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Article: Runnin' Rebels turn big corner
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
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- January 15, 2002
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Gloria Williams of Griffith greets Haywood Strickland, president of Wiley College in Marshall, Texas, after he formally announced $3 million in scholarships for participants in the Runnin' Rebels program. Williams is an alumnus of Wiley College.(PHOTO - Color) (JEFFREY D. NICHOLLS/POST-TRIBUNE)
Since forming the Gary Runnin' Rebels three years ago to give the city's youth a positive alternative to activities that could mean jail time or death, the Rev. Maurice White has worked diligently to make the futures of children brighter.
Recently at City Hall, surrounded by Runnin' Rebels supporters like Mayor Scott King, Deputy Mayor ...