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ACT-SO AWARDS
WE SURE KNOW THEM BY NOW
National ACT-SO chairman Vernon J a rre tt, far left, joined Percy Lewis, vice president of the Southeastern
Michigan McDonald’s Operators Association, far right, in presenting $21,000 from Ronald McDonald
Children’s Charities to the top 12 ACT-SO students recently during the National Association for the
Advancement of Colored People (NAACP) annual convention held in D etroit ACT-SO,an acronym for Afro-
Academic,Cultural, Technological and Scientific Olympics, is an educational competition sponsored by the
NAACP.Sharing the scholarship grant are, left to right, Leon Spencer of Indianapolis, Ind. Khary Bridgewater
of Saginaw, Mich., and Nehrwr Schoop of Chicago, 111., who received $1,500, $3,000 and $750, respectively,
for their second-, first-, and third-place wins in the sciences area of ACT-SO competition.
Kenneth Gam ble and Leon Huff, legendary songwriters/producers and creators of “ The Sound of Phila
delphia” , were feted recently by BMI to celebrate their “ If You Don’t Know Me By Now” reaching the #1 pop
and adult contemporary chart spots by Simply Red. In their 25 years with the performing rights organization
Gamble & Huff have received 23 BMI pop Awards (for most performed songs) that account for 19,932,973 per
formances on US radio and television Pictured here at the BMI party are (1-r), Harold Melvin (artist on the
original version, released 1972), Constance Heigler of Mighty Three Music, Publisher o f the song, Kenneth
Gamble, BMI president & CEO Frances Preston, and Leon Huff.
KING COBRA
DEDICATES
SEPTEMBER TO
THE FIGHT
AGAINST
SICKLE CELL
ANEMIA
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King Cobra Premium Malt Liq
uor will dedicate the month of Sep
tember to the fight against Sickle
Cell Anemia when it will again state
the King Cobra fight against Sickle
Cell Anemia fund-raiser.
For every case purchased during
the promotion period, King Cobra
will make a cash contribution to the
National Association for Sickle Cell
Disease. The promotion will be sup
ported by themed point-of-sale ma
terials, featuring “ Cobra m an,” the
newest addition to the King Cobra
team.
Sickle Cell Anemia appears in
children as early as six months of
age. One out of every twelve black
Americans carries the Sickle Cell
Trait and one of five hundred Black
Americans has the Sickle Cell Ane
mia disease. W hat’s more, not just
Black Americans can get Sickle Cell
Anemia, people of Mediterranean
origin may also carry the trait.
“ King Cobra is once again very
proud to participate in this promo
tion to help find a cure for Sickle Cell
Anemia,” said Al Cummings, brand
manager for King Cobra Premium
MaltLiquor. “ The power of this pro
motion is that everybody benefits,
including the retailers, consumers and,
most importantly, the National As
sociation for Sickle Cell Disease."
King Cobra Premium Malt Liq
uor is a product of Anheuser-Busch,
Inc., St. louis, Mo.
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SMITHSONIAN
NAMES NEW
DIRECTOR OF
THE
PROGRAM IN
AFRICAN
AMERICAN
CULTURE
(One of the above actually happened.)
If the idea of a declining Pacific Power electric bill
seems like tabloid sensationalism, consider this. On
August 22 of this year, Pacific Power prices in Oregon
decreased for the third time in the past two years.
Our prices overall have dropped 8% since May
1987. The average Pacific Power residential customer
will be paying about $2 less per month for electricity
than in 1985.
Besides reducing operating costs, our recent
merger with Utah Power & Light has helped us trim
prices. We are committed to stable, competitive cus
tomer prices through 1992.
So, although other headlines may catch your eye
in the supermarket check-out line...our news counts
most at your bottom line. And, it’s all true.
Gwendolyn Keith Robinson I
been named the new director of
Program in African American C
ture at the Smithsonian's Natio
Museum of American History. S
replaces Bernice Johnson Reagon v
is now a curator in the museum’s
vision of Community Life.
In her new position. Dr. Robin:
will be responsible for the devel
ment of a series of colloquia i
performance programs that conti
ute to a broader understanding
African-American culture and 1
tory.
Robinson is the author of Cro
and Glory: An Historical Analyst
the Afro-American Beauty Indus
and Tradition. (The book will
released soon. Details are not av
able at this time.)
PACIFIC POWER
THE ENERGY SERVICES COMPANY
© 1989 Pacific Power A PacifiCorp Company.
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