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October 24 - 30, 2014 Webster-Kirkwood Times 13-A

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by Jennifer Grotpeter

This year, the Oasis Intergener-ational Tutoring Program cele-brates 25 years of bringing se-

niors and students together. To markthe occasion, Oasis hopes to recruit2,500 new tutors for St. Louis areachildren.

The Kirkwood School District wasone of two districts to pilot the tutoringprogram in 1989. Now, Oasis tutorsvisit more than 30 districts and pri-vate schools in St. Louis city and coun-

ty, Jefferson and St. Charles counties,and Alton, Ill. In fact, the program hasbeen so successful that it has been ad-opted in more than a dozen states.

While the focus of the program hasbeen on improving students readingskills, tutors nd their lives enriched

as well.

Good Neighbor To Robinson

Sister Barbara Volk CSJ of Kirk-wood, an educator for over 50 yearswhen she retired, stays active teachingPSR (Parish School of Religion), volun-teering at Nazareth Living Center, asa docent for the St. Louis Art Muse-um, and as an Oasis tutor at Robinson

Elementary School in the KirkwoodSchool District.

She began volunteering with Oasis

a few years ago after moving acrossthe street from Robinson.

I watched all the students, all thebuses, and I thought, Im a retiredteacher, so I went over to volunteer,she said. She completed the Oasistraining and began working with indi-vidual students.

I love going over there; everyone isso happy! Its a joy to work with thesechildren and watch their growth, shesaid.

Sister Barbara currently tutors a

second grader one-on-one. Together,they read and work on vocabularyskills and critical thinking. She hopesher students develop a life-long love ofreading.

A book is a silent friend, she said.If you have a book, you have goodcompany.

A Friend & A Tutor

After Don Dempsey retired fromthe printing business, he looked intoOasis and discovered the tutoring pro-gram. He has been an Oasis tutor for15 years now, and is currently at Sap-pington Elementary School in Lind-bergh Schools.

Its something different every

Bringing Together Seniors& Students For 25 Years

Oasis volunteer Helen Quick gets a big hug from Paige Wareld, the second-

grader she tutors at North Glendale Elementary School.

photo by Diana Linsleycont. p. 16A

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by Spencer GleasonAs a kid, Willie Akins would go

with his father to listen to band groupsaround town. His father loved music.

When Akins became old enough, hewould sit in with music groups and hisfather would go listen and watch him.

He saw what kind of interest Ihad, Akins said.

When the Douglass High School

band director told Akins father thathe would put Akins in the high schoolband, if he had his own instrument,his dad made that happen.

He bought Akins an alto saxophone.Whether it be the alto or tenor,

Akins has never taken a break fromblowing his horn.

Fast forward 60 years, and the Web-ster Groves resident is still keeping intune with his favorite jazz pieces andpassing on his notes to younger musi-cians at Webster University as a musicinstructor.

In the Beginning

Born in 1939, Akins grew up in a

different time of Webster Groves his-tory.

Segregation forced Akins to attendDouglass High School, an all-blackhigh school in his neighborhood, un-til his senior year, when he attendedWebster Groves High School and grad-uated in 1959.

Three weeks after graduation,Akins moved to where he thought thecapital of the jazz world was located New York.

At that time everybody was goingto New York. Everybody who couldplay was moving there. So, that be-came the process in my mind, Akins

said. Miles Davis, Coleman Hawkins all of the cats. Everybody who was

into something lived in New York,more or less. So thats where I head-ed.

And just as he did with his dad,Akins asked to sit in with the musi-cians up East: Jack McDuff, JohnnyColes and George Coleman and others.

I thought I could play until I got upthere and got turned around. I got mybehind kicked a little bit, Akins said.If you go up and youre not playingwell enough, theyd just ask you, Whydont you just sit down? Meaning,Just go back and listen.

Some well-known names wouldgive Akins pointers, but not too many

tricks of the trade.They didnt give out much, Akins

said.But it was musical knowledge that

Akins soaked up on the East Coast.And he brought it back to WebsterGroves with him.

