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April 16. 2003 (Elje |JortIan ò (Observer Page B5 Planners Push Growth in St. Johns S ports co n tin u ed fro n t M etro BLAZERS o n BOOST AGAINST LAKERS Rasheed Wallace Is mobbed by jubilant teammates Zach Randolph (left) and Jeff McInnis after sinking a three- point shot with less than a minute to go to put the Blazers in the lead over the Los Angeles Lakers in Portland Sunday. The Lakers missed a final opportunity to score, and the Blazers won 101-99. The Blazers are locked in a race for the fourth spot in the Western Conference playoffs. They will finish the regular season Wednesday against the Clippers in Los Angeles (AP Photo) Third Straight Masters Eludes Tiger (A P) — T iger W oods w as m iffed. His caddie gave him som e bad advice. W oods m ade it w orse w ith a bad sw ing, and now his chances o f w inning a third straight green jack et w ere all but gone. He w alked alone tow ard the fourth green staring straight ahead, not even hearing the m urm ur com ing from the bleachers w hen his double bogey w as posted. W inning an o th er M asters w as never going to be easy. W hen y o u ’re T ig er W oods, though, it’s not supposed to be this hard. “ N o one has ever done it," W oods said. “O bviously it’s proven it’s hard to do." A week filled w ith m istakes cam e to a sputtering close Sunday w hen W oods shot his w orst final round in a M asters - a 75 - to finish nine strokes behind w in n er M ike Weir. . T he charge into A m en C o m er that both his fans and fellow com petitors expected never m aterialized, leaving W oods a chore he co u ld n ’t have relish - putting the green ja c k e t around W eir’s shoulders. He w as sm iling and philosophical. But even through the w ords it was hard to hide the disappointm ent. support for apartm ents up to three stories high on Lom bard, and less enthusiasm for tall build in g s a lo n g th e W illam ette River. She said the planners are trying to place too m any new residents in the area. “ W e c a n ’t take an oth er 100,000 people. T his is the peninsula; w e only have three ac cess roads and th ey 're all at cap acity ," Bogus Traffic files down an intersection at N. Lombard in St. said. W ith regard to the process she says, center. “ I feel w e ’re being pushed pretty hard “ W e need to increase it through high- pretty q u ick ly .” density housing, and also (increase) b u si B ud Logan o f the St. Johns Boosters nesses that draw people in from other sees som e m erit to re-exam ining zoning areas. W e ’re quite a w ays from the center along som e partsofN orth Lombard. How o f Portland, and w e need som ething d ra ever, on the w hole, he said the m ost matic to draw people in,” H ow ard said recent land use plan com m issioned in Pat U pdyke, another m em ber o f the 1980 is “perfectly adequate" today. citizen ’s com m ittee, stressed the im por G erry H ow ard o f A lbina C om m unity tance o f strengthening the St. Johns b u si Bank, a m em ber o f the p lan’s citizen advi ness environm ent. sory co m m ittee, disputed com plaints ‘ We need new o r existing businesses to about a lack o f local input in the latest m eet local needs, but also for people to planning process. shop locally rather than go dow ntow n," He also supported increasing the popu U pdyke said. lation density around the St. Johns tow n B oth said th ere’s a need to preserve A Voice in Writing con tin u ed Tiger Woods eyes his ball as he blasts out o f the trap on the seventh hole during final round play o f the 2003 Masters. (AP photo) “T h a t’s sp o rts,” W oods said. " I t’s w hy we play, to put y o u rself in position. Y o u ’re not going to w in every tim e.” W oods w as good enough to w in the last tw o tim es, but it d id n ’t take long in a sun- splashed final round to figure out this w as not going to be his day. It m ight not have been surprising, given W oods shot 76 in the first round and had to m ake a par putt on the final hole ju s t to m ake the cut. But after a third round o f 66 that brought him w ithin four strokes en ter ing S u n d ay ’s play, o th er players w ere n er vously eyeing the leaderboard. PICK I P YOUR I RI I TICKETS TO T ill .IAMMIN 95.5 N IK I BIG BAI I I RS \ S l l l l PORTLAND OBSERVER CORY ( Ol GARS AT PORTI ANDOBSI R\ I R 4747 Nl MARTIN I CTIIER KING.IR Bl.VD PORTLAND, OR 97211 fr o m M etro An old er w om an reads her essay about a lack o f m edi cine because o f the fai lure o f Ballot M easure 28 that results in dem ons telling her “to do terrible things.” W elcom e to W rite A round Portland, an event that encourages