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July 12, 2023 Page 3 L ocaL N ews INSIDE Portland’s Music Community c Lassified /B ids pages 10 Established 1970 USPS 959 680 4747 NE Martin Luther King, Jr. Blvd., Portland, OR 97211 The Portland Observer welcomes freelance submissions. Manuscripts and photographs should be clearly labeled and will be returned if accompanied by a self addressed envelope. All created design display ads become the sole property of the newspaper and cannot be used in other publications or personal usage without the written consent of the general manager, unless the client has purchased the composition of such ad. © 2008 THE PORTLAND OBSERVER. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED, REPRODUCTION IN WHOLE OR IN PART WITHOUT PERMISSION IS PROHIBITED. The Portland Observer--Oregon’s Oldest Multicultural Publication--is a member of the National Newspaper Association--Founded in 1885, and The National Advertising Representative Amalgamated Publishers, Inc, New York, NY, and The West Coast Black Publishers Association PO QR code Publisher: Mark Washington, Sr. Editor: Shawntell Washington Office Mngr/Clasfds : Lucinda Baldwin Admin Coord : Quayuana Washington Creative Director: Kenya Anderson Web Editor: Zoe Holman-Kragero CALL 503-288-0033 • FAX 503-288-0015• news@portlandobserver.com ads@portlandobserver.com• subscription@portlandobserver.com Postmaster: Send address changes to Portland Observer, PO Box 3137, Portland, OR 97208 $5.00 TEES CLUBS FAMILY REUNIONS SCHOOL CLUBS BUSINESSES SCREEN PRINTING 971-570-8214 Shows Ongoing Support Musicians Rally for Cherished Friend Fighting Leukemia Last Christmas, longtime Portland music scene veteran Tony Hilsmeier received an un- welcome surprise. At 54, the 15-year employee of Serratto restaurant on North- west 21st Avenue (where custom- ers' children know him as "Uncle Tony") had just purchased his first house. As he packed up the rent- al apartment he'd called home for 25 years, he noticed a swelling in his feet that didn't seem right. An emergency room visit turned into an extended stay at Oregon Health & Science University’s (OHSU) Knight Cancer Institute. Before Hilsmeier had unpacked a single box at his new Cully neigh- borhood fixer-upper, he was diag- nosed with Acute Myeloid Leuke- mia (AML), one of the deadliest forms of blood cancer affecting bone marrow. After several rounds of che- motherapy, in June 2023 Hils- meier received a potentially life-saving bone marrow trans- plant. He continues to receive in- fusions from his OHSU medical team multiple times each week. “This cancer fight for my life has taken me to some dark plac- Doctor at ‘The Knight Cancer Institute’ and Tony Hilsmeier es, but I believe in miracles,” said Hilsmeier. “I keep myself positive with the help of my incredible medical team at OHSU and the love and support of my friends, loved ones and community.” Hilsmeier has the strength of the Portland music commu- nity in his corner. His family of friends, bandmates and col- leagues have begun to raise the funds needed to cover his mortgage, medical and life ex- penses thus far. However, as he continues to recover from his transplant and fight for his life, Hilsmeier needs addition- al financial support. His health and ongoing hospital stays have left him unable to work since December 2023. A GoFundMe for Hilsmeier has been set up. Please consider contributing so Hilsmeier can focus his full en- ergies on fighting his leukemia. Hilsmeier has been a loy- al supporter of local music for three decades, and is the found- ing singer, songwriter and gui- tarist for Portland rock band Go Fever, among many other musi- cal collaborations. Blazer’s G League Head Coach! Former assistant coach returns home Find Progressive News at The Portland G League team, the official NBA G League affiliate of the Portland Trail Blazers, has announced Jim Moran as the fran- chise’s first head coach. Moran returns to the Pacific Northwest as the head coach of the Portland G League team after he be- gan his NBA coaching career with the Portland Trail Blazers in 2014- 15, where he first served as the team’s associate video coordinator. Moran was promoted to an assistant coach in 2015 and served in the role through the 2020-21 season. Most recently, Moran spent the past two seasons (2021-23) as an as- sistant coach for the Detroit Pistons. His coaching career started in 2013 Trail Blazers face the Indiana Pacers on October 29, 2018. Bruce Ely / Trail Blazers as a player development coach with with 2,060 points, 802 rebounds and the Maine Red Claws of the then 321 assists. NBA Development League. A native of Syosset, NY, Moran Moran played his entire profes- played collegiately at William & sional career with CB Gran Canaria Mary where he was named to the in the Spanish ACB League from All-Colonial Athletic Association 2001-11. He was the first player to Team in both his junior and senior have his jersey number retired by seasons. He also played for the Irish the club, and he finished his career Men’s National Team from 2001-06.
