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Local Allstate agents donated $25,000 to the Normandy Schools Collaborative and put in 25 hours of community service, along with volunteers from The Gathering Church, to renovate the library at Washington Elementary School. The donation was used to purchase new furniture, 25 Chromebooks, two digital cameras, shelving, video production equipment and software, and books. Pictured: Evie Troupe, library media specialist; Allstate agents Deborah Johnson, Yolanda Lockhart-Gibbs, Traci Bibbs, and Lisa Clemente; Pamela Hollins, Washington principal; and Charles Pearson, Normandy superintendent.
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Bingwa, a 4-year-old cheetah at the Saint Louis Zoo, has given birth to eight cheetah cubs, three males and five females. Mother and cubs are doing well and will remain in their private, indoor maternity den behind the scenes at River’s Edge for the next several months.
In over 430 litters documented by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), this is the first time a female cheetah has produced and reared on her own a litter of eight cubs at a zoo. The average litter size is three to four cubs.
Bingwa is on loan to the Saint Louis Zoo from Wildlife Safari in Winston, Oregon, and 9-year-old father Jason is on loan from White Oak Conservation in Yulee, Florida. The birth of these eight cubs is a result of a breeding recommendation from the AZA Cheetah Species Survival Plan, a program to manage a genetically healthy population of cheetahs in North American zoos.
Today, fewer than 10,000 cheetahs inhabit a broad section of Africa and less than 100 cheetahs remain in Iran. Over the past 50 years, cheetahs have become extinct in at least 13 countries. The main causes of cheetah decline are human-cheetah conflict, interspecific competition and lack of genetic diversity. The Saint Louis Zoo WildCare Institute Center for Conservation of Carnivores in Africa is working with its partners in Tanzania and Namibia to coordinate cheetah conservation efforts.
Photos and more information can be found at stlzoo.org.
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Ethan A. Haynie, 26, a St. Louis native who works as an architect associate with Hight Jackson Associates in Rogers, Arkansas, is most proud of his work on the Osage Creek Elementary School and Creekside Middle School, in Bentonville Arkansas. He worked on ceiling plans, millwork details, window and door details, flooring patterns, and three-dimensional project renderings.
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Tommie Pierson, pastor of Greater St. Mark’s Family Church (seen here supporting striking nursing home workers in Ferguson on January 9), is one of 28 clergy associated with Missouri Jobs for Justice arguing that proposed cuts to health care spending violate Christ’s teaching to serve and heal the poor and sick.
Photo by Wiley Price
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Lisa Cunningham, a Ferguson resident and SEIU worker on strike against Christian Care Home, rallied supporters during a protest in front of the facility on Tuesday, January 9.
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Jeri Rhodes is the St. Louis Rowing Club’s current junior female record holder for the 2k, 5k and 10k indoor rowing times. She is a member of the junior United States Rowing Team, attended the 2017 Junior National Team High Performance Camp, and signed a national letter of intent to attend the University of Michigan.
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All-State guard Courtney Ramey of Webster Groves returned to the lineup last week after missing the first month of the season with a broken wrist. The Statesmen are 2-0 since Ramey’s return and will head to Springfield, Missouri to play in the Bass Pro Tournament of Champions this weekend.
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Brian D. Smedley, PhD, cofounder of the National Collaborative for Health Equity in Washington, D.C. is the keynote speaker at the Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Lecture at Washington University School of Medicine on Monday, January 15.
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Highly-touted freshman point guard Blake Harris has transferred from Mizzou to N.C. State. Harris and Michael Porter Jr. helped Missouri secure a top-5 ranking for the Tigers’ 2017 class. Now Porter is out indefinitely after back surgery and Harris is gone from the program.
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Centennial Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), located at 4950 Fountain Ave., has made it its mission and purpose “to stand in solidarity with others by doing what we can to transform lives, communities and the many oppressive realities that exist.”
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Rev. Derrick L. Perkins Sr. is servant and pastor of Centennial Christian Church (Disciples of Christ), located at 4950 Fountain Ave.
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St. Louis Metropolitan Police Chief John Hayden spoke with reporters and editors at The St. Louis American’s downtown offices on Thursday, January 4.
Photo by Rebecca Rivas