TWST Blog

Dateline: Tuesday, March 1

Hello Everyone!  This is Sally and I am happy to announce that I am back on the road again on our Multnomah, Clackamas, and Marion Counties TWST.  Before we start this TWST I have to give a shout out to Lane and Douglas Counties and apologize again to the folks there for having to cancel our TWST with them after I came down with the "crud".  I promise to reschedule that TWST soon.  Today, I am traveling with Jill Fuglister, MMT's newest Program Officer, heading to The Gateway of Mt Hood - Sandy, OR.  Jill and I are hoping my little sedan doesn't get stuck in one of the snow berms created from the plowing of yesterday's snowstorm.

Jill will take it from here so I can keep my eyes on the road...

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Jill here! Sally did a marvelous job of traversing the snow and getting us there in spite of my “exceptional” navigation. A seemingly straight-forward assignment, I managed to send us on a triple loop of Sandy’s downtown before arriving at our first destination. I tried to spin this as my way of helping us get to know Sandy a bit better, but I’m not sure if Sally bought it.  Thankfully, we still managed to arrive with plenty of time to spare, successfully connecting with our gracious host, Nancy Enabuit, director of the Sandy Community Center. The Center, pictured at right, is the hub for Sandy’s Senior Center, Recreation Department, Sandy Transit and Park Planning.
 
About a dozen intrepid souls negotiated the snow, which shut down area schools for the day, to join us. Folks came from Estacada, Government Camp, Hoodland, Lake Oswego, Sandy and more to discuss their projects, which covered arts, human services, recreation, and education to learn more about MMT priorities and process [link to this on our site]. Becky Hawley of the Sandy Actors Guild, came wearing ‘Pure Imagination’ copper jewelry hand-crafted by her spouse, Rod Stroh. The discussion was lively and we appreciated learning more about the great work happening across the communities that were represented at the meeting.

Sally and I also had the opportunity to visit a couple of other local spots during our visit. First, we stopped by The AntFarm, a new community center that will offer tutoring, job preparedness and employment to youth as well as much, much more to the broader community. Pictured here are Wesley Grout, Nunpa (AntFarm manager and director of Woape, AntFarm's parent organization) and Kristina Guerrero. Wesley and Kristina are occupational therapy graduate interns from Pacific University. The AntFarm team welcomed us with open arms despite a roof leak resulting from the storm that had flooded half of the new community center they are in the process of rehabbing.

Next we traveled up Pioneer Boulevard, which is part of the original Barlow Road, to the new Sandy Historical Museum. The Barlow Road provided a path for early settlers traveling the Oregon Trail to navigate around the Columbia River and continue onward to Oregon City and other destinations. At the museum, we got a taste of the local history, including a fun photo collection of Sandy schools’ students from the late 1800s to the 1950s. Those 1940s girls had some amazing ringlets! 

We hit the trail back to Portland about 4:00 and are looking forward to TWST day #2 in Oregon City tomorrow.

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