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Lewis & Clark Expedition
11/10/2013
Mark Eifler

Mark Eifler speaks about the international aspects of the Lewis & Clark Expedition. When Lewis and Clark journeyed to the Columbia River in 1805, they entered a region that was hotly contested by several aggressive imperial powers. Thomas Jefferson was acutely aware of this, and his plan to send Americans into the region set off an international race to stop the Lewis and Clark expedition. This presentation examines the attempts of the Spanish, Russians, British, and Blackfeet Indians to stop the American move into the Pacific Northwest. Mark Eifler received his PhD from UC Berkeley. He now teaches at the University of Portland.

Milwaukie Light Rail Project
11/03/2013
DeeAnn Sandberg

DeeAnn Sandberg is in the Community Affairs Dept. at Tri-Met Capital Projects. She reports on the progress of the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Orange MAX Line Project. She presents segments showing the forthcoming Tri-Met Transit Bridge over the Willamette River. Arnie Panitch is a volunteer member of the Portland-Milwaukie Light Rail Community Advisory Committee. He contributes a discussion of the vision and completion of the 7-mile alignment due to open September 12, 2015. The rail line is at 50% completion to date, on time and on budget.

Once Upon A Time in Lair Hill
10/20/2013
Arnold Panitch

Arnie Panitch started walking the Lair Hill neighborhood of South Portland in 2003 when he moved here from Boise. Photojournalist Ken Kane began producing a slide show after having taken several versions of Panitch's walks. Together, they present a power point talk of Italian and Jewish immigration to Portland at the turn of the 20th Century. We see what happened when the urban renewal planners and the highway builders decided to knock down the area in the late 1950s. Arnie's father immigrated from Ukraine to Chicago in 1913.

The Northern Ireland Conflict
10/13/2013
Bill Meulemans

This is a presentation by Bill Meulemans. His book "Belfast: Both Sides Now"  tells the story of the Northern Ireland conflict through the eyes of both communities. The author writes in a journalistic style. He went out on the street to learn why the conflict started and why it will not end soon. Meulemans lived and worked among the working-class people of Belfast for 11 years while he was on the politics faculty of The Queen's University of Belfast. Bill Meulemans has been an HGP member for about ten years or so. He taught at PSU for 8 years and at Southern Oregon University for 28 years.

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