A few years down our genealogy research path while continually hitting goldmine after goldmine of new and exciting family information, it dawned on Tracy that “hey, we’re officially Family Historians”. That term “Family Historians” stayed in the frontal lobe of her brain for quite some time. She finally said that we need to do something […]
FERGUSON, MO—Fourteen months ago intense international attention was focused on Ferguson, MO. A young man was dead and a police officer shot him. That’s a formula for grief, drama, confusion, power plays and denial. Fourteen months ago no one knew how the family of Michael Brown Jr. would begin to heal following his emotionally charged […]
Cornute Family Reunion Descends on Chicago, Illinois CHICAGO, IL— “It is hopeless for the occasional visitor to try to keep up with Chicago. She outgrows his prophecies faster than he can make them.” — Mark Twain, 1883 Chicago was only 46 years old when Mark Twain wrote those words, but it had already grown more […]
Ingredients: 1½ pounds kielbasa2 large yellow onions, chopped ¼ cup good olive oil6 garlic cloves, minced6-8 stalks fresh thyme6-8 large bay leaves1½ pounds small potatoes (red or white)1 tablespoon kosher salt½ tablespoon freshly ground black pepper2 dozen littleneck clams, scrubbed2 dozen steamer clams, scrubbed2 pounds mussels, cleaned and debearded4-6 ears of corn, husked and halved1½ […]
Ingredients: 3 cups all-purpose flour1 teaspoon baking soda1 tablespoon ground cinnamon2 cups sugar3 eggs beaten1 cup vegetable oil2 10 once packages frozen sliced strawberries (thawed) Directions: Preheat oven to 350° Combine all dry ingredients and mix well. Combine oil, eggs and strawberries with dry ingredients and mix well. Pour batter into greased and floured 9x5x3 […]
Ingredients: 1 cup chopped bell pepper1 cup chopped celery1 cup chopped green onion2 cloves garlic, minced1 16 oz. can tomatoes, drained½ lb. smoked sausage, sliced¼ teaspoon cayenne pepper¼ cup cooking oil1½ cups stock or water½ lb. ham, cubed1 dozen med. raw shrimp, deveined1 cup chopped onion1½ cups of rice1 teaspoon fresh thyme1 teaspoon black pepper […]
CINCINNATI, OH—Russell E. Hairston, retired from the Department of Trade and Development, City of Cincinnati, Ohio after thirty-three years of service as their Housing Division Manager for the Department of Community and Economic Development. Russell and his family celebrated this milestone while vacationing for a week in Tulum, Mexico. Congratulation to Russell on reaching this […]
Sybil Ann Carey, 69, of Columbus, Ohio, went home to join her loved ones, on Sunday, March 22, 2015. She was born on December 17, 1945 to Thelma (Cornute) and Lorenzo Pleasant in Huntington, West Virginia. Sybil is preceded in death by her parents, husband Alfonza Carey and brother William Richard (Pee-Wee) Pleasant. She is […]
ST. LOUIS, MO—A panel discussion on how social media and technology are influencing and changing news coverage was the topic of Thursday’s meeting of the St. Louis Chapter of the Public Relations Society of America. Bonita Cornute, a consumer reporter for Fox 2 News (KTVI), Joe Dwyer, managing editor of the St. Louis Business Journal, […]
This project was first developed in 2001 as we were preparing for the reunion being held in Chicago that year. We wanted to create something special that the family could enjoy viewing while finding their names on the family tree. The initial black and white design, a 3 ft x 10 ft banner, had a […]
