Story by Walter Pritchard, TEN Media

Story by Walter Pritchard, TEN Media The sound of the war cry is powerful, whether at the start of The Empowerment Network (TEN)’s monthly Prostate Cancer Support Meeting or leading the charge at the annual Zero End Prostate Cancer Run/Walk in Tower Grove Park. It is the rallying shout taken up by the MEN OF TEN, soldiers in the fight against the enemy—the insidious disease that can take lives. “What do we do?” Mellve Shahid, founder of TEN, as he passionately calls out at ev

“I just got to get away. Got to hear the wind song singin' in my ear. ‘Cause the wind was my mother. The highway is my brother. I was born to wander.” -Lyrics from “I Was Born To Wander” by Rare Earth, the 1970s Motown rock band Story by Walter Pritchard, TEN Media The sound of the war cry is powerful, Back in the day, Hayward Gill rode his motorcycle 3,600 miles round-trip to Prince Edward Island, Canada, for a hog rally. Say what? No, not that type of hog. For Hayward, a mo

Story by Walter Pritchard, TEN Media The sound of the war cry is powerful, Earl May planned a trip of a lifetime to the West African country of Ghana and to South Africa for March 2019. Everything was booked. He was locked and loaded. All he had to do was pack, fasten his seat belt and fly. Rewind to July 2018, Earl, then 54 years old, was diagnosed with prostate cancer. He had surgery on September 28, 2018. “Two months later by the first of November I was back on my feet,” E