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St. Louis Public Radio Newsroom and On-Air Staff
Politics & Education Editor
Arts & Culture, Voices Editor
Science & Health, Innovation Editor
Audio Editor
Innovation Reporter
Manager of News Partnerships
Morning Newscaster
Arts & Culture Reporter
Statehouse Reporter
Health Reporter
Visual Specialist
Science Reporter
Justice Reporter
Outreach Specialist
Political Reporter
Political Reporter
Afternoon Newscaster
Work/Life Reporter
Education Reporter
Engagement Editor
Innovation Reporter
Education Reporter
St. Louis Public Radio News Team Biographies
Editor Margaret Wolf Freivogel:
Margaret Wolf Freivogel is the Editor of St. Louis Public Radio and The Beacon. She was the founding editor of the St. Louis Beacon, a nonprofit news organization, from 2008 to 2013. A St. Louis native, Margie previously worked for 34 years at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch as a reporter, Washington correspondent and assistant managing editor. She has received numerous awards for reporting as well as a lifetime achievement award from the St. Louis Press Club and the Missouri Medal of Honor from the University of Missouri School of Journalism. She is a board member of the Investigative News Network and a past president of Journalism and Women Symposium. Margie graduated from Kirkwood High School and Stanford University. She is married to William H. Freivogel. They have four grown children and five grandchildren. Margie enjoys rowing and is a fan of chamber music. >> Back to top
Politics & Education Editor Susan Hegger:
Susan Hegger comes to St. Louis Public Radio and the Beacon as the politics and issues editor, a position she has held at the Beacon since it started in 2008.
Previously, she was at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch for 20 years. During that time, she was an editorial writer; the arts and entertainment editor; and finally the assistant managing editor for features overseeing the paper's entertainment, lifestyle and features sections. She also did stints as restaurant food critic and Washington reporter.
Susan started her journalism career at The Riverfront Times, where she eventually became the editor.
Susan graduated from Ursuline Academy and Washington University (in anthropology). Her passion is travel, and she is always planning her next adventure. Closer to home, she is also a dedicated runner, who can be found most days on the path in Forest Park.
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Arts & Culture, Voices Editor Donna Korando:
Donna Korando started work in journalism at SIUs Daily Egyptian in 1968. In between Carbondale and the Beacon, she taught high school in Manitowoc, Wisc., and worked at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She was the copy editor and letters editor for the editorial page from 1973-77. As an editorial writer from 1977-87, she covered Illinois and city politics, education, agriculture, family issues and sub-Saharan Africa. When she was editor of the Commentary Page from 1987-2003, the page won several awards from the Association of Opinion Page Editors. From 2003-07, she headed the features copy desk.
She was part of the original staff of the St. Louis Beacon where she worked with features and commentary articles, combining her experience at the Post-Dispatch. Those areas remain her focus.
In addition to a journalism degree from SIUC, Donna earned a master of studies in law from Yale Law School. Her son and daughter took to heart her advice to go away to college and live far from St. Louis. Her home is ruled by two cats.
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Science & Health, Innovation Editor Shula Neuman:
Shula Neuman has more than a decade of journalism experience as both a print and radio reporter. Shula comes to St. Louis Public Radio after working as an editor for NPR in Washington, D.C. She also reported on economic development for Clevelands public radio station and, before that, worked as a reporter and evening newscaster at St. Louis Public Radio. Yes, this is Shulas second stint with St. Louis Public Radio. She says she just cant stay away from her hometown because shes tired of rooting for the Cardinals in absentia. Shula has a masters degree in journalism from Columbia University; an Executive M.B.A. from Washington University in St. Louis; and a bachelors from Reed College in Portland, OR. She claims she has no intention of going back to school again. Shula is an avid cyclist, canine enthusiast and compulsive baker (although she has yet to bake anything for dogs).
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Audio Editor Bill Raack:
Raack has been in radio for over 20 years. After graduating with a degree in journalism from the University of Kansas in 1983, he worked at commercial radio stations in Kansas and then Illinois. He moved to public radio in 1990, joining the staff of WILL-AM/FM in Champaign-Urbana, Illinois, as a host/reporter and then as news director in 1993. He returned to his hometown of St. Louis in 1995 as the local host of St. Louis Public Radio's Morning Edition program and also served as a reporter/producer until 1998, when he was named news director. Bill and his wife Kim are proud parents of two public-radio-listening children. >> Back to top
Innovation Reporter Maria Altman:
Altman came to St. Louis Public Radio from Dallas where she hosted All Things Considered and reported north Texas news at KERA. Altman also spent several years in Illinois: first in Chicago where she interned at WBEZ; then as the Morning Edition host at WSIU in Carbondale; and finally in Springfield, where she earned her graduate degree and covered the legislature for Illinois Public Radio. A native Iowan, Altman earned her bachelors degree in journalism at the University of Iowa. She remains a devoted Hawkeye. In her free time, Altman likes hiking, swing dancing, and searching for the perfect diner.
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Manager of News Partnerships Sally Altman:
Sally was the health, science and innovation editor at the St. Louis Beacon. Prior to her work at the Beacon, Sally worked in the health care field for more 30 years. She has consulted with Fortune 500 companies, hospitals, physicians, insurance companies and nonprofit educational organizations. Her work has included strategic analysis and planning, legislative analysis, health network design and contract negotiations for health care services and fees. Sally has a Master in Public Health degree from The University of Michigan. She is married to Richard Weiss and has three grown daughters who have moved to the mountains or to warmer climes. Sally and Dick visit them as often as possible. >> Back to top
Morning Newscaster Julie Bierach:
Julie Bierach is the morning newscaster/news producer at St. Louis Public Radio. She was born and raised in St. Louis and graduated from Southeast Missouri State University. She started her career in Cape Girardeau, Mo. as a student announcer. Bierach returned to St. Louis Public Radio in November 2010 after working in public relations at the Missouri Botanical Garden. She was previously the station's science and technology reporter.
