SEE THE HELPFUL LIST OF COMMUNITY HOTLINKS--YOUR PERSONAL INTERNET TOOLKIT--AT THE BOTTOM OF THIS PAGE! The "Events and Activities" for the month are beneath these feature stories! HAPPY FOURTH OF JULY! Merchants along and around Milwaukie Avenue and up Woodstock Boulevard traditionally exhibit a patriotic display of curbside flags for the holidays, posted there by Boy Scouts working with the local Lions Clubs. This scene, looking east along Bybee Boulevard, demonstrates Independence Day unity with a row of American flags fluttering in the breeze. The day traditionally ends with a major aerial fireworks display at dusk in Oaks Amusement Park. (Photo by Rita A. Leonard)   A final coat of earthen plaster is being applied to this community cob sweat lodge, near Sellwood’s Share-It Square, by Eva Miller (left), and Annette Wojciechowski. (Photo by Rita A. Leonard) Now you CAN “sweat it”, at Sellwood’s famed “Share-It Square”   By RITA A. LEONARD for THE BEE   The admonition “don’t sweat it” no longer applies at Sellwood’s award-winning “Share-It Square”. A cob (mud-and-straw) sweat lodge was added to the colorful intersection during the ninth annual street repainting project and potluck.   Nearly 150 people showed up for the June 13 painting extravaganza, including a community researcher from Canada, and a reporter from the Spanish newspaper “El Mundo”. Later, volunteers added an earthen plaster surface to the Temascal community sweat lodge in the nearby backyard of Adriana and Pedro Ferbel-Azcarate.   Share-It Square, a “Community Demonstration Project”, is renowned as an experiment in social community building, and additional cob structures continue to be designed and built in the immediately surrounding area. Ferbel-Azcarate, who has participated in most of these projects, is owner of Portland’s first cob home addition built under permit by the City.   The new cob sweat lodge in Pedro’s backyard is styled on the adobe models built by the Temascal Indians in Mexico. It was used as a playhouse by neighborhood children while it was  under construction, but it now includes a built-in wood stove, opaque glass block “windows”, and a skylight built into the thriving eco-roof. Building leaders for the project are Ferbel-Azcarate and natural builder Eva Miller.   “We started this project about three years ago, and are just fine-tuning the outer surface,” says Pedro. “The green roof consists of sedum, strawberries, prickly-pear cactus, and triticale from Bob’s Red Mill in Milwaukie.”   Miller and Pedro's neighbor, Annette Wojciechowski, worked on smoothing the earthen plaster on the outer walls of the sweat lodge while discussing cob construction. “We're also building a unique cob structure at 8512 SE 8th Avenue,” revealed Ferbel-Azcarate. “It's the first ever, 24-hour Solar Cat Palace, designed by Mark Lakeman and Eva Miller. It will have solar panels and an LED lighting system, a solar-powered fish aquarium, kitty decks and porches, and places for cats to lounge or climb.”   As for the intersection itself, the annual repainting does not necessarily replicate the previous design. This year’s street painting was stylistically different from last year’s concept, which had incorporated chickens, eggs, and the phases of the moon. The new design is based on themes of ponds and reflecting pools – complete with lily pads, colorful water lilies, and an alligator.   Five pastel “pools” are painted at the corners and center of the intersection, set off by a mosaic of hand prints and painted brickwork. The eye-catching pastel colors lead the eye toward the community cob structures at each corner, which include benches, playhouse, BEE newspaper kiosk, sharing areas, and a tea station.   With what she calls her “Pouting Shed” in the background, Dulcy Mahar relaxes in her garden with Ernie the family dog and Orville the cat. Each year Dulcy creates a new garden feature in time for the Sellwood Garden Tour. (Photo by Elizabeth Ussher Groff) Behind the scenes of Sellwood’s annual garden tour By ELIZABETH USSHER GROFF for THE BEE   The annual tour of neighborhood gardens in the Sellwood area has raised much-needed funds over the years for supplementary teaching materials, field trips, and computers, for Sellwood Middle School.   