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^o rtlan b (Observer July 31, 2002 ortlanò (D b trn ie r Page B3 S purts /METBO Bicycling Champs Meet World’s Fastest Young Golfers Compete in Explosion Members o f the Portland Youth Golf Association learn the game o f g o lf while building character and life skills such as integrity, truthfulness, modesty, honor, and sportsmanship. The group invites area residents to jo in them on Aug. 8 for the 20 0 2 PYGA Junior Golf Explosion at Heron Lakes, featuring PYGA's two-time defending champion and one o f Oregon’s highest rated junior golfer, Vincent Johnson. A celebrity pro- am g o lf tournament, also at Heron Lakes is scheduled Aug. 9. Roy Jones Jr. to Fight at Rose Garden Standout Eyes Harvard continued from Metro Harvard program. W hat does W atson do when she isn’t hitting the books? “I love music,” she says. Watson plays tenor sax most S undays at the U rban Church. She describes the c h u rc h ’s c o n g re g a tio n , pastored by her younger sis ter, Renee Davis, as “very small, and very young.” In her spare time, Watson also enjoys working in her yard. Her friends might even say she was obsessed with her yard. She admits to read ing through a whole book on lawn care in a single sitting. Watson also loves a good movie and simply hanging out with friends and family. “It almost doesn’t matter Roy Jones Jr. will be defending his light heavyweight title at the Rose Garden in September. Linda Padgett, Jones' personal assistant, confirmed that Jones will fight Clinton W oods here in Portland on Saturday, Sept. 7. Junior M iddleweight World C h am p io n R o n a ld “ W in k y ” Wright will defend his title on the same card. what we’re doing as long as they’re with me,” she says. Watson isn’t holding any illusions about the current state o f funding for Portland schools. She thinks the in come tax fed system sets some schools up to fail. Regardless, Watson remains undaunted. “I have hope, or 1 would leave,” she says. In fact Watson insists she has to teach. “If I don't teach. I’ll suf fer,” she says, “teaching is the best profession in the world.” The Urban Church has set up a college fu n d fo r Dyan ’s tuition costs. Send contribu tions to: Dyan Watson Schol arship Fund, Urban Church o f P o rtla n d , P.O. Box 2232, Portland, OR 97208. from Metro understanding. This program is all about the children. We have a lot of fun,” expressed Debbie Scott, the program’s director. Twice a year, the Leisure H our G o lf C lu b h o sts a “’’Home and Home Tourna ment” in Portland and Seattle in preparation for the Western States junior golf champion ships. Their next big competi tion will be in August for the 22nd Annual WSGA Jr. Golf Tournament in San Diego. For more information on the Leisure Hour Junior Golf Club, contact Debbie Scott at 503- 665-2904. Their main office is located at the McCoy Village, 4430 N.E. Martin Luther King Jr. Blvd, #34 South Side. Parents Rally to Keep Kids at Jefferson continued from Front “Does the school have prob lems? It has,” Lescher said. “But, this is not the time to abandon Je ffe rso n .” She called on parents to help solve the attendance and dropout problems by insuring their chil dren get “adequate nutrition, rest and attend school on time, every day.” Lescher urged support for newly appointed Jefferson Principal Larry Dashiell, new faculty, students and parents. A PTA statement encour aged more partnerships with neighboring Portland Commu nity College and ties with in dustry “to integrate our stu dents into the new economy.” Lescher paid special note to Jefferson programs that have successful track records like college prep courses and op portunities for students who need additional help, along with “athletic programs that teach all of our youngsters the in valuable lessons of teamwork and how to win.” considered by most to be the fastest black man in the world, at a recent "Kids on Bikes ” event at Unthank Park in northeast Portland. Weir attends Indiana University on a scholarship named after Major Taylor, an African American bicyclist from the turn o f the last century. Boothey and Cobb ju s t won state championships in boys and girls competition this past weekend in Hood River. Porter Joins Adelman at Golden State (A P ) - Form er Portland Trail B lazer guard Terry Porter was hired as assistant coach o f the Sacram ento Kings M onday. Porter, a tw o-tim e A ll-Star, played 17 seasons in the league, including the past three with San A ntonio. He m ade the N B A F inals tw ice w ith P o rtland under c u r r e n t K in g s c o a c h R ic k Q Junior Golf Nurtures Young Champions continued Jones, considered by many to be the best pound-for-pound fighter over the last decade, has a 46-and-one record with 37 knockouts. His lone defeat came when he was disqualified for hitting M ontell G riffin when he was down. Woods, his mandatory chal lenger from Sheffield, England, is 31 -and-one with 18 knockouts. > C5 •w □ § • e □ u u > o o A delm an. P o rte r becam e the T rail B la z e rs’ c a re e r le a d e r in assists during 10 seaso n s w ith the club. P o rte r a ls o p la y e d w ith M innesota and M iam i before jo in in g the S purs, w here he played in 72 gam es as a r e serve last season. He played 1,274 career gam es, averaging 12.2 po in ts and 5.6 assists. 7 7/7 B eef I t U p and B reak I t D own ! 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