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T he P ortland O bserver « N ovember P age 17, 1993 B la z e rs ’ M a rk B ry a n t T e a m s W ith NECDC For P u b lic S e rv ic e A n n o u n c e m e n t Director Brian Grubb (left) works with Portland Trail Blazer Forward Mark Bryant during the recent filming of a public service announcement for the Northeast Community Development Corporation (NECDC). (Photo Credit: Trail Blazers) T he P ortland T rail B lazers and O regon A rena C orporation (O A C ) have team ed with the N ortheastC om - m unity D ev elo p m en t C orporation (N EC D C ) to produce a 30-second public service announcem ent about N E C D C ’s com m unity revitalization efforts in north and northeast P o rt land. B lazer’s forw ard M ark B ryant and N E C D C executive director, Jaki W alker, are featured in PSA , along w ith a num ber o f the fam ilies that have purchased hom es through the N E C D C program . Since 1984, NECIX? has focused on jo b training and affordable h o u s ing for low -incom e fam ilies in north an d n o rth e a st n e ig h b o rh o o d s. In 1990, they received approval o f a $3.75 m illion federal gran t to help, low -incom e, first-tim e hom e buyers finance the purchase o f new or reh a bilitated hom es in the Boise, King, H um bold t, and V ernon n eig h b o r hoods. N E C D C , a non-profit o rg an i zation, recently com pleted w ork on their first 40 sites, w hich are cither for sale or occupied by eligible fam ilies. “T he Blazers offices have been located in north east Portland since our inception back in 1970, so w e ’ve long been com m itted to this c o m m u nity and its resid en ts,” said M arshall G lickm an, B lazers and O A C senior vice president. “T h at level o f com - P.I.L., O For 4 In Football Playoffs B y J ohn P hillips T h e P o rtlan d ln te rs c h o la s tic League, had four football team in the opening night o f the state 4 A play offs, and by nights end they w ere all elim inated. T he P.I.L. cham ps, W i Ison cam e into it’s gam e w ithG lencoe, with A 9- ) record G lencoe was the fifth place team from the alw ays though M etro League, and jum ped out to a early lead and never looked back, winning 34-20 on the T hom e field. G lencoe opened the scoring with a five yard run by Eric Scott, for A 6- 0 lead. A fter a W ilson turnover, G lencoe got on the broad again with A 96 yard pass play from Q uarterback M arcus G laze to Ben Petrick. Then Scott scored again from four yards out for A 20-0 first quarter lead. G lencoe scored tw o more touch dow ns on A Kevin B ickler 35 yard pass to Petrick and Tom m y A m ay a’s 10 yard run m ade it 34-0 at the end of three Q uarters. W ilso n ’s tw o touchdow ns cam e in the fourth quarter on a pair o f two yard scoring runs by Jake Lancaster m itm ent w ill continue to grow with the construction o f the new arena. T he w ork N E C D C has done, and is continuing to do, is trem endous. For each unit N E C D C sells, it will rep re sent one less vacant lo t or eyesore, and one m ore hom e ow ned by a fam ily ” T he production of the PSA high lights a three-year com m unity p art nership that the T rail B lazers and O A C have w ith N EC D C . In addition to the PSA , the B lazers support the re v ita liz a tio n e ffo rts o f N E C D C through corporate co n tributions and providing the developm ent com pany with technical assistance from the B lazers and O A C staff. Lose Some Win Some By Eric N oon T he Portland T railblazers lost their starting center C hris D udley last T hursday, but show ed no ill effects with tw o victories Friday and S un day. A lthough Dudley w illbeoutfrom eight to ten w eeks w ith a broken ankle, the Blazers seem to have found the m an to fill the void in the m iddle w ith R eggie Sm ith. Sm ith, w ho only played 68 m in utes all season last