Business briefs for Nov. 18

By Shannon Wells

The Gresham Outlook, Nov 18, 2009

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Volunteer Guild awards gifts, scholarships

The Legacy Mount Hood Volunteer Guild, dedicated to supporting the patients, families and staff of Legacy Mount Hood Medical Center on Stark Street, has awarded a number of gifts and scholarships in recent months. Those gifts include:

• $25,000 to help build the hospital’s new healing garden. The garden, which sits just outside the front entrance to the hospital, will be a place of healing and comfort for patients, visitors and staff. It will be dedicated and officially opened during a ceremony from 2 to 3 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at the hospital, 24800 S.E. Stark St. in Gresham.

• $6,000 annually to support ongoing maintenance of the 13,000-square-foot garden;

• $26,000 to the new 29-bed Emergency Department to support clinical needs and improve the overall experience of pediatric patients in nearly 20,000 square feet.

• The Guild also provides three $1,000 scholarships to local high school or college students seeking health care careers each year. This year's scholarship recipients include Emily Slayton, a 2007 graduate of Gresham High School, who plans to pursue a degree in pre-medicine.

She’s volunteered 179 hours at Legacy.

Update forum on KZME radio station on tap

MetroEast Community Media will present an update on its proposed KZME radio station from 5:30 to 6:30 p.m. Thursday, Nov. 19, at 4th Street Brewing Co., 77 N.E. Fourth St., in downtown Gresham. Slated for a 2010 launch, the station will feature a wide array of music from Portland-area artists. To RSVP, e-mail Dennise Kowalczyk at dennise@kzme.fm.

Commission to hold workshop on initiative

Mt. Hood Cable Regulatory Commission will hold a free workshop from 8 to 11:30 a.m. Friday, Nov. 20, at McMenamins Kennedy School, 5736 N.E. 33rd Ave., Portland for nonprofit and community groups to discuss the Your Voice-Our Communications Technology initiative.

“Your Voice” will focus on the needs of nonprofits and community organizations as they relate to access and to use of communications technology and visions for the future. Topics focus on access to content creation and distribution and to relevant content online and in the media; barriers or difficulties faced by nonprofits and community groups to using and accessing technology; skills required to utilize equipment and the Internet effectively; and future ideas and uses of communications technology.

Those interested should RSVP by e-mailing yourvoice@mhcrc.org, calling 503-823-5385 of visiting www.mhcrc.org.

City announces holiday road work limits

To keep Gresham’s shopping districts clear and parking available during the holidays, construction is prohibited in certain popular retail districts from 6 p.m. Friday, Nov. 20, through 8 a.m. Saturday, Jan. 2, 2010.

Construction work that requires the closing or blocking of any roadway, parking space or sidewalk in specified retail districts is prohibited during normal business hours of the six-week span. Violators will be issued a stop work order by the city.

The Transportation Division must approve any construction work that will take place in a sidewalk or roadway area between Saturday, Nov. 21, and Saturday, Jan. 2. An exemption form and map of the applicable retail district boundaries is available on the Web at GreshamOregon.gov/Work or at Gresham City Hall, 1333 N.W. Eastman Parkway.

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