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The following is an investigative project written and researched by Samatha Sonderen for a senior year project at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is a Florissant native who served an internship with the Independent News and www. flovallynews.com this year.
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Recent Independent News intern write a personal essay on Race and colorblindness
A Personal Essay: What a colorful world.
B y Samantha Sonderen
My best friend Alexis has never let me down. She’s just like me. We save the same country music stations in our presets. We share boy trouble, family trouble, ups and downs of all sorts. She wears her hair straight; so do I. We fit together like puzzle pieces, but one thing we will never share is skin color. She goes home to a black family, and I go home to a white one. I have friends that pretend to be colorblind in public, yet make black jokes privately, and I’ve been taught “everyone is your equal.”
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McKay Loses to Pagano; Behlmann, Whitlock, Schroeder, Ebert Winners
Jackie (Bond) Pagano
Four-term Florissant City Councilwoman Karen McKay was the lone incumbent in the area to lose in her bid for reelection in the city’s ninth ward seat. Jackie (Bond) Pagano was the winner in the race by a 322-252 count. Councilmen Ben Hernandez retained his seat in a close race (357-342) against Mike Bober.
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Candidates, Ballot Issues
The candidates and issues on the April 3 ballot are shown below. Your ballot will vary, depending on where you live.
City of Black Jack
Ward 1 Donald Krank (unopposed)
Ward 2 Sandra K. Muller (unopposed)
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Local Film Maker Doesn’t See his Film About Spanish Lake as ‘Controversial’
by Tom Anselm
In his novel, “Look Homeward, Angel”, author Thomas Wolfe wrote “you can never go home again.” But former Spanish Lake resident Phillip Andrew Morton tried anyway. While working as a visual effects line producer on a major motion picture in Los Angeles, Morton, 32, has also been laboring as the developer and director of a documentary about his old neighborhood.
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Tips for Tax Filing Offered by Local Veteran Tax Accountant
By Nichole Richardson
Tuesday, April 17th is the filing deadline for 2011 taxes. The traditional date of April 15th was extended again this year because of Emancipation Day. Though we are mid-way through tax season, here are some pointers for those of you who have yet to file, and some tips to keep in mind next year for those of you who have already filed.
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