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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.
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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