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September 6, 2000 Page A6 (The |lo rtla n b (ßbseruer UurUanft Ü "W "^ _ Business Construction means Tri-Met detours • Steel Bridge will close on Saturday CONTRlBLTEDSUi&Y EU K TU tfO K lLASIiliBShfiyEK shuttled between Rose Quarter Transit Center and the Old Town/Chinatown Station. No stations will be missed. If construction isn’t done by Sunday morning, shuttle service will start again at 9 pm Sunday until 4 am on M onday. Tri-M et volunteers will be on hand at shuttle bus stops to assist riders with questions. Bus reroutes throughout Saturday MAX shuttle service & bus reroutes will be starting Starting early Saturday morning, eight bus routes that normally cross the Steel Bridge will be detoured to the Sept. 9 Tri-M et’s MAX light rail and bus service over the Steel Broadway Bridge, causing minor delays but no missed Bridge will be disrupted Saturday, Sept. 9 due to bridge stops. They will continue on the detour until construction construction. Shuttle buses carrying MAX passengers is done. These lines, which make 600 trips across the Steel and eight bus lines will be detoured across the Broadway Bridge, will be affected: Bridge, while a new pedestrian and bikeway is added to • 1-Greeley ■ 4-Fessenden • 5-Interstate Ave -8-NE 15th Ave- 10-NE33rdAve-33-Fremont -40-Mocks C rest-77- the Steel Bridge. M inor delays are expected while service is detoured Broadway/Lovejoy. around the bridge. All MAX and bus service will be For bus route information check www.tri-met.org or for trip-planning assistance, call 503-238-RIDE weekdays back to normal by Monday’s morning commute. While the Steel Bridge is closed, MAX riders will be from 7:30am to5:30pm, TTY 503-238-5811. Strike up the grill with the Best Some o f the best chefs and top kitchens in the Portland area turn to Paul Peffer for supplies o f 100 percent charcoal products, such as Mesquite from the trees o f Mexico. Mesquite ... what is it? This is a common question in the Portland area is that some restaurant mangers ask, “Is it mined out o f the ground like coal?" Many people do not know that it is a hardwood tree similar to oak that grows in the arid Southwest. At the time Cortez set foot in Central America, the Indians had already been cooking for hundreds o f years using a fuel that is yet to be matched -m esquite. Imagine Cortez’s c h e f s surprise at finding uneducated n a tiv e s p o ssessin g a fuel far superior to that o f civilized Spanish people. Perhaps his curiosity was sparked enough to venture into the forest. There he would have seen the Indians chopping down this very special tree called “m esquite”, watch them pile it into domes (a pyramid o f wood), covering the domes with mud and grass and then carefully control the burning by poking holes in the sides o f the structure, and, while these were curing, they would open other domes and remove the charcoal. T h is w as th e c o u rse o f this remarkable fuel that he had admired, and to this day, is still relatively unknown to many. Wage from page 6 that most people were skeptical about it. Rather than drop the idea o f a big tax cut, he said, they have now “carved it up into teensy slices” in an attempt to get it passed. “The Republicans w ere dogged. They kept at it and they refused to take no for an answer,” Clinton said. “That, in a nutshell, is what brings us to the current endgame. We have a lot o f work to do.” Lockhart said Clinton — with no campaign o f his own and little time left in office— is willing to devote his full attention to budget negotiations, even if they spill over into the cam paign’s final stretch. “I f Congress can’t get their work done byO ct. 1, w e’re not going any place,” Lockhart said. “W e’ll stay here through Election Day if need be.” Summer may be fading, but it’s not too late to start the barbecue. Just ask Paul Peffer o f northeast Portland. Peffer is a national barbecue judge. H e’s an expert on how to make outdoor cooking taste great. Local businesses, from the rib pits on the com er to the finest restaurants, know what he is talking about. Peffer is well known as a supplier o f the highest grade o f charcoal and other barbecue supplies. For 13 years he has serviced northwest cooks, from Seattle to Portland. He says an essential element that makes for a good barbecue is the right kind o f fire. Peffer specializes in 100-percent natural wood burning products. Compare that to the charcoal you find in the store which is actually a briquette that uses 50 percent filler, clay or sand to produce a charcoal-like product. The filler produces a lot o f the ash you find at the bottom o f the pan when the burning is done.. “A real piece of charcoal is chunks o f wood that has been carbonized,” Peffer says. Another problem with most store-bought charcoal is that it’s bound together with a petroleum product that can contaminate the taste o f your food. That’s why store brands advise you to wait until the briquettes turn gray before you put your meat on the grill. Peffer’s supply o f authentic Mesquite charcoal comes from Mexico, where they build pits in the ground, fire up the wood and put mud on top so that the product can smolder to just the right point o f consistency where it’s perfect forre-igniting. Using an authentic charcoal product not only makes barbecuing tastier, but also more enjoyable. “Once you try real lump charcoal, you will not go back to briquettes,” Peffer Two reasons I quit smoking. says. You can do it too. Toll Free 1-877-270-7867 TTY 1-877-777-6534 Department of Human Services, Oregon Health Division For more information you can call Peffer's at 503.254.0774. NEED A CAR? BANKRUPTCY? BAD CREDIT? NO CREDIT? COME SEE LOUIS.!! 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