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November 06, 2002 Page B2 S ports /METRO ete in National Event Future Portland Youth Golf Association member Tlmmie Foreman (first row, from left) with current members Daniel Snoey, Gaston DeLaTorre, and Gerritt Chambers, along with current members Colby Worrell (back row, from left), Lucas Snoey and Ty Chambers. Not pictured are team members Alexandra Uduk and Justin Stiles. T he P ortland Y outh G o lf A sso ciation w as well represented in O cto b er’s D rive, the C hip and Putt C hallenge held at Heron Lakes G olf C ourse. A F R IC A N A M E R IC A N M E N 'S C LU B , IN C . A Non Profit Organization In the Com m unity . . . . Fot the Com m unity' AAMC Fashion Show & Dance S a tu rd a y , N o v e m b e r 3 0 , 2 0 0 2 9 :0 0 P M - 2 :0 0 A M IVûs will be the place to beVA Featuring the Sound of: T he national event sponsored by T he G o lf C hannel is a skills show case for ju n io r golfers o f all ages. PY G A had nine participants in the event w hich had a total participation o f approxim ately 45 youth from the P ortland m etro area. Overall, PYGA w on 11 medals. Justin Stiles finished in 3rd place overall in the 9-10 y ear old d iv i sion. D aniel Snoey an d T y C h am - bers tied for 1 st place in the 11 -12 year old division, w ith Snoey w in ning in a putting tiebreaker. All o f these young w inners qualified for the regional com petition held in R eno, N ev. on Oct. 5. Wells’ Play Slowed By Instep Injury (A P )—- T h e P o rtla n d T ra il B lazers are n o t p lay in g as w ell as th ey h ad e x p e c te d , lo sin g th e ir last tw o g am es. P art o f the re a s o n is th a t g u a rd B o n z i W ells is n ’t p la y in g as w ell as he d id la st y ear. W e lls, th e te a m ’s sec o n d lea d in g sc o re r last seaso n w ith 17 p o in ts a g a m e , is a v e ra g in g o n ly e ig h t-p o in t-fiv e p o in ts a g am e th is y e a r w h ile sh o o tin g 3 0 percen t. 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The six-m em ber jury deliberated for three hours before rejecting claim s that A n im ’s Las V egas- based T op R ank Inc. interfered with three agreem ents betw een King and Chavez. A ttorneys for King asked in clos ing argum ents M onday that the ju ry find A rum liable fo r stealing C h avez and aw ard King $8 m illion in dam ages. Herbal Body W rap i J f e B * : Body Toning « Finning w w w .Iih^r^m l “I ’m very happy w ith the ju ry verdict, obviously,” A rum said. K ing sm iled w hen the verdict w as read but w as speechless only briefly. K ing insisted A rum interfered w ith his fighter and said, “H e’ll be less inclined to do it again.” Blazer Network Gives Up Channel Search (A P)— U nable to find a spot on local cable television, i f s gam e over fo r Paul A lle n ’s A ctio n S ports C able N etw ork. T he 24-hour regional sports net w ork called it quits M onday — effective im m ediately. T he netw ork w as launched in 2001 with much fanfare. Planscalled for the airing o f at least 25 P ortland T rail B lazers gam es along w ith se lect Portland Fire gam es and Seattle Seahaw ks preseason gam es. B ut AT& T B ro a d b a n d , O reg o n ’s largest cable operator, refused to put the station on its basic cable lineup, citing the lack o f com pelling program m ing other than the T rail Blazers. A T & T offered to put A SC N on its digital spectrum , an offer the B lazers refused due to the lack o f digital cable subscribers. T he sides rem ained at an im passe, even w aging a public re la tions w ar through a series o f c o m m ercials urging fans to call each o th e r's custom er service d ep art m ent to co m p lain . A SC N w as available through other cable operators, but only a few thousand hom es in the P ort land area could get it. “Unfortunately, A SCN was never able to achieve sufficient distribu tion o f its product to allow it to remain in business,” A SC N vice president Harry Hutt said in a statem ent. 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