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Vol. 83 No. 19
CAC Audited AUGUST 11 – 17, 2011
COMPLIMENTARY
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Marshall enters Hall
“He is a person that is clearly anchored in his beliefs and what he stands for.” – Benjamin Akande
Marshall Faulk was presented his Hall of Fame jacket by his agent and longtime friend Rocky Arceneaux. In the history of the Hall, only three agents have ever presented a jacket to a player.
Friend and agent Rocky Arceneaux presents jacket By Mike Claiborne For The St. Louis American CANTON, OHIO – After being on hand for the Hall of Fame induction ceremonies for the class that included St. Louis’ Marshall Faulk, a lot of things ran through my mind on what it all really means. Faulk and Deion Sanders were the headliners of the evening. The night was filled with anticipation. Anticipation of what the Father of NFL Films Ed Sabol, who will be 95 years young in a couple of weeks, had to say; he and
2011 Stellar Performer Tony Thompson to be honored Sept. 16
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Snow cone duo
By Rebecca S. Rivas Of The St. Louis American
Jabari Whitt, age 3, and Adrian Leveritt, age 2, beat the heat with snow cones recently at the Keeping Our Children Safe National Night Out event hosted by People’s Health Centers at its Delmar location.
“This is all I worry about when I drive to work,” Dees said. “If I got locked up, I’m the only one who works, so we would have no income.” Dees said he was blessed to find out about Better Family Life St. Louis Metropolitan’s Amnesty
When Willie Love, a recent graduate from Carnahan High School of the Future, lost his father last year, he said Tony Thompson helped him keep his life on track. “He always been there for me,” Love said of Thompson, president/CEO of the Kwame Building Group. “He always tells me to IN follow my dreams and don’t EDUCATION give up on what I’ve been fighting for.” 2011 Love is a part of the Gentlemen’s Club, a mentoring group sponsored by the Kwame Foundation. In the fall, this highachieving student and athlete will attend Missouri Western State University to study pre-law. For the past four years, every senior in the club has graduated from high school, and 98 percent of them have gone on to college. “Our concept is working,” Thompson said. “There’s something about this group of men that enjoy being mentored by another group of men. If we can replicate that in the general public, then we’d be on to something.” From the looks of it, Thompson won’t stop until he finds a way to do it. This year through the “There’s Kwame Foundation, nothing more Thompson established the Tyrone Thompson important in Institute for Nonviolence our society to help students with right now behavioral problems stay than getting on track in school. For years, the foundation has our public also endowed scholareducation ships for minority youth system back at several area colleges on track.” and universities. Aside from the foun– Tony dation, Thompson sits on Thompson several boards, including those for Teach for America, KIPP Inspire Academy, the St. Louis Public Schools’ Herzog Elementary School, Webster University’s Board of Trustees and the Regional Business Council’s K-12 board. “There’s nothing more important in our society right now than getting our public education system back on track,” Thompson said. On September 16, Thompson will receive
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See THOMPSON, A6
Photo by Wiley Price
THOUSANDS BENEFIT FROM AMNESTY PROGRAM Better Family Life helps community clear bench warrants By Rebecca S. Rivas Of The St. Louis American Three-year-old Ma’kaiyah Dees playfully slid down the gym bleacher steps at St. Louis Community College–Meramec on Saturday, Aug. 6. At the bottom step, her mother Cherie Kurtz, age 21, was filling
Giving back through education
“If I got locked up, I’m the only one who works, so we would have no income.” – Michael Dees Jr.
out vouchers that would potentially set her family free of bench warrants and fear of jail time.
Kurtz’s husband Michael Dees Jr., age 23, cradled their infant son as he slept.