BY LAUREN HENSLEY NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – When he was 5, Jake Pfeifer got a grim diagnosis. He had a malignant, inoperable tumor behind his left eye. Doctors told his parents he had a 5 percent chance of surviving the next three years. “The cancer was a very rare childhood malignancy and the… Continue reading Childhood cancer shaped his work and outlook on life
Day: June 28, 2015
Bottoms up! Distillery trades on St. Pete’s name, new image
BY CAITLIN ASHWORTH NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – For years, national publications taunted St. Petersburg as “God’s waiting room” – a “city of green benches” where hordes of listless seniors shared downtown sidewalks with the pigeons. “The old people sit, passengers in a motionless streetcar without destination,” Holiday magazine said in 1958. How things… Continue reading Bottoms up! Distillery trades on St. Pete’s name, new image
A father’s tribute: gym teaches boxing skills and drug awareness
BY JEFFREY ZANKER NNB Student Reporter ST. PETERSBURG – When Raymond Montchal decided to start a boxing club in 2013, he converted his fence company building into a gym, got a boxing promoter license and lined up a partner – his son Nicholas. Nicholas had boxed as a youth, played football at St. Pete Catholic… Continue reading A father’s tribute: gym teaches boxing skills and drug awareness