January 7, 1987, Portland Observer, P.tyu3
Trail Blazers Encourage Writing Skills
Hoping to encourage an in
creased interest in writing skills, the
Portland Trail Blazers and AVIA
Athletic Footwear Company are
launching an essay competition for
students grades one through ,2
The essay competition is part of
the three segment
Blazer AVIA
Scholastic Improvement Concepts”
(BASIC) program Last year, more
than 25,000 students accepted the
challenge and entered essays in the
"W rite On" competition
Double
that number of entries are hoped
for this year
Entry forms and a suggested les
son plan are being mailed directly
to teachers at public and private
schools in Multnomah. Washing
ton. Clackamas and Yamhill Coun
ties in Oregon and Clark County,
Washington.
The topic for this
year's competition is "W ho I Ad
mire Most in the World and W h y."
"This topic was selected because
we felt teachers could creatively
link it to a study program dealing
with current events and people,"
notes Wally Scales, program coor
dinator.
The "W rite On" lesson
plan suggests that students gather
information
about
personalities
whom they admire from news
papers, magazines, biographies and
autobiographies for classroom re
view and discussion
To add interest, the Blazers and
AVIA have also decided to establish
a "Student Top Ten" must like
United Press International’s annual
list of the "Top Ten Newsmakers"
or Good Housekeeping s "M ost Ad
mired Men and W om en" poll Tea
chers are being asked to submit a
tallied list of the personalities their
students choose to write about
Plans call for the results of this stu
dent opinion poll to be announced
in early March
" I t’s going to he
interesting to compare the students
chioces to the lists compiled by
adults ' notes Scales
The deadline for entries is March
5th. Schools have been asked to be
responsible for selecting their top
three papers from each grade Final
selection of first, second and third
place winning essays will be ban
died by the Portland Council of the
International Reading Association.
The top winners at each grade
level will receive free sets of tickets
to the Blazer home game on April ,2
against the L A Clippers Tin . will
also receive a locker room tout plus
an assortment of special prizes
The Portland Trail Blazers and
AVIA
have co sponsored
the
"BASIC" program for three years in
association with The Young Amen
can, America’s NewsMagazme i
Kids and The Portland Council of
the International Reading Aasoci.i
tion. Reading and student achieve
ment segments were held earlier
this year
Red Cross Parenting
Course Scheduled
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The American Red Cross is offer
ing "Parenting Your Child From
One to S im " in four sessions each
Tuesday, January 6 thru 27. from 7
to 9 p m., at Emanuel Hospital.
2801 N Gantenbein
Taught by Red Cross authorized
volunteer instructors, the class will
cover sensorimotor, language, Intel
lectual and social emotional growth,
discipline, safety, nutrition, health,
philosophies
of
contemporary
parenting, and current child devel
opment theories
Pre registration is necessary since
class size is limited
Cost of the
class is $20 per couple or individual
to cover costs of materials Call the
American Red Cross, 284 7090, to
pre register.
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Portland Tennis Center, 324 N.E.
12th, offers winter tennis lessons for
all ages and levels of play.
Adults may sign up for group
lessons which begin the week of
January 12th Groups meet twice
a week for four weeks. The fee is
only $32 00
Junior lessons, for those 18 years
and younger, begin January 12th
and meet once a week for five
weeks
The cost is only $13 00
Classes fill on a first come, first
serve basis, so sign up today by
calling the Portland Tennis Center
at 233 5959
P S St Johns Racquet Center,
another Portland Park Bureau facili
ty, also offers tennis lessons'
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