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The Bolts Are Now On The Clock - 2004-01-17
In a season that left an otherwise sour taste in Chargers fans mouths, the taste of two-fold victory over the Raiders on the last week of the regular season was definitely sweet. After winning to the Raiders at the “Q” in front of the Raider Faithful, the Chargers edged them out for the first pick in the 2004 Draft, as well.

Already the Chargers have started consulting their Ryan tea leafs to decide who they should draft next April. Still smarting from the debacle that was Leaf, the Chargers’ President Dean Spanos, who must be a brilliant poker player by the way, has declared some four months in advance that the Chargers will not draft a Quarterback with the #1 pick.
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Artist luxuriates in mocked medium - 2004-01-17
Arnold Pander takes the black velvet-painting tradition seriously, shying away from the unusual suspects: poker-playing dogs or Elvis.

But Pander has a sense of humor about velvet's basically kitsch nature.

"Everyone has a velvet painting story," he says. "It really is art for the people. It doesn't hold itself above you. It's also bold and graphic."

The Los Angeles-based Pander, a longtime denizen of the Portland arts scene, is most recently known as co-author of "Batman: City of Light," a series that he created with his brother Jacob for DC Comics.
Read the full story at Portland Tribune