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June 10, 2015 The Page 3 INSIDE Week in Review page 2 M etro Arts & ENTERTAINMENT C lassifieds C alendar L ocal N ews Queen Kahedja! pages 6-7 O pinion S ports This page Sponsored by: Jefferson junior defies the stereotypes page 8 page 11 Congratulations to Jefferson High School junior Kahedja Burley for her selection as Portland Rose Festival Queen. The 17-year-old was bestowed the honorary crown Saturday just prior to the Rose Festival’s Grand Floral Parade. She is the ninth Jefferson student to be select- ed Queen of Rosaria and the first for the north Port- land school in 17 years. Queen Kahedja will hold the title as the 101st Port- land Rose Festival Queen until she passes it on next year. An active member of the Jefferson high school community, she participates in student government and the Black Student Union while also competing on the boys wrestling team while also being active in volleyball, track, cheerleading. She hosted several talent shows and pep assemblies at the school and is currently enrolled in Jefferson’s health and biotechnology program. When she was named to the Rose Festival Court earlier this spring, she described herself as someone who steps outside of the stereotypes. “I’m the only female on the [wrestling] team, as well as one of the hardest workers on the team. I do the same drills and pushups as everyone else. I push Kahedja Burley myself every practice to do better than the last. While everyone else is jogging, I push myself to sprint.” The daughter of Mashavu Hicks and Rondale Burley and sibling to Tahir Burley, she hopes to attend a four-year university outside of Oregon and pursue a career in marketing. pages 9-13 page 14 page 15 Three acres of vacant land with views of the West Hills and the Willamette River has been purchased by the city of Portland for use as a public park. The parcel is located on a bluff in the Cathedral Park neighborhood of north Portland. View Property Turns to Public Use F ood page 16 Portland Parks & Recreation has purchased a nearly three acre parcel of vacant land with views of the West Hills and the Willamette River for use as a public park in the Cathedral Park neighborhood Previously known as the North of north Portland. The land also Crawford Street and Polk Avenue contains two heritage trees, both property, the site was purchased Oregon white oaks (Quercus gar- C ontinued on P age 14 ryana).
