Community Spirit

If you come home after a long day at work and always seem to see a new phonebook on your doorstep, join the club.

However, now you can do something about it.

A new Web site was started because people are continually bombarded with Yellow and White Page directories at both home and office. The movement is not intended to stop the use of such directories, but to eliminate the unsolicited delivery of the books.

Ignite your imagination at the Washington County Museum on March 13.

The museum's popular monthly program engages kids of all ages in learning about history, art and culture. This month, find out about quilting and make your own quilt patterns with volunteers from the Westside Quilters Guild. Dress up in pioneer clothing and play with traditional toys such as Jacobs Ladders and pop-guns.

Local artists from the printmaking non-profit Print Arts Northwest will lead the art activities including "good luck books" with stamping, leprechaun Marionettes, green shamrock bookmarks, paper bag puppets. Free admission, cookies and juice. Donations welcome.

The Washington County Museum's March Crossroads Lecture will feature "Photo Dating: Costumes & Hairstyles 1840-1900."

Photographic preservation expert Brina Bolanz will give an overview of the Victorian fashion styles typically seen in posed portraits during each decade throughout the second half of the 19th Century.

Join them to discover the details you can look for to pinpoint in time your own undated family photographs — no pre-existing knowledge or experience necessary. Bolanz runs her own photo archiving business, Restored Stories, and has worked with the Oregon Historical Society.

Crossroads Lectures take place on the third Wednesday of each month from 3:30-4:30 p.m. The cost is $3 per person. Admission and Lectures are always free to Museum members, employees of corporate members, and PCC faculty, staff, and students. All ages welcome. Parking is free with permit available at the museum.

For more information, visit the museum Web site or call the museum at 503-645-5353.

Three officers teamed together Sunday night to help get an injured bald eagle to a wildlife care facility following an apparent fight with another eagle in the Lake Oswego area.

At about 7:30 p.m. Feb. 28, two Oregon State Police (OSP) troopers, one from the Fish & Wildlife Division, were requested to assist Lake Oswego Police Department on a call about two bald eagles fighting in a tree near Larch Street and Lee Street. Upon arrival the officers found an injured eagle on the ground underneath a rhododendron bush. The other eagle had flown away.

Using a thick blanket and leather gloves, the three officers were able to get the blanket over the injured eagle while it tried unsuccessfully to get off the ground due to its apparent injury. After capturing the eagle they placed it in a transport box and took it to an emergency veterinary clinic in Tualatin.

The Audubon Society of Portland picked the eagle up that night and transported it to their facility. Initial examination indicates the eagle is most likely an adult male and it suffered a leg injury, apparently from its fight with another eagle.