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Beavers Plan Friday Night Fireworks
end o f the season w ill be fo llo w e d by
a great fire w o rks show.
“ In a survey o f our fans, it is clear
As the Portland Beavers continue
to battle fo r the N orth D ivisio n title in
the P acific Coast League, the action
continues to heat up o f f the fie ld as
July 4 game at PGE Park,” said M ark
Schuster, president and general man­
ager o f the Beavers.
The fire w o rks shows, w ill begin
w e ll w ith Tuesday’ s announcement
that people re a lly enjoy post-game
fire w o rks and w o u ld like to see more
ap pro xim ately 15 m inutes after the
that F riday hom e games through the
shows lik e the one that fo llo w e d the
conclusion o f each game.
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Blazer Critic Negotiates to
Sideline Boycott Threat
t i j An Independently owned and
operated member of Ttie Prudential
Real Estate Affiliates, Inc.
B la zer P re s id e n t S teve P ate rson
furthe r by announcing a boycott o r
candidates, in c lu d in g e x-B la ze r
M aurice Lucas.
A fric a n Am ericans are hired in de­
cisio n -m a kin g positions.
Burke began his crusade fo r d i­
versity in the Blazers’ fro n t o ffic e
But the p e titio n and the boycott
com m unications dire cto r fo r the
Blazers. "W e bel ieve our hiring prac­
are on hold since Patterson agreed
tices m irro r the dem ographics o f
to keep race in m in d when m aking
future h irin g decisions.
the c ity o f Portland and are re fle c­
weeks w ith an Internet petition stud­
ded w ith signatures o f fo rm e r pro­
management team is made up o f
w om en and m in o ritie s.”
" I get 1,500 em ails a day, m any
from season ticket holders,” said
Burke.
A fric a n A m ericans in leadership
po sitio ns.
T o contact Burke o r sign the
p e t it io n ,
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B urke took his pe tition a step
to change the Blazers w hole nega-
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O fth e grants aw arded in June,
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tested p o s itiv e fo r h ig h co n ce n ­
tra tio n s o f heavy m etals and lead.
O th e r p ro p e rtie s, such as the
Seven C o m e rs D isa b le d H o us­
in g site, near the in te rs e c tio n o f
L u th e r K in g , Jr. B lv d .
The p ro p e rty , ow ne d b y E rw in
sion Street, w i ll begin de con ta m i­
Southeast 2 0 ,h A ve n u e and D iv i­
n a tio n assessm ent as e a rly as
September.
P r o t e c tio n
T h e G ra n t p ro p e rty w o n ’ t be
A gency.
F o r the past 20 years, the p ro p ­
tou ched u n til G ra n t p e rm its the
c ity to de co n ta m in a te it o r u n til
e rty was used to re co ve r pre cio us
m etals fro m liq u id s , ore and p ro ­
s o lv e d in fe d e ra l co u rt.
cess waste and m ay have been
used to e x tra c t lead fro m b a tte r­
ies. The E P A de te rm in e d that the
pro pe rty posed an im m in e n t threat
to hum an he alth and the e n v iro n ­
m ent. Sam ple o f dus, and a ir c o l­
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w o rk fo rc e ,” said M ik e Hanson,
Patterson a chance to turn around
the Blazers workforce by hiring more
fessional athletes, actors and A f r i­
can-Am erican leaders.
G ra n t, has $1 m illio n abatem ent
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c o m m itte d to h irin g a diverse
tive o f the co m m u n ity at large. In
fact, more than ha lfthe T ra il Blazers
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Patterson even called the Blazers
C ontroversy sparked when the
Blazers hired John Nash as the
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Steve Patterson m et w ith Blazers’
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“ Y o u can’ t change 10 years o f
exclusion o ve rnight,” Burke said.
“ As long as 1 got people ta lk in g and
th in kin g , I ’ ve got to give the man a
negative p u b lic ity when President
by reaching 60,000 people in three
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Burke said he does not have a
speci fic demand o r tim e lin e to hold
Patterson to his w ord.
T he T r a il B la ze rs n a rro w ly
avoided a b oycott and backlash o f
critic R.C. Burke to address accusa­
tions o f racial exclusion.
You A re Approved
Blazers,” said Burke.
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