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Local Grad Competes for Scholarship
Speaks about
AIDS in the
community
O n Saturday, July 14, all eyes
and ears were fixed on two petite
figures in San Jose, C a lif, as
their voices resonated during an
oratorical com petition sponsored
by the Improved Benevolent and
Protective O rder o f Elks o f the
W orld.
E ach c o n te sta n t, in clu d in g
Portland resident Arya Patryce
M orm an, had paid their dues to
arrive at the regional event, en
abling them to com pete Aug. 2-5
in Jacksonville. Fla., for a chance
to win a SIO.(MK) national schol
arship.
The com petition requires stu
dents to com pose, m em orize and
pact on the African American
com m unity.
“ A rya has represented our
region well,” said Mel va Holmes,
local director o f the contest,
"and we are confident that she
will secure the national title based
upon her presentation. This con
test is the same one that Oprah
W infrey won in her youth.”
D o n a tio n s
to
s u p p o rt
M orm an’s upcom ing travel and
educational expenses are being
accepted at any Bank o f America
Branch (Arya Patryce M orman).
For more inform ation, call 503-
548-7537.
recite without error a 10-minute
speech. They are judged on their
poise, pronunciation, com posi
tion and know ledge of a selected
subject.
Morman. a 2007 graduate of
De La Salle North Catholic High
School, chose to present a per
sonal account o f how she lost
her father to AIDS and the inner
strength that she had to find
through prayer and a positive
attitude to overcom e depression
and the stigma associated with
HIV/AIDS.
Fortunately. M orman and her
mother. Rev. Renee' W ard, were
spared from contracting the vi
rus, how ever her father. Joseph
Lewis M orman did not and died
on Ju n e 4 , 1998. S in c e
M o rm a n 's d e a th , both have
worked to educate the com m u
nity about HIV/AIDS and its im
Arya Patryce Morman will
travel to Jacksonville, Fla.
to compete for a national
title and a $10,000
scholarship.
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