Bierach worked in Tucson, Arizona at Arizona Public Media where she was the host of the station's weekly news magazine, Arizona Spotlight. While in Tucson, she reported on a variety of topics facing the desert southwest, including illegal immigration. Her reports have been featured on NPR's All Things Considered and Day to Day. >> Back to top
Arts & Culture Reporter Nancy Fowler:
Nancy Fowler is a veteran journalist with 28 years of experience in print, online and broadcast media. Her passions include the arts, social justice and the intersection of the two. She has been known to employ unconventional methods to get the story -- or the job. During college, she pursued her first professional position by hollowing out a hardback book and filling it with a resume audiotape that opened with the "Mission Impossible" theme. It instructed the news director to track down and hire this diamond in the rough, and ended with a warning that it would self-destruct. He accepted the mission. Throughout her career and today, the polishing continues as the field of journalism reinvents itself.
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State House Reporter Marshall Griffin:
St. Louis Public Radio State House Reporter Marshall Griffin is a native of Mississippi and proud alumnus of Ole Miss (welcome to the SEC, Mizzou!). He has been in radio for over 20 years, starting out as a deejay. His big break in news came when the first President Bush ordered the invasion of Panama in 1989. Marshall was working the graveyard shift at a rock station, and began ripping news bulletins off an old AP teletype and reading updates between songs. From there on, his radio career turned toward news reporting and anchoring. In 1999, he became the capital bureau chief for Florida's Radio Networks, and in 2003 he became News Director at WFSU-FM/Florida Public Radio. During his time in Tallahassee he covered seven legislative sessions, Governor Jeb Bush's administration, four hurricanes, the Terri Schiavo saga, and the 2000 presidential recount. Before coming to Missouri, he enjoyed a brief stint in the Blue Ridge Mountains, reporting and anchoring for WWNC-AM in Asheville, North Carolina. Marshall lives in Jefferson City with his wife, Julie, their dogs, Max and Liberty Belle, and their cat, Honey. >> Back to top
Health Reporter Bob Joiner:
Robert Joiner has carved a niche in providing informed reporting about a range of medical issues. He won a Dennis A. Hunt Journalism Award for the Beacons "Worlds Apart" series on health-care disparities. His journalism experience includes working at the St. Louis American and the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where he was a beat reporter, wire editor, editorial writer, columnist and member of the Washington bureau.
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Data Visual Specialist Brent Jones:
Brent Jones is a journalist who works with data and design. He joined the St. Louis Beacon after graduating with a Bachelor of Science in Journalism from Southern Illinois University Carbondale in 2007. In the past five years, he has shot photos of the Pevely Dairy fire and flooding in Cairo, Ill.; compiled data on St. Louis' hottest days and whitest Christmases; edited a 30-minute video on music in Iraq; designed a 150+ page ebook; and produced audio from an improv show and more than 100 Beacon Roundtables. Jones lives in St. Louis, where he has completed a half- and full marathon and sings in a 16-member a capella madrigal ensemble. >> Back to top
Science Reporter Véronique LaCapra:
Véronique LaCapra first caught the radio bug while writing commentaries for NPR affiliate WAMU in Washington, D.C. After producing her first audio pieces at the Duke Center for Documentary Studies in N.C., she was hooked! She has done ecological research in the Brazilian Pantanal; regulated pesticides for the Environmental Protection Agency in Arlington, Va.; been a freelance writer and volunteer in South Africa; and contributed radio features to the Voice of America in Washington, D.C. She earned a Ph.D. in ecosystem ecology from the University of California in Santa Barbara, and a B.A. in environmental policy and biology from Cornell. LaCapra grew up in Cambridge, Mass., and in her mother's home town of Auxerre, France. >> Back to top
Justice Reporter Rachel Lippmann:
Lippmann returns to her native St. Louis after spending two years covering state government in Lansing, Michigan. She earned her undergraduate degree from Northwestern University and followed (though not directly) in Maria Altman's footsteps in Springfield, also earning her graduate degree in public affairs reporting. She's also done reporting stints in Detroit, Michigan and Austin, Texas. Rachel likes to fill her free time with good books, good friends, good food, and good baseball. >> Back to top
Outreach Specialist Linda Lockhart:
Outreach specialist Linda Lockhart has been telling stories for most of her life. A graduate of the University of Missouri's School of Journalism, she has worked at several newspapers around the Midwest, including the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, as a reporter, copy editor, make-up editor, night city editor, wire editor, Metro Section editor, and editorial writer. She served the St. Louis Beacon as analyst for the Public Insight Network, which is a product of Minnesota Public Radio and American Public Media that helps connect journalists with news sources. She is a St. Louis native and lives in Kirkwood. >> Back to top
Political Reporter Jo Mannies:
Jo Mannies has been covering Missouri politics and government for almost four decades, much of that time as a reporter and columnist at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch. She was the first woman to cover St. Louis City Hall, was the newspapers second woman sportswriter in its history, and spent four years in the Post-Dispatch Washington Bureau. She joined the St. Louis Beacon in 2009. She has won several local, regional and national awards, and has covered every president since Jimmy Carter. She scared fellow first-graders in the late 1950s when she showed them how close Alaska was to Russia and met Richard M. Nixon when she was in high school. She graduated from Valparaiso University in northwest Indiana, and was the daughter of a high school basketball coach. She is married and has two grown children, both lawyers. Shes a history and movie buff, cultivates a massive flower garden, and bakes banana bread regularly for her colleagues.
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Political Reporter Chris McDaniel:
Chris McDaniel started at St. Louis Public Radio as a political reporter, predominantly covering the race between Senator Claire McCaskill and Congressman Todd Akin. Before coming to St. Louis, Chris worked at NPR stations in Louisville, Kentucky and Columbia, Missouri, and his work has been broadcast on NPRs national newscasts. He is a proud graduate of the University of Missouri, where he studied journalism and political science. He is also the winner of the 2011 PAX East Super Smash Bros. Tournament. Chris enjoys dogs, anything by Cormac McCarthy, and listeners like you. >> Back to top
Afternoon Newscaster Joseph Leahy:
Leahy anchors St. Louis Public Radio's weekday afternoon newscasts and produces news on local and regional issues. He previously produced and reported news for WERS 88.9 FM in Boston and is a former correspondent for the Boston Globes online news section, "Your Town." He holds a master's degree in print and multimedia journalism from Emerson College in Boston.
Born in Kansas City, Mo., Joseph grew up migrating almost annually with his family between two disparate homes: rural Missouri and sprawling Los Angeles. He attended the University of California before transferring to the University of Missouri to complete a bachelor's degree in English.
