Four Community Tree Awards for Volunteers and City of Salem

News Release from: City of Salem
Posted: April 9th, 2013 2:10 PM

April is Arbor Month in Oregon and Salem is celebrating!

Recently, resident Linda Peterson, the Southeast Salem Neighborhood Association (SESNA), and the City of Salem each received awards for community forestry activities.  Salem's own "tree lady," Linda Peterson, received an award from Oregon Community Trees for her tree advocacy through the years, including serving on several tree committees.

SESNA received national recognition from Alliance for Community Trees for its neighborhood tree planting efforts and the development of a tree information booklet. 

The City of Salem also received two awards from the Arbor Day Foundation:  its 37th Tree City USA award and its 7th Growth Award.  These awards recognize the City's ongoing and improved community forestry management and planning, including a recently drafted Community Forestry Strategic Plan.

The Tree City USA awards will be celebrated at an April 20, 2013, tree planting at Grant Elementary School.  City Council will present the awards to Linda Peterson and SESNA at the April 22, 2013, Council meeting.

Spring Chick Women's Conference

Spring Chick Women’s Conference to be held at Center 50+

Center 50+ will host their annual Spring Chick Women’s Conference on Saturday, April 13, 2013. Health, Fitness, Fashion, Beauty, Vegetarian Cooking, Financial, Travel, Lifelong Learning, Personal Safety, and more are all topics for this year’s conference.

The keynote address “A Woman’s Worth” will be given by LaRee Johnson, author of Ladies’ Vintage Accessories. This program explores the usage over the past 150 years of handbags, purses and pocketbooks as women’s needs have changed, from smelling salts to cell phones. Featuring a display of authentic examples from Victorian to modern times from the personal collection of LaRee Johnson.

A variety of workshops will be available for attendees to select from. A few of the workshops include Bievenue! Learn, Practice & Play in Your New Language…Today (using Rosetta Stone), You Can Be Normal Again…Whatever Normal Is by Jan Balzer, Life Coach and Author of “Hiding My Bruises While Singing In The Choir”, Beautiful You From the Inside Out by Bonnie Milletto, Author of “Dedicated to the Cup, 9 Ways to Reinvent a Life!, Vegan Adventures with Tofu by David Gabbe, Author of David’s Vegan Home Cooking, Preserving Your Precious Photos, Heirlooms, and Treasures by Cindy Culpovich, Professional Organizer, and many more…

Entertainment will be provided by Divisi, Uof O’s premiere women’s A Capella group.
Conference includes breakfast, snacks, keynote address, workshops, entertainment, door prizes and more.
This conference is sponsored by Friends of the Salem Senior Center, and Brazier, Hinz & Associates and Grocery Outlet.

For more information, call 503-588-6303.

Spring Chick Women’s Conference
“Springtime In Paris”
Saturday, April 13, 2013
8:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m.
Center 50+
2615 Portland Rd NE, Salem, OR
Cost – $10
Purchase tickets in advance at Center 50+-Limited number of tickets available.

OPEN HOUSE ON EOLA CORRIDOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS

News Release from: City of Salem
OPEN HOUSE ON EOLA CORRIDOR SAFETY IMPROVEMENTS
Posted: March 5th, 2013 2:51 PM
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Public invited to attend March 14, 2013, informational meeting at Myers Elementary School.

The City of Salem has scheduled an open house to provide information and details regarding the construction of the Eola Drive NW Corridor Safety Improvements for Thursday, March 14, 2013, at 6:30 p.m., in the media center of Myers Elementary School at 2160 Jewel Street NW.  The City has received bids and is in the process of awarding a contract to K&E Excavating, Inc. Construction is expected to begin by mid-April 2013.  Staff will be available to answer questions regarding the project construction until 8 p.m.
    
The Keep Salem Moving! Streets and Bridges Bond, passed by Salem voters in November 2008, included funds to widen the Eola Drive NW Corridor in order to reduce congestion and improve safety.  A copy of the vicinity map for this project is provided with this notification.

Improvements for the Eola Drive NW corridor will include: two travel lanes, curbs, sidewalks, bike lanes, and streetlights.  Improvements will also include left turn lanes at Kingwood Drive NW, Woodland Drive NW, Turnage Street NW, Kaley Avenue NW, Eagle View Drive NW, and Sunwood Drive NW.  The project will also construct a new traffic signal at the intersection of Kingwood Drive NW and Eola Drive NW.

