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Get Ready for Bulky Waste pickup in milwaukie

This upcoming Saturday (6/14) those west of HWY 224 get Pickup. Saturday (6/21) for east of 224

The screen shot above is from the Milwaukie City website (  2025 Curbside Bulky Waste Disposal Event | City of Milwaukie Oregon Official Website  ).  It is kind of odd that usually, if I am not mistaken, the first of these two Saturdays is for those east of Highway 224 and the second Saturday is usually for west of 224.  This makes me think be prepared for the stated order in the above green bordered screenshot being wrong, and the order of west-east actually being in reverse.


Being early by one week is not too big a price to pay for not missing this once-a-year free bulky waste pickup opportunity.


(posted by Elvis Clark on June 8, 2024)

Pietro Pizza is now open at Milwaukie Market Place

Just in time for Father's Day, Pietro's Pizza opens at Milwaukie Market Place, having moved from its downtown Milwaukie location.


Seem to be doing good business this afternoon when I rode by it.  It was able to bring its neon sign pictured above with it from its downtown location, after gaining approval from the City of Milwaukie.


My wife is taking me to Pietro's tomorrow to celebrate Father's Day.  I just might make Pietro's my place for meetings with others.


(posted by Elvis Clark on June 14, 2025)

Milwaukie's iconic Bob's Red Mill restaurant closing

Seems Bob's Red Mill restaurant and store have been losing money, prompting it to be shuttered

KGW is reporting that Bob's Red Mill restaurant will close tomorrow (Feb 9, 2025) and the retail store at the same site will close on Feb 17, 2025.  Bob the founder of the Red Mill died a year ago, and the restaurant and store have struggled financially in this year.


Bob's Red Mill will continue producing its specialty grains and goods, but it will become a wholesaler exclusively.  40 employees lose their jobs with this closure.


Here's KGW news reporting on the closure of Bob's Red Mill restaurant and retail shop:


 Bob's Red Mill to close Milwaukie retail store and cafe | kgw.com 


(posted by Elvis Clark on February 8, 2025)

Providence Hospitals/Clinics muddle through strike

Sounds like nearly half of nurses remain on the job despite their union's strike plus replacements

From 2 news links here, it sounds like Providence is muddling through its nurse and partial doctor strike.    

Providence returning to negotiating table as ONA nurses strike in Medford | Top Stories | kdrv.com


 Providence announces return to negotiations for 2 hospitals amid strike | kgw.com 


I guess one of the issues is that Providence hospitals and clinics in Medford and Newberg pay nurses less than those in the Portland Metro area.


Something like 40% of Providence nurses reported to work on the first day of the Strike (Friday, Jan 10, 2025), and Providence has hired a bevy of temporary replacement nurses to fill behind those striking.


Sounds like Providence is returning to the bargain table soon to resolve the nurse's strike.


Of course, our useless Oregon politicians are quick to gripe about Providence hospital, even as Providence reports losing money on its Oregon hospitals.


When I walk past Providence Milwaukie on Friday and Saturday, I didn't see any signs of the nurse's strike but maybe I missed the time the picketing/demonstrations were being held. 


(posted by Elvis Clark on January 12, 2024)

Milwaukie Market Place loses Rite Aid, second loss this year

Rite Aid recently came out of bankruptcy ...lots of store closures to "right the ship," financially

Things had been looking up for Milwaukie Market Place in central Milwaukie until the latter half of this year.  Then, Shari's restaurant closes this last summer and now Rite Aid closes.  A note on the closed Rite Aid store entry says:  "go to Walgreens for prescriptions."


Meanwhile this last week the mega grocery chain merger between Krogers (known as Fred Meyers locally) and Albertsons fell through because of it being blocked by a court, on anti-trust grounds.


Safeway is part of Albertsons, and so, Safeway on King Road stays unaffected by grocery store consolidations.  Kroger and Albertsons originally wanted the merger so as to be more competitive against Amazon (Whole Foods) and Walmart.


One bit of other good news, seemingly for those in Central Milwaukie ....  The shuttered McGrath's Fish House at the Milwaukie Market Place complex is undergoing renovations, anticipating the re-location of Petro's Pizza from downtown Milwaukie to Milwaukie Market Place.


