WASHINGTON – Congressman Tom Petri was on hand Wednesday evening to escort Wisconsin's Cherry Blossom Princess into a Senate reception honoring the princesses representing their states and countries during the National Cherry Blossom Festival, the premier annual springtime event in the nation's capital.

Chosen to represent the state by the Wisconsin State Society, Sheboygan native Wendy Riemann works for Health and Human Services Secretary Tommy Thompson in his public affairs office. Riemann is a graduate of Sheboygan South High and of the University of Wisconsin - Madison, where she majored in journalism.

She said she is proud to note that her mother is a kindergarten teacher at Sheridan Elementary School in Sheboygan, her father is a guidance counselor at South High, her older brother is a teacher in Oshkosh, and her younger brother works in Milwaukee.

Rep. Petri and Wisconsin Cherry Blossom
Princess Wendy Riemann