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Student Builds a Foundation ísubscribeí 503-288-0033
18-vear-old
18-year-old Nikolas Tucker has
already built quite the foundation
for himself, a fitting accomplishment
since the recent high school grad
wants go into land development.
Tucker graduated top of his class at
with a 4.0 GPA, ranking number 1
out of 74 making him class valedic
torian.
The achievements don’t stop
th e re ; th e life tim e N o rth e a st
Portlander was awarded a 4-year
community award from De La Salle
North Catholic High School for his
dedication to the school’s commu
nity.
Starting this fall, Tucker will be
attending Columbia University in
New York City where he was ac
cepted as one of only 30 of 6,000
applicants into the school’s Aca-
demic Success Program. Here, the
young academic will study archi-
tecture with a concentration in his-
toric architecture and community
development and hopes to gain his
M aster’s Degree.
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When
studies are
complete, Tucker hopes to gain a
real estate license and start a land
development business where he can
rehabilitate, and then resell homes
in communities that have been rav
ished while “retaining pieces of his
tory”.
With a nod to his brother who
has autism, he also hopes to create
an organization dedicated to dis
abled individuals which can pro
vide opportunities for community
outings and bring some humanity
to lives that often lack human en
gagement.
The young man says rough be
ginnings will continue to fuel his
Nikolas Tucker
path to achievem ent, “I have
Tucker also plans to stay in- g ro w n u p in ah o u se without walls,
volved in community and volunteer without basic plumbing, and elec-
work while in the ‘Big Apple.’ He tricity,” Tucker says. “Statistics
wants to bring a diversity and inclu- would say that I shouldn’t have
siveness camp for youth that he made it, but my fam ily and I have
was involved in called‘Camp Odys- beaten the odds. I have the wis-
sey’ to the east coast and form it into dom and love o f my m other to
a national organization.
thank for this.”
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In Loving
Memory
She leaves to mourn and cherish
her memory, daughters, Rhonda,
Sharon and Tracey McKenzie; sis
ters Thelma Johnson, Dorothy Reid,
Martha Graham-Penn, Shirley Orr
and Patricia G raham ; brothers
Raymond and William Graham;'
seven grandchildren, 17 great
grand-children; and a host of nieces,
nephews, cousins and other family
and friends.
Billie McKenzie
Billie McKenzie made her final
transition into eternity with our Lord
God Almighty, June 17, 2014, sur
rounded by her loving family.
BillieJoycew asbom June6,1937
in Shreveport, Louisiana, the third
daughter to Lee Graham Sr. and
Mabie Graham.
The family moved to Vancouver
during the historic migration of
workers employed in the shipyards
during World W ar II. When the
shipyards closed after the war, the
Graham family relocated to Portland.
Billie graduated from Vancouver
High School 1955. In 1962, she
graduated as a Licensed Practical
Nurse from Portland Community
College and began a career at Provi-
dence Hospital in the Emergency
Department where she was known
as “Mackie”
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