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Earlier this year the company JobSage, and employee transparency platform, ranked St. Louis No. 1 among the best cit ies where minority-owned businesses expe rience success. But even with that ranking, minority-owned businesses, particularly in underserved areas, can still face difficulties obtaining access to funding and other vital resources in order to thrive.
The collaboration recognizes the impor tance of helping minority-owned business es continue their ability to contribute to the socioeconomic ecosystem of the neighbor hoods in which they reside. The 48 business owners in the program receive assistance in the form of mentors, networking oppor tunities, education and funding services through SLU.
Jeanetta Hawkins, a minority-business owner had a conversation about the chal lenges with her business years ago with Lin da Jones, executive director of HNB, who suggested she apply for the program. She was accepted and has gained valuable assis tance.Hawkins, who has been operating Person al Touches by Jeanetta, an event production company, for 34 years received vital support from HNB that helped transform her busi ness.“They supplied with me a lot of resources including funding, marketing and evaluat ing needs and weak areas in my business,” Hawkins said. “If I run into roadblocks or need any advice on decisions, I have a
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The HNB has experienced so much growth that it added two mentoring forums for small groups of minority entrepreneurs to share resources. It has also increased its endowment to over $800,000 to be invested into business solutions that are developed by the business college students who utilize their what they’ve learned to help the busi ness owners.
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The Richard A. Chaifetz School of Busi ness at St. Louis University has a partnership with the Habitat for Neighborhood Busi ness, a nonprofit that helps minority-owned businesses get the assistance they need to maintain and achieve growth. The nonprofit fits into the business school as a part of its programming that also focuses on private
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The Richard A. Chaifetz School of Business at St. Louis University has a partnership with the Habitat for Neighborhood Business, a nonprofit that helps minority-owned businesses get the assistance they need to maintain and achieve growth. The nonprofit fits into the business school as a part of its programming that also focuses on private business es and entrepreneurship.
gram for helping her business and demonstrating a genuine commitment to supporting minority-owned businesses so they can continue to thrive and contrib ute to their communities and beyond.
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This is just one of the success stories produced by the SLU and HNB collaboration and the mission is to cre ate many more.
Hawkins has also expanded her business, which has recently been renamed Signature Events, to include event rentals and the support she received from the program helped her create that addition faster than she would have been able to on her own.
Lastly, one of the biggest changes that is
Now, go enjoy the football, festivals, and turning leaves. It’s fall in the Valley of Flowers!
The cleanup is sponsored by Veterans United Foun dation, Missouri American Water, Spire, Athletic Brew ing Co., Rio Vista Foundation, Bass Pro Shops/Cabela’s Outdoor Fund, WestRock Foundation, Missouri De partment of Conservation, Big Muddy Adventures, Odell Brewing Co., and Northrop Grumman.
It was the great American novelist F. Scott Fitzgerald who wisely said, “Life starts all over again when it gets crisp in the fall.” The same could be said about our community here in Florissant.
Great Rivers Cleanup at the Confluence provides a unique stewardship opportunity
The cleanup runs from 9 a.m. to noon, rain or shine. Motorboats will be operated by MRR’s experienced boat captains and agents from the Missouri Depart ment of BetweenConservation.11a.m.and noon, volunteers will be re turned by boat where they’ll be served a free volunteer appreciation lunch and will have the opportunity to en ter the official “Missouri River Relief Trash Contest” or obtain a badge through MRR’s “Missouri River Explor er Badge Program”.
Soon enough there will be pots of chili, fall festivals, football and, of course, back to school activities. All of this relates back di rectly to the strong retail presence that exists in Florissant. All of those fall items and gear can be found in our great city. Did you know that Florissant is the retail capital of North County? It’s true! In the year 2021 alone Flo rissant experienced a gross retail revenue of more than $872 million! Furthermore, there has been more than $4.6 billion spent in Flo rissant from 2016 to 2021.