This year, there was also a Marketplace in the school’s parking lot where vendors sold arts, crafts, and plants, while students provided musical entertainment. Sunny weather brought out floral scents and lots of people to tour the gardens of six homes in the Sellwood, Westmoreland  and Garthwick neighborhoods.   Sarah Gibson, a Sellwood Middle School parent, and also Chairperson of the tour for the second year, was pleased with the weather, the turnout, and the $10,300 net raised for the school.   Gibson lauded the volunteer help. “Students created drawings for the tour booklet, and as thank-you gifts for the garden owners. Other students helped out at the gardens or Marketplace. Twenty adults helped with organizing, and thirty volunteered on tour day.  Garden owners were very accessible to greet and answer questions.”   The gardens opened for the tour contained spectacular beauty, creative whimsy, and ecological innovations. Garden visitors marveled at the amount of work and care that went into creating such beauty.   Wandering the garden paths brought pleasure, but also deeper thoughts: What inspires gardeners to work with nature to re-invent yards? What keeps gardeners going, in spite of obstacles, gardening frustrations and some disasters?   A gardener who publicly bares her soul while grappling with these questions is Dulcy Mahar, a Garthwick resident and weekly columnist for the Home and Garden section of the Oregonian.  In her column, Dulcy plumbs the depths and dilemmas of gardening with unusual honesty, humility, and humor.   In addition to writing the column for nearly two decades, Dulcy has been a big supporter of Sellwood Middle School by annually opening her garden for the tour for the past twelve years. In fact, she and neighbor Rosemary Ellis open their gardens for several different charitable fundraisers each year.             “I wasn’t gardening like this before Dulcy moved in,” admits Rosemary, whose “before” photos show endless stretches of front and backyard lawn.  “We both garden by ‘epiphany.’ It’s one piece at a time. No grand plan, no landscape architect.”   Dulcy and Ted Mahar’s yard was similarly consumed with lawn when they bought their house twenty-two years ago.   “We could have played two games of croquet out back here,” says Ted, Dulcy’s husband, waving his arm toward a sea of lush flowers and shrubs gracing winding paths. “She had gardened up our house in Eastmoreland and was looking for a new frontier.”   Although the house is plenty big enough for the Mahars, and their dog and four cats, Ted points out the priority for Dulcy: “This house could have been ‘Tobacco Road’, and we would still have taken it because Dulcy wanted the yard. This was one vast, blank canvas, 3/5 of an acre.”   The blank canvas is blank no more. Impressionist painting? “This is Dulcy’s art,” says husband Ted, referring to the garden. “The column is something of a hobby. At the Bonneville Power Administration where she works full-time as communications manager, she writes reams or edits, translating a lot of technical jargon into English.  But writing about the garden is never far from her mind.”   Taking a photo for this article was “catch-as-catch-can”. For the past six years, Dulcy has taken most Fridays off work for chemotherapy treatments. Some sessions require blood transfusions, some don’t.  Although upbeat, she never knows how she will feel after a treatment.   When asked how she remains so positive, she says, “Six and a half years ago I was diagnosed with stage three cancer and 20% chance of living for five more years.  I feel like I have had a great quality of life. I have lived a lot longer than I was supposed to. I truly believe that being engaged in my work at BPA, my gardening, and the support of family and friends have all helped to keep me feeling good and staying positive.”   One has to wonder if maybe those old adages aren’t true:  Creating and doing things you love, keeping a sense of humor, giving to others, gardening as therapy – these things keep us going. At least, they all seem true for Dulcy, a very gifted gardener – and in spite of obstacles, one of the most consistent supporters of each year’s Sellwood Garden Tour.    