Khmer 101

Only Long Beachers would consider learning the Cambodian language a community safety issue. The Long Beach Neighborhood Services Bureau and the Anaheim Street Community Police Center have joined together to offer free Cambodian Literacy lessons on Saturdays from 10 am to 11:30 am at the Mark Twain Neighborhood Library. On a visit recently, I observed it's mostly attended by school age children. They learn consonants, vowels, numbers, combining consonants and vowels, Special consonants and vowels, and phrases and sentence structure. Call Brant Ben at (562) 570-1691 to reserve a space in the class.