Even with the temperature in the teens, the City of Greendale attracted about 15 residents on Sunday, January 16, when St. Louis County Executive Charlie Dooley, state Sen. Rita Days and state Rep. Esther Haywood joined city officials for a groundbreaking ceremony for a new park and pavilion, with funding from the St. Louis County […]
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Bridging the digital divide
“We see the benefit and the importance that all people have access to technology. That is the only way we will bridge the digital divide,” said Hill, 43, a licensing executive for Microsoft, where he develops world licensing and pricing for the multi-billion dollar company based in Seattle, Wash. Hill works for Microsoft from its […]
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Tapping into your harvest
“While the earth remains, seedtime and harvest, cold and heat, summer and winter and day and night shall not cease.” Gen. 8:22 (Amplified Bible) Over the next four weeks I will be sharing a series on Harvest Time. I firmly believe that God wants to pour out multiple blessings upon His people during the year […]
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Breaking down Spinks-Judah I
When the doors of the Savvis Center are unlocked this Saturday afternoon, employees of the arena will brace themselves for a flood of enthusiastic fight fans eager to experience St. Louis’ first big-time boxing spectacle in decades. Our town will borrow some of Sin City’s magic, as the section of Clark Street that stretches past […]
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Jonas Hubbard Jr.
The Rev. Jonas Hubbard Jr., a retired minister in East St. Louis, died Jan. 8 of natural causes at his home in St. Louis. He was 87. The Rev. Mr. Hubbard was born in Coldwater, Miss. He moved to St. Louis in 1940 and joined the Jerusalem Missionary Baptist Church. He was ordained in 1966. […]
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This week’s calendar listings
CONCERTS Fri., Feb. 4, 8 p.m., Blind Boys of Alabama, Dunham Theater-SIUE, Illinois Highway 157 and North University Dr., Edwardsville, IL. Call 618-650-2626. Wed., Feb. 9, 7:30 p.m., Julliard Jazz Small Ensemble featuring Victor Gaines, Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 Washington. Call 534-1111. Thurs., Feb. 10, 8 p.m., Preservation Hall Jazz Band, Sheldon Concert Hall, 3648 […]
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Michael Roberts to speak on Harvard University panel
Michael V. Roberts Sr., chairman and CEO of Roberts Companies, will serve as a panelist for the 33rd Annual H. Naylor Fitzhugh Conference roundtable discussion on Cooperative Economics at the Harvard Business School. The subject will focus on building wealth in the Black community and will be held Saturday, February 26 in Boston. The annual […]
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JPMorgan Chase & Co. admits link to slaveryBy: Makebra M. Anderson NNPA national correspondent
A 2003 Slavery Era Disclosure Ordinance that requires companies doing business with the city of Chicago to disclose whether they had profited from slavery forced JPMorgan Chase & Co. to acknowledge that its roots are linked to the 19th century slave trade and it profited from the free labor of more than 13,000 Africans. “Recently, […]
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Julia A. Holmes
Funeral services are at 10 a.m. today (Feb. 3, 2005) for Julia A. Holmes (Skinner), owner of Concepts Marketing and Advertising, and a board member of the St. Louis Minority Business Council.She passed away on the morning of January 25, 2005 following a bout against cancer. “She is going to be sorely missed,” said James […]
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Smart ways to support charitable groups
The holidays may be over, but your spirit of generosity is probably still intact. If you want to support your favorite charitable organizations, and you’d like to do more than just send the occasional check, you’ve got some attractive options. Let’s look at two of them: charitable gift annuities and charitable remainder trusts. Charitable gift […]