City Info Weekly - 2009/08/05 (Archive)

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One “pack” makes a difference

City of Longview employees are collecting “backpacks” to donate to the local schools.  The packs will be handed out to children unable to afford the cost of buying new supplies and a pack for the next school year.  We want to make the difference in the lives of our children – one pack, one child.  You can go to the website at www.longview.k12.wa.us/supply%20lists.html to obtain the list of supplies needed for each pack or to see how you can participate.  Once you fill the pack with the needed supplies, please tag for the grade and school to which you are donating.  The pack(s) will be collected at the Executive Department at City Hall.  For those who are unable to purchase the entire backpack with supplies, even bringing in Kleenex, erasers, glue sticks, sharpened #2 pencils, small scissors, binders, etc. will help.  These loose items can be dumped into the community classroom supply box.  This gives everyone the opportunity to help our young students!  On August 24, we will gather the packs at the City, count them, and deliver them to the appropriate school.  On August 27, we will announce at the City of Longview Council meeting the number of packs we were able to gather for the children!  Thanks in advance for helping our local kids!

More information:  Contact the Executive Office at 442-5004.

Enjoy 60s folk music at this Thursday’s Summer Concert at the Lake

Enjoy free, live music for the entire family on Thursday evenings from 6 to 8 p.m. at Martin’s Dock in Lake Sacajawea Park.  Bring your lawn chairs, blankets, and picnic dinner for this fun family event.  Food service is also available. The August 6 performers are the Stellar Fellars, playing 60s folk music.

More information:  You may view the entire concert series through the Parks and Recreation web pages, or call 442-5400 for more information.

City Council lobbies for funding

At a recent trip to Washington, D.C., to lobby for federal funding, Dennis Weber took time out to chat with President Obama's Secretary of Transportation Ray LaHood, whose agency we are constantly lobbying for federal funds to make highways, bridges, and roads safer.

Experience “Art in the Park” at Lake Sacajawea

On Saturday, August 15, the City of Longview Parks and Recreation Department and the Columbian Artists Association will sponsor "Art in the Park" at Lake Sacajawea. The event will be held along the sidewalks in the Hemlock Plaza of Lake Sacajawea between Nichols and Kessler from 10 a.m. until 5 p.m.  Over 40 area artists will be participating.  Come meet, interact with, view the works of art, and purchase art from the individuals who have created it.  All items will be hand-made by the participating artists...no commercially produced items will be on display or for sale.

More information:  Contact the Parks & Recreation Department at 442-5400.

“Finding the Right Renter” landlord tenant training

The Longview Housing Authority (LHA), Cowlitz Meth Action Team, and Longview Police Community Services Unit are sponsoring a collaborative landlord tenant training on Thursday, August 27 at 9 a.m. at the Cowlitz PUD auditorium located at 961 12th Avenue in Longview.  Several agencies have teamed up to provide a morning session with John Campbell of the Campbell DeLong Research firm and nationally known expert on landlord tenant law. The afternoon will consist of workshops surrounding such topics as gang recognition, code enforcement, housing programs through LHA, Block Watch, Crime Prevention Through Environmental Design (CPTED), and the new eviction laws.

Registration forms can be picked up at the Longview Police Department at 1351 Hudson, or Longview Police Highland Satellite Office at 216 30th Ave. behind St. Helens Shopping Center. You may also call 442-5926 to have a form sent to you, or download one online from www.mylongview.com.  The cost for the training is $15, and checks should be made out to Cowlitz Substance Abuse Coalition (CSAC).  Return payment to City of Longview, Landlord Tenant Training Coordinator, P.O. Box 128, Longview, WA 98632.  Great prizes and giveaways will be presented at this training.

More information:  Contact Susan Mourning at 442-5926.