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About Street roots. (Portland, OR) 1998-current | View Entire Issue (July 5, 2013)
♦ 15 street roots July 5, 2013 Feeling Intense By M a rg a re t H u n te r How can one get past the pain, When the best mechanism is To go numb? How can a well-educated person Choose to act dumb? How can a person see in a world Full of optical illusions? How in a world full of sound, Can a person choose not to hear? How can we have world peace One night a year? How can there be laughter In a world full of sorrow? How can there be children In a world where human existence Might not be here tomorrow? Helen Hill is an artist, playwright and birth doula who lives in the Portland area. Several years ago she began this series of drawings when she was working on a variety of project with Dignity Village. Life Line By A b ra h a m V in z a n t Working at what we all call A 9 to 5 job is ideal. Having a place to live, A nice car, kids, Or just your family, And friends. We all need someone sometime, But there are others Who don’t need anyone at all. At this time, It’s my turn looking For a life line. I have a hold of one, It’s Street Roots. But I have a lot to give back. A good paying job Would do it for me And my family. PITZZUSS Answers on page 6 By Kara Dimitruk Sudoku Crossword Across 1. Ship quality 7. 2005 Best Picture nominee 13. Popular Genus of perennials and annuals 15. Die Hard’s Camp 16. Museum or library person 17. Dirty, foul (Fr. pi) 18. Mideast ruler 19. Salon jobs 21. Washington D.C.’s country 22. Gun or mud follower 24. Bamboozle 27. Fly’s larva 28. Cleanse 29. George W., to George 32. Flu symptom 33. Excellent (British) 35. Spin 37. It’s a blast 39. Throat dangler 40. Luanda’s country 42. Tehran’s country 44. ___Aviv 45. Bassoon, e.g. 46. Pigeon murmuring 48. “T o ___is human ...” 49. Bujumbura’s country 50. Quick swim 53. Rich woven fabric 54. Sushi fish 55. Original way of printing 58. Three Musketeers warning 61. Delta or Alaska 62. Tunis’ country 63. Common type of rock 64. Mideast V.I.P. Down 1. Small region of the PRC 2. Grads 3. Damascus’ country 4. Ivan the Terrible, e.g. 7 1 7 6 2 6 5 4 9 3 3 5 4 2 8 2 7 4 1 6 8 6 3 The objective of Sudoku is to fill in all the blank squares with the correct numbers, from 1 to 9. Every row, column and square must include all digits, 1 through 9, in any order. 5. “C’___la vie!” 6. Batman and Robin, e.g. 7. Confining garment 8. It’s in between Washington & Morrison 9. Not minus 10. Not ‘neath 11. Pipe joint 12. Nav. rank 14. The ideal man 15. Kinshasa’s country (with DR) 20. Clever, as a plan or person 22. Like some talk 23. Fond d u ___, Wis. 24. Head, Lat. 25. Small egg 26. Katmandu’s country 28. John 29. Gawk 30. Dog tag datum 31. Niamey’s country 34. Sarong (var.) 36. Hot _ (2007 film) 38. Tchotchke 41. Shrewdness (pi.) 43. Furthermore 47. Use a soapbox 49. Foundation 50. Past tense of dare (arch.) 51. New Delhi’s country 52. Song of joy 53. New York’s Carnegie___ 54. Peacock’s pride 55. What “it” plays 56. Yang’s counterpart 57. Grand___, Nova Scotia 59. Greek letters 60. Serengeti grazer Office Cat Rooty sends a big thank you to our neighbors Old Town Pizza fo r bringing slices to the vendors most afternoons! Yummy!
