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PageA6 îl!r JJnrtlanh ©bsertrer May 26. 2004 Dear Deanna! Ask I in 22 ;iiui learned that the m an w ho raised me is nix my yo u r children. G et the governm ent involved. The real lather All these years, I had no idea he could be a stepdad. 1 feel em pty as I now look at him asju st another g overnm ent c a n ’t find O sam a B in Laden but they have a good track record o f catching deadbeat dads. man instead o f my dad. How d o I deal with this and keep C ontact y o u r local child support enforcem ent agency from hurting his feelings? - N .T ; Boise. Idaho to start the process. D o n ’t feel guilty about getting y o u r child su pport entitlem ents. T hink o f the phrase Dear N.T. “B aby N eed a N ew P air o f S hoes.” All D addies c a n ’t be classified as Fathers. Y our step Real People, Real Advice \ ii advice column known fo r H* fearless approach to reality based subjects! A sk Deanna is written by Deanna M. Write Ask Deanna! Email: a sk d ea n n a l@ ya h o o .co m or write: Deanna M, P.O. Box 88847. Los Angeles, CA 90009. Website: www. askdeanna. com dad may not be the sperm do n o r, but h e ’s the one that Dear Deanna! fed you, clo th ed you and kept a ro o f o v er y o u r head. I m sick and tired o f m en disrespecting m e because o f Look at him lo r the good he has done. D o n 't cheapen my w ardrobe. III w ant to dress sexy and w earh o o ch ie his effo rts because he lacks the official title o f “ Real o r revealing clo th es to the m all o r grocery store, then D addy. You m ust care for him if you are concerned I should have this freedom w ithout m en trying to run about his feelings. Be g lad he w as in the hom e foryou lam e pick up lines on m e o r assum e I ’m easy. W h at's and not on a child support poster. y o u r su g g estio n ? - Dressing Sexy; Nashville, Tenn. Dear Deanna! Dear Dressing Sexy, I’m a 27-year-old single parent w ith 4 children by 3 The m all and gro cery store is n ’t the place for you to men. I ’m not on w elfare but I w ork 2 jo b s because o f shake w hat y o u r m am a gave you. R espect y o u rself my lim ited skills. I still struggle to m ake ends meet. and o thers by d ressing appropriately w hen y o u ’re in H ow d o I find the fathers and get them to help m e? - public places. Y ou attract w hat you project. Y ou can - Struggling; Queens, N. Y. w ear w h atev er you w ant, but rem em ber men are visually stim ulated and if you dress to m ake yo u rself Dear Struggling, look ch eap and easy then y o u ’re setting y o u rself up Y o u ’re a positive role m odel and a good exam ple for lo r unw anted attention. If the shoe fits, w ear it. P hîjtos by M ark W ashington /T hf P ortland O b . sfrvi . r - Ethiopians Celebrate Anniversary M ^ d en tified Students pictured last week in a photo enjoying a recently com pleted mural at Roosevelt High Schtxil are not the artists who cre ated i t The mural, capturing the diversity o f Roosevelt’s students and faculty, was largely made pos sible by the tireless work anti dedi cation by the school’s art teacher, Roger Friedel. Portland State Uni versity student Anna Agsten and 'lessor Isaka Shamsud-din also helped create the mural with stu dents from Roosevelt High School. A rea residents are invited to jo in the O regon E thiopian C om m unity O rgan izatio n in celeb ratin g tw o decades in O regon and southw est W ashington w ith tw o days o f fes- tivitiesover the M em orial Day week end. T he scheduled ev en ts include a d in n er to benefit the organization, a concert by one o f the m ost c e l ebrated E thiopian perform ers, and a youth and adult so ccer tou rn a ment. T h e d in n e rg a la o n Sunday, M ay U gsJ Dinner Gala Sunday, May 30 • 6pm Polish Library Assn. Hall Soccer Tournament Sat-Sun, May 29-30 Jefferson High School Concert Saturday, May 29 • 9pm Madison High School 3 0 a t6 p .m . w illincludeatraditional E thiopian art auction, poetry read ings, and a presentation by Dr. B adege B ishaw , co-founder o f the E thiopian T ree Fund. T h e so ccer to u rnam ent, both Saturday, M ay 29 and Sunday, May 30, is at Jefferson High School, 5 2 10 N. Kerby. T he concert is on S atu r day at 9 p.m. at M adison High S chool, 1125S.E. M adison; and the d in n er is at the Polish Library A s sociation H all, 3832 N. Interstate next to K aiser Perm anente. D O N ’T W o r r y . T hey Actors Whitney Badon (left) and Emily Camel-Harris star in their ' video production project through Jefferson High School's Club Drug Awareness Project. They are pictured with teacher Phil Hopkins, who plays a doctor in the video. 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