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(Elje ^lo rtlan h (ff)hseruer June 26, 2002 (P h »e ru e r Page B3 Uurtlanò B U SIN E SS S p m s /METRO I • (Abcrrurr di recto r y Nike Pledges Help for Park Courts Mark W ashington Photographer PHOTOGRAPHY PUBLIC RELATIONS MEDIA EVENTS PRIVATE PARTIES WEDDINGS 5O3.45O.OO33 Portland, OR 97208 P.O. Box 3521 AFFORDABLE JJ LOCK & KEY 503-284-9582 X • FULL LOCKSMITH - SERVICE RE-KEY AND INSTALL LOCKS LOCKED OUT?-WE MAKE KEYS FROM SCRATCH HOUSE, OFFICEORCAR City commissioner Jim Francesconi (from left), Charles Jordan o f the Portland Parks and Recreation Department, and Gary DeStefano o f Nike join kids at Grant park to introduce the company's donation o f new world-class cushioned surfaces at 90 basketball courts in the city's park system. N ike will help the cash-strapped Portland Parks Bureau by using recycled shoes to resurface the w eed-infested basketball courts at 35 parks. The donation is estim ated to cost more than $2 mi I lion and could also include the replacem ent o f roughly 130 backboards. It repre sents N ike’s largest one-time sports surface donation in the world. T he project should begin in sum m er and be com pleted by late fall. W orkers will resurface the courts using a material that’s m ade from ca st-o ff shoes. The shoes are ground up and pressed into a m aterial that will be laid over the courts. T he sam e quality o f surface is featured at the A ustralian O pen, S ydney’s tennis venue for the G am es o f 2000 and our co u n try ’s m ost prom inent outdoor basket ball court, H olcom b R ucker Park in Harlem. N ike said it w as m aking the donation to celebrate its 30lh anni versary as a Portland area em ployer. “ By refurbishing the courts w ith a w orld-class, cu shioned surface, w e hope that the A nni versary Project will not only help young people becom e more physi cally active, but serve as a cata lyst for bri ng fami 1 i es and com mu- n iti e s t o g e th e r ,” s a id G a ry D eStefano, N ik e’s president o f U SA operations. Famed Soccer Teams to Play in Portland Jackie Stiles. (AP photo) Fire Player Slowed by Injured Heel (A P ) — Portland Fire coach Linda H argrove is searching for an an sw e r to Ja c k ie S tile s ’ troubles. Stiles, the W N B A ’s rookie o f the year last season, has been slow ed by bursitis pain in her right heel through the F ire’s first eleven gam es. A t one point, Stiles even sat out four gam es to rest her heel. But since com ing back June 15th, she has only averaged seven-point-five points a gam e, far from the 15 points per gam e she averaged as a rookie last year. H argrove says that perhaps the best w ay to m axim ize S tiles’ perform ance in gam es would be to lim it her tim e practicing, thus keeping the Fire star from hav ing to use her heel m ore than necessary. In p r e p a r a tio n fo r W ednesday’s gam e against the Utah Starzz, w ho are m aking a run at the W estern Conference, Stiles only practiced lightly. H argrove, the Fire, and o f course Stiles, hope less practice equals m ore points in the game. A w orld class international soccer m atch between C hivas o f G uadalajara and Cruz A zul o f M exico City will be played at PGE Park on Sunday, July 7 at 1 p.m., Portland Family Entertainment, the Lotus Satellite Network and Port land O regon Sports A uthority announced last week. The match is part o f the Chivas preseason tour o f select U.S. cities. The tour begins in Los Angeles. “ PFE is thrilled to play host to such a w orld class soccer match featuring tw o o f the top team s in M exico,” said Jim Taylor, general m anager o f the Tim bers. “ It’s es pecially rew arding in that it’s a W orld Cup year and fans w ill be seeing players that played with the M exican National T eam ." Tickets will be m ade available at PG E Park inaddition toall Port- land-area Ticketm aster outlets, includingall Fred M eyerandG .I. Jo e’s locations. Tickets are also available by calling Ticketm aster at (503) 224-4400 or on-line at www.ticketmaster.com. “A s M ayor, I am delighted that Portland will play host to such a (503) 636-4791 I L in d a R H o o f Owner Manager 263 I N E . A foeta Street Portant). Oregon $7211 Wally Tesfa Multi-Million $ Service 3 - O ctober 12 503-667-7700 M ay I 5O3-ZS4-1SIO phone S01-S84-1910 lax M ic h a e l E. H a r p e r , S r . 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