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Page AS December 18, 200 2 Pedestrian Struck and Dragged continued D rive U hrpis from Front She told police that she had swerved to try to avoid what she thought was a box. Investigators have determined that neither o f the drivers were intoxicated, speedingor criminally at fault but they are still looking for a third motorist who is be lieved to have dragged the body from 72nd to 42nd avenues. It is not known whether the body rode on Happy 50th Birthday Margo L. Taylor from Family & Friends Michael Tshimanja, 9 (left), and his brother, Simon, 11, fit into their new bicycle helmets during a holiday bike drive sponsored by the Com munity Cycling Center of northeast Portland. Nearly 1,000 bikes and helmets were distributed to deserving kids during the Sunday event at Emanuel Hospital. For many o f the children, this was their first bike. it« JAMLS DePREIST TRIBUTE SEASON M ark W ashington / T he P ortland O bserver photo by ¡S88&3 ■H M M the top o f the car or was dragged underneath. A family member o f the victim has asked the driver to please come forward with information not for fault o f blame since Nichols was not in the crosswalk at the intersec tion. Nichols was a 32-year-old unem ployed Portland native with seven children. She was returning home from her stepfather’s home when she was killed. James DePreisl. Music D tiei'ttir & Conductor HOLIDAY MAGIC. MM houdaym u s , c Armed Against Aids GOSPEL CHRISTMAS Friday, December 20 at 7:30 p.m. Saturday, December 21 at 2 p.m. & 7:30 p.m. Charles Floyd, conductor piano Janice Scroggins, Northwest Community Gospel Chorus photo by photo by D avid P lechl /T he P ortland observer Rebecca Tinnis (left) o f the Women's Intercommunity AIDS Resource shares information about HIV/AIDS prevention with Tangelg Jackson in north Portland. Tinnis said most women know how they can become infected with HIV, but others are totally in the dark. continued fro m Front unwind and leave their inhibitions at the door. “ It’s kind o f like a big family,” said Tangela Jackson, also a peer educatorwiththeorganization. “It’s cozy and comfortable.” W IAR services also extend to the children o f women living with AIDS. Camp Starlight gives kids af fected by AIDS a chance to be with peers their own age in a supportive The Week in Review W heelchairs users beware: You could be ticketed - or worse, ex pelled - for speeding at Valley Col lege in Los Ángeles, Ca. Campus officials recently set a speed limit o f 4 mph for wheelchairs, hoping to keep pedestrians from being hurt. The regulation was proposed after Tom Jacobsmeyer, vice president o f administration, saw a student nearly hit by a woman “going very fast” in a wheelchair. Jacobsmeyer called the regulation a safety issue but some students find it absurd. Hogtled A petite 17-year-old girl awakened by intruders sprinted from her house in Dayton, Ohio, barefoot in paja mas and tackled one trespasser, pinning and hogtying him for po lice. Melissa Alexander said her experience training horses and play ing soccer and softball helped her as she took down the taller and heavier 18-year-oldman. Twooth- ers were arrested later, and police were looking for a fourth suspect. ‘Fear’ has the power to clear A New York student is facing charges o f reckless endangerment over an art project that sparked a terrorist alert and led to the evacu ation o f one o f the city’s busiest subway stations. A spokeswoman for the Manhattan District Attor ney said Clinton Boisvert, 25, had turned him self in on Monday and confessed to placing 38 black boxes printed with the word “fear" all around Union Square station. Lift your spirits with this lively and joyful celebration of Christmas. M ark W' ashington /T he P ortland O bserver Saturday evening performance sponsored by Time Warner Telecom Pastor W.G. Hardy Jr. (from left), Bennie Moore, Harold Will iams, Safeway's Bridget Flanagan, Roy Jay and Andrea Irby serve as community volunteers Tuesday distributing hams for the holidays to single parents and seniors. Media support by KINKfm 102 ' Tickets start at $21 Hams for the Holidays and fun environment. Mental health practitioners at the camp give the children one-on-one attention. Tinnis feels very close to the women she helps. She came from the same neighborhoods and has the same background as many o f her clients. She added that she feels fortunate WIAR reached her be fore AIDS did. “ It took someone to reach out and help,” she said. “ If I do the same, maybe we can get a handle on this.” Community reaches out to single parents, seniors Safeway Food and Drug in cooperation with the Hormel Co. and the African American Chamber o f Commerce do nated over 1.000 hams Tues day to single parents and se niors as a special holiday cel ebration. Pastors from the Albina Min isterial All iance rol led up their Donations of new unwrapped toys fur the Northwest NewsChannel 8 Toy Drive and canned food for the Oregon Food Bank and are accepted sleeves to help distribute the hams at a warehouse provided by Celebrity Limousine, an Af rican American business. Roy Jay, executive director o f the Oregon Business Net work and president o f the cham ber said the generous donation was worth over $10,000. The hams were given to any head of household or individual receiving public assistance, a single parent or a senior citizen, age 60 or older. at all Oregon Symphony Holiday Concerts. FOR TICKETS AND INFORMATION: Call 5 0 3 -2 2 8 -1 3 5 3 | 1 8 0 0 2 2 8 7 34 3 | M o n - Sat. 9 a m. - 5 p.m. WWW.oraymphony.org | 503-790-A R TS (service charge may apply) Group rates available. Call 5 0 3 -4 1 6 -6 3 7 5 D elta Ail I ines U h O H h ill/ \irhne <»/ ihc Oregon Symphony A k L E N E S C H N IT Z E R C O N C ER T HALL SW Main & Broadway • Portland Center for the Performing Arts hnhhh IH t W est C oast B lack P ublishers A ssociation A wards of M erit ♦ General Excellence Aw ard - 1st Place ♦ Best News Story - 1st Place ♦ Best Special Issue - 1st Place ♦ Best Black History - 1st Place ♦ Best Entertainment - 2nd Place ■ ♦ Best Sports - 3rd Place ‘Ponttaad Ofaenv&t, For the highest Standard of Journalism and Publishing, 2001-2002 • •
