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Mar 2, 2006

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OREGON YOUTH CHALLENGE PROGRAM RECEIVES TOP HONOR
MedfordNews.com, OR

Salem, Oregon -The Oregon National Guard Youth Challenge Program (OYCP) received honors recently for having the best post-residential mentorship program of more than thirty similar programs nationwide. In addition, it was recently named one of the top three programs of its kind in the nation for 2005 - an honor it has received for four out of the past five years.

Two cadets, Romiro Villgomez of Salem and Alex Soeffker of Medford, joined Oregon Congresswoman Darlene Hooley and Maj. Gen. Raymond F. Rees, Adjutant General of the Oregon National Guard, in receiving the honors at the Senate Dirkson Building in Washington D.C. Also in attendance from Oregon were Sen. Gordon Smith, Rep. Greg Walden, Col. Mike Caldwell, deputy director for state affairs, and Rick DeMars, the Director of OYCP. Other guests were Senators John McCain of Arizona and Max Baucus of Vermont.

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