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Work/Life Reporter Mary Leonard:
Mary Delach Leonard is a veteran journalist who joined the St. Louis Beacon staff in April 2008 after a 17-year career at the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, where she was a reporter and an editor in the features section. Her work has been cited for awards by such organizations as the Missouri Associated Press Managing Editors, the Missouri Press Association and the Illinois Press Association. In 2010, the Bar Association of Metropolitan St. Louis honored her with a Spirit of Justice Award in recognition of her work on the housing crisis. Leonard began her newspaper career at the Belleville News-Democrat (in Illinois) after earning a degree in mass communications from Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville, where she now serves as an adjunct faculty member. She is partial to pomeranians and Cardinals.
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Education Reporter Tim Lloyd:
Tim Lloyd grew up north of Kansas City and holds a masters degree in journalism from the University of Missouri, Columbia. Prior to joining St. Louis Public Radio, he launched digital reporting efforts for Harvest Public Media, a Corporation for Public Broadcasting funded collaboration between Midwestern NPR member stations that focuses on agriculture and food issues. His stories have aired on a variety of stations and shows including Morning Edition, Marketplace, KCUR, KPR, IPR, NET, WFIU. In 2010 he received the national Debakey Journalism Award and in 2009 he won a Missouri Press Association award for Best News Feature. >> Back to top
Engagement Editor Kelsey Proud:
Kelsey Proud is a graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, where she earned a Convergence (Multimedia) Journalism degree. She has worked at PBS Interactive in Washington, D.C., MSN UK News in London and is a social media enthusiast. Kelsey feels journalism is truly a public service and hopes her work enhances community and reaches those who need information most. Though she's "from" Chicago, Kelsey has also lived in several different regions of the United States, including periods of time in North Carolina, Ohio, New Mexico and Illinois. Her extended family has roots in Boone and Audrain counties in Missouri, too. She is a wannabe chef and globe trekker, former competitive golfer and band-ie (trumpet), and honorary Missourian. >> Back to top
Innovation Reporter Jason Rosenbaum:
Since entering the enticing world of professional journalism in the mid-2000s, Jason Rosenbaum dove head first into the world of politics, policy and even rock and roll music. A graduate of the University of Missouri School of Journalism, Rosenbaum spent more than four years in the Missouri State Capitol writing for the Columbia Daily Tribune, Missouri Lawyers Media and the St. Louis Beacon. Since moving to St. Louis in 2010, Rosenbaum's work appeared in Missouri Lawyers Media, the St. Louis Business Journal and in the Riverfront Times' music section. He most recently served on staff at the St. Louis Beacon as a politics reporter. Rosenbaum lives in St. Louis City with with his wife Lauren Todd, an engineering librarian at Washington University. >> Back to top
Education Reporter Dale Singer:
Dale Singer began his career in professional journalism in 1969 by talking his way into a summer vacation replacement job at the now-defunct United Press International bureau in St. Louis; he later joined UPI full-time in 1972. Eight years later, he moved to the Post-Dispatch, where for the next 28-plus years he was a business reporter and editor, a Metro reporter specializing in education, assistant editor of the Editorial Page for 10 years and finally news editor of the newspaper's website. In September of 2008, he joined the staff of the Beacon, where he reported primarily on education. In addition practicing journalism, Dale has been an adjunct professor at University College at Washington U. He and his wife live in west St. Louis County with their spoiled Bichon, Teddy. They have two adult daughters who have followed them into the word business as a communications manager and a website editor, and a grandson, Jonah, who is the cutest child in the world. >> Back to top
Steve Potter began his radio career at the NPR affiliate at Missouri State University, where he was the local news anchor for Morning Edition. After that he worked either as a news anchor or talk show host on several commercial stations before "coming home" to public radio at St. Louis Public Radio in 2001. Steve can be heard weekday afternoons on St. Louis Public Radio and hosts St. Louis Public Radio's local arts program Cityscape on Fridays. He is also a program host on STL-TV.
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Gerry Rohde became radioactive in his hometown of Bremen, Germany, during the Reagan administration's first year. After his move to St. Louis in 1983, Gerry resumed his radioactivity with St. Louis Public Radio in 1985 as a weekend jazz host. Since then, and following a news internship in 1987, he has hosted a variety of programs, including classical music. He began his current role as St. Louis Public Radio's weeknight evening host in 1996. Gerry has spent so much time with the station that he is in the beginning stages of emitting public radio waves himself. >> Back to top
Don Marsh has extensive and broad media experience, with a career beginning in 1959. Starting as a managing editor for a small magazine in New Jersey, he went on to become a radio news writer in Germany; an Eastern European correspondent and bureau chief for the American Forces Network; news director at WJZ-TV in Baltimore; anchorman/political specialist reporter/producer at KTVI-TV in St. Louis; a talk show host for KMOX radio; an anchorman for KDNL-TV; and a producer of training videos for law enforcement. He began as host of St. Louis Public Radio's St. Louis on the Air in September 2005. His many professional awards include 12 Regional Emmy Awards, and a Lifetime Achievement Award from the National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences. >> Back to top
Jim Althoff fills in for Bob McCabe and Steve Potter when the need arises. Jim is a life-long radio guy. He's done jazz in San Francisco, classical music here in St. Louis and many years of talk radio in between--in San Francisco, Portland, Seattle, Milwaukee and St. Louis. Married to Andee for almost 25 years, he is the proud father of two sons, Harry, a senior at Truman State University, and Daniel, a Parkway high school student. In between his gigs with St. Louis Public Radio and the classical station, Jim works as a substitute teacher in the Parkway district and does a little writing. He's long been a fan of public radio and is delighted to be associated with NPR, PRI and the other providers through St. Louis Public Radio.
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Geri Mitchell is a 20+ year radio veteran. She began her broadcast career at the age of 18 at 88.7 FM WSIE radio in Edwardsville Illinois. With three years of radio experience, she graduated with a bachelor of science degree in mass communications. After employment at KETC as a producer, Geri longed to return to radio and in1992 she landed a job with KUSA radio where she worked as an announcer and board operator. She was later hired by KSD-AM as a board operator for CNN simulcast news programming. Geri later produced weekend programs at KMOX 1120 AM. She was soon promoted to senior producer for former Mayor Freeman Bosley Jr.'s "on the road" radio show, What's Goin' On, which aired on KSD-AM. In 2004, she produced and hosted Insight on St. Louis, a weekly talk program, which focused on the issues surrounding the metropolitan St. Louis area. Geri's love for public radio has brought her to KWMU 90.7 as a morning host where she can be heard during such programs as Morning Edition and The Diane Rehm Show. She is an MBA graduate from the University of Phoenix and freelance writer and published editor. >> Back to top
Greg Munteanu is the mid-day host at Saint Louis Public Radio. Greg obtained his degree in audio production from Webster University in Saint Louis, where he hosted a Grateful Dead themed show on The Galaxy, a student-run radio station. A loyal listener for many years, he has been involved with Saint Louis Public Radio as an intern and volunteer since 2010; you may have heard his name mentioned on Saint Louis on the Air, where he has helped with production and served as board operator. Greg cooks, teaches guitar, gardens, and records lots of music when he is not at the station's helm.
