"One Saturday morning, I had gone down to Jerry and Donny Ford’s. I got down there and they were out in their front yard playing catch. They said, ‘They’re having Little League tryouts today.’ I said, ‘Wow!’ (to myself) and I thought, ‘I’m going to try out.’ I asked if they would give me a …

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“I’ve always had a passion for baseball. The Cardinals have always been my team… and as a nine year-old back in ‘51, I got to see Musial play in old Sportsman Park. And every evening at home, my dad and I would sit on the back porch and listened to Harry Carey and Gabby Street… …

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“I think a lot of the people in law enforcement, they want to be able to fix things. Luckily, I get to train new guys. So one thing I tell them is, ‘I’m not gonna start preaching to you, but think about doing some volunteer work. Think about doing something in the community, because when …

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"I watched the movie 'Rocky' when I was 11 years old, and what I saw was a guy who got beaten up but he did not give up to get what he wanted. That's when I decided to get involved in Mixed Martial Arts, or MMA. "Have I gotten hurt? One time I was going …

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“I was born with blue cone monochromacy, which is a really rare eye disease. I'm completely color blind; I'm on the line of legally blind with contacts, but without my contacts I'm 2400, which is way over legally blind. It’s kind of hard to explain to people what I see, because they always ask me, …

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"We was cruising up and down Broadway; I was going one way and she was going the other way. I had another guy with me and she had another girlfriend of hers along, and I told the guy that was with me... I said, 'Check out that chick over there. I’m going to find out …

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"You know, I've always said there is nothing as consistent as change. People ask me how I feel. I don't know. How are you supposed to feel when you're 100? I can't see well enough to read anymore, and I loved to read, so I miss that. I tell all the young people to take …

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“I was born in the 200 block of S. Middle, back in 1935. Delivered by an Army doctor at home, because I don’t believe the hospitals were delivering babies until the 50’s. You gotta understand; it was the depression era. Ain’t nobody had anything. People shared what they had, and were glad to do so. …

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"The People’s Shelter in town is affiliated with St James AME Church. It's a homeless shelter, but not in the traditional sense. It’s mainly a cold weather shelter, but they’ve got a lot of good things going on. They just recently acquired a house that they're wanting to use as transitional housing for people who …

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