Page 6 The Portland Observer March 27, 1991
New Michael Jordan Spot
Set to Take Off
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Superstar Michael Jordan is known
for his remarkable moves on the bas
ketball court which seem to defy grav
ity, but his latest effort in a new televi
sion commercial for Coca-Cola classic
is simply “ out of this world.”
The imaginative 30-second spot,
titled “ The Moon,” opens with a count
down, the sound of a rocket launch and
sight of Mr. Jordan moving upward
through space at full thrust. Silhouetted
against a large full moon, the agile
player next is shown gracefully reach
ing for a Coca-Cola classic, making
contact and then, in the final scene,
going into orbit as he drinks “ the real
thing.”
The commercial follows last year’s
popular commercial for Coca-Cola
classic in which Jordan makes an unor
thodox delivery of a six-pack to a group
of children in a treehouse.
“ Michael Jordan is not just an-
p o w e r lin e s
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olher celebrity. H e's young and excit
ing, and he also is someone people are
interested in and care about,” said
Theodore J. Host, senior vice presi
dent, Marketing, Coca-Cola USA. “ To
us, he is the embodiment of ‘the real
thing,’”
“ Rather than showing Mr. Jordan
in a typical basketball court setting, wc
have certainly expanded the horizon to
showcase his talents in a very different
way,” Mr. Host said.
The upcoming “ Jordan launch”
will mark the return of The Coca-Cola
company to space. The Coca-Cola Space
Can, first flown aboard the Space Shuttle
Challenger July 29, 1985, was devel
oped by Company scientists to enable
astronauts to consume carbonated bev
erages in the microgravity environment
of space for the first time.
BY ULLYSSES TUCKER, JR.
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Babies Souqht
“ Future Blazers” Photo Contest
graph of the five Future Blazers Starting
Line-up winners.
Contestentry forms are available at
Pepsi displays at your local Sentry
Supermarkets, or by writing to Sentry/
Pepsi Future Blazers, P.O. Box 19089,
Portland, OR 97219-0089. Photos and
completed entry forms must be received
by mail by April 22. Winners will be
announced April 30 phone or registered.
Sentry Supermarkets is an official
radio sponsor of the Portland Trail Blaz
ers. There are 68 independently owned
Sentry Supermarkets serving Oregon,
southwest Washington and northern Cali
fornia. Sentry Supermarkets advertise
collectively and utilize the buying and
distribution power of United Grocers,
one of the Northwest’s largest whole
sale grocery cooperatives.
Sentry Supermarkets is conducting
a “ Future Blazers Starting Line-up”
baby photo contest. Five $500 U.S.
Savings Bonds will be awarded as grand
prizes.
Parents and guardians can submit
photos of their children ages 24 months
and under to the contest. Judges will be
looking for creativity and display of
Trail Blazer team spirit in choosing the
five wining photographs. “ Blazer Mania
Strikes even the youngest of us. W e’re
looking for fun photos. The kids might
be posing with a basketball or wearing
blazer team colors of cheering for the
team,” says David Sorensen, president
of Sentry Supermarkets.
The five grand prize winners will
also receive a Trail ‘Blazers children’s
T-shirt and a special “ team” photo
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Robert Parish: a Second Wind
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The intense look on his face would
suggest to the novice basketball fan
that Robert Parish is a mean individ
ual, who hates how he earns a living for
the Boston Celtics. Au contraire, Par
ish is a gentle man with a rich deep bass
voice and he loves his job. At 37, Parish
is one of the oldtimers in a league of
quick first steps, no look passes and,
multi-million dollar contracts. Moses
Malone, Walter Davis, Wayne Cooper,
James Edwards, and Alex English are
the others. Combined, they are 215
years old and highly respected by their
peers.
Before the start of the season, some
hoop experts predicted New York and
Philadelphia as the teams to beat in the
Atlantic Division, but it’s been the Celtics
leading the pack. Others called the Celtics
old, slow, and in transition with new
coach Chris Ford. Yes, they are old at
several positions and in transition, yet
they still own one of the best records in
the NBA. Robert Parish is at the heart
of that success. “ He’s the motor that
keeps us running” , said teammate Derek
Smith.
Currently, Parish is third in the
league in field goal percentage (.582)
and seventh in (10.4) rebounding.
Though he is not scoring at his career
average (16.6), Parish is contributing a
respectable 14.1 per contest and ranks
third in assists behind Larry Bird and
Brian Shaw. Not bad for an oldtimer.