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Dennis Owsley has broadcast a weekly jazz show for St. Louis Public Radio since April 1983. Professionally, he holds a Ph.D. in organic chemistry and is a retired Monsanto Senior Science Fellow and college teacher. His current show, Jazz Unlimited, is heard every Sunday night from 9:00 p.m. to midnight. The show has the largest jazz audience in St. Louis and was named "Best Jazz Radio Show" in St.
Louis for the years 2005-2007 and 2009 by the Riverfront Times. In celebration of his 25 years on the air, January 24, 2008 was proclaimed "Dennis Owsley Day" in the City of St. Louis. He is the 2010 winner of the St. Louis Public Radio Millard S. Cohen Lifetime Achievement Award.
Dennis is also a noted photographer. His one-man exhibit, In the Moment: Photographs of Jazz Musicians, ran from September 23, 2005 to January 21, 2006 at the Sheldon Art Gallery. His images have been published in music textbooks and on websites and several CD covers. He is a lifetime student of jazz history and teaches short courses on the subject to any group that wants him. Dennis is the author of the award-winning first book on St. Louis jazz history called City of Gabriels: The History of Jazz in St. Louis 1985-1973, published in 2006. >> Back to top
Jeff Franklin has 14 years in public radio at WUSF in Tamps, where he worked as an announcer, board operator and host of All Night Jazz and Jazz Focus. He studied History and English at Ball State in Muncie, is a U.S. Army veteran, and moved to St. Louis in 2013 to be closer to his two children who live and work in the area. He enjoys bicycling, Renaissance fairs, reading Science Fiction and relishing the bliss of all music, especially jazz. >> Back to top
Charlie McDonald made his radio debut in Southeast New Mexico as an announcer. Over the years he also worked for stations in Nebraska, Kansas, Cape Girardeau, MO., and Columbia, Illinois before settling in St. Louis. Locally, Charlie has been an announcer, producer, audio engineer and news-person for a variety of stations. He also stays active with the occasional voice-over or audio recording/editing project. In addition, he is a teacher of students with special needs ranging from Kindergarten through High School age. Charlie earned a Master's Degree in Special Education from UMSL in 2012. He is currently employed by Special School District of St. Louis and recently taught for a private school for Autism in St. Louis. Prior to joining St. Louis Public Radio as a weekend announcer, he worked for 11 years as a show host, audio engineer and producer for KFUO (Classic 99) FM and AM. Charlie's lovely wife June tolerates his free-time activities (to a point!), which include playing guitar and keyboards, and dabbling with home recording. . >> Back to top


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The city of Louisiana has sold three vacant downtown lots to two different parties but not after a difference in opinion between city council members on how they should be purchased.
The lots were sold last week for $10 apiece to Tim Carter and Doug and Lynn Dempsey after months of negotiations between them and the city.
Carter purchased two vacant lots on the 300 block of Georgia Street that used to be the site of the now-demolished Conboy and Rexall buildings.
Carter owns the building next door and wants to improve it for personal reasons and with a commitment to improve the crumbling downtown area.
The Dempseys have the same commitment with the purchase of the old caboose lot at the corner of Fourth and Georgia streets.
The Dempseys will keep it open for a parking lot but are not sure if it will be public, private or both, Doug Dempsey said last week.
The couple owns the building next door to the lot and have future plans to improve it. They said last week they are not prepared to reveal what they are going to do with the building formerly owned by Haines and Marilyn Moss.
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The city council had originally negotiated selling the lots to Carter and the Dempseys after they approached the city about purchasing them. The city was willing to sell the lots because they were considered liabilities, according to City Administrator Bob Jenne.
At the Monday, July 8 city council meeting, the board voted 5-2 against selling the lots to the Dempseys and Carter outright, with Councilman Monroe absent.
Council members Larry White and Jim Wood voted for it, but Sal Pollice, Kathy Smith, Chuck Hoffman, Russell Stephens and Bart Niedner voted against it.
The decision came after Councilman Bart Niedner said the lots should be offered to the general public.
Niedner said constituents told him they might want to bid on the lots. He also said the Missouri Municipal League advised him the purchases should be handled with bids or appraisals to keep in line with the Missouri Constitution, which prohibits the use of public resources for private gain.
Both Carter and the Dempseys expressed frustration with the process changing on them at the time.
The council then voted 7-0 to advertise a request for proposals for the lots and to hold a special meeting to review them on Tuesday, July 16.
When the board met that evening with Elliott absent again, the members learned from Jenne that no one had submitted the a request for the lots, including Carter and the Dempseys.
However, Mayor Tom Wallace immediately entertained a motion to go ahead and sell the properties to Carter and the Dempseys as originally proposed. Wood made the motion and White seconded it.
Niedner protested that the process was being circumvented and voted against the sales with Smith and Hoffman joining him.
Wood, White, Stephens and Pollice voted for the motion and the sales were on again. Pollice was absent from the council chambers and voted on speaker phone.
The Dempseys and Carter were not at the meeting, but then purchased the lots by the end of the week, according to Jenne.


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I am a 40 yr old mother of one 18 yr old boy. Love music of all kinds. Right now i am helping some friends of an awesome band in Columbus, Oh called Billy Starrett and the Hired Guns Band. They are a country - southern band who has so much talent and knows how to get a crowd on their feet!
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The San Diego Premiere Pro User Group's March meeting is on the 15th at 6:30pm. For this meeting, Adobe's Principal Worldwide Evangelist, Jason Levine will discuss the fundamentals of prepping and finalizing audio for your video projects. From proper use of compression and limiting on dialog tracks, to analyzing and matching audio levels for broadcast or the web, to basic techniques for properly equalizing audio and mixing with native and 3rd party effects. He'll also cover common audio mastering techniques to give your final audio mix that much needed 'punch', as well as discuss the differences between normalization/ compression/hard limiting and where it's most appropriate to use any/or of these common processes.
