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Honoring Oregon’s Athletes of Color
Multi-Cultural
Sports Hall of
Fame Inducts Six
Athletes
Family
Fun Night
King Elementary School stu
dents, families, community mem
bers and business partners are in
vited to Family Literacy Fun Night,
Tuesday, Dec 5, from 5:30 to 7:30
p.m. in the school cafeteria at 4906
N.E. 6th Ave.
The idea is to improve student
performance by giving children a
fun opportunity to leant and play
together with other families.
FunNight events include Carib
bean Story Telling, math games,
the King School Choir, and door
prizes. A pizza party will be given
for the class with the most kids
participating.
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B y J oy R amos
T he P ortland O bserver
Six top Oregon athletes o f color
were officially inducted at the first
Oregon Multi-Cultural Sports Hall o f
Fame Ceremony early this month. The
event at Atwaters Restaurant was
organized as a fund-raiser where the
proceeds will go towards erecting a
new museum.
Attendees were treated to an el
egant affair filled with good food and
music by local music artists. Accord
ing to the organization’s founder,
Thad Spencer, a former World Heavy
weight Contender, he believes that
having a Multi-Cultural Sports Hall
ofFam e is the start o f something big
that will carry itself nationally. His
plans are for the creation o f other
statewide chapters. Spencer’s great
est intent is to recognize outstanding
athletes o f color who have received
little recognition for their achieve
ments. W ithin this state, the Oregon
Sports Hall ofFame has only 18 people
o f color out o f 264 athletes as mem
bers.
Emceeing the induction ceremony
was Billy Ray Moore, a former colle
giate basketball player. He briefly
introduced each sports star and later
handed them a plaque o f honor. First
in line to receive an award was Free
man W illiams, a record setting bas
ketball player for Portland State Uni
versity who averaged 35.6 points per
game. Freeman was unable to attend
the ceremony. Accepting the award
on his behalf was Ralph Nickerson
from Portland.
Denny Moyer, a former Junior
Middleweight Champion ofthe world
who boxed Sugar Ray Robinson twice
was the second athlete recognized
but could not attend. His father, Harry
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Sports Hall o f Fame's first induction ceremony at Atwaters.
M oyer was on hand to receive the
plaque.
W o o d ro w G re e n , a fo rm e r
Jefferson High School and Arizona
State football player who went All-
American twice mentioned during his
induction that whenever he was mak
ing last minute plays on the field, he
was always going against the clock.
This time however, he explained,
“When the clock ends tonight, I ’m on
the winning side.”
A loving tribute was given to Ray
Lampkin, a former Lightweight box
ing cham pion w ho fought w ith
Roberto Duran in 1975. It was a his
toric moment for this boxer who fought
in a 15-round match for the champion
ship where he was narrowly defeated.
Lampkin received a call that same
evening from President Gerald Ford
to say that he was proud o f him for
being an American. At home, Lampkin
is also considered a local hero. His
photo can be seen proudly displayed
at the Matt Dishman Center in north
east Portland.
Jim Jarvis was also inducted for
his involvem ent as a form er O r
egon S tate b a sk e tb a ll play er. He
re c a lle d his perso n al h isto ry o f
p lay in g at the W orld U n iv ersity
G am es in a team o f 6 w hite and 6
b lack a th le te s at a tim e w hen the
W atts R iot broke out. For all play
ers, it w as a ra c ia lly tense situa
rently reviewing buildings to buy like
the Pine Street Theater in southeast
Portland. As Mel Renfro has said
about the organization, “This is a
birth. Five years from now, a mu
seum!”
tion. He commented on how far we ’ ve
come in race relations, especially in
the sports arena.
Next in line to receive an award
was Mel Renfro, a Jefferson High
School, Oregon All-American and a
Dallas Cow boys A ll-Pro football
player. Renfro played an integral
part in co-creating the O regon
Multi-Cultural Sports Hall ofFame.
He proudly explained the signifi
cance o f the evening’s event that
sets the precedence for other fu
ture inductees.
The dream ofhaving a museum for
the Oregon Multi-Cultural Sports Hall
o f Fame is getting closer to reality.
Supporters o f this project are cur-
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Cycling Group Celebrates Season
The kids o f Northwest BIKE, a non-profit
children’s outreach program that develops
competitive biking skills, recently celebrated a
big season with 8 state championships and
$40,000 in sponsorships.
They gathered for an elegant night at the
Serratto restaurant in northwest Portland.
Serratto Owner Stephen Gomez was pre
sented a plaque for his “Vision and Faith," in
taking a keen interest in the group. Gomez gave
his own money to pay for the team ’ s jerseys on
behalfof Serratto Restaurant. A former execu
tive at NIKE, Gomez also helped secure a
$ 10,000 grant from the NIKE foundation.
David Guettler, owner ofRiverCity Bicycle
at Morrison and Martin Luther King Jr. Bou
levard, was also given praise for his financial
support over the last 3 years. This year, Guettler
called friend Rod Jewett at Bianchi USA and
negotiated a donation o f $ 10,000 worth o f new
Bianchi bicycles.
After dinner. Northwest BIKE Director John
Benenate told the story o f a team that finished
4* in Oregon among 133 teams. He emphasized
the team ’s strength in diversity, not just a
group o f children or elite adults.
Northwest BIKE is a component o f the com
petitive cycling program Cyclisme, which has
been developing racers in Portland since its
inception at Portland State University in 1993.
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high 16.4 points last season, is up to
20.3 this season. He was nearly im
possible to guard early against the
Nets, scoring 13 points in the first
eight minutes. He scored just three
points in the fourth quarter, but they
helped Portland seal the win.
The Blazers led by nine with 7:22
left, but New Jersey cut the lead to
one point three times in the final 4
minutes. After Evan Eschmeyer’s free
throws pulled the Nets to 83-82,
Wallace made the first free throw but
m issed the second. Dale Davis
grabbed the rebound and got the ball
to Wallace, who spun around Aaron
Williams for the easy basket and an
86-82 lead.
"That’s typical o f the way he’s
been delivering," Portland coach Mike
Dunleavy said.
Kendall Gill cut the lead to 86-84 on
a layup with 1:17 left and the Nets had
a chance to tie in the final minute, but
Stephon Marbury missed a 22-foot
jum per. After Portland's Damon
Stoudamire threw the ball away at the
other end. Gill missed a 19-footer with
1.7 seconds left.
“ We got tw o good lo o k s,” Nets
coach B yron Scott said. “ Steph
was w ide open, and 75 p e rc e n t o f
the tim e h e ’s going to m ake that
shot. G ill cam e up w ide open, and
m ost o f the tim e he m akes that
sh o t."
CONTINUOUS REDIAL . . .
AND M O R E
John Benenate o f Northwest BIKE presents Anissa Cobb. 13. oj fVhitiker Middle School,
with the ‘Best New Rider" trophy fo r her accomplishments in the group s competitive
cycling program fo r kids.
Wallace Leads Blazers Past Nets
(A P )— Worn out from their long
est road trip in nearly 22 years, the
Portland Trail Blazers were happy to
let Rasheed Wallace carry the load
for one more game.
Wallace scored 25 points and drove
the baseline for a key layup with 1:41
left as the Portland Trail Blazers won
their fourth straight, beating the New
Jersey Nets 86-84 Saturday night.
“You put him in the same position
as a Tim Duncan or KG (Kevin
Garnett), and ask him to do those
things night in and night out,” Blaz
ers point guard Damon Stoudamire
saidofW allace. “H e’s just as good or
better.”
W allace, who averaged a career-
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