COLUMBIA | Connell Davis went on spring break as a running back. In the first post-break Missouri practice on Tuesday, Davis, a sophomore out of Portland, Texas, became a linebacker.

Snowboarder, 14, seriously injured in freak accident 
UPDATED: :11 a.m. PDT, April 04, 2007 Irvin Torres, 7, first grader at Lent Elementary School helps plant trees at Lent Elementary School in SE Portland during their Arbor Day Community Tree Planting event Tuesday morning.

Portland Couple Makes It Easy For Rockers To Be Green 
A Portland couple helps rock stars make less of an environmental impact when they take their shows on the road.

WebEnabledBiz.com Working Hard for Vancouver, WA, and Portland, OR, Realtors 
WebEnabledBiz.com is producing effective results providing online marketing for Vancouver, Washington, and Clark County Realtors and brokers. [PR.com - April 04, 2007]

Menomena, Land Of Talk, An Absence, And A Crowd With Two Left Feet 
Montreal’s Land of Talk and Portland’s Menomena make music. They do it in two very different ways but joined together at the small Philadelphia venue Johnny Brenda’s on March 30th for their 2007 North American tour. Above a bar and grill is the top floor of Johnny Brenda’s which has a fire code that couldn’t allow more than 300 people.

Gas prices jump around Oregon 
Gas prices at several Portland, Oregon stations are climbing above three dollars a gallon for regular unleaded. The Chevron at NW 22nd and West Burnside charged $3.09 9/10 per gallon Wednesday.

John Vanderslice Hits the Road 
John Vanderslice will kick off a U.S. tour with recent Beggars signee St. Vincent April 6 in Portland. He will take the stage as part of a duo with drummer/Moogster Dave Douglas, and St. Vincent ’s Annie Clark will also contribute some vocals to their sets.

Reasons: 
Basically Portland and Utah started on the same team-rebuilding cycle– Portland lost its stars: Pippen, Sabas, Wells and Sheed around the same time that Utah lost Malone and Stockton. Both franchises had been perennial playoff teams for years.

OregonLive.com: Blazers Forum 
be a Portland Trailblazer. I simply think he’d pull a VC and not report. Similar to what Alonzo did when traded to Toronto.

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