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T he P ortland O bserver • A ugust 17, 1994
MAJOR ATTRACTION AT THIS YEAR’S LAKE
OSWEGO INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL
Soccer, tennis and golf tourna­
ments are featured attractions at Lake
Oswego’s Third Annual Interna­
tional Festival, with active participa­
tion expected for all three. The sport­
ing events are scheduled for Friday
night, Saturday and Sunday, Sep­
tember 9,10 and 11, around the Lake
Oswego area and offer competition
and spectator opportunities for adults
and children.
Capturing the allure of World
Cup Soccer, a Soccer Jamboree will
be held for the first time this year
featuring over 2,000 youth soccer
players from around the area. Play­
ers from grades K through 8 will
WATER S K I TOUR
SEASON FINALS
The Budweiser Water Ski Tour
at Blue Lake Park Saturday and Sun­
day, A ugust 2 0 -2 1 —sp o tlig h ts
breathtaking action by the world’s
greatest skiers in the season finals
and provides gun for the entire fam­
ily.
Featuring the world’s top pro­
fessionals in slalom, freestyle, and
distance jumping, the 10-citytour—
has a purse o f more than $400,000.
Just as they did in 1992 and
’93, superstars Andy M apple and
Wade Cox w ill b attle it out on
the slalom course. M eanw hile,
best friends K risti O verton the
1992 cham pion and Susi G ra­
ham who won the o verall title in
’93 w ill be forcin g the best from
each o th er in w o m en ’s slalom .
At the same time, Dave Reinhart
will be pursuing his seventh con­
secutive freestyle championship—
with strong challenges from young
guns Hank Amos and Zane Schwenk.
And if Burce Neville and Scot Ellis
want to seize the world long distance
jump Sammy Duvall, they’ll have to
beat Duvall’s monstrous 220-foot
record jump established in 1993.
Tickets are available at the gate
for $9 for adults, $4 for children (6-
12), under 5 are free.
ATHLETES OVERCOME
PAM WITH SPIRITUAL
ASSISTS
From Freedom News Service
Runners are often afflicted with
one kind o f pain or another - pulled
muscles, spasms, aches, shooting
pains and pinches that for many have
become a part o f life.
But marathoner Judy Mercon of
Clearwater, claims that pain doesn 't
have to be a natural accompaniment
to running and other sports.
Already on a steady course for
the 1996 Olympics, the 36-year-old
champion runner says that one o f the
most valuable assets o f her running
career has been the discovery of tech­
niques which alleviate physical suf­
fering. Developed by humanitarian
and founder o f the Scientology reli­
gion, L. Ron Hubbard, these tech­
niques know as “Assists" help an
individual to spiritually confront
physical difficulties.
Assists operate on the principle
that if injured, on tends to withdraw
from the injured body area. Although
this is a perfectly understandable
reaction to pain, only by returning
attention to the injured area does one
bring the spiritual element into the
healing process — an element that
physicians have long innately recog­
nized as a key element in speeding
the healing process.
“Assists are incredibly valuable
for athletes because they reduce pain
and enable healing to progress at a
faster rate,” says Mercon. “This
makes training easier and minimizes
any setback from an injury. 1 have
found them to be an incredible ben­
compete at several locations on Lake
O sw ego’s- w est side, including
Waluga Jr. High. Portland’s own
Portland Pride professional soccer
team will visit the youths during
competition to provide support and
inspiration.
Back by popular demand is the
golf Tournament, scheduled for Sat­
urday, September 10, at Lake Os­
wego Golf course. The tournament
features an 18-hole individual stroke
play event with shotgun start. There
will be four divisions: mens and la­
dies ages 18-59, and senior mens and
ladies ages 60-plus.
The golf tournament is limited
A4
event. Matches are held Saturday
and Sunday, 9 am - 5 pm. The two-
day format will allow for 16 teams to
participate. Anni Miller, tennis pro
and owner of Team Northwest, is
coordinating this year’s tournament,
and expects a high turnout. Entry is
limited to adults 21 and over; there is
an entrance fee.
C om petition play, including
locations, fees, and tim es for all
sporting events will be listed in
th e F e s tiv a l G u id e b o o k , the
events calendar for the entire
three day Festival available at
m ost shops and services in lake
Oswego.
BLOOD, SWEAT & CHEERS"
N ational pride and honor in
the ring are at stake in “ B lood,
Sw eat and C heers,” as A m erican
pro boxers Tom m y M orrison,
M erciless Ray M ercer, Refael
R uelas and Z achary P adilla m eet
an all-star B ritish lineup in a
quadruple pay-pre-view event,
Sunday, Oct. 23, live from Hong
Kong. F eatured are three w orld
title fights, slated for 12 rounds
and a' 1 0 -round h e a v y w e ig h t
bout.
