People Get Ready, A series of Presentations by the Red Cross

The Sunnyside Sustainability Committee is sponsoring three presentations of the theme “People Get Ready” in April.  There will be three informal presentations by the Red Cross at Southeast Uplift, 3534 SE Main.  Anyone from any neighborhood is welcome.  Here are the dates:

Tuesday April 12:  7 – 8:30  {which is tomorrow}
Saturday, April 16:   10 – 11:30 am
Thursday, April 28:   7 – 8:30 pm

I attended one of these presentations and was very impressed by the hands-on nature and willingness to interact with everyone to have a rich discussion of community preparedness

If you are unable to make this, I am attaching a 16 week planning tool.  It may be necessary to use the arrow keys to get to the second page.
Family Emergency Supplies PDF
Jeanne

Jeanne Longley

 

Plant Trees Now!

Attention all Tree Lovers:

On Friday, a truckload of mostly fruit trees and mostly native shrubs was donated to SES.  THANK YOU ANONYMOUS DONOR!  They are bare root trees/shrubs, and so we want to get them into your hands as soon as possible to be planted in your yards.  We will be selling the trees and shrubs on Monday morning from 8:30 – 9:30 am and Monday and Wednesday from 2:30 – 3:30 on the SES playground, near the covered garden storage area.  Proceeds will go toward the Marine Biology trips.

The following is a rough list of what we have on hand.  Shop early for best selection!

BIG SES TREE/SHRUB SALE!

SHRUB LIST – $5 PER SHRUB
Sensation Lilac, and pink lilac – about 8
Snowberry – 30-40 plants
Forsythia – 6 plants
Coral Twig Dogwood – 20 plants
Bailey red twig dog wood – 20

TREE LIST

$10 FRUIT TREES

semi dwarf red delicious apple – 20
Semi dwarf red jonathan apple – 1
semi dwarf yellow transparent apple – 1
burbank plum – semi dwarf
ultra dwarf bartlett pear – 8
semi dwarf gold apricot – 1

Cistena flowering plum – 20 – tree or shrub?
Lodi Apple – semi dwarf – 2-3

Various other single variety cherry trees

4 way cherry tree – with different varieties grafted – 6

combination apple – with different varieties grafted – 5

$20 TREES

Weeping pussy willow – 6

snow fountain weeping cherry – 5

$25 TREES

Forest pansy redbud – 5 trees – these are about 6 feet tall
Espaliered apple trees with multiple varieties of apple – about 8
Espaliered cherry trees with multiple varieties of cherry – about 2

I’m sure people will have many questions about the trees.  We will not really be able to answer them.  The only information we have is what is on the label.  Some trees are marked dwarf or semi-dwarf, but that is all we know about them.  All fruit trees have the variety marked.  Some of the apples and cherries have multiple varieties on different branches.  If you have questions about the trees, you may want to do your own research before you come.

 

Vote for the SE Uplift Pocket Park & Medicinal Garden in the Umpqua Bank Build Your Block Challenge!

We just received this press release from our neighborhood coalition, Southeast Uplift. Click on the link below to view the pdf, then head on over to Umpqua Bank and cast your vote.

PressRelease_SEUL3-31-11

Victory for Sunnyside and Neighbors City Wide!

Clearwire withdraws cell tower applications from multiple Portland sites.

Hello neighbors,

We have some great news regarding some planned cell towers in our neighborhoods! Recently, Commissioner Amanda Fritz posted this on her blog:

“Clearwire has formally notified the Office of Cable Communications & Franchise Management (OCC/FM) of the withdrawal of already-filed wireless applications for the following sites:
  • NE 37th and NE Fremont
  • SE Yamhill and SE 32nd
  • SE 65th and SE Reedway
  • N Greeley & Holman (Rosa Parks)
  • SE 70th and Flavel
You can read more on the Commissioner’s blog at: http://bit.ly/hWcKCJ

This is good news for the hundreds of Portlanders who spoke out at public meetings, wrote to officials, put signs in their yards and more to make it clear that they oppose siting cell towers in-front of people’s homes and near schools. While Clearwire was ultimately hampered by business issues, the strong reaction of Portlanders definitely resulted in a number of cell towers not being built in front of peoples homes as planned. We have heard from City Attorney’s office that any provider who wants to use a site previously approved “will have to go through the whole City siting process.” Thank you all for your hard work to date!

While many neighborhoods may have dodged a bullet, the story doesn’t end here. Clearwire will likely be back soon. Both AT&T and Verizon have recently announced that they will begin building new networks in Portland this year.

RespectPDX will continue to advocate for regulation that respects people’s investments in their homes and character of our communities.   In November last year, RespectPDX and Southeast Uplift co-sponsored a workshop.  There we presented a comparison of Portland’s ordinance with those of Glendale, CA, Hempstead, NY, and Bend’s proposed ordinance. All these cities strike a better balance in regulating wireless companies in a more responsible manner than the current Portland ordinance.

The powerful community response to date has helped make the City aware that we expect them to do everything possible to stop cell towers being built in front of our homes and our schools. Let’s continue to make ourselves heard and demand a better system so that what we have been through for the last year and a half doesn’t happen to others!

Thank you!

www.RespectPDX.org