Looks like Milwaukie is in the beginning stages of considering a minor league baseball park along McLoughlin Blvd. We here at Milwaukie Living are all for it! It could bring a much needed boost of revenue to our area. Read the full article from the Clackamas Review here: Field of Dreams
May 16, 2011
McLoughlin Area Plan Workshop
http://www.mcloughlinareaplan.org/
May 10, 2011
The Enemy is Upon Us! The Time to Act is NOW!
This post is for those of you who read motivational books...
I was spending my morning as usual, reviewing emails from the evening before and reading blog feeds, when one of my blog friends recommended this eBook to me. I'm always on the lookout for motivational reading and what-the-heck it was free, so I decided to download it.
Before I knew it I was 20 pages in and knew NOW was the moment to take ACTION! First step, tell all my friends! So I stopped with the morning routine and posted this for you. (Posting to this blog creates Resistance for me, now I have taken action!) Download the book. I hope it inspires you and moves you in to action. And please post your comments to tell us what you think!
Free Kindle eBook: Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
A blueprint for tackling projects that matter to you.
Own a Kindle? You're in luck. A great new book by Steven Pressfield is now absolutely free for you. We didn't want you to miss this inspirational (and free!) book.
http://www.amazon.com/Do-the-Work-ebook/dp/B004PGO25O/
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I was spending my morning as usual, reviewing emails from the evening before and reading blog feeds, when one of my blog friends recommended this eBook to me. I'm always on the lookout for motivational reading and what-the-heck it was free, so I decided to download it.
Before I knew it I was 20 pages in and knew NOW was the moment to take ACTION! First step, tell all my friends! So I stopped with the morning routine and posted this for you. (Posting to this blog creates Resistance for me, now I have taken action!) Download the book. I hope it inspires you and moves you in to action. And please post your comments to tell us what you think!
Free Kindle eBook: Do the Work by Steven Pressfield
A blueprint for tackling projects that matter to you.
Own a Kindle? You're in luck. A great new book by Steven Pressfield is now absolutely free for you. We didn't want you to miss this inspirational (and free!) book.Part of Amazon's Domino Project, "Do the Work," is one in a series of free business books offered by the project.
Steven Pressfield is the bestselling author of The Legend of Bagger Vance, Gates of Fire and The War of Art. The latter book spawned Do the Work, as readers kept asking, "What is this terrible thing called Resistance -- and how can I overcome it?"
From the review of "Do the Work" by Robert Kiyosaki, investor, entrepreneur, and educator:"Once again another brilliant book from Steven. Do the Work gives you step-by-step instructions on how to overcome and conquer Resistance--the biggest enemy of them all. The gloves come off! Do the Work explains who and what your allies are and how to embrace and utilize them in your creative life or in your day-to-day situations."
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May 2, 2011
Milwaukie Farmers Market
Opening day for the Milwaukie Farmers Market is Sunday, May 8th! Be sure to swing by and pick up some great local goods. This will be the 13th year for the market and it keeps getting better. There is new landscaping and additional parking around the market this year. It's sure to be a success once again! It is located on Main St. across from City Hall in historic downtown Milwaukie. Hours are 9:30am to 2:00pm, Sundays.
April 25, 2011
Milwaukie Light Rail Project
I've received a few inquiries lately about the status of the Portland-Milwaukie light rail project. I'll work on getting an up-to-date status report. In the meantime you can check out the Milwaukie website here:
Raptor Cams
Check out these two raptor cams - Red-tail Hawk in Portland, OR and Bald Eagle in Decorah, Iowa. Both have chicks recently hatched. Pretty awesome!
April 21, 2011
Milwaukie neighbors - Prepare for disaster with CERT training!
Will you be ready when disaster hits?
Milwaukie-area emergency response team aims to keep people prepared
ELLEN SPITALERI / CLACKAMAS REVIEW
Linda Hedges and Mary Weick, above, look over some emergency-response team literature. Below, members of a CERT team learn how to put out fires. submitted photo
The recent events in Japan have many people asking what would happen if a natural disaster occurred locally. Mary Weick and Linda Hedges, both Milwaukie residents, have some answers to that question – they have been instrumental in forming a local emergency response network.
Weick moved to the Island Station neighborhood just before the big snowstorm of 2008; she knew very few people when the storm hit, knocking out communication lines, closing down transportation and isolating people from one another. One good thing came out of the situation; she came up with the idea to form an emergency response network in her neighborhood.
She and other volunteers sent out postcards to all the neighbors, requesting basic information about who lived in each household, including pets and vulnerable people, and any health issues that needed to be taken into consideration.
Once information came back, Weick made up a phone tree of about 50 people, who could come together in an emergency and offer help.
When Hedges heard about the idea, she thought about trying it “across the whole city.”
The two women decided to focus on four key areas, as they set up a citywide emergency network: individual preparedness, information distribution, shelter and first aid and Community Emergency Response Training (CERT), offered by Clackamas Fire District #1.
