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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
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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,
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March Madness
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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
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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
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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
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on page A6
Hip Hop Generation Stepping Up
Young activist
leads new fight
by
S arah B lount
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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
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on page A5
Portland, who fought his own
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