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Page 18, Portland Observer. June 1, 1988
We have a Purpose and
You have a Place
bara Lee Corp.
M akes $5,000 G ift
to the King Center
■ t 'ANTA ga — Sara Lee Corpora­
tion recently contributed $5,000 to
the Martin Luther King, Jr. Center
for Nonviolent Social Change in At
lanta, Ga. In a Dec. 7 ceremony at
the Center, Robert L. Lauer, vice
president of corporate affairs at
Sara Lee Corporation, presented a
check to Coretta Scott King, presi­
dent of the Center. Elynor Wil
liams, director of public affairs at
Sara Lee Corporation, also partici
pated in the presentation.
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You will find a high quality academic program on a friendly campus.
Your needs are our concern at Warner Pacific College.
The Portland Public Schools
Head Start Program is now taking
applications for next fall s pre­
school program. Children must be
4-years-old on or before Septem­
ber 1. Serving low-income families
and children with special needs.
AM and PM sessions.
Call 280-5724 for an application or
stop by Sacajawea School. 4800
N E 74th. Your neighborhood
school has applications too!'
W A R N ER PA C IFIC
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I ll Joyce Allen receiving Award
in the community.
I Navy Officer Receives Appreciation Award
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Award of Appreciation from the Community
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in Oregon
1-800-452-9445
This space provided as a public service
JOHN GARLINGTON MEMORIAL SCHOLARSHIPS
Awarded annually
Requirements: • 2.5 G.P.A.
• Black, Hispanic, or Native
American
Essay titled: “ How A College
Education Will Affect My
Life And Those Around Me.
Dr. John Garlington
For Information: W rite Sylvia Fowler, Warner Pacific College,
2219 S.E. 68th Avel, Portland, OR 97215 -
or Call (503) 775-4366, ext. 511
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activities. The Portland Observer, salutes Lt. Joyce Alien
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Bessie Smith Memorial
Learning Arts Center
Bessie Smith Memorial
Learning Arts Center
1829 NE. Alberta St.
Portland, OR 97211
Public Statement
The Bessie Smith Memorial
Learning Arts Center seeks your
support in the purchase of its
physical establishment, located at
1829 NE Alberta St. in Portland.
Oregon.
This building is already partially
developed and well-suited as a
community cultural performing arts
learning center for citizens living in
the immediate northeast area of
Portland. The building is currently
operated as a Wellness Club
with health related services. The
Bessie Smith program presently
rents space in the building for such
activities as band and group musi­
cal rehearsals, fashion show re­
hearsals. modeling training and
classes. There are also aerobic
programs, exercise stretch clas­
ses, women s wrestling instruction,
music instruction and ongoing
seminars
featuring
many
community-oriented, subjects.
The purpose for purchasing this
particular building at this time is
twofold: (1) the building is currently
for sale and we feel it is well-suited
for performing arts training. The
building has already been ac­
cepted m the community as a
cultural center for the well-being of
people. (2) There are no learning
arts programs and facilities within
the immediate area of northeast
Portland where citizens and chil­
dren can tram and express their
creative talents.
PROPOSAL:
The Board of Directors has set
the following policy and goals
• Raise necessary funds to
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2. Bring the building up to stan­
dards set by city, county and state
building codes.
3. Install an adequate safety
and security system.
4. Establish and develop music,
dance, theatre, modeling and
exercise classes beyond our pre­
sent levels.
5. Develop a pool of talent to be
trained and marketed from the
Bessie Smith Learning Arts
Center.
6. Sponsor performing arts ta­
lent in local and national competi­
tion.
7. Offer scholarships to out­
standing talent as encouragement
and support from the northeast
community of Portland.
8. Raise funds for the support of
inter-city youths performing arts
talents and creativity.
9. Work with other performing
arts centers, including schools and
foundations.
10. Develop and establish a
higher sense of community value
through the respect and responsi­
bility of performing arts.
11. Publish a monthly newslet­
ter containing schedules of training
and performing activities as well as
educational articles and exerpts.
' 12. Promote cleanliness, car­
ing. courtesy, responsibility and
patience with self and others. (The
Thom Boothe Phoenix Principles).
tered around low self esteem and
boredom. The Bessie Smith Learn­
ing Arts Center will channel and
direct much of our youth's energy
toward the satisfaction found in
productive and creative performing
arts activities. This will be good for
the citizens and image of the
Northeast area of Portland, as well
as the metropolitan Portland area
as a whole.
2. Citizens of the northeast
community will no longer feel left
out. Northeast Portland does not
have a facility and /or program that
specifically encourages and nur­
tures performing arts at the level of
the community's interest. Sports
and fitness programs are well rep­
resented by the Matt Dishman and
Peninsula Park Community Center
activities, not to mention the Salva­
tion Army's facilities and programs.
The Interstate Firehouse Facility
is good, but the community does
not identify with it as a learning
facility, which is what the Bessie
Smith Memorial Learning Arts
Center provides.
3. The Bessie Smith Learning
Arts Center is a well-managed,
private high quality facility.
THE BENEFITS OF THE BESSIE
SMITH MEMORIAL LEARNING
ART CENTER TO NORTHEAST
PORTLAND, THE PORTLAND
METROPOLITAN AREA AND
THE STATE OF OREGON.
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gang activity and idleness is cen
INVITATION
We welcome you to visit us,
support us and by all means join
us! Toegether we can make north­
east Portland the best it can be —
by putting its youth s creative and
performing art talents to productive
use for themselves and the State
of Oregon.
We are seeking endowments,
grants, contributions and dona­
tions
To obtain further information you
are encouraged to call (503) 288-
8569 or, if you prefer write to: The
Bessie Smith Memorial Learning
Arts Center P O Box 11106. 1829
NE Alberta St
Portland. OR
FREE ADMISSION
Be Sure To See!!
T he Pioneer:
N .W . Black H istory Exhibit
T hro u g h D ecem ber 10th
and
“ O ut O f A frica” Exhibit
T h ro u g h Ju n e 11th
O nen 10 am to E h S pm ., Monday through Saturday
For information, call 2 22-1^4 1
1230 S.W. Park at Jefferson, Portland
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