J une 30, 1993 • T he P ortland O bserver
P age B 2
Jordan Lifts Bulls Higher And Higher Registration
BY JOHN PHILLIPS
Below is an article that was w rit
ten by Monte Poole of the Oakland
Tribune, which is published in O ak
land, California I was so impressed
with the content of the article that I
wanted to share it with you ‘Jordan
Lifts Bulls Higher and Higher " was
written right after the Chicago Bulls
won their third NBA Championship
“After cooling and kissing the
hot hands of John Paxson deep into
Sunday evening, all of the Chicago
Bulls not named Jordan ought to be
gin this day by walking over to His
Airness and lifting him high above
their heads And they ought to hold
him there for about two years.”
It is time the Bulls carry Jordan.
He has carried them long enough If
the regular season and conference play
offs were not enough, these NBA Fi
nals pros ided a surplus of ev idence.
In the 47 minutes and 56 seconds
before Paxson ’s dead-on three-pointer
won Game 6 and Chicago's third con
secutive title, it was Jordan in flight
and his teammates clinging to his
cape He carried them into the fourth
quarter, took a brief rest, then came off
the bench to drag them through the
fire, famine, rain and the rampaging
Phoenix Suns
In this most try ing series, Jordan
somehow remained airborne despite
carry ing freight that included 11 team
mates, and opportunist named Rich
ard Esquinas the considerable burden
of three-peating
He got it done. The Jordanizing
of the Suns is M ichael’s best work to
date He generated income for him
self, his teammates and Pat in the
league’s history book
But where, exactly, is that page?
And should it be a team picture, or
simply a mug shot of Jordan?
Only the Celtics, under Coach
Red Auerbach, and the Minneapolis
Lakers, led by center George Mikan,
had won three in a row. But they were
“teams” first, last and forev er.
When Minneapolisacconiplished
the feat (1952-54), there were nine
teams in the league Moreover, they
had Hall of Famers at guard (Slater
Martin), forward (Jim Pollard) and
center (Mikan). Those Lakers domi
nated because they had the play ers to
O M S I D e b u ts N e w
dominate
Boston's eight-year run (1959-
66) was powered by a Hall of Fame
coach and “Seven” players w ho hav e
been elected to the Hall -- Bob Cousy,
John Havlicek, Tom Hcinsohn, K.C.
Jones, Sam Jones, Bill Russell and
Bill Sharman They dominated be
cause they had the talent to dominate
and kept finding more talent.
The Bulls hav e one Hall of Fanter,
and he powered their three-year run
Jordan being Jordan almost obscures
the fact that the Bulls will get credit
for a three-peat.
Never has one man taken a team
so far so many times, with so much at
stake, with every body knowing he had
to do it. Once and for all, this should
silence the few remaining arguments
against Jordan being the best ever.
Consider some of the teams that
never three-pcatcd. The Bird-Parish-
McHale Celtics. The Recd-Frazicr-
DcBusscherse Knicks The Chamber
lain-Bay,or-West Lakers The Magic-
Kareem-Worthy Lakers -- the only
one of this group to repeat as cham
pion.
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Thinking Of Tomorrow’s
Youth Today
Forest Service C hief F Dale
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former chatrmanandCEOofPepsiCo.
Inc., announced today pilot summer
camps for hundreds of at-risk youth
between the ages of 15 and 18.
In d e sc rib in g th e cam p s,
R o b ertso n sa id “ For th e first
time, these young people will receive
a salary, be required to report to
work on time, and sec their school
lessons applied to their work in the
forest.”
These youth forest camps w ill set
the stage for a national expansion of
the program, which responds to a
crisis among American youth The
USDA Forest Service and the Na
tional Forest Foundation arc working
together to create new camp projects
that w ill provide jobs, work training,
and educational and emotional growth
for youth.
The camps will be run by the
Forest Service in partnership with
other government agencies and pri
vate companies.
Kendall noted that youth unem
ployment rates in many city and rural
ethnic neighborhoods approaches 50
percent He called on other business
leaders to support the camps “Seldom
in our business or personal life do we
have this opportunity to truly make a
difference. These opportunities must
be seized when the timing is right and
that time is now," he said.
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U n e m p lo y m e n t
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B e In c re a s e d
Weekly unemployment benefit
amounts w ill go up slightly in Oregon
on July 4, 1993.
The maximum benefit per week
will be $285 and the minimum benefit
per week will be $66 The current
m axim um and m inim um benefit
amounts are$271 and$63.Thcchange
affects new employment insurance
claims filed on or after July 4
The calculation ofbenefits is done
on an annual basis and is required by
law It is based on a percentage of the
average wages paid in Oregon Frank
Richey, Manager, Unemployment In
surance Program Analysis, says the
reason for the increase is that Oregon
average wages arc up slightly
The number of individuals who
received unem ploym ent benefits
checks in 1992 was 207,890
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