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Giving Something Back
F HAPPY
BIRTHDAY
■ Eleven year old
David Bunnell
watches closely as
Blazer guard, Mario
Elie, autographs his
basketball. Elie, Cliff
Robinson, Tracy
Murray, Dave
Johnson, Reggie
Smith, and Rod
Strickland signed
autographs last
Sunday at the
Portland Saints
auction which is a
fund raising event for
the Women's
basketball team.
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DaRay Keith
Morrison
BY JOHN PHILLIPS
G iving something back was the theme o f the day on Sunday at the Midway Shopping center
in southeast The 122nd Sports Card Trading Show was the site o f the 3rd annual Portland
Saints Auction The Saints auctioned o ff shoes o f Portland T ra il Blazers players along with
basketballs signed bv plavers and coaches and autograph pictures. The auction was held from
one to six p m Fans paid five dollars each for autographs and all the proceeds went to the
Portland Saints Women’ s A A U basketball team.
The Portland Saints added seventy seven hundred dollars to their bank account thanks to
Dave Johnson, Reggie Smith, Tracy Murray, C liff Robinson, Rod Strickland and “ Super”
M ario Elie. I hope people understand that more than money was made at the auction. It was
the fact that these men took their personal time to help someone that needed help Their time
is always in demand, and they get paid big money for it, so that makes it even mean more.
There are many people I would like to acknowledge for hclpi ng the Portland Saints achieve
their goal. W ally Scales, Vice President, Special Events, John Lashway, Director, Sports
Communications, and John Christensen, Assistant Director, Sports Communications. These
three men really made the auction go over as well as it did, w ith all the help they provided me
Then there is Greg Swain, Shauna Sullivan, Dale Dennis and Jeff Specht, w ith the 122nd
Sports Card Trading Show staff. They made everything possible by having a special show just
for the Portland Saints. And last but not least, Dennis, Elaine, and Ron Bemsh who helped from
day one To the many who helped a ll go well on the day o f the auction A ll the players and
coaches o f the Saints thank everyone who helped
The Saints w ill be the first women’s team in the history o f the AAU Women s National
Basketball Championships to come from the state o f Oregon. The Nationals are in Milwaukee,
Wisconsin, A p ril 15 to 18. The Saints w ill leave Portland for Milwaukee A p n l 13 at 10:00PM.
A ll games w ill be played at the new 6.2 m illion dollar recreation complex o f Wisconsin
Lutheran College, in Wauwatoss. Wisconsin.
Members o f the Portland Saints are players, M iraim Jenkins, Diana DeYoung, Sandra
Howell Laurie Northrop, Angie Harris, Alisa Robinson. Carol Drouet-Rawlmgs, Kendra
Starks, Renae Aschoff, Krista Smith, Tracy Nelson, Velaida Shephard and coaches Jeff
Gamble and myself John Phillips.
T o u ris m In d u s t r y
6th Grade NE Portland Bastketball Team
From Mom
More than 250 Oregon tourism industry leaders gathered in
Eastern Oregon A p ril 4-6, 1993 for the N inth Annual Governor’s
Conference on Tourism.
The conference was held in La Grande and Baker City, w ith the
Oregon T ra il Sesquicentennial as a principal theme.
The creative use o f existing resources and emerging trends to
increase tourism was on the agenda. Trends included industry growth
area such as eco-tourism, heritage tourism and cultural tourism, which
are all part o f the reasons travelers w ill vis it Oregon in the future
Other topics included the Americans w ith Disabilities Act (AD A).
Packaging for the Group Tour market, a legislative breakfast featured
lawmakers, such as Sen. B ill Kennemer, R-Milwaukie and Rep Ray
Baum. R-La Grand, and a leadership panel discussed critical issues in
the industry.
The conference was planned by the Oregon Economic Develop­
ment Department's Tourism division, w ith registration fees and spon­
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April
sor support covering coordination costs.
“ Last year conference delegates reviewed a draft five-year strategic
plan. Since then, an implementation plan has been completed which
w ill take tourism in Oregon to the next step Many o f the challenges that
face the visitor industry were addressed Our goal is to develop the
partnerships necessary to ensure that tourism works for Oregon and w ill
continue to plav an important role in the economic diversification o f the
state well into the future,” said Joe D ' Alessandro, tourism division
ream NE Portland won the 6th Grade Oregon AAU State Tournament
?gon. NE Portland Basketball team (17-2 overall record) was coached
jw The team was lead by Tiante Tims who averaged an amazing 30
bounder was Josh Atkins and leader in assists was Terrance Green.
to thank the following people for their support and success. Wally
tophas Smith, Gresham Dodge; Bobbie Harris, Varsity Coach
director.
The Tourism Conference was one o f the largest conferences ever
held in eastern Oregon, and local host communities had been working
for months to make certain local heritage is shared with the delegates.
Ethnic meals and entertainment were showcased in Baker City,
host site for the conference Nine eastern Oregon counties helped
prepare menus and entertainment to display the diversity ol culture
found in the region.
Governor Barbara closed the conference on Tuesday in La Grande
with an awards dinner at the Eastern Oregon State College campus
Following the dinner, an adaptation o f the Oregon I rail musical
“ Voices o f the T ra il” performed at the Performing Arts Center. Mary
Jane Losa Hall
Loving wishes from your
mom and dad