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Page 4..The Portland Observer...July 22, 1992
uckwalter, Greenberg Sign New
Contracts With Blazers
The Portland Trail Blazers an
nounced Friday that they have signed
But%3uckwalier and Brad Greenberg
to new co n tra c t w ith in the
Organization’s basketball operations
department, at the same time announc
ing the promotion of Greenberg and
restructuring of Buckwalter’s position.
The contracts of both men had expired
at the end of June.
Greenberg, the Blazers’s director
of player personnel the past three sea
sons, has been promoted to Vice-Presi
dent of Player Personnel. He will assist
and report directly to Senior Vice-Presi
dent of Operations Geoff Petrie in the
job of inner-league communication re
garding roster management decisions,
coordinate the day-to-day management
of the scouting operation, and continue
to work in all aspects of evaluation and
acquisition of collegiate, professional
and international talent.
After 15 seasons of service with the
Trail Blazers’ basketball operations
department, encompassing coaching,
scouting and player personnel duties,
Buckwalter has been named Senior
Scouting Consultant. He will continue
to assist with roster evaluation, specifi
cally as it pertains to collegiate and
international talent, while giving up his
daily office adm inistrative duties.
Buckwalter was named to NBA Execu
tive of the Year in a vote of league front
office personnel following a 1990-91
season that saw the Blazers post a 63 -19
record.
“I’ve been here for 15 years and it’s
time to step back a little ,” said
Buckwalter, a 58-year-old native of La
Grande, Ore. “This situation still gives
me the opportunity to utilize my expe
rience for a couple of more years. W ith
retirement a possibility in the near fu
ture, I hope to be helpful in obtaining
players during the next two years that
will provide championship-contending
teams for Portland for many seasons to
come.”
“We’re very pleased to be able to
keep our alignment of basketball man
agement together,” said Petrie, who is
in his third season overseeing all bas
ketball operations and contract negotia
tions for the Trail Blazers. “Bard has
been an important part of our decision
making process the past five years and
should continue to play a prominent
role in the future. While we recognize a
USA Men To Open Olympic
Basketball Competition
Against Angola
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Colorado Springs, Colorado - The
International Basketball Federation
(FIB A) has announced the draw and
game schedule for the 1992 Barcelona
Olympic men ’ s basketball competition
and the 1992 USA Olympic men’s bas
ketball team finds itself placed in Pool
A along with Angola, Brazil, Croatia,
Germany and Spain. Pool B consists of
Australia, China, the Commonwealth
of Independent States, Lithuania, Puerto
Rico and Venezuela.
The USA “Dream Team” will open
the 1992 Olympic men’s basketball
competition 4:30p.m. (Barcelona time)
on Sunday, July 26 facing African zone
champion Angola. The US A and Angola
have never before met on the basketball
court in a major international basket
ball tournament.
The USA’s pool game schedule
includes a Monday, July 27 match with
medal favorite Croatia (8:30 p.m.), a
game against expected medal contender
Germany on Wednesday, July 29 (8:30
p.m.), a date with South America rival
Brazil on Friday, July 31 (10:30 p.m.)
and the U.S. squad winds up its pool
competition on Sunday, August 2
against host Spain (10:30 p.m.).
Men’s quarterfinals action takes
place Tuesday, August 3, with semifi
nals being held Thursday, August 6,
and the gold and bronze medal games
will be held Saturday, August 8.
Following the breakup of the So
viet Union and Yugoslavia and the uni
fication of Germany, many of the USA’s
old familiar Olympic rivals are gone. In
fact, the U.S. has never faced Angola in
a major international basketball com
petition, the USA has also never faced
Croatia, or a unified German team (the
U.S. did faced East Germany in the
1984 Olympics and claimed a 78-67
win). The U.S. men are 7-0 against
Brazil in Olympic games with the last
encounter happening 1988 (the U.S.
won 102-87) and the USA is 6-0 in
previous Olympic meetings against
Spain (the last occurring in 1988, a
games the U.S. won 97-53).
Roberts Awards Drug Grants
To Local Projects
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Governor Roberts awarded $2.25
million in grants to local governments
for 19 projects designed to help reduce
Oregon's drug and violent crime prob
lem. The Governor's Drug and Violent
Crime Policy Board made recommen
dations to the Governor after reviewing
48 applications for the grants. The
money come from the U.S. Department
of Justice's Edward Byrne Memorial
State and Local Law Enforcement As
sistance Program.
"From combating drug use in the
workplace to helping young offenders
stay off drugs and reclaim their lives,
these local projects are making a differ
ence in their communities," Governor
Roberts said. "I am pleased to announce
these grants to help these worthwhile
efforts."
For information call Catherine
Webber at the Criminal Justice Services
Division, 378-4123.