Theyd call out tunes and some-times I didnt know them. At that time,I didnt know I wasnt supposed to playon something that I didnt know,

Akins said. I thought that I could playon stuff just from hearing it. You cantdo that. You make yourself look bad. It

Willie Akins:Passing On The Love Of MusicWhile known for

playing jazz on

his saxophone,

Willie Akins tries

out a tune on his

keyboard in hisWebster Groves

home.

photo byDiana Linsley

The Webster Grovessaxophonist whohas spent a lifetimeplaying jazz nowteaches the nextgeneration

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year, he said. Mostly I work withrst graders, but last year I had a

third grader.This student was at grade level for

reading and vocabulary, but neededfocus on math and follow-up on home-work, he said. It was not so muchtutoring as being a friend and keepinghim interested in school.

You get a positive feeling when yoututor kids, Dempsey added.

From Student To Tutor

Helen Quick was once a student atNorth Glendale Elementary, and isnow an Oasis tutor there. After gradu-ating from Kirkwood High School, sheattended Washington University andbegan a career in commercial art.

She left the workplace after the ar-rival of her sons, only to nd a new ca -

reer later. When she heard about anopening at Missouri Baptist College(now University) for an art teacher,Quick thought it might be a good t.

I taught there for 30 years, parttime, two days a week, she said.

That arrangement left her time forvolunteering, both as an artist and il-lustrator, and as a tutor for the past 20years. Her grandparents encouragedher talents in art, and her reading.

Ive always enjoyed reading to myown children; my grandparents al-ways read to me, she said. As her owngrandkids are a few states north ofhere, tutoring replaces grandchildrento read to.

Quick nds that she gets as muchas she gives with her tutoring.

The children thrive with one-on-

one tutoring, and you become a friend,an ally, she said.

She recalled an instance where artand literacy came together to help onestudent.

I had a little girl who was supposedto tell something in class, but she was

so teary and shaky, she just couldntdo it, said Quick. It was right be-fore Halloween, so I started drawinga pumpkin and a witch, and she wasso interested in the drawings that shecalmed down. She was so fascinatedthat she forgot how upset she was, andshe could do it.

Quick also tutored a young manwhose issues were more social thanliterary. Since he was a strong read-er, she selected a book for them to readtogether, The Phantom Tollbooth byNorton Juster. The childrens classicnovel, with its word play and use ofidioms, intrigued him so much that aclassmate picked up the book, too. His

teacher even brought in a video ver-sion for the whole group.

Quicks current student is in Kim

Kuchlers second-grade class. Kuchlerappreciates the versatility of the Oasistutors.

The important thing about Oa-sis tutors is that one-on-one time. Aclassroom teacher may have 20 kids,so one-on-one is hard to do, she said.

And often a teacher is presenting ma-terial. A tutor can be more exible,

and can pick something that a studentis personally interested in, to ensuretheir success.

Tutoring brings success to studentsand satisfaction to the volunteers.

As long as I am sharing with oth-ers, I am happy, said Sister Barbara.

To Become A Volunteer

Anyone interested in becoming anOasis tutor can visit its website atwww.2500tutors.org or call the tutor-ing hotline at 995-9506. No previousteaching experience is required. Oasisprovides training. While most Oasis

programs are offered to those over 50,the tutoring program is open to young-er adults as well.

Volunteers Discover The Joy Of TutoringOasis tutor Don

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SappingtonElementary

rst-graderKeishon Ellis.

photo by

Diana Linsley

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was a learning (experience) up there.Being there was like a school.

Back In The Swing

Akins time in New York was short-lived. His father passed away in theearly 1960s and Akins, an only child,moved back home to help his mother.

If I didnt come back, my mom wasgoing to lose the house. She wasntable to pay all of the bills, Akins said.I came back and tried to get a (mu-sic) group together and play gigs andwork.

Akins began playing with a guitarplayer. The duo would work the clubsin St. Louis, making $20 a night. But

Akins knew there was more money inplaying the blues.

The blues cats were making moremoney than us, Akins said. We

broadened ourselves to (make moremoney).

His duo partner began teachingat Webster University and when hemoved to New Orleans, Akins got theteaching gig.

Keeping Time

Akins began teaching a music com-bo course at Webster University near-ly 11 years ago.

I had to tighten up my (music)reading and ability to read changes,

Akins said. It was stuff that I hadntdone before. Because I had just beenused to getting a phone call to play.

Although, nowadays, Akins does notjam and sit-in with groups as much ashe used to, he still takes his saxophoneto class and he wails on it.

