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Beaverton Oregon Important Phone Numbers

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Beaverton Oregon Important Phone Numbers
Here is a list of frequently called phone numbers for the City of Beaverton, Oregon. It also includes Washington County, State of Oregon, and US Government Contacts.

ANIMAL INFORMATION
Oregon Humane Society
503-285-7722 http://www.Oregonhumane.org

Washington County Animal Services
503-846—7041 http://www.co.washington.or.us/HHS/animalservices

CRISIS HOTLINES
Beaverton Multi-Service Center
833455-9090 http://www.oregon.gov/dhs

Domestic Violence Resource Center – Crisis Line
503-469-8620 (24 hours) http://www.dvrc-or.org

Oregon SafeNet
800-723-3638 http:://www.oregonsafenet.org

Oregon Poison Center
800-222-1222 http://www.ohsu.edu/poison

Sexual Assault Resource Center
503-640-5311 (24 hours) http://www.sacoregon.org

State Office of Child Services
503—681—6917 http://www.oregon.gov/dhs/children

Washington County Mental Health Services
503-846-4528 http://www.co.wushington.or.us/HHS/MentalHealth

ECONOMIC RESOURCES
Beaverton Area Chamber of Commerce
503-644-0123 http://www.beaverton.org

City of Beaverton Community and Economic Development Offices
503-526-2493 http://www.beavertonoregon.gov/departments/cdd

Westside Economic Alliance
503-968-3100 http://www.westside-alliunce.org

EMERGENCY AND COMMUNITY INFO
Police/Fire/Medical
911

Help Referral – Community Assistance
211 http://www.zoneinfo.org

Road & Travel Info – Oregon Department of Transportation
511 http://www.tripcheck.com

EMPLOYMENT
Worksource Oregon — Beaverton/Hillsboro
503-526-2700 http://www.worksourceoregon.org

Workforce Alliance PCC/ Washington County
971722-2713 http://www.workforceallianceonline.org

GENERAL INFORMATION AND RESOURCES
Beaverton Community Center
503-526-2565 http://www.beavertonoregon.gov/facilities.aspx

Beaverton Library
503-644-2197 http://www.beavertonlibrary.org

Better Business Bureau
503-212-3022 http://www.alaskaoregonwesternwashington.bbb.org

City of Beaverton Neighborhood Assoc.
503-526-2243 http://www.beavertonoregon.gov/departments/neighborhoods

Department of Environmental Quality
800-452-4011 http://www.oregon.gov/DEQ

Department of Motor Vehicles
503-299-9999 http://www.oregongov/odot/dmv

Disability, Aging, & Veteran Services
503-846-3060 http://www.co.washington.or.us/hhs/davs

Ecumenical Ministries of Oregon
503-221-1054 http://www.emoregon.org

Elsie Stuhr Senior Center
503-629-6342 http://www.thprd.org/fudlities/stuhr

METRO Recycling Hotline
503-234-3000 http://www.oregonmetro.gov/recycling

Social Security Administration
800-772-1213 http://www.ssa.gov

TriMet (Public Transportation)
503-238-RIDE (7433) http://www.trimet.org

Tualatin Hills Park & Recreation District
503-645-6433 http://www.thprd.org

United States Postal Service
800-275-8777 http://www.usps.com

GOVERNMENT
City of Beaverton
4755 Southwest Griffith Drive
Beaverton, OR 97005
503-526-2222 http://www.beavertonoregon.gov

Denny Doyle, Mayor
503-526-2497 mayormail@beavertonoregon.gov

Beaverton City Councilors
Cate Arnold, Council
President – Position 4
503-526-2508

Ian King — Position 1
503-526-2345

Betty Bode — Position 2
503-526-2347

Mark Fagin Position 3
503-526-2343

Marc San Soucie Position 5
503-526-2370

WASHINGTON COUNTY
155 North First Avenue, Suite 300
Hillsboro, OR 97124-3072
General Information: 503-846-8611
Administrative Office: 503-846-8685
http://www.co.washington.or.us

Washington County Board of Commissioners
Andy Duyck, Chair – At-Large
Dick Schouten — District 1
Greg Malinowski, Vice
Chair – District 2
Roy Rogers – District;
Bob Terry — District 4
Commission Main: 503-846-8681 http://www.co.washfngton.or.us/BOC

Metro Regional Government
600 NE Grand Avenue Portland, OR 97232—2736
Main: 503-797-1700 http://www.bluebook.state.or.us/

Metro Council
http://www.oregonmetro.gov/council
Tom Hughes — Metro Council President — 503-797-4889
Shirley Craddick — District 1 – 503-797-4547
Carlotta Collette — District 2 – 503-797-1337
Craig Dirksen District 3 – 503-797-1549
Kathryn Harrington – District 4 – 503-797-1553
Sam Chase District 5 – 503-797-4552
Bob Stacey — District 6 – 503-797-1546

STATE GOVERNMENT
http://www.oregon.gov

Oregon State Governor
Governorjohn Kitzhaber 503—378-4532
http://www.oregon.gov/gov/pages/index.aspx

Oregon State Representatives
http://www.Ieg.state.or.us/hhouse

Representative Tobias Read (D)
Beaverton — District: 27 503-936-4427 http://www.leg.stater.or.us/read

Representative Jeff Barker (D)
Aloha District: 28 503-986-1428
http://www.leg.stater.or.us/barker

Representative Chris Harker (D)
Beaverton — District: 34 503-626-8140
http://www.leg.stater.or.us/harker

Oregon State Senators
http://www.leg.state.or.us/senate

Senator Mark Hass (D)
Beaverton — District: 14 503-936-4714
http://www.leg.stater.or.us/hass

Senator Elizabeth Steiner Hayward (D)
NW Portland & Beaverton — District: 17 503-936-1717
http://www.leg.stater.or.us/steinerhayward