traditionally disenfranchised people - like those in poverty or with m ental illnesses - to “ find their ow n voice” through w riting. A rea residents are learning m ore about the non-profit group during a series o f w orkshops this spring and sum m er w ith a m ass reading set for July 26 at D aw son Park in north Portland. S om e participants in this neighborhood endeavor have som e creativ e w riting experience, but it’sn o t a pre-requi site, according to W rite A round Portland founder Liza Halley Last w eek, “alu m n ae” from the non-profit group held a w orkshop at B roadw ay B ooks in northeast Portland. Jack B abcock, one o f the n ig h t’s readers, w ho once w as an English m ajor at the U niversity o f O regon, began w riting again after attending a W rite A round Portland w orkshop. “T here are a lot o f people w ho are interested in w riting, but they need people to encourage them ," B abcock said. H alley originally began doing w riting w orkshops - for the elderly and children - in New H am pshire. “ In o rd er for racial, gender and other inequities to be elim inated, people m ust find their ow n voice, and it is incum bent on others to listen to that voice,” H alley says T hose w ishing to participate or seeking m ore inform a tion, can cal I the group at 503-796-9224. single-fam ily residential areas and the “v illag e" atm osphere in St. Johns. T raditionally a blue-collar neighborhood and hom e o f shipyard and Rivergate indus try w orkers, St. Johns has been changing dem ographi- cally. It is becom ing m ore ethni c a lly d iv e r s e . The neighborhood’s Latino popu lation, in particular, is now 14 percent o f the total, tw ice the proportion o f the city as a whole. A t the sam e tim e, m ore young professionals are buy Johns. ing homes. “T he neighborhood could use som e gentrification, and it’s happen ing,” Logan says. "B ut it’s still one o f the cheapest places in tow n to buy a hom e." U pdyke says that in looking to revitalize the area, “W e still have to be sensitive to the need to keep fam ily-w age jo b s ." H ow ard notes that the neighborhood has gone through planning processes in the past with little to show for them “ Folks have begun to think that nothing ever happens here, and that (planning) projects are a w aste o f tim e,” he says. An open house on the draft St. Johns and L om bard Plan is set for 9:30 a.m . May 17 at the St. Johns C om m unity C enter, 8427 N. C entral Ave. A Dynamic Duo con tin u ed fr o m M etro “ P eople d o n ’t see the good sid e o f R o o se v e lt,” O m a r said. “ I think P ortland Public Schools is a g re a t sch o o l sy stem - p ro v id ed th at y o u w ork hard. It’s w h at you do, not w h ere you go to sc h o o l.” R oosevelt High School Princi pal A ndy Kelly said the school is the only one in the district to have a full m ulti-cultural center. The three sta ff m em bers w ho run the center are funded by a special grant to support the sch o o l’s high im m igrant m akeup and ethnically diverse student body. “ I think this is the firsto fm an y m ore to com e, evidenced by the g re a t w o rk th a t te a c h e rs a t R oosevelt High School are doing w ith kids,” he said, com m enting on the A bdullahs’ success. “O ne o f the things to understand about the low -perform ing schools des ignation is that it’s only based on one thing - test scores adm inis tered in 10th grade.” N ot only have the A bdullahs achieved academ ic success in their college preparatory course load, but th e y ’ve also jo in ed R oosevelt’s cross-country, track and soccer team s and m ade an effort to serve their com m unity. The brothers research leukem ia w ith the High School A ppren ticeship C ancer C ure Project at O regon Health & Science U ni versity, O m ar is active w ith the Health O ccupation Students o f A m erica, a m edical term inology com petition, and A bdulham id volunteers as a tour guide at the O regon Zoo. “ I just w ant to help my com m u nity,” A bdulham id said. W hile A bdulham id says re turning to Ethiopia holds little draw for him , O m ar says he plans to “go back and give service” to his native country w hen he be com es a physician. “ T h ese are the k in d s o f kids teac h ers and p rin c ip a ls love to have in th e irsch o o l," K elly said. “ T hey a re ro le m o d els to o th er kids, show ing that you can o v er com e any am o u n t o f a d v ersity i f you co m m it to ach ie v in g your d ream s.” L o s e u p t o 2 - 8 lb s ELagle ELye Optical 2808 NE MLK Jr Blvd, Suite C ▲ 503.335.7173 C a ll N o w ! 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