Steve Schreiner, co-owner of Schreiner's Iris Gardens, holds blooms of the new pink iris introduced this year that is named for Brooklyn gardener June Krausse. (Photo by Rita A. Leonard) Brooklyn woman’s memory honored in iris naming   By RITA A. LEONARD for THE BEE   The Brooklyn neighborhood’s “Iris Lady”, the late June Krausse, has been honored with the naming of a new pink iris after her in the 2009 Schreiner’s Iris Gardens Catalog (www.schreinersgardens.com).   Although June passed away last August at the age of 97, she would have been pleased to know that her favorite flower now carries her name. Steve Schreiner, co-owner of the Salem-area business, reflected, “It just makes you think of her, when you look at it.”   The 2009 introduction is a tall bearded iris with ruffled petals and a light fragrance. Its vivid seashell pink color is inherited from its pollen parent, “Wild Irish Rose”.   The lacy petals suggest a bubbling effervescence, elegant carriage, and grace, which characterized Krausse to a “T”. June sustained a lifelong interest in flower gardening, remaining sharp-witted and cheerful for nearly a century.   “I first met June in the mid-’70s at a Portland Iris Society Show in the Jantzen Beach Mall,” recalled Schreiner. “June just missed being a charter member of the society, which was formed in 1961. I used to visit her twice a year, and brought her cut flowers at the end of the blooming season. I also visited her in Octobers, her birthday month.   “She bought iris from all over, including some from us. She was a great networker and social butterfly; she loved trading garden flowers, and plants were her currency.”   Maggie Hoecker, June’s daughter, visited Krausse’s gravesite on Memorial Day, with a bouquet of iris. The pink granite headstone is embellished with carvings of iris and a loving heart. The heading, “Bloom of Brooklyn”, makes reference to June’s title of “Sunshine Girl of the Greater Portland Iris Society”.   Her Brooklyn yard was always overflowing with something blooming, and she freely traded plant starts with neighbors and friends. Mental images of her cheerful demeanor and green thumb, neighbors say, are a fitting memorial to “the Brooklyn Iris Lady”.   Doing a great job of serving up strawberry shortcake at the Moreland Farmers Market is eight-year-old Evan McClelland. (Photo by David F. Ashton) “Berry good day” at Moreland Farmer’s Market   By DAVID F. ASHTON for THE BEE   On Wednesday afternoon, June 17th, the nonprofit Moreland Farmers Market held another of their weekly special events – this time, it a Strawberry Festival, featuring strawberry shortcake made with farm-fresh sweet berries and delicious shortcake from Finales Desserts.   The market is open every Wednesday, offering fresh produce, fruit, meats, live plants, and prepared foods, in Westmoreland – in the Wilhelm’s Portland Memorial parking lot at S.E. Bybee Boulevard and S.E. 14th Avenue, between 3:30 pm and 7:30 pm.   Find out what’s coming up at the market each week through September, online at: www.morelandfarmersmarket.org.    Scroll down for the EVENTS AND ACTIVITIES! (advertisement) Click on the above ad to visit the DECKS BY DAVIS website!                  EVENTS & ACTIVITIES JULY 1 “There’s a Dinosaur in the Back Yard”. At the Woodstock Branch Library twice this afternoon, kids are invited to join singer/songwriter and storyteller Courtney Campbell in creating and being characters in “Dinosaur in the Backyard”, “The Dancing Princess”, and other hilarious songs. Make up your own fun stories and songs to tell and sing with Courtney. Limited seating; come early. Free tickets for seating will be available 30 minutes prior to the program, which runs from 1:30 till 2:30 pm, and also 3-4 pm. The library is located at S.E. 49th and Woodstock Boulevard.   Sellwood-Moreland Library “summer reading” signup today. The Sellwood Library will be signing up readers for the 2009 Multnomah County Library’s Summer Reading Program at the Moreland Farmers Market. 3:30-7:30 pm this afternoon, S.E. 14th at Bybee Boulevard in Westmoreland.   “Compost your way to the future”. Those interested in developing a composting project for Woodstock and other S.E. Portland neighborhoods are invited to the Woodstock Neighborhood Association meeting at 7 pm this evening. At the June meeting, internationally known urban planner Tim Smith gave a presentation on Civic Ecology, his study of energy, waste and other systems within cities and linking urban and rural areas. Following up, WNA member Bryan Brumley will discuss proposals to develop civic ecology projects in the Woodstock area. the Woodstock Neighborhood Association meets at the Woodstock Community Center, at 5905 SE 43rd Avenue, between Woodstock Boulevard and Knight Street. For information, visit online: www.woodstockpdx.org.   JULY 2 “Body Recall” exercise class for seniors. On Tuesdays and Thursdays beginning today, Immanuel Lutheran Church in Sellwood is presenting ongoing “Body Recall” exercise classes for seniors. “Regardless of your current physical condition, Body Recall can help improve strength, flexibility, and balance. Most exercises can be done in a seated position for those using walkers or wheelchairs.” Classes are held at the church, 7810 S.E. 15th, from 3:30 till 4:30 pm each Tuesday and Thursday; classes are ongoing, students may start at any time. Cost is $50 for ten weeks; $3 for one class. Instructor is Lisa Revell, certified exercise instructor.   JULY 6 Chinese summer camps start today. The nonprofit Bodhi Tree Language Center is presenting, starting today, its one-week “Happy Chinese Campers” summer camp for kids. It’s a Chinese immersion summer camp; children will learn Chinese language arts and songs, dancing, stories, arts and crafts, fun and games, and outdoor activities – all in Madarin Chinese. Several week-long camps this month and in August. For information, call 503/788-0336, or visit the Internet website: www.BodhiTreeLanguageCenter.org. Free concert in Sellwood Riverfront Park. The July Monday concert series sponsored by SMILE, Portland Parks, and local merchants, at 6:30 pm in Sellwood Riverfront Park, starts tonight with singer-songwriter Kevin Gordon performing Blues. The concerts are free, in the park, located at the foot of S.E. Spokane Street in Sellwood.   JULY 7 Town Hall with Rep. Carolyn Tomei. Our State Representative, Carolyn Tomei, is offering a public Town Hall meeting this evening, 6-7:30 pm, at the SEIU Building, 3536 S.E. 26th Avenue. Rep. Jules Bailey and Sen. Diane Rosenbaum will join her at the meeting.   JULY 8 “Baby Bear and the Beanstalk” in Sellwood. Famous Ladybug Theater for kids is presenting a different favorite show for kids each week this month, at SMILE Station, S.E. 13th at Tenino, a block south of Tacoma Street. Today and tomorrow, it’s “Baby Bear and the Beanstalk – with audience help”. Doors open at 10:15, show at 10:30, it’s over before 11:30 am. $3.50 admission for all ages; reserve by phone at 503/232-2346, and then pay at the door.| For teens – “Start Your Own Podcast/ Blog”. Get your story out there! Learn the basics of starting your own podcast or blog in a two-hour free class this afternoon, 1-3 pm, at the Sellwood Branch Library, with instructors from the IPRC (Independent Publishing Resource Center). For teens in grades 6-12. The library is located on S.E. 13th at Bidwell Street.   JULY 10 Learn about “Learner Web” in Sellwood. Help launch the “Oregon Learner Web” this afternoon at 2 pm at the Sellwood Library, 7860 SE 13th Avenue, at Bidwell Street. “Discover what this cutting-edge project has to offer and how you can be involved.” Learner Web is a new community system that supports adults in all walks of life to pursue lifelong learning and opportunity. For information, e-mail Kate Clinton  at: Oregon@learnerweb.org.   JULY 11 CHS “All Alumni” picnic reunion today. All alumni of Cleveland High School are invited to a picnic reunion today at Oaks Park. Tickets are $12.50 per person in advance, or $15 per person at the gate. Plenty of food, provided by Country Bill’s Restaurant. For information, call Neshia Branson-Cameron at 503/227-3251, extension 351 – or e-mail her at: neghia.cameron@kpff.com.   