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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«
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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
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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.