(posted by Elvis Clark on December 14, 2024)

The Milwaukie High Mustangs get creamed by Cheesemakers

Seems like too much testosterone may have led to some racial name calling by the Cheesemakers

By half time the Cheesemakers led Milwaukie High Mustangs by a score of 45 to 7.  Oregon Schools Activities Association is investigating the game for the use of racist language.  There is even an allegation that the referee - at the game held in Tillamook - uses racist language.


The Milwaukie Mustangs chose not to return to the field at the start of the second half, in a protest against the use of racial language by the Cheesemakers and referee.  And so, the referees called the game in favor of the Cheesemakers.


(posted by Elvis Clark on October 31, 2024)

Clackamas County FAir and rodeo starts Tudesday (8/13/24)

The Clackamas County Fair and Rodeo runs next week from Tuesday (8/13/24) thru Saturday (8/17/24)

The Rodeo begins 7:30 pm each evening.  Here's the link to the Clackamas Fair & its schedule: 


  Fair | Clackamas County Event Center (clackamascountyfair.com) 


(posted by Elvis Clark August 9, 2024)

Classic Car Show this Saturday (8/3/24) at Milwaukie Bowl

The Classic Car Show runs from 3 pm to 10 pm this Saturday 8/3/24

Here's the details on this annual like classic car show:    


41st Annual Milwaukie Cruise-In | 3045 SE Harrison St | UpcomingEvents.com


The weather for the Cruise Inn is supposed to be in the upper 80s, a bit of a relief from Thursday's (8/1/24) forecast of 100 degrees.


The Cruise Inn is just across from Mike's Restuarant at the Milwaukie Bowl (Harrison and HWY 224)


(posted by Elvis Clark on July 31, 2024)

Mike's Restaurtant re-opens and eager eaters line-up

Seemingly nearly two years after sustaining a car crash, Mike's Restaurant (Harrison & 224) re-opens

Mike's restaurant is one of the more happening eateries in the City of Milwaukie, and this is in full display as it doesn't take long for customers to show up this week - Mike's first week back in business (5/13/24).


Milwaukie is alive!


(posted by Elvis Clark on May 16, 2024)

ACE Hardware opens for business in Milwaukie MarketPlace!

Milwaukie Marketplace is in full recovery after years of languishing. ACE Hardware is the latest +

For me personally, if I got a small hardware item I need or want, I can now hop on my bicycle and ride over to ACE at Milwaukie Marketplace and pick it up - instead of having to drive my truck several miles to the Lowes just off Highway 224.  My bicycle has a basket for such small items.  I still have to drive to Lowes or other gardening outlets for bigger stuff (like bags of mixed soil or manure for gardening supplements).


ACE Hardware opened for business at the Marketplace earlier this last week of April 28 - May4, 2024.


(posted by Elvis Clark on May 4, 2024)

Hector Campbell school is slated to become a school again!

Milwaukie's Hector Campbell school closed as a school in 2012, but now Charter School moving to it

Hector Campbell closed early last decade as an elementary school.  It was repurposed as an administrative office for North Clackamas Schools District plus the gym and school grounds are made available for youth sports.


But Cascade Heights Charter School, operating within the North Clackamas School District, announces that it is relocating to the Hector Campbell School Complex - in a re-location deal struck with North Clackamas School District.  Here's Cascade Heights' press release:   The Future of Cascade Heights! Announcement of New Location | Cascade Heights Public Charter School 


Cascade Heights is said to be bringing with it 240 students, covering grades Kindergarten through 8th grade.  Class sizes are said to be 26 students, or so, with one teacher per grade.  It sounds like the students are required to wear uniforms.


For me personally, I will miss playing basketball during normal school hours under the covered basketball court, starting this Fall.  Oh well, I will survive.


(posted by Elvis Clark on April 26, 2024)

Free Public Shred day at 32nd & Harrison, Milwaukie

It is costly to get FedX or UPS to shred your docs, but Milwaukie Police Depart. Offers it Free

At Milwaukie's Free Public Shred Day (4/27/24), getting your documents shred is a simple drop off, handed to tenders at the Milwaukie Public Safety Building at 32nd & Harrison Streets.  Milwaukie's Police Department performs this service open to all Milwaukie residents once a year, usually in April.


