Celebrating the 50th anniversary of the "I Have a Dream" speech |
Sabin resident (and Pollinator Program Director at Xerces) Mace Vaughan is teaching a class at Portland Nursery on what home gardeners can do to help preserve native pollinators. Discussion will include suggested plants that provide abundant nectar and pollen, how to create nest sites, and gardening techniques that support pollinator health. The class will be held at the Division Street store (9000 SE Division) on Sunday, June 16 from 1:00 to 2:30. To register for the class, click here. If you get a message saying "no longer receiving submissions," that means the class is full. So, register soon to reserve your spot! |
Want to clear some space in your house and make a few bucks at the same time? Gather up all of those extra household items and sell them to your neighbors! On Saturday, June 22, we're holding the first annual Sabin Yard Sale. We'll publicize the yard sale on craigslist and the Oregonian. All you have to do is post some signs directing customers to your house and put out your stuff by 9:00 am. If the yard sale is successful, maybe we can make it a tradition. |
Article condensed from a longer version accessible on volgagermans.net, courtesy of Steve Schreiber. Updated 9/13/2015.
Original source: Lisa Sinner Hetzler (daughter of John and Frances Sinner)
Come and meet your new board members and find out what the community association is working on!
Mel Cook recalls helping to build that cold storage locker. “During one grade school summer vacation, I can recall stuffing shredded redwood bark into the open spaces in the newly constructed cold room walls. That was the preferred method of insulating at the time, many years before fiberglass insulation became popular.
The redwood bark had to be finely shredded prior to hand-stuffing into the open wall spaces. The mechanical shredding process that we used was very messy. I wore a handkerchief across my nose and mouth. The fine particles became imbedded in my hair and clothes. I itched for days!”
Mel continues: “I do not know how many years that cold storage food locker was open for business. With the advent of home freezers, it is likely they were forced to close sometime during the 1950s or 60s. Today, at that same 936 N.E. Beech Street address, you will find the New Freedom Assembly Church of God In Christ.”
A longer version of Mel's story is published on Steve Schreiber's volgagermans.net website.
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