Parish is quick to note that the “ Young
guns” Kevin Gamble, 15.7 ppg,Reggie
Lewis, 18.6 ppg, Brian Shaw, 14.7 ppg,
and rookie Dee Brown, 1.6 ppg) on his
team has made the job much easier for
Larry Bird (19.3 ppg), Kevin McHale
(19.6 ppg) and himself. “ It cuts down
on the minutes that I have to play dur
ing the middle part of the game” , said
Parish. “ I can now play quality min
utes down the stretch.”
A product of Centenary College
(Shreveport, La.) and the 8th pick by
Golden State in the 1976 Draft, Parish
feels fortunate to be playing at his age.
He’s seen some great players come and
go. The stories are many. A few players
that Parish plays says his energy should
be marketed and sold in a bottle for
young players to use. Parish is a worker.
“ I’m not doing anything differ
ently,’ ’ he said. “ I attribute my longev
ity to good health, a good diet, and
taking care of myself. Plus, I haven’t
been hurt that serious. That helps a lot
too. with the way I’m going now, I feel
as though I still have a few good years
left in me. As far as the actual length of
lime I will play, I don’t know. I’ll just
take them one at a time.
“ The c h ie f’, as he is called around
the league, says that his scowl is not to
be confused with the disposition out
side of basketball. Parish describes
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himself as fun to be around in private.
At that point, Larry Bird broke into
laughter and said, “ You spend 8-9
months around him. Then you will leant
the real truth. Seriously though, ‘C hief
is a great guy on and off the court. I’ve
learned a good deal through him and
I’m glad he’s on my team.” Parish
went on to say that his seriousness
works to his advantage on the court.
“ Eighty - percent of the game is
mental. Mental toughness and confi
dence. I’m not out there to make friends.
My job is to win games. Mental tough
ness has carried me a long ways. It's
business. ’ ’ Business that will hopefully
carry the 8 time NBA All-Star to his
fourth NBA Title.
Michael Jordan on what helped
him to develop mental toughness and
inner strength. The Bills star reflected
on what made him reach deeper than
ever before. “ Being cut (from his high
school team) had a big effect on me. It
was embarrassing not making the team.
They posted the list in the lockerroom,
and it was there for a long time without
my name on it. I was down about not
making it for a while, and I thought
about not playing anymore. Of course,
I did keep on playing, and whenever I
was working out and got tired or fig
ured I ought to stop. I’d close my eyes
and see that in the lockerroom without
my name on it, and that usually got me
going again...”
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Race fans were happy to see a fa
miliar face in the driver’s seat of the
#99 Toyota Eagle at the 39th annual 12
Hours of Sebring. Willy T. Ribbs, who
drove for Dan Gurney’s All American
Racers (AAR) from 1987 through 1989,
was once again part of Team Toyota,
racing in the 1MSA Camel GTP series.
Ribbs, who is known for his tal
ented driving (27 victories) and charis
matic personality, made sports history
in the CART Indy Car scries with the
Raynor/Cosby team in 1990, but is back
in the driver’s scat of the Toyota Eagle
HF89 for 1991.
“ It’s’s great working with AAR
and Toyota again. I can never see myself
competing against Dan (Gurney), so
this is the only GTP team I would race
for,” says Ribbs, 35, of San Jose, CA.
“ AAR is a much bigger team than in
1989 and Toyota has more involve
ment. All I’m interested in doing now is
trying to see if we can win a champion
ship.”
Ribbs is no stranger to hooking up
with Gurney for a championship sea
son. In 1987, Ribbs was instrumental in
earning the GTO title for Toyota with
wins at Watkins Glen, Summit Point,
Road Atlanta and Mid-Ohio.
In 1988, he won at Scars Point and
emerged the victor in a dramatic duel to
the finish line with Scott Pruett at the
Del Mar finale. Both years he won the
Norelco Driver’s Championship. A
Norelco Driver’s Cup is awarded each
race to the driver who is voted bv the
media to have the best performance,
regardless of finish. The driver who
accumulates the most votes at the end
of the year wins the Championship.
Earning respect for his feats in the
driver’s seat goes back to the days when
he first got behind the wheel of his
grandfather's V-8-powcrcd Willys Jccp-
sler. “ As soon as I could sec over the
steering wheel, I was racing it around,
drifting it through comers up on two
wheels, “ Ribbs recalls.
