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April 10, 2002
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Basketball Camp Teaches
the Basics in Sports and Life
Girls at th e Salvation Arm y on North Williams g e t a le s s o n in sp o rts a n d life from Portland Trail
Blazer Shaw n K em p (above) a nd local volunteer Traci Thirdgill-Nunez (below). Both sh a red their
insights on th e g a m e o f b a sketb a ll a n d th e im portance o f achieving in school.
P hotos by D avid G iezyng /T he P ortland O bserver
Spurs Beat Blazers
in the Alamodome
(AP) - The San Antonio Spurs
couldn’t wait to get home after
losing three straight games on the
West Coast.
The Spurs, 13-1 at home since
the A ll-S tar break, used the
Alamodome advantage to defeat
three playoff teams in three home
games, including the Portland
Trail Blazers on Monday night 99-
87 after nearly blowing a 29-poin t,
second-half lead.
"They made a statement to­
night,” said Portland’s Derek
Anderson, a former Spur. “If you
have home-court heading into the
playoffs, you definitely have an
advantage.”
The Spurs also won close
games against Seattle and Dallas
in making a bid to win the Midwest
Division.
The Blazers went on an 18-4
tear late in the final period to slash
the Spurs’ lead to six with 2:32
remaining before Tim Duncan
knocked dow n a turnaround
jum per and the San Antonio de-
New Masters,
Same Guy to Beat
S a n A ntonio's Tim D uncan p a s s e s the ball around R a sh e e d
Wallace. (AP photo)
fense held Portland scoreless the
rest of the way.
Duncan led San Antonio with
24 points and eight rebounds. His
only basket of the fourth quarter
was a 10-footer over Rasheed
Wallace to put the Spurs up, 95-
Portsmouth Plan Brings
Hope, Zoning Issues
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Richard Ellmyer, longtime
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Columbia Villa resident Billy
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car, and “to load 12 grocery bags
on the bus was rather difficult.”
A grocery cart chained to the
bus stop was “my mini-van” to
get the groceries home.
“I can remember when it was
a really bad community, but to­
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grandson playing at the basket­
ball court or my granddaughter
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He likes the plans to redo the
Villa because “Everyone wants
to live somewhere new at some
point in their life.”
Despite the zoning issues, ad­
miration forthe plan appeared to
be universal.
“I really like this plan. I really
like the history and the theme.
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87, with 1:28 left. The field goal
was one of two by the Spurs over
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Steve Smith, a former Trail
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free throws at the end to clinch the
win.
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“They’re taking this very seri­
ously,” said Margy Johnson,
deputy assistant d irecto r for
Health Services in the Department
of Human Services.
The letterGordly received
named a nurse, three mental
health technicians and a unit
director who allegedly made
repeated racist comments
about Waters and others on
ward 48C, a high-security fo­
rensics unit.
Gordly said she thinks the
letter is credible because the
author referred to public re­
marks she made during a
conference on diversity.
At the c o n fe re n c e ,
Gordly, D-Portland, intro­
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versity professor who had
written a dissertation on Post
Traumatic Slave Syndrome.
That conference, she said,
was attended by several
employees and managers at
the Oregon State Hospital.
The letter said “They be­
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general, stating that, in effect,
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be looked into,” the letter contin­
ued. “I also suggest that (hospital
Superintendent) Stan Mazur-Hart
not be the one to look into this
because the administration here
tries to cover up issues that make
them look bad.”
Reached Friday, Mazur-Hart
said: “We just need to see what
the review presents. If there is any
merit to the allegations, then we
would need to work on getting
those things fixed.”
Investigators will also look into
whether Waters’ psychiatric treat­
ment was tainted by the alleged
abuse. But because Mazur-Hart
makes the ultimate ruling and is
named in the letter, the attorney
general’s office will review it.
Mazur-Hart welcomed the over­
sight. “W e'll find out exactly what
the status is as seen by someone
outside the hospital,” he said.