20 May ’10 General Meeting Minutes
Posted on May 21st, 2010May 2010 Meeting Notes
Posted on May 14th, 2010Scholarships
Our annual ice cream social celebrating our scholarship program was a big success that included scholarship recipients, ice cream and homemade cookies. This year we were able to add a $1000 scholarship made possible from the Olive Erikson Estate to $3000 from the Edna Graf Memorial/ Sauvie Island Grange Scholarship fund. We are so proud of these students and impressed with their enthusiasm and energy for the next phase of their lives. We were pleased to present the 2010 scholarships to: Julia Alvarez-Garza , $1000 Olive Erikson Estate Scholarship ; and $500 Edna Graf Memorial/ Sauvie Island Grange Scholarships to each of the following: Ashley Egger, NW Nazarene University; Austin Egger, George Fox University; Kelly Johnson, Pacific University, Jorie Ruud, University of Oregon; Emily Peterson, Willamette University; Mack Powell, University of Oregon. The broad interests and schools represented here reflect the wonderful experiences these kids have had growing up on Sauvie Island. Congratulations to all and good luck in the future.
Fire Department Local Option Levy
John Eccles reviewed the importance of supporting the continuation of the local option levy for the fire department. Our local department has the highest insurance rating for a volunteer department and that keeps our insurance rates low. If they were unable to maintain this rating due to unfunded mandates, our insurance rates would surely increase to reflect a lower ISO rating. Everyone was encouraged to return their ballots for the May 18th election and to support our volunteer fire department.
75th Anniversary – September 13th
Plans are being made to celebrate the Sauvie Island Grange 75th anniversary on Monday, September 13th. With a program that includes revisiting islander memories, it will be a great evening of historical and community significance. Save the date now on your calendars.
4th of July Volunteers
It’s not too soon to be thinking about volunteering to help either the Grange or Fire Department in the annual 4th of July half and full marathon. Serving strawberry shortcake or water to runners is a very rewarding task. The participants in the race are appreciative and thankful. It is great to be able to help the volunteers out for a change. They work hard for us all year long, it is easy to volunteer a couple of hours to such a great cause.
Next Meeting: June 14, 2010 – 7:30 pm
Lynnda Steenslid/Secretary/Phone:503-621-9604/Email: btelectric@qwestoffice.net
SI NEIGHBORHOOD SURVEY RESULTS Spring 2010
Posted on May 14th, 201069 SURVEYS RETURNED
A community organization can serve many functions. Check which of the following are important to you:
- 60 Serving as a forum for discussion of island-related issues
- 58 Keeping you informed about items of interest to islanders
- 46 Representing island interests before government bodies
- 45 Offering information/educational opportunities of interest to islanders
- 30 Offering social functions at which you can meet your neighbors
- 6 Other: Networking with islanders to find resources – such as rototilling
There are many ways for the community association to share information. Check as many of these as you would find useful:
- 56 Island web site (www.sauvieisland.org)
- 50 Email alerts that contains breaking island news
- 49 Weekly island e-news (request to receive it by emailing communityassociation@sauvieisland.org)
- 21 Quarterly newsletter delivered by mail
- 15 Other: New newspaper; Reeder Beach bulletin board
- 12 Community Association Facebook Page (www.facebook.com/pages/Sauvie-Island-Community-Association)
- 11 Dedicated space on the Cracker Barrel bulletin board
- 6 Community Association Twitter Feed (twitter.com/SauvieNeighbors)
Speakers are sometimes invited to our community association meetings. Which of the following topics would you be interested in hearing about?
- 54 Land use issues
- 49 Nature on the island (birds, turtles, etc.)
- 43 Island historical information
- 32 Farming-related issues
- 24 Helpful information on country living
- 4 Other: Gardening, removal of weeds, etc.
Are you already a member of the association?
- 33 Yes
- 18 No
If you have not joined the Community Association, why not?
- 2 Other
- 1 Haven’t gotten around to it
- 0 Didn’t know about it
- 0 Just not a “joiner”
- 0 Don’t feel any need to do so.
May 2010 SICA Board Minutes
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Posted on May 7th, 2010A note about wapato bulbs distributed at April SICA meeting
Posted on May 7th, 2010At the SICA Annual Meeting in April our speaker, Roger Wendlick, generously gave away wapato bulbs. If you took some of these bulbs home, please do not plant them in open waterways. They are from the store Uwajimaya and are probably not quite the same plant as our native wapato. We don’t want to take the chance of having a non-native version taking hold and crowding out the native plants. Eat them and enjoy them, or plant them in a backyard pool that is never hydrologically connected to any other surface water. Please share this information with anyone who might have some of these bulbs.
Rocky Pointe Marina
Posted on May 5th, 2010We’re a convenient stop for boaters mid-way down Multnomah Channel. We offer public restrooms, kayak launching, a snack store, fuel and public waste disposal.
Hours: Mon-Fri, 8:30 am – 4 pm; Sat-Sun, 11 am – 5 pm (summer) and 11 am – 3 pm (winter)
Address: 23586 NW St Helens Road, Portland, OR 97231
Phone: 503-543-7003.
Website: www.rpmarina.com
Email: jen@rpmarina.com
