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July 31, 2002
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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
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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.
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