Actor, Singer Paul Petersen to Deliver Polaris Awards Dinner Keynote Address for Inland Empire Public Relations Society; Inland Empire Chapter Recognizes Accomplishments of Area Public Relations Professionals.SAN BERNARDINO San Bernardino, city, United States San Bernardino (săn bûr'nədē`nō), city (1990 pop. 164,164), seat of San Bernardino co., S Calif., at the foot of the San Bernardino Mts.; inc. 1854. , Calif. & RIVERSIDE, Calif. -- The California Inland Empire In·land Empire A region of the northwest United States between the Cascade Range and the Rocky Mountains, comprising eastern Washington, eastern Oregon, northern Idaho, and western Montana. Farming, lumbering, and mining are important to the area. Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America The Public Relations Society of America (PRSA), based in New York City, is the world's largest organization for public relations professionals. The organization has more than 30,000 professional and student members, and is organized into 112 chapters nationwide. (PRSA-CIEC) will honor the area's most outstanding public relations public relations, activities and policies used to create public interest in a person, idea, product, institution, or business establishment. By its nature, public relations is devoted to serving particular interests by presenting them to the public in the most professionals at its annual Polaris Awards Dinner Wednesday, April 26, 5:30 p.m., at the Marriott Riverside Hotel Riverside Hotel is a name used by several hotels including:
Petersen, who describes himself as a "product of PR," will discuss how public relations helped mold his career and how it shapes the image of other child actors. Petersen started as one of the original Mousketeers on Walt Disney's "Mickey Mouse Mickey Mouse Famous character of Walt Disney's animated cartoons. He was introduced in Steamboat Willie (1928), the first animated cartoon with sound. Mickey was created by Disney, who also provided his high-pitched voice, and was usually drawn by the studio's head animator, Club." Later, his role as Donna Reed's son, "Jeff Stone Jeff Stone is a common name that can refer to different people:
Reed was born Donna Belle Mullenger on a farm near Denison, Iowa to William Richard Mullenger and Hazel Jane Shives. Show" became his identifying claim to fame. The show ran from 1958 through 1966 as Petersen went from a child to a young adult. After growing up before the public's eyes, Petersen experienced the worst side of playing the same young-star role for so many years. He learned a Hollywood lesson: One day he was everyone's darling; and the next day no one wanted to know his name. Petersen survived this experience, while many of his contemporaries did not. What he learned along the way made Petersen an advocate for protecting child actors and he formed A Minor Consideration, an organization assisting child actors and their parents against the pressures of the entertainment industry. In addition to his television career, Petersen has co-starred in movies, recorded successful pop songs and has written several adventure novels. Prior to the dinner program and the awards, the Inland Empire Chapter will host a silent auction. Items such as one- and two-night getaways at regional resort hotels and casinos, symphony tickets, restaurant meals and entertainment packages will be open for bidding. Members of the Inland Empire Sixty-Sixer's dance team will showcase the items for the silent auction. Proceeds of the silent auction go towards student sponsorships and funding additional programs to enhance the public relations profession and the professional in the Inland Empire. The event is $55 for PRSA-CIEC members and $65 for non-members/guests. Payment may be made by check, money or purchase order made payable and mailed to: Public Relations Society of America, P.O. Box 5214, San Bernardino, CA 92412. For additional information, please contact Preston Smith, 909-558-4419, extension 42267, or e-mail at prsmith@ahs.llumc.edu. |
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