2 • The Southwest Portland Post
Trinidad reader says it’s sad
to see Le Meitour Gallery
shuttered
I read with interest Erik Vidstrand’s
story, “Le Meitour fights city hall for
permits to reopen his boutique mall,”
in the January 2016 issue of The Post.
Yves Le Meitour’s gallery on Capitol
Highway was among the best reasons to
visit Multnomah Village for shopping,
and it is sad to see it shuttered.
I don’t live in Portland but am
a frequent visitor and customer at
Multnomah Village shops because my
family lives nearby.
Mr. Le Meitour is a fine ambassador
of good will and taste for the Village
regardless of where he might choose
to do business and his new Multnomah
Boulevard place of business warrants
an accommodating outlook on the part
of planners.
It is unimaginable that he would
be experiencing resistance or undue
regulations. Surely there is a way
forward for planners to encourage
EDITORIAL
Mr. Le Meitour’s creative, productive
aspirations.
He is right in suggesting that his
project is being singled out for expensive
parking and sidewalk improvements.
Over the years it appears that many,
many new businesses open up all
over Portland with few demands
for parking or sidewalk upgrades.
This note is just to suggest that a very
fine entrepreneurial and ambassadorial
asset for Portland like Mr. Le Meitour
should be given the benefit of the doubt
in planning the opening of his new
French Quarter.
Patti Fleschner
Trinidad, Calif.
Remember a shoe repair
shop in Multnomah run by
Jim Cummins?
I’m trying to find information on my
Uncle Jim last name maybe Cummins.
He owned a little shoe repair shop on
the hillside off of Main Street in the
1950s and ‘60s. He also had hounds and
the police would call on him at times to
help them.
Bill Parker
Bill: Thank you for your letter. I
would recommend you contact the
folks at the Multnomah Historical
March 2016
Association. Tim Lyman I believe
is the president. You can find this
organization on the Internet at www.
multnomahhistorical.com.
Don Snedecor
Multnomah Village comes
out in force to rescue
missing, injured dog
I don’t know
if you are aware
of the story that
unfolded over the
past week of the
missing dog but
thought you might
be interested in the
story for the paper.
There was a
missing dog for
nine days that got
out and got hit by a car. Through
NextDoor and Facebook the whole
community came together to search for
the dog, even having 24-hour barbeques
going to try to lure the dog out with
food. The dog was found yesterday
afternoon [Feb. 2] being lured out by
bacon!
My son and I spent hours looking for
the dog and ran into over 100 people
out doing the same thing. Turns out
the dog belongs to a woman on the U.S.
Olympic Ski team. There is much more
to the story so if you want more details
let me know and I can put you in touch
with people.
Lisa Jensen
Multnomah Village Dental Care
POLICE BLOTTER
Taylors Ferry Road closed
after pedestrian struck by
two different vehicles
By Don Snedecor
The Southwest Portland Post
On Wednesday Feb. 17, 2016, at 5:48
p.m., Portland police officers from
Central Precinct and Traffic Division
responded to Southwest Taylors Ferry
Road, between Macadam Avenue and
Boones Ferry Road, on the report that
a teenage boy was injured after being
struck by vehicles being driven on Taylors
Ferry Road.
The teenager injured on Southwest
Taylors Ferry Road has been identified
as 15-year-old Timothy Baranow.
Officers and medical personnel arrived
and located the victim, who was suffering
from traumatic injuries. He has been
transported to a Portland hospital with
what are believed to be life-threatening
injuries. He remains in critical condition.
The Traffic Division’s Major Crash
Team responded to investigate the crash.
Taylors Ferry Road was closed from
Macadam Avenue/Highway 43 up to
Boones Ferry Road and remained so for
several hours.
Crash investigators have learned that
Baranow started to run northbound
across Taylors Ferry Road to his home
when he was first struck by a westbound
2015 Toyota 4Runner, driven by 36-year-
old Peggy Yam.
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