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Volume XXXX, Number ,7
Wednesday • April 28, 2010
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Lego Robotics
Program gets kids
interested in technology
see inside, page 5
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Troops Welcomed Home from Iraq
photo by
M ark W ashington /T he P ortland O bserver
From left, Michael Bays, Shirika Collins, Byrone Boton, and Jeff Harris, members o f the Oregon National Guard were warmly welcomed home after serving a tour o f
duty in Iraq. Also See inside, page 5.
Former Grant player NFL bound
Detroit
Picks Sue
(AP) - Ndam ukong Suh, the
former Grant High School football
star who soared to the top echelons
in college football, was selected the
Suh said on a conference call.
The 6-foot-4,307-pound Suh was
the first defensive player to win The
Associated Press College Football
No. 2 overall pick in the NFL draft Player o f the Year award since its
Thursday by the Detroit Lions.
inception in 1998. He had 4'/2 sacks
Suh, a Heisman Trophy finalist against Texas in the Big 12 title game
from Nebraska, became the first de­ and finished with 12 sacks for the
fensive tackle to be drafted among season.
the top two picks since Oakland
"He's not just a one-year won­
took Darrell Russell in 1997. Suh der," Schwartz said.
said he isn't worried about the lack­
Suh graduated from N ebraska
luster track record o f similar players with a construction m anagem ent
at his position taken high in the degree and plans to donate $2.6
draft.
continued
on page 5
"I'm a different type o f person,"
Nebraska defensive tackle
Ndamukong Suh, a graduate o f
Grant High School in Portland,
smiles as he responds to
questions during a news
conference after he was
selected as the second overall
pick by the Detroit Lions in the
first round o f the NFL Draft on
Thursday, in New York. (AP
Photo)
Editor’s note: The Portland Observer regrets that the copy from two stories in our last issue, “100 Glorious Years,’ and destination Vancouver USA’ were
improperly affixed to different headlines and pages in last week’s issue. We are republishing these important articles this week on pages 18 and 19.
100 Glorious Years
Destination Vancouver U.S.A.
Jefferson High School alumnae have produce d a book to pay tribute to the school’s With a new brand to differentiate it from its neighbor in Canada, Vancouver is attracting
centennial and 100 of its most distinguished graduates. See story, page 19.____________ visitors with an eclectic blind of historic sites and modem amenities. See story, page 18.
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