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Page 4 * St. Johns Review * #5 Mar. 6, 2015 * Addresses: PO Box 83068, Port. 97283 * reviewnewspaper@gmail.com or reviewnewspaper@comcast.net * 503-283-5086 * web: www.stjohnsreview.com Community News & Beyond 2015 ROSE FESTIVAL COURT ANNOUNCES FIRST ROUND WINNERS Roosevelt to announce Rose Festival Princess Tuesday, March 17, 2015 A special Valentine’s Day card was delivered to 51 young ladies as they found out they were select- ed as fi nalists for the 2015 Rose Festival Court Program. Up to 104 young ladies completed the fi rst round of judging for the 2015 Rose Festival Court presented by Unitus Community Credit Union Satur- day, February 14 at the Providence Portland Medical Center. Each applicant gave a one min- ute introduction and a one minute speech to a panel of community volunteer judges. The fi nalists re- turned in the afternoon for a fi nal judging session to determine the fi nal Princess candidates to be an- nounced in March. Junior and senior girls from class 4A to 6A schools in the tri-county area who have a grade point aver- age of 3.0 or higher and 20 hours of verifi able community service were eligible. Candidates represented the 13 tra- ditional Portland Schools as well as the East Metro with students from Clackamas and East Mult- nomah Counties and West Metro students primarily representing Washington County schools. Nine juniors qualifi ed this year for the fi nal round. Metro schools represented in Metro West include: Century, Clencoe, Valley Catho- lic, and Tigard. In Metro East: La Salle Catholic, Lake Oswego, and Reynolds are represented. Participating Portland schools will conduct a school wide vote to add to the judging results and the winning Princesses will be announced between March 3 and March 20. Members of the 2015 Rose Festival Court receive a $3,500 scholarship provided by The Randall Group. Kicking off the largest specta- tor event day in Oregon, the 2015 Portland Rose Festival Queen will be crowned at the Queen’s Coro- nation presented by Unitus Com- munity Credit Union Saturday, June 6 at 9:15 a.m. just before the Bank of the West Grand Floral Walk at 9:30 a.m. and the Spirit Mountain Casino Grand Floral Pa- rade at 10 a.m. For tickets to the Queen’s Cor- onation at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum, visit RoseFestival.org or call 877.789.ROSE (7673). 2015 Rose Festival Court fi nal- ists and school announcement dates: St. Mary’s (3/3) Leslie Kramer Danica Rudd Shelby Spohn Devon Thompson Madison (3/4) Alexandra Cato Kayleigh O’ Neal Amber Shakelford Lincoln (3/5) Cristina Flores Tabitha Ivan Cecilia Martin Marie Taylor Central Catholic (3/6) Karen Gonzalez-Yanez Da” Naya. Mayes-Barnes Paris Sykes Parkrose (3/9) Lilia Bechtel Jade Bradford Cristell Gonzalez-Perez Theresa Nguyen David Douglas (3/10) Elli Simotas Amber Penner Olivia Stuart Sarah Granberg Jefferson (3/11) Kajedja Burley - Jr. Sarah Coon Malia Thomas Sierra Shoop Benson (3/12) Tihanne Mar-Shall Italia Van Boeckel - Jr. Wilson (3/13) Lilyana Brodrick Erica Ewton Franklin (3/16) Lynn Dao - Jr. Sierra Hosea Roosevelt (3/17) Grace Aasen - Jr. Katheryn Johnston - Jr. Erika Manzo Carolina Sanchez-Martinez Metro East (3/18 - 2:00 p.m. @ World Trade Center Auditorium) Hannah Baggs - Jr. - La Salle Catholic Brianna Turner - Reynolds HS Erica North - Lake Oswego Natalie Quatraro - Lake Oswego Metro West (3/18 - 2:00 p.m. @ World Trade Center Auditorium) Alesia Piol-Hunter - Glencoe Clara Cannon - Valley Catholic Abigail Lewis - Jr. - Tigard Hannah Smith - Jr. - Century Grant (3/19) Olivia Berry Hannah Posey-Scholl Leslie Tonga Cleveland (3/20) Claire Diller Serene Gaines - Jr. Michaella Joseph Naomi Tsai