February 1, 1989, carnegie newsletter

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EVELYN SALLER - i f t h e namz d o e s n o t sound f a m i l i a r , b u t ALEX CENTRE i s m e n t i o n e d , r i g h t away b e l l s s t a r t ringing. B e f o r e moving t o t h e l o c a t i o n a t 320 Alexander S t r e e t t h e Alex C e n t r e was known as t h e '44' t h e m u l t i - u s e c e n t r e on Cordova. M s . S a l l e r - Evelyn t o j u s t a b o u t everybody - h a s been r e s p o n s i b l e f o r a n enormous amount o f community s e r v i c e i n t h e downtown e a s t s i d e i n t h e p a s t 1 3 y e a r s . When t h e '44' f i r s t opened s h e w a s a t i t s n u c l e u s . It was and i s unique i n t h e s e r v i c e s provided: 3 h o t m e a l s a day a t mini m a l c o s t ; a c c e p t a n c e of week-long and even month-long mep.1 p a s s e s ; a n open TV l o u n g e w i t h t h e m a j o r i t y of w a t c h e r s d e c i d i n g programs; a 2nd TV l o u n g e w i t h e x c l u s i v e s p o r t s programming; s e v e r a l games w i t h a p o o l table, shuffleboard, chess, checkers,


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