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Featuring Parity's
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Avenue of the Roses Parade Scheduled
Plans set for
Saturday,
April 25 event
It's time for the 2009 Avenue
o f Roses Parade, a sanctioned
R ose F estival event, com ing
Saturday April 25, at Eastport
Plaza.
This year's parade will feature
the first public appearance of
the full 2009 R ose F estiv al
Court and the fabulous and re
n o w n e d "O n e M o re T im e
around A gain Band," celebrat
ing its 25th year o f playing en
tertaining music.
A nother o f Portland's favor
ite s, “ K e ll's Irish P ip e an d
D rum s” will play popular Irish
tunes and medleys.
O v er 4 0 o th e r e n trie s are
every Sunday
from 7pm to / Ipm
A dditional fun activities are
scheduled at Eastport Plaza and
in the M o n tav illa-E ast Tabor
business district the rest o f the
day.
T he Parade begins at 9 am
sharp from Eastport Plaza Shop
ping Center, 4<XX)S.E. 82ndAve.,
going north on 82nd Avenue of
the Roses to Southeast Yamhill
S treet and d isb an d in g in the
M ontavilla area.
sch ed u led to p articip a te, in
cluding the Rose City Corvette
C lub, L oose E nds C ar C lub,
Eastport lzzy ’s C arC ruz-In par
ticipants, R onald M cD onald,
Chucky Cheese, the Royal Ro-
sarians, the Portland Rose So
ciety, the Army with a 1952jeep,
the Navy with the m odel o f The
USS Enterprise and many more
from local neighborhoods and
organizations.
at Portland's hottest
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‘ S o u t h P a r k ’ p u t s K a n y e ’s E g o i n C h e c k
But Rapper gets over himself
(A P )— "S o u th Park" m ay
have accom plished the im pos
sible — getting Kanye W est to
check his ego.
T he C om edy C entral show
form live.
Yet, on his blog T hursday,
West appeared chastened, and
ready to turn over a new leaf.
In typical all-caps m ode, he
liv e ry S unday sta rtin g M arch 1st
And perhaps to show that he's
really serious about making that
change, he provided a link to one
of the most biting moments from
the "S o u th Park" show , and
thanked the writers as well.
haps referring to his w ell-docu
m ented m eltdow ns at aw ards
show s w hen he didn't win w hat
he expected).
"I ju st w ant to be a d o p er
person which starts with me not
always telling people how dope
I think I am," he said.
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In this animated still released by Comedy Central, a cartoon
version o f rapper Kanye West is shown on an April 8 episode
o f the Comedy Central animated series, 'South Park.'
skewered the famously self-im
p o rta n t ra p p e r on its show
Wednesday night, painting him
as a narcissistic figure so out
o f touch with reality he couldn't
even take a (very politically in
correct) joke.
West's love o f him self and his
work has been alm ost as inte
gral to his im age as his music:
Just last year, he told T he A s
sociated Press that he was the
"voice o f this generation." Also
recently, he was quoted as say
ing his greatest regret was not
being able to see him self per-
wrote: "South Park murdered me
last night and it's pretty funny.
It hurts my feelings but what
can y ou e x p e c t from S o u th
Park! I actually have been work
ing on my ego though. Having
the crazy ego is played out in
my life and career."
W est sa id th a t he sta rte d
stroking his ego long ago to
build up his self esteem — but
he now realizes he needs’ to "get
pas, myself."
In the self-reflective post, he
said that people won't take him
seriously if he keeps it up (per-
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