year, gave the B lazers 10 rebounds, Tour points, and three blocks in a 94-84 win against the A tlanta H aw ks friday night. “ I w ent out and b attled and had a good tim e doing it,” said Sm ith, w ho played 34 m inutes in his first N BA start. “T h a t’s only one start, but I hope to keep on playing.” Sm ith not only bounced back S unday night w ith 10 boards and six points, but did m any o f intangible things that d o n ’t show up on the slat sheet. Sm ith seem ed to be at the right place and the rig h t tim e, diving after loose balls or keeping a ball alive on the boards w ith hustle and determ ¡na tion. T he 114-111 win o ver D etroit Pistons Sunday w as llie Blazers best gam e on both ends o f the court. T he defensive intensity was die key by getting the transition gam e rolling w ith 33 fastbreak points. T he B lazers had a little extra m otivation ag ain st the P istons and it w asn ’t the suspended Bill L aim bcer. The B lazers w ere trying to win one for H arvey. G ran t had never won three gam es in a row in his p ro fe s sional career. C liff R obinson led six B ,azers in double figures w ith 25 points. O nce again Rod S trickland w as floor leader w ith 13 assists and dozen points. “I ’m hitting my o utside shots m ore consistently th is y ear,” said Strickland, w ho w orked on his out side gam e in the oflseason. “ I think I ’m ju st shooting w ith allot more confidence.” W ith J e ro m e K e rse y , M ark B ryant, and C hris D udley o ut with injuries the Blazers found their rhythm w ith tw o tough w ins over the w eek end. It w as the first tw o gam es the B lazers shot o v er 40% this season as the Blazers offense w as active w ith out the ball. T he B lazer w ill have B ryant and Kersey back soon and will need their interior defense w hen they lace some o f the b etter cen ters in the gam e soon. H eadcoach R ick A delm an seems w illing to change the line-up early this year and is still looking for the right com b in atio n s to m ake this a com petitive team every night. W ith m any new faces on this years squad the B lazers are going to take som e tim e to gel as a team , and there going to have som e erratic play until then. Oregon City Woman Wins $100,000 Powerball Prize “T h is is one o f the m ost exciting things that ever happened to ntc! T hat w as the reaction o f O regon C ity resident C onnie N icoud, 59, w hen she and her husband R ex visited L ot te ry h e a d q u a r te rs to c la im h e r $100,000 Pow erball prize. C onnie m atched all five regular num bers (w hite balls) in the S aturday, N ovem ber 6, draw ing. A fter 28 percent was w ithheld for federal taxes, she re ceived a check for $72,000. A r e g u la r P o w e rb a ll p la y e r, C onnie p u rch ased her $1 Q uick Pick ticket at M orrow Serv-U M arket in M ilwaukie on Saturday. It wasn ’ l until 9 she w as cleaning out her purse on Sunday and found the ticket that she rem em bered to check her num bers. Rex had already checked his tickets, so he had the w inning num bers d o s e by as C onnie read the num bers on her S m ith ’s o n e y ard run an d B eau and Jason Eilertson. W ilson ended the season at 9-1. T he P .L L .’s second place team w as Franklin. T he Q uakers took on th e B la c k T o rn a d o fro m N o rth M edford. North M edford ground game was to m uc h for Franklin as North Medford scored a touchdow n in every quarter for a easy 27-0 victory. F ra n k lin ’s Q u a rte rb a c k M att G eske had a o ff night throw ing four interceptions in the gam e. R u n n in g B ack K erry C u rtis scored the first Touchdow n for the B lack T ornado on a tw o yard run. Q uarterback Colin O ’Neill hit Jeff C ostanzo on a 15 yard pass play. O ’N eill added another one yard run and M att D avis closed the scoring w ith a 6 yard T.D . run, B enson T ech, the third place team in the