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Hazelwood PTA Council raised nearly $20,000 with its annual Scholarship Run/Walk. More than 1,700 people registered to participate, made a donation or purchased an event T-shirt. Approximately 750 people participated in race day activities such as the 5K, 10K and one-mile races, children’s fun runs and a wellness fair. The money is contributed to the Hazelwood PTA Scholarship Foundation. In early May, the Council and Foundation presented 100 graduating seniors with $500 scholarships. Contributions for the scholarship fund can be made at any time at www.hazelwoodptacouncil.org.
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Shakespeare Festival St. Louis’ presentation of Othello runs through June 17 at Shakespeare Glen in Forest Park.
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Timothy Bradley Jr., right, will face co-pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao, left, on June 9.
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Cardinal Ritter’s Charles Jones Jr. won the 800-meters setting a new Class 3 record time of 1 minute 49.96 seconds. Jones Ran the fourth-fastest time in the nation and the best time by a sophomore.
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McCluer North junior Aaron Mallet beat Ladue’s Jehu Chesson II to win the state title in the 110-meter high hurdles.
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Affton senior Cheyenne Hoerr (center) won four first-place medals in the 100 and 200 meters, and the 100 and 300 hurdles during Saturday’s Class 3 state meet at Lincoln University’s Dwight T. Reed Stadium. At left is Angelica Carter of Berkeley, St. Elizabeth Academy’s Aiesha Irvin-Muhammad, Affton’s Cheyenne Hoerr, and Grandview’s Anglerne Annelus.
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Mama Lisa entertained and instructed youth at the St. Louis Art Museum during the 21st annual St. Louis African American African Arts Festival held this weekend in Forest Park. For the past two decades the festival has celebrated African Heritage with three days of dancing, singing, movies, poetry, storytelling and food. Not only are African countries represented, but so are Caribbean nations and the local African-American communities. The festival theme was “Iranti: Honoring the Past, Celebrating the Present and Embracing the Future.”
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Wellston Mayor Linda Whitfield, teen artist Brittani Beckton, teen artist Starasia Finney, Wellston Councilperson Helen Jackson, teen artist Jessica Reed and teen artist Aarin Styles cut the ribbon on the new mural at Al’s Salvage Yard opposite Normandy Senior High School.
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Teen artists who worked on the 24:1 Initiative’s new “Pride” mural opposite Normandy High School: Alex Gonzalez, Jessica Reed, Fred Harvey, Starasia Finney, Brittani Beckton, Aarin Stiles and Luke Hamilton. Not pictured: Treyon Harris and Deja Penn.
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Pastor Robert Scott and the Rev. Freddy Clark listen to Jesse Jackson after a meeting Congressman Wm. Lacy Clay and Jackson convened at West Side Missionary Baptist in North St. Louis on Monday. Among those slso in attendance: host pastor Rev. Ronald Bobo, the Rev. Sammie Jones, Redditt Hudson and Tishaura O. Jones. Jackson talked about the importance of the upcoming elections and the need to control gun violence.
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The Team Rameybasketball.com 13U boys team recently won the championship of the Rameybasketball.com May Tournament. Team Rameybasketball finished 3-0 in the tournament, including a 63-55 victory over Missouri Impact in the championship game. They also finished in second place in the Greater Midwest Classic while playing in the 14U division. The team players (left to right) are Xavier Womack, Cameron Potts, Tyler Sales, Korrey Miller, Daniel “Peanut” Farris. (Back Row) Sean Benson, Daryus Watson and Coach Willie P Sales
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Attorney Benjamin Crump, Trayvon Martin’s mother Sybrina Fulton and the slain youth’s father Tracy Martin, who grew up in East St. Louis, attended a Stop the Violence rally Friday at the North End Missionary Baptist Church in East St. Louis. The church was filled to capacity.
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Cindy Becker (Jake ’12, Aliyah ’15), Cecilia Harris (Katie ’14, Jordan ’18), Pam Hill and Debbie Schmitt (Amber ’17, Seena ’15).
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Dr. Will Ross, a commissioner on the St. Louis Regional Health Commission and associate dean at Washington University School of Medicine, addresses a panel of senior officials at the White House last week.
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David Cross, 17, a Boy Scout from Troop 181 and a student at Lutheran North High School, helped to place American flags at the headstones of 189,000 graves at Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery during the 63rd annual Memorial Day “Good Turn” program on Monday.
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At a May 22 public forum, Ward 6 Alderwoman Kacie Starr Triplett announced that Save-A-Lot has decided to lease the vacant Foodland building at Jefferson Avenue and Interstate 44 and open a grocery store. The company has committed to employing 20 to 25 people from within the community. The neighborhood has not had a grocery store since 2004.
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