I still play (out) when I can. Its get-ting less and less, Akins said. WhatI do (in class) is bring sheets of mu-sic three or four tunes. I teach themhow to play it or teach them what todo. Then we bring it down for the solo.

And I usually play with them.Even after suffering from a heart

attack in the early 2000s, Akins keepshis heart beating with the up-and-

coming talent.It helps them and it helps me, too.

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In Tune With Willie Akins


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Its hard to believe that were preparing to hostour 12th annual Ageless-Remarkable St. Louisansgala, said Mary Alice Ryan, president and CEO ofthe St. Andrews Resources for Seniors System. Af-ter so many years, we continue to be in awe of theincredible individuals we have the pleasure of recog-nizing. Our Ageless honorees represent the very de-

nition of active aging, and their accomplishmentsrival those of people half their age. We look forwardto celebrating their amazing lives on Nov. 9.

Among those to be honored are:

Paul Greenlaw

Paul Greenlaw, 90, of Kirkwood is a World War IIveteran and retired salesman who volunteers withMeals on Wheels, delivering warm meals and com-panionship to homebound seniors each Monday.

Each Friday, Greenlaw also puts his musical

skills on display, playing the piano at Manor Grovelong-term care facility in Kirkwood, where his reper-toire of more than 500 songs gets the toes of seniorresidents tapping.

Joe Shaughnessy

Webster Groves resident, Joe Shaughnessy, 78, isthe chairman of St. Louis-based BSI Constructors.

As head of the 42-year-old company, he has over-seen the construction or renovation of numerous St.Louis landmarks, including the Old Post Ofce, the

Chase Park Plaza, the Wells Fargo headquarters andCitygarden.

With his sons now handling BSIs day-to-day op-erations, Shaughnessy continues to work four to ve

hours a day, while also providing philanthropic sup-port to organizations like Catholic Charities and theregions many cultural institutions.

Jane TowaterJane Towater of Kirkwood has a resume high-

lighted by her time as the youngest council executive

director of the Girl Scouts and her role as associatenational director of the YWCA.

Since retiring in 2000, Towater devotes much ofher time and energy to the Junior League. As a long-time Junior League volunteer, Towater was co-found-er of the leagues Sustainer Council. In addition toher work with the Junior League, Towater also sup-ports the Opera Theater, Barnes-Jewish Hospital,

the St. Louis Art Museum, the St. Louis Symphonyand the National Womens History Museum.

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The 2014 Ageless gala festivities begin at 6 p.m.on Nov. 9 and will include a cocktail hour with thehonorees, showcasing unique black and white pho-tographs taken by photographer Jerry Naunheim.There also will be a special video tribute to honoreesand a three-course dinner.

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Shrewsbury resident Lynne Rapp,

age 74, on Sunday nished her fourthhalf marathon at the annual Rock nRoll Marathon in downtown St. Louis.

She was a runner in her 40s andran a lot of shorter races during thatdecade 5K and 10K races but hadnever tackled longer distances, ac-cording to her daughter Kathryn Rapp.

In 2011, Lynne Rapp decided to doher rst half marathon.

I suggested it to her rather casu-ally, not thinking shed take me allthat seriously, said Kathryn Rapp.

She was initially a little hesitant, butI think the idea of participating in alarge-scale event like the Rock n Roll

especially in the inaugural year held some appeal, so one day she justsigned up.

There wasnt necessarily anymagic in her deciding to start afterthe age of 70, except that she wantedto prove that she could do it, herdaughter said, noting since she wasalso doing her rst half marathon, it

was a mother-daughter event.Due to arthritis, Lynne Rapp walks

these days rather than runs, althoughwhen she races, she usually jogs for atleast part of the race, Kathryn Rappsaid.

This year, she actually ran up the

nal hill leading up to the nish line,her daughter said.

The day after the race, Lynne Rappchaperoned her grandsons class at aeld trip walking around the St. Louis

Zoo. She said the kids were more tiredthan she was, Kathryn Rapp said.

Lynne Rapp is already planningnext years race.

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guess Id better do at least ve half

marathons, said Lynne Rapp, whowill turn 75 on Oct. 31.

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I have fivegrandchildren, soI guess Id better

do at least five halfmarathons.- Lynne RappShrewsbury resident

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