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Mid-County activists Pete and Dorothy Smith pose in their home in 1991 for a Memo story.
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David and Bryan Ableidinger operate one the best-stocked hardware stores in the Portland area; whether you are a do-it-yourselfer or professional contractor, Parkrose Hardware has what you need. The brothers posed for this photo on the occasion of their new store’s grand opening for a feature story we published in 1997. |
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| The date was May 1993, and the event was the annual Gateway Area Business Association Fun-O-Rama Parade. Posing for the Memo was a group of excited young ladies from our area. |
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The Memo was at the Mill Park Neighborhood Association National Night Out event in August 1994. Both police and fire representatives were at the function, meant to help prevent crime in our community.
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For our front page story in June 1999 titled, “The Mayor of Marx Street: Gus Berliner of Simplicity Tools,” we featured this photo of Berliner, left, president of Simplicity Tools in Parkrose, along with his general manager and vice president of engineering Markus Bureker.
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Aldo Rossi of Rossi Farms, at the intersection Northeast 122nd Avenue and Shaver Street, poses for the Memo camera in December 1996. Rossi is one of many of Italian descent who cultivated produce in the rich Oregon soil; he and his family have also been exceedingly supportive of the many activities and events held locally.
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In our February 1993 story titled, “Trying to go out of business never felt so good,” the staff at the Northeast Catholic Counseling Center poses for the Memo. From left to right, counselor Sarah Deeby, counselor and director Barbara Kennedy, counselor Margaret Stratman, business administrator Lisa Sheridan and counselor Marilyn Kirvin-Quamme.
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At her clean and shiny restaurant, the Cameo Café and Coffee Shop near 82nd Avenue and Sandy Boulevard in Portland, owner and hands-on manager Sue Gee Lehn personifies the American spirit of entrepreneurship. Here she poses for our February 1995 article on her business titled, “A special woman.” By the way, the Cameo continues to serve one of the best breakfasts in all of Portland. There’s also a Cameo in Northwest Portland; you’ll catch Lehn at one or the other.
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| MEMO PHOTOS: RICH RIEGEL |