For more info, check out the group website - http://sdpproug.groups.adobe.com/
I know some of you here are close to, or live in, San Diego...I'd like to see you there!
Yes - I'll post the meeting info here as well. It's been VERY frustrating lately with all the Adobe site issues. What I've told group memebers is to keep up with the group via Facebook, Twitter, or Google+. I've posted updates to all of those places.
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WHEELS and WAVES RETURNS TO BIARRITZ FROM 12th TO 15th OF JUNE 2014
We are very excited to release the first announcement about the 2014 edition of the anticipated WHEELS and WAVES festival.
Please find the media release attached, along with the official artwork for this year's event.
Also the link to the Facebook event : https://www.facebook.com/events/458286687605760/
Feel free to share and please let us know if you have any questions,
We hope to see you in June,
Stay tuned !
Excitation is at its peak as the crew Southsiders announces the return of the event WHEELS and WAVES in Biarritz, from Thursday 12th of June 2014 to Sunday the 15th ! And what a big news this year : the third chapter of this beautiful adventure is now extended to 4 days instead of 3. Exactly what was needed to fully enjoy a program that keeps up with its level of quality and diversity.
With its fine blend of mechanics, vintage, surfing, art and music, WHEELS and WAVES has become one of the most anticipated events in the custom motocycling scene in only just a few years. A place where today's top builders and manufacturers, along with other major actors of this new wave scene come from all over the world, to meet and share their common passion. But moreover, a festival where the public gets to discover the inside-outs of this new "RIDE" culture that we see growing amongst many markets.
Standing as a crossover event, this year's festival comes back with the introduction of new activities including an amateur surf contest fuelled by the retro spirit of the 70's, but also a new site called "studio denim", commissioned by Nick Clements, which will gather heritage clothing brands that have been inspired by the motorcycling culture for decades. The main village located at the bottom of the Biarritz lighthouse will remain the meeting point during the event, with many unique pieces for the public to admire, along with a diversity of rare old machines.There, builders and brands will also be unveiling their latest creations and exclusive collabs.
Amongst the highlights of the event, a new multi-artistic art exhibition will open the festival, in an old garage, a 1000 sqm place with walls covered by many artworks inspired by wheels and waves.
The crew Southsiders will soon reveal the list of artists, and we can assure you that the public will be not the less stunned. But back to the main focus where strong sensations, adrenaline, freedom and noise are celebrated. A demo Hill Race will take place at the top of a breathtaking mountain. Pilotes driving machines from the 30's to the 70's will be racing on a scenic road between the ocean and the mountain. Photographers will be rushing on that day; along with media as this is set to be the highlight of the weekend.
Hell of a yes, the anticipated 250km ride is also on the agenda with a new itinerary that will be announced very shortly.
The crew is putting together new monthly newsletters that you should subsribe to in order to receive all the updates about WHEELS and WAVES 2014, so feel free to register HERE to get the latest news !
STAY TUNED, SAVE THE DATE and GET EXCITED!
Opening of the "Village Expo" and "Studio Denim"- Biarritz Lighthouse
Amateur surf contest (inscription form online soon) - Biarritz
Wheels and Waves Exhibition Opening - Biarritz
"Village Expo" and "Studio Denim"- Biarritz Lighthouse
Hill Race - place TBC soon
"Village Expo" and "Studio Denim"- Biarritz Lighthouse
250KM Ride - Basque Country (course revealed soon)
Live Concerts
Chill / Brunch
L'excitation est à son apogée alors que le Crew Southsiders annonce le retour de l'évènement WHEELS and WAVES à Biarritz, du Jeudi 12 Juin au Dimanche 15 ! Et surprise de taille: le troisième chapitre de cette belle aventure s'étendra cette année sur 4 jours au lieu de 3 - le temps de profiter pleinement d'une programmation qui persiste dans sa volonté de diversité.
Alliance originale de mécanique, de vintage, de surf, d'art et de musique, WHEELS and WAVES est devenu en quelques années l'un des rendez-vous incontournable pour les passionnés de culture ride, amateurs et professionnels. Là où les préparateurs, constructeurs, et autres acteurs majeurs de la scène moto custom affluent du monde entier pour se rencontrer et partager leurs passions communes, le public est invité à découvrir cette culture "RIDE" dont on entend de plus en plus parler.
Dans le but de proposer un week-end vivant et transversal, le format 2014 s'annonce plein de nouveautés avec l'introduction d'un contest de surf à l'esprit "revival", qui s'imprègne du surf des années 70, mais aussi d'un nouvel espace appelé "Studio Denim" qui rassemblera des marques héritage textiles associées à l'univers de la moto depuis des décénnies. Le village expo situé au pied du phare reste le point de rassemblement principal pendant la durée du festival avec la présentation de nombreuses pièces uniques à admirer; le custom bratstyle" sera mis à l'honneur, ainsi qu'une diversité de machines anciennes d'exception. Les constructeurs et marques partenaires y exposeront également leurs dernières créations, et collaborations exclusives.
Parmi les autres temps forts, une nouvelle exposition multi-artistique inaugurera le festival, dans l'ancien garage Foch, un lieu de plus de 1000 m2 qui se prête parfaitement à l'installation des oeuvres
séléctionnées pour l'occasion. Le Crew Southsiders annoncera très prochainement la liste d'artistes et le public peut d'ores et déjà s'attendre à une programmation de qualité.
Pour revenir à la mécanique et aux sensations fortes, une démonstration de course de côte rassemblera tous les amateurs d'adrénaline au sommet d'une montagne dans le magnifique Pays Basque. Les pilotes de machines allant des années 30 aux années 70 s'affronteront dans un cadre exceptionnel qui saura ravir le public et les photographes.
La journée de ride de 250 kilomètres est bien sûr toujours au programme, avec un nouvel itinéraire que les Southsiders dévoileront très bientôt !
Une newsletter mensuelle WHEELS and WAVES est désormais mise en place par les Southsiders, n'hésitez pas à vous inscrire ICI pour recevoir les compléments d'informations relatives au programme de l'édition 2014. Le site sera mis à jour très prochainement également.
STAY TUNED, SAVE THE DATE and GET EXCITED !
