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<ri. luly 25. 2007 Portland Olb s e r v e r Page B5 e|J o rtla n b (Ohseruer Auto Review Nim 1 1 1 rtview\ l,e" vM (les 2007 BMW X3 3.0si ‘Baby-Ute’ More Than Just Cute im presses in the X3, thanks to its The BMW X3 enters its fourth com bination o f decent low -down year o f production flush with suc response and a real enthusiasm for cess, but th ere's more com petition revs. If anything, the official 7.1- than ever in the sm aller, more fuel- seconds0-60m ph time feels slightly efficient SUVs. B M W 's response slow er than w hat we experienced is a stronger engine and revised behind the w heel, passing moves styling with more safety features, are dispatched w ith the clinical pre cision o f a surgeon. standard equipm ent and options. For tho se w ho are co m fo rta b le U nder the o f the hood is where d riving at the lim it, the D ynam ic things get interesting, with the X3 S tab ility C o n tro l now in clu d es, getting B M W 's new m agnesium for the first tim e in a BM W SU V , alloy straight-six 3.0-liter engine. D y n am ic T ra c tio n C o n tro l. A Badged as 3.0si to distinguish it button lets the d riv er ch o o se a from the previous-generation m o h ig h er th re sh o ld o f w h ee l-slip tor, the new engine turns out an before D SC engag es. T hough this im pressive 260-hp and 225 Ib-ft torque and is paired with a six- tech n iq u e is goo d for startin g o ff speed Steptronic autom atic trans on loose snow , it can also be m ission, a no-cost option. Power used to turn th e X3 into ev en reaches the road via B M W ’s xDrive m ore o f a d riv in g m achine. T he X3 is one o f the b e s t-d riv a ll-w h e e l-d riv e sy stem , w hich sends 60 percent o f torque to the ing SU V s on the m arket, thanks to rear wheels under normal condi accurate ste erin g and co m m itted tions but can vary this proportion co rn erin g resp o n ses. T h e c h a s according to where the grip is avail sis has been soften ed slig h tly in response to criticism o f the e a r able. As w ith other BM W m odels lier m odels, o fferin g a so m etim es w e'v e experienced, the new motor harsh ride. T h ere is d efin itely B y K athleen C arr Dear Deanna! My fam ily is giving me problem s over money. I inherited several thou sand dollars and now everyone has a sob story, cars breaking down and household issues. M ost o f these people have never visited me at my hom e nor thought o f me dur ing the holidays. 1 have had argu m ents with my parents, my cousins and everyone and 1 c a n 't take it no more. I w ant to put my foot down and say no to everybody that’s begging but I'm afraid o f isolating myself. W hat do I do? --Miserable with Money; Omaha, Neb. Dear Miserable: It's am azing how friends and family members can smell money but don't know you when y o u 're broke. You need to take care o f your family first, make a donation toyourchurch and invest w hat's left. If you have a giving spirit after taking care o f your priorities, then be loving and give a few o f your close family m em bers a savings bond with love Ask Deanna ! An advice column known fo r reality based subjects.' and keep it moving. Dear Deanna! I am tired o f the hustle and flow of relationships. The dating gam e is so played out and overrated that I have exhausted my hopes o f find ing a husband. I cook and clean and doall the dom estic things and w ork full-time. It seem s that men are n 't attracted tom e. W hat am I possibly doing w rong and why c a n 't men see that I'm a total package? — Clarice; Chicago Dear Clarice: You need to get o ff of the “ me, me, me" trip and start focusing on what Hattie Smith Sept. 29, 1 9 0 7 - J u l y 14, 2007 Hattie (Sim s) Smith was bom in W hite Rock, T exas on Sept. 29,1907, the young est o f five children bom to Elizabeth (C ra ven) Sims and Elzie Howard Sims. She and her brothers and sisters, Albert, Lucille, Effie and Elizabeth, grew up in a different p erio d o f time. Her older brother and sisters picked cotton to m aintain their fam ily land. Hattie was nurtured by her grandm other Craven, w hile her m other w orked in a factory to meet the fam ily's needs after her father left. H attie's education was cut short in gram m ar school and she w ent to work with herolder cousin. Beauty Knox, who taught her the value o f hard work, honesty and a good reputation. In addition to ironing, cooking, and