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FANS SUPPORT RELIEF
The Portland Trail Blazers and
their fans contributed more than
$31,000 in support to the American
Red Cross for victims of the recent
flood.
At the Portland/Denver game on
Thursday, February 22, Blazers fans
were asked to make a donation to the
American Red Cross. Fans contrib­
uted more than $8,000 to the “Give a
Buck” campaign and the Blazers or­
ganization matched the fans contri­
bution with an $8,000 corporate do­
nation. In addition, the Blazers are
donating $15,000 worth of clothing
to the Red Cross for victims of the
flooding.
BRIEFS
Blazer
Guard
Holdout
Ends
WINNERS IN “ WRITE-ON”
ESSAY COMPETITION
Seniors Reshaw n Lewis (left) o f Benson High School and David Jackson o f Wilson High are nam ed
Portland Observer Players o f Year and m em bers on the Observer's first team All-City Basketball Boys
and Girls Teams.
(Photos by Michael G. Halle)
Rod Strickland
Portland Trail Blazers point
guard Rod Strickland has returned
to the National Basketball Associ­
ation team after a six-game sus­
pension for repeated team rules
violations.
Strickland was involved in sev­
eral trade rumors prior to the dead
line on Feb. 22, but instead was
suspended by the team. He was
reported to have been headed to
the Denver Nuggets for guard Jalen
Rose and swingman Reggie Will­
iams, but the deal never happened.
“I think it’s just a matter of me
coming in here and not being a
distraction and just going there
and playing and understanding that
this is a team and to just take care
of business,” Strickland said at
practice Monday. “It just came to
me, why waste the season? You
work so hard to get in this posi­
tion.”
Strickland, who lost approxi­
mately $168,000 in salary during
the suspension, has quarreled with
Coach P J.Carlesimooverthepast
two seasons. He is enjoying the
best season of his nine-year career,
averaging 19.3 points and 9.5 as­
sists per game. He has 24 double­
doubles and ranks third in the
league in assists and 27th in scor­
ing.
The Blazers went 2-4 during
Strickland's absence. They host
the Houston Rockets on Tuesday
night.
"People and organizations from
all over the region have come togeth­
er in an effort to assist the flood
victims in putting their lives back
together,” said Bob Whitsitt, Blazers
president. "Trail Blazers fans and the
Blazers organization felt it was im­
portant to play a role in that recovery
effort as well. Hopefully this cash
and in-kind clothes donation will help
out a whole lot of people in need.”
Trail Blazers team captain Buck
Williams served as the spokesperson
for the “Give a Buck” campaign.
Williams appeared in a public ser­
vice announcement on KG W North­
west Newschannel 8.
ALL-CITY TEAMS
Portland Observer Honors Basketball Players
Girls
First Team
Sarah Green
Benson
Reshawn Lewis
Benson
Martina Gill
Benson
Scarlet Chamberlin Lincoln
Christy Novitsky
Madison
Ikeya Hillman
Jefferson
Boys
First Team
Senior
Senior
Senior
Senior
Senior
Senior
6'2"
5'6"
5'6"
6’0"
6'0”
5'9"
C
G
G
G
G
G/F
Jefferson
Grant
Cleveland
Franklin
Madison
Lincoln
Soph.
Junior
Senior
Junior
Senior
Senior
6'0"
5'4"
5 'II"
5'6"
57"
5"6"
C
PT
F
G
G
G
Vernon Cropper
Mark Tomas
Jermaine Thompson
Tyrone Hammick
Basil Duncatell
Craig Lewis
Grant Senior
Marshall Junior
Madison Junior
Jefferson Senior
Jefferson Senior
6'4"
6'3"
6'4"
6'0"
6'4"
6'2"
W/G
W/G
W/F
G
W/P
5'10"
57"
57"
6'0"
57"
Benson
Benson
Wilson
Jefferson
Wilson
Benson
Senior
Senior
Senior
Senior
Senior
Soph.
6'3"
6'6"
5’l 1"
6'6"
6'4"
6'2"
W/F
C
G
F
W/P
W/G
Newberg; Drew Sage, 7th grade,
Ophir School, Ophir; Julie Mason,
8th grade, Columiba Middle School
Irrigan; Melissa Westermeyer, 9th
grade, Tillamook Adventist School,
Tillamook; David Nguyen, 10th
grade, Camas High School Camas,
Washington; James Allen, 11th
grade. Powder Valley High School,
North Powder; and Katherine
adams, 12thgrade, Milwaukie High
School, Milwaukie are the 1995-96
grand prize winners in the BASIC
Write-On essay competition.
Special recognition certificates
were awarded to all essay program
entrants.
Regional first place winners se­
lected by their respective Educa­
tional Service Districts each re­
ceived a pen & pencil set. The grand
prize winners at each grade level
received hotel accommodations,
attend the Trail Blazers vs. Detroit
Pistons game on February 25th at
the Rose Garden and was hosted to
a pre-game reception. W inners were
also presented with a host of other
prizes including Avia athletic.shoes,
and Avia bag and an autographed
Trail Blazers basketball.
DVANTAgE
AUTO BROKER
Honorable Mention Boys
Honorable Mention
Tami Fitzpatrick
Jenny Marcoe
Billie Williams
Latoya Gix
Michelle Lee
Senior
Senior
Senior
Senior
Junior
Senior
Second Team
Second Team
Lakesha Jones
Cindy Benton
Tawna Cotton
Nichole Pace
Leslie Dukart
Christie Lacy-Kirtz
Wilson
Wilson
Benson
Cleveland
Grant
Jefferson
David Jackson
Tyrone Manlove
Shawn Murray
Amos Allen
Timmy Owens
Demetries Hardin
The Portland Trail Blazers, Avia
Group International, Bank of Amer­
ica and The Oregonian believe it is
important to encourage good writ­
ing skills among today’s youth.
That’s why they developed the
Write-On essay competition as part
of the Blazers/Avia Scholastic Im­
provement Concepts (BASIC) pro­
gram.
This year’s essay contest was
broken up into two age divisions
with grades 1 through 6 challenged
with the topic, “What 1 Like About
MyselF and grades 7 through 12,
“Why We Must Learn To Resolve
Conflict”. More than 19,000 stu­
dents in grades I to 12 accepted the
challenge of the Write-On competi­
tion.
Sierra Hess, 1 st grade, Gates El­
ementary, Gates; Mark Beck, 2nd
grade, Nyssa Elementary, Nyssa;
M aggie Craw ford, 3rd grade,
Oakridge Elementary, Oakridge;
C ollin D rovdahl, 4th grade,
Lacamas Heights Elementary, Ca­
mas, Washington; Erin Richardson,
5th grade, Juniper Elementary,
Bend; Jeffrey Barram, 6th grade,
Chehalem Valley Middle School,
F
G
F
F
G
Congratulations
Portland High
School Athletes
Scott Millage
Barron Lase
Brad Erlandson
Rocco Washington
Michael Marion
Brett Dungeon
Terry Foster
Joe Coleman
Jeff Scholz
Mike Diamond
Joey Gerber
Gower Skinner
Dyon Spencer
Roosevelt
Marshall
Franklin
Benson
Wilson
Grant
Jefferson
Jefferson
Franklin
Cleveland
Grant
Marshall
Benson
Junior
Junior
Senior
Senior
Junior
Junior
Senior
Senior
Soph.
Senior
Senior
Junior
Senior
6'4"
6'3"
6'4"
6'2"
6'6"
5'11"
5’8"
6'3"
5'11"
6'3"
6'4"
5'5"
5'10”
F
F
F
W/F
P/W
PG
G
F
G
F/C
P
C
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