Playoffs continue Big Missouri matchups this weekend
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CAC Audited NOVEMBER 7 – 13, 2013
Vol. 84 No. 31 COMPLIMENTARY
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‘We can achieve at the highest levels’ Jennings school recognized by state as ‘highest performing’
Fairview Primary Elementary Teacher of the Year Jaclyn Overbey works with third graders Allen Willis, 9, and Chloe Lovely, 8.
By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American Fairview Primary Elementary students have been celebrating ever since they received their state standardized test scores in August. “We really knocked it out of the park,” said Chanua Ross, principal of Fairview, a Jennings school that served pre-K through third grade last year and this year now goes up to sixth grade.
United Way beats campaign goal Charmaine Chapman Society raises more than $2M of $72.25M By Chris King Of The St. Louis American In a time of great need for social services, the United Way of Greater St. Louis exceeded its $72.25 million fundraising goal by raising $72,254,028 for its member agencies. “It takes an outpouring of generosity from all corners of our community to generate this “For the third kind of support,” said year in a row, the United Way 2013 Charmaine Campaign Co-Chair Chapman Society Cheri Fromm. One critical source has exceeded the $2 million and 800- of support was the Charmaine Chapman member marks.” Society, comprised of African Americans – Maurice Newberry who donate $1,000 or more annually to the United Way. “For the third year in a row, the Charmaine Chapman Society has exceeded the $2 million and 800-member marks and continues to be the No. 1 philanthropic program for African Americans in the St. Louis region and throughout the country,” said Maurice Newberry, co-chair of the 2013 Charmaine Chapman Society.
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Feeling the Spirit The Right Reverend Lawrence M. Wooten, senior prelate for COGIC (right), responds to a woman dancing in the Holy Ghost during Tuesday’s evening service at the America’s Center as St. Louis Alderman and COGIC minister Sam Moore and Maurice Bell from the office of the President of the Board of Aldermen share the moment.
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As stimulus funds run out, food stamp allotments go down
Honoring a ‘NOBLE’ man Probation Office commemorates the late Major Ernest E. Green III Ernest E. Green IV and his brother, Ellis Green, show their mother, Alicia F. Green, the memorial to their father, the late Major Ernest E. Green III, prepared by the U.S. Probation Office – Eastern District of Missouri.
By Bridjes O’Neil Of The St. Louis American Family, colleagues and close friends honored the humanitarian efforts and life of the late Major Ernest E. Green III with an unveiling ceremony Tuesday afternoon at the Thomas F. Eagleton U.S. Courthouse. Green was a 20-plus-year veteran of the University City Police Department and served in several high-ranking leadership roles within NOBLE (National Organization of Black Law Enforcement Executives). Ernest died in December 2010 at age 46 from a
‘Fragile families’ face SNAP cuts By Rebecca Rivas Of The St. Louis American On Nov. 1, more than 230,000 residents in St. Louis city and county saw a decrease in their foodstamp allotment – among 47 million people nationwide. The cuts came after the federal stimulus money used in 2009 to increase funding to the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, SNAP, expired in November. For a family of four, the average cut in food stamps will be $36 a month – from $668 to $632. “That may sound insignificant, until you start thinking that these are families that had difficulty feeding themselves in the first place,” said Sandra M. Moore, president of Urban Strategies, a St.
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Buford honored for Lifetime Achievement
Until there’s a cure, it will always be there
Boys will be extorionists in the NFL
Retired Urban League executive lauded at Salute to Excellence In Business on November 14.
This week’s issue of Your Health Matters focuses on Type 1 Diabetes and other diabetes-related information.
The National Football League’s off-field antics have escalated and are more than just concerning.
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