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“The staff at HNB along with the board of directors are sincere about advancing minority businesses and are willing to put their money and resources where their mouths are.”
and the additional 136 residential based businesses. Plus, our business base is always growing. Some notable projects that were re cently completed or will open soon include Club Car Wash, Sew Hope, Hawaiian Broth ers, Discount Tire, Aaron Rents and Take 5 CarAdditionally,Wash. the city of Florissant has re cently finalized the comprehensive plan to provide a roadmap for development over the next decade. Through the vision of Mayor Tim Lowery and the city council, Florissant will be well suited not only for this season but for many years to come. Using this plan, city leaders can partner with developers, brokers and stakeholders to bring about dynamic progress moving forward. Anyone interested in viewing the plan can visit the city website for more information.
Barnali Gupta, Ph.D, dean of the Richard A. Chai fetz School of Business believes the program is a “win, win, win” where business students get consult ing experience, minori ty-business owners re ceive valuable resources and guidance and St. Louis benefits from these businesses that are able to sustain and grow.
This success is made possible by the busi ness owners and entrepreneurs that operate the 1,071 commercial businesses in our city
On Saturday, Sept. 17, pre-registered volunteers will begin sign-in starting at 8:45 a.m. and then board boats at the CBCA boat ramp starting at 9 a.m. Volunteers will be ferried to pre-scouted locations along the river banks to pick up flood debris and improperly disposed of trash that has made its way downstream. In just a few hours, volunteers will have made a direct positive impact on their environment having collected literally tons of trash for proper disposal back on shore.
ongoing in Florissant is the enhancement of Interstate 270! MoDOT is working diligent ly on the project and is making great strides to help ease traffic flow and provide a better transportation experience through North County. If you have questions, feel free to vis it the project website at: www.i270north.org
sounding board. I was able to buy a lot of equipment I needed that helped my bottom line. It helped my com pany become more efficient. It cut down on labor ex penses and time.”
Due to an increased awareness of single-use plastic waste and the desire for families to recreate outdoors, the 2022 Great Rivers Cleanup at the Confluence has drawn over 200 volunteers to join in the effort. Reg istration for the event is open through the event web page, but signup slots are filling fast. Volunteers are comprised of families, individuals, students, civic and corporate teams taking part in this river cleanup.
Travis Wilson is Eco nomic Development Di rector for the city of Flo rissant.The opinions ex pressed in this column are the columnist’s alone and do not reflect the opinion of the owners or staff of Community News.
Missouri River Relief (MRR) is hosting a large-scale, community and equipment-based trash cleanup on the Missouri River along a 10-mile stretch, mobiliz ing volunteers from around the region. The event will be headquartered at Columbia Bottom Conservation Area (CBCA), North of St. Louis.
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• Gateway Music Outreach
The St. Louis Regional Clean Air Partnership on Aug. 25 released data from the first half of the 2022 air quality forecasting season. While the findings re veal no poor or “red” air quality days to-date, the need to continue taking steps to help clear the air remains important as we head into the final stretch of summer.
"Equity is valued greatly by both Ameren and the Arts and Education Council. We are proud to part ner to fund organizations like that are impacting the area, making it better for all of us. Arts organizations throughout our area are overcoming tremendous ob stacles, especially because of COVID-19," said Jessireé Jenkins, manager of grants and programs for the Arts and Education Council. We’re looking forward to the opportunity to deepen our reach within communities and organizations that have not had the opportunity to develop a relationship with the Arts and Education Council.”"Inrecognizing these 15 organizations as inaugu
• Pianos for People
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Applications were reviewed by the Arts and Educa tion Council’s Grants and Programs staff and represen tatives from Ameren. Learn more about the Arts and Education Council's grants at KeepArtHappening.org.
Switch Up Your Commute,” campaign.
Over the past few months, the St. Louis region has seen its share of scorching temperatures and a related increase in the number of days when the air quality has reached moderate to unhealthy ranges. At the mid-point of the air quality forecasting season, yellow was the dominant color with 47 moderate air quality days, followed by 36 green days where the air quality was good, and four unhealthy orange days for sensi tive populations, including children, older adults and those with existing lung conditions. This reinforces the need for individuals to prioritize lung health by minimizing exposure to air pollution and taking ac tion to reduce harmful emissions that contribute to theAsproblem.partofthe “Don’t Pollute. Switch Up Your Com
The following arts organizations (in alphabetical or der) will receive support from the AmerenCares Equity in the Arts Philanthropic Grant Program:
ral AmerenCares Equity in the Arts grantees, we are taking an intentional step to expand awareness of the importance of diversity in the arts, arts performance and arts educational programs throughout our service territory in Missouri," said Sarah Kramer, director of corporate philanthropy and community impact for Ameren. "This new program and our longtime support of the work led by the Arts and Education Council will help us build on the impact we are making to grow the arts accessibility in Missouri and help power the quality of life for all our customers and communities we serve."
