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Cristian Ford-Urenda, 7, a student at St. Louis Language Immersion School, carves a jack-o-lantern Saturday during the Moonrise Hotel’s Great Pumpkin Carve & Glow.
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Traionna Johnson and Shanti Robinson work with The St. Louis American in Mrs. Ireland’s class at Nance Elementary School. The American has the largest Newspaper in Education program in the state.
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Participants in the JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes in St. Charles included Roderick Ware (center), who walked in memory of his son, DeVante M. Ware. After being diagnosed at age 3, DeVante died from complications of T1D, type 1 diabetes at age of 11.
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Pharmacy student Amanuel Habtu speaks with Dr. John A. Pieper, president of St. Louis College of Pharmacy. Habtu lives with type 1 diabetes, an autoimmune disorder. Pieper was the honorary chairman of the 2012 JDRF Walk to Cure Diabetes; held recently in St. Louis Forest Park. The event raised $1.1 million for the research to develop new and better treatments to improve the lives of people with diabetes.
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Suite Soul Spot presents Frank McComb with special guests Marcus and Jean Baylor at Plush (3222 Locust) on Saturday, November 3.
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Edwardsville High two-sport girls standout Emmonie Henderson has given a verbal commitment to the University of Louisville.
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LeBron James and Dwayne Wade will ateempt to pull off a repeat in 2013.
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Hazelwood East Spartans Caleb Davis (11) pulls in a catch at the line a step too late as McCluer North Star’s K.C. Branch (3) is a step behind during Friday’s District game at Hazelwood East. The Spartans would defeat the Stars 14-7.
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Renowned speaker, author and scholar Dr. Obery M. Hendricks (seen here at an Occupy protest with Rev. Jesse Jackson) will open Saint John’s United Church of Christ’s 4th Annual Beloved Community Conference at a community forum on Thursday, November 1, discussing “Martin Luther King and a New Political Economy of Justice.”
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County Executive Charlie A. Dooley held a “get out the vote” press event on Monday afternoon at the St. Louis County Board of Police Commissioners. Dooley was stumping for U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill, who left the campaign trail to be with her mother, who passed away later on Monday.
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Webster Groves High School students Madisyn Falls, a senior, and Robert Thompson, a sophomore, work with Webster Challenge Student Advocate Dwight Kirksey.
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The St. Louis Gateway Classic Sports Foundation honored Dr. Helen Nash and Joe Wiley in its 2012 Walk of Fame induction. Dr. Nash was a pioneer as an African-American woman in medicine and was the first African-American woman to join the attending staff at St. Louis Children’s Hospital in 1949 and become president of the medical staff in 1977. Wiley was owner of Quest Management Consultants and is considered one of the most influential black business leaders. This year marked the 11 year anniversary of the Walk of Fame at 2012 Dr. Martin Luther King Dr.
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Hubert Hoosman, who led the fundraising campaign for the memorial to the former chancellor, speaks on Friday at the dedication of the Marguerite Ross Barnett Plaza on UMSL’s north campus.
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Amy DuBois Barnett, daughter of the late Marguerite Ross Barnett and editor-in-chief of Ebony Magazine, stands before a likeness her mother designed by local sculptor Vicki D. Reid that forms part of the Marguerite Ross Barnett Plaza on UMSL’s north campus.
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The leaders of Midwest BankCentre in Pagedale, Mo. are John Shivers, vice president of retail banking; Marion Clark, senior mortgage lender; Melissa Jones, assistant leader; Kevan Crans, complete banker; and David Noble, community development officer.
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U.S. Senator Claire McCaskill visits with Deputy Campaign Manager Corey Dukes, Robert Haire Sr., Sandra Haire and Robert Haire Jr. at the Missouri Democratic Party office in North County. McCaskill faces a Republican challenge on the Nov. 6 ballot from Todd Akin, who voted to eliminate funding for Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
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“Thanks to Wells Fargo’s generosity and ongoing partnership, a cadre of extremely talented future leaders will be able to earn a college degree,” said Johnny C. Taylor, Jr., TMCF’s president and CEO.
