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Community, School Achievement Honored
to prom ote b reast can cer
awareness, education and pre­
vention among African Ameri­
can women. They helped orga­
nize a “Crowned Jewels’ ben­
efit at the Portland Center for
There is a saying that "The the Performing Arts to raise
apple doesn’t fall far from the money to give local African
tree,” and in the case of a
local mother and daugh­
ter team, the Rev. Renee'
Ward and Arya Morman,
it goes without saying that
they are a dynamic duo
of excellence in academ­
ics and community ser­
vice.
A junior at De La Salle
N orth C atholic High
School, Morman was re­
cently recognized as a
2006 Portland State Uni­
versity Viking Scholar
during a special awards
ceremony and reception.
She was one of sev­
eral hundred high school
students from Oregon
honored fordoing well in
school. In her case, she Rev. Renee ’ Ward
maintained a 3.4 cumula­
tive grade point average while American women free mam­
participating in varsity basket­ mogram and cervical cancer
ball and other extracurricular exams.
Following the success of the
activities.
Morman also served as a fundraiser. W ard was invited
volunteer with the recent Hurri­ to attend the 10lh Biennial In­
cane Katrina efforts in Port­ tercultural C ancer Council
land, and supported her mother Conference in W ashington,
Daughter teams
with mother to
help people
D.C., where she met notables
representing the philanthropi-
cally, medical and media are­
nas who have served as trail­
blazers in the fight against
cancer.
The honor was made pos­
sible with support from the Or-
Arya Morman
egon Partnership for Cancer
Control and the Department of
Human and Health Services’
Breast and Cervical Cancer
Program.
Ward plans to continue ad­
vocating and promoting breast
and cervical cancer education
am ong A frican A m ericans
who still represent the highest
number o f reported incidence
in the Portland and Vancouver
areas. She also ad d resses
chronic health and social is­
sues impacting the lives of
African Americans like HIV/
AIDS, breast cancer,
domestic violence and
substance abuse as ex­
ecutive producer and
founder of Chrysalis
M inistries, Inc., a non­
profit faith-based or­
ganization.
She said for more in­
formation on how to ac­
quire a free mammo­
gram and cervical can­
cer exam, contact one
of the following Oregon
B reast and C ervical
Cancer Program agen­
c ie s,
M ultnom ah
County, 503-988-3056,
28268;
e x ten sio n
C lackam as C ounty,
503-742-5373; W ash­
ington County, 503-846-
4748; or the Susan G.
Komen Breast Cancer Founda­
tion, 503-552-9160.
Ward also invites church or
organizations to establish a
"C row ned Jew els” support
group or chapter by calling her
at 503-548-7537 or via email at
ievrenee@crownedjewelspdx.org.
May 10. 2006
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Opening Doors to Business Growth
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There’s no question that ap­
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“ Bringing salmon back to Johnson Creek.”
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Clackamas County Some people say there was a time when Johnson
with Lottery profits, these projects help bring salmon back to our rivers
Creek was so thick with salmon you could walk from bank to bank on
and streams. They also bring volunteers and local landowners together,
their backs. Today, development and pollution have caused the fish
building strong communities. Plus they support the local economy by
population to dwindle and salmon sightings are pretty rare. But, thanks
creating jobs and attracting additional funding for watershed projects.
to the work of the Johnson Creek Watershed Council, water quality Is
Johnson Creek is just one of thousands of projects funded by Lottery
improving and salmon are returning to one of Portland's last free flowing
pro fits. Since 1985 more than $4.2 b illio n in Lottery pro fits has
streams. Local watershed councils like Johnson Creek are working to
gone to economic development, education, parks and watershed
restore habitat and improve water quality all around the state. Funded
enhancement across the state.
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