Page 4 Portland Oboervor Thursday. May 11. 1«T78 Notice J.N. "Nick" Poet, Administrator, Child ron's Services Division, announced that day care services will reopen in Oregon this week. Well, the Blazers are dead and. for sure, they went down with their heads held high. So basketball, for Portland that is. has ended on a blue Monday in the King City. However, the Seattle writers were quite fair in their coverage of the Blazer tragedy so we'll share a few of their words with you. George Meyers, writing for the Time« had this to say: If you were a Blazerma nia. your tears today (Monday) would be . . . should be . . . tempered by a powerful - pride. Throughout the explosive Seattle Port land series, you could not escape the pondering how the SuperSonics would have fared without Marvin Webster. Jack Sikma and Fred Brown. That would be a rough counterpart of the Trailblazers losing Bill W alton, Llovd Neal and Bob Gross. Meyers, realizing the very tough situs tion Portland was in without the trio made this comment: To have survived the games, thus debilitated, against any National Basketball Association team of play-off caliber was an astonishing ac complishment. Another interesting piece of news from Seattle reveals some interesting facts on the Bobby Gross injury. Gross, in an interview with the Time« had this to say about his much publicized ankle injury, actually a stress fracture. Gross says, “1 kind of felt it shouldn't have happened, if we had known what it was. At first, they thought it was tendinitis. I continued to play on it." That lasted a week, when the correct diagnosis of a stress fracture put him in a cast and on crutches. Now, I thought that was really in teresting and just have to wonder why this was never printed in Portland's media. Seattle's Dennis Johnson had this to say about his scuffle with Dave Twardzik. "I didn t throw no punches. I was getting up off the floor when the little dude jumped on me like he was superman." What 's going on in the East? Puzzling isn't It? W ho would have believed the heavily favored 76'ers would now be struggling in a series with the Bullets, and now stand on the brink of disaster behind 3-1. Philadelphia, to say the least, is looking bad. disorganized and totally out of it. Much has been said about their one-on- one playground style of play, and in this writer's view it s all deserved. All world, as he calls himself. Lloyd Free has been really ridiculous in his shot selection, or perhaps I should say lack of shot selec tion. W henever the 6-2 guard came down on the offensive and you just knew he would be firing, and forcing a shot, more often than not they (the 76'ers) just stood around on defensr allowing Elvin Hayes to destroy them inside. The 76'ers now look as frustrated as they did last year in the championship series with Portland. I<ook for a change of scenery next season for big George McGinnis. The 76'ers will be a much better team without the individualistic play, and super ego of one Mr. McGinnis. My prediction is for a Washington vs. Seattle final. And the »•ay the Bullets are playing look for the championship to return once again to the East. It appears that Darryl Motley, all everything at Grant High School is headed for a baseball career, and possibly football, at Arizona State. Motley signed a national letter of intent last Friday and couldn't have selected a finer school to further hone his already brilliant baseball abilities. Darryl started his baseball career in Irving Park and progressed through minors, majors and senior baseball. At an early age it was apparent that this young man would go far in the game. Darryl led his Little League team to California and was only one game away from the Little League World Series before bowing to a much talented Ha waiian team. He and his teammates also made it to the Senior Western Regional Tourna ment twice during his play in the Senior division. Darryl Motley, was a legend at Irving Park and was the idol of many of the younger players. I had the honor, and it was an honor, to work with the great, soft-spoken young man for one year. Darryl was a leader, but not the holler ing, back slapping type. This young man led by example, his skills showed the way. Irving Park is proud of this young man and all wish him success in his collegiate or pro career. LITTLE LEAGUE SOFTBALL I IRVING PARK) The competition is fierce, the game is softball and it's played by girls and boys, mostly girls at Irving Paik. Last Saturday approximately 500 spectators turned out for opening day and were treated with some fun filled moments. Sports shoes, coached by Annette Pres ton. and disguised as the "Bad News