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Geocaching 101 Join Us Saturday April 14th

Thursday, April 12th, 2012

Are you new to geocaching? Or have you been caching for a little while, but want to pick up some additional tips? Maybe you’re an experienced geocacher who is willing to share your knowledge and team up with some beginners to lend a hand?
Join us for GEO for Geocaching 101
Date: April 14th
Time: 10am-12:00pm
Location:Sandy City Hall
Council Chambers
39250 Pioneer Blvd.
Sandy, OR 97055

Join GEO for Geocaching 101
We’ll spend some time indoors going over the basics and then get out on the Meinig Park grounds to test your newly acquired skills.
All are welcome. We hope to have plenty of beginners looking to learn more. But we also hope to have some experienced cachers willing to team up with some new folks to help them around the beginner’s course we’re setting up at the Meinig Park . We’d also appreciate some experienced cachers bringing GPS units that new folks can borrow out on the course if they don’t have one of their own.
Our Agenda is:
A Brief History of Geocaching
Explanation of cache types and a few useful terms
Introduction to GPS and satellite technology
The cache page at geocaching.com
The beginner’s geocaching course
geocaching.com and logging your caches

Sponsored by: Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce
City of Sandy
Clackamas County Tourism – Mt. Hood Territory

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SACC at Work 4/7/12

Saturday, April 7th, 2012

This Week Around Town…

We would like you to join us for the luncheon this week Wednesdays April 11th.
If you RSVP and Attend you will be one of the first to receive a new member benefit!
Share what you want or need from your chamber. Ask the board your burning questions.

We hope you have a wonderful Easter!

Networking Events

Good Morning Sandy
Wednesday April 18th
7:30-8:30am
Adventist Medical
17055 Ruben Lane

Good Evening Sandy
Wednesday April
5:30-6:30pm
FFA Alumni
Sandy High School Greenhouses

Meet new people and support local businesses. Join us for some fun, networking, door prizes and refreshments.

Remember to bring a dollar for the 50/50 raffle!
The 50% not given to the winner is saved and used to “adopt” a local family in need in December.

Chamber Monthly Luncheon
Speakers: Your Chamber Board

Attend the luncheon and you will be one of the first to receive a new member benefit!

Share what you want or need from your chamber. Ask the board your burning questions.

Date: April 11th, 2012
Time: 12:-1:30 pm
Place: Temporary Change – Smoky Hearth
16607 Champion Way
$12.00 Per Person
Catered By: Smoky Hearth

RSVP to 503.668.4006
or chamber@sandyoregonchamber.org

Brown Bag Lunches
Join us for an informational brown bag lunch. Bring your lunch and learn about this great topic.

Topic: Cloud Computing
Speaker: Ebonie Johnson with RADIAH Technologies Group, LLC
Date: April 19th
Time: 12:00 pm
Place: Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce

RSVP to 503.668.4006

Support Our Members

New Members
RADIAH Technologies Group, LLC
AFLAC Insurance – Bruce Gillette

Renewing Members
Massage Therapy Center of Sandy
Mtn. Quail Business Services
Rainbow Trout Farm
Riegelmann’s

Support Our Members
A Barrel Full of Pennies – Presented by the Sandy Actors Theatre

Photo Taken by: Rod Stroh
From left to right: Jim Bumbardner, Dahlila,
Mikki Lipsey, Milo, Mikai, Christine Lyons, Steve Fried,
Brutus, Willow, Amanda Mehl, Dan Bosserman and Ruby

April 6th – April 29th
Friday and Saturday 8:00pm
Sunday 3:00pm

$15 General Admission, $12.00 Students/Seniors (60+),
$10 children under 10

Reservations recommended 503-668-6834

*****$2 off all tickets opening week-end*****
Wheel chair accessible & hearing assistance devices available

Sandy Actors Theatre is a 501(c) 3 organization known for its professional productions and deep community involvement. SAT offers comedies, dramas and children’s productions throughout the year in pursuit of its mission to keep live theater alive.


Mother’s Day Hanging Flower Baskets-Limited Supply
Mother’s Day will be here before you know it, May 13, 2012.

