Book Club: Seeing red in Portland The RAPS Book Club will be hosted on May 20 by Prue Douglas at Terwilliger Plaza, 2545 SW Terwilliger Blvd., Portland. Call her at 503-299-4928 to RSVP and for directions. We will discuss The Portland Red Guide: Sites & Stories of Our Radical Past written by Michael Munk and published by PSU’s Ooligan Press. It should be an interesting postlude to Munk’s presentation as a guest speaker at the RAPS ice cream social on May15. The author is a retired political science professor who retired in Portland. This nonfiction book is described on the jacket as follows: A historical guidebook of social dissent, The Portland Red Guidelinks local radicals, their organizations, and their activities to physical sites in the Rose City. With the aid of maps and historical photos, Munk’s stories are those that history books often exclude. The listings expand readers’ perspectives of our unique city and radical past. Follow up Munk’s presentation by reading his book and talking about it at our May meeting. The book selected for June is Coal River by Michael Shnayerson. —Mary Brannan Hikers: Four Fridays, four hikes The fourth Friday hike schedule is: : May 23—North Columbia Slough loop. Four-and-a-half miles with no elevation gain/loss. Lunch in North Portland. Meet at 9:30 a.m. at the MAX yellow line Kenton/N. Denver station. June 27—Mosier Tunnels along the old Columbia River Highway. Lunch in Mosier. July 25—Lewis River east of Cougar. Four waterfalls, 5.6 miles out and back. Approximately 200-foot elevation change. Sack lunch. August 22—Salmon Creek Greenway just north of Vancouver. Paved, level trail along creek. Six-mile loop or three miles with car shuttle. Lunch in Vancouver. More details will be provided at a later date. Please confirm your participation by the Thursday before the hike to Larry Sawyer (503-771-1616 or larry_sawyer@ comcast.net). —Larry Sawyer — 3 — RAPS club reports PAST TENSE Early Efforts in Environmental Education Concerns in the late ‘60s about the degrading and squandering of our natural resources led to the establishment of Oregon’s first major Environmental Education Center at Portland State. U.S. Department of Education funding for the project was procured by Donald Stotler, science education supervisor, Portland Public Schools, who partnered with PSU science education professor Mike Fiasca to bring the center to PSU. The center was housed in room 326 of Lincoln Hall. Coordinated by Fiasca and directed by Michael Soulé and Larry Beutler, the center became a clearing house for information on environmental education, a sponsor of workshops to develop EE curricula and course materials for K-university teachers, and a setting to accommodate practitioners and national experts on environmental issues and idea exchanges. After federal monies expired in the late 1970s, and due to the lack of University support, the center closed. Past Tense features glimpses into Portland State’s history. To submit a story (or an idea for one), email the RAPS History Preservation Committee at raps@pdx.edu. BridgeGroup: May 13 at Willamette View The RAPS Bridge Group will next meet at Willamette View on Tuesday, May 13, at 1:00 p.m. If you would like to play, please let me know as soon as you can and no later than Friday, May 9. Please call me at 503292-0838 or e-mail colinkeld@gmail.comif you have questions. —Colin Dunkeld Two RAPS members received awards during the April 17 President’s Luncheon at University Place. Richard Brinkman, professor emeritus of economics, received the Outstanding Retired Faculty Award. Brinkman was recognized for his service to the University and to RAPS, as well as his scholarly work. Since his retirement in 2001, Brinkman has coauthored two books, published eight journal articles and two book reviews, and presented six papers. Vic Dahl, professor emeritus of history, received a special recognition award for his biographical sketches of deceased Portland State faculty and staff. The articles appear in the RAPS Sheet. “These biographies are meticulously researched, written with passion, and present the life histories in an interesting manner,” Mike Fiasca, professor emeritus of education, wrote in his nomination. Brinkman, Dahl win RAPS awards Mike Fiasca
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