B eginning at 10 p.m. ET/7
p.m. PT, on Saturday, Oct. 22 in
the U .S., M orrison (41-2-1 35
KOs) will try to regain his W orld
B o x in g O rg a n iz a tio n cro w n
against devastating knockout art­
ist H erbie Hide (26-), 25 KOs).
In a second heavyw eight battle,
M ercer (23-1-1, 16 KOs) m eets
three-tim e w orld title challenger
Frank B urno (37-4, 36 KOs).
Two world champions from
California, Ruelas and Padilla, will
put their titles on the line in poten­
tially explosive matchups. Ruelas"
International Boxing Federation
lightweight belt will be at stake
against gritty Billy Schwer (25-1,20
KOs) and boxing’s most-active
puncher, Padilla makes the fifth de­
fense ofhis WBOjunior welterw eight
championship against rugged Ross
Hale (23-1, 16KOs).
Hi! My name is D'von Jacobs I played little league basball for the first
time this year. I was enjoying major league basball, mainly Ken Griffey Jr.
and his fantastic season. I hope that President Clinton would step in and
do something or maybe even Hillary regarding the Basball strike.
WHO HAS STROHGEST ARM IH THE WORLD?
Yukon Jack World Arm Wrestling Championships On Friday, August 26 In San Francisco -The world's strongest biceps to battle for $15,000
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ome Friday, August 26,
the city of San
Francisco will be up in
arms.
The biggest and baddest arms in
the w orld...
The strongest arm w restlers
in the w orld including four-tim e
Y ukon Jack W orld H eavyw eight
C h a m p io n Jo h n B rz e n k and
th ree -tim e Y ukon Jack W orld
W om en’s C ham pion Sot Jones,
will battle in the nationally te le ­
vised Y ukon Jack W orld Arm
W restling C ham pionships on Fri­
day, A ugust 26 at 11:30 AM at
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Em barcadero C enter in San F ran­
cisc o , C a lifo rn ia . T he sp o rts
spectacular will air nationally on
The N ashville N etw ork.
John B rzenk, a 29-year-old
airline m echanic from Sandy, UT
who w eighs only 200 pounds,
pinned a 500-pound opponent to
w in la s t y e a r ’s Y u k o n Jack
heavyw eight title. The reigning
world cham pion began arm w res­
tling at the age o f 16 when he
illegally follow ed his father into
taverns in C hicago and beat men
tw ice his age.
J o n e s , at 6 - f o o t- 4 , 240
pounds is considered that stro n ­
gest w om an in the w orld. The
fo rm e r fiv e -tim e NCAA A ll-
A m erican shot putter has lost
only one m atch in her entire
eleven year arm w restling ca-
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women's open division qualified for
the world championships and the
1993 Yukon Jack champions earn an
automatic berth in this year’s cham­
pionship.
More than 2,000 competitors
participated in the Yukon Jack World
Arm W restling Cham pionships,
sanctioned by the American Arm
Wrestling Association, helping to
raise $ 15,000 for the National Mul­
tiple Sclerosis Society, the official
charity for the program.
After crowning this year’s world
arm wrestling champions, the Y ukon
Jack Arm Wrestling Championships
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The 1993-94 Y ukon Jack
W orld Arm W restling C ham pi­
onships kicked o ff in N ovem ber
in M inneapolis, MI, and events
were staged in m ajor cities across
the country including C hicago,
Boston, D etroit, B altim ore, Se­
attle, San D iego, M ilw aukee,
Sacram ento, D enver, C olorado
Springs, Portland, Tam pa, O r­
lando, East R utherford, A lbu­
q u e rq u e , B u ffa lo , S y ra c u s e ,
R ochester, P rovidence, New H a­
ven. Springfield, and H artford.
Winners from each regional
tournament in one of four weight
divisions; men’s lightweight, 0-160,
men’s m iddleweight, 161-190, men’s
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m an” W alker (m id d lew eig h t),
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n ates th e y e a r-lo n g , 2 6 -c ity
Yukon Jack circuit.
In addition to a great deal o f
pride and glory, at stake will also
be the $2,500 prize aw arded to
each w eig h t class ch am p io n .
R unners-up in each division will
earn $1,000, while third place
finishers take hom e $250.
“ The prize m oney, which is
the largest in the sport, is a great
in c e n tiv e ,” said B rzenk “ But
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after August 1 at various local
merchant’s shops and at the golf
course. Trophies and prizes will be
awarded to the winners, including a
1994 Cherokee jeep for a hole-in-
one on #10.
The third annual Tennis Tour­
nament rounds out the sporting com­
petition as Lake Oswego High School
again hosts both single and doubles
competitions. Each tennis entrant will
be placed on a six-member team;
teams will play a minimum of two
matches per player, with a maxi­
mum o f five matches during the
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