ROANOKE TIMES
Copyright (c) 1996, Roanoke Times
DATE: Wednesday, May 1, 1996 TAG: 9605010035
SECTION: EXTRA PAGE: 7 EDITION: METRO
COLUMN: The Peole Column
The Duchess of York returned to Oklahoma City to make good on a $150,000 promise.
During her first visit to the Children's Hospital of Oklahoma in June, Sarah Ferguson said her charity, Chances for Children, would match a $150,000 gift to help create a center at the hospital in honor of those killed in last year's bombing.
On Monday, the duchess presented officials with an oversized check.
She was also reunited with 3-year-old P.J. Allen, who suffered burns and broken bones in the bombing. P.J.'s grandparents gave her a photo of the boy.
``I'm so thrilled with my photograph of P.J.,'' Fergie said. ``You don't know, really, what he's done for me.''
Naughty by Nature lead rapper Anthony ``Treach'' Criss has been charged with punching a teen-ager in the face and hitting him with a handgun.
Criss, 25, was in Miami for a concert when he learned of the aggravated assault charges. He returned Monday for a court appearance and posted $5,000 bail.
His lawyer, Anthony Pope, said the rapper was only defending himself when the teen-ager approached him April 23 near Criss' home in East Orange.
``It seems to be the price to pay for celebrity today,'' Pope said.
The 17-year-old boy, who was not identified, was treated at a hospital for injuries from the beating.
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