Oregon Advance Times_1968-06-18

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By carrier, 40¢ per month (voluntary) STATEMENT By RON LEVERETI In interviewing Gary Ladd of Jefferson High School, the second highest basketball scorer in the history of Ore– gon, his story should serve as an inspiration to players of small stature, Gary's rise to success in the athletic field can be best described from determination and a The Oregon Advance/TIMES goes to press weelcJy to serve residents of the North-North– east Central area of Portland with news about the life of our community; information on the oppo~nities before us; discussion of the social and political issues that confront us. The Oregon Advance/TIMES gives to our community a newspaper which factually reports the news of our area and aggressively seeks the full rights of our citizens. It will pro– vide a forum for community expression and help people become more conscious of their obligations to themselves and their community. In all this, the truth, as we see it, will be consistently presented. - willingness to learn. Ladd comes from a family of two brothers and one sister, Page 2 Vol. 1, No. 26 July 18, 1968 8/aok Gene,al on Aotive Dufg The Army finally has a Black General. This is quite a break from the past, Usually the method of promotion has been to promote Black Colonels to Generals at their retirement. This, of course, was done to appease the racist element in the Armed Forces and higher governmental circles. The One-Star General's name is Fredric E. Davis, Brigadier General U. S, Army. His name alone, with the Three-Star Black General of the Air Force, Lt. General Benjaman O. Davis, should be known by all youth and especially black youth. The Board of Directors of the Oregon Advance/TIMES salutes President Johnson for his fore– sight and fair play in upgrading officers in the Armed Forces. Black people can certainly be thankful for a President who does more than make empty promises, Chanae, lo, the Belle, There are many things going on in Albina. Many changes taking place. Many Corpora– tions being formed. Both foolish and wise people speaking out and helping to effect changes. We have the War on Poverty, Model Cities, Urban Renewal and many others all working to bring about some kind of change. However, most of these changes will be physical changes in housing, parks, streets and planning. What is also needed is an extensive change in the hearts and minds of Albina resi– dents. We need to lay aside our apathy and petty indifferences and work together to bring about the one change that makes men live together better, work bet– ter. That is a change of heart and mind that change will make us intolerant of preju– dices, intolerant of hate, intol– erant of violence and hunger, joblessness, sickness and blight. It does not take such a big person to kill or be killed. But the big people will be the ones who live to help others to live and through living that they bring about changes in the hearts and minds of those whom they come into contact with, ~ " MOTOR TUNE-UP - BRAKES ALL MAKES BATTERIES, ETC. LUBE, TIRES YQ~Rt YMANN I Ell WARD RICHFIELD SERVICE FREE PICK-UP & DELIVERY by Ron Webb Ladd's interest in basket– ball was aroused in the sixth grade at Highland Grade School, more recently re– named Martin Luther King. His boyhood idol was Billy Nickleberry, a Highland player who was setting scoring records. Thus Gary wanted to follow in his foot– steps, primarily because Billy was short in stature, and secondly he was out– standing. The basketball coach at Highlanr! perpetuated his in– terest by encouraging him to participate on the school teams. Prior to his interest in basketball, baseball was his favorite sport. After he learned that he could be out– standing in basketball, he de– voted all of his time and ef– forts in trying to become the "best" player. Before matriculating to Jefferson, Gary had original– ly registered for Benson High School. But, due to some unknown fate his grade school transcript was misplaced, So Gary inquired about attending Jefferson, and he was given permission to attend. Gary has no regrets to have a second chance to attend Jef– ferson. As he states "the competition in basketball at Jefferson is so keen that some of the second and third string varsity players would be playing regular for other high schools." Upon entering high school there were still some res– ervations on his part to whether he could perform on the high school level, based primarily on his small stat– ure. In his freshman year he was talented enough to play on the Junior varsity \.___ ,, \\~, 11'~ lik~" Gary Ladd team. After the season was over he began thinking about the varsity. It seemed like an impossible task because he was only 5' 6", secondly there were four returning lettermen at the guard posi– tion, including Billy Nickle– berry, Jack Riley, the varsity basketball coach, inspired him to strive and improve upon his skills, Riley, a former outstanding college basketball player, was small in stature also, Thus when Riley stressed such things as hustle and continuous practice on Jump reach to improve his Jumping ability, Gary did not question the ad– •,ice. Riley also emphasized that if he wanted to perform on the college level he would have to improve on these certain aspects of the game. During the summer be– tween his freshman and sophomore year he played every day regardless of the weather conditions at High– land, Gary recalls very vividly how people used to laugh at him playing regular– ly especially when it rained. From this dedicated summer Gary feels he gained his con– fidence to excel on the maplewood. Thus when the basketball season started he met the challenge and played a great deal on the varsity, As a Junior and senior, Gary made first team all– city and all-state. Also the all-tournament teams both years, His high school ca– reer accumulated by being named the most valuable player in the first Oregon all-star basketball game. ln reflecting over his ca– reer he feels the team he played on as a junior was the best, mainly because they had greater depth in over– all team speed, height and scoring, Players who im– pressed him the most in high school were the fearsome duet of Willie and Charles Stoudamire from Washington. Gary selected Seattle Uni– versity over several college offers based on two reasons: they play his style of run and shoot, secondly the op– portunity to watch and per– form with some of the play– ers on the professional bas– ketball team - Seattle Sonics. His goal - to be a professional basketball play– er, In college he hopes to major in Liberal Art~. 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