Ouverture du Village Expo et Studio Denim- Phare de Biarritz
Contest amateur de surf (formulaire d'inscription bientôt en ligne) - Biarritz
Inauguration Exposition Wheels and Waves - Biarritz
Village Expo et Studio Denim - Phare de Biarritz
Course de Côte - Pays Basque
Village Expo et Studio Denim - Phare de Biarritz
Ride 250 KM - Pays Basque
Journée Chill / Brunch
ELMC is Gary Eastmans brand , a long time motorcyclist and probably the worlds foremost expert on US army flying jackets turned his hand to making a range of jackets based on original US motorcycle jackets with modern cuts . The boots and sweats/tees are made by one of the best in Japan . All leathers jackets made in a workshop in Devon.
Watch the video with some familiar faces:
James Jordan And Tamara Bell from The Kingdom of Kicks
Jason Buckam Unionsix
Max Knight MeatBall Chop & Speed
Written by Dave Heuman
John Isaac
Gary Margerum
ELMC from Gary Eastman on Vimeo.
Men's File is alive and well
Words by Neil Williams
East London, particularly Hoxton and Brick Lane is having its moment and was certainly the place to Party on Thursday. What better excuse than to celebrate Men's File and Clutch magazine coming together in one package for the reader to anticipate.
I'd not been to Brick Lane since living in Bethnal Green in the mid 80s and as we partied opposite cutting edge shops such as Son of a Stag I marvelled at the arrival of this area that previous decades had ravaged.
I left Toulouse at 4.45pm , arrived in Dray Walk off Brick Lane E1 for 8.30pm and was met with full force by the launch of Men's file and clutch magazines.
The Uk's top metalfinishers, fabricators and customisers were partying alongside the very best visionists from the world of classic timeless fashion. Role perfect rednecks ,hipsters, spivs, surfers and rockers were all there in force whilst the music blasted and Sailor Jerry was poured down throats
No doubt people were there to be seen as much as to party judging by the amount of cameras flashing.
As always, Nick Clements was not fazed by the event and the thoroughly deserved praise he was receiving, making time to talk to everyone.
As one would expect the historic motor industry was represented with a stunning mid 60s big block Vette, '68 BMW 3.0 CSI, an A series 356 Porsche parked next to early British two wheeled classics and Italian scooters. The current growing appreciation for 50ccs was proven by the number parked round the corner where Fizzys, AP50s,SS50s and a Minarelli 50cc café racer all rested on their centre stands.
Men's file has led the way in offering its readers the opportunity to peruse its pages filled with the very best in classical active menswear and Thursday was a great way to celebrate this. Thanks for a great night.
Photos by Tom Griffiths
Many thanks to John Isaac
Look sharp !
Men's File and Clutch Magazine are now coming together twice a year, with 400 hundreds pages full of inspiration. Always provided in a limted quantity, we are proud to be stockists from our "Edge of the world" of these ultraTrendy collectors.
A large portfolio of Bill Phelps and Alberto Garcia Alix about Wheels and Waves.
Bonus !! Exerpt from Issue #9 of Men'sfile
Last September by a sunny Friday, Photographer, editor Nick Clements landed in Toulouse for a countryside photoshoot week-end. The next morning we took my Falcon for a hundred mile drive , To Neils cottage, location of our action. The result is these fantastic pictures coming straight from a Visconti movie...
Thanks Nick for the Timemachine!
Featuring: Anaïs, Neil, Olivier and me.
Do, start and keep trying
. This is the story of a chance meeting.
The Southsiders share many passions, from bikes to surfing, therefore it was only natural that my neighbour Julien who shares the same interests has recently become integrated to the Southsiders' crew. The Norton that we are showing you today has been a long challenge for me. As a matter of fact it got me thinking as to why do we only see rigids based on Triumphs or BSAs and never on Commandos? It's an unanswerable question for me but we are very proud of the finished build
words by Julien Azé
A couple of years ago I went to see my neighbour who was reputed to be an authority on old motorcycles to show him a beach cruiser I had recently bought. We talked,then visited his garage where I saw an old Mercedes,a bettle,Ducati,Moto Guzzi,Norton and a Triton.
For me everything started from meeting Vincent. Then I began to follow the Southsiders blog and attend some events they organised at the shop "Eastside" in Toulouse and at the "The third year party".I then became involved in the first and second W&W.
During the weekends of the (cold) winter of 2011-2012, I was spontaneously invited to Vincent's garage. Florent arrived at the same time, with the project of reviving his father's old Norton : I got involved with the project with Vincent, the thinker, and Florent, a novice like myself: both of us in the role of those carrying out the orders. Slowly, I became familiar with this type of mechanics and despite some periods of inactivity, I made progress. Certainly if Vincent hadn't put his ideas, his knowledge and his garage at my disposal, I would never have thought to have thrown myself in to the project of acquiring the Norton.
I had bought my 1974 Norton HiRider 850cc a year and a half earlier from a French importer of English motorcycles destined for the American market. For him this bike, an order that never came off, was incongruous in his stable of flamboyantly new bikes: it was my holy grail.
I came back from a trip in the USA and despite its numerous stylistic faults, this English bike reeked of California!
This Norton came from Baxter Motorcycles in Iowa. Its historical importance was slight, but the style is irreprochable… the previous owner had the ideas, but not the means. I nicknamed him 'the butcher of Iowa 'Mechanically the bike was not functional, the front tyre was from a car, the sissy bar was looked like it had been forged by teeth. Mechanically everything had to be redone: Having been thrown in at the deep end I had to develop from a novice into a quasi-expert in Norton Commmandos
Like so many others I would go off driving, break down, repair the problem, find another…. During one and a half years our relationship was up and down: full of joys and despair, numerous frustrations, desire to abandon the project, then start it again. During this time I would visit the Southsiders garage, where I witnessed several other exciting projects: the beautiful realisation of Florent's Café Racer, the preparation of Vincent's Triton for Bonneville 2012, the finishing touches for the electrics and last details on the Bobber Triumph of Christophe Canitrot …I realise today that it was that period, so rich in apprenticeships: (mechanics,design, forging, electrics, painting, etc), which pushed me to make my Norton project so much better, and to have such an ambitious goal. Compare a stock version of the HiRider to that which I have accomplished, and you'll see how far I have gone.
