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Cheri
Cheri or Chéri may refer to: People Given name *Cheri (given name) * Cheri Ben-Iesau, American painter, muralist, author * Cheri Blauwet (born 1980), American wheelchair racer * Cheri Dennis (born 1979), American singer * Cheri DiNovo (born 1950), Canadian United Church minister and social democratic politician * Cheri Elliott (born 1970), old school American champion female bicycle motocross racer * Cheri Gaulke (born 1954), contemporary artist * Cheri Huber (born c. 1944), independent American Zen teacher * Cheri Keaggy (born 1968), gospel singer and songwriter * Cheri Maracle (born 1972), Indigenous Canadian actor and musician * Cheri Oteri (born 1962), American actress and comedian * Cheri Register (1945–2018), American author and teacher * Cheri Yecke, American politician * Cheri Jo Bates (1948–1966), American murder victim of the Zodiac Killer Places * Cheri, Iran, a village in North Khorasan Province, Iran * Cheri, Niger, a town in Niger * Cheri Monastery, Bhutan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheri DiNovo
Cheri DiNovo (born ) is a United Church of Canada minister and former politician in Ontario, Canada. She served at the Emmanuel-Howard Park congregation in Toronto before entering politics and, since January 2018, is the minister for the Trinity-St. Paul's Centre for Faith, Justice and the Arts. DiNovo was a New Democratic member representing Parkdale—High Park in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario from 2006 to 2017. She was first elected in a by-election on 14 September 2006 and retired from politics on 31 December 2017. Background DiNovo grew up in a rooming house owned by her parents. After her father's death from emphysema and witnessing her stepfather's suicide, she dropped out of school at Grade 10 to live on the streets for four years. During her time on the streets, she helped smuggle LSD into Canada from California inside hollowed-out bibles. Her time spent at the Fred Victor Mission convinced her to earn her high school equivalency and enrol at Centennial Col ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheri Gaulke
Cheri Gaulke (born 1954) is a visual artist and filmmaker most known for her role in the Feminist Art Movement in southern California in the 1970s and her work on gay and lesbian families. Early life and education Gaulke holds a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from Minneapolis College of Art and Design and a Master of Arts degree (in Feminist Art/Education) from Goddard College. In 1975, she moved to Los Angeles and became involved with the Feminist Studio Workshop at the Woman's Building. At the Feminist Studio Workshop, Gaulke studied with Suzanne Lacy and focused primarily on performance art. There she created a character she called Cinderella, who Gaulke describes as not conforming to any specific sex or gender role and thus "in a constant state of transformation." In addition to her solo work, Gaulke collaborated with Anne Gauldin to produce The Malta Project, in which the two performed rites related to female spirituality at prehistoric temples throughout Malta. Career ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheri Elliott
Cheri Elliott (born April 17, 1970) is an American former champion female bicycle motocross (BMX) racer in the 1980s, and a champion Downhill and Slalom mountain bike racer in the 1990s and early 2000s. During her BMX career, she spent most of her racing career on the national circuit with the Skyway Recreation factory team. She had a relatively short BMX career, but she is a four-time national champion and four-time world champion, including three consecutive National Number One girl-racer titles for the American Bicycle Association (ABA) from 1983 through 1985. She also held the regional UBR Number one girl racer title in 1982. She was the first female racer inducted into the ABA BMX Hall of Fame in 1989, and the first female BMX racer inducted into the United States Bicycling Hall of Fame in 2008. Biography Elliott snow-skied when she was two years old. Elliott's BMX career lasted from 1980 until 1986, and saw a brief comeback in 1989. From an early age, she was not only do ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheri (given Name)