We are starting to take pre-orders for our annual Mother’s Day flower basket sale. To pre-order you can call or stop by the Chamber office. The Price is $24.00 each or 2 for $40.00. Pre-payment is appreciated when you order. Pick up dates will be May 10th, 11th or 12th at the Chamber office 10am-5pm.
If you do decide to pre-order, be sure you are able to pick up the morning of the 10th, as we cannot guarantee color or the largest basket. You will need to pick your own.
Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce – 38963 Pioneer Blvd – 503.668.4006 – chamber@sandyoregonchamber.org

Sandy/Clackamas County

Geocaching 101
Are you new to geocaching? Or have you been caching for a little while, but want to pick up some additional tips? Maybe you’re an experienced geocacher who is willing to share your knowledge and team up with some beginners to lend a hand?

Join us for GEO for Geocaching 101
Date: April 14th
Time: 10am-12:00pm
Location:Sandy City Hall
Council Chambers
39250 Pioneer Blvd.
Sandy, OR 97055
Join GEO for Geocaching 101


Connecting Students With The Workplace
Help us connect students with the workplace

Sandy High teachers would like to invite local business leaders to share their expertise and resources with students. Visit the Sandy High website to find out how you can help make learning more relevant and bridge the gap between class and career. Teachers have completed profiles that describe what they teach, and what some of their specific classroom needs are. The greatest need is for guest speakers, but some specific supplies are also being requested, including everything from Sharpies to computers, binders to bird seed, and ceramics tools to power tools. Check out the profiles to see how you can help connect our future workforce with the workplace. The profiles, with contact information, are posted at Oregon Trail School District . Or contact Bri Henderson at 506-668-8011 X256 or brianne.henderson@ortrail.k12.or.us.
Project sponsored by the Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce Career Education Committee.

Help For Your Business

Small Business Development Center

Learn Great Ways To Grow Your Business

Check out the Spring/Summer lineup of information-packed classes by visiting their website.

Thank you for your continued support of the Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce!
Sincerely,

Karey Milne
SACC Office Manager

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U.S. Postal Service Launches Innovative Technology for Small Businesses

Friday, April 6th, 2012

The U.S. Postal Service wants the small business world to know about its direct mail shipping service for small businesses, called ”Every Door Direct Mail.”

With Every Door Direct Mail, small businesses including restaurants, auto dealerships and doctor’s offices can send out direct mail campaigns such as postcards and brochures, with postage rates as low as 14.5 cents. The remarkable thing is that you don’t need a mailing list with specific addresses and/or names, or a postal permit. Such items typically drive up the costs and effort in a direct mail campaign.

Instead, the Postal Service’s website provides an online mapping tool. You can choose a city, county, zip code or even a neighborhood (i.e., within a 5-mile radius of a specific address). You just choose the area, and the direct mail will be delivered without the need to affix labels or print specific addresses.

The tool is fairly easy to use. Once you’ve registered your business and learn the tool the first time, thereafter it only takes minutes to schedule a simple local mailing. It walks you through the process step by step. The amount of your postage cost is displayed instantly online. Once you pay, you print out the documentation and take it to the Post Office along with your bundles of direct mail pieces.

This is part of a larger initiative by the Postal Service to use innovation and technology to serve small businesses.

The Postal Service also announced the redesign of its Click N ship site, where businesses and consumers can buy postage and print shipping labels online. The site is a counterpart to the “If it Fits, It Ships” flat rate mantra for Priority Mail packages (see above), where you can get the packaging for free and then go online to pay for the postage, print a label, and even schedule a pickup. No postage scale required!

The current Click N Ship site has been quite successful with small businesses — there are a million registered users and half of them are small businesses, notes Paul Vogel, president and chief marketing/sales officer, U.S. Postal Service. Coming this month (April 2012) will be a dedicated business version of the Click N Ship site, designed for small businesses that ship between 10 and 100 pieces of mail per day. Business Click N Ship will have a desktop app and expanded payment options.

-USPS.COM

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Learn About Clean Energy

Tuesday, April 3rd, 2012

Clean Energy: The Next Economic Development Solution
Thursday, April 5, 2012
11:00am PT / 1:00 CT / 2:00 ET

Learn about creating clean energy clusters, incubators and more. Find out how your local chamber can take advantage of today’s clean energy economic development potential!!

SPEAKERS AND TOPICS:

· LIZ THORSTENSEN, International Economic Development Council
How can a region or a city identify its clean energy assets? What do economic development leaders say about barriers and opportunities to clean energy growth?