housecleaning, they opened a restaurant specializing in ham burgers, chili, potato pies and egg custards. It was at this tim e that Hattie had a son. Joseph Lee Daniels, and Cousin Beauty took over the responsibility o f raising Joseph w hile Hattie continued to run (he restaurant business. Due to the pressures o f never-ending work and long days, H attie felt it w as tim e to venture into a new beginning. In 1937, at 20 years o f age, she traveled to Longview, Wash, to live with her sister. Lucille Hart. She found em ploym ent in Longview and met and m arried Calvin Aubrey Smith and they welcom ed their first child, Barbara Jean, in 1938. They moved to Salem i n 1939, where Cal found work as an apprentice shoe repairm an. Later he com pleted his apprenticeship and established his own business. C a l's Shoe Shop in W est Salem. They had their second daughter,C arol Lucille, in 1940. Both o f their girls grew up in Salem and experienced many good times, but also, some difficult times with racial discrim ination (1940-1960). Both girls attended Salem schools and went on to attend W illam ette U niver sity in Salem and O regon C ollege o f Education in M onmouth before Barbara graduated from University o f W ashington and Seattle U niver sity; and Carol front Colorado University and University o f Northern Colorado. H attie was loved and respected by everyone she cam e into contact with. She loved to cook and her life in the kitchen, with the arom a ol her fresh baked breads and pies, will be greatly missed. Her extended family included the Freeman, Sm ith and Fisher families in Longview, the O liver Smith, Lillian W illiam s and Orval/Ethel Payne families in Portland and the Bud Sm ith family in Corvallis. Funeral services were held July 18 in D enver, Colo., with burial at Longview Memorial Park in Longview on Friday, July 20. Specifications: 3.0-Liter 24-Valve inline 6-Cylinder 260-hp @ 225 Ib-ft torque engine: 6-Speed StepTronic Automatic Transmission: 19-City 26-Highway MPG $44,800. MSRP b e tte r b um p ab so rp tio n than b e fore. T he 2007 X3 3.0si m akeover is m ore than ju s t a new badge. M ost noticeable is the new front bum per th at fram es a new , slig h tly larger tw in-kidney grille, its chrom e ver tical slats co m p lem en te d by a ch ro m e strip alo n g the base o f the side windows. The new headlamp assembly no longer includes the DOT am ber reflector, which has been moved to the fender to give the light cluster a cleaner look, with the fog lights having been moved into the bumper and the Cold W eather pack age with its headlight washers now retracting into the bumper. For 2007, the revised interior uses new materials that are meant to up grade the look and feel, and for the most part the effort paid off. provid ing a very comfortable, yet more refined ambience for the ‘ultimate driving' experience. Upgrades in clude a new three-spoke steering wheel, more finely grained dashboard materials, a new look around the gauge cluster with the instrument hixxl integrated into the dash and th e d o o r p a n e ls an d a rm re s ts wrapped in leather. BMW carefully positioned the navigational system, rotating up out of the top center of the dash, so it's visible to driver and navigator but nestled unobtrusively halfway down in the recess where it stows when not in use, however we found the navi gational system to still need some fine tuning for ease o f use while driving. As with all B.MWs, the 2007 X3 3.0si is loaded with standard safety features including a full array ot airbags. The upgraded braking sys tem now integrates Brake Drying, Brake Standby, Start-Off Assistant and Brake Fade Compensation. The adaptive brake lights signal the ur gency with which the driver has pressed the brake pedal and a new tire pressure m onitor replaces the flat tire monitor. Thc2(X)7 BMW X33.0si is hard to beat for people who want B M W 's heritage, looks, powertrain and pack aging, but desire the flexibility o f a s p o rt-a c tiv ity v e h ic le . In th is review er's opinion, this ‘baby-ute’ is more than just cute! . R eligion you can bring to a relationship and form a loving partnership. Your boast o f cooking and cleaning isn't im pressive because there are many services out there that will com e and do these things. You need to dem onstrate relationship qualities such as trust, integrity, and loyalty and be w illing to be part o f a