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D ecem ber 28. 2011
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Blazers Fill
Holiday
Wish Lists
This holiday season, the Portland Trail Blazers made
14 special visits to head Start programs throughout the
city, where they personally delivered gifts and fulfilling
every request made by students from their holiday wish
lists.
Trail Blazers assistant coaches Kaleb Canales, Bernie
Bickerstaff, Larry Greer and Dean Cooper teamed up
with the players, including Gerald Wallace, Nicolas
Batum, Marcus Camby, Greg Oden, Nolan Smith,
Armon Johnson, Elliot Williams, Chris Johnson, Kurt
Thomas, Luke Babbitt, Earl Barron, Jeff Foote, Ben
McCauley, Seth Tarver and Marshall Brown.
Team President Larry Miller, Blazers Alumni Am
bassador Brian Grant and more than 100 employee
volunteers also joined the players.
Shortly before the holidays this year, the Portland Trail Blazers made a special visit to the Albina Head Start
classrooms, where the team delivered snacks and holiday gifts for the students, who entertained athletes
with holiday songs.
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Come and
Experience
Faith and
Miracles!
Seniors Zoie Sheng (from left) Taelor Ross and Sha’Nice Storey
o f St. Mary's Academy celebrate their acceptance o f college
basketball scholarships.
Seniors Earn College Scholarships
Three sen io rs from St.
M ary’s Academy have re
ceived college scholarships to
play basketball at the univer
sity level next fall.
Zoie Sheng and Sha’Nice
Storey have signed on to play for
the Academy of Art University
in San Francisco. The two girls
met playing basketball at the
Salvation Army in the fourth
grade,
Taelor Ross, who played her
freshman and sophomore years
at Jefferson High School before
joining St. Mary’s last year, has
committed her skills to Seattle
University.
All three players participated
in the Portland Observer Joyce
Washington All-Star Memorial
Game last summer after a suc
cessful year in which St. Mary’s
won their first Mt. Hood Con
ference title.
The trio hopes to lead their
team to the 2012 State Champi
onships this year.
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