(See Liz’s reports on clean energy as an economic development strategy)
Getting Prepared: Economic Development in a Transforming Energy Economy

Powering Up: State Assets & Barriers to Renewable Energy Growth-A survey of Economic Development Leaders

· DAVID R. IVES, U.S. Economic Development Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce
Learn about opportunities for clean energy cluster development, business incubators and public-private partnerships.

· AMY BUNTON, Senior Vice President, Pathway Lending
Hear about the country’s leading energy efficiency financing program and how to replicate its success in your community. Energy efficiency savings lead to business retention, a key pillar of economic development.

· JANICE KARCHER, VP, Economic Development, Genesee Regional Chamber of Commerce, Flint, MI
Learn how to launch your own clean energy network for your members.
E3 Innovation

· Hear from some invited local chamber colleagues about their clean energy economic issues.

Please Invite Your Member Companies, Committees and Staff!

Register Now!

Here’s the DIAL-IN INFORMATION:
(800) 791-2345
CODE#: 64648

Sincerely,

Diane Doucette
Executive Director
Chambers for Innovation and Clean Energy
ddoucette@sfchamber.com
(415) 352-8813
www.chambersforinnovation.com

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Connecting Students With The Workplace

Monday, April 2nd, 2012

Help us connect students with the workplace

Sandy High teachers would like to invite local business leaders to share their expertise and resources with students. Visit the Sandy High website to find out how you can help make learning more relevant and bridge the gap between class and career. Teachers have completed profiles that describe what they teach, and what some of their specific classroom needs are. The greatest need is for guest speakers, but some specific supplies are also being requested, including everything from Sharpies to computers, binders to bird seed, and ceramics tools to power tools. Check out the profiles to see how you can help connect our future workforce with the workplace. The profiles, with contact information, are posted at Oregon Trail School District . Or contact Bri Henderson at 506-668-8011 X256 or brianne.henderson@ortrail.k12.or.us.

Project sponsored by the Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce Career Education Committee.

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SACC at Work 3/31/12

Saturday, March 31st, 2012

This Week Around Town…

“You’re off to Great Places! Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting, So… get on your way!”
― Dr. Seuss, Oh, the Places You’ll Go!

It is our last weekend in March and it really did come in like a Lion, but will it go out like a lamb?
Sunday will be April and it looks like we are off to a busy start with First Friday coming up, Easter Egg Hunts and
Easter family gatherings. We hope the weather will be cooperative for the upcoming events.
Remember if you have any events coming up that you would like us to help get the word out, be sure to let us know.
We would love to help!

Networking Events

Good Morning Sandy
Wednesday April 4th
7:30-8:30am
Sandy Public Library
38980 Proctor Blvd

Good Morning Sandy
Wednesday April 18th
7:30-8:30am
Adventist Medical
17055 Ruben Lane

Meet new people and support local businesses. Join us for some fun, networking, door prizes and refreshments.
Remember to bring a dollar for the 50/50 raffle!
The 50% not given to the winner is saved and used to “adopt” a local family in need in December.

Brown Bag Lunch
Thursday April 19th
Sandy Chamber of Commerce
12:00-1:00pm
Topic: Cloud Computing
More information to come.

Chamber Monthly Luncheon
Speakers: Your Chamber Board – Get to Know Your Board
Date: April 11th, 2012
Time: 12:-1:30 pm
Place: Temporary Change – Smoky Hearth
16607 Champion Way
$12.00 Per Person
Catered By: Smoky Hearth

RSVP to 503.668.4006
or chamber@sandyoregonchamber.org

Support Our Members

New Members
Support our new members.

Renewing Members
Avamere Sandy
Otto’s Ski Shop

Support Our Members

Mother’s Day Hanging Flower Baskets – Limited Supply
Mother’s Day will be here before you know it, May 13, 2012.

