Post-Dispatch photos: Saturday, May 26, 2012
Date: 5/26/2012 Album ID: 1504168
Photos by Christian Gooden/St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Photographs by staff photographers
Six-year-old Declan Tucker, who is here from Portland, Oregon visiting family members, bites into a shish kebob during lunch  at the Greek Festival at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Des Peres on Friday, May 25, 2012. The annual Memorial Day festival showcasing Greek culture and food is open today and Sunday from 11 am to 9 pm; and on Monday from 11am to 8pm.
Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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Alianna Taylor, 7, of St. Charles, fastens the coin belt she wore to lunch at the Greek Festival at Assumption Greek Orthodox Church in Des Peres on Friday, May 25, 2012. She will perform  there this weekend. The annual Memorial Day festival showcasing Greek culture and food is open today and Sunday from 11 am to 9 pm; and on Monday from 11am to 8pm.
Photo by Christian Gooden, cgooden@post-dispatch.com
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The Rev. Larry Rice, (left) is greeted by Middleton Carouthers (right), the owner of the land that Rice has dubbed Integrity Village, during a press conference announcing legal action against the city of St. Louis on Friday, May 25, 2012, for condemning the property after Rice set up a tent community for the homeless on it.
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Etinosa Ogbevoen, 18, browses college dorm decorations on the web in the kitchen of her Olivette on Thursday, May 24, 2012.  She will be attending the University of Missouri in the fall.
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Jacqueline Herron (second from the left) hugs Tracy Martin (center), father of Trayvon Martin, during a Stop the Violence Rally at North End Missionary Baptist Church in East St. Louis on Friday, May 25, 2012.  I wasn't going to let this pass by without letting him (Martin) know I was there for him and praying for him said Herron who has know Martin since he was a child.  I want justice for Trayvon she went on to say.
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Pattonville High School senior Rachel McCormick poses for a portrait at her school on Thursday, May 24, 2012, in Maryland Heights. McCormick has chosen to attend the Missouri University of Science and Technology instead of New York University to save thousands of dollars in potential student loans.
Photo by Johnny Andrews, jandrews@post-dispatch.com
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Richard Hackman Sturgis hands out flyers while walking in between cars just south of the intersection of North 4th Street and Carr Street in downtown St. Louis on Tuesday, May 22, 2012. Sturgis is on a campaign to change the name of the St. Louis Rams and the name of the Edward Jones dome to the St. Louis Pilots and The Pilothouse, respectively. According to Sturgis, the name Pilots came from the term steamboat pilots and would give a nod to the history of the area.
Photo by Johnny Andrews, jandrews@post-dispatch.com
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Will Washington, 8, and Jimmy Gilmore, 7, compete in a Mario racing game Wednesday, May 23, 2012, at the Mary Brown Center in E. St. Louis. Kids no longer have the option of going swimming since the only public pool in Lincoln Park (next to the center) closed.

Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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Irma Golliday, Executive Director of the E. St. Louis Board of Park Commission, talks Thursday, May 17, 2012, about all the steps necessary to reopen the Lincoln Park pool.

Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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The Lincoln Park public pool in E. St. Louis is filled with dirty, standing water (and a few beer bottles) on Thursday, May 17, 2012. The city is trying to reopen the pool, but lacks the funding.

Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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U.S. Rep. Russ Carnahan speaks to residents  at neighborhood meeting Tuesday, May 3, 2012, in University City.  To the left is Wanda Burton. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
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Jim Krull, 80, of South County competes in the soccer kicking distance event Wednesday, May 16, 2012, during the 33rd Annual St. Louis Senior Olympics at the JCC fields in Creve Coeur. I have done sports all my life. Why quit now?, said Krull, who is competing in 15 events. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
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7 JAN. 2012 -- ST. LOUIS -- US Rep. William Lacy Clay, Jr. (D-Mo.) address the audience during the 20th Annual Dr. Martin Luther K ing Jr. Statewide Celebration Kick-off Program for Missouri Saturday, Jan. 7, 2012 at Harris-Stowe State University in St. Louis. Actor, comedian and activist Dick Gregory was the keynote speaker at the event.

Photo by Sid Hastings ¥ For the Post-Dispatch
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Girls Soccer Normal Community Sectional Final Collinsville vs Normal Community (05-25-12)
Collinsville # 7 Kat Roe tries to keep the ball away from Normal # 7 Alison Seger. Roe scored two goals in the game.
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Westminster's Tate Matheny hits a triple in the fifth inning during a game between Westminster and MICDS at MICDS on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at MICDS in St. Louis.
Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com
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Westminster's Tate Matheny checks the defense as he pulls into third base with a triple in the fifth inning during a game between Westminster and MICDS at MICDS on Tuesday, April 24, 2012, at MICDS in St. Louis.
Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com
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Officers Karl Gottschalk (left) and Doug Lindhorst, retrieve a bank robbery suspect's wig tossed in an alley trash bin in the 6200 block of Mardel Avenue. The robbery suspect was arrested Friday after workers at the Lindell Bank at Hampton Avenue and Chippewa Street recognized him from a May 4 robbery there. (Photo by Joel Currier / Post-Dispatch)
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