Nothing has been delegated to a subcontractor: everything that has been done on this motorbike, has been done in the garage, and I think I can say that everyone who has set foot in there has particiapated to some extent in the project. Corey Wyatt, who speeded up the process, thanks to his skill and speed at welding and Chaudonnerie; Frédéric Antoine,, for his talents as a blacksmith; Marcel Galinié, the goldsmith/ mechanic,whose milling and lathework, made a big difference onthe bike, Thierry De Miras for his unerring ear which can detect potentially expensive suspicious noises ,Henry Martinez, for his generous inventory of readily available parts; Benoit Guerry for the quality of his photos, and for sharing each disappointment. Vincent Prat, for time spent in the garage discussing things together, thinking about all possible angles by which to advance the project. And for the final touch, Jerome Gone, who brilliantly adjusted the cable throttle!
Today, it's just pleasure. The bike reacts perfectly to me. The engine runs like clockwork, and its handling on the road lives up to all its promises, with the added bonus of watts à gogo as it accelerates. Several days ago the guys at Southsiders all took to the road on it in turn and as I saw their collective unanimous smile I said to myself that the project is validated.... !
Photos by Benoit Guerry (studio) and Vincent Prat (action)
Not one but two oil tanks built from stolen urban furniture
Handforged bars
That Cibié Headlamp comes from the 30's thanks to JCBarrois
Shall we remove that front brake Julien?
Back to the forge, where the bike was born.
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This time of year, it�s business as usual for the Sommers family at Beachy and Sons along the Niverton Road near Springs. Here, Wesley Sommers is preparing apples for pressing. Beachy and Sons, now owned by Willis and Marlene Sommers, will have apple cider until Thanksgiving.
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Two others were hurt in an accident that occurred in front of Hall's Collision Center on U.S. Route 202.
Council passes a resolve urging the Legislature not to pass a bill that could cost city more than $200,000 after toning down the language.
The fate of a November ballot measure to bar use of food, hounds and traps in a hunting state like Maine will be watched closely by hunters, wildlife advocates and animal-rights groups.
The bill, sponsored by Rep. Lori Fowle, D-Vassalboro, would no longer require small businesses that host fundraisers for charities to register with the state.
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Did the shared trauma of last year's bus crash contribute to the players' turnaround this season? They say what's important is 'how we've played since.'
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This dreary story of the latent desires of the sexually repressed and psychologically tormented is taken from the 1944 novel by Carson McCullers. Major Penderton (Marlon Brando) is a hard-driving Army officer married to Leonora (Elizabeth Taylor). The impotent Penderton hides his latent homosexuality under his strict military discipline, while Leonora is having an affair with Lt. Colonel Langdon (Brian Keith), who is married to the troubled Allison (Julie Harris), who slices off her own nipples after a...more
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May 27th, 2013 05:36 PM #1Senior Member
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Favorite R Name: Poll: Part 2
I previously made a thread stating my favorite R names for boys and asking for opinions.
These were the names on the list:
Rafferty (floodtide, abundance, prosperity)
Rainier (wise army))
Raphael (God has healed)
Raymond (wise protector)
Roscoe (deer forest)
Rudolph (famous wolf)
Rune (secret)
Rupert (bright fame)
I've been able to eliminate:
Raymond (because of: Everybody loves Raymond)
Rudolph (because of: the Reindeer)
Rune (because: it's apparently a fathers name)
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Rafferty (jovial and happy. It would be strong young and old.)
Rainier (ADORE. I feel strength in Rainier.)
Raphael (I'm not that religious. It feels perhaps too close to God.)
Roscoe (It doesn't feel substantial enough at times. Reminds me of Costco.)
Rupert (It feels like the weaker Robert.)
These are all my opinions and views on the names. My views have been changing more recently because of the comments from everyone. Please don't be offended.
Please vote again. Thanks.Last edited by irmgard+theodorian; May 27th, 2013 at 05:48 PM.
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Rainier this time too, it's fabulous!!!
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Seattle Seahawks safety Earl Thomas says he has been fined by the NFL for his roughing the passer penalty against Miami quarterback Ryan Tannehill last week.
Thomas first tweeted about the fine, then confirmed it during the open locker room Wednesday. Thomas indicated in his tweet that he was fined $15,000.
Thomas' play became a huge turning point in the Dolphins' rally for a 24-21 win. Thomas came rushing at Tannehill and leapt in the air trying to knock down the pass, coming down and hitting Tannehill. The penalty wiped out
a Seattle interception in the end zone and Miami scored on the next play to tie the game at 14-14 early in the fourth quarter.
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I recently had an experience with a client where she used many small pieces of paper to record her 'to do' items. It became apparent that sooner or later the wheels would fall because pieces of paper can quickly be lost.
It is advisable to ONLY USE ONE DIARY and ONE CALENDAR as then everything is in one place and there isn't guess work about where it is. Then keep all these in a central place and when you have finished using something, put it back in that central place.
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PRAGUE, Jan 29 (Reuters) - The Czech government should drop the resistance it put up along with Britain to joining the EU's budget discipline pact, a junior party in the ruling coalition said on Tuesday.
Putting pressure on Prime Minister Petr Necas, who has struggled to hold his government together through a string of defections, the pro-EU TOP09 party said it wanted a commitment to join the pact this year.
The Czech Republic and Britain were the only countries in the 27-nation European Union that did not sign the pact when it was agreed a year ago.
The Czech's national debt is lower than the EU average and its budget deficit is under control. The mildly euro-sceptic Necas, head of the centre-right Civic Democrats, decided to stay outside the pact for the time being.
But TOP09 sought a change of policy as part of a revision of the government's agenda for the time left until a 2014 election.
'Sometimes even the bigger party must understand it has to make a compromise,' TOP09 Chairman Karel Schwarzenberg said.
Necas, head of the centre-right Civic Democrats, has left the door open to joining the pact, possibly after the strongly anti-EU President Vaclav Klaus steps down in March this year, but has made no commitment to sign.
The Civic Democrats said they disliked being given an ultimatum but were ready to talk.
'I hope this is not being led by a desire to provoke a clash in the coalition,' Necas said in a statement.
He said there could be a debate on joining the fiscal compact but only after the parliament adopts a 'financial constitution' setting independent Czech limits on debt.
He also called for a law that would require a referendum on any eventual move to adopt the euro.
Defections have narrowed the government's ranks to 99 in the 200-seat lower house of parliament, but it has survived five no-confidence votes since it took power in 2010, the latest on Jan. 17, with the help of independents.
