46 become citizens at ceremony; Natives of 27 countries take oath at Clay High School

2/14/2009
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    Michelle Susan Marentette Hermanutz, in the foreground, who came to this country from Canada, celebrates after taking the oath of citizenship.

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    • Michelle Susan Marentette Hermanutz, in the foreground, who came to this country from Canada, celebrates after taking the oath of citizenship.
    Michelle Susan Marentette Hermanutz, in the foreground, who came to this country from Canada, celebrates after taking the oath of citizenship.

    Forty-six people took the oath of citizenship during ceremonies Friday at Clay High School in Oregon.

    The Clay High School choir performed and Oregon Mayor Marge Brown and Oregon Schools Superintendent Mike Zalar welcomed the guests.

    The new citizens, listed by their country of origin, are:

    Algeria - Hakima Boussalia

    Brazil - Leonardo Fonseca Almeida

    Leyla Orra, formerly of Lebanon, gets a present from New Riegel School fifth graders, at right, after taking the oath of citizenship during ceremonies held Friday at Clay High School in Oregon.
    Leyla Orra, formerly of Lebanon, gets a present from New Riegel School fifth graders, at right, after taking the oath of citizenship during ceremonies held Friday at Clay High School in Oregon.

    Canada - Marlyce Faye Gundy, Michelle Susan Marentette Hermanutz, Graham Mortimer Johnson, Sharuti Madan, Samuel Osei, Martial Raymond St. Jean, Iyabode Limot Tiamiyu, Philip Feifan Xie

    Colombia - Lina Maria Rodriquez Gonzalez, Sebastian Rodriguez Gonzalez

    Egypt - Emad Mounir Mikhail

    Eritrea - Yacob Ghebremeskel

    France - Yolande Jeanne Dellinger

    Germany - Rosewitha Ilse Myers

    Ghana - Joyce Hannah King

    India - Azeem Jan, Maneesha Pandey, Upamaka Satyavathi Rao, Indumati Mahendra Salvi, Gurpreet Singh

    Jordan - Omar Saleem Khasawneh, Sakha Madi

    Kenya - Benson Ngichiri Njuguna

    Laos - Ae Champada

    Lebanon - Leyla A. Orra, Sanaa Mohamad Sleiman, Layla Ahmad Smidi, Fred Afif Zoorob

    Liberia - Martha Kou Wuo

    Malaysia - Kim Kong Liew

    Mexico - Isidro Rodriguez, Rosa Hernandez De Vasquez

    Nicaragua - Mabel Patricia Martin

    Nigeria - Rukevwe Ojakovo

    Pakistan - Sinan Shahzad

    Philippines - Evelyn Amores Musser, Nenita Legada Nagy

    South Korea - Kwi Yeo Kim

    Syria - Abdlaziz Farhan Anz

    Thailand - Siriporn Ourai

    Ukraine - Tatyana Dmitriyevna Hart

    United Kingdom - Csaba Erdelyi

    Vietnam - Michael Hien Duong, Steven Son Phan