6 • The Southwest Portland Post
BUSINESS
August 2016
Board-certified veterinary surgeon opens clinic in Multnomah Village
OREV is open Monday
through Thursday from
9 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and
Fridays from 9 a.m. to 1
p.m. The clinic is located
at 7637 SW 33rd Ave and
provides on-site overnight
care for surgical patients.
For more information,
please visit http://
oregonexpertvets.com or
call (503) 477-7122.
THE COUNTRY STORE
By Erik Vidstrand
The Southwest Portland Post
A specialty veterinary clinic
providing advanced surgical care
for cats and dogs recently opened in
Multnomah Village.
Board-certified veterinary surgeon
Dr. Alon Kramer and wife Orit Kramer,
his business and marketing manager,
established OREV in 2012 in Tualatin
and moved the business to Multnomah
Village in June.
The clinic offers orthopedic, soft-
tissue, abdominal and thoracic,
re c o n s t ru c t i v e a n d o n c o l o g i c a l
surgeries along with comprehensive
anesthesia services and monitoring.
Dr. Kramer’s certification involved
several additional years of rigorous
training beyond veterinary school.
Kramer is able to provide advanced
diagnostics and treatments that extend
what a regular veterinary office can
provide to its animal patients.
Orit explained that OREV was started
with a strong notion of maintaining
a local and privately-owned small
organization that is involved with and
supports its community.
“We regularly provide volunteer
surgical work to the Oregon Humane
Society, Multnomah County animal
shelter, and the Washington County
animal shelter,” Orit Kramer told The
Post.
“We’re planning on other specialty
fields in the future,” Dr. Kramer
added.
The couple met years ago during
military service. After working
and living in Europe for two years,
backpacking in East Asia, U.S., and
Canada for a year, they settled in the
History of
Multnomah Days
festival goes back
to 1920s
Orit and Dr. Alon Kramer recently opened
up OREV Specialty Vet Care in Multnomah
Village. (Photo courtesy of Orit Kramer)
Pacific Northwest. They have three
children.
“Our family has resided in the
village since 2008 and is excited to live
and work in this community,” Orit
Kramer said.
(Photo courtesy of the Multnomah Historical Association)
Although some have labeled the
upcoming Multnomah Days festival its
108th, it is actually not. According to the
Multnomah Historical Association, the
annual Multnomah Days celebration
began in the 1920s when Multnomah
merchants decided to have an annual
city-wide sale.
“The annual parade and celebrations
were on Independence Day then,”
c o m m e n t e d P a t t i Wa i t m a n -
Ingebretsen, a longtime member of
the historical group.
“In the 1950s the event was renamed
Chief Multnomah Days,” she said.
“Then, as it is now, the pet parade was
a big part of the celebration.”
With the opening of Washington
Square mall in the 1970s, Multnomah
went into decline. The annual street
fair stopped but was revived in the
late 1980s when Portland Mayor Bud
Clark served as grand marshal, riding
a fire engine in the parade.
Regional trail segment along Willamette River (west) now open to peds and bikes
SELLWOOD BRIDGE
By Erik Vidstrand
The Southwest Portland Post
The regional trail between the
west end of the Sellwood Bridge and
Willamette Park recently opened. The
old path along the east shoulder of
Highway 43 (Southwest Macadam
Avenue) between the bridge and
Freeman Motors is now closed.
This reporter recently walked
the new trail and provided these
observations.
Parking at Willamette Park is the
easiest place to begin walking. Be sure
to pay for parking. The trail follows
Southwest Miles Place filled with
quaint homes.
The Portland Water Bureau is
constructing a new pumping station
and the trail will eventually connect
with Nevada Street when this is
complete. The regional trail continues
north to downtown Portland along the
Willamette River.
The trail winds south around the
back of Freeman Motors, under a large
power line structure, and along the
Willamette Moorage Park, a group of
floating homes. Their access has been
disrupted for years.
Construction of a large bioswale to
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