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June 28, 2008

I still think about my friend Kris Okins. All the time, really.She passed away three years ago today ago due to a bicycle accident downtown here in Portland.She was a spirited little nugget, if I ever met one. Raised in Windom, Minn. by Mary and Jim, then blossoming her creative side at Arts High School in Minneapolis, then earning a degree in design from the Minneapolis College of Art + Design, then a little life in Portland, zipping around town on her bike.I still think about Kris, and miss her random emails from those last couple years.This whole day is for Kris.- - - -PLEASE: And to everyone on their bikes and in their cars: Watch out for each other and be careful. Thanks.

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