March 9, 2011
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H elen Kidane took hom e the co v
eted title in the ‘‘the Crow ning Event,”
o fth e M iss Black O regon U SA 2011
pageant held at the Scottish Rite
Center.
In a m arvelous display o f intelli
gence, grace and total theater p er
form ance, 12 beautiful, talented and
educated young w om en com peted
in the Feb. 27 scholarship event.
The “ Battle R oyal” took place in
five categories; personal interview ,
health and fitness, talent, evening
gow n, and a question and answ er
segm ent from the judges.
K idane, 21, graduated from Port
land State University with bachelor’s
d eg rees in H ealth S cien ces and
C om m unity H ealth Education.
She will advance on to represent
the state o f O regon in the N ational
M iss B lack USA Scholarship 2011
com petition in W ashington D.C.
E m erging from the beautiful har
m ony o f glam our, dance, song, spo
ken w ord poetry and intellectual
brilliance, the oth er top finishes in
the com petition w ere first ru n n er up
Dy visha G ordan, 17, o f De La Salle
H igh School. T he second ru nner up
w as Sandrina Pow ell, 17, o f St.
M ary ’s A cadem y. T he third ru n n er
up w as R aynetta Stew ard, 21, a
graduate o f D avid D ouglas. T he
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Helen Kidane is crowned the new Miss Black Oregon USA.
forth runner up w as Lauren Lucas,
17, o f G rant H igh School.
T he M iss Black O regon S cholar
ship Foundation cultivates ex cel
lence and aw ards scholarships to
further the education o f deserving
young w om en. The organization is
a com m unity-based group ad v o cat
ing and dem onstrating com m unity
service.
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Despondent Man Fires on Police
Critically
injured officer
expected to
fully recover
A 61 -year-old man opened fire on
police from inside his southeast
Portland hom e Sunday, w ounding
one o fficer at the front door and
another at a park across the street,
authorities said.
A ccording to court docum ents,
Ralph Turner
R alph T u rn er w anted to com m it
suicide because o f ongoing m edical after getting a report that he was
problem s and hoped police w ould despondent and threatening to corn-
shoot and kill him .
m it suicide by taking pills, Portland
T w o officers checked on T u rn er Police C h ief M ike R eese said.
The officers knocked on the door
and w ere m et w ith gunfire, he said.
O ne o f those officers, a nine-year
veteran, received m inor injuries from
shrapnel, and the oth er retreated to
call for help.
A third police o fficer w ho re
sponded to the scene was shot by
the suspect w ith a scope rifle, Reese
said. Parik Singh, a 13-year veteran
o f the b u reau ’s East Precinct, was
hit in the low er abdom en and u n d er
w ent surgery at Legacy E m anuel
M edical C enter in Portland. H e is
expected to m ake a full recovery.
N e g o tiato rs ev en tu a lly talk ed
T u rn er out o f the hom e, w here p o
lice found a handgun, shotgun and
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