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(Tilt Page B6 |J o rtla n ò © b seru cr lune 15, 2005 S ports AFFORDABLE JJ Rising Star Back Home for Juneteenth Kids N ’ Tennis Open to All Local youth given chance to learn and practice tennis Before 16-year-old Andrew Forrest Jenkins Il embarks on a rigorous schedule o f tennis tournaments this summer, he will return to Portland to participate in the second annual Juneteenth Tennis Classic at Irving Park. “ I’m making this tournam ent the first of my sum m er tour because my dad (Forrest Jenkins) is one o f its directors with my Port land coach, Don Johnson. Both o f these men have w orked very hard to show case a tennis tournam ent in north and northeast Portland at Irving Park. This tournam ent brings to gether som e o f the best A frican-A m erican players in the Pacific N orthw est and I want to represent Portland and our com m unity,” Jenkins said. Jenkins began playing tennis when he was 4 years old with his sister at the Zina Garrison Tennis Academy in Texas. During the last 12 years, he has grown into one of the top-ranked junior tennis players in the state of Texas. He competes in the Super Champions Division, which is the highest classification for his age and ability level. Jenkins ju st notched tw o more wins at the K -Sw issT ennisT ournam ent in Houston and the Clearlake Open at the Clearlake Country P hoto by M ark W ashisgtos / T hf . P obtland O bsf rver Andrew Forrest J en kin s II pra ctices ten n is recently in preparation for h is s u m m e r tournam ents. C lub in C learlake, Texas. Prior to arriving in Portland for the Juneteenth C lassic, he will play one more prep tournam ent at the W ichita Falls Open. This summer Jenkins will embark on a mission where he will test his game against some of the best players in the United States. He' 11 spend the greater part o f his summer playing in the National Tennis Tournament sponsored by the United States Tennis Association. From thisexperience, he hopes to achieve a national ranking and estab lish himself as one o f our nation’s best in his age group. FULL LOCKSMITH SERVICE • RE-KEY AND INSTALL LOCKS LOCKED OUT? WE MAKE KEYS FROM SCRATCH: HOUSE, OFFICE OR CAR Portland 503.284.9582 • Oregon City 503.656.2116 Kids N ’ Tennis, Inc. is open to any chil dren who are interested in learning how to play tennis and could benefit from an excel lent coaching staff o f certified tennis instruc tors. Kids can attend this camp without wor rying about paying fees to join private clubs or attending expensive and exclusive tennis camps. The group sponsors tennis camps, clin ics, and training of coaches on a year-round basis at different public tennis venues in Portland. This year’s camps at Irving Park will start on Monday, June 20 and end on Aug. 1 l.T h e camp sessions are divided into four two- week sessions starting with beginners at 10 a.m., intermediate players at 11 a.m. and tour nament or academy players at noon. Each session lasts for one hour and students are not required to sign-up for all sessions to participate. For more information, call 503-880-0582. Serving Portland/M etro area (N, NE, SE, SW & NW) Your Care £ (AP) — The San Antonio Spurs have Robert Horry halfway toa sixth NBA cham pionship ring. The 13-year forward put himself in some pretty impressive com pany. Horry won two titles with the Hous ton Rockets in the mid-1990s and three with the Los Angeles Lakers from 2000-02. He has never played in the finals without winning the title. The man known for making big 3-point- ers late in the game hit two from outside the arc Sunday night in the Spurs’ 97-76 vic tory over the Detroit Pistons in Game 2 on Sunday night and a 2-0 series lead. Those were the 41 st and 42nd threes he hit in the finals, tying him with Michael Jordan for the most in a career. Horry also led the Spurs in steals Sun day night with four, moving him past Julius Erving and Kareem A bdul-Jabbar- and into a tie with Danny Ainge - for seventh on the all-time finals list with 46. He ended the night with 12 points, six rebounds, five assists and the four steals in 28 minutes. The second quarter was particularly enjoyable for Horry. T hat’s when he showed his current teammates how much he wants that sixth ring. He fought for a rebound early in the period and started a fast break that Tim Duncan finished with a layup to give the Spurs a 34-25 lead. “ He does a little bit o f everything,” said N azr M oham m ed, who Horry usu ally replaces off the bench. “He makes the right plays.” O u r First Priority Dr. Marceline Failla Chiropractic Physician Call for an appointment! (503) 228-6140 We are located at 1716 N.E. 42nd Ave., Portland, O R 97213 (Between Broadway and Sandy Blvd.) First, though, is the Juneteenth Classic, which is scheduled to start on Friday, June 17 and end on Sunday, June 19. All matches beginning with Friday's will be played at Irving Park at N ortheast Seventh A venue and Freemont Street. All proceeds from this event is donated to Kids N ’ Tennis, Inc. and its summer tennis camp at Irving Park. 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All this so that America could begin to live in true repentance from the act of enslaving a human being, who is reflected in over 40 million law abiding Black Ameri cans. with mixed races including about 50 million. Well, Dr King is gone and his message is getting dimmer. Is this the America we want? Some po litical scientists have positioned that a small group of racists have penetrated into the Portland Po lice and police forces around the nation, thus increasing police shooting of Black A m ericans-in hopes of starting a race war. Theo logically, the problem is: the spirit o f murder doesn’t know color, and whites are falling to police shootings as well. When a state oppresses any o f its people based on the agenda of a few, that’s dangerous. Is this the America we want? In Portland we have a fine police chief in Derrick Foxworth. But this is not a police chief problem - it is an American problem, with several police shootings of African Ameri cans over a space o f a short time killing: unarmed motorist, Jahar Perez; precious Kendra James; and African American Vernon (Duane) Allen. Allen was possibly homeless, just out of jail trying to resituate himself - as if being homeless was a reason toput atotal of six bullets in him, fired by trained gunmen who are sup posed to manhandle aggression or who have the option of using a tazer. Is this the America we want? As a political scientist, let me stateadim view. Although I uphold the message of Dr. Martin Luther King, some don’t. If these people have their way and continue to gun down African and white Americans as well, succeed in causing a civil war (God forbid), and have the power to continue to trample the people, here is an educated guess to how it would look: chaos in the street; plain clothed guerilla fighters sending small bands out to bomb both our suburbs an inner cities; and na tional guards policemen, our ci vilian population and our fami lies will to often know the stain of death. In this situation America will become overwhelmed within. Russia will feel this would be the best time to further bring Ameri cans dow n in retaliatio n o f A m e ric a ’s in v o lv e m e n t in Uzbekistan and other Russian territory, launching a conven tional war. Is this the America we want? I don't. Together we can make Dr. King more than a dreamer.
