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Best of '09 from John L. White
Date: 12/24/2009 Album ID: 915194
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A selection of photos from 2009 by St. Louis Post-Dispatch staff photographer John L. White.
FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009 - Gorgeous Gary Jackson poses for a portrait with his championship belt in the South Broadway Athletic Club's training gym in St. Louis. Jackson is a twenty-five year veteran of the wrestling circuit. His favorite quote is And I will cheat if I have to! The MMWA-SICW (Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling) holds wrestling events every month at the South Broadway Athletic Club in St. Louis and regularly in East Carondelet.John L. White | jwhite@post-dispatch.com
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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009 - Jerome Cody cringes in pain during his matchup against Lumberjack Gabe (top left) as Jimmy The Referee Harris warns him against illegal moves Saturday night at the East Carondelet Community Center in Illinois. One of Gabe's signature moves is the timber cutter and one of his favorite quotes is Going to chop you down! The MMWA-SICW (Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling) holds wrestling events every month at the South Broadway Athletic Club in St. Louis and regularly in East Carondelet.John L. White | jwhite@post-dispatch.com
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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009 - Shaft poses for a portrait in the dressing room prior to his wrestling match at the South Broadway Athletic Club. The MMWA-SICW (Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling) holds wrestling events every month at the South Broadway Athletic Club in St. Louis and regularly in East Carondelet.John L. White | jwhite@post-dispatch.com
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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009 - Kim Carter (right), her daughter Krista Carter (center), 6, and her sister Debbie Carter (left), all from St. Louis, cheer for their favorite wrestlers during a Saturday evening event held at the South Broadway Athletic Club in St. Louis. Most of the fans are very loyal, traveling to matches in Missouri and Illinois every month to see their favorite wrestlers. The MMWA-SICW (Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling) holds wrestling events every month at the South Broadway Athletic Club in St. Louis and regularly in East Carondelet.John L. White | jwhite@post-dispatch.com
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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009 - A.J. poses for a portrait in the dressing room prior to his wrestling match at the South Broadway Athletic Club. The MMWA-SICW (Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling) holds wrestling events every month at the South Broadway Athletic Club in St. Louis and regularly in East Carondelet.John L. White | jwhite@post-dispatch.com
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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009 - Diane Kinworthy (right) from Imperial, Missouri, shields her grandson Tyler Pinkowski (center), from Imperial, and his cousin Kaleb Herbert (left), from St. Louis, as the Guerilla Warfare tag team of The Big Texan and Waco pass by prior to their matchup at the East Carondelet Community Center Saturday evening. The MMWA-SICW (Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling) holds wrestling events every month at the South Broadway Athletic Club in St. Louis and regularly in East Carondelet.John L. White | jwhite@post-dispatch.com
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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009 - The Lumberjacks Gabe and Abe pose for a portrait with their tag team championship belts in the locker room of the South Broadway Athletic Club in St. Louis. Their signature moves include the log-plex and the timber cutter and their favorite quote is Going to chop you down! The MMWA-SICW (Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling) holds wrestling events every month at the South Broadway Athletic Club in St. Louis and regularly in East Carondelet.John L. White | jwhite@post-dispatch.com
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FRIDAY, APRIL 24, 2009 - Travis The Crook Cook poses for a portrait in the locker room of the South Broadway Athletic Club in St. Louis. Cook is the manager for a group of wrestlers known as The Connection. His favorite quote is I can afford that! Fans often chant the name Spongebob and wave action figures of the cartoon character when he is at ringside because during one match it was uncovered that he wore Spongebob Squarepants underwear. The MMWA-SICW (Mid-Missouri Wrestling Association-Southern Illinois Conference Wrestling) holds wrestling events every month at the South Broadway Athletic Club in St. Louis and regularly in East Carondelet.John L. White | jwhite@post-dispatch.com
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FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 2009 - Paul Davies (left), of O'Fallon, Illinois, plays a game of Dot To Dot with his son Benoit, 5, prior to the Balloon Glow Friday evening in Forest Park.John L. White | jwhite@post-dispatch.com