McMurphy's
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change in the daily lifestyle for Bucky,
we expect him to continue to have
substantive input in our future devel
opment. All three of us are happy to
have reached contract agreements that
will keep our management team in
tact.”
According to Petrie, Buckwalter’s
contract runs through the 1993-94 sea
son. Greenberg’s contract is also a
multi-year agreement.
“I’m thankful for the appreciation
owner Paul Allen and our management
has shown toward my contributions,”
Greenberg said. “Our goal is always to
put together the best roster possible,
and I’m looking forward to continuing
to work closely with Geoff Petrie and
our staff in doing that.”
The Trail Blazers also announced
Friday that Kip Molta has been named
Assistant Coach/Scout for the team. He
served as assistant coach with the Se
attle SuperSoncis the last two seasons
following three years as an assistant at
Washington State University. The 33-
year-old Motta will split his time be
tween advance scouting of upcoming
blazer opponents, college scouting,
coaching and playoff preparation.
Governor Roberts
Visits Reception
Governor Roberts will visit the re
ception for photographer Richard Brown,
whose artwork is now displayed in the
Governor’s Ceremonial Office.
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Again this year the Oregon State
Fair will host a Children’s photography
exhibition. The deadline for entries in
this year's child and youth divisions is
Monday, August 17. Entries are limited
to two prints per photographer. The
prints should be at least 5x7, but no
larger than 8x10 inches.
The exhibit, which is in it’s fourth
year at the fair, has been a tremendous
success in the past, and promises to be
even more exciting this year due to the
addition of a youth category.
In previous years, there has been
only one category, open to ages four
teen and younger. This year however,
there will be two separate age divisions;
one for ages twelve and under (chil
dren), and one for ages thirteen to eigh
teen (youth).
Under the old classification sys
tem, explained Photography Superin
tendent Mary Boedigheimer, many
people who had previously entered the
children’s division would grow out of
that division, and be forced to enter as
an adult, even though they were only
thirteen or fourteen years old. Also, the
old division did not distinguish be
tween children and youth. “The new
division creates a balan ce,” said
Boedigheimer.
For more information, contact the
Oregon State Fair office at, 378-3247 or
write: 2330 17th St. NE, Salem, Ore
97310.
1992 OLYMPIC MEN’S BASKETBALL SCHEDULE
POOLB
POOL A
Australia
Angola
China
Brazil
Commonwealth of Independent States
Croatia
Lithuania
Germany
Puerto Rico
Spain
Venezuela
United States
Sunday, July 26
9:30 a.m. Venezuela - CIS
4:30 p.m. USA - Angola
11:30 a.m. China - Lithuania
8:30 p.m. Germany - Spain
10:30 p.m. Croatia - Brazil
Monday, July 27
9:30 a.m. China - Puerto Rico
2:30 p.m. Angola - Germany
11:30 a.m. Venezuela - Lithuania
8:30 p.m. Croatia - USA
4:30
CIS - Australia
10:30 p.m. Brazil - Spain
W ednesday, July 29
9:30 a.m. Venezuela - Australia
11:30 a.m. Brazil - Angola
2:30 p.m. CIS - China
8:30 p.m. USA - Germany
4:30 p.m. Lithuania - Puerto Rico
10:30 p.m. Croatia - Spain
Friday, July 31
9:30 a.m. Venezuela - Australia
11:30 a.m. Spain - Angola
2:30 p.m. Australia - China
8:30 p.m. Croatia - Germany
4:30
p.m. Lithuania - CIS
10:30 p.m. USA - Brazil
Sunday, August 2
2:30 p.m. Venezuela - China
9:30 a.m. Germany - Brazil
4:30
p.m. Australia - Lithuania
11:30 a.m. Croatia - Angola
8:30
p.m. Puerto Rico
10:30 p.m. USA - Spain
T uesday, A ugust 4 (Quarterfinals — 2:30 p.m.,4:30 p.m.,8:30 p.m., 10:30 p.m.)
A5 - B6 (9:30 a.m. or 11:30 a.m.)
A1 - B4
B5 - A6 (9:30 a.m. or 11:30 a.m.)
BI - A4
A 2 -B 3
B 2 - A3
Thursday, August 6
11:00 a.m. 9th/10th Place Game
9:-- a.m. 11 th/12th Place Game
Lakers Stay Atop Pro-Am
Visit Lamb’s Thriftway
For 60th Anniversary
Celebration
Portland,OR-PortlandTrailBlaz-
ers star Jerome Kersey will appear on
Saturday, July 25 at the Garden Home
Thriftway as part of their 60-ycar anni
versary celebration.
Kersey will meet the store custom
ers from 10 a.m. to noon as part of a
month-long celebration that includes
free shopping sprees, lottery tickets and
prizes.
