Soul Records Rewind
Access Granted
Local entrepreneur forms
company to help other
nonprofits succeed
Artist recreates the long
lost era o f Portland's
House o f Sound
See Business, page A7
‘City of Roses’
See story, page A2
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Volume XXXVIV, Num ber 15
Wednesday • A p ril 15. 2009
2009 Rose
Festival Court
Charlotte VanCleve, St. Mary’s
Annual tradition unfolds
Eugenia Jacobsen, Wilson
Ahoefa Ananouko, Roosevelt
Breanna Burnett. Tigard
JoyShufeldt, Franklin
Mataya McNeill. Madison
Madeline Heinrich,
Central Catholic
Kla Carter, Jefferson
Linda Nguyen, David Douglas
Clara Dines, Parkrose
Sylvie Dady, Cleveland
In The W orld
Fifteen young women representing their respective high schools are members o f the 2009
Rose Festival Court. They will compete for the Queen's Coronation on June 6 at the Memorial
Coliseum preceding the Rose Festival's Grand Floral Parade. See related story, page A3
T1Week ¡n
The Review
Spector Found
Guilty of Murder
Rock music producer
Phil Spector was con­
victed Monday o f sec­
ond-degree murder in
the shooting death o f
a film actress at his mansion six years
ago. a verdict that w ill send him to
prison fo r at least 18 year>
Blazers Playoff Rally
The Portland T ra il Blazers w ill hold a
ra lly in Pioneer Courthouse Square
Thursday from noon to 3 p.m. so fans
can give the team a send-off to cel­
ebrate the team's first play­
o ff appearance since 2003.
P la y o ff tickets also go on
sale Thursday.
Project Clean Slate
Local man surrenders to
face non-violent crim inal
to advertise its name, but instead w ill
drop the words Made in " leaving the
sign w ith the word Oregon.
warrants and a second chance to clear
his record w ith the help o f Project
Clean Slate.
See s to ry , page A3
Jobless Worse Ever
O regon's unem ploym ent rate has
takenadram atiejum pto 12.1
percent, a rate seen o n ly once
before since the years after
W orld W a rll.
See sto ry, page A2
Sign Compromise
A compromise was reached
Thursday in the battle over Portland’ s
historic Made in Oregon’ sign. The
U niversity o f Oregon wanted the sign
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