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Terry Porter Builds Plan to Buy Trail Blazers
To meet with mayor
and investors
fo r p u b lic fu n d in g fo r the team but hasn't
chise records. H is tim e w ith the Blazers
Paul S w angard. d ire c to r o f the W arsaw
fo u n d it in a c ity and state that are strapped
in clud ed the I9 9 0 a n d 1992 seasons, when
Sports M a rk e tin g C e nter at the U n iv e rs ity
the team got to the N B A fina ls. T hey w on
o f O regon said the pro blem is a re la tiv e ly
th e ir o n ly ch a m p io n sh ip in 19 7 6 -1977.
sm all pool o f very ric h prospects in the
fo r cash.
He said there are several scenarios that
( A P ) — F o rm e r P ortland T ra il B la zer
m ig h t u n fo ld , and that he doesn’ t kn o w
guard T e rry P orter is ro u n d in g p o te n tia l
ye t h o w it w ill turn out.
He said he w ill meet w ith w e a lth y pros­
P ortland area, a pool that gets sm a lle r
pects about a team purchase. Some o f the
w hen those w h o d o n 't m uch care about
N B A basketball are w in n o w e d out.
investors interested in b u yin g the P o rt­
He said any decision lik e ly w o u ld be
land T ra il Blazers and the Rose G arden
ric h e r O regonians, in c lu d in g N ik e C h a ir­
before the June 28 d ra ft. He deflected
Arena.
man P h il K n ig h t already have said they
“ T h e re 's p ro b a b ly m oney. T h e re ’ sju s ,
questions on w hat the asking price m ig h t
w ant no part o f it. B ut fo rm e r B la zer and
a qu estio n o f w hether the m o n e y’ s there
P ortland na tive D am on S toudam ire has
fo r b a s k e tb a ll," he said.
He a rrive d in P ortland Tuesday w ill
be.
meet w ith M a y o r T o n , P otter W edn esd ay.
Porter, w h o was one o f the m ore p o p u ­
O w n e r Paul A lle n said he has com e to
la r players in the franchise, played fo r
term s w ith sellin g the troub le d team, w h ich
Terry Porter
has the w o rst record th is season in the
also expressed an interest in becom ing a
co -o w n e r o f the team.
N B A C o m m issio n e r D a vid Stem has
said the franchise and the Rose G arden are
P ortla nd 10 years be g in n in g in 1985 and
Porter said his g ro u p already has $100
la te r coached the M ilw a u k e e Bucks fo r
m illio n in debt fitnancing Iined up but w o u ld
w o rth at least $3 00 m illio n .
A n d y B rim m e r, a spokesman fo r A lle n ’ s
N B A and w h ic h , he says, has been co st­
reporter fro m the O regonian d u rin g agam e
tw o years. T h e y fire d h im at the end o f last
in g h im m u ltip le m illio n s o f d o lla rs to keep
not say ho w m uch they hope to raise, o r
in Los A ng eles F rida y.
p r iv a te ly
season. He also was an assistant coach fo r
fro m w hom .
V u lc a n C a p ita l, said the gro up is "o p e n to
afloat.
A lle n , a co -fo u n d e r o f M ic ro s o ft and
“ I ’ ve com e to term s w ith it , " he to ld a
one o f the w o rld s richest men, has lo bb ied
a season fo r the Sacram ento K in gs.
P orter said he also w ill approach oth er
P orter s till holds some P ortland fra n -
fo rm e r Blazers.
h e ld in v e s tm e n t c o m p a n y ,
any reasonable o p tio n that w o u ld f ix the
broken eco no m ic m ix le l."
Booklover's Paradise
Wordstock celebration this weekend
by S arah B lount
T he P ortland O bserver
W hen B ro w n was 11 her
m o th e r died, and she was
T housands o f b o o k ­
put in to foster care where
w o rm s, w rite rs and teach­
she was fo rce d to m ake the
ers are expected to attend
P o r t la n d ’ s
choices o f d ru g use and
Annual
p ro s titu tio n , b e fore ru n ­
W o rd s to c k F e s tiv a l th is
RANCHERS
ffijw /te
n in g aw ay and be com ing a
weekend, A p r il 21 through
gang m em ber by age 13.