(posted by Elvis Clark on April 20, 2024)

New seasons opens at Milwauke MarketPlace - March '24

Milwaukie Marketplace is alive and the parking lot full of shoppers

There are a few vacant retail spaces (4) next to the newly opened New Seasons at the Marketplace

There are a few vacant retail spaces (4) next to the newly opened New Seasons at the Marketplace

Milwaukie Marketplace is once again alive in central Milwaukie, Oregon.


Milwaukie Marketplace's anchor grocery store before New Seasons was Albertsons/Thriftway -which closed permanently in the year 2015.  The Marketplace has been in a malaise since the 2015 Grocery store closure - that is until now and the New Seasons opening this month, March 2024.

There are a few vacant retail spaces (4) next to the newly opened New Seasons at the Marketplace

There are a few vacant retail spaces (4) next to the newly opened New Seasons at the Marketplace

There are a few vacant retail spaces (4) next to the newly opened New Seasons at the Marketplace

If retail shopping at the newly opened New Seasons at the Milwaukie Marketplace complex stays busy, then I should think the remaining vacant retail spaces at the Marketplace will attract new businesses/shops.


(posted by Elvis Clark on March 28, 2024)

McGrath's at the Milwaukie Marketplace is still closed but there is rumor of a new tenant

There are a few vacant retail spaces (4) next to the newly opened New Seasons at the Marketplace

McGrath's at the Milwaukie Marketplace is still closed but there is rumor of a new tenant

I have yet to verify this, but I have heard rumblings that the Petro Pizza restaurant near the old Kellogg Bowling Alley in downtown Milwaukie may relocate to Central Milwaukie to take over the old, now closed McGrath's seafood restaurant.

New speciality food store plans to open - downtown Milwaukie

Locally sourced goat cheese plus other niche farm products

The entrepreneur is trying to raise $50,000 (via a Go Fund Me account) for funding the opening of her Specialty Food Store.  She also hopes to get matching funds from the City of Milwaukie.


(posted by Elvis Clark on February 23, 2024)

New Seasons had its meet & Greet feb 8, '24

The New Seasons Meet & Greet is held at the new 7 Acres Club House

7 Acres is the new Apartment Complex at the corner of 37th and Monroe, occupying the once empty span on the northside of the Milwaukie Marketplace.  Pictured here is the 7 acres Club House, just west of 37th and Washington streets.

New Seasons plans to open its Milwaukie store at the end of this March 2024

New Seasons will be in the Milwaukie Marketplace complex right next door to the Star Bucks at the Milwaukie Marketplace.

There is a mailroom in the clubhouse for residents of the 7 Acres apartment complex.

The Club House has a natural gas fireplace so that folks sitting near it can warm themselves

The Club House has a natural gas fireplace so that folks sitting near it can warm themselves

The apartment manager office also seems to be in the Club House.  I believe there are a total of 240 apartment units in the Seven Acres Apartment Complex.

The Club House has a natural gas fireplace so that folks sitting near it can warm themselves

The Club House has a natural gas fireplace so that folks sitting near it can warm themselves

The Club House has a natural gas fireplace so that folks sitting near it can warm themselves

(posted by Elvis Clark on February 8, 2024)

Clackamas County selling the witchita center

The Wichita Center at corner of Wichita and King Road might be sold to North Clackamas School Dist.

The Wichita Center in Milwaukie currently has a county run food pantry, clothing bank, and a few other services for young people and their families.  The Center also has a gym operated and used by the North Clackamas School District.


Clackamas County has funded the Wichita social service functions through its North Clackamas Parks District.  But the County is wanting to let the North Clackamas Parks District become its own special government district, independent of the Clackamas County government.


North Clackamas Schools District is in discussions with the County to buy back the Wichita Center and continue to offer Wichita's current social services through the School District.


Here some excerpts from the link at the end of this post:

  

[Clackamas Commissioner] Paul Savas said that the parks district is facing future financial challenges after losing some of its tax base from Happy Valley, which became its own parks provider in 2020. Another factor Savas saw in the parks district’s potential financial instability was the district’s 2018 decision to trade properties that now need expensive repairs with the school district, so he supports negotiations to potentially sell them back.


