February 16. 2011
Portland Observer Black History Month
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Catching Love with TriMet
V alen tin e’s D ay w as a celeb ra
tion for couples w ho m et on TriM et.
T he transit agency M onday h o n
ored one lucky pair by m aking them
M att Haynes and Danette
Burchill, a couple who met
on TriMet, were honored by
the transit agency during a
Valentine’s Day promotion
Monday.
Dino Mikes
D ino M ikes was b o m on Dec. 17,1958 in Portland,
to Billy and M innie M ikes. O n Jan. 31,2010, G od called
him home.
H e attended W o odland and Sabin E lem entary
S chools and G rant H igh School. F urthering his ed u
cation, he enrolled at V ocational V illage and becam e
a chef, later b ecom ing a lead c h e f fo r the S heraton
H otel in dow ntow n Portland w hich is now the E m bassy Suites H otel. D ino
enjoyed cooking for everyon e especially his fam ily.
H e w as ju s t your everyday , fun loving guy; an extrao rd in ary husband,
w onderful father and grandfather, as well as a devoted b ro th er w ho loved
his entire fam ily.
A m an w ho lived up to the fam ily nam e, M ikes w ill be rem em b er fo r the
w ay he interacted w ith his loved ones; how he w ould detail his car and
drive dow n the street w ith such pride; and how he w ould dress to im press,
sm elling good from head to toe.
H is fam ily m isses him dearly, and w ill alw ays rem inisce and cherish
m om ents shared w ith him forever.
H e leaves to cherish his w ife o f 21 years, Sandra W esson-M ikes; his
children D ayshaw ndo, A lbert and Joshua, all o f P ortland; grandchildren
T reviontae, A sianique, A m iyia, T elia, Shalayah and Z ier Savage, Ne vaeh
Jordan, and Jashauna, T elisa, Jay o n tae and Joslyn W esson; sisters
C harlie Spires (H erbert Lee), M ae W arren-K ofi, C ecil H udson and Liza
A nnette M ikes o f Portland, B ernice B um s o f A nchorage, A laska, B illie
R uth Spires and N oble Jean C rittenden o f V ancouver; and a host o f nieces,
nephew s, cousins, other relatives and friends.
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am idst a crow d o f strangers that
piqued her interest. C oincidence,
and perhaps fate, brought them to
g eth er a few w eeks later. T hey plan
to m arry this sum m er.
T riM et received love stories from
29 local couples w ho m et their sig
nificant others on M A X , a bus or at
a bus stop.
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