Pioneers in the Portland grocery
market since 1919, the Lamb family
played a prom inent role in the founding
of the state’s major food trade organiza
tion.
In May, 1980,Oregon Food Indus
try, Inc., was formed with the support of
the entire Lamb family and is today a
successful trade organization represent
ing the state’s food industry members.
Thriftway Stores arc active spon
sors of the Portland Trail Blazers.
had 31 points; while smooth Steve
Adams’ 28 made him high point man
for the Spurs.
The Hawks stayed just one game
behind the Lakers with a 91-80 win
over the Celts. The one-two punch of
Rod Hawkins’ 21 and Zack Harris’ 18
proved a bit too much for the Celts.
In the long awaited shootout be
tween “Red Hot” Larry Jury and “White
Men Can’t Jump” Freeman Williams,
the fans got their money’s worth. Jury
outshot Williams 41 to 37, and the
Warriors won 132-127 over the Knicks.
The Portland Community College Cas
cade Gymnasium will still be smoking
until next weekend.
BY JOHN PHILLIPS
The Lakers improved their Port
land Pro-Am League standing over the
weekend. The Lakers moved to 7-0,
behind the play of Wendell Talley. In
the only game played on Saturday,
Talley led the Lakers to a 97-77 win
over the Celts. Talley had 24 points and
17 rebounds, and got a big lift from
formerUniversityofPortlandstar Kevin
Williams’ 22 points.
On Sunday, Talley again led the
Lakers as the Lakers defeated the Spurs
104 -95. For his play on both ends of the
court, Talley is this week’s Portland
Pro-Am Player of the Week. Darnell
PORTLAND’S MEN’S PRO-AM
BASKETBALL LEAGUE
League Standing (As o f 7/ 19/92)
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Closes The Gap On
Primo-Limo
final score of 59-48. Sheri Stemple and
Michelle Gray each tossed in 14 points
for Stadium’s second win of the sea
son. Cindy Murphy again led the scor
ing for Foot Action, USA with 15
points.
In the night cap and in one of the
best games of the summer, Primo-
Limo stayed atop the league with a 76-
69 hard-fought win over Tire Head
quarters. Player of the Week Amy
Claboe led the way with 24 points and
11 rebounds. Katy Steding helped out
with 21 points. THI’s leading scorer
was Krista Smith with 17 points.
In Thursday’s action of play,
Chevy Corner was constant leader in a
70-60 victory over Foot Action, USA.
Judy Shannon had a repeat perfor
mance as lead scorer by contributing
19 points and pulling down 14 re
bounds. Cindy Murphy scored 13points
for Foot Action, USA.
In the last games of the evening
and of the week, Oregon Nail nailed
down any easy 78-40 win over Sta
dium Sports Cards as they shot the
lights out. Vicki Channel’s fine overall
play led Oregon Nail with 19 points,
her high for the summer.
On Monday, July 13, Primo Limo
sped past Stadium Sports Cards 94-64,
as Amy Claboe led the way with 24
points. Sheri Stemple scored 22 for the
losing team.
In the second game of the evening,
Tire Headquarters needed overtime to
get by Foot Action, USA 67-60. Krista
Smith and Sandra Howell each scored
20 for THI, while Cindy Murphy’s 18
points led Foot Action, USA.
Former Portland State All-Ameri
can Laurie Northrop scored 21 points
and had 10 rebounds to lead Dr. flowers
to a 65-59 win over Oregon Nail
Distributors on Tuesday, July 14. Becky
Conrad captured Oregon Nail’s top scor
ing honors with 15 points.
Chevy Comer stayed right on the
heels of Primo-Limo with a tight 60-59
win over Ram Light Truck Salvage in
the nightcap. Judy Shannon led Chevy
Comer with 17 points and 12 rebounds,
while Lisa Channel tossed in 19 for Ram
Light Truck.
Joe Perry got the best out of
last place Stadium Sports Cards as he
made hisdebutascoach in Wednesday’s
first game of the evening. Stadium Sports
Cards upset Foot Action, USA with a
Semifinals (4:30 p.m. and 10:30 p.m.)
B/1/A4 winner - A2/B3 winner
A1/B4 winner - B2/A3 winner
Classification (2:30 p.m. and 8:30 p.m.)
Loser B1/A4 Loser - A2/B3 Loser
A1/B4 Loser - B2/A3
Saturday, August 8
11:00 a.m. 5th/6th Place Game
1:00 p.m. Bronze Medal Game
8:00 p.m. 7th/8th Place Game
10:00 p.m. Gold Medal Game
Jerome Kersey To
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MCDONALD’S WOMEN’S
SUMMER BASKETBALL LEAGUE
League Standing (As o f 7116192)
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Stadium Sports Cards
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