West African play at Brooklyn Bay Theater today. “Anansi - A Story from West Africa” is the play for children and families this month, starting today at 10 am, and running through August 2nd at 10 am Saturdays and 2 pm Sundays. $7 admission; children under 2 free. Seating is first-come, first-seated. Doors open 30 minutes before showtime. The Brooklyn Bay Theater is located just south of Powell at 1825 S.E. Franklin Street, Bay K; it’s hard to find, so go to their Internet website for directions: www.playafterplay.com. To reserve, or for information, call 503/772-4005.   Benefit Yard Sale today. Mt. Scott Park Presbyterian Church, located at the corner of S.E. 73rd and S.E. Harold, will have their annual benefit Yard Sale on Saturday, July 11, from 9 am until 3 pm. Tables are available. For information call the church at 503/771-7553 or contact Alma Muir at 503/771-2389.   JULY 12 Sellwood-Moreland Crafting Circle at Sellwood Library. Adults, families: Join fellow crafty companions for knitting, crocheting, fabric crafting, and paper crafting. Create and converse together. All ages, abilities and projects welcome. Free. 2 till 4 pm today at the Sellwood Branch Library, S.E. 13th at Bidwell. Again on July 26th, 2-4 pm.   JULY 13 Ladybug Theater on Foster Road. Today, and also on July 20 and July 27, Famous Ladybug Theater for kids presents “Baby Bear and the Seven Dwarves” (or, Seven Kids from the Audience). 10:30 am each date at Day Music, 5516 S.E. Foster Road. Admission $3.50 for all ages (no babes in arms, though, please). Reserve by phone at 503/232-2346, and then pay at the door as you come in.   Local musician performs at Sellwood Riverfront Park tonight. Longtime Sellwood resident Scrafford Orser will perform at the SMILE Portland Parks Concert Series tonight. Regional Guitarist Scrafford Orser has performed all over the United States for over a decade; or you may have seen him performing on Guitar and Lap Steel at Sellwood Public House or the Moreland Farmers Market, either solo or with his various projects.  His current project interprets the music of the late Jerry Garcia.  The concert is located at Portland Riverfront Park, at the west end of S.E. Spokane Street, runs from 6:30-8 pm, is for all ages, and is free. Enjoy food from the various vendors or bring a picnic, “and wear your brightest tie dye”.   JULY 15 “Red Ridinghood with puppets” in Sellwood. Famous Ladybug Theater for kids is presenting a different favorite show for kids each week this month, at SMILE Station, S.E. 13th at Tenino, a block south of Tacoma Street. Today and tomorrow, it’s “Red Ridinghood with puppets – especially Baby Bear”. Doors open at 10:15, show at 10:30, it’s over before 11:30 am. $3.50 admission for all ages; reserve by phone at 503/232-2346, and then pay at the door.   Ice cream with berries this afternoon. Starting at 3:30 this afternoon, the Moreland Farmers Market will be offering ice cream and berries to attendees till they run out. The nonprofit market takes place on the parking lot of Wilhelm’s Portland Memorial every Wednesday afternoon 3:30-7:30 pm through September, at S.E. 14th and Bybee Boulevard in Westmoreland.   Toxicology talk at OMSI. Justin Lazenby, Forensic Scientist at the Oregon State Police Forensic Lab, will give a talk on his specialty at 7 pm this evening in the café at the Oregon Museum of Science and Industry, on Water Street just north of the Ross Island Bridge on the Willamette’s eastside waterfront. The talk is free – but with a suggested donation of $2.   JULY 18 The “Woodstock Parade” and Festival returns at 11 am. The annual “Woodstock Parade” returns after a brief absence, under the auspices of the Woodstock Community Business Association (WCBA), and co-sponsored by THE BEE, at 11 am this morning – starting at S.E. 51st on Woodstock Boulevard, and then moving west to S.E. 41st. The “Woodstock Festival” follows, with live entertainment till 3 pm and events scheduled till 6 pm along Woodstock Boulevard. Among the display tables on the boulevard will be one devoted to Civic Ecology and composting projects.   JULY 19 Immanuel Lutheran Church & Preschool welcomes new Pastor at service. The public is invited to a Service of Installation at 3:00 pm this afternoon for Reverend David Zemke, a recent graduate of Concordia University in St Louis. The Sellwood church has been without a full time Pastor since January 2008, when Rev. Sidney Johnson retired after over 25 years with the congregation. The congregation been served during the interim by Pastors Ted Will, Mark Lieske, and Mark Hoelter. Immanuel is located at 7810 S.E. 15th Avenue.   