Month: April 2008

Bike Lunch (weekly)

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Backspace, 115 NW 5th Ave, Portland Take Trimet (I usually bring a bike helmet with a 3 leafed clover on it to help newcomers find the right table)
12:15pm – 1:15pm, Every Friday

Make friends with bikey people on your lunch break. 12:15PM Friday’s

If it’s cold, or raining at Backspace coffee shop (they sell a mostly vegan menu, and Stumptown coffee).

If it’s warm, and dry at the battleship Oregon on the waterfront (between pine, and oak).
Daniel Patrick Johnson (teknotus), teknotus at gmail daht comm, 503-409-1735

Bike Back the Night

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BIKE BACK THE NIGHT

Col. Summers Park, SE 20th and Belmont Take Trimet (In the covered area)

4:30pm – 6:30pm, Rider check in starts at 4:30, Ride begins 6pm sharp, ends at PSU
In honor of this year’s Sexual Assault Awareness Month, the Portland Women’s Crisis Line has organized a community bike ride called Back Back the Night. The ride is in partnership with the Portland State Campus’ annual Take Back the Night rally.

The ride is free, short and begins at 6 pm sharp from Colonel Summer’s park in SE Portland (20th and Belmont). Rider check in starts at 4:30. Come early for some sweet treats, and activities. For more information email Ledena at events[at]pwcl.org or call 503-232-9751.

Ledena Mattox , events at pwcl daht oh are gee, www.pwcl.org/, 503-232-9751

Update on North Portland hit-and-run

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Jessica Osborne, the woman who was hit by a man driving a car and left for dead near the intersection of Albina and Rosa Parks Way in North Portland on April 3rd, has re-entered the hospital and the car of the suspect might have been found.

According to her friend Amy Wolf, Osborne was admitted to Emanuel Legacy hospital on Tuesday to have her spleen removed. She remains hospitalized and is recovering from the surgery.

Also, according to Wolf and other sources, the police might have found the car that was involved in the collision.

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Obama, Adams supporters to canvass by bike in Portland

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Obama, during his speech in
Portland back in March.
(Photo by Ethan Jewett/Stickeen)

Local organizers for Barack Obama’s presidential campaign and for Commissioner Sam Adams’ mayoral campaign will take to the streets by bike tomorrow.

According to Tyler Wardwell, one of Obama’s field organizers in Multnomah County, Obama supporters will meet up at their campaign headquarters in Southeast Portland and set out into the neighborhood for “some green grassroots organizing — biking door-to-door, registering voters and sharing our stories of why we support Barack.”

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Kids of b.i.k.e. plan big Earth Day bash

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Not surprisingly, there are a lot of rides and events happening this Earth Day weekend. Most of the action happens on Saturday, but there’s an event on Sunday that you might not have heard of yet — a ride and rally to benefit b.i.k.e..

b.i.k.e. stands for Bicycles and Ideas for Kids Empowerment, a local non-profit group that works to get at-risk youths off the streets and onto bikes. With their fearless leader (and jazz aficionado) John Benanate at the helm, the group is making exciting in-roads and reaching kids that most bike groups just pedal right by.

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Press Release: Saltzman supports move of Sauvie Island Bridge

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Below is the full text of the press release from Commissioner Dan Saltzman’s office regarding his support of moving the Sauvie Island Bridge span and re-using it as a bicycle and pedestrian bridge over I-405 in Northwest Portland. Full story here.

April 18, 2008
For Immediate Release
Contact: Brendan Finn 503-823-3110 or 503-313-0246

Commissioner Saltzman supports move of Sauvie Island Bridge

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Salztman vows support of Sauvie span

Sauvie span supporters gathered
in Northwest Portland earlier tonight.
(Photo © J. Maus)

While supporters of moving the old Sauvie Island Bridge span to downtown Portland gathered for a rally tonight, Commissioner Dan Saltzman issued a press release stating his support for the plan.

Saltzman voted against the project back on April 2nd when it came up for vote in City Council. At that time he cited discomfort with how the contract for the project was drawn up and said if certain conditions could be met, he would vote in support of the project.

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From the Archives

With six kids and no car, this mom does it all by bike