WOW is a good way to describe Chaminade senior Jayson Tatum (pictured above), newly named Gatorade National Boys Basketball Player of the Year. Evaluated by a panel of sport-specific experts, Tatum was chosen for the national honor from a field of 540,000 candidates! Best of all, this hometowner is a good student and a giving member of the community. He has taught at youth basketball camps and clinics, served meals to the hungry and homeless, supported a program for single mothers, and worked to educate student athletes about social responsibility. St. L is proud!
Congratulations to the worthy Women of Achievement 2016. They are Dr. Maimuna Baig, Carol Beeman, Ronnie Brockman, Etta Daniels, Lynn Friedman Hamilton, Carol Swartout Klein, Dr. Marlys Schuh, Annie Guyton Seal, Kathryn Winter and Dr. Patricia Wolff. The women are recognized for their philanthropy in various areas.
Surprise! That’s what Mason Ridge Elementary students and staff said to OASIS tutor E. Laine, who was feted in a surprise ceremony honoring her 20 years of volunteer service to Parkway schools. The retired Montessori school administrator volunteered at Ross Elementary prior to her time at Mason Ridge.
A big, creative congratulations to local artist William H. Neukomm, whose painting ‘Portrait of Katrina’ has been accepted as part of the international portrait competition, the BP Portrait Award. Chosen from more than 2,500 submissions from 80 countries, the painting is part of a special exhibition at the National Portrait Gallery in London that travels the U.K. through June 2017. Neukomm, now of Webster Groves, is an alumnus of Parkway Central, Kansas City Art Institute and Florence Academy of Art.
A force to be reckoned with, St. Louisan Teri Griege has received a major honor from Fleet Feet Sports to add to her others: She has been named one of five national recipients of The Power of Running to Inspire Award. The author, wife, mother, tri-athlete, Ironman World Championship finisher and Stage 4 colon cancer fighter received the award for her charitable work on behalf of cancer patients, including starting a nonprofit, Powered By Hope Foundation.
