May 22 “Roast” in Pasadena, Calif., will benefit local AIDS groups

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            “Roast” in Pasadena, Calif., will benefit

            local AIDS groups
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          May 11, 2006
          
        
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       A comedy roast
            saluting Yvonne C. Benson, executive director of the AIDS
            Service Center in Pasadena, Calif., will be held May 22 in
            Pasadena.       Funds raised from the event will benefit the
            Greater Pasadena Aid Fund       and the AIDS Service Center.
            The event will be held from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m.       at the
            Twin Palms Restaurant, 101 W. Green St. in Pasadena. Tickets
            are       $75 each. For more information or to purchase
            tickets, call (626)       795-7637 or (626) 441-8495, ext.
            241.     

        
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