It will come under more pressure from newly-elected leftist President Milos Zeman, who has said the cabinet should quit due to its budget-cutting policies and falling popularity.
Zeman, who will replace Klaus in March, does not have any legal authority to remove the cabinet.
Opinion polls have shown the leftist opposition would win a parliamentary election held now. TOP09 has however been bolstered by Schwarzenberg's strong showing in the presidential election, where he lost to Zeman in a run-off round.
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BERLIN, March 30 (Reuters) - In a gesture all too rare in election years, former chancellor Gerhard Schroeder has lavished praise on his successor and political adversary Angela Merkel for 'leading with restraint' in Europe.
In an interview with Der Spiegel magazine, Schroeder complimented Merkel on the way she had not ducked away from leading Europe through the euro zone crisis now, though he said her initial hesitation several years ago made the single currency's rescue efforts more expensive than they had to be.
Schroeder, a former leader of the centre-left Social Democrats (SPD) who ruled from 1998 to 2005, said some members of Merkel's conservative party had needlessly raised fears in Europe about German leadership, such as her parliamentary floor leader Volker Kauder who last year said 'Europe speaks German'.
Schroeder, who has endorsed the SPD chancellor candidate in the race against Merkel in September elections, said she was now doing a decent job.
'Mrs Merkel rather belatedly made the necessary decisions on rescue efforts and for solidarity in the EU,' Schroeder said. 'That certainly made the euro rescue efforts more expensive. But she hasn't rejected Germany's leadership role; rather she is leading with restraint. And to my mind that's a good thing.'
Germany, the largest economy in Europe and the euro zone's paymaster, is sometimes criticised for not showing enough leadership. But at other times it is admonished for throwing its weight around too much - most recently during the Cyprus crisis.
'As chancellor I had to learn that Germany can only lead in Europe the same way porcupines mate,' Schroeder said. When asked how porcupines mate, Schroeder replied: 'Very carefully.'
He added: 'The other countries expect Germany to lead, but not to show off superiority. Comments like 'Europe speaks German' are not helpful at all.'
Because of its military past and the two world wars it started in the 20th century, Germany has long been reluctant to lead. Many European countries also bristle at German leadership.
Luxembourg's foreign minister accused Germany on Tuesday of 'striving for hegemony' in the euro zone by telling Cyprus what business model it should pursue. Germany insisted that wealthy depositors in Cyprus' banks contribute to the island's bailout.
Foreign Minister Jean Asselborn told Reuters that Germany did not have the right to make decisions for other countries and accused it in an interview with Reuters of 'striving for hegemony, which is wrong and un-European.'
The 68-year-old Schroeder, who has largely stayed away from politics since leaving office eight years ago but has begun to comment more frequently on issues again ahead of September's election, said more was being demanded of Germany now because of its economic clout and growing political importance.
(Reporting By Erik Kirschbaum; Editing by Stephen Powell) Keywords: GERMANY SCHROEDER/LEADERSHIP
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- NAME: Franz Ferdinand
- OCCUPATION: Duke
- BIRTH DATE: December 18, 1863
- DEATH DATE: June 28, 1914
- PLACE OF BIRTH: Graz, Austria
- PLACE OF DEATH: Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- AKA: Franz Ferdinand
- Originally: Francis Ferdinand
- Full Name: Archduke Francis Ferdinand
- AKA: Archduke Franz Ferdinand
- AKA: Francis Ferdinand, archduke of Austria-Este
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Franz Ferdinand's assassination on June 28, 1914, at the hand of a Serbian terrorist group the "Black Hand," led to the beginning of World War I.
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Austrian Archduke Franz Ferdinand was born on December 18, 1863, in Graz, Austria. In 1900, Ferdinand gave up his children's rights to the throne in order to marry a lady-in-waiting. While in power, he attempted to restore Austro-Russian relations while maintaining an alliance with Germany. In 1914, a Serb nationalist assassinated him. One month later, Austria declared war on Serbia and World War I began.
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Franz Ferdinand was born in Graz, Austria, on December 18, 1863, the oldest son of Archduke Karl Ludwig, who was the younger brother of Austro-Hungarian Emperor Franz Joseph. Franz Ferdinand was a member of the House of Hapsburg, rulers of the Holy Roman Empire, the Austro-Hungarian Empire and the Spanish Empire. He began his military career at age 12 and was quickly promoted through the ranks becoming a major general at age 31. After the suicide of the emperor's son, Crown Prince Rudolf, in 1889, and his own father's death from typhoid fever in 1896, Franz Ferdinand was groomed to inherit the throne.
In 1894, Franz Ferdinand met Countess Sophia Chotek and the couple quickly fell in love. However, marriage to a Hapsburg required that one be a member of a reigning or formally reigning dynasty of Europe, and the Choteks were neither. The deeply in love Franz Ferdinand refused to marry anyone else, however, so the couple kept their relationship secret. After the family was informed of the relationship, Emperor Franz Joseph refused to give his permission to the marriage. Eventually, several influential European leaders, including Pope Leo XIII, argued on behalf of the love-sick Franz, stating that the disagreement was undermining the stability of the monarchy. Franz Joseph finally agreed on the condition that no descendants of Franz and his new wife succeed to the throne. The couple married on July 1, 1900.
Archduke of Austria-Hungary
Austria-Hungary was a polyglot empire of different ethnic groups at odds with each other over religion and politics, and united to a flag that wasn't theirs. The only thing the divergent ethnic people hated more than each other was Hapsburgs. Archduke Franz Ferdinand's public persona was cold, sharped-tongued and short-tempered. He was also rumored to be insane due to the inbreeding of the Hapsburg family. One matter is clear: Franz Ferdinand understood that the empire was disintegrating and, thusly, that something needed to be done.
At one point, Franz Ferdinand proposed changing the Austro-Hungarian rule with a triple monarchy of Slavs, Germans and Magyars, each having an equal voice in government. However, this idea was unpopular with the ruling elite, further stirring doubts of Franz Ferdinand's sanity. He also considered forming a federal government of 16 states, calling it the United States of Greater Austria. This idea was in direct conflict with the Serbian nationalists who had designs of breaking off with Bosnia and Herzegovina to form an independent state. Though he cared little for their nationalist ambitions, he advocated for a careful approach with the Serbs, warning his military leaders that harsh treatment toward them could cause an open conflict with Russia.
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