ADVISORY/Reception to Officially Kick-off Ethnic Fest 2000.City Desks, News/Assignment Editors, Features Editors ADVISORY...for Monday (June 19) --(BUSINESS WIRE) WHAT: -- Reception to Officially Kick-off Ethnic Fest 2000 Hosted by Harborstone Credit Union, Ethnic Fest co-sponsor -- Members of the media are invited to attend a special reception to honor As a verb, to accept a bill of exchange, or to pay a note, check, or accepted bill, at maturity. To pay or to accept and pay, or, where a credit so engages, to purchase or discount a draft complying with the terms of the draft. Ethnic Fest 2000 sponsors and Ethnic Fest Poster Contest Recipients associated with this year's Ethnic Fest, July 29-30. Ethnic Fest celebrates Tacoma and Pierce Pierce may refer to: Places
cultures and ethnic heritage, and is recognized as the largest and most successful local festival. LOGO CONTEST AWARD PRESENTED TO ROGERS HIGH SCHOOL Several Rogers High School can refer to:
-- Hosted by key sponsor Harborstone, the event will culminate culminate, in astronomy, the maximum height in the sky reached by a celestial body on a given day. At the culminate the body is crossing the observer's celestial meridian and is said to be in upper transit. with an award presented to Joseph Wooten, a Rogers High School student, Puyallup, for his winning logo design which will be adapted and used on Ethnic Fest T-shirts, posters, advertisements and other promotional materials. Student art submissions will be on display. -- Rick Schmidtke, President and CEO (1) (Chief Executive Officer) The highest individual in command of an organization. Typically the president of the company, the CEO reports to the Chairman of the Board. of Harborstone and Councilmember Harold G. Moss, Pierce County Pierce County is the name of five counties in the United States:
Four, will present Wooten with a check for $200, as well as make monetary awards to the five runners-up. The design contest was open to all Pierce County-area high schools students. WHEN: -- Monday, June 19 4:00-6:00 p.m. WHERE: -- Tacoma Art Museum In May 2003, Tacoma Art Museum opened a new facility twice the size of its previous home, allowing the museum to expand on its vision and mission. American Institute of Architects AIA Gold Medal winner Antoine Predock designed the building located in the heart of Tacoma’s , Lower Level 1123 Pacific Avenue WHO: Rick Schmidtke, President and CEO of Harborstone Credit Union Harold G. Moss, Pierce County Councilmember Marlette Buchanan, Pierce County Arts Commission City of Tacoma PHOTO AND INTERVIEWS OPPORTUNITY CONTACT: Naomi Weiss Communications, 206/628-3828 Harborstone to Sponsor Ethnic Fest 2000 TACOMA, Wash.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 2000 Tacoma's rich cultural fabric and contemporary history will come alive during the 13th annual Ethnic Fest -- A Celebration of Cultures, July 29-30, at downtown Tacoma's Wright Park, co-sponsored by Harborstone Credit Union. "Sponsorship of Ethnic Fest 2000 is a natural extension of our dedication to the families and communities that we serve throughout Pierce County," said Rick Schmidtke, Harborstone president and chief executive officer. "We want to honor our area's diversity and traditions by promoting public education through special events such as Ethnic Fest." Harborstone's name will grace the Festival's main entertainment stage, and the credit union will also be responsible for assisting with promotional and marketing support. Ethnic Fest honors Tacoma and Pierce counties' cultures and ethnic heritage, and is recognized as the largest and most successful festival in Pierce County. Ethnic Fest drew more than 55,000 people last year to "the lively beat and the flavors of Tacoma's cultural tapestry tapestry, hand-woven fabric of plain weave made without shuttle or drawboy, the design of weft threads being threaded into the warp with fingers or a bobbin. " -- celebrating modern day African-American, Korean, Laotian, Vietnamese, Cambodian, Native American, European European emanating from or pertaining to Europe. European bat lyssavirus see lyssavirus. European beech tree fagussylvaticus. European blastomycosis see cryptococcosis. , and Hispanic communities. Harborstone has also sponsored a logo design contest for Pierce County high school students. The winning design, selected by a committee including Harborstone management, Pierce County Council member Harold G. Moss, and representatives from the City of Tacoma and Pierce County Arts Commission, will be adapted and used on Ethnic Fest T-shirts, posters, advertisements and other promotional materials. Harborstone has offered a $200 top award and honorary prizes to runner-ups. The winning student will be announced at a Harborstone "kick-off reception," for Festival sponsors and organizers, Monday, June 19, from 4:00-6:00 at the Tacoma Art Museum. Members of the media are invited to attend. Harborstone is joining with the Festival's planning committee planning committee n (in local government) → comité m de planificación , led by Harold Moss, Pierce County Council representative from District Four. "We're pleased to have a major community leader like Harborstone involved. It helps us reach more people and foster the spirit and vitality vi·tal·i·ty n. 1. The capacity to live, grow, or develop. 2. Physical or intellectual vigor; energy. of Ethnic Fest," Councilmember Harold Moss said. Ethnic Fest is produced by District Four of the Pierce County Council and the City of Tacoma, and the Pierce County Arts Commission. Harborstone is a full-service, community credit union that has served its members for over 40 years. It enjoys a proud history of supporting its members, the community at large, and area schools through numerous community service activities. With more than $430 million in assets, Harborstone serves over 53,000 members worldwide. The credit union has seven branches throughout Pierce County, including McChord Air Force Base McChord Air Force Base (IATA: TCM, ICAO: KTCM) is a United States Air Force base in Pierce County, Washington. As of the 2000 census, it had a total population of 4,096. . |
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