September6. 2006_______________________________________
2006 NISSAN
ARMADA SE-
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The Nissan Armada is available
only as a four-door SUV. There are
three trim levels: SE, SE Off-Road
and LE. Base SEs com e well
equipped with 18-inch alloy wheels,
dual-zone automatic climate con
trol, three row s of seating, a power
driver seat, a tire-pressure monitor
ing system, power-adjustable ped
als, rear parking sensors, rear-seat
air conditioning, an eight-speaker
stereo with an in-dash CD changer
and an auto-dimming rearview mir
ror. The SE ( )ff-Road adds Rancho
shocks, a lower final drive ratio, 17-
inch wheels and all-terrain tires, fog
lights and skid plates. The high-
line LE model loses the hard-core
off-road equipment but gains up
scale items like a power litigate,
healed leather seats, driver-seat
memory, a power front passenger
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view mirrors and bumpers bring
excitement to the overall look. No
tricks employed to look smaller -
the Armada celebrates its massive
ness. The middle 40/20/40 bench
seat drew high praise for space and
comfort.
With two child car seats, there
was room for an adult to ride com
fortably in the middle - a useful
parental buffer between squabbling
kids Access to the third row of
seating u as easy from either side of
the Armada. The third row is not
bad at all. The seat is elevated so
you can see over the headrests and
not feel totally isolated back there.
There’s enough legroom and depth
so that the seating position is not
fetal.
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2006 Nissan Armada SE-OR 4X4 has 13 mpg city / 1 8 mpg hwygas mileage; 5.6L V8, 32 valve,
305 hp @ 4900 rpm engine; 5 speed automatic transmission.
seat, second-row bucket seats, and tion system with a rearview monitor casts an impressive shadow. The
an upgraded 10-speaker Bose au is an exclusive LE option.
Armada’s styling is going to be a
dio system. Many of these features
The Armada is big. There’s no “love it or hate it" issue for most
are optional on SE and SE Off-Road two ways about that. It's big, even people.
models. A sunroof and rear DVD fora large SUV. At 78.8 inches wide
Releasing the latch and pulling
entertainment system are optional (without mirrors), 206.9 inches long open the door is one fluid motion.
on all trims. A DVD-based naviga- and 78.7 inches high, the Armada Splashes of chrome on the side-
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Fight League
Debuts in Portland
Jay Hierson pins Jake Ellenberger to the mat in an International Fight League.
Heirson is one of the top mix martial artists in a new league that will include a
team from Portland.
Mixed martial arts fans will get their first look at their
newest sports franchise, the Portland Wolfpack, when the
International Eight League debuts at the Memorial Coli
seum on Saturday, Sept. 9 at 8 p.m.
The event will feature four teams competing: Matt
Lindland's Portland Wolfpack vs Maurice Smith's Seattle
Tigersharks and Bas Rutten's Los Angeles Anacondas
vs Antonio Inoki's Tokyo Sabres.
Inoki, an icon in Japanese professional wrestling, cel
ebrated the 30th anniversary of his historic 1976 fight with
Muhammed Ali on June 26.
Coaching the Wolf Pack will be Portland's own Olym
pic Silver Medalist, Ultimate Fighting Championship star
and local Sportfight promoter. Matt “The Law” Lindland.
Lindland won the Silver Medal in the 2000 Sydney Olym
pics in Greco Roman Wrestling and a World Silver Medal
in 2001.
Officially announced in January 2006, the International
Fight League is the brainchild of Kurt Otto and Gareb
Shamus. The matches allow mixed martial arts, the combi
nation ofjiu-jilsu, karate, judo, kick-boxing, wrestling, and
boxing to reach a broader audience.
Woods Makes Five Straight Victories
(AP) - Tiger Woods needed only
three-shot lead.
three holes to make it a fair fight.
Woods hit a towering 6-iron from
Before long, it was no contest.
2 10 yards that carried a swamp and
Woods made two eagles in his
plopped down 10 feet away from
first seven holes to turn a rally into
the hole for eagle on the par-5 sec
a rout, matching the best final round
ond. Then came a tee shot to 15 feet
of his career with an 8-under 63 to
for birdie on the next hole to give
win the Deutsche Bank Champion
him a share of the lead.
ship in Norton, Mass, on Monday
"I just had to run him down as
and stretch his PGA Tour winning
fast as possible, try to at least get
streak to five tournaments.
him by the time the front nine was
It was the first time Woods has
over,” Woods said. "But I was able
won five straight times in one sea
to do it within three holes.”
son, and his two-shot victory over
Two holes later, he raised the
Tiger Woods outdueled Vijay Singh over the final round to win the
Vijay Singh gave him seven titles in
putter
in his left hand toward the
Deutsche Bank Championship on Monday.
only 14 tournaments this year, a
sunny skies as a 25-foot birdie fell
staggering victory rate of 50 per
Woods is taking next week off. Labor Day, where thousands of to give him the lead. And his best
cent.
"It’s nice when you get on a roll fans crammed behind the ropes to golf was yet to come.
About the only thing capable of like this where things are just hap witness what was supposed to be
Singh was helpless, a feeling that
stopping him right now is the sched pening,” Woods said.
a duel between Woods and Singh, is spreading quickly on the PGA
ule.
It all happened so quickly on who started the final round with a Tour.
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ris who died
at the age of 96.
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grief.
Advocate Remembered
Marie Mitchell
and worked at Portland
Funeral services will
Community Col lege. She
be held at I 1 a.m .
atten d ed co lleg e at
W ednesday, Sept. 6,
Grambling State Univer
2006, in Ross Holly
sity.
wood Chapel for Marie
Survivors include her
Annette Mitchell, who
daughter, Terri; sons,
died Aug. 28 of a stroke
Jerry Mitchell Jr ,Colleh
at age 60.
Mitchell; sisters. Betty Glover and
She was bom Jan. 22, 1946, in Mary Lou Davis; a brother Henry
Monroe, La. and moved to Port Whitfield; and 13 grandchildren.
land in 1974. She married Jerry
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