A Portland Oregon newspaper since 1985 – Advertiser supported, the monthly Mid-county Memo newspaper circulates 17,000 copies in the Gateway and Parkrose neighborhoods in east Portland. More than 15,000 newspapers are directly mailed free of charge to homes in the area bounded on the east and west by Northeast 82nd and 162nd avenues, with Sandy Boulevard and East Burnside Street on the north and south. Remaining copies distributed at popular gathering places throughout the area. To find the latest updates on information, go to our Memo Web log at: MEMO BLOG. Vol. 29, No. 1 • Mailed monthly to over 15,000 homes in the Gateway & Parkrose Neighborhoods Free • May 2013 MEMO BLOG Memo Calendar Memo Pad Business Memos Meals on Wheels Letters Home
	FEATURE ARTICLES SUN rises at Prescott Elementary Top Notch labor dispute Parkrose Board of Education candidates' answers How do Mid-county restaurants rate? EPNO, EPAP face cuts East Portland Sunday Parkways set for May 12 Corrections About the MEMO MEMO Archives MEMO Advertising MEMO Country (Map) MEMO Web Neighbors MEMO Staff MEMO BLOG © 2013 Mid-county MEMO Terms & Conditions	SUN rises at Prescott Elementary LaShawn McCarthey, Prescott Elementary SUN site manager, poses with some of his students, from left, fifth grader Anthony Green, first grader Rickiya Overton and fifth grader Forrest Clark. Students participate in up to 45 minutes of daily homework help after school. Mid-county Memo photo/Tim E. Curran This year, Prescott Elementary joined Shaver Elementary and Parkrose High School to become the third Schools Uniting Neighborhoods (SUN) site in the Parkrose School District, which now hosts SUN in 50 percent of its schools. According to Michael Lopes, Prescott principal for his 11th school year, the school definitely demonstrated a need. The free and reduced lunch rate had grown progressively higher each year, as well as the population of children for whom English is a second language. Of Prescott's 377 students, 76 percent qualify for free or reduced lunch. At Shaver Elementary, 86 percent qualify. Read complete story here. The Mid-county Memo newspaper – serving the Gateway and Parkrose neighborhoods in east Portand, Oregon One of Portland's oldest community newspapers, the Mid-county Memo was founded in May 1985. It is mailed montlhy, free, to every home in a geographic-specific area of Portland, in the middle of Multnomah County, Oregon. The Memo publishes news and perspectives of the diverse neighborhoods of east Portland that include Parkrose, Hazelwood, Russell, Gateway, Parkrose Heights, Wilkes, Glenfair, Mill Park and Madison South. Neighborhood, library, church, senior, social and fraternal organization meetings, and events in the Gateway and Parkrose communities are also published. The Memo circulation area encompasses the Parkrose School District entirely, and two others partially: David Douglas and Reynolds. Mailing address: 3510 N.E. 134th Ave., Portland, OR 97230 Phone: 503.287.8904 Fax: 503.249.7672 Website: www.midcountymemo.com E-mail: advertising@midcountymemo.com E-mail: editor@midcountymemo.com
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