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		Tidings of Comfort and Joy expressed at The Grotto’s 15th Annual Festival of Lights

		Neighborhood system a resource for positive change

		Adventist Hospital presents master plan for future expansion

		Mid-County restaurateur puts up his dukes and does it for the kids and the community

		Urban Renewal funding idea floated


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‘Mom and Pop’ franchise marks two decades of service to Mid-County
After two decades can your business be called an area landmark? In 1981, Bob and Marianne Pool opened the Pig ‘N Pancake restaurant on Northeast Glisan Street near 122nd Avenue. Over the years the previous occupants of the building/restaurant had been Fancy Dan’s, Sinclair’s and for two years before the present incarnation, it was called The Breakfast Pantry. The Glisan Street location was the Poole’s third Pig ‘N Pancake. The first two were established in 1961 in Seaside and Astoria in 1967.

All in the family
Julie Swenson (standing, left) and Lisa Burnham (standing, right) serve (seated, from left) to customer Freida Gartner, partners Bernie, Jason and Feimun Lum and original hostess Lori Bush.
MID-COUNTY MEMO PHOTO BY TIM CURRAN

In November 1985, Feimun and Bernadette ‘Bernie’ Lum purchased the Mid-County Pig ‘N Pancake location, becoming the first franchisees. Currently there are five Pig ‘N Pancakes operating in Oregon. In addition to the Mid-County, Seaside and Astoria locations, there are Pig ‘N Pancake’s in Tualatin and Cannon Beach.

“Even though we’re a franchise, we’re closer to a ‘Mom and Pop’ operation,” says Lum. He continues, “We offer quality food at reasonable prices and good service in a comfortable atmosphere. We try to have consistency in every facet of the operation,” Lum asserts. As proof of this, Lum points to Julie Swenson and Lisa Burnham, Pig ‘N Pancake waitresses for 18 and 16 years respectively, and to Hostess Lori Bush who has been with the Lums since the day they opened in 1985.

Bernie Lum says of her eighteen years, “I look forward to getting up every morning and seeing my friends. There are so many fond memories of the people I’ve met and the friends I’ve made over the years. We’ve been so fortunate to have such loyal customers and employees. They’re what really keeps the business going. We couldn’t do it without people like Lori, Julie and Lisa, and customers like Freida (94 year old Frieda Gartner and her husband Hans opened Gartner’s Country Meat Market, another Mid-county landmark, in 1941). They’re all my friends. Most of my customers have been coming in for so long with their families that now their kids are grown and they’re bringing their kids in, I feel like a grandmother.”

Eight months ago Bernie and Feimun’s son Jason, 24 joined the family business as a partner and manager. The Lums are looking forward to the next generations.

CPA expands services

Mid-county CPA, Donald Davis.

Mid-County resident Donald Davis has been a practicing Certified Public Accountant for over forty years and was the sole proprietor of his business at 838 S.W. 1st St. for past 27 years. In November, he decided that it was time to offer his clients more. He merged his practice with the company of Isler & Co., allowing him to offer expanded services to his clients.

“This merger has been good for our firm and for the clients,” said Davis, now a senior manager at the Portland branch of Isler & Co. “They have more backup and more people working for their needs.”

In addition to more in-depth estate planning, the new branch also offers a full audit team, a tax team, business consulting services, financial planning and international business consultation. A total of 23 trained professionals are now available to serve client’s needs.

The Portland branch of Isler & Co. is located downtown on the 29th floor at 1300 S.W. 5th Ave. For more information on how Isler & Co. can help you or your business, please call 503-224-5321.

Home away from home
Want a home cooked meal without having to cook it yourself? Sweet Home on Sandy is the answer. This restaurant, opened in September of this year, offers home cooking and daily breakfast and dinner specials. They serve breakfast, lunch and dinner, including steaks, pasta, hamburgers, seafood and more. This restaurant also makes a contribution to the community by helping to feed the hungry on Thanksgiving and Christmas.

In addition to this, Sweet Home on Sandy offers a donation center for coats and other clean, good condition clothing to be donated to homeless students attending Parkrose High School. They also hold regular raffles. Proceeds from the raffles are combined and used to buy other items for needy students at Parkrose High.

Owner of the Sweet Home Bar and Grill, 2824 N. Lombard St., Denny Frank saw the need for a full service restaurant and lounge on Sandy. He proceeded to fill that need, opening the Sweet Home on Sandy restaurant in September. In addition to a wide range of food, the restaurant also offers beer, wine, Keno and video poker machines.

Sweet Home on Sandy is open seven days a week from 7 a.m. to 2:30 a.m. Any time you feel hungry, stop by the Sweet Home on Sandy, 9004 N.E. Sandy Blvd. For more information or to make a reservation, please call Sweet Home on Sandy at 971-230-2337.

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