Cheri is a feminine given name inspired by the French ''chérie'', meaning ''darling'' (from the past participle of the verb ''chérir'', ''to cherish''). It has also been used as a diminutive of names starting with or containing the sound ''Cher-'' or ''Sher-'' such as Cherilyn, Cheryl, Sharon, or Sherilyn for females. The name was well-used for girls in North America from the mid-1920s through the early 1990s and was at the height of popularity between the mid-1940s and mid-1970s.https://www.behindthename.com/name/sherry/top/united-states Spelling variants of the name such as Cherie, Cherry (given name), Cherry, Sharee, Shari (given name), Shari, Sheree, Sherie, Sherrey, Sherri (name), Sherri, Sherrie, and Sherry (name), Sherry were in vogue during the same time period. Women Given name * Cheri Ben-Iesau, American painter, muralist, author * Cheri Blauwet (born 1980), American wheelchair racer * Cheri Dennis (born 1979), American singer * Cheri DiNovo (born 1950), Canadian United ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheri Blauwet
Cheri Blauwet (born May 15, 1980) is an American physician and Paralympic wheelchair racer. She is Board Certified in Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation (PM&R) and Sports Medicine, is associate professor of PM&R at Harvard Medical School and an attending physician at Brigham and Women's Hospital and Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital. She has competed at the Paralympic level in events ranging from the 100 meters to the marathon. In 2023 she became chair of the board of governors of the Boston Athletic Association.She is also the Director of the Kelley Adaptive Sports Research Institute. Early life and education Blauwet grew up in Larchwood, Iowa, in a farming family. She has used a wheelchair since the age of 18 months, following a farming accident resulting in a spinal cord injury located at the T10 vertebra. She began racing in high school when she was recruited by her school's track and field coach. She later attended the University of Arizona, where she was a member of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheri Keaggy
Cheri Louise Keaggy ( Anderson) is a gospel singer and songwriter, with a musical style of Contemporary Christian music. She is now divorced from her high school sweetheart Eddie Keaggy, the nephew of the CCM pioneer artist, Phil Keaggy. She was discovered by Charlie Peacock when Eddie, a sound engineer, did a concert for him. Peacock produced her first two albums, ''Child of the Father'', and ''My Faith Will Stay''. Discography Solo *1994: ''Child of the Father'' *1996: ''My Faith Will Stay '' *1997: ''What Matters Most'' *2001: ''Let's Fly'' *2007: ''Because He First Loved Us'' *2012: ''So I Can Tell'' *2015: '' No Longer My Own'' *2022: ''What I Know To Be True'' ;Other Albums *1999: ''There Is Joy in the Lord: The Worship Songs of Cheri Keaggy'' *2006: ''Very Best of Cheri Keaggy'' With others *''God With Us'' (Christmas) (1997) *''Let Us Pray'' (National Day of Prayer) (1997) *''Keep the Faith 2000: Overcoming Stress & Anxiety'' (1998) *''If My People Pray'' (1999) *''Rev ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheri Huber
Cheri Huber (born c. 1944) is an American meditation teacher in the Sōtō School of Zen Buddhism tradition. Biography Huber is the founder and guiding teacher of Zen Monastery Peace Center located in Murphys, California, which was constructed in 1993. The plot of land was purchased in 1987, with . She was raised in the San Francisco Bay area and claims to have studied Zen under Jay DuPont. Writer Anna Kaplan says that Huber had once desired to live in a cabin in the woods in isolation of the world, but was encouraged by another teacher to teach Zen. The name of this teacher is not named. She founded her first Zen center in 1983 in Mountain View, California, which has since moved to Palo Alto under the name Palo Alto Zen Center. In 1997, Huber founded Living Compassion, a nonprofit organization dedicated to peace and service. Huber's current center, Four Acre Zen Center (FAZC), is located in Sequim, WA. There have been some questions raised by about her authority to teach Zen fr ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheri Dennis
