Clackamas County and Southwest Portland events roundup: bat chat night hike, cooking and computer classes, concerts ...

Good morning Clackamas County. Welcome to a brand new week and my roundup of events in Happy Valley, Milwaukie, Lake Oswego, Oregon City, West Linn, Wilsonville, on Mount Hood, and in other locales in Clackamas County, as well as Southwest Portland.

Community Calendar

MAY 23 Coastal Georgia Center to hold art classes 6:30-8:30 p.m. May 23 and May 30. Coastal Georgia Center, 305 Fahm St. Drawing for the Beginner will encourage participants to explore the artist within.

Coming Events

Navy League Cadets will hold an information night for a possible new corps in the South Delta area. Navy League Cadets is for youth 9 to 13 years of age and is the feeder program for Air, Army and Sea Cadets. Location: Delta Manor Education Center, room 155, 4750-57th St., Ladner.

In Focus Photo Club exhibits work

More than a dozen members of the In Focus Photo Club will showcase their photography, which captures images of native and cultured plants in bloom. The club will have an opening reception for its "In Full Bloom" photography show from 2 to 4 p.m. Saturday, May 5, at Trout Lake Nature Center, 520 E. County Road 44 Bypass in Eustis, east of State Road 19. Light refreshments will be served. The ...

Festival of Birds will make for busy weekend

Birders, rejoice The annual Festival of Birds returns to Presque Isle State Park from Friday through Sunday. Activities include field trips to some of the park's hot spots for avian sightings, workshops and a Saturday talk by natural history writer Julie Zickefoose.