P.I.L. traveled all the way dow n to G rants Pass, and before they scored a point they w ere behind 47-0. R unning Back Jesse O rtiz scored five touchdow n for G rants pass on runs o f 3,1,3,3 9 an d 31 yards. G rants P ass o th e r scores cam e on M att L ehnerz 35 yard run. T ech scored tw ice in the fourth Q uarter on Robert Jam iso n ’s tw o run and A ntonio M cK inney’s 63 yard run. Tech ended the season a t 7 -3. M a rs h a ll h ad to tr a v e l to Pendleton and lost 35-21. The gam e was very close and tied at 21 at h alf tim e. Pendleton scored first on a one yard run by Kasey K ennedy. M arshall cam e right back as Q uarterback R obby Buen found Noel Patterson on a three yard pass play. Ty Hague wood passed 24 yards to Brian Boltz for Pendleton second touchdow n. But again M arshall an sw ered with a score. Buen scored on a tw o yard run. H aguew ood hit Boltz again, this tim e for 20 yards. Buen found Patterson for a four yard score by half time. Haguewood Threw for two more touchdow n passes to Boltz for 38 and 30 yard for the final score. M arshall ended it’s season w ith a 6-4 record. BLAZERS TIP OFF “ STAY IN SCHOOL” The N ational Basketball A sso ciation (NBA ) declared W ednesday, N ovem ber 3, 1993, as N ational Stay in School A w areness Day, a league wide effort to draw attention to drop out prevention. Players from all 27 NBA team s m ake special visits to m iddle schools to prom ote the pro gram . Locally, Blazers head coach R ick A d elm an an d ce n te r C h ris Dudley attended a special assem bly at Lane M iddle School in Portland A c com panied by Blazers com m unity activities coordinator, Nick Jones. Betw een Decem ber and April, Blazers team m em bers plan to make special visits to 10 greater Portland/ V ancouver are m iddle schools as part ol th e N B A ’sStay in School program. M iddle schools in the greater Port- land/V ancouvcr area interested in • holding a Stay in School assembly should subm it their request in writing to: T raci Rose, Team Liaison Portland Trail B lazers 700 N E M ultnom ah, Suite 600 Portland, O regon 97232 All requests m ust be postm arked by M onday N ovem ber 22, 1993. A draw ing w ill be held to determ ine w hich schools will be scheduled for a Blazers visit. Now in its fifth year, the Stay in School program utilizes current and former NBA players and coaches to encourage young people to earn a high school diplom a. As a group, NBA players have m ade more than 5000 visits to local schools in the last four years. L ast year, the T rail Blaz ers visited lO P ortlandm iddle schools with over 7,000 students participat ing in the Slay in School rallies. 1993 Congratulations Clark County Youth Football American League Champions W hitaker Warriors C2 Head Coach James M iller Jr. Offense Coach Aleem Shabazz Offense Line Coach Keith Perkins Special Teams Coach Rich Special Thanks To The Coaches Wives Jackie Miller and Lavonne Shabazz !! CHAMPIONSHIP GAME WHITAKER 12 - H AWKS 6 NAMES OF PLAYERS Michael Lee #20 Thomas Bertrand #51 Khalid Miller #72 Lawrence Bostic #55 Nathan Olsen #66 Adrian Campbell #22 Jordan Sharp #52 Marcus Carson #80 Ryan Sharp #46 Judah Cox #57 Rashawn Stewart #35 Dallas Duncantell #88 Jason Summerfield #60 Roderick Edwards #3 Monty Vann #68 Clayton Holcey #77 Christopher Webb #32 Cedric Johnson #59 Keenan Yarbrough #47 John Lee #11 Grant High School Booster Club Sponsors Pancake Breakfast P u rp o se : T o show case w inter activ i ties at the school. W h e re : G rant High School C afete ria, 2245 N E 36th Ave. W h en : Saturday,N ovem ber 20,1993, B reakfast served Sam -2pm . W h a t: Pancakes, eggs, ham , ju ice, and coffee. C o st: S 12.00 per fam ily or S3.00 per person. S ch ed u le: 1 la m d ram a and m usic 12pm w restling an d sw im m ing 1pm girls basketball and rally 2pm boys basketball and rally C o