Cheri Dennis (born August 12, 1979), is an American R&B singer from Cleveland, Ohio. Early life Cheri Dennis was born and raised in Cleveland, Ohio and was initially a member of a girl group named Spoyled. When the group broke up, Dennis left Shaker Heights and moved to New York where she began her recording career. Career Dennis first appeared on the Mase tracks "No Matter What", "All I Ever Wanted" and "If You Want to Party" from his album '' Double Up'' (1999), after running into Diddy during a party in New York City. After appearing briefly on Puff Daddy's ''Forever'' album ("Is This the End? (Pt. 2)") also in 1999, in 2001 she reappeared signed to Bad Boy Entertainment with her first solo track "So Complete" from the P. Diddy and The Bad Boy Family album "The Saga Continues...". Afterwards she was heard on several mixtapes, before finally releasing her first single, the Ryan Leslie produced track "I Love You", in fall 2005. The music video was filmed in March 2006 befo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheri Oteri
Cheryl Ann Oteri (; born September 19, 1962) is an American actress and comedian. A Primetime Emmy Award nominee, she is best known for her tenure as a cast member on the NBC sketch comedy series ''Saturday Night Live'' from 1995 to 2000. Early life Oteri is the daughter of Gaetano Thomas Oteri and has Italian ancestry. Career ''Saturday Night Live'' (1995–2000) After moving to Los Angeles at age 25, Oteri worked at A&M Records for four years and eventually joined famed comedy troupe The Groundlings. In 1995, producers of ''Saturday Night Live'' (''SNL'') attended a performance with the intention of auditioning fellow Groundlings member Chris Kattan. Oteri performed a monologue during one of Kattan's costume changes, which led to her own invitation to audition for ''SNL'', along with Kattan and fellow Groundling Will Ferrell. She was hired as a performer in September 1995 as part of an almost entirely new cast, which was brought in after the show's disastrous 1994–1995 s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zodiac Killer
The Zodiac Killer is the pseudonym of an unidentified serial killer who murdered five known victims in the San Francisco Bay Area between December 1968 and October 1969. The case has been described as "arguably the most famous unsolved murder case in American history," and has become both a fixture of popular culture and a focus for efforts by amateur detectives. The Zodiac's known attacks took place in Benicia, Vallejo, unincorporated Napa County, and the City and County of San Francisco proper. He attacked three young couples and a lone male cab driver. Two of these victims survived. The Zodiac coined his name in a series of taunting messages that he mailed to regional newspapers, in which he threatened killing sprees and bombings if they were not printed. He also said that he was collecting his victims as slaves for the afterlife. He included four cryptograms or ciphers in his correspondence; two were decrypted in 1969 and 2020, and two are generally considered to be un ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cherie (other)
Cherie is a feminine given name. Chérie or Cherie may also refer to: * Cherie, a stage name of Cyndi Almouzni (born 1984), French singer * Cherie (album), ''Cherie'' (album), Cherie's debut album * Chérie Carter-Scott (born 1949), author * Chérie FM, a French radio station * Chérie (film), a 1930 American-French musical comedy film * the title character of ''Petra Chérie'', an Italian comic series See also * * Agustina Cherri (born 1983), Argentine actress known as Cherri * Sherie Rene Scott (born 1967), American actress known as Sherie * Shery (born 1975), Guatemalan singer * Chari (other) * Chéri (other) * Cheri (other) * Chery (other) * Cherrie (other) * Cherry (other) * Shari (other) * Sherrie (other) * Sherry (other) {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cheri Yecke
Cheri Pierson Yecke (born February 5, 1955) is an author and retired conservative Republican professor in the United States. Biography Yecke holds a bachelor's degree in history from the University of Hawaii, a master's of science degree in teaching from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Ph.D. in educational psychology from the University of Virginia. Yecke served on the Virginia State Board of Education under Governor George Allen (1995–1998) and then was Virginia's Deputy Secretary of Education (1998–2001) and Secretary of Education (2001-2002) under Governor Jim Gilmore. She also served as the Director of Teacher Quality and Public School Choice at the U.S. Department of Education for the Bush administration (2002–2003), during which time she was detailed to the White House as a senior advisor for USA Freedom Corps. Yecke then became the Commissioner of Education for the State of Minnesota for Governor Tim Pawlenty (2003–2004). As Minnesota's education c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
