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INSIDE THIS ISSUE
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Office Scholarship: Helping People Like James
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Fourth of July Fun Facts to Share With the Kids
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Day Care Injuries and Your Rights
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Poor Safety Meets Molten Enamel
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Apply for The Finney Injury Law Scholarship!
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STL Olympics History
Home of Many Greats Countless Olympians have hailed from the Gateway City in sports as diverse as speed skating, boxing, soccer, golf, track, and more! One in particular has gone down in American history as one of the great athletes of all time: Jackie Joyner-Kersee. JJK hails from East St. Louis and first qualified for the Olympic Trials in 1980 as a high school long jumper. She was a track and field and basketball star at UCLA, where she went to college. Before graduation, she attended her first Olympic competition in 1984 where she earned a silver medal in the heptathlon. JJK took home the gold in the same event in 1988 and 1992. She also medaled several times in the long jump. In 1988, she won gold, and in '92 and '96, she won bronze in the event. Is it any wonder she was named the Greatest Female Athlete of the 20th Century by Sports Illustrated? Also hailing from East St. Louis is five-time Olympic gold medalist swimmer Tom Jager. Jo Jo White, a McKinley High School graduate, helped the 1968 U.S. basketball team earn a gold medal after an undefeated season. And St. Louis’ own Lori Chalupny and Becky Sauerbrunn made their names by bringing home the gold in soccer. Chalupny has stuck close to home; she now coaches at Maryville University.
ATHLETES UNDER THE ARCH
THE OLYMPICS CONNECTION TO STL
The Olympic Games are slated to begin on July 23 in Tokyo, Japan, after a yearlong delay due to the pandemic. While five past Olympics have been canceled (all due to WWI and WWII), the Tokyo games are making history as the first-ever to be postponed and rescheduled. This got us thinking about other historic Olympic moments that include our beloved city. Site of the 1st Games on U.S. Soil While the Olympic Games are said to have originated some 3,000 years ago in ancient Greece, the modern event was revived in 1896. In a nod to its past, this event occurred in Athens, Greece. But St. Louis has the distinction of being the first place the games were held outside of Europe. That was the Summer Olympics of 1904 where many competed on what’s now known as Francis Field on the Washington University campus.
Whatever your favorite Summer Olympics event is, we hope you get your fill of watching it this month!
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