Their efforts have received support from all city departments and community members; it has taken some time to get the network up and running, but now they are starting to see everything come together.
CERT training
A number of CERT training classes have been held and all the spots filled up right away; another class is planned for June in Estacada, Hedges said.
These classes and the teams that result are important, because if “we have a big incident, it would be virtually impossible for the fire department or the government to take care of everybody. The goal [of CERT training] is to help yourself, help your family and then go and help your neighbors,” said Kevin Donegan, CFD#1 emergency services manager.
To read more click here: Milwaukie neighbors...
April 19, 2011
Aloha from Ohana Hawaiian Cafe
Took a few minutes out of my busy real estate schedule today to have lunch at Ohana Hawaiian Cafe in downtown Milwaukie. The teriyaki chicken was fresh and tasty. Add to that a little sunshine coming through the window and it made for a quite enjoyable lunch. Mahalo!
You can check out there website here Ohana Hawaiian Cafe
April 18, 2011
Get your Yoda on!
STAR WARS FRIDAY, 4/15/11: YODA DOESN'T REALLY LIKE YOU AS MUCH AS YOU THINK
04/15/2011 11:44am
Twenty-one years before the events in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn is dispatched to prevent the outbreak of a civil war on the homeworld of his Padawan Xanatos. It is a mission that will lead Qui-Gon into close contact with the dark side and start him on a quest that will have a major impact on the future of the Jedi Order!
Yoda, our favorite Jedi, council member, and Clone Wars general, features prominently in the Star Wars: Jedi—The Dark Side arc. Check out these phenomenal illustrations from series artist Mahmud Asrar!
To celebrate the publication of Star Wars: Jedi—The Dark Side, Dark Horse Comics is proud to offer this once-in-a-lifetime contest for our fans: Leave a comment here at the DH Blog for the Dark Horse Star Wars editorial team. We want to hear your Star Wars publishing advice. The catch: this advice has to be some seriously sage sapience. It has to come from the raddest Jedi ever—Yoda. You must provide us with this wisdom in Yoda's distinctive voice and speech pattern.
We'll choose the best response and award the winner with an honest-to-goodness one-of-a-kind prize: a treasured, dusty Yoda snow globe from the vast personal collection of Dark Horse’s VP of publishing and senior Star Wars editor Randy Stradley. While this prize is very likely to have zero financial value, it is truly an artifact of Dark Horse’s Star Wars publishing history and will be the perfect item for regifting to the obnoxious Star Wars fan in your life. Or try to resell it on eBay and let us know how it goes. Whatever—it's yours to enjoy as you please.
Now…enter, you will!
04/15/2011 11:44am
Twenty-one years before the events in Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace, Jedi Master Qui-Gon Jinn is dispatched to prevent the outbreak of a civil war on the homeworld of his Padawan Xanatos. It is a mission that will lead Qui-Gon into close contact with the dark side and start him on a quest that will have a major impact on the future of the Jedi Order!
Yoda, our favorite Jedi, council member, and Clone Wars general, features prominently in the Star Wars: Jedi—The Dark Side arc. Check out these phenomenal illustrations from series artist Mahmud Asrar!
To celebrate the publication of Star Wars: Jedi—The Dark Side, Dark Horse Comics is proud to offer this once-in-a-lifetime contest for our fans: Leave a comment here at the DH Blog for the Dark Horse Star Wars editorial team. We want to hear your Star Wars publishing advice. The catch: this advice has to be some seriously sage sapience. It has to come from the raddest Jedi ever—Yoda. You must provide us with this wisdom in Yoda's distinctive voice and speech pattern.
We'll choose the best response and award the winner with an honest-to-goodness one-of-a-kind prize: a treasured, dusty Yoda snow globe from the vast personal collection of Dark Horse’s VP of publishing and senior Star Wars editor Randy Stradley. While this prize is very likely to have zero financial value, it is truly an artifact of Dark Horse’s Star Wars publishing history and will be the perfect item for regifting to the obnoxious Star Wars fan in your life. Or try to resell it on eBay and let us know how it goes. Whatever—it's yours to enjoy as you please.
Now…enter, you will!
April 9, 2011
Johnson Creek Watershed Boat Ramp
Yesterday was a beautiful early spring day at the Johnson Creek boat ramp. Great day to be by the water!
March 31, 2011
Spring Creek Coffee House
Spring Creek Coffee House~
This is a terrific local coffee house located in Downtown Milwaukie.
Had a great lunch at Spring Creek this week. In addition to their coffee choices they also serve breakfast & lunch. I had the soup/salad combo. The tomato soup was warm and creamy and the salad super fresh. Very tasty! Ordered a cappuccino after that and it totally hit the spot on a rainy March afternoon. Every time I have gone in the staff has been friendly and attentive. It’s a great place if you enjoy a well made espresso drink, good food and a smile!
Located at: 10600 SE McLaughlin Blvd., Milwaukie, OR 97222 / 503.496.5555
www.springcreekcoffee.com
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