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Vol. 83 No. 9
CAC Audited JUNE 2 – 8, 2011
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of disasters Roy Gillespie is back from Joplin – and on to the next crisis By Chris King Of The St. Louis American Who are you going to call? If you’re anywhere near St. Louis and you have a disaster on your hands, you’re going to call Roy Gillespie. Or the American Red Cross will call him after you call them. “He is such an asset to all of these communities, ever since Hurricane Katrina, the first time he deployed with us,” said Nancy Bates, chief emergency services and regional operations officer for the St. Louis Area Chapter of the American Red Cross. “Roy has been through wildfires, multiple floods and hurricanes and tornadoes. What a valuable resource we have here in St. Louis with Roy.”
“Katrina used to be my benchmark for a wide area of destruction, but that was nothing like Joplin - taking everything into splinters in a path a half-mile wide.” – Roy Gillespie
See GILLESPIE, A7
Photo by Wiley Price
Cub Scout John Edwards, age 8, of Troop #821, raised a salute during a flag ceremony in Jefferson Barracks National Cemetery on Sunday afternoon. The third grader at Mesnier Primary School in the Affton School District participated in the 62nd annual Memorial Day “Good Turn” event. About 4,000 Cub Scouts and Boy Scouts participated in placing flags on the 180,000 headstones in the military cemetery in South County.
Jury sides with Chief Coyle
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black pride Wash. U grads tip caps to heritage as they say goodbye By Kenya Vaughn Of The St. Louis American On May 18, Washington University was less than 48 hours away from its official farewell to the class of 2011. The ribbons were hung and the courtyard decorated. Meanwhile, across the walk at
Graham Chapel, the Washington University Black Senior Alliance was bidding its own special farewell. “Class of 2011, we did it,” said Portia Britt and Kathryn Brown, copresidents of the Black Senior Alliance (BSA). Jennifer Karikari, co-chair for the
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Deputy Chief Charlie Coyle of the St. Louis Fire Department, left, with Monroe Yancie, who was then chief paramedic for the department.
Decides deputy chief was discriminated against in promotion of Jenkerson BSA’s 24th Annual Commencement Ceremony, explained its significance. “The significance of the separate ceremony is to acknowledge the unique challenges many of us face as minority students and to continue the legacy established by those who came before us,” Karikari said. “The African-American community at Wash. U. is more than just an assortment of classmates and roommates. We are family.” See WASH. U, A6
By Rebecca S. Rivas Of The St. Louis American After more than three years of waiting for his day in court, Deputy Fire Chief Charles Coyle said waiting five hours while the jury deliberated on May 27 was “nothing to me.” It was worth the relief of vindication, he said. The jury found the City of St. Louis guilty of racial discrimination against Coyle, a firefighter with the St. Louis Fire Department since 1978 and deputy chief since 2001. Eleven of the 12 jury members – a diverse group of city residents – said a
“If this is the tone we are setting, we are in trouble. These are the people running our city.”
city administrator discriminated against Coyle when the administrator promoted a – Deputy Fire Chief white firefighter of Charles Coyle lower rank to fire chief in November 2007, violating the City Charter’s hirSee COYLE, A7