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his arm on a Habitat project and was
forced to join the group in mid-
joumev. One morning, in Kentucky,
Brydon collapsed and was rushed
to a hospital, leaving the six least
e x perienced teammates to continue
on their own. There were plenty of
blown tires along the way, and
Goodarzi’s gearbox broke in half on
the Oregon coast.
The worst incident occurred at
the end of the ride in San Francisco,
ironically, as the riders were pass
ing ar low-income housing project.
A street gang attacked them and
stole two of the bikes.
Nonetheless, Gambetti says, the
community support they encoun
tered was “am azing, absolutely
amazing."
"Kids would ask us what we
were doing and ride part o f the way
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with us. When we ate at restau
rants. people at other tables would
pay for us. Perfect strangers would
invite us to spend the night at their
homes. There was the elation of
having done it and the camaraderie
we enjoyed.”
Rebecca Fausel, a rider on this
year'sChallenge, hasa similar reac
or George W ashington next year. C ow boy.”
On Saturday, July 31 Fausel
Locally, Habitat volunteers also
and her fellow riders will be es will tie into the cross-country trek
corted into Portland on the last 20 as part o f the construction o f a 14-
m iles o f th eir continental jo urney unit project at Northeast 44th Av
by a w elcom ing com m ittee con enue and Killingsworth Street.
sisting o f m em bers o f B ikes and
While thecyclists proceed. Habi
Ideas for K id s’ Em pow erm ent tat volunteers will be at work at the
( BIKE), a m entoring program for Killingsworth site. The non-profit
hopes to have 40 volunteers at work
on July 31, each of whom has col
lected at least $250 in pledges.
Project managerGene Brock says
that the design o f the structures is
intended to “enhance the neigh
borhood and still be affordable.
“T he design d o e sn ’t need to
cost m oney to be a p p e alin g ,”
Brock says. “ It's how you use the
m aterials. For instance, we use
colum ns that look like colum ns,
not spindly posts. T he hom es are
tion. Reached by cell phone at C en at-risk youth. T h ey ’ll proceed to being built in a style that w e'v e
tral City. Neb. on June 24, she said Jam eson Square on N orthw est forgotten, and are now trying to
the trip thus far had been "so much I Oth A venue and Johnson Street. get back to .”
fun. I’ve seen so many different The location will be the site o f a
Volunteers will also be needed
things.”
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Fausel, a St. M ary’s Academy p.m. featuring a barbecue, raffle, larly sc h ed u le d on M o n d ay s,
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attend medical school ateither Yale tainer Joe K urm askie, the "M etal at 504-287-9529.
T When we cite at restaurants, people
at other tables would pay for us.
Perfect strangers would invite us to
spend the night at their homes. There
was the elation o f having done it and
the camaraderie we enjoyed.
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Aerobics
Mallory Ave. Christian Church
Mon, Wed, Fri, 6-7am, Pierce • 5:30-6:2 Opm,
Granville • 6:30-7:30pm, Nickerson
Pilates (Contact AAH C)
M att Dishman
Tue, 8-9pm
Stretching/Body Sculpting
Low Impact Aerobics
Daniel’s M em orial Church
lue, 7:l5-8:l5pm . Granville
Columbia Pool, M att Dishman,
Salvation Arm y
African Dance
M att Dishman
Sat, 10-1 lam. Addo
Body Conditioning
W ild Oats M arket
Sat, 9:30-10:30am, Nickerson
Chicago Step
M att Dishman
Fri, 6:30pm, Kendrick
(Class courtesy o f M itt Dishmin)
M att Dishman
Tue. Thu, 7-8am, Lois
Tai Chi (Contact AAH C)
St John’s Comunity Center
Tue, 6:30-7:30pm
W alking Group
Peninsula Park
Sat, 12:30pm, Woods
Lloyd Ctr, 1st FI. in front of Sears
Tue, Thu, 6:30pm, Woods
Battle Over Police Reform
this resolution.”
Som e o f F ran cesco n i’s sug
As mayor. Katz oversees the gested improvements include in
basis of race.
Police Bureau whereas Francesconi stituting an apprenticeship train
The com m issioner’s resolution is in charge o f the parks, transpor ing program sim ilar to the one he
also includes an action plan aimed tation and urban forestry bureaus. oversaw as fire commissioner.
to put an end to racial profiling.
Francesconi said the m ayor’s
C om m issioner Randy Leonard,
Mayor Vera Katz came out swing response was “very, very surpris a co sp o n so r o f the resolution,
ing against Francesconi's new pro ing.”
said, "I support this resolution,
posal, calling it "insulting to myself
“All I want to do is diversify the and we m ust be clear, these are n 't
and to Chief Foxworth, who is al police force. This is the most impor 'g o a ls ’ for the Police Bureau.
ready working hard and making tant issue in the city and th at's all T hese are ex pectations for them
progress on the issues outlined in o f our responsibilities,” he said.
to m eet."
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An ongoing senes of questions and answers about America’s natural healing profession
Part 6. HEADACHES: Why Chiropractic is
nature’s long-lasting pain reliever.
Yoga
W ild Oats Market
Tue, Thu, 7:3O-8:3Opm, O’Rourke
Hum boldt Elementary
Tue, Thu, 6-7pm, Keller
Columbia Pool. 7701 N Chautaqua
Daniel’s Memonal Church, 1234 NE Killmgsworth
Humboldt Elementary. 4915 N Gantenbein
Malory Ave Oinsoan Church (Gym). 126 NE Alberta
Matt Dishman. 77 NE Knott
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: / always seem to be plagued nerve-related and therefore, stand
with headaches. They come a very good chance of being re
up over my head and seem to stop
lieved by Chiropractic.
at my eye. What can Chiropractic
possibly do to help me?
: Why should I go through a
: About 70% o f all people
full course o f Chiropractic
experience headaches of when drugs often relieve my head
one sort or another. The type you
aches?
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describe is quite typical. The pain
can range anywhere from m oder
ate to nauseating. The top three
nerves in the neck go up over the
back of the skull in a very sim ilar
pattern to w hat you describe. Any
type of pressure or irritation on
these nerves can cause extreme
pain. Your problems could be
;
A
i W h at’s m ore, drugs have seri-
j ous side effects. T he only side
effects o f C hiropractic are relief
i from pain and a healing o f the
cause o f pain. To find out how
C h iropractic could help relieve
J your headaches or for answ ers
to any questions you might have
: Drugs work primarily on re about your health, please call us
lieving pain, but not on treat at the telephone num ber listed
ing the cause o f the headache.
directly below.
Flowers' C hiropractic Office
2124 N.E. Hancock Street
Portland, Oregon 97212
Phone(503)287¿5504