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Read back issues of the Portland Observer at www.portlandobserver.com
Volume XXXXI, Number 44
Wednesday • November 2. 2011
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Fostering New Military Heroes
Local ROTC
program
grows more
competitive
by M indy C ooper
T he P ortland O bserver
photo by M indy C ooper /T he P ortland O bserver
Military science professor Lt. Col. Lewis Doyle walks with his students (from left) Brett LaMarca, Sabrina Norton and Danielle Bibbs at
the University o f Portland campus in north Portland where a Reserve Officers' Training Corps leads to a bachelor’s degree and military
career.
Brett LaMarca, a junior at the
University of Portland, has known
he wanted to become an officer in
the United States Army since he
was in high school.
After growing up in Orlando, Fla.,
he chose UP because of the school’s
prestige in their Reserve Officers’
Training Corps (ROTC) program,
and the scholarship the university
offered him to attend.
His dream of becoming an officer,
however, truly began to materialize
when he signed a contract on Sept.
14,2009, to join the Army as a col
lege freshman.
With recent cuts to the number of
military officers within the country,
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Activist Earns Spirit
of Portland Award
Opal Strong honored for lifetime achievement
L ee P erlman
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Opal Strong, a 9 3-year-old
Humboldt neighborhood activist
and family matriarch, has been rec
ognized for her lifetime of commu
nity and volunteer service in the
form of a Spirit of Portland award.
Presented annually to people and
organizations who contribute to the
city’s livability, the winners are se-
lected from nominations submitted
by the public - 90 this year - by a
citizen jury under the direction of
the Portland Office of Neighbor-
hood Involvement.
Members of the Portland City
Council get to make some awards of
their own. Strong was selected by
Commissioner Amanda Fritz.
Strong’s history of involvement
includes charter membership in the
Northeast Coalition of Neighbor-
hoods board, chair of the Humboldt
Neighborhood Association, State
SeniorCitizensCouncil, Albina Art
C e n te r b o ard , PT A , A lb in a
W o m en ’s L eag u e, M eals on
Wheels, the March of Dimes, and
the Saturday with the Arts program
for youth.
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Community activist Opal Strong has earned a Spirit o f Portland
award for her 60 years o f volunteer work.