n ta c t Ray P o k o rn y for f u r th e r d e ta ils: 287-9373 City Installs New Bicycle Lanes Bicyclists will find new lanes on Capitol H ighw ay, N. P ortsm outh, N. D enver and SW 5th. T he C ity o f Portland B icycle Program has in stalled the new lanes to provide safer and better access for residents w ho use bicycles as a m ode o f transporta tion. Bike lanes have been added to Capitol Highway (H ighw ay 10) from B eav erto n H illsd ale H ig h w ay to T crw illigcr Boulevard. T his sig n ifi cant im provem ent connects to ex ist ing bike lanes on B eaverton-H illsdale H ighway and w ill connect to planned bike lanes lor T erw illiger betw een dow ntow n and Tryon C reek State Park. The new Capitol bike lanes will also serve an im portant connection to SW B arber B oulevard bike lanes planned for 1994. S E A S ID E R M O T E L ticket. 1<Ì EA0 : V CA K+ by L isa L oving H o m ic id e, F ire , A u to m o b ile, A ccidents, A ID S, A lcohol A buse, C rack C ocaine, Heroin! W hich is the leading cause of death to people in our com m unity each year? A nswer: N one o f the above. C igarettes arc now the biggest killer o f A m cricans-and those “coffin nails” claim m ore lives annually than all the above causes com bined, ac cording to a new report by the M edi cal A ssociation. T ragically, these deaths arc p re ventable; even though nicotine is as addictive as cocaine and heroin, av enues exist to help cigarette sm okers give up their habit. O f course, it isn t e a s y - o r cheap. Research sho w s that lo w - incom c people are m ore likely to sm oke than m iddle class and affluent people arc. And despite the fact that A frican A m ericans sm oke few er cigarettes than w hite sm okers do, tw ice as m any Black sm okers develop lung c a n c e r - w hich they d o at a h ig h er rate than any other ethnic group except p e r haps N ative A m ericans. The A m e r ic a n Lung A ssociation’sG reat A m erican Smoki out on Nov. 18, a one-day event in w hich sm okers arc urged not to light up for the w hole day, ju st m ight have a bigger im pact on N orth and N orth east P ortland than on any oth er part o f the c ily -b e c a u sc cigarette sm oking hits us the hardest. A ccording to Herb Severson ol th e O re g o n R e sea rch In stitu te,"T h eie’s lots o f evidence that, the low er the incom e, the higher the sm oking la te ." C h e a p a n d widely available in o u r com m unity, generic cigarettes are propping o pen the door o f disease and death for people who co u ld n ’t otherw ise afford to burn one oi two packs a day. A frican .American sm okers make up 80 percent o f the m arket for Kool cigarettes, a m enthol-laced brand. The presence o f m enthol aflects not only how often sm okers light up, but also w hat happens w hen they do; some research ers say m enthol cig arette sm okers actually sm oke differently. I h a t's because m enthol is an ancs- th e lic -il deadens throat discom fort from sm oking. T hat allow s sm okers to inhale m ore deeply. O n e th in g is c e r ta in : as th e c ig a r e tte in d u s try is lite ra lly k i l l ing o f f its o w n c o n s u m e r m a rk e t, th e to b a c c o c o r p o r a tio n b ig w ig s a ie w o rk in g h a r d e r to m a k e up fo r th e ir lo s t g ro u n d “ T h e y sec th e w ritin g o n the w all S e v e rso n sa id “ T h e y ’re g o in g to try lo h an g o n to th e ir m a r k e t.” H o w ? B y ta rg e tin g k id s. (Next Week Part Two) SPECIAL WINTER RATES 2ND NIGHT 1/2 PRICE -The Promenade Restaurant across the street 1/2 Block to the Beach/Some Ocean Views Microwave & Refrigerator Game Table/TV 110 N. 5th Street, Seaside, Oregon Sharon Rauwolf, Manager Seaside (503)738-7764 Portland (503)242-1310 » A 4 » « « 4 « « I I 4 4 M ■« • « . - ■ - , . m .1 4 « S v - ’ '■ .............................., : . ‘■•■fa . ' - . .