Utility relocation efforts are underway in advance of the corridor improvements.  Motorists are reminded to use caution as this work requires lane closures on Eola Drive NW.  Travel lanes will be intermittently closed, narrowed, and shifted to facilitate work within the construction area.  At times, flaggers will be present to control traffic.  This work will create traffic congestion within the area and motorists should expect delays.

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Live Concert: Seacats and The Starship Renegade

7 p.m. Wednesday, March 6
Loucks Auditorium

Pop/rock geniuses the Seacats return to Salem Public Library for the second show of their Spring Tour 2013 which will take them from Seattle to Austin, Texas. Billing themselves as the Northwest rock-n-roll’s “funny guyz” since 2009, the Seacats reach out to fans with high energy music and witty lyrics. Their music is available online at: www.seacats.bandcamp.com

They will be joined on the Loucks stage by The Starship Renegade, who ran away with the win at the 2012 Battle of the Bands. Lively and energetic, The Starship Renegade is working hard to be the next big music act out of Oregon. Their music is available at: www.reverbnation.com/thestarshiprenegade

Admission is free, with seating on a first-come, first-seated basis. Snacks and drinks will be sold by the Salem Public Library Teen Advisory Board, with proceeds benefitting teen services and programs at Salem Public Library.

 More information is available from the Information Desk at 503-588-6052.

Upcoming Marion-Polk Food Share Seed Exchange

· Where: Marion-Polk Food Share, 1660 Salem Industrial Dr. NE, Salem, OR

· When: Saturday, March 2nd, 10:00am-12:00pm

· No seeds? No problem. Seeds available for all

Bring seeds to share

Meet local gardeners & seed savers

Everyone takes home seeds

What is a seed exchange?

http://www.motherearthnews.com/Organic-Gardening/How-To-Organize-A-Community-Plant-And-Seed-Swap.aspx

http://www.foodnotlawns.com/how-to.html

For more Information, contact Ian Dixon-McDonald at: 503-581-3855 x329, imcdonald@marionpolkfoodshare.org

HandsOn Annual Volunteer Recognition Event

Party Like A Volunteer

HandsOn’s annual volunteer recognition event is going on the road this year!  Instead of hosting a stationary event, we will take the Hard Hat Awards to the volunteers where they work, play or volunteer.

Nominate your amazing volunteer(s) for one of the following categories:

1.    The Crew Volunteer Group of the Year Award: A group of volunteers who continually do good together, volunteering on a regular basis with determination and zeal to make the world a happier place.

2.    The Ben Stone Volunteer of the Year Award: An individual volunteer who is a regular at your events and one-time projects, diligently helping wherever the need is greatest with a smile.

3.    The Do-Gooder Award: An individual volunteer that goes above and beyond the call of duty, increasing the capacity of the organization by leaps and bounds.

Send nominations to Melissa no later than March 29th.  You are highly encouraged to submit multiple nominations.  Please include the following information:

1.    The Volunteer’s Name or Name of the Group

2.    The Award Category of your choice

3.    In 200 words or less please describe how your nominee(s) has gone above and beyond the call of duty in your organization and made life at your organization a little brighter.

If your nominee is selected, we will contact you to discuss the best place and time during National Volunteer Week to recognize the winner.

Jan Michael Looking Wolf Performance

Jan Michael Looking Wolf

7 p.m. Friday, March 1

Loucks Auditorium

Compassion, Civility, Community Series

Native American flute player Jan Michael Looking Wolf is an enrolled member of the Confederated Tribes of Grand Ronde, with Kalapuyan and Irish heritage.  He brings his acoustic trio and his message that all people are one regardless of color, nationality, gender, ethnicity, or wealth.

His music combines traditional Native American music with influences from new age, folk, blues and contemporary rock.  His eighteen CDs have won numerous awards including a top ten ranking on national new age charts.

Free tickets will be available at the Central Library’s Information Desk and the West Salem Branch Service Desk beginning Friday, February 22.  Tickets are valid until 10 minutes before performance time.  At that time, those waiting will be allowed to fill any unused seats.

More information is available at 503-588-6052.  Sponsored by the Salem Public Library Foundation.