Portland observer., May 06, 2020, Page 9, Image 9

May 6, 2020
Page 9
The Links, White Rose Honor Scholars
2020 Class
scholarships
announced
The Portland Chapter of The
Links, Incorporated and the White
Rose Educational Fund, Incorpo-
rated are pleased to announce their
2020 scholarship awards going to
11 students who are in attendance
in eight schools in the Portland
Metropolitan area and Vancouver,
Wash.
The White Rose Educational
Fund scholarship recipients are:
• Oladayo Babatunde - Clacka-
mas High School (The Tim & Jan
Gillespie Scholarship).
• Amira Tripp Folsom - LaSalle
Catholic College Prep (The Lydia
R. Roy Memorial Scholarship).
• Bereket Getachew - DelaSalle
North Catholic High School (The
Haynes/Moore Scholarship).
• Taylor Green - Roosevelt High
School (The Friends of Woodlawn
School in Honor of Linda J. Harris
Scholarship).
• Mekedes Hilete - Jefferson High
School (The Barbara Leonard Me-
morial Scholarship).
• Kalkidan Ketema -DeLaSalle
High School (The Haynes/Moore
Scholarship).
The Portland chapter of The Links, Incorporated is led by civic-minded professional women committed to service through friend-
ship in the Portland and Southwest Washington areas since 1957.
• Taji Chesimet - DeLaSalle
High School
• Rachel Ngare - Columbia River
High School
• Sydney Rawls - Grant High
School (The Arts Scholarship).
A virtual scholarship reception
will be held on May 9 at 2 p.m. in
The Links scholarship recip- honor of these students. Visit The
Portland Chapter of The Links,
ients are:
• Joseph Ayalew - DeLaSalle Incorporated and The White Rose
Educational Fund, Incorporated
High School
• Zenaye Brown - Camas High websites for more program infor-
mation.
School
Opinion articles do not necessarily represent the views of the
Portland Observer. We welcome reader essays, photos and story
ideas. Submit to news@portlandobserver.com.
O PINION
DA Supports Warren for Judge
Multnomah County District
Attorney Rod Underhill released
the following statement to endorse
Portland attorney Ernest Warren
for Multnomah County Circuit
Judge in the upcoming May 19
election:
Ernest Warren, a Portland na-
tive, is a well-known criminal de-
fense and civil attorney who has
practiced in Multnomah County
for more than 30 years. He has
been a managing member of the
law firm Warren & Sugarman
since 1990 and has tried more than
100 civil and criminal cases (both
state and federal) in Multnomah
County alone. As a new lawyer, he
worked for the Metropolitan Pub-
lic Defender’s Office from 1989 to
1990.
“I have known and worked
with Ernie Warren for close to 30
years. During that time Ernie has
been a model of professionalism,
ethics, compassion and compe-
tence. Ernie Warren will make a
great addition to the Multnomah
County Bench. I am proud to sup-
port Ernie Warren for Judge.”
Advertise with diversity in
The Portland Observer
Call 503-288-0033
or email ads@portlandobserver.com