•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:

Check out our council website: http://pcira.wordpress.com

Friday, October 9, 2009, from 8:00 - 12:00 at Madison High School in Portland. "Connecting Boys to Books in Grades 3-8" presented by Barbara Swanson Sanders. Check out our council website for details or contact Nathan Traller at nathan_traller@beaverton.k12.or.us

Tuesday, November 10, 2009 from 4:00 - 6:00: Literacy Happy Hour. To be held at Stanford's Restaurant in Lake Oswego.

Sunday, February 7, 2010: 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

Thursday - Saturday, February 18-20, 2010: 20th West IRA Regional Conference in Portland - Oregon Convention Center and the DoubleTree Hotel Lloyd Center

Teachers As Readers Book Groups: Contact Joan Flora for information: floraj@canby.k12.or.us

Board Meetings: Portland Reading Council board meetings are open to all members. Please contact Penny Plavala for more details: pplavala@mesd.k12.or.us. Board meetings are held from 9:am-noon at the Northwest Center for Children's Literature located in the library at Concordia University: 2811 Holman Street, Portland, OR 97221.
Meetings are scheduled for October 3, December 5, January 30, and April 3.

Officers:
President: Penny Plavala, Multnomah ESD
Email: pplavala@mesd.k12.or.us 

Past President: Jody Rutherford, Portland Public Schools
Email: jrutherford@pps.k12.or.us    

Secretary: Barbara Kutasz, Portland Public Schools  
Email: bkutasz@pps.k12.or.us

Treasurer: Barbara Keller, Retired, Parkrose School District
Email:barbara.keller@comcast.net

Membership: Chrissy Lawrence, Sherwood SD
Email: clawrence@sherwood.k12.or.us   

Additional Board Members:                 
Becky Bard, Tigard-Tualatin
Keylah Boyer-Frazier, Concordia 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
Jason Ranker, Portland State University                                                              
Nathan Traller, Beaverton School District                  
Nancy Wiebelhaus, North Clackamas School District

Mentors:
Anne Kolibaba, Reynolds School District