Clean Air Partnership and CMT release 2022 air quality forecasting
Small nonprofits, particularly arts and culture orga nizations serving local communities, were more se verely impacted by COVID-19 than most other types of nonprofits, according to a recent study by the Urban Institute. Additionally, organizations serving urban ar eas were more likely to experience decreases in dona tions during 2020. AmerenCares Equity in the Arts is a unique and focused example of a shift in philanthropic giving practices that are designed to proactively and deliberately meet the needs of under-resourced and historically underrepresented nonprofits that have ev idence of racially and diverse leadership.
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mute.” campaign, hun dreds of St. Louisans signed up to receive dai ly air quality forecasts forecastedwhenregisteredpartHealthCareUniversityincludedemployeecompaniesfecthowlevelsaboutcomSwitchUpYourCommute.attostayinformedozonepollutionintheregionandthoselevelscanaftheirhealth.LocalwiththemostparticipationWashingtonSt.Louis,BJCandStifel.Asofthiseffort,thosereceivedatexttheairqualitywastobeunhealthy,
• Hispanic Festival Inc.
• Jacob’s Ladder Ministries
• Columbia Entertainment Company
• Dragons Drum & Bugle Corps
On Aug. 26, the Arts and Education Council togeth er with Ameren Missouri announced the recipients of the AmerenCares Equity in the Arts Philanthropic Grant Program. Grant recipients will be awarded a col lective total of nearly $150,000 in 2022. This new grant program was created to provide funding to historically underrepresented and underfunded nonprofit organi zations that are racially and ethnically diverse.
• Dream Tree Academy 573
• Pointe of Surrender
To that end, the Clean Air Partnership continues to work collaboratively with Citizens for Modern Tran sit (CMT) and other partnering organizations to in form people the way they choose to travel impacts the quality of air area residents breathe, while motivating them to modify commuting behaviors as often as they are able through the summerlong “Don’t Pollute.
mented Susannah Fuchs, Director of Clean Air for the American Lung Association in Missouri, which oversees the St. Louis Regional Clean Air Partnership. “It’s very important that area residents stay informed about the quality of the air we breathe and continue to take voluntary steps to reduce emissions to help im prove outcomes.”
• Youth Arts & Technology Center
15 arts organizations receive nearly $150,000 in grants for diverse arts organizations
• Artists First
• HEAL Center for the Arts
encouraging them to modify commuting behaviors. According to respons es, 39% took transit, 30% telecommuted, 16% stayed home (if the unhealthy forecast fell on a weekend), 12% carpooled, 2% biked and 2% walked.
For more information about the “Don’t Pollute. Switch Up Your Commute.” campaign, visit www. SwitchUpYourCommute.com.
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“Though recent heavy rainfall and intermittent storms have helped regulate temperatures during what has traditionally been the hottest part of the year, we still remain in the peak of summer, when weather conditions create a risk for higher ozone pol lution levels and ozone-related health concerns,” com
• Ferguson Youth Initiative
• African Heritage Association
• Mentors in Motion
• Not Another One! Publications promoting educa tion on responsible and safe police-teen interaction.
• The WHY of MY City exploring St. Louis’s Black neighborhoods and historic spaces.
Youth are heavily involved in the development of the nonprofit organization and feel strong ownership of it; it is the youth who determined the need for The Center and have championed for it to become a real ity. The Center is supported in part by the Kranzberg Arts Foundation, where Saint Louis Story Stitchers is a resident arts organization.
• StitchCast Studio creating a platform for youth-led discussions on topics of importance to youth and published on major podcast platforms nation-wide.
