April - Oregon Buddhist Temple

4 The Oregon PureLand PathApril 2011committee of the Oregon Buddhist Temple was formed in2010 and given the mission "to ensure that environmentallyfriendlyaction and conservation are promoted, practiced, andattained in the operation of the temple".As such we invite all OBT members, families and OBTfriends and guests for a variety of activities during the monthof April in celebration of Earth Day 2011. To begin, the Eco-Sangha will sponsor Caran Goodall from the SustainabilityCenter of Metro to present "Earth FriendlyCleaners" at the April 10, Sunday dharma exchange.Saturday, April 16th, the Dharma School has organized aclean up at the Rose City cemetery for our SOLV project andEarth Day 2011 activity.Sunday, April 17th, the Eco-Sangha just in time forSpring gardening, will present Glen Anderson speaking on"Veggie Gardening".Sunday, April 24th, the Dharma School will offer anopen classroom with an environmental sustainability theme.Anyone who would like to be a member of the Eco-Sangha committee, please contact Tom Takeuchi, at"doctom@quixnet.net".Graduation banquetElaine YuzurihaTickets for the graduation banquet are nowfor sale. The graduation banquet isSunday, May 1st, 2011 at the MultnomahAthletic Club at 5pm, and it honors the2011 Japanese American high school graduates from thePortland metropolitan area. Come and support a worthycause and be prepared for a fun evening. Key note speaker isLisa Hoashi from Mercy Corp, and a former JapaneseAmerican graduate from Portland, who attended this banquetwhen she was a senior. This year's tickets are same price aslast year, $45. Contact Elaine Yuzuriha ate.yuzuriha@comcast.net or (360) 253-9532.OBT Readers’ Club meetingWednesday, April 20, 7:00-8:30 pmThe City & the City by China MiévilleIn this fast-paced detective novel, a murderthat may have been committed in one of twoparallel cities is being investigated by the other city’s police.What complicates the investigation is that residents of onecity are expected to “unsee” the other. What is this“unseeing”? Could we be doing it in our daily lives? Join usfor a lively discussion. Book may be purchased through theAmazon.com portal on the OBT website,http://oregonbuddhisttemple.com.Oregon Buddhist TempleFebruary 2011 DonationsIn m em ory of Yasuko 's fatherYasuk o & Ray FieldsIn m em ory of Sh igeichi KakishitaHisako Kak ishita, E leanor Kak ishita,M innie Young & Dana KakishitaIn m em ory of M ae Furukaw aM idori, Tom & T erri-A nn C arrolloLotu s CircleLew & Jean T om itaSetsy & C hip LaroucheSpecial donationsAlice Sum ida (for tree trim m ing)M ay IshidaElaine Furum oto & Betty BezierPortland Shotok an LLC (facility use)G uinevere A . JonesAm y LongG race Aoki (Spring bazaar)Jean M atsum oto (Hoonko sem inar)Mika's 3rd birthdayAnn S hintani & Scott W inner2011 M em bership do nation sLinda Nishi-StrattnerM ay IshidaChris & Susan LeedhamM ike & S hizue YasuiJim & Jean Tak ashim aHiroko Sugitani-FishKatie T am iyasuSahom i T achibanaSetsu U enoCynthia & G ordon W ongSteve & C lara P aw lowsk iRay FukunagaAlice AndoAlfred O noAm y PetersonFum i SaitoMem ber pledg e donationsRose T . IkataJean M atsum otoSusan E ndecottSusan LillyG ary H igashiM att & K irstin LitchfieldKatie BretschThank you for yo ur con tinued suppo rt!Acknowledgem ents are m ailed to individualsfor donations of $250 or m ore, to donorsnot on the O BT m ailing list, and to any donorupon request. Please inform us of anysignificant errors or om issionsSusan E ndecott, 503-698-3767,endecott@ w orldstar.com