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Fred Meyer
C alendar
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The Week
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C ari H achmann /
T he P ortland O bserver
photo by
Maquette Reeverts, the artist and
owner of Six Days Gallery on Northeast
Alberta Street, is a volunteer for Friends
o f Last Thursday, a neighborhood group
fn charge o f the monthly series of
summer street fairs.
Lasting the Summer
Friends of Last Thursday make
changes to help it survive
C ari H achmann
T he P ortland O bserver
by
Before Alberta Street gives way
for Last Thursday celebrations in
May, the volunteer group in charge
of the event has a few announce­
ments, including new fees for non­
artist vendors, and a first annual
Alberta Bar Crawl that will help raise
Victim Remembered One Year Later
pages 12-15
C lassifieds
F ood
page 20
For the first time, Friends o f Last
Thursday now holds a city permit
for the celebrations.
The grass-roots group, compro­
money to fund the summer-long mised of a fluctuating four to eight
event.
artists, m usicians, and business
Now in its 15th season, Friends owners from the Alberta neighbor­
of Last Thursday’s goal is to steer hood, formed and took responsibil­
the Alberta street fairs away from ity for Last Thursday a few years
past controversies and near col­ ago after criticism and complaints
lapse, and into a future that is sup­ from neighbors about drunk and
portive of its artists and performers
continued
on page 5
and safe for the community.
pages 18-19
Family and friends gathered Fri­
day to remember the life of Ramon
Taylor, 31, and get out the word that
there’s a reward for information that
could lead to an arrest.
Taylor was shot in the head on
March 22, 2012 about 3 a.m. near
S o u th e ast 72nd A venue and
Mitchell Court.
The victim’s family is
not giving up in tracking
down their loved one’s
killer. Taylor left behind
nine children.
“We don’t want this to
be another 10,20,30-year-
old co ld c a s e ,” said
Jeaneen M ontgomery, a
member of the victim’s
family.
Police found Taylor
dead on the morning of
the shooting when the
car he was in crashed on
N o rth ea st
M artin
Ramon Taylor
continued
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