan/
Nature/Arbor_Week_2011/2011_UCF_Workshop_Flyer.pdf.
August Trunk
by Alisa Formway Roe
Lower Millennium Plaza
Park
Continuum
by Merrilee Moore
3rd Street between A and
B Avenue
Jazz Drummer
by Mary Ann Baker
Corner of Evergreen Rd.
and 3rd Street
Interstellar Aphrodisiac
by Micajah Bienvenu
A Avenue between 3rd and
4th Steet
Seed Tree
by Don MacLane
5th Street near A Avenue
Detect leaks, tune up, and maintain
historiC home tour
To celebrate National Historic Preservation Month and
recognize our community’s historic past and architectural
diversity, the Oswego Heritage Council is happy to
announce the return of the Historic Home Tour, Saturday,
May 14, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.
This year, the tour features three wonderful examples of
mid-century modern residential homes and three iconic
institutional landmarks.
For tickets, contact the Oswego Heritage House at 503-
635-6373 or visit www.oswegoheritage.org.