23 at the O rego n C o n ve n ­
B ro w n had becom e w hat
tio n Center. T h is ye a r's fes­
she ca lls a trashcan ju n k ie ,
tiv a l features readings by
using any d ru g she c o u ld
be stselling authors, poets
a n iA io rth w e st w rite rs , pan­
get, u n til som ething clicked
one day 17 years ago. L iv ­
els, w o rksho ps fo r w rite rs
in g w ith o u t a hom e and
and teachers, dinn ers w ith
sleeping at ro ck bo tto m ,
authors, a tw o -d a y bo ok
B ro w n
fair, chi Idren’s activities, food, m usic, co o k ­
was
le a v in g
a
du m p ste r she had o ccu pied fo r the past
in g d e m on stra tion s and m ore.
to u r days, and passed a plate glass w in ­
F or a com plete list o f authors and events,
Rancher's Reserve
Angus Reel Bottom
Round Roast
do w . H e r re fle c tio n stopped her in her
v is it w w w .w o rd sU K .kfe stiva l.co m o r c a ll
tracks; w h at she saw was a d y in g person,
503-546-1013. Som e featured authors w ill
and she w a sn ’ t ready to die.
include:
Marc Acito
u p h ill c lim b to re h ab ilita tion ,
M a rc A c ito is a N e w Jer­
relapse and a fin a l triu m p h .
sey bo y w h o has th riv e d by
S h o rtly a fte r she was c o n ­
w r itin g in ra in y in P ortland
v in c e d to share her past w ith
fo r the past 16 years. A c ito
o th e rs , th e re q u e s ts f o r
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B o o k A w a rd s K en Kesey
poured in , and B ro w n even­
A w a rd fo r his no vel “ H o w I
t u a lly
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same tim e , fe llo w a u th o r
MarcAcito
Jam es F re y was p u b lic ly
m ent, b la c k m a il, ID the ft,
busted fo r his m e m o ir “ A M illio n L ittle
fra u d , m on ey la u n d e rin g and a little b it o f
p ro s titu tio n . A c ito calls it his lo ve le tte r to
Pieces" - fo r h a vin g re lie d m ore on fa b ri­
eve ry m is fit k id w h o ever d id hig h school
ca tio n than fu z z y m em o ry.
B ro w n says she spent years ly in g about
plays.
How did you pay for college?
her past because o f shame; she do esn 't
M y father. 1 d o n 't have any salacious
w ant F re y ’ s rep u ta tio n to ta in t the accu­
W h o le
C a n ta lo u p e s
racy o f e x a c tly w h at she endured.
Large size
stories.
the O regon B oo k A w a rd , is it o ka y to read
to read it,” she said. "W h a t I fin d is that
g u ilty pleasures, lik e The Da V in c i Code?
people w h o have struggled o r w o rke d in
Because [m y w ritin g | is in the m id d le o f
law enforcem e nt o r c h ik l p ro te ctio n kn o w
lite ra ry and genre, I p e rso n a lly d o n 't have
th is s tu ff is real. O n ly those that liv e in
that hang-up about a d m ittin g g u ilty plea­
fan ta sylan d tend to d o u b t.”
sures. I ’ m very fo n d o f a irp o rt re a d s ...if
She said some o f her m em o ries stayed
yo u can te ll a g o od sto ry th a t’ s w hat
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eve ryon e is lo o k in g fo r.
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g o b a ck to o th e r
ary w o rld . A s a neophyte
p e o p le 's m e m o ry ,"s h e said.
a u thor it ’ s both fla tte rin g to
“ I f they were c o m p le te ly d if ­
be in clu d e d but d a un ting ,
feren t I d id n 't use it, because
g iv e n the lite ra ry h e a v y ­
I fe lt I w o u ld be te llin g th e ir
w e igh ts.
story, not m in e .”
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Colson Whitehead
It was last year w hen I fe lt
B r o o k ly n a u th o rC o ls o n
areal s h ift in how I operate in
W h ite h e a d has w ritte n fo u r
p u b lic. W hen it com es to
Colson Whitehead
c e le b rity , I ’ m absolute b o t­
to m o f the fo o d chain. I rem em ber som e­
A w a rd and the P u litz e r P rize .
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th e
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