We are starting to take pre-orders for our annual Mother’s Day flower basket sale. To pre-order you can call or stop by the Chamber office. The Price is $24.00 each or 2 for $40.00. Pre-payment is appreciated when you order. Pick up dates will be May 10th, 11th or 12th at the Chamber office 10am-5pm.
If you do decide to pre-order, be sure you are able to pick up the morning of the 10th, as we cannot guarantee color or the largest basket. You will need to pick your own.
Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce – 38963 Pioneer Blvd – 503.668.4006 – chamber@sandyoregonchamber.org

Menagerie Art Show & Opening Night of Barrel Full of Pennies

Menagerie, an art show focusing on people, animals and collections, opens Thursday April 5 at 6:45 with a reception at the Sandy Actors Theatre. Members of the Wy’east Artisans Guild present their artwork, in a variety of media, for this visually diverse exhibit. For the opening, artists will be on hand to describe the art and answer questions. Afterward, attendees are invited to stay for a full-length, preview performance of A Barrel Full of Pennies, a play by John Patrick.

Sandy/Clackamas County

Calendar of Events for April
Clackamas County
City of Sandy
Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce

Clackamas County Commissioners Invite You
Clackamas County Commissioners invite the public to an open forum with the Clackamas County Commissioners Wednesday, April 4 at 5:30 p.m. in the Clackamas County Development Services Auditorium, 150 Beavercreek Road, Oregon City, on the Red Soils campus.

Solar workshops available for Clackamas County Residents

Solar workshops available for Clackamas County residents through April 15
Free 90-minute workshops about solar power and the options to purchase, lease and finance a solar system are available to Clackamas County residents in coming weeks:

● Wed., March 28, 6-7:30 p.m. – NWREC, 15210 NE Miley Rd., Aurora

● Wed., April 4, 6-7:30 p.m. – Milwaukie Grange #268, 12015 SE 22nd Ave., Milwaukie

● Tues., April 10, 6-7:30 p.m. – Clackamas County Development Services Building, 150 Beavercreek Rd., Oregon City

Help For Your Business

Small Business Development Center
Learn Great Ways To Grow Your Business
Check out our Spring lineup of information-packed classes.

East County Business Development Fair 2012
The Best Business Development Fair on the East Side.
Save the Date and Register!
April 25,2012
9:00am-1:00pm
Mt Hood Community College
26000 SE Stark Street, Town & Gown Room
Gresham, OR 97030

Thank you for your continued support of the Sandy Area Chamber of Commerce!
Sincerely,

Karey Milne
SACC Office Manager

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Solar workshops available for Clackamas County Residents

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

Solar workshops available for Clackamas County residents through April 15
Free 90-minute workshops about solar power and the options to purchase, lease and finance a solar system are available to Clackamas County residents in coming weeks:

● Wed., March 28, 6-7:30 p.m. – NWREC, 15210 NE Miley Rd., Aurora

● Wed., April 4, 6-7:30 p.m. – Milwaukie Grange #268, 12015 SE 22nd Ave., Milwaukie

● Tues., April 10, 6-7:30 p.m. – Clackamas County Development Services Building, 150 Beavercreek Rd., Oregon City

These solar power workshops and site assessments are available thanks to Growing Solar Clackamas County, a community-led project created to help people tap into savings provided by solar power.

County residents can RSVP for a workshop or register for a free site assessment on their property either online at growingsolar.org or by calling 503-406-8381. The deadline is April 15 to sign up for a site assessment for a photo-voltaic solar system or hot water system.

Lease, purchase and financing options are available. Pricing may vary depending on roof composition, structural considerations, system options, or other legal and safety requirements. Electricity bills will reflect the savings from the solar energy; PGE customers will also get credit for solar energy that flows back to the power grid.

The Growing Solar Citizen Steering Committee vetted two contractors, LiveLight Energy of Beaverton and Sunlight Solar of Bend & Oregon City, for PV design and installation. The contractors use SolarWorld panels manufactured in Hillsboro and components from other Oregon companies.

Growing Solar is supported by the Clackamas County Office of Sustainability, and the Oregon State University Extension Service and 4-H Program. To learn more or request a site assessment, visit growingsolar.org (Lake Oswego and West Linn residents should contact Solarize West Linn & Lake Oswego, a similar initiative, at solarizewl-lo.com .)

For more information, contact:
Project Coordinator Kathy Phillips at info@growingsolar.org , 503-406-8381; or Eben Polk, Clackamas County Office of Sustainability, 503-742-4470 or epolk@co.clackamas.or.us

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Clackamas County Commissioners Invite You

Thursday, March 29th, 2012

Clackamas County Commissioners invite the public to an open forum with the Clackamas County Commissioners Wednesday, April 4 at 5:30 p.m. in the Clackamas County Development Services Auditorium, 150 Beavercreek Road, Oregon City, on the Red Soils campus.

