Senior Center (Nancy Ream Enabnit)
Over 100 people attended the Senior Center’s 40th Anniversary celebration. Folks enjoyed delicious food, fun music, cool cups, cake and fellowship. The first director of the Senior Center, Dick Halvorson, attended with his wife, Nancy. He spoke of the early days and the importance of the involvement of passionate volunteers to get the Center up and running. Staff put together a video retrospective taken from the pages of 40 years of scrapbooks. The Center has been a home-away-from-home to so many over the years.
An AARP Safe Driver course attracted 20 individuals. The two-day, six-hour training covered defensive driving techniques and adjustments to make as one ages.
Parks
SOLV-It in Sandy was a huge success with 121 volunteers cleaning up parks and public spaces around town. The Skate Park, Tickle Creek Trail, Sandy Bluff Park, Sandy River Park, Fir Hill Cemetery and downtown sidewalks were among the many areas receiving a face lift. Over a ton of garbage was collected and 7200# of paper went through the commercial shredder.
Recreation (Sarah Richardson)
Spring classes are winding down and preparations for the summer season have begun. The Summer Recreation Guide will be online the week of May 19th.
The summer schedule includes field trips on Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thursdays and a wide variety of Mad Science camps. New classes include cooking, drumming, self-defense and First Aid/CPR.
Transit (Julie Stephens)
Total ridership this month was 12,933 a decrease of 38% from the same period last year. SAM-Gresham decreased 38.6%; again this month, SAM-Estacada had the greatest drop in use, 53%; STAR had the most modest decrease, 17% this month; and ED ridership increased by 26%.
The expanded Mt. Hood Express ridership slowed significantly in April to 2073. Ski Bowl is closed for a short period before they resume with summer sports. Ridership on the new weekend SAM-Gresham Saturday & Sunday service continues to experience slight increases.
The Clackamas County C4 Committee invited all transit systems to a presentation on transit service in the County. Julie will represent rural transit in the newly created non-voting position on C4.