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Blues to Heat Up July 4th Weekend
Music, fireworks support Oregon Food
Blues
diva Mavis
Staples.
Affordable entertainment and a
good cause will fill the downtown
waterfront with festive crowds this
weekend for a four-day J uly Fourth
celebration.
G am m y
A w a rd -w in n in g
bluesman Buddy Guy, leg­
endary Chicago harmonica
ace Charlie M usselw hite,
Afro-pop superstar Oliver
M tukudzi, N ew O rleans
acoustic roots-rockers the
subdues, and blues divas
Mavis Staples and Shemekia
Copeland will highlight the
2005 Safeway W aterfront
Blues Festival, presented by
First Tech Credit Union.
Dear Deanna!
Real People, Real Advice
A ii advice eoliiiiiii known /o r
its /earless approach Io
reality-based subjects!
I’ve been dating a guy for four
years and he claim s that he loves
me. However, I often wonder how
we can love one another when we
really do n ’t know each other. We
never go out together although
we spend time at each o th er’s
home. He blames it on his job. It’s
true he w orks a lot, but I feel that
if you really want to be with som e­
one y o u ’ll make time. I turned 40
on my birthday and feel its time to
move on. —J e a n ette; O n -L in e
R eader
Dear Jeanette:
T here’s a huge com m unication
gap in this relationship. I t’s odd
to be with som eone for four years
and still fall short on quality time.
H e’s sim ply not into you but
y o u ’ve made it easy for him to be
in this relationship. You should
get a new attitude and lay your
cards on the table and express
your desires. If he still w ants to
be dead w eight using his jo b as
an excuse, then hit the road and
d o n ’t look back.
Dear Deanna!
My husband caught me in our
home with som eone else a month
ago. I was in acom prom ising situ­
ation that he walked directly into.
W ATERFRO NT PARK
He im m ediately started packing
his bags and has been staying in
a hotel. I want to apologize to him
and try to work things out but he
refuses my calls and w on’t re­
spond to my e-m ail. How do I
handle this? —P a tricia ; D etro it
Dear Patricia:
You got exactly what you deserved.
You can apologize all day long but
you also need to seek forgiveness
and pray to your Heavenly Father
for strength and a fix it plan.
Dear Deanna!
I’m a single pastor w ith no kids
and never been married. I met an
attractive fem ale that I chatted
with for over45 m inutes although
I was w ith som eone else at the
time. I gave her my business card
and she gave me her e-m ail ad­
dress. She told me sh e ’s been
seeing som eone for 2 years. I sent
an online greeting with hopes of
hearing from her. I ’ve never felt
like this before and w onder if it’s
appropriate? —W ise O ne; O n-Line
R eader
Dear Wise One:
You’re already disqualified from a
relationship with her because she
has a mate. She displayed limited
interest with the e-mail exchange
because instead o f responding, she
can simply delete your messages.
Don’t be discouraged. You should
translate these elevated feelings
into p o sitive thoughts. If she
doesn’t respond, instead of rejec­
tion, consider the experience a
blessing and wait for the woman
you deserve.
A sk D eanna is w ritten by D eanna
M. Write to A sk D eanna! via Email:
askdeanna I @ ya h o o .co m o r 264
S. L a C ien eg a Blvd. S u ite 1283
B everly Hills, G4 90211. W ebsite:
w ww, askd ea n n a . com
M i s s \ \ back with her 6th
album Ihe CookBook. The
first single, "Lose Control"
features R & B princess Ciara
and hip-hop motivator Lal
Man Scoop. Album also
features additioi|id pioductiop>
by long tim£ and cotiaborafcr
I imbalapd and The Neptune’s.
Special guests include Tweet,
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L a r g e s t B l u e s F e s t iv a l W e s t o f t h e M is s is s ip p i
OVER 1OO SHOWS • FOUR STAGES • BLUES CRUISES • JULY 4TH FIREWORKS
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The star are among dozens of
world-renowned blues artists who
will perform at the 18th annual event
Friday, July 1, to Monday, July 4,
from noon to 10 p.m. each day and
night at Tom McCall Waterfront
Park.
On July 4lh the evening
ends with spectacular fire­
works over the Willamette
River.
The festival is the largest
blues festival West of the
Mississippi and annually at­
tracts more than 120,000 blues
fa n s, w ho tra v e l fro m
throughout the world to hear
performances by more than
100 blues artists on four
stages.
The 2005 event will spot­
light W omen in Blues, Gos­
pel Blues, and the blues-
based music o f the Gulf Coast
states o f Texas and Louisi­
ana. The festival will also fea­
ture a special tribute to Ray Charles.
Admission is $5 per person per
day plus two cans of nonperish­
able food. All festival donations
benefit Oregon Food Bank’s work
to eliminate hunger and its root
causes.
For a detailed line-up of events
and information about festival blues
cruises on the W illamette River,
visit the Waterfront Blues Festival
website at waterfrontbluesfest.com.
P R E S E N T E D BY
F ir s t T e c h C r e d it U n io n
I antasia. Slick Rick, Mike
Jones, Mary J Blidge, Grand
I’uba and Lil Kim.
riuHJH
THE COOKBOOK
A V A IL A B L E 7 /5 /0 5
"I really do think this is my
best album. I was inu. really
great space with ibis album.
I played LU Kim the album
the other day. and she m id uu
jfAvas incredible and that
tberewas not one wu/g on it
she didn 7 like. "
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