During the public meeting, Savas said that county commissioners met in executive session to discuss potential sale of Wichita back to the school district, which sent a letter of interest in purchasing the property to the county. School district leaders confirmed that they have been working on potential avenues to keep Wichita services going.


“District leadership recently met with the county administration, and we both agreed to engage in a collaborative process to ensure that the programs at Wichita remain a public service for our families. We will be meeting with them multiple times over the next several weeks to discuss our options,” Detchon wrote.


I have here another note:      If you recall, North Clackamas property taxpayers approved renewal of a special extra property tax for the North Clackamas School District this last November.  So, maybe the School District has deeper pockets for maintaining the Wichita Center than does the County.


Here's the news link for a fuller reporting on the transitioning of the Wichita Center:

    

Wichita Center to 'remain a public service' despite Clackamas County's termination - Gene Bradley (oregoncities.net)


(posted by Elvis Clark on February 3, 2024)

milwaukie Market new seasons meet & Greet

New Seasons at the Milwaukie Market Place just off Highway 224 is hosting a meet and greet.

New Seasons' Meet and Greet will be held at the nearby Seven Acres Club House.  A chance for those not living in the Seven Acres Apartment complex to see this relatively new club house.  (details of this Meet and Greet are just above here).


Here's a link to RSVP for this New Seasons Meet and Greet:


 Milwaukie Marketplace Community Open House (office.com) 


New Seasons is supposedly opening for business at the Milwaukie Marketplace (Oak Street and Highway 224) in the March-April 2024 time period.


Maybe the opening of New Seasons might reduce the regular weekday noon & 5 pm Safeway (King Road and 42nd) crowd rushes?


(posted by Elvis Clark on January 27, 2024)

Some Population statistics for Milwaukie, Oregon

The Table just below here is provided at last evening's (1/18/24) Milwaukie Transportation Meeting

I find it irritating, frustrating that governments like Milwaukie are so infatuated with skin color, gender and other immutable attributes.  So, instead of "Just Doing It" (fixing and improving roads, for instance), government staff spend hours and monies fretting about the minute impacts on this group or that group, in a game of victimhood reflection.


More than half the population says they are a victim.  But aren't we all victims of one sort or another.  Like one woman at this Transportation Committee says don't forget how women were discriminated against back some 50 years ago or so now.  But what about men who are drafted, forced into fighting and dying in wars or doing much of the policing.


This is not the 1950s, 1800s or 1700s anymore.  It is time to just treat people as individuals and stop this waste of identity, woke politics.


I am not even sure how you identify which areas of Milwaukie are of one group or another, as these government groupings of people are spread widely with no geographic concentrations.


If you fix or improve a street in Milwaukie, you are likely helping all of these groups.  It is just nonsense this modern-day blue state emphasis on Equity.


(posted by Elvis Clark on January 19, 2023)

A new small Shop in downtown milwaukie

It's called 'That Vintage One Shop' specializing in articles of clothing & media from past fashions

Here's the particulars on this quaint new niche store:

  

That One Vintage Shop

Hours: 11 a.m.-7 p.m. Monday-Saturday; noon-6 p.m. Sunday

Where: 11220 S.E. 21st Ave., Milwaukie


Ms. Swim the owner says about her store:


 “My vision was simple yet profound: to offer Milwaukie a truly unique store dedicated to curated clothing and media, carefully selected by individuals who share my passion for vintage treasures,” Swim said. 


(posted by Elvis Clark on January 4, 2024)


Former Office (Bar) owner opens new place -International Way

After selling the Office bar at 32nd and Harrison, Julie Moslom opens new bar on International Way

Molsom's new bar is called the Freeman Barrelhouse and is located at 4630 on International Way in Milwaukie (Or).  It is just off Highway 224, somewhat across from the North Clackamas School District Headquarters building on Freeman Road.


This Bar will open early to midafternoon and stay open till about 10 pm.  The bar will serve Dark Beer, Coffee and whiskey.  Any food requests will be supplied by delivery from a nearby Thai and Shushi restaurant.


Also on International Way is Breakside Milwauikie Tap Room & Brewery.  


Geez, I always think of International Way as being kind of a zone not really getting a lot of customer traffic after business hours, 8 am to 5 pm.


(posted by Elvis Clark on December 28, 2023)





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