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50(¿ 36 years w of ^com m unity service Women Making Movies Cascade Festival celebrates w with m f t five v e s h short o r t f n films m s | Sec See Metro Metro section, inside S' TSortianit ®bsSBS ‘City of Roses’ Volume XXXVI. Number 10 T. Week ¡n The Review Established In 1970 www.portlandobserver.com Committed to Cultural Diversity Wednesday' • March 8. 2006 m S w 1 JM t k v H u C 5. ¿ t I ’ Blow to Bonds A new book by two San Francisco C h ro n ic le re p o rte rs a lle g e s homerun hitter Barry Bonds used [ a vast array of performance-en hancing drugs for at least five ! seasons beginning in 1998. “I won’t even look at it,” Bonds said j Tuesday of the Ixxik “Game of Shadows.” Kirby Puckett Remembered Kirby Puckett. BH8-T w ho e a r n e d th e Mi n tie Ô S A A / ILS. B ank / L es S c h w a b Tires 2 0 0 6 4A G irls B ask etb all S tate C h a n îp io n s h ip . tw o W orld S eries titles before his career was cut short by : glaucoma, died Monday after a ?troke. He was 45. See story, U niversitÿ <>f Portland, M arch 2-4 CIRANTSPASS QRAwrspAasI ¿2 OREGON CITY TUALATIN page A2. Rap Song Voted Best After one of the most exciting performances for a best song in Academy Awards history, the rap group Three 6 Mafia was awarded the Oscar Sunday for “It’s Hard Out Here for a Pimp” from the movie “Hustle & Flow. "Seestory, page 47. T_LU.ALAI!ÎL. LMtfiSW&Sàd i j UîiiËUGE TUALATIN o ïï E üông I' t V TUALATIN 3rd Place ASHLAND « ti Piar« ASHLAND SQULMCUûÊNt j j l A ü T ö WE' ö ' ö SQUIHRIQSÍE C h d r t tp io n lak T753 w S3 o CENTRAI CATHOLIC göüTRRIöüi cENTnsTcxnronc’ "SÔUÎHRIDÔE March Madness p ilo r o by I saiah B oi ie /T he P ortland O bserver Southridge High School o f Beaverton celebrates a basketball championship Saturday at the University o f Portland. The Skyhawks also won back-to-back 4A titles with the 55-46 win over Oregon City. For more about the game, the upcoming Boys 4A championship, and the Portland's Observer’s All-Star selections, see page A8. In Portland, Bikes Are Here To Stay Reeve Widow Dead at 44 Dana Reeve, who won world- j wide adm iration for her d evo tion to her “Superman" husband, C hristopher R eevt, through his I decade o f near-total paralysis, by S arah B lount has died o f lung cancer at the T he P ortland O bserver age of 44. W hile she w asn 't a Frightening gas prices and the formi sm oker, she announced in A u dable freeways have helped pull bike com gust that she had been d iag muters off of the fringe of society, but those nosed with the disease. who ride daily know cycling is more than a just a fuel and gridlock alternative. Bush Team Warns Iran Portland is just shy of becoming the Vice President Dick Cheney and nation’s official bike capital. The ground Secretary of State Condoleezza work for that distinction was laid years ago, Rice both warned of dire conse under the leadership of bike advocates like quences if Iran continued its Congressman Earl Blumenauer, aformercity nuclear fuel enrichment Tuesday, commissioner and state representative who while Defense Secretary Donald to this day continues to advance O regon's Rumsfeld claimed that Iranian cycling culture. Revolutionary Guard elements It used to be that biking instead of driving had infiltrated Iraq to cause to work was novel and those who rode trouble. everywhere in lieu of acar were, well, weird. New Orleans Homes Fall Not anymore. The city has paved nearly Demolition of homes in New Or- I 2(X) bike lanes and each year Portland at leans began Monday, six months tracts more two-wheeled commuters. after Hurricane Katrina destroyed The bike scene here is smoking and city thousands of properties. Dogs officials are not onlyjoining the party, they’re trained to find bodies will search bringing the chips and beer. the sites as houses are disas- | “There’s a riot of things the city is do sembled. The official death toll ing,” city staffer Linda Ginenthal said. directly related to the storm in Ginenthal is the outreach and education Louisiana is 1,080. manager of the city’s “Transportation O p tions Division." The agency, with a staff of 10. presents the community with alterna tives to single occupancy vehicle trips. Each year they single out a “hub” of the city and launch a campaign to get people walking. Cyclists shift into mainstream culture m 5 £ g c c 3 TO n> g so TO h < 3 n> b so s ? ? Í 1 o 82, 1 TO O 3 B ouie /T he P ortland O bserver cycling and using Tri-Met. Northeast Portland is the city's focus in 2(X)6. Beginning in April, 24,(XX) northeast households will receive mailers, inviting them to ge, outside and discover their city. Read ers will learn about a range of free programs, clinics, bike rides and bike kits, all compli ments of the city. The city is spending around $550,000on the project. Ginenthal said past work in continued 'y f on page A6 Hip Hop Generation Stepping Up Young activist leads new fight by S arah B lount T he P ortland O bserver 3 photo by I saiah Transportation to work is a bicycle for Fredy Sierra who crosses the Broadway Bridge to downtown. The Broadway is one o f the city's safest bridges to cross, with wide sidewalks on both sides. Americans are legally protected against discrimination, but you don’t have to look far to spot rac ism in it various, subtle forms in laws and public policy. With a belief that the devil is indeed in the details, 28-year-old Kai anja Crews is a young man who leads the fight against racial ineq uity like a chess match with calcu lation, wit and keen anticipation. With the drive to see his genera tion move ahead of institutional racism and bridge the gap between the civil rights and hip-hop genera tions. Crews is laying the ground work for a teen summit for Portland generation's fight by storming high school students this spring. public meetings and marching in He will host a public informa the streets. tional meeting on the plans on Crews is turning the page by Monday, March 13 at 5 p.m. at recruiting his own generation to Reflections Coffee Shop, 446 N.E. action in efforts to escape the in Killingsworth Ave. justices of economic disparities. Crew s’ inspiration comes from Personally, he's building a solid and local heroes like national Head base as an entrepreneur with his Start leader Ronald Herndon of continued on page A5 Portland, who fought his own Karanja Crews I