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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
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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.
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519 S.W. 3rd Avenue
Sixth Floor
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School) at 7:30 p.m. In the Display Area. 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. May 12th. 9:00 p.m until 2:00 a.m. at the Sheraton Hotel Grand
Ballroom (Lloyd Center), The proceeds from the Ball are used to supplement the
Scholarship Fund and Urban League ongoing projects. The public is invited to
express the theme of their evening attire. There will be door prizes donated by
Democrat for State Representative
District 14
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The Portland Timbers proved too much for the California Surf last
dev
night, when after two overtime periods and the score still tied the Shootout b-g-n
giving the Timbers a 5 3 edge over the Surf. The next Timbers home game w i ll b . tbJ
Saturday against the Memphis Rogues. 8:00 p.m. at the Stadium. -
Carol Bryant for State Representative Committee. Bob Smith. Treasurer
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