Youth who have experienced support from Story Stitchers creative youth development programs have determined that creating a pilot facility, called The Center, will provide underserved teens and young adults with needed resources, including safe spac es to gather, friends that are anti-violence, culturally relevant mentors, youth stipends, and opportunities to speak out and serve as community leaders while gaining skills in organizing, listening, public speaking and leadership, thus aiding youth in lifting themselves up into productive employment and healthier adult hood, proactively reducing crime with community violence intervention.
Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective is com posed of professional artists and underrepresented and underserved youth ages 16-24, working together to create social change with a focus on gun violence prevention. Stitchers collect stories, reframe and retell them through art, writing and performance to pro mote understanding, civic pride, intergenerational re lationships and literacy. Projects create a platform for community engagement through an artistic lens and with it the Saint Louis Story Stitchers work to shift perceptions and realities and bring hope to the Saint LouisSaintcommunity.LouisStory Stitchers and its partners provide young people with platforms for turning their creative efforts into personal strengths and community trans formations. Whether performing at neighborhood festivals, participating in mural and creative place making initiatives or podcasting from its Stitchcast Studio, the young artists of Saint Louis Story Stitch ers translate the complexities of what they experience into accessible and affirming narratives.
“We are excited to announce that Saint Louis Sto ry Stitchers is the recipient of an @MBKAlliance Freedom Summer 2022 Fund grant! Saint Louis Sto ry Stitchers’ programs currently engage youth and adults who are 50% male and 99% people of color, 98% Black,” said Susan Colangelo, founding president and executive director of Saint Louis Story Stitchers. “Through our unique program and the opening of The Center focused on excellence in music and the arts, youth leadership, and outreach through com munity service, Story Stitchers is building a program that also effectively represents evidence-based prac tices in youth violence prevention while nourishing the leaders of tomorrow. Through our work towards The Center, we accepted @MBKAlliance’s charge for community organizations to reinforce and support youth leadership in The Center Cabinet, to create safe
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Saint Louis Story Stitchers announces plans to open The Center for Youth Arts and Technology
spaces for boys and young men of color this fall. We will use our grant to continue our work by supporting boys and young men to engage in planning interior spaces and purchasing furnishings and technology to support planned activities.”
“The efforts of community organizations are of ten stifled due to limited financial resources. In line with its mission, the MBK Alliance is committed to ensuring community-based organizations have tools and resources to create safe spaces for boys and young men of color to play, convene, and learn. “I am so proud to support organizations committed to the safety and protection of our boys and young men of color,” said Dr. Adren Wilson, MBK Alliance Execu tive Director. “The Freedom Summer 2022 Fund will empower grant recipients to pour resources, opportu nity, hope, and love into our young boys during a time when they need it most. The MBK Alliance will con tinue its longstanding commitment to working with community-based organizations to create a bright er, more promising future–not just for our boys and young men of color–but for our country.”
• Peace in the Prairie creating awareness of the ef fects of trauma from violence and the healing re sources of exposure to nature in Missouri’s public lands through outdoor excursions and public per formances.
The city of Florissant along with Old Town Partners will host a plaque dedication to unveil a plaque in honor of the late Cyril Niehoff. This will be the 55th Walk through History plaque in honor of someone who has made a valuable contribution to the city of Florissant.
The ceremony will take place on Sept. 28 at 5:30 p.m. in front of 699 rue St. Francois. The plaque dedication will take place before the start of the last Wednesday Night Out festivities which is be ing hosted by Hendel’s Café from 6 to 9 p.m.
Major projects in 2022/23 include:
• Pick the City UP dance battles and public and inschool performances.
Niehoff was a lifelong resident of Florissant. He was married to Marcella (nee Goeke) and togeth er they raised four children. Niehoff worked at the Florissant Bank for over forty years and ended his career as bank president. He was the founding partner of the Moellering and Niehoff Insurance Agency and an Assistant Chief of the Florissant Valley Fire Protection District. He was active in both Sacred Heart and St. Dismas Catholic par ishes and other civic and cultural organizations. Niehoff loved and was proud of his family and the community he served.
