Originally published on April 21, 2021 9:01 pm
You probably know Carl Cannon as the founder of ELITE, a Peoria Park District youth outreach program. You might also know Cannon used to be a correctional officer. But you may not know what eventually led him to make the switch from keeping people behind bars to keeping them out.
WCBU s Tim Shelley chats with Cannon and his co-author, Lance Zedric, about Cannon s new autobiography.
TIM SHELLEY: The book Full Cannon, this is your life story. Tell me a little bit about how this all came about?
CARL CANNON: Well, the pandemic occurred. My friend, co-author Lance Zedric, has been trying to get me to write a book for at least a decade, we ve been friends a long time.
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