His love for racing took Willy to
England at the age of 21. After winning
the prestigious “ Star of Tomorrow”
formula car championship, he returned
to America where he participated in the
Formula Atlantic scries. In 1983, he
progressed to the Trans-Am series and
earned the honor of Sports Car Club of
America Pro Rookie of the Year. From
that year to 1985, Ribbs was the win-
ningest driver in Trans-Am. He also has
accumulated numerous prize purses,
making him the all-time biggest money
winner o f the series.
In 1989, Ribbs made the jump with
Toyota from GTO to the highly com
petitive IMSA Camel GTP (prototype)
series. Although the team did not have
any victories that year, the Eagle HF89
Ribbs helped develop made four marks
in the victory column for the team last
year.
The person who d id log those victo
ries, Juan Manuel Fangio II, will be
Ribbs’ co-pilot during the oncc-around-
the clock race.
Major Work With Hispanics Asked
A National plan to foster United
Methodist congrcational development
an community services among Hispanic
Americans has been adopted in prin
ciple.
Creation of a new category of trained
lay minsters working in conjunction
with clergy to develop new faith com
munities is seen as the heart of the
proposal developed by a study commit
tee., Bishop Elias G. Galvan, Phoenix,
Ariz., chairman of the 32-mcmbcr com
mittee, said the proposal is “ an attempt
to call our church to ministry with the
poor...wc arc trying to call the church
to a new reality.”
The program would be carried out
by a national committee with at least
one full-time staff person. First year
operational costs arc projected at more
than $3 million. The proposal will go in
October to the General Council on
Ministries which then will make rec
ommendations to the 1991 General Con
ference, the church’s top policy-mak
ing body.
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Rep. William Gray II (PA-2nd), Majority Whip of the House of Representa
tives, hosted the 1991 “ McDonald’s Black History Makers of Tomorrow” (BHMOT)
national winners during their visit to the nation’s capitol. McDonald’s BHMOT
program salutes outstanding teens across the country for leadership, high charac
ter and exceptional scholarship. Rep. Gray and other members of the Congressional
Black Caucus honored the program’s 30 national winners during a breakfast on
Capitol Hill. The talented teens were also special guests during a live taping of
Black Entertainment Television’s (BET) “ Teen Summit.”
Labels Speed Refunds
Taxpayers who use pre-addressed
, peel-off labels may get their income
tax returns processed faster. The labels
are found on either the tax packets or
postcards mailed in January.
“ Wc have a highly automated
system,” explains Diane Mauerhan,
Asistant manager of the Department of
Rcvenues’s Processing Center. “ Be
cause the pre-printed labels contain all
the information wc need, they are faster
to process.” The labels include infor
mation that reduces sorting and proc
essing time.Tax packets with labels arc
automatically sent to tax payers. If you
have moved since filing last year, the
tax packet will not be forwarded. Two
labels arc included, one for an income
lax return and one for the Homeowner
and Renter Refund (HARRP) Form 70R.
If any information on the label is wrong,
it can be corrected right on the label.
Gelling returns processed quickly
is important to most Oregonians. Of
those who filed last year, about 78
percent rccieved a refund.
Errors on tax returns will slow
refunds. To have a return processed as
quickly as possible, the department
recommends double-checking the fol
lowing information.
*Is your Form W-2, “ Wage and
Tax Statements,” stapled to the front
of the return?
*Did yu use your pre-printed label
on both your income tax and HARRP
return?
*If you’re filing a HARRP return,
did you complete the Household Asscsts
Checklist and send it along with the
HARRP return?
*Is your arithmetic correct?
•Is each one of your entries on the
proper line?
*Did you sign your return?
•Is your handwriting legible?
*Did you use the correct postage
for mailing?
People with questions can call the
department toll-free. The number to
call:
From Salem
378-4988
From Portland 243-2833
Elsewhere in Oregon 1-800-356-4222.
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N ancy
C arp en tier
was
graduated with highest honors from
Western States Chiropractic College on
Saturday, March 23rd. For the past
three years she has been taking an extra
amount of hours in order to finish so
soon, and her dedication has been
rewarded. Her husband Dan at the
graduation, taking pictures, proud of
hisw ife’sachievcment. Dan and Nancy
live on 13th Ave. near Fremont, where
they arc also renovating a two-story
house. They attend New Song Church.
Nancy was honored also to be
the Valedictorian speaker for the class.
Commencement speaker was
the well-known Dr. Billy Flowers, who
delivered a w ell-inform ed and
inspirational address. He had been chosen
by the students to be the speaker, and
the applause after his speed
is loud
and long.
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