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Page 18 9'*!* ^Jortlanò (¡Obstruer June 29, 2011 Timber’s Give Back to Community P o rtlan d T im bers P resident Merritt Paulson on Monday pre sented a check for $20,000 to Concordia University representa tives in northeast Portland on be half ol the professional soccer club as a contribution toward Concordia’s new athletic complex. Concordia student-athletes, uni versity officials and members of the Northeast United/Alameda Soccer Club, a local youth soccer club, were on hand to welcome the gift. The donation was part of the Timbers’ KM« ■ B ib ' * commitment to support the commu nity and youth programs. “This Timbers field grant is a I substantial boost to the construc tion of the complex and for youth athletic programs that will benefit all o f n o rth e a st P o rtla n d ,” said Concordia Executive Vice President Gary Withers. The estimated $7.5 million com plex will be available for use by the ¡W Í I *1 Concordia University Community Athletic Conipli x Twenty Thousand and 00 100 Dollars S20.000.00 . «?*»,. - Portland Timbers President Merritt Paulson presented a check for $20,000 from Portland’s professional soccer team to go towards a new athletic complex at Concordia University in northeast Portland. He was joined during the presentation Monday by City Commissioner Nick Fish, members of the Concordia community, and officials of the Northeast United/Alameda Soccer Club. Northeast United/Alameda Soccer “Our mandate of community out- Club, as well as provide a home for reach is one of the cornerstones of Concordia s m en’s and women’s our mission,” Paulson said, soccer teams and the university’s The complex is expected to be baseball team. completed this fall. Dr. Billy R. Flowers (above center) and his skilled staff are ready to help those in need. THE SPINACOLUMN An ongoing series of questions and answers about America’s natural healing profession. Part 24. Osteoarthritis: you needn’t be frightened about a frightening problem anymore : I have been having a lot o f pain in my neck. The doctor said that it was osteoarthri tis and that I would have learn to live with it. What is your opinion? A : As you m ight know , th ere is a trem en d o u s amount of health research going on today Much relates to the spine and nervous system. You might ask your doctor if he has read the latest study on osteoarthritis. The study showed that there was no correlation between the amount of osteo-arthritis and the amount o f pain a person suffers. In fact it Q has been found that pain and osteo arthritis are both caused by the same problem. Mechanical stress on the bone and joints is the biggest cause of pain and also the cause of that deformity of the joint your doctor calls osteoarthritis . In C hiropractic we evaluate where the jo in t and bones are stresses. Our chief purpose then is to rem ove the stress or irrita tion from the jo in t (and nerves) - not only to reduce pain but to allow the bones to be as healthy as possible as well. If you have jo in t pain, isn ’t it tim e you stepped up to , effective C hiro practic? Flowers* Chiropractic Office 2124N.E. Hancock Street Portland Oregon97212 Phone: (5 0 3 ) 2 8 7 -5 5 0 4 Blazers Trade, Pick Guards on Draft Day The Portland Trail Blazers ac quired guard Raymond Felton from the Denver Nuggets in exchange for guard Andre Miller, while sending R udy F ern an d ez and P etteri Koponen’s NBA rights to Dallas as part of a three-team trade. The exchange o f players oc cu rred on NBA d raft day on Thursday as the Blazers selected guard Nolan Smith with the 21st overall pick in the first round, and guard Jon Diebler with the 51st overall pick in the second round. Portland also acquired the draft rights to Jordan Hamilton (taken 26th overall) and Tanguy Ngombo (taken 57th overall) from Dallas for F ern an d ez and K oponen. Hamilton's rights were then sent to Denver as part of the Felton trade. On Monday, Portland acquired a future second round pick from the M innesota Timberwolves in ex change for the draft rights to Ngombo. "I want to acknowledge our bas ketball personnel staff for thei hard work and thorough prepara tion for tonight's NBA Draft," sai< Trail Blazers Owner Paul A llen ." thought it was a very good nigh for the Portland Trail Blazers ant our fans. "I also want to than! both A ndre M iller and R udj Fernandez for their contribution; to the team these past few sea sons and wish them all the best foi the future." Felton, 26, has career averages o f 13.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, 6.7 assists and 1.46 steals in six sea sons with Charlotte, New York and Denver. Smith, 22, played four seasons at Duke, where he was a member of the 2010 NCAA Cham pionship team and named co n sensus First Team All-A m erican, ACC Player o f the Year and ACC Tournam ent MVP.