The Center is supported in part by a 2021 $500,000 Accelerator Award to Saint Louis Story Stitchers from The Lewis Prize for Music, a philanthropic music arts organization advancing systems change through cre ative youth development. Funding gives young people access to music education, strengthens the well-being of their communities and puts music at the center of efforts to establish equity. Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective is using funds from The Lewis Prize for Music award to establish The Center and to grow its administrative and fundraising capacity.
• Perception Isn’t Always Reality are public service announcement campaign projects - this year boost ing vaccine confidence for the CDC Foundation and preventing unintentional shootings for the St. Louis Area Violence Prevention Commission and St. Louis Mental Health Board.
In December 2022, Saint Louis Story Stitchers will open The Center for Youth Arts and Technology (The Center) in Grand Center at the Kranzberg Arts Foun dation’s 3701 Grandel Square facility (4,550 square feet) to expand youth services, partnerships, and community reach, helping to prevent community vio lence by intervening before it begins.
A plaque dedication set for late Florissant resident
Saint Louis Story Stitchers Artists Collective has also received $25,000 in grant funding from the My Brother’s Keeper Alliance, a program of the Obama Foundation. The funding is part of the MBK Alli ance’s Freedom Summer 2022 Fund. The Center Cab inet, formed by Story Stitchers to bring youth voices into planning for The Center, will employ a group of 12 young men ages 16-24 to hold planning meetings with meals, plan, select, and purchase furnishings for interior spaces in The Center and related youth pro grams around media arts, healing, and music.
They had surprised us, alright, with the most won derful, meaningful, un-embarrassing, tears-of-joyfilled-evening imaginable. We are, and continue to be, so very proud of our family, who then proceeded to tell us there was a prepaid reservation made for the two of us to a magical anniversary dinner at Casa Don Alfonso in the Ritz Carlton on our anniversary. It’s a phenomenal restaurant, where we were greeted and led to a candlelit table strewn with rose petals, where a hand-written card from the staff was placed front-and-center, where smiling waiters patiently walked us through questions about the six hundred glass leaves suspended from the ceiling, the ingredi ents and history of a number of menu items, clicked several pictures of us, and asked for our secrets to a long and loving marriage. Other diners around us smiled indulgently, and we tucked away enough memories to last us for the next 50 years.
Proman Staffing relocated to from Arnold to Maryland Heights first quar ter of 2022. Since then, they have been a community partner supporting the chamber. They won the Best of Mary land Heights award on Aug. 10. For more information, pricing, and all oth er questions, contact Tammy Durbin at 866-720-9675
The countdown continuesStill In This Together:
The Maryland Heights Chamber of Commerce and Proman Staffing will host a ribbon cutting on Sept. 22 at 4 p.m. for their location at 111 West port Plaza Drive, Suite 130 in St. Louis County.Proman Staffing is the leader in workforce solutions. Proman Staffing opened their first office in Memphis, Tennessee in 1998. Proman’s exclusive focus on the industrial sector allowed them to become a dominant player in theSincemarket.their origin, Proman has won
well-known staffing industry awards, including Best Place to Work in Amer ica by the Society of Human Resource Management and the Largest Staffing Firms Lists, for three consecutive years.
The countdown continues.
The days passed. John and I both had our 10 days with positive COVID tests, mild symptoms and isolation, missing our chance to be with our North Carolina son, daughter-in-law and grandkids when they were in town, except for a very brief and appro priately distanced, painfully hug-free time or two. I dusted, vacuumed, did laundry and read, grocery shopped and baked bread. And the countdown con tinued.Thepossibility of being married 50 years had al ways been there. Day by day, year by year, anniver sary by anniversary. Until the possibility became a reality, and I started to get nervous. I was pretty sure our four kids, their spouses and our nine grandkids were whispering behind our backs or on the internet, gathering via Zoom or some other insidious techno logical means John and I could only guess at to go against our plainly stated wishes and plot some kind of expensive, unnecessary, embarrassing marking of a day on the calendar that celebrated the impossi ble-to-comprehend 50 years since I walked down the aisle toward my amazingly handsome, shyly smiling, blue-tuxedoed promise of a future we could never haveEveryimagined.“coincidence” seemed a clue. Friends just happening to come into town that week and asking us to lunch. John’s brother and sister-in-law invit ing us to a concert the week before our anniversary, my sisters and brothers-in-law wanting us to join them for dinner the weekend after our anniversary. Please let it be just what they said it was, and not some scheme to get us to show up somewhere. I was so nervous that we would be blindsided and over whelmed, and I’d be forced to smile as I threatened John with some equivalent of being boiled in hot oil if he walked out of an insidiously planned againstour-wishes celebration, and I was constantly on edge. And then the kids very innocently asked about us all getting together for a Zoom call on John’s birth day, two days before our anniversary so the grand kids could sing Happy Birthday to him in their very
Best of all is that we still have No. 17 on the count down…the number of them who would like to share in a family vacation with us next summer on the beach in Pensacola.