team. Men are n 't seeing you as a total package and th ey ’ll continue to look at you like a ribbon on a box if you d o n ’t change your thinking. Dear Deanna! made the right decision by staying aw ay from them ? —Anonymous; On-line Reader Dear Anonymous: Birds o f a feather stick together and it's to your advantage that y o u 're not viewed as a thief or a liar. If these are your friends, then you need to think about doing better. You should not lose any sleep but be thankful your guardian angel was watching out for you and you avoided this drama. If these are true friends they’ll be m ature enough to realize they have to pay for their actions, if not, you d o n 't need them and should keep rolling. I was at the mall with my friends and they got caught stealing. Lucky for me, I had to go to the car to get some change when everything was hap Ask Deanna is written by Deanna pening in the store. They were M. Write Ask Deanna! Email: caught on cam era and were ar askdeanna I @yahoo.com or 264 rested. W hen the cops got there, .S’. LaCienega Blvd. Suite 1282 they tried to pull me into it but the Beverly Hills. CA 90211. Website: A s k cops d id n 't agree with them b e w w w .askdeanna.com . Deanna! can be heard every Sun cause I was outside. My friends are day on KTYM AM 1460 at 2:00pm now trying to get me to lie and th ey ’ve turned against me. Have I in Los Angeles, CA. Neighborhood Festival A ugustana Lutheran Church, 2710 N.E. 14th Ave., near Knott Street, celebrates "Sum m er in the C ity," a free outdoor celebration on Sunday, Aug. 5 from 4 p.m. to 8 p.m. The com m unity is invited to at tend and enjoy some great jazz music with Ron Steen and the vo cals o f M arilyn Keller. For more inform ation, call the church at 503-288-6174. Ron Steen True Vine Missionary Musical The music m inistry at True Vine M issionary Baptist Church. 4737 N. Com m ercial Ave., pre sents its 4th annual O utdoor Musical on Saturday, Aug. 4 at 3 p.m. The com m unity is invited to join guest choirs, soloists and groups to Make a Joyful Noise: Psalm s 1 0 :1-2 and celebrate G o d 's word in song. There wi 11 be hot dogs, chi 1 i dogs and soft drinks available for a small donation. For more inform ation, call Faye W ilder-Inniss at 503-875-5144. Flora Vaunticille Cooke LeRoy Williams June 3, 1931 - M a y 27, 2907 Nov. 23 1933 - July 23, 2007 F am ily an d frie n d s o f M s. F lora V aunticille C ooke will celebrate her life on Sunday, July 29 at M cM enam in Kennedy School in northeast Portland in the M artha Jordan room from 2 p.m. to 5 p.m. Ms. Cooke m oved to Portland more than 30 years ago with her husband G eorge Player. She pursued a nursing career at G ood Sam aritan Hospital befor joining Tri Met in 1974 as a custom er sen representative. She retired in 1993, but rem ained an active m em ber o f the A m algam ated Transit Union, Local 757. As a founding board m em ber o f the Portland chapter ol the A. Philip Randolph Institute, Ms. C ooke encouraged com m unity residents to becom e educated voters. She treasured her right to vote. She was an active member at Portland's Morning Star Missionary Baptist Church for many years anil when she relum ed to her childhood home in Sylacauga, Ala. in 1995, she reu n ited with the Pine Grove Baptist Church where she served as a Sunday schix,l and M issionary teacher. A fter a short illness, Ms. C ooke departed this life early Sunday m orning. May 27,2007. She leaves to cherish her memory: two sons. C harles (Alberta) and Donnie o f Sylacauga; two sisters. Patricia (L io n el) Player ol Sylacauga and Mary Price o f A tlanta: two brothers, M inuard and Ralph (M am ie) o f Portland; seven grandchildren. 12 great-grandchildren, and a host of other nieces, nephew s, relatives and friends. For m ore inform ation about S u nday's special celebration, call 503- LeRoy W illiam s is survived by his children, lesha, Larry, Kamaui and Y o lan d a W illia m s; ste p c h ild re n , Kathleen, Tina, Charles and Richard Mitchell; grandchildren, A llazuw on, A m ya, M arcu s, M arsel, M arshe, Demeka, Danzel. Zachary, Isaiah and Angelique; and one great grandchild. He will be truly missed. We love you dad! L egal N otices Need to publish a court document or notice? Need an affidavit of p u b lic a tio n q u ic k ly and efficiently? Please fax or e-mail your notice for a free price quote! 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