JULY 20 “Space Day” today at OMSI.  The Oregon Museum of Science of Industry (OMSI) is celebrating “Space Day” all day today. Visitors will learn about the latest from NASA’s International Space Station, meteorites, actual moon rocks, and the latest NASA/JPL programs. Space Day is a worldwide event, this year observing the 40th anniversary of the Apollo 11 mission to the moon. OMSI is on S.E. Water Street, just north of the Ross Island Bridge, on the Willamette’s eastside waterfront. Find details on the OMSI Internet website: www.omsi.edu.   Free concert in Sellwood Riverfront Park. The July Monday concert series sponsored by SMILE, Portland Parks, and local merchants, at 6:30 pm in Sellwood Riverfront Park, continues tonight with Conjunto Alegre’s “Tropical Dance Party”, underwritten by the Windermere Westmoreland branch office. The concerts are free, in the park, located at the foot of S.E. Spokane Street in Sellwood.   JULY 21 “Paint Beginnings” for kids. This afternoon, 1:30-2:15 pm, at the Woodstock Branch Library, the Portland Children’s Museum’s “Beginning Series” allows children to explore the many wonders of arts and crafts mediums. Watercolor is a wonderful way for children to explore painting, color, and color mixing with a variety of techniques, brushes and paper. Free; for ages 2-6; parent participation encouraged. Registration is required -- call 503/988-5234. The library is located on S.E. Woodstock Boulevard at 49th.   JULY 22 “Silly Goats Gruff” in Sellwood. Famous Ladybug Theater for kids is presenting a different favorite show for kids each week this month, at SMILE Station, S.E. 13th at Tenino, a block south of Tacoma Street. Today and tomorrow, it’s “Billy Goats Gruff and the Troll is Enough”. Doors open at 10:15, show at 10:30, it’s over before 11:30 am. $3.50 admission for all ages; reserve by phone at 503/232-2346, and then pay at the door.   JULY 24 Sellwood Baptist Church “basement sale”. Sellwood Baptist Church is opening its doors today and tomorrow, from 9am to 3pm, for their annual fund-raising basement sale, on the corner of 11th and Tacoma Streets, right across from New Seasons Market. For information, call Becky at 503/234-1566.   JULY 27 Free concert in Sellwood Riverfront Park. The July Monday concert series sponsored by SMILE, Portland Parks, and local merchants, at 6:30 pm in Sellwood Riverfront Park, concludes for the year tonight with the vintage jazz vocals of the Midnight Serenaders. The concerts are free, in the park, located at the foot of S.E. Spokane Street in Sellwood.   JULY 29 “Getting Loose with Mother Goose” in Sellwood. Famous Ladybug Theater for kids is presenting a different favorite show for kids each week this month, at SMILE Station, S.E. 13th at Tenino, a block south of Tacoma Street. Today and tomorrow, it’s “Getting Loose with Mother Goose”. Doors open at 10:15, show at 10:30, it’s over before 11:30 am. $3.50 admission for all ages; reserve by phone at 503/232-2346, and then pay at the door.   Recycle Styrofoam today at Moreland Farmer’s Market. The nonprofit Moreland Farmers Market offers recycling of block Styrofoam on the last Wednesday afternoon of each month through September – the service is provided by Julie Wallace of Wallace Books. Also, today, Chef Jorge Martinez from Portofino Restaurant will demonstrate simple cooking ideas with fresh market produce – learn and sample starting at 3:45 pm. The market itself is open Wednesday afternoons through September, 3:30-7:30 pm, at S.E. 14th and Bybee Boulevard in Westmoreland – on the parking lot of Wilhelm’s Portland Memorial.   Got an activity or event you want to report? Click HERE to e-mail us the information! SCROLL DOWN FOR THE LIST OF COMMUNITY HOTLINKS -- AND USEFUL, AND JUST PLAIN FUN HOTLINKS -- IMMEDIATELY BELOW!      Useful HotLinks:      Your Personal "Internet Toolkit"! THE BEE brings you Charles Schulz's "PEANUTS" comic strip daily (NOT the version in the Oregonian)! 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