August 12, 1998
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Tiger Woods To Teach Inner-City
Kids In Portland
Heron Lakes golf Course,
Monday, August 17
Third Stop on 1998 Golf
Clinic Tour
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Tiger Woods will teach inner-city Portland kids the
skills of golf and life at his third junior golf clinic of the
year, the director of his foundation's golf program an­
nounced today.
Some 2,500 children selected from grass-roots orga­
nizations will participateby invitation in theTiger Woods
Junior Golf Clinic and Exhibition at the Heron Lakes
Golf Course near Hayden Island on Monday, August 17,
1998.
liger Woods will give a hands on lesson to 25 kids
selected from the community. A diverse group of golf
instructors will teach an additional 100.
Following the teaching session. Woods will lead a golt
exhibition of the group of approximately 3,000, consist-
ingof children and their chaperones from Portland schools,
parks and recreation groups, and other community orga­
nizations. He will speak about his experiences, answer
children's questions, and give a hitting demonstration.
Earl Woods will speak to the children, parents and
chaperones about the importance ot parenting.
The Foundation conducts weekend golf clinics in
metropolitan areas throughout the U.S. where it sees
can positively impaetthe lives ofyoung children and their
families.” said Joe Grant, executive director of the I lger
Woods Foundation. “Through a weekend filled with
activities. l iger motivates children to reach their dreams
by teaching them one ot his; and Earl shares his parenting
experiences to encourage adults to put children first in
their lives so they can help them reach their dreams.
The Foundation’s search for young golfers to partici­
pate in both the clinic and exhibition centered on inner-
city neighborhoods and community organizations, which
help underprivileged kids. “When l iger was young, a lot
of pros took time out to help him. He and his family have
always been grateful tor this. Through the Foundation,
the Woods family is able to help today's young golfers
who are responsible, enthusiastic and deserving ot a
chance,” said Greg Marshall, director of junior golf
programs for the lig e r Woods Foundation.
I here s
nothing quite like seeing the excitement on the face of a
young golfer who is being instructed by Tiger."
The junior golf clinic and exhibition is part ot a series
ofevents sponsored by the Tiger Woods Foundation. Ihc
series includes;
*A series of FREE workshops aimed at inner-city
families. The workshops provide information on the
game of golf and opportunities made possible by the
game. The workshops will be held at Self Enhancement.
Inc. on Saturday, August 15 from 9 am-1 pm. Space is till
available and interested individuals can register by call­
ing Stacy Stark at 714-816-1806.
Tiger Woods
willbeheldat Pumpkin RidgeGolfCoursenearHillsboro
on Monday, August 17 at 8 pm.
* An informal, public parenting seminar led by Woods'
father, Earl, best-selling author of Training a Tiger: A
Father's Guide to Raising a Winner in Both Golf and Life.
This session will be held at Mt. Olivet Baptist Church on
Tuesday, August 18 at 6:30 pm.
These events are open to participants by invitation
only. Portland Parks and Recreation is the official
sponsor of the junior golf clinic and exhibition at
Portland Parks’ Heron Lakes GolfCourse on Monday,
August 17.
The T iger W oods Foundation, founded by
the W oods fam ily in D ecem ber 1996, re co g ­
nizes the fam ily as the m ost im portant unit in
society.
Williams-Vancouver to be bikeway
l he Portland City Council last week approved a new bike route, and related
traffic improvements, on North Williams and Vancouver Avenue.
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The 3.6 mile route will run from North Broadway to Lombard Street,
planner Jeff Smith told Council. For part of the way, along North Williams North of
Killingsworth Street, there will simply be signs pointing to the route, with no
separate bike lane. In other areas, such as parts of Vancouver between Fremont and
Alberta, and between Morris and Fargo, one of the two traffic lanes will be
eliminated to make room for the bike lane. For the most part, the city was able to
avoid removing parking, the source of friction on many bike lane projects. Smith
said. Only 55 spaces were eliminated, he said.
Possibly for that reason, the Eliot, Boise and Humboldt
neighborhood associations endorsed the project, while a fourth. Piedmont,
remained neutral on it. Ron Kiernan of the city Bicycle Advisory Committee called
the project “one of the easiest ever. There will be tougher ones coming It is also
one of the first bike routes running north and south, he said, and as such is important
in creating a bike route network.
Humboldt tied its support to city assistance in moving a
traffic diverter from North Jessup Street south to Killingsworth Street. Currently
through auto traffic is routed to Vancouver at Jessup. This places heavy traflic on
several blocks of Williams that Humboldt feels should be a local street, representa­
tive Darr Crummon said.
Steve Rogers of Eliot called for improvements to the North
Cook and Vancouver Avenue intersection, one of the city s most common
locations for serious accidents.
The city considered putting bike paths on Northeast Martin
Luther King Jr. Boulevard, Smith said, but found there was not enough room to
accommodate bike, traffic and parking lanes on the street. “It became clear the Williams Avenue.
obstacles were pretty much insurmountable," he said.
(Photo by M. Washington)