January 15, 2020
Starting off swimmingly
Around Town The Scholarship Foundation of St. Louis provides funding and workshops for students heading to college. Pg. 3 Hazelwood School District celebrates its 70th anniversary. Pg. 4
Business Lighthouse for the Blind-St. Louis has best financial results since 2012. P.5 Home Builders Association donates to two programs P.5
Features
Recipe, Movie & Sudoku. Pg. F-1 CLASSIFIEDS AND HOME & GARDEN. Pg. F-2 /F-3
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St. Louis Aquarium staff assemble for a group picture of the aquarium’s opening day.
Over 61,000 people visited the St. Louis Aquarium in its first seven days as the new Union Station attraction launches with few hiccups By Charlotte Beard Developers and staff for the new attractions at St. Louis Union Station not only delivered on their word at the July 2019 media event to have the observation wheel open before the end of 2019, but they also held firm to their word by opening the St. Louis Aquarium on Christmas Day. Many people took to social media sharing their experiences and first impressions of the 120,000 square feet, two-story attraction. One Christmas Day attendee gave high
praises to the staff for opening day, “We bought a season pass for four and one extra ticket for our oldest daughter since she was coming in for Christmas with our two-yearold granddaughter with plans of going on Christmas Day. We had a wonderful surprise. My son-in-law, a sergeant in the United States Army, returned home unexpectedly from deployment to celebrate Christmas with us. We went anyway hoping to be able to get one extra ticket. Of course, they were sold out.
Someone in a suit came up to us and asked if we had any questions. We explained that we had tickets but (my son-in-law) did not because he just returned from deployment; we understood they were sold out and it was no problem. We knew there was a chance we wouldn’t get a ticket today. (The man in the suit) asked us to hold on for just a minute. After a few minutes he returned and said, See ‘SWIMMINGLY’ page 2
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