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Thislives.time, it was over a Zoom call, a combined ef fort of the 17 of them to come up with a top 50 mem ories, complete with pictures and beautiful fonts, and enough laughter and tears to last for the next 50 years. Everything from No. 39…items in exactly the same spots in the basement as when the four of them lived at home, to No. 37…Amazon prime deliveries I get each week, to No. 29…hours per week that John spent practicing sports in the backyard with them despite being exhausted after a long day’s work, to No. 9…beautiful grand children beyond lucky to have us, to No. 2 in credible people who found each other, to No. 1…hell of a beautiful life we have created over 50 years.
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They all sang, we laughed, and then our older daughter confessed that there was more to the call. They had prepared a countdown power-point pre sentation, similar to the magic-marker- on-pos terboard-countdown they’d shared at the surprise family gathering for our 25th anniversary a quar ter-of-a-century ago in my mom and stepdad’s driveway. That was before spouses and grandkids were on the scene, in front of so many smiling and laughing relatives who are no longer with us, as our kids counted down the top 25 memories of our mar ried
One by one, their families appeared on the com puter screen: from Omaha and from Charlotte, from a balcony in Gulf Shores where our vacationing younger son, daughter-in-law and their family were preparing to go crab-hunting on the beach after our call, and from Webster Groves where our youngest twin grandsons were pajama’d backwards as usual so they can’t get out of their clothing overnight and their big brother was dressed as Darth Vader.
Maryland Heights Chamber of Commerce and Proman Staffing to host a ribbon cutting ceremony
Vicki Bahr is an inveterate word lover and story sharer, a published author in magazine, newspaper and blog forms. As a mom of four, grandma of nine, and wife of one for 50 years, she finds that inspira tion and wonder are everywhere.
best Donald Duck voices, as he has done forever on each of their birthdays.
Installation of final truss marks one of the last major milestones for Merchants Bridge reconstruction project
Joining Walsh Construction as part of the project team for the nationally significant Merchants Bridge project is TranSystems and Burns & McDonnell, who are serving as the project engineers. The steel was fab ricated by Veritas Steel in Eau Claire, Wisconsin.
In 2020, the Federal Railroad Administration (FRA) awarded TRRA a $21.45 million Consolidated Rail In frastructure and Safety Improvements (CRISI) grant toward replacement of the Merchants Bridge. TRRA is providing 90% of the construction costs, making this project a model for public-private partnerships.
“The Merchants Bridge has been our highest prior ity project because of its significance in the nation’s freight network,” said Mary Lamie, Executive Vice President – Multi Modal Enterprises at Bi-State De velopment, which launched the St. Louis Regional Freightway in 2014 with a key goal of advancing in frastructure projects that support the movement of freight through the bi-state St. Louis region. “Its com pletion will not only strengthen a vital link in the na tion’s freight network, it also reaffirms we are on the right path with our approach.”
As a design-bid-build project, reconstruction of the bridge uses innovative project delivery methods that have improved safety and speeded completion while limiting bridge and river traffic outages. The new spans were all constructed in Wisconsin and shipped to St. Louis for final assembly on the Missouri bank of the Mississippi River and each has been floated into place immediately after the old spans were floated out.
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The $222 million project to replace the Merchants Bridge that links Missouri and Illinois near downtown St. Louis is nearing completion, and the St. Louis Re gional Freightway gave invited guests and the public the opportunity to see one of the last significant mile stones in the project firsthand from the special van tage point of a riverboat cruise on Aug. 26.
