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The magic of a child’s mind comes to life
with the playful images o f a young girl and
her daydream aboard Anheuser-Busch Com­
panies’ float in the 89th annual Portland
Rose Festival.
This year’s entry, “Magical Daydreams,”
captures the splendor o f a warm afternoon of
play with the world-famous Budweiser Cly­
desdales pulling a cart loaded with dolls and
clowns, as they pass through castle towers.
The lush magical garden is filled with iris,
roses, delphinium, larkspur, liatris, gerbera
daisies, peonies, and for an added elegant
touch the designers included mokara and
cymbidium orchids.
“The tenderness and innocence of our
childhood are reflected in this beautiful float
which embodies this year’s Just for Fun’
parade theme,” said Karen Flanigan Busch
Reynolds, co-producer of the award-win­
ning Anheuser-Busch Companies’ floats.
"This float is even more exciting when you
consider that the Clydesdales have been a
part of millions o f childhood memories over
the years.”
For the eleventh year, Reynolds and
Kathleen Busch O ’Kane, granddaughters of
August A. Busch Jr., the late St. Louis
businessman and philanthropist, will handle
the production o f the Anheuser-Busch Com­
panies’ entry in the Portland Rose Festival’s
Grand Floral Parade.
Last year, the two sisters captured the
Governor’s Award for best craftsmanship
and workmanship in the parade for “Spirit of
the Clydesdales.” Since 1987, the Anheuser-
Busch Companies’ float has won an award
in the Grand Floral parade. This year, they
seek to further their success and continue in
the winning tradition inherited from their
mother, Carlota “Lotsi” Busch Webster.
Adding to the youthful exuberance of the
float, the wonderful costumed toys are all
children of Anheuser-Busch Company em­
ployees.
The world-famous Budweiser Clydes­
dales, seen recently playing football and
kicking field goals in a recent ad campaign.
For a young boy, growing up without a
father can mean missing out on the guid­
ance a responsible adult male can provide.
Not to mention missing out on the fun
times spent with a dad. Robert is about to
turn nine years old. He would love to have
a father with whom he could arm wrestle
and learn on the computer. Little six-year-
old Eddie is so friendly. He desperately
wants a dad just to play with and keep him
company. Robert and Eddie, like 350 other
Oregon children, are looking for adoptive
homes where they could find a father to be
with. This Father’s Day, consider making
their wishes come true by looking into
adoption.
If you are mature, stable, love kids, and
can put a child's needs before your own,
you are needed as an adoptive or foster
parent. (Moms are also welcome to in­
quire!) Oregon adoption agencies waive or
reduce fees for persons applying to adopt
older children. For more information, write
or call Special Needs Adoption Coalition,
18 SW Boundary Ct., Portland, OR 97201
503) 222-9661. Toll free outside o f Port­
land, 1-800-342-6688.
illustrations, hyperlinked
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illustrations,
scene summaries.
The five games use speed bonuses, host
characters, points and prizes to entice stu­
dents while teaching them character and
quote identification, plot, characterization,
poetic devices and vocabulary.
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Stratford Studios, Inc. has announced the
availability of Romeo+Juliet, the first inter­
active CD-ROM designed to help students
understand and enjoy literature.
Collaborating with hundreds o f students
and teachers, Stratford Studios identified
common barriers to understanding and dis­
cussing literature. Based on the leading
practices of literature instruction and the
requirem ents o f a teenage m arket,
Romeo+Juliet offers games, interactive stu­
dios, and a full audio perform ance o f
Shakespeare’s tragic love story.
Stratford Studios’ innovative approach to
teaching Shakespeare represents a depar­
ture from the traditional strategy o f present­
ing a w ealth o f inform ation about
Shakespeare, his lifetime, culture and works.
Instead, Stratford Studios’ leverages teen­
age experiences and pop culture to involve
the student in Romeo and Juliet.
The interface resonates with teenagers by
using the language and imagery most popu­
lar with the 17 million American teenagers
required to read Shakespeare annually.
“This is unlike any literature product I
have ever seen,” said Andy Sheehan, con­
sultant with Booz-Allen & Hamilton.
Romeo+Juliet features five games, three
interactive studios, and a full audio perfor­
mance. The CD-ROM builds skills in cre­
ative writing, reading comprehension, char­
acter analysis and literary interpretation, as
well as teaches and tests knowledge of poetic
devices, vocabulary and world history.
“Romeo+Juliet succeeds on two levels.
One, it’s a tremendous tool for generating
excitement about Shakespeare. Two, it rein­
forces key ideas about multiculturalism, lit­
erary analysis, dramatic structure and world
history,” said Donna Alexander, English
teacher.
The foundation of Romeo +Juliet is the
play itself, including sidenotes presented by
Dr. Wacko (Shakespeare scholar, Dr. Bruce
Avery, SFSU), and scene-by-scene critical
debates between four teenagers, as well as
Robert (above3, and Eddie (below).
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The three interactive studios allow stu­
dents to write creatively, experiment with
dramatic structures, analyze characters and
imagine the play from different cultural
perspectives. Students cast the play, cos­
tume the characters and write the sequel to
Romeo and Juliet.
Jourdyn Victoria Kimmons
May 15, 1997; Female
Mother: Rachel L. Kimmons
Father: Terry Kimmons
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