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Page B6 O ctober 27, 2004 ^Jortlanò (Dbseruer \d \eró se with diverity in Æl" ^ .ìn r t la u b ( O h s r r u r r hv R on W eber T he P ortland O bserver f a l l 5O3-288-OO33 ¿ids (f® port landò!) server.com Your Care Our First Priority Woods Unleashes His Tiger to Break Barriers Dr. Marcelitte Failla Chiropractic Physician Call for an appointment! (503) 228-6140 We a r e l o c a te d a t 1716 N.E. 42nd Ave., Portland, OR 97213 (Between Broadw ay a nd Sandy B lvd .) We specialize in: Automobile accident injuries Chronic headache and joint pain Workers Compensation injuries FREE HOMEBUYER WORKSHOP Before You Look At Another House, There are 10 Things Eldrick W oods remembers what it felt like to be racially mistreated. Even before preschool he felt the sting of prejudice as neighborhood children threw limes and rocks at his home. They pelted his bedroom windows with BB gunfire. At five years old, a gang of older kids tied him to a tree. They stoned him and called him "m onkey” and “n ig ...” Little did the bullies know that they were harassing and assaulting a future golfing cham pion o f the world. While his heritage includes Thai, A frican,Chinese, American Indian and European, Tiger W oods refers to him self as “African and Asian.” As he grew up and became a young golf legend, overt actions o f racism disappeared. Tiger became so good that people seemed to forget that he was a minority at all. His father, Earl W oods, a former college baseball player and U.S. Army Green Beret, sensed that young Eldrick was destined to be famous. Even before he could walk, little W oods was strapped to a high chair and given a golf club to prac tice swinging. His father had played golf for the first time at 42 years of You Should Know About Buying In Portland “I f you don't it could cost you Thousand o f dollars ” M. Davis Tiger Woods age and began to love the sport right away. Earl began to have big plans for W oods at the earliest of ages. E ldrick got his nicknam e “T i g er” in m em ory o f a V ietnam ese com bat friend o f his father. T iger w ould go on to honor his fam ily and nam esake by w inning many titles and firsts in golf. He w ould win the M asters in A ugusta, Ga. and at 21, becam e the first black, as w ell as youngest m an ev er to win a m ajor professional golf tour nam ent. Tiger Woods broke down the color walls for once and all. He sacrificed much o f his childhood and precious teen years in striving to be the best golfer in the world. ± quit attitude. W oods has earned the world. He picked up his clubs at hundreds o f millions o f dollars. about age 10 and “went to work.” Com panies such as Nike and Buick His efforts paid off not only for were quick to have him endorse himself, but also for millions o f mi their products. He has also been on nority children around the world the front page o f many top m aga who now know they can “accept zines and in m ost new spapers the challenge” and win. Go for it! around the world. Ron Weber is a regular speaker He founded the W oods Foun on African-American history and dation to help set up golf scholar a frequent contributor to the Port ships for innercity kids. Time Maga- land Observer. Comer opens for PCC Expansion Free Recorded Message Stober In recent years, young Woods zine called W oods one of “The has won the 2002 U. S. Open, the M o st In flu e n tia l P eo p le in 2002 and 2 0 0 1 Masters, and World America.” He has been a perfect G olf Championship. Sports Illus role model for kids around the globe. trated named him the Sportsman of In golf, where few minorities have the Year in 2002. Although he has shown great impact. Tiger W oods slowed down a bit, he is still win broke down the color walls for once ning major titles and holds just about and all. 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