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MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 2009 - A woman collapses by St. Louis metropolitan police officers at the scene of a shooting near the intersection of St. Louis and Euclid Avenues Monday afternoon in St. Louis. Multiple shots were fired at the scene. The woman was overheard screaming that one of the victims was her grandchild. John L. White | jwhite@post-dispatch.com
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THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 12, 2009 - Raydeane James (left) from Springfield hugs President Abraham Lincoln after the President's wife Mary Todd Lincoln (far right) took their picture with James' camera at the Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library and Museum in downtown Springfield Thursday afternoon. James and the President are standing in front of a life-size model of Lincoln's 1818 childhood one-room cabin home in Little Pigeon Creek, Indiana. The roles of President Lincoln and his wife were played by Michael Krebs and Debra Ann Miller from Chicago. The city celebrated President Lincoln's 200th birthday with events held throughout the day including a wreath laying at his tomb by members of the American Legion and the new governor.John L. White | jwhite@post-dispatch.com
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WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 19, 2009 - McGraw Milhaven poses for a portrait at his home in St. Louis Wednesday afternoon in this composite photo. Milhaven has been fined hundreds of thousands of dollars by the Internal Revenue Service for a financial maneuver recommended to him by his accountant. Milhaven returned the money before the IRS asked but is still dealling with legal and financial bureaucracy.John L. White | jwhite@post-dispatch.com
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THURSDAY, JULY 2, 2009 - Arvin Mitchell (left) from St. Louis and A.J. Cameron-Pollard (right) perform the opening sequence from the Michael Jackson song Beat It during a musical celebration of Michael Jackson at Vintage Vinyl in University City Thursday evening. The record store featured local artists DJ Willpower, DJ Needles, DJ Reminisce, and Enoch Is Real in the back of the store spinning music from Michael Jackson's career. I love it, said Mitchell, Anything like this that can bring people together is special. See a gallery of photos from the Michael Jackson celebration at STLtoday.com/multimediaJohn L. White | jwhite@post-dispatch.com
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2009 - Archbishop-elect Robert J. Carlson (second from right) enters the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica for his installation ceremony Wednesday afternoon.John L. White | jwhite@post-dispatch.com
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WEDNESDAY, JUNE 10, 2009 - Archbishop Robert J. Carlson walks out of the St. Louis Cathedral Basilica after being installed as the new archbishop Wednesday afternoon.John L. White | jwhite@post-dispatch.com
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TUESDAY, MAY 12, 2009 - Kevin Siddle, the director of operations for the Detonics company, poses for a portrait holding a Detonics Ops Master gun at a firing range used by both the Millstadt and Columbia police departments in Millstadt. According to the company's chief executive officer Bruce Siddle, the firearms design company is developing a new gun that is designed to take into account extreme stress levels and enhance acccuracy during combat situations for law enforcement officers and others. Siddle says that the average gun is made up of about 53 parts while the gun they are developing, called a DTX, is made up of 30 parts.John L. White | jwhite@post-dispatch.com
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FRIDAY, MAY 1, 2009 - Nadiya Yarmola (left), originally from the Ukraine and now living in Manchester, and her mother Anna Yarmola (center) celebrate Anna's new United States citizenship with Julia Peggs of St. Louis (right) Friday morning at Parkway South High School in Manchester. Anna Yarmola and approximately one hundred others became United States citizens during a naturalization ceremony.John L. White | jwhite@post-dispatch.com
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SUNDAY, MARCH 1, 2009 - Paramedic Bhavin Mehta carries Lance Perkins, nine months old, to an ambulance for precautionary measures following a multi-car accident involving a city bus at the intersection of Goodfellow Avenue and St. Louis Boulevard Sunday morning in St. Louis. Perkins was in the backseat of a car driven by his mother along with two other children when their car was clipped during the accident.John L. White | jwhite@post-dispatch.com
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FRIDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2009 - Sung Han Park, 9, from Chesterfield checks himself out in a mirror after getting his face painted by Miss Molly the clown during the Family Fall Festival - Hobo Days held at the Museum of Transportation in Kirkwood Sunday afternoon.John L. White | jwhite@post-dispatch.com
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MONDAY, AUGUST 3, 2009 - A woman is escorted from the scene of a house explosion on Salena Street north of Chippewa Monday afternoon.John L. White | jwhite@post-dispatch.com
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