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I lanuary 8, 2014______________________________ W ^)ort lattò ODbsCrtlCr _____________________ Page 7 B U S I N E S S G u id e Ella’s Kitchen AFFORDABLE (previously Soup & Soap) One Taste Will Bring You Back 3505 N. Mississippi Ave. Mon-Sun 8AM - 7PM (Winter hours 8:30-5:00) B r e a k fa s t • L u n c h D in n e r • S o u l F o o d FULL LOCKSMITH - SERVICE RE-KEY AND INSTALL LOCKS LOCKED 0UT7-WE MAKE KEYS FROM SCRATCH HOUSE, OFFICE OR CAR Breakfast Special: Coffee, Biscuits & Gravy $4.75 5 0 3 -2 8 4 - 9 5 8 2 Each Order To Go: 25 cents Serving P o rtlan d /M etro area (N, NE, SE, SW & NW) 5 0 3 -9 2 7 - 6 7 0 8 Double Tires 8 State Farm® Providing Insurance and Financial Services Home Office, Bloomington, Illinois 61710 New & Used Tires Overstock & Used Tires $20&up Florida State’s Kevin Benjamin catches a game-winning touchdown pass Monday in the champion ship game of the NCAA BCS National Championship football game against Auburn at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, Calif. PRICED TO SELL Florida State comeback one of best (AP) — After a regular season filled with blowout victories and easy fourth quarters, Jameis W inston and Florida State showed they could close like champions, too. No. 2 Auburn wobbled the top-ranked Semi- noles by jum ping out to an 18-point lead in the first half, and then put Florida State on the brink of defeat for the first time this season. W inston responded with the drive of his life and a game-winning touchdown pass with 13 seconds left that topped everything else he has done in one of the most sensational debut seasons a college quarterback has ever had. The Heisman Trophy winner led the Seminoles 80 yards in the final 79 seconds, flicking a 2-yard TD pass to Kelvin Benjamin to give No. 1 Florida State a 34-31 victory against Auburn in the last BCS championship game Monday night. The Bowl Championship Series went out with a bang, too, with one of the best title games in its 16-year history, right there with Texas 41, USC 38 at the Rose Bowl in 2006. That night it was Vince Young leading the Longhorns and capping a comeback by scooting into the end zone with 19 seconds left. Now Winston is the Prince of Pasadena. Next season the BCS will be replaced by a four-team playoff. Winston and the Seminoles should be contenders again after snapping the Southeastern Conference's seven-year national title streak. Florida State, which played in the first BCS championship games but had not been back since, was voted a unanimous No. 1 in the final AP Top 25. Auburn finished second. W inston struggled much of the night but was near perfect when the Seminoles (14-0) needed it most, going 6 for 7 for 77 yards on the last drive. W inston was 20 for 35 for 237 yards and two fourth-quarter touchdown passes on his 20th birthday. He zipped the Seminoles down the field on the final drive, with a 49-yard catch and run from Rashad Greene. "I was ready," W inston said. "I wanted to be in that situation because that's what great quarter backs do. That's what the Tom Bradys, Peyton Mannings, Drew Brees, that's what they do." Florida State also got help from Auburn. A pass interference penalty in the end zone on Chris Davis on third-and-8 from the 10 gave Florida State a first down at the 2. On the next play Winston threw high to the 6- foot-5 Benjamin for the touchdown. There was no miracle finish this time for the turnaround Tigers, who went from 3-9 to SEC champions in their first season under coach Gus Malzahn. They tossed the ball around on one final play, but it ended with Florida State jum ping on a fumble, and the Seminoles sprinting onto the field under a storm of garnet and gold confetti. f I . . Agent All tires mounted & balanced on the 4946 N. Vancouver Avenue, car, out the door - no additives. Portland, OR 97217 Free stock wheels w/ purchase of any new or used tire limited to stock on hand 30 years in Bowl Championship Series Out with a Bang Ernest J. Hill, Jr. 5032861103 Fax 503 2 8 6 1 1 4 6 emiejhillh5mb@statefarm.com 24 Hour Good Neighbor S e rviceR business 2 locations to Serve You 6841 NE MLK, Portland 503-283-9437 4510 SE 52nd & Holgate 503-771-1834 Experienced Stylists Wanted PhtinumFodeSalon The Best Place to Work in Portland, Or 501 ONE 9th Ave. Unit A (503) 284-2989