STUDENT SPOTLIGHT: Tragedy Affirms Battle Creek Woman’s Urge To Help Kids

By JUSTIN A. HINKLEY, Battle Creek Enquirer

On Dec. 14, 2012, a tragedy nearly 800 miles away forced Battle Creek’s Kari Dixon to re-evaluate her life plan. That day, Dixon was 19 years old and halfway through her first year at Kellogg Community College, working toward a psychology degree. She wanted to work in schools. She wanted to work with kids.

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Woman Aided by Family Coach Decides To Become One Herself

By JUSTIN A. HINKLEY, Battle Creek Enquirer

In the early morning of Sept. 6, 2011, Tamika Wesley was enjoying a Labor Day party with the father of her infant son. It was just before 3 a.m. when the shots rang out. The bullet struck 26-year-old Terence Ware in the chest. He was taken to Bronson Battle Creek but never came home, and Wesley’s son, Terence Ware III, was suddenly fatherless. His slaying remains unsolved.