Portfolio by Dawn Majors
Date: 5/2/2008 Album ID: 508765
Photos by Dawn Majors
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Dawn Majors is a native of Old Hickory, Tenn., a suburb of Nashville that lies 20 minutes north of the city. She graduated from Western Kentucky University in Bowling Green with majors in both photojournalism and anthropology. When people ask why she choose to study both she says "I figured with both skills I could always take pictures of people, or their bones." She has been on staff at the Post-Dispatch for more than six years.
Sunday, August, 03, 2007 Alexandra Gabliani(center), 13, with St. Louis Arches juggles while waiting to perform backstage at the Everyday Circus at The City Musem, Sunday. While members of a Jewish and Arabic circus troupe watch. The group joins the St. Louis Arches for two weeks of performances. Dawn Majors | Post-Dispatch
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Mikie Levine,19, and Jennifer Sisson,17, both of St. Louis, relax beneath a tree at Carondelet Park, Monday Afternoon,This is my favorite park to visit, said Sisson.
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St. Louis County Executive, incumbent Charlie A. Dooley checks the early numbers with John Temporiti (left), campaign manager and treasurer, during Dooley's election day watch party held at the Sheraton Westport Hotel, in Maryland Heights.
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St. Louis County Executive, Charlie A. Dooley celebrates his third consecutive win as county executive with his daughter Stephanie and wife Sandra on Tuesday night. Dooley was at his election night watch party at the Sheraton Westport Hotel, in Maryland Heights.
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Four more years, said St. Louis County Executive, Charlie A. Dooley on Tuesday night, as he celebrated his third consecutive win as county executive. Dooley was at his election night watch party at the Sheraton Westport Hotel, in Maryland Heights.
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The 2010 Greater St. Louis Marching Band Festival at Edward Jones Dome on Saturday.
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-A visitor to the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial, pauses beneath a canopy of trees, to takes pictures of the south leg of the Gateway Arch, Saturday. The Emerald Ash Borer is a threat to millions of trees and has forestry managers at the Gateway Arch and Forest Park talking about removing the ash trees.
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Master of Ceremonies Bill Rupp, of St. Peters faces the United States Flag during the singing of the National Anthem at a Pearl Harbor Day Ceremony held in St. Peters City Hall, in St. Peters. Rupp is a member of the United States Marine Corps League and served four years during WWII.
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Federal Agents return to St. Louis Metropolitan Towing.
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It's a crazy day, but it's fun, said Bill Trefts, 53, of Webster Groves, of his Black Friday shopping trip.
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Lewis and Clark re-enactors help Members of the Discovery Crew expedition dock along the bank of the Mississippi River, at Frontier Park.
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Sally Huang, left, 9, Mandy Aoieong,10, Jessica Lau, 8, and Sarah Lin, 10, wait in the wings for their chance to perform, during the celebration of Chinese New Year at First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood. The presentation was put on by the St. Louis Chinese Language School and presented as part of Con Spirito Concert Series sponsored by First Presbyterian. The Series is in its fourth year at the church.
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Mark Johnson, left, 12, Rashod Martin, 13, and Christopher Jackson 12, sit in preparation for the second annual Constitution Bee, held at Normandy Middle School. Participation in the competition allows students two weeks of preparation and the opportunity for extra credit. The students were participating in the event as a observance of Constitution Day.
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Brendan Green, 10, and his step-father Tom Jagels, both of Granite City, IIl. spend the evening shooting aluminum cans with their air rifles along Old Rock Road. We both like it, said Jagels. He can't wait to get home from school and, I can't wait to get home from work to do it. Jagels bought a rifle for his stepson first, then bought one for himself, after he quickly realized that Green wasn't going to share during their target sessions.
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Caz Kanabrocki, right, 9, and his mother Marlies de Waard in the kitchen of their Creve Couer, Mo., home. Caz and his sister Alyce, 11, and their neighbors Marc and Bradley Hansell sold lemonade and cookies in an effort to raise money for the Red Cross after the attacks of Sept. 11. Caz says, he still feels sad for those who lost loved ones and, he is glad there are no more hijackers.
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FEEDING AFRICA - Esnat Issa who doesn't know her age and has never attended school, is the mother of one-year old twins Junio and Linay Issa.  Daughter Linay, who weights just 11 pounds, is being fed re-hydration fluid provided by the Chikweo Health Center in Malawi. Junio, her son, is not pictured and weighs 15 pounds. Both of the children are dehydrated and have had diarrhea for the past three days.
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FEEDING AFRICA - A young boy rides through the countryside just beyond a 17-acre field of cassava at a national agricultural center in Serere, Uganda. Without using genetic engineering, scientists there have bred virus resistant plants. But Donald Danforth Plant Center scientists in St. Louis questioned the acceptance of these plants by Ugandans because of the way they taste.
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FEEDING AFRICA - A young Ungandan boy tears through the thin yellow skin of a piece of cassava to the raw, pink flesh. He picked the root from a pile of cassava that has just arrived at a miller's, located just outside the village of Nyakadot, in Uganda. The cassava will either be sold at market or prepared for flour. For many years cassava has been used as a food of last resort in Africa, but for some cassava is a life line.
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