The gathering is part of a series of informal conversations called Commissioner Community Roundtable, a discussion forum where the public is invited to meet the County Commissioners and discuss issues of concern or ask questions about the county’s operations or programs.

For more information please contact Gary Schmidt, 503-742-5908.

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Have you ever wanted to be a Pioneer?

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Philip Foster Farms tour season is firing up again, and the school days are all scheduled from the 3rd of April to the middle of June. Are you available to help share Oregon history and pioneer life with students this spring?

When: Weekdays 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. Sign up for one a week, or as often as
you like.

What: Share a 13-minute station with 5 to 8 groups of children, showing them
how to use the pioneer equipment, or guiding them through an activity. We
provide training and pioneer clothing for our volunteers.

On March 10th, we received an award from the Oregon-California Trails
Association (OCTA) for our efforts to preserve and explain the Oregon Trail.
If you’d like to be part of the Oregon Trail’s continuing history, please
contact Elaine Butler at jzhhistsoc@rconnects.com.

You can find lots more information, including pictures, calendar,
descriptions of the tours and more, on our website at
philipfosterfarm.com.

Elaine Butler
Site Manager

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Mt.Hood Community College Budget Survey

Wednesday, March 28th, 2012

Mt. Hood Community College has asked us to share this letter with you from Michael Hay, President of MHCC. They are working through their budget process and value your input, please take part in their budget survey and help give them some well deserved feedback.

MHCC Community:

One of the ongoing challenges we face as a College and certainly the largest hurdle I have as your President is our continuing budget shortfall with decreasing revenue from the State and increasing costs of health care, PERS and other obligations we have to our students and employees.

We project a $5.5 million gap for next fiscal year and $1.7 million the following year so I am encouraging all of you to take a role in sorting out the tradeoffs we face to balance the budget while serving our students and community. The College has been holding budget informational sessions and I appreciate all of you taking a role in defining our future.

I invite you to further participate by taking the 2012-13 Mt Hood Community College (MHCC) Budget Survey

The survey is an opportunity to review currently identified options for balancing the MHCC budget next year and lay the ground work for budget decisions the following year. Completed responses will be tabulated and provided to me and the President’s Cabinet in advance of the College’s budget recommendations to the MHCC Board of Education in April.

Additional options are in the process of being developed that were not completed in time to be considered. Due to existing contracts with three employee associations, the survey does not include options regarding current financial obligations the College has to our represented employees.

Several instructional program alterations and reconstructions were reviewed through the budget request process. Proposals brought forward included items such as creating musical theatre and cyber security programs, as well as several other program changes related to requests for faculty positions. Because these proposals involve faculty positions, they are being reviewed in a process separate from the trade-off list and in collaboration with the Full-Time Faculty Association.

Out of respect for our process and to encourage future efforts to bring more openness to the process, we encourage you to only complete the survey once and to include any commentary at the end of the survey if you wish. The survey is meant as a two-way educational and conversational instrument and is intended to illuminate the choices that have been developed by both employees and students. Many of the choices listed have been reviewed, vetted and analyzed by the College’s Budget Review Team.

The survey does not include the many incremental or smaller changes (increases and decreases) that may be needed to sustain a current service level but rather is designed to provide information about major changes and tradeoffs that can assist in balancing the budget.

Please note: This tool is not designed as a ‘vote’ or a ‘popularity contest’ but rather an additional tool for me and the Cabinet to review and consider options prior to making recommendations to the Board. Your responses are anonymous although the survey does ask if you are a student, employee or community member so we have a sense of your perspective. This survey will close April 4, 2012. The survey can be accessed at http://mhcc-webapps.mhcc.edu/budget/intro.html

The MHCC FY12-13 fiscal year budget will be presented to the Board on April 18th. The Board will hold a public hearing on the proposed budget on May 2nd and approve the budget for the purposes of review by the Tax Supervising and Conservation Committee on May 9th. Final adoption of the budget is slated for June 13th.

Thank you for your participation and for all that you do for MHCC and best of luck with Finals Week!

Mike Hay
Michael Hay, Ed.D.
President
Mt Hood Community College
26000 Stark Street
Gresham, OR 97030
503.491.7211 (w)

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