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Missouri Governor Jay Nixon makes remarks during the Public Policy Speaker Series at the Regional Chamber and Growth Association in St. Louis on June 23, 2011.
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It didn’t include fireworks, but rising R&B star Miguel gave fans a special Independence Day show Monday night at the Imperial Palace. Hot 104.1’s Janee and Christina Bailey were a few of the STL VIP who came out to see what the singer was made of – and he didn’t disappoint.
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The Hazelwood East High School Men’s Choir performing in
February 2010 when author Wes Moore spoke to students at the
school. The choir opened the presentation with a song to welcome
Moore.
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Deborah Gibbs, Ethel Rose Lathan Rutledge, Susan Richards Bannister, Claire Lockman, Madeline Scales Taylor, Sharon Davis and Ethelyn Shepherd Bowers celebrated recently at the wedding of Morgan Gabrielle Brooks and Ross Brandon Thompson in Charlotte, NC.
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Malachi Owens enjoyed the Old City of Jerusalem during a visit to Israel with his daughters Mia Owens and Chanita Owens.
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Whitney L. Butler, Christina Elizabeth Buck, LaKeySha Frazier-Bosley,
Tiara Baker and Jenee Angele Rideaux at Alpha Kappa Alpha
sorority’s 27th Fashionetta, where Frazier-Bosley was crowned
Miss Fashionetta 2011.
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Ald. Stephen Conway led a group of aldermen, union leaders and activists last year in opposition to a ballot initiative to eliminate the city earnings tax in St. Louis and Kansas City.
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The Archway, Gateway and St. Louis Chapters of The Links, Incorporated presented checks for scholarships to representatives from the 16 HBCUs in their region during the 2011 Central Area Conference held last week at the St. Louis Hyatt at the Arch.
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Darrius Harrison, an incoming senior at Hazelwood Central High School, read his story “The Mighty Phil” to second-grade students in Tyra Hall’s summer school class at Brown Elementary School. Phil is an African lion who never gave up or let others tell him he could not achieve his goals. Harrison is part of a high school creative writing class that visited summer school students at Brown Elementary and read original children’s stories to them.
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The Zonta Club of St. Louis recently announced a generous donation to the Second Annual UMSL Girls’ Leadership Camp. This day camp, scheduled for June 26-29, is an innovative opportunity for high school students to explore college, career and leadership readiness. Last year, 88 high school young women from across the region participated, coming from public and private schools. The 2011 registration date has been extended to June 15; enrollment is $195 prior to June 15 and $245 after, and scholarships are available. Contact Malaika Horne at 314-516-4749 or hornem@umsl.edu. Pictures: Professor Malaika Horne of UMSL; Barbara Meyer, president of Zonta Club of St. Louis; Bernadette and Janna White; Dean Tom Walter; Molly and Chrissy Paterson.
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Ealgie Edwards, Gabby Edwards and Shaniya Holloway enjoyed a big greeting from The King in the “Wizard of Id” during last weekend’s Fair St. Louis parade.
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Margret White, a North City resident whose home was damaged in recent flooding, talks with Alderman Antonio D. French at a meeting between residents and MSD officials that he organized on Friday.
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On Saturday, a group of volunteers organized by 21st Ward Alderman Antonio D. French helped to clean up houses in North City hit hard by recent flooding.
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Ronnell Wright, an eighth grader at Ferguson Middle School and a member of its Kids In Nature’s Defense Club, spent a week learning organic farming at the nonprofit EarthDance’s summer camp.
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Teacher, bishop, rabbi and feminist honored by nuns -
Hazelwood North Middle School eighth-grade students Sydnee Johnson, Ashley Cole, Samantha Creachbaum, Rachel Morgan, and Ericka Scott received trophies to honor them for maintaining a 4.0 grade point average in sixth-, seventh- and eighth-grades.
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Jay Williams