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David Lucus of the Maurice Lucas Foundation (left) chats with former NBA great Bill Russell at the
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Oh what a night!
The Maurice Lucas Founda-
tion’s eighth annual Celebration
Dinner & Auction attracted 650
supporters and raised more than
$731,000. The funds will support
academic and athletic programs
for underserved youths at Harriet
Tubman Middle School and six
high schools in Portland.
The foundation’s executive di-
rector David Lucas, the son of the
late Blazer great Maurice Lucas,
and former NBA players Bill Wal-
ton and Lionel Hollins presented
the foundation’s annual Maurice
Lucas Enforcer Award to former
Trail Blazer player and current
foundation board member Bobby
Gross.
The award is given annually
to an individual who best em-
bodies many of the characteris-
tics that its namesake displayed
both on and off the basketball
court, including motivating and
empowering kids. Walton and
Hollins, who played with Gross
on the Blazers’ 1977 champion-
ship team, are among the award’s
past recipients.
The glittering array of sports
stars and local dignitaries attend-
ing the Sept. 31 gala included
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test one week earlier of the Sept.
30 officer-involved shooting death
of Patrick Kimmons, a 27-year-
old black man.
In that incident, police protest-
ers blocked a street and a violent
confrontation erupted between a
motorist and the crowd.
On Saturday, as the right-wing
group approached a makeshift
street memorial near where Kim-
mons was killed, they were met
by a large group of counter-dem-
onstrators. Taunts and chants were
exchanged as police looked on.
Though no fists were exchanged
there, other skirmishes among
smaller groups flared up blocks
away, including the large one out-
side Kelly’s Olympian.
The incident was just the latest
in a series of violent clashes be-
tween protesters over the past two
years.
former Boston Celtic center and
NBA legend Bill Russell; his wife,
Jeannine; and local philanthropists
Mike Richardson and Howard He-
dinger. Lucas thanked them all for
attending the dinner.
Trail Blazer broadcaster Kevin
Calabro served as emcee. A num-
ber of other current and former
Trail Blazer players, coaches and
announcers also attended, includ-
ing Terry Stotts, Damian Lillard,
Evan Turner, Meyers Leonard,
Brian Grant, Lamar Hurd, Brooke
Olzendam, Michael Holton, Bill
Schonely, Lloyd Neal, Lionel Hol-
lins and Larry Steele.
Mayor Ted Wheeler released a
statement on Monday vowing to
swiftly introduce an ordinance to
crack down with new regulations
giving police more power to break
up and prevent violence from pro-
test camps that are geared for a
fight.
“This is not a partisan issue.
This is not about ideology. This
goes beyond Democrat or Repub-
lican. This is about delivering a
strong and principled message
that we will not tolerate violence
in our community,” Wheeler said.
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ahawks as well.
Allen was a revered figure in
both Seattle and Portland for his
entrepreneurship, philanthropy
and for keeping the teams in their
home cities. He was known for
keeping the Seahawks from mov-
ing to Southern California in the
mid-1990s and his commitment
to keeping the Blazers in Port-
land.
After Allen became the Sea-
hawks owner, the team had 12
playoff appearances, three NFC
titles and the only Super Bowl
victory in team history.
When Seattle celebrated its
title in February 2014 inside
CenturyLink Field, the normally
reserved Allen took a moment
to address the crowd. He spoke
for less than four minutes, but
his words carried weight for the
fans.
“I can’t say how proud I am
that the Seahawks are able to
bring the Vince Lombardi tro-
phy home to Seattle,” Allen said
that day. “Now we are all Super
Bowl champions, each and every
one of us.”
On his impact in the world of
high tech software, Gates, his co-
founder at Microsoft, said “Per-
sonal computing would not have
existed without him.”
With his sister Jody Allen in
1986, Paul Allen founded Vulcan,
the investment firm that oversees
his business and philanthrop-
ic efforts. He founded the Allen
Institute for Brain Science and
the aerospace firm Stratolaunch,
which has built a colossal air-
plane designed to launch satel-
lites into orbit.
He also backed research into
nuclear-fusion power.
Over the course of several
decades, Allen gave more than
$2 billion to a wide range of in-
terests, including ocean health,
homelessness and advancing sci-
entific research.
-Associated Press contributed
to this article.