US GOVERNMENT
US House Representative
Rep. Suzanne Bonamici (D), OR lst District
503—326 —2901 http://www.bonumici.house.gov

US Senators
Senator Ron Wyden (D)
503-326-7525 http://www.wyden.senate.gov

Senator Jeff Merkley (D)
503-325-3386 http://www.merkley.senate.gov

PUBLIC SAFETY
Beaverton Police
Non—Emergency: 503-629-0111
Main: 503-526-2260 http://www.beavertonpolice.org

City of Beaverton Municipal Court
503-526-2290 http://www.beavertonoregon.gov/departments/court

Tualatin Valley Fire and Rescue
503-549-3577 http://www.tvfr.com

Washington County Sheriff
Sherriff Pat Garrett
Non—Emergency: 503-629-0111
Main: 503-846-2700
http://www.co.washington.or.us/sheriff

UTILITIES
Beaverton Garbage and Recycling
503-526-2665 http://www.beavertonoregon.gov/recycling

City of Beaverton Utilities
503-526-2257 http://www.beavertonoregon.gov

Clean Water Services
503-681-3600 http://www.cleanwaterservices.org

Comcast
800/266-2278 http://www.Comcast.com

Frontier
800-921-8101 http://www.Frontier.com

Metro Garbage and Recycling
503-234-3000 http://www.oregonmetro.gov/garbage

NW Natural Residential
800—422—4012 http://www.nwnatural.com

Portland General Electric
800-542-8818 http://www.portlandgeneral.com

Tualatin/Valley Water District
503-642-1511 http://www.tvwd.org

VISITORS ASSOCIATlONS
Washington County Visitors Association
503-644-5555 http://www.oregonswashingtoncounty.org

Help for Renters in Oregon

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Help for Renters in Oregon

Below are various resources to help low income people with finding rentals, or disputing landlord/tenant issues.

General Financial Assistance

OSU Extension Services

“Need Help Paying Bills”

Rental Housing Assistant Programs

Oregon Housing and Community Services

HUD Subsidized Apartments

Portland Housing Assistance

Society of St. Vincent de Paul – Portland

Tenants Rights in Oregon

HUD.Gov

Community Alliance of Tenants

Oregon State Bar

Tenant Rights Oregon

Oregon Renter’s Hanbook

Legal Options and Help for Low Incomes people

City of Portland Office of Human Relations

Pro Bono Student Lawyers

Oregon State Law Legal Aid

Tailor Smurf’s Shop

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The below chart lays out the cost of each hat and how much experience each item gives.

Baseball Cap – 100g/40xp – 2.5
Snorkel – 120g/50xp – 2.4
Cowboy Hat – 900g/250xp – 3.6
Feather Headband – 4000g/800xp – 5
Football Helmet – 20000g/2000xp – 10
Jester Cap – 250g/90xp – 2.77
Aviator Hat – 1500g/400xp – 3.75
Winter Hat – 6000g/1000xp – 6
Party Hat – 2500g/600xp – 4.16
Pirate Hat – 300000g/2500xp – 12
Graduation Hat – 12000g/1500xp 8
Alpine Hat – 500g/150xp – 3.33
Top Hat – 8500g/1200xp – 7.03
Magic Hat – 50000g/3000xp – 16.66

The Magic Hat looks to be the best cost vs XP at 16.66 gold per XP.

GM Help: RPG setting ideas

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GM Help: RPG setting ideas

One of the strengths of the D20 systems is the wide range of settings it can be used in. Between Dungeons and Dragons, Modern, Future, Cyberpunk and the Past supplements just about any setting can be run fairly effectively. I’ve so far ran a Time Travel Fantasy game, a Steam Punk/Victorian Era game, and a near future high tech space game with this system. Here’s a list of some other settings that I think would make a great game.

Torchwood – United States

A new rift has opened up in whatever major city you’re most familiar with. Captain Jack is in town to check it out and see how big it is. Unfortunately he finds that it needs a 24/7 team to watch over it. This is where the PCs come in, they can either be drafted or coerced by Captain Jack, or be members of a secret military organization or even private company dedicated to such things. This could be a Bureau-13 type setting with aliens, time-travel, and unexplained monsters, along with the very occasional siting of the good Doctor. Having this be over seas from the main part of Torchwood gives the characters the ability to get some occasional help or specialized equipment when needed, but not be totally dependent on them.

Roadmarks

Based on the book of the same name by Roger Zelazny, Roadmarks is the story of a couple who travel a road through time. Characters can be police from some where in the future tasked with patrolling the road. Or they could be hapless travelers from any era who turned off on the wrong road and ended up here. Perhaps they’re looking to just get back, or possibly they’re trying to make a profit off the road by (illegally) running artifacts from the past to the future. Or possibly providing modern guns to participants in ancient wars.

Space 1899

This was a game system from the 1980’s that had a great background, but wasn’t too popular for some reason. The discovery of liftwood allows the building of ships capable of space flight. This fueled further colonization of not only Earth, but Mars which was essentially a Colonial-era Africa in Victorian times. Using the D20 Past rules, some various D20 Steam Punk settings, and a bit of research into Victorian eras a great game could be built.

Zompocalypse

Zombies have risen, and are eating brains. Use D20 Modern and a basic Zombie template. The Zombie outbreak could be a localized event or a world wide event. This would be a great setting to play boringly “normal” characters who have been trust into an extraordinary  situation. The area of conflict can be an entire town, or an office building, mall or school. Characters have to use makeshift weapons and depend on whatever supplies they can find. This could be a one off game, or an entire campaign as the PCs explore and father clues to find out how the got Zombies started.

As can be seen, most any setting can easily be created in the D20 system. So go take advantage of it! And have fun!