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H ealth
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O pinion
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F o o d
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Vancouver’s Simone Corbett, 16, has qualified for the National American Pageant,
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Focusing on the Positive
Vancouver teen
qualifies for
national pageant
A fter m onths o f hard w ork and
preparation, S im one C orbett, 16,
placed in the to p -10 at the N ational
A m erican M iss W ashington T een
co n test, w hich is a sch o larsh ip -
based pageant that focuses on a
positive self im age fo r young girls
throughout the country.
A lthough this was h er first pag­
eant, the V ancouver teenager has
qualified for the upcom ing pageant
in A naheim , Calif., w here she will be
com peting in the N ational A m eri­
c a n P a g e a n t a n d th e A c tr e s s
O ptionals C ourt.
“Competing in National American
M iss W ashington Teen w asn't about
w ho had the prettiest dress to win the
pageant,” said Corbet. “It was about
developing lifelong skills and creat-
ing friendships that will last a lifetime,
which m ade this one o f the best expe­
riences I've ever had.”
C orbett, a varsity cheerleader and
m em ber o f the dram a club at her high
school, has a num ber o f pursuits
and am bitions, including her dream
to becom e a T V and film actress.
“I am very thankful for my fam ily
and everyone w ho has supported
m e,” she said. “I now plan to grow
my experience in pageantry and give
back to m y co m m u n ity .”
Hayden Meadows Walmart Planned
A fter nearly tw o-years since the
first announcem ent o f a potential
developm ent, W alm art is on the
verge o f seeking a building perm it
fo r a 90,000 square-foot retail store
in north P o rtlan d ’s H ayden M ead ­
ow s shopping district.
T he store w ould offer a full-ser­
vice grocery departm ent and a p h ar­
m acy, w ith 140,000 spare feet o f
parking.
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T he building w ould be located
north and across the street from
oth er large com pany stores, includ­
ing D ic k ’s S p o rtin g G o o d s and
Low es. T he new store w ould be
considered “sm all” by W alm art stan­
dards.
In the past, W alm art received
resistance to plans to grow inside
the Portland m arket, but the co m ­
pany, w hich is currently asking for
a land-use variance, is m erely one-
step aw ay from a building perm it to
m ake sto re ’s construction clo ser to
a reality.
T h e s to re ’s lead d e v e lo p e rs,
W ash in g to n ’s Pacland and P ort­
land-based T M T D evelopm ent, met
w ith neighbors this spring and sum ­
m er, and w ho have said the new
grocery options w ill be a positive
for the surrounding neighborhood.
J Postal Workers Rally to Avert Crisis
Portland-area letter carriers are
stepping up efforts to save the U.S.
Postal Service from going to five-
day delivery and keep a high quality
o f services.
“ M any have heard reports about
the U S P S ’s financial crisis, but few
know there are solutions that d o n ’t
cost the taxpayer a d im e,” said Jim
C ook, p resid en t o f the N ational
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