•COUNTIES:
• MULTNOMAH (part), CLACKAMAS (part) & WASHINGTON (part)

COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES:
  Portland State University, University of Portland, Lewis & Clark College,
  Concordia University, and Warner Pacific College

 Chartered in 1957

CALENDAR OF EVENTS:

Saturday, August 16, 2008, from 10:30am-2:30pm at the City of Beaverton Library. Board Planning Retreat.

Saturday, October 4, 2008, from 9:30 - 12:00 First Board Meetings of the year to be held at the NW Center for Children’s Literature located in the Hagen Center at Concordia College 2811 Holman Street, Portland Oregon, 97221. Contact Jody Rutherford for more information.

Board Meetings: December 6, 2008, January 31, 2009, February 1, 2009, and April 4, 2009

TAR Book Groups to be Announced
 
Sunday, February 1, 2009 African American Read-In Celebration - 2:30-4:00 Sponsored by the Portland Reading Council and the Multnomah County Library - North Portland Branch, 512 N Killingsworth St. Portland, OR 97217. Contact Keylah Boyer Frazier for more information - kfrazier@cu-portland.edu

Friday & Saturday, February 6-7 , 2009 ORA State Conference in Portland - DoubleTree Hotel Lloyd Center

April 2009 PCIRA's Annual Let's Celebrate Literacy Event Honoring Area Educators. Please email Rene Dernbach for information - dernbach@hsd.k12.or.us.

Officers:
President: Jody Rutherford,Secondary Literacy Specialist, Portland Public SD
Email: jrutherford@pps.k12.or.us   

Past Co-president: Keylah Boyer-Frazier, Assistant Professor, Concordia University   Email: kfrazier@cu-portland.edu  

Secretary: Barbara Kutasz, Retired Teacher, Portland Public SD. 
Email: bkutasz@pps.k12.or.us

Treasurer: Barbara Keller, Special Education Teacher at Parkrose HS, Parkrose SD,
Email:barbara.keller@comcast.net

Membership: Penny Plavala, Curriculum Specialist, Multnomah ESD
Email: pplavala@mesd.k12.or.us   

Additional Board Members:                 
Becky Bard, Tigard-Tualatin
Micki Caskey, Portland State University                            
René Dernbach, Hillsboro School District
Rich Feely, Beaverton School District
Joan Flora, Canby School District
Joyce Iliff, Portland Public Schools
Jane Koivisto, Concordia University
Chrissy Lawrence, Hillsboro School District                
Susan Lenski, Portland State University                                                                  
Nathan Traller, Beaverton School District                  
Nancy Wiebelhaus, North Clackamas School District

Mentors:
Anne Kolibaba, Reynolds School District