Business BRIEFS

‘Ruby Brews Café’ opens in Red Castle Games: May 31 was grand opening day for Ruby Brews Café Bar, a new café now open inside Red Castle Games, in the Mt. Scott-Arleta neighborhood. “Ruby Brews Café Bar aims to be more than just a café,” said manager Ophi Joughin at the ribbon-cutting ceremony. “We intend it to be a ‘community hub’, where gamers and non-gamers alike can come together, share their passion for games and puzzles, and enjoy a variety of delicious beverages and food.” Red Castle Games and Ruby Brews Café Bar are situated at 7160 S.E. Foster Road.

SMILE seeks part-time employee: SMILE, the neighborhood association for Sellwood and Westmoreland, is looking for a part time Event & Operations Coordinator to assist the Director of Operations. These are the only two paid positions of the otherwise volunteer operation, and they oversee two rental facilities – SMILE Station itself, and Oaks Pioneer Church in Sellwood, for which SMILE is the renting agent. The new part-time employee will assist the Director of Operations with weekly operations of the two venues. Responsibilities include customer care by email, phone and in person, facilities oversight and event setup, event and tour scheduling. Flexible schedule. Pay is $25 per hour; with an on-call stipend + hourly rate when called in. To apply, please submit a cover letter and resume to – smilestation@sellwood.org

Southeast Portland Rotary Club closes: The 60-year-old Southeast Portland Rotary Club is dissolving effective July 1, after many years of service and making a difference in Southeast Portland. The reason is a decline in membership below a sustainable level. In closing the club and its concurrent nonprofit foundation, the entire treasury of the foundation was dispersed in a series of grants, including substantial grants to “The Meals on Wheels People”, and to the Sellwood Community House. Memories of Southeast Portland Rotary will remain available for a limited time online – http://www.southeastportlandrotary.com – but meantime, former members of the club are urged to consider joining East Portland Rotary, which meets for a luncheon meeting on Thursday noons in the Garden Garage meeting room of the Moda Center, with all meetings carried live on ZOOM as well. East Portland Rotary was the original sponsor of Southeast Portland Rotary sixty years ago. For more information on the East Portland Rotary Club, go online – http://www.eastportlandrotary.org

Southeast business cited by EPA; issues corrected: In early June, the EPA announced that East Side Plating, Inc. located at 8400 S.E. 26th Place in Southeast Portland, would pay a fine of $139,505 for what had been determined to be violations of the Clean Air Act in 2022. These violations were in regard to electroplating, a type of metal finishing that under some circumstances can produce harmful emissions of hazardous air pollutants. However, the EPA also announced in its press release, that “As of Monday, June 10, East Side Plating has corrected all issues identified by EPA.”