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Washington Park Project

Written by Bryan Aptekar (Lands Stewardship Operations Coordinator ) for PayDirt, the City Employees bi-monthly newsletter. “Thanks to a grant from the Oregon Department of Fish & Wildlife, and partnership with several community groups, we have a much improved, much safer archery range in Washington Park. The new improvements provide a fixed shooting line and movable targets, increasing safety and functionality as compared to the past where fixed targets required archers to stagger themselves when shooting or …

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Archer’s Lexicon

New to archery? Wondering about the jargon  we use? Look no further than our Archer’s Lexicon for easy to understand definitions! Arrow The word Arrow comes from the old norse arwe.  An arrow is the projectile created to be shot from a bow.  Arrows have four main components: a nock, fletchings, a shaft, and a head.  Arrows can can be very simply built from a stick and leaves or very elaborate with many different components and materials. …

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Portland Zombie Walk

We had a great time this past weekend meeting some friendly neighborhood zombies at the Portland Zombie Walk. Zombie cosplayers, enthusiasts, and just plain quirky Portlandians gathered together at Hollywood Vintage on Saturday, October 25th for a windy, rainy, apocalyptic stroll through southeast Portland. We are very much looking forward to being more involved in future events with our newfound associates. Many zombies and ghouls were intrigued and enthused by our upcycled apocalypse bow Kate …

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