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                         Roanoke Times
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DATE: THURSDAY, April 12, 1990                   TAG: 9004120529
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THE PEOPLE COLUMN

Dinah Shore will receive the "Outstanding Tennessean" award tonight for her philanthropic work and community service through the years.

Gov. Ned McWherter's proclamation cites her nine years of service on the board of directors of Junior Achievement, a program to teach high school students about the free enterprise system.

Shore, a native of Winchester, grew up in Nashville and now lives in the Los Angeles area.

The veteran of television variety shows currently has her own talk show on The Nashville Network on cable television.

Frank Stallone says he considers himself a keeper of the big beat flame in an era of overproduced technopop.

If not performed, "the music will die, it's real important to keep it alive," he said.

Stallone, brother of actor Sylvester Stallone, said he is drawing from the classic works of Count Basie, Tommy Dorsey, Bobby Darren and Frank Sinatra during his current engagement at Trump Castle Casino Resort in Atlantic City.



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