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‘City of Roses’
Volume XXXV, Number 16
Established in 1970
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Committed to Cultural Diversity
Wednesday • April 20, 2005
Rose Festival showcases outstanding young women
JinLi Wu, Benson
Linh Bui, Parkrose
Charlotte Anne Marshall, St. M ary ’s
Julia Strang, Grant
Lily Bosombath, Marshall
Katelyn Jean Callaghan,
Bryndle Rueck, Franklin
Angela Gill, Jefferson
Rachel Helen Castañeda, Cleveland
Nicole Gutierrez, David Douglas
Nicole Roberts, Lincoln
Kristina Stone, Madison
Rosa Montoya, Roosevelt
Bonnie Watson, Wilson
ecuti ves have been matched with court
m em bers in a firs t-o f-its -k in d
mentorship program.
Each court member represents her
school throughout the months of May
and June at many community events,
including meetings with business lead­
ers, visits to hospitals and senior
living centers.
This year, the entertaining Corona-
tion event will be held on Thursday,
June 2 at 8:30 p.m. at the Arlene
Schnitzer Concert Hall. The event
can also be watched live, beginning
with a preview show at 8 p.m., on
WB cable channel 3 or over-the-air
channels 4 and 32.
Tickets in advance are $12 gen­
eral, $6 students. To purchase tick­
ets, visit www.rosefestival.org.
Central Catholic
They have been chosen.
Every year the Portland Rose Fes­
tival Association chooses local nomi­
nees for Portland Rose Festival Queen
based on leadership and scholastic
achievement, school activities, civic
involvem ent, volunteer projects,
communication skills and overall im­
pressions.
Out of 14 outstanding women se­
lec ted from P o rtla n d -a re a high
sch o o ls, one is crow ned at the
Queen’s Coronation.
The mission of the Rose Festival
Court is to showcase outstanding
Portland area young women while
offering opportunities for further
education and networking; to take
the Rose Festival out into the com ­
munity; and to offer thanks to festival
sponsors and contributors.
Each am bassador is awarded a
$3,500 scholarship courtesy of The
Randall Group and Pacific Power. In
addition. Pacific Power female ex-
Sept. 11 attacks, is
offering for a sec­
ond time to plead
guilty and a federal
judge is evaluating
whether to accept
the plea, a legal
source said Tues­
day. The govern­
ment has accused
Moussaoui of par­
ticipating in an al-
Qaida conspiracy to
commit terrorism that included the 2001
attacks.
,,Weekin
The Review
Hard-liner Chosen As Pope
Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger of Ger-
many, the Catholic Church’s lead­
ing hard-liner, was elected the
new pope Tuesday evening in the
first conclave of the new millen­
nium. He chose the name Pope
Benedict XVI and called himself
“a simple, humble worker.” Ratzinger is
the first German pope since the 11 th
Century. See story on page A2.
17 Afghans, Turk Freed From Center
Moussaoui Offers Plea
Seventeen Afghan men released from the
U.S. detention center for terror suspects
in Guantanamo Bay were turned over to
Zacarias Moussaoui, the only person in
the U.S. charged in connection with the
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local authorities in Kabul on Tuesday with
a warning not to discuss mistreatment at
the facility. Chief Justice Fazl Hadi
Shinwari urged the men not to complain
of bad treatment, warning it could jeopar­
dize the chances for more releases.
Jackson Defense Challenges Photos
waistlines, the government flipped the
food pyramid on its side, adding a stair­
case for exercise and giving consumers
12 individually-tailored models for im­
proving their eating habits. Exercise is
key to the new system, represented on the
new pyramids by the figure of a person
climbing steps.
Michael Jackson’s defense attorney
on Tuesday challenged the authen­
ticity of photographs that appeared
to show the mother of the pop star's
accuser with severe bruises from an
alleged beating by store security
guards that led to her family receiv­
ing more than $150.(X)0 in a lawsuit
settlement.
New Food Pyramids Issued
Concerned about steadily expanding
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