PORTLAND, Ore. – If you’re feeling charitable, you can help "stamp out hunger" on Saturday.

“Stamp Out Hunger” is the annual food drive by the Oregon Food Bank and Oregon State Association of Letter Carriers. Postal carriers in Oregon and southwest Washington delivered 1.5 million yellow, biodegradable bags to homes this week.

If you would like to donate, simply fill the bag with non-perishable food – like canned soups, cereal and pasta – and leave it outside for your mail carrier. Items like peanut butter and tuna fish are in high demand for kids, since schools and food pantries need help with their summer lunch programs.

“Nobody raises more food in one day than letter carriers do across the country  by l,” said Kevin Card, the president of the Oregon State Association of Letter Carriers. “It's that one time we can work with our customers to do something really incredible.”

The drive can bring in two million pounds of food for Oregon and southwest Washington; however, donations were down by 18 percent last year. Organizers do not know the reason.

The Wilsonville City Council approved on May 7 a change to compensation provided to the Mayor and deferred the City Councilor’s compensation decision until May 21.

The City Council voted 3-0 to reduce the base compensation for the position of Mayor to $750 a month at the May 21 City Council meeting. Mayor Knapp did not vote due to conflict of interest and Councilor Núñez was absent. In addition the Mayor receives other benefits including a cell phone, lap top computer, and reimbursement for personal vehicle use.

The City Council deferred until May 21 a decision on a new monthly stipend of $375 for Councilors that will go into effect Jan. 1, 2013. City Council members can also be reimbursed for business expenses they incur while performing Councilor duties on behalf of the City. The stipend is in addition to the each Councilor’s eligibility to receive the City’s group health insurance benefit coverage. Each Council member can select both the stipend and health coverage, waive the stipend and elect the health coverage, or elect the stipend and waive the health coverage.

At the May 7 Wilsonville City Council meeting, the Council awarded the City’s summer 2012 road maintenance contract to Brix Paving of Sherwood for just over $500,000. The contract is from June 1 to Sept. 15 of this year with the majority of work occurring during July and August.

The contract was awarded based on the low estimated bid received by the city. The city received four bids for the contract and Brix Paving, a local company, also performed the work last year for the city’s road maintenance program.

The contractor is scheduled to work in the Renaissance at Canyon Creek neighborhood, Villebois, Charbonneau and other specific locations. Work in these locations consists of crack repairs, slurry sealing, pavement overlays, and pavement removal and patching,

Once a road-maintenance schedule is determined, Brix Paving plans to notify neighborhoods where work is to take place. Residents can also find information about road maintenance and locations on the city’s website, under What’s New, Road Construction Updates, and on the city’s Facebook page.