March 29,2000
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Grant’s performance gives Blazers
Tiger Woods is in everyone’s head
hope for final 13 games
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The lead was only one stroke when
Hal Sutton stepped to the first tee,
sweat stains already forming on his
shirt, determination in his eyes. A
v ic to ry w o u ld m ean a h uge
confidence boost with a major event
just two weeks away.
Competition would be stiff. He was
paired with a guy who had two
majors on his resume, but Sutton
was loose. He didn’t feel like the
world was against him, that he was
the only guy on the course who
actually thought he could win.
No, this was not T he Players
Championship.
This was the Canadian Open last
September, two weeks before the
Ryder Cup. And Sutton was not
paired with Tiger Woods on the last
day, but Lee Janzen.
What a difference.
Sutton breezed to a three-stroke
victory at Glen Abbey as Janzen
faded. He had a point to prove
against W oods on the TPC at
Sawgrass.
Thediabolical course that penalizes
the slightest mistakes found little
wrong with Sutton, who saw only
the short grass o f fairw ays and
greens, made par or better on 44 ot the
last 45 holes and held oft'another late
charge by Woods to win by a stroke.
The way Sutton kept his focus tor 18
holes over two days, the way he
shouted “Yes!” when his 6-iron into
the 18th green snuggled 10 feet below
the hole to essentially clinch the
victory, the way he slapped hands
with caddie Freddie Bums, made it
clear The Players Cham pionship
meant more than the oversized check
worth $1,080,000.
Any victory against anyone in The
Players Championship is worthy o f
such intensity. It is not a major, but
proves to be a better test on a stronger
course than the PGA Championship
year after year.
Clearly, Sutton was proud o f how he
battled his nerves and stuck to his
plan. But there was more. “ForTiger
to be the one that 1 was playing in the
last group and having to beat, that
makes it very special,” he said.
But Sutton also had another message
Monday for those who have put
Woods on a pedestal during a stretch
in which he has finished first or second
in 10 o f his last 11 events on the PGA
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Holland wanted to add Beech School
and some park land.
T h is last pro m p ted L enny
Anderson o f Swan Island to protest
inclusion o f public facilities to spend
th e fu n d s on w ith o u t p riv a te
properties to increase them. “If you
want to play, you have to pay,” he
said. In fact some committee members,
especially Kentonites, are unhappy
with the district’s expansion, which
they feel will dilute the chance to
make a difference in the Interstate
corridor itself.
The Arbor Lodge neighborhood
asked not to be included, and Eliot
only as far east as Williams Avenue.
In both cases the reason is, as Eliot’s
Gary Hampton put it, “The C word” -
condemnation.
The spector o f displacement, of
property taken against the owner’s
will, is a major concern to all involved.
Some think PDC should not have the
power to condemn. The agency says
condemnation would be used very
Tour.
Enough, already.
“Tiger Woods is not bigger than
the game,” Sutton said. “And you
all do a damn good job o f making
him bigger than the game. That’s
what makes it tough.”
Truth is. Tiger is making it tough on
everybody.
In one comer are players like Sutton,
Tom Lehman and David Duval, who
have become exasperated by the
weekly coronation o f Woods and
relish a chance to show him up.
Woods is causing them to raise
their games.
In another com er are players like
D avis L ove 111 and C o lin
Montgomerie, who seem willing to
concede to Woods either by word
or deed. “If anybody starts beating
you like that, you start thinking,
‘Can I beat him?’ And he thrives on
that,” Love said after the third round
at Bay Hill. Love said he might be
better off a few groups behind
Woods to “get away from a little bit
o f the in tim id a tio n .” N ot
surprisingly, Woods doubled his
two-stroke lead and cruised to his
18th career victory.
sparingly, but that it is a “useful tool”
that should be available. A possible
com prom ise w ould prohibit the
condemnation o f single family homes.
The committee will meet again at 7
p.m. April 3 at OAME exclusively to
discuss condemnation. There will be
public workshops on all issues from
10 a.m. to noon and 1 to 3 p.m. April
8 at Ockley Green Middle School.
Begipningat6p.m. April 17atOAME
the committee hopes to finalize the
district’s boundaries.
A s s w ia
significant playing time since Feb. 27.
