Whitney Curtis

People

Virvus Jones, former comptroller for the City of St. Louis and currently vice president of development for Roberts Bros. Properties, and creator of The St. Louis American's “Political Eye” column
   
Activist Percy Green in St. Louis, Mo.
   
Architect Ralph Fournier, 85, in Creve Coeur, Mo.
     
  
St. Louis journalist Harper Barnes' book, "Never Been a Time: The 1917 Race Riot That Sparked the Civil Rights Movement," details the 1917 East St. Louis race riots.
   
Kiet Dinh, St. Louis
   
     
  
Hamdi Hashi at her home in St. Louis.
   
Bob Durnberger, of Plainfield, Ill., displays his tokens on his shirt from various square dances that he has attended during a Naper Squares club dance at Naperville Central High School in Naperville, Ill.
   
Mitch Kassenoff, of Naperville, Ill., smokes a hookah at the Dhuwan Hookah Lounge in Lisle, Ill.
     
  
Brenn Hill, a native of Ogden, Utah, is a country singer and songwriter
  
Flamingos are a symbol of summer.
   
Morgan High School's Cheryl Blazzard is the Standard-Examiner 2003-2004 Girls All-Area Basketball MVP. Blazzard was the top scorer on her team for three consecutive years and helped lead her team to the state 3-A championship title two years in a row.
     
  
Master Hsing Yun, leader of the Fo Guang Shan Buddhist order based in Taiwan, leads a Taking Refuge and Five Precepts Ceremony at York High School in Elmhurst, Ill. Master Hsing Yun was on a six-week tour of Europe and North America.
   
Singer Carmen Rasmusen was a finalist on American Idol Season 2.
   
Kevin Frantz, of Plainfield, Ill., is the founder of the Naperville Ghost Society and is also involved with Naperville Ghost Tours.
     
  
Jennifer Kates waits in the wings to take the stage during a performance by DanceAbility at the McAninch Arts Center at the College of DuPage in Glen Ellyn, Ill. DanceAbility, from the Chemeketa Community College in Salem, Ore., is an inclusive dance form that uses performers with and without disabilities.