Bears" fell victim to a powerful Burger King team 22-6. Cheryl Williams, playing for Sports Shoes, was the leading hitter for both teams collecting three hits in four tries, however, to no avail as starting Burger King pitcher. M. Graham had too much stuff for the losers. Leading hitters for Burger King were Fisher and Graham. SENIOR BASEBALL Pacific 14 - Mina Temple 1 Gregory West struck out 15 batters and twirled a nifty one hitter as Pacific Northwest Bell opened the Irving Park Senior League season. West, last years all-star pitcher picked up where he left off from last year and displayed a wicked curve ball to go along with his blistering fast ball. Pacific Northwest Bell coached by Lou Harris and Mike Manlove displayed an airtight defense in downing Mina Temple 14 1. Losing pitcher Tony Butler struck out 14 batters in a losing effort. SENIOR BASEBALL Portland Valve 15 - New Breed 0 Flame tossing James Davis smoked 14 New Breed batters on his way to a 15-0 shutout. Davis, like West, was extremely sharp in the opener and also mixed his breaking stuff well. Portland Valve coached by Sam Moore and Sonny Turner appear to be one of the strongest teams in the Senior Lea gue Portland Valve's offensive thrust was supplied by Ronald and Maurice Spencer both collecting two hits and scoring two runs each. Losing pitcher was Eric Bowden. City Commissioner Charles Jordan, the Commissioner of Public Safety with re sponsibility for the I*ortland Police Bu reau. announced that the City has re ceived a $439,861 federal crime preven tion grant from the Law Enforcement Assistance Administration (LEAA). Portland will be the first City in the nation to receive LEAA community anti crime grant funds which are earmarked for distinctly innovative crime prevention programs. Seven other cities will ulti mately be receiving funds for similar types of programs. The grant will allow a large scale effort to directly involve Portlands citizens, neighborhoods and community groups in a cooperative arrangement with the Portland Police Bureau's Crime Preven tion Unit. A central component of the new pro gram will be the development of a training component to recruit and equip citizen volunteers with the skills to implement crime prevention techniques on the neighborhood level. Other components of the new grant program are designed to forge coordina tive links between the Police Bureau's Crime Prevention activities and other City programs, such as those designed to help the elderly and to provide employ ment for city teenagers. For example, it is proposed that youths be trained to assist elderly persons in making security checks of their homes. Although programs will be available for every resident in Portland, fourteen City neighborhoods will be targeted for special crime prevention efforts during the first year of the grant. These neighborhoods, to be selected in early July, will develop crime prevention plans specific to their neighborhood problems. Crime prevention programs will be de signed by the Police Bureau in accor dance with these plans. "I am encouraged." said Commissioner Jordan, “that LEAA has chosen to underwrite the innovative and promising crime prevention program we are advo eating. "Simply put, the police can't begin to do it all. "The new grant will enable us to develop a vital partnership between concerned citizens, neighborhoods, civic latrrented (a current books about African Liberation? Day care intake is being opened in priority order. The state has established groups of individuals eligible for day care services, ranked them in order of need, and will serve them as funds become available. JOHN REED BOOK STORE In the Dekum Building 519 S.W. 3rd Avenue Sixth Floor What a difference Line-A-Bed Makes! 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Everyone is invited to attend. Members please be present. Election of officials and other very important matters about our Sew and Show. Taste and Tell Fashions. There will be a Slide Show on Land Trusts held May 22nd at the downtown Library, Room E. 7:00 p.m. Also on May 23rd at Clackamas Community College. Barlow Hall, 7:00 p.m. This slide show is free and open to the public. For further information call 655-0708. St. Johns Parade. May 13th, N. Lombard Street through St. Johns. 12:00 noon. May 15th North Portland Citizens Committee Board. Neighbors North, 7508 N. Hereford, 8:30 p.m. (1) City's economic development policy. May 16th - Northeast (oalition. King Neighborhood Facility, 4815 N.E. 7th Avenue 7:30 p.m. The Portland Urban League presents R'e annual Ball, “Yesterday. Today and Tomorrow." Friday. 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