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Ashland will install a memorial bench for a victim of the 2017 Portland train attack

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Taliesin Myrddin Namkai-Meche was one of three victims from a stabbing attack on the Portland MAX light rail train in 2017. Alex Landt grew up in Ashland and now works at a salvaged redwood mill in Crescent City. The bench will be installed in Lithia Park, just past the Japanese garden, in April 2023.

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Ashland will install a memorial bench for a victim of the 2017 Portland train attack

In the backyard of a small yellow house in Ashland, Alex Landt is covered in sawdust. He grew up in Ashland and now works at a salvaged redwood mill in Crescent City. He’s sanding down a 10-foot-long slab of redwood.Landt touches the slab after sanding it to check his progress. After just an hour of sanding, it’s already much smoother.The entire slab weighs around 200 pounds, according to Landt. He sits on it and bounces it up and down.“You coul…

1 year ago·Portland, United States

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