“Brian’s energy brought us back,”
Dunleavy said. “To see him play
against the level o f competition he
played against and do as well as he
did, and to come out o f it unscathed,
is a real positive for us. Now we just
need to build on that.”
Grant played more than he expected
after Jermaine O ’Neal, starting at
center for the injured A rvydas
Sabonis, injured his lower back on a
collision in the third quarter.
The Blazers came back from a 17-
point deficit and got within one in the
fourth, but the Knicks settled down,
hit their free throws and won their
third straight game in Portland.
It was the third straight home loss
and fifth in seven games for the
Blazers, whose loss to the Lakers on
Feb. 29 began a 6-7 slide.
“When you’ve been accustomed to
winning, you almost forget how to be
a good loser,” Grant said. “We don’t
want to get accustomed to losing, but
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Brian Grant is back, and so is his
confident attitude. And that’s about
the only good news the Portland Trail
Blazers have had lately.
Grant, who missed 11 o f 12 games
with a sore right foot, played 24
minutes and scored eight o f his 12
points in Sunday night’s 93-89 loss
to the New York Knicks.
“I was sore this morning when I got
up — both feet, as a matter o f fact,”
Grant said after practice at the Rose
Garden on Monday. “When I’m in
good shape, I’m able to give the team
100 percent and more. But when I’m
not, I’m just average.”
G ra n t has no w h ere n e a r the
conditioning level or leaping ability
he had during the Blazers ’ playoff run
last season, before knee surgery and
fasciaitis on the bottom o f his right
foot slowed him down. But he held
his own against Patrick Ewing and
got six re b o u n d s in his first
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community, the orchestra has become
internationally known as having the
highest per-capita subscriber base in
theU.S.
Both DePriests advocate educational
programs as tool to generate public
interest and aw areness, G inette
DePriest said. She’s been an advocate
o f music and education since her
days in Quebec.
Each year, the symphony performs in
v a rio u s sm a lle r c o m m u n itie s
throughout Oregon and in the schools
locally and elsewhere.
The goal is to inspire, to educate
future conductors and musicians and
to make it possible for the general
public to appreciate this art form,
Ginette DePriest said.
is to raise money for the symphony,
he says. His wife has taken on the
fund-raising role. He calls her “the
diplomat”, entertaining contributers
from both Oregon and abroad. The
tw o m ak e n u m ero u s public
appearances.
When DePriest took over as music
director, the Oregon Symphony was
a group o f part-time players. Although
the musician-ship was excellent, the
wages were so low, everyone had
other jobs during the day and could
concentrate on the music only at
night, he said.
Through intensive fundraising by
b o th
D e P rie sts, and o th e r
contributors who believe that a
sy m p h o n y is e sse n tia l to the
at the same time, when w e’ve lost
w e’ve gotten a little bit better after
each loss. And hopefully this last
one is the last one.”
Portland has 13 games remaining and
eight at hom e, beginning w ith
tonight’s game against defending
champion San Antonio. The Blazers
are out o f the race for homecourt
a d v a n ta g e in th e
W estern
Conference, seven games behind the
Lakers. But they’re only four games
up on the Utah Jazz, which could be
important for the homecourt in the
second round.
“Anybody that wants to panic can
panic, as long as it’s not the guys in
my locker room,” Dunleavy said.
“And I don’t think that’s going to
happen.” Sabonis is on the injured
list and won’t be able to come back
until April 2, a home game against
Seattle. O ’Neal is expected to play
tonight, but that will put more pressure
on G rant, Rasheed W allace and
veteran center Joe Kleine.
WHERE:
Ockley Green Middle School
6031 N. Montana
WHEN:
Thursday, April 6,2000
7:00-9:00 PM
OR
Saturday, April 8,2000
10:00 AM-12:00 Noon
1:00 PM-3:00 PM
Childcare and light refreshments will be provided
Questions about light rail?
Tri-Met will provide information about Interstate Max.
For more information call Teresa Bliven at 823-5891 or Elissa Gertler at
823-3231
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“1 think it’s important to demystify
the symphony which used to be.
considered this kind o f fashionable,
high society club-ish atmosphere,”
Ginette DePriest said. “It is not a!
fashion statement but a cleansing o f
the soul. It’s comfort food for people.
It isn ’ t how you look or what you can
afford that is important. It’s how you
feel inside, when you get in there, and
what you feel when you get out.”
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