Removal and installation of the three new trusses required three separate 10-day rail outages, and three separate river channel outages. The first of these out ages began on Sept. 13, 2021, in preparation for the first truss to be moved into position and floated into place on Sept. 17. The second truss was installed in early March. The final truss was floated into place and installed on Aug. 26 and 27, with a portion of that process viewed by approximately 130 on board the riverboat cruise that provided the opportunity to wit
“In TRRA’s 133-year history helping to ensure the smooth movement of rail freight, our company has never built a bridge, but today we’re marking a crit ical milestone in the final steps to deliver our first major bridge infrastructure project – a project that will dramatically improve the flow of both freight and passenger rail traffic through the bi-state St. Louis re gion,” said Asim Raza, Chief Legal Officer, Director of Corporate Affairs for Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis.
retrofitting the existing river piers, and improving the eastWorkapproach.began in 2018 and, when completed in the coming weeks, the new double-track bridge will pro vide reliable, resilient and expanded freight and pas senger rail capacity, helping move freight faster, cost effectively and more reliably, providing an alternative to more congested rail hubs like Chicago.
ness that piece of Representativeshistory.fromTRRA and Walsh Construc tion, the general contractor for the project, provided an overview of the project, its significance to the na tion’s freight network, and the steps involved in plac ing the trusses. The replacement of this vital rail ar tery has been identified each year for the past several years as the region’s top freight infrastructure priority by the St. Louis Regional Freightway, which is nation ally recognized for its innovative and collaborative approach to creating a Priority Projects List that iden tifies key infrastructure projects and advocates for funding for them.
Dating back to the 1890s, the Merchants Bridge serves six Class I railroads and Amtrak as a bridge crossing across the Mississippi River at St. Louis, and replacement of the structure has been the bi-state St. Louis region’s top freight infrastructure priority since 2016.Owned by Terminal Railroad Association of St. Louis (TRRA), the Merchants Bridge required recon struction due to speed, clearance and load restric tions. The overall project includes the removal and re placement of the three river-span trusses, seismically
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The third and final bridge truss is floated into place for the $222 million project to replace the Merchants Bridge that links Missouri and Illinois near downtown on Aug. 26.
Passengers on board witnessed history in the mak ing as preparations continued for the third and final bridge truss to be floated into place. The installation is a crucial phase of the project underway to replace the vital rail artery across the Mississippi River, which is one of the nation’s primary east-west rail corridors serving one of America’s largest rail hubs by car inter change volume and gross tonnage.
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Christie Derbin is the President for the National MS Society, Gate way Market. She has experience in non-profit management and appreciates the impact philan thropic organizations are making in our community. She is a native St. Louisan and graduate of Saint Louis University.
The St. Louis Jewish Community Center (The J) will host its 44th annual St. Louis Jewish Book Festival from Nov. 6-13. The festival features a lineup of bestselling authors, investigative journalists, Netflix stars, nation ally known chefs, true crime events and more.
If you would like to make your voice heard regard ing legislative issues, sign up to become an MS Activ ist at Thewww.nationalmssociety.org/activistsociety’svisionisaworldfreeofMS, and our mission is to cure MS while empowering people af fected by MS to live their best lives. To support our work, please visit nationalmssociety.org/donate.
A bookend event will kick off the festival on Nov. 5 at 7:30 p.m. with Phil Rosenthal, star of Netflix series, “Somebody Feed Phil.” In “Somebody Feed Phil the Book: Untold Stories, Behind-the-Scenes Photos and Favorite Recipes: A Cookbook,” Rosenthal presents never-before-heard stories from every episode of the first four seasons of the series, along with more than 60 of his viewers’ most requested recipes from acclaimed international chefs and local legends alike (including Rosenthal’s favorite sandwich finds from San Francis co to Tel Aviv), so attendees can replicate many of the dishes from the show right at home.
“We are honored that Ambassador Yovanovitch will be our keynote for the 44th St. Louis Jewish Book Fes tival. We invite the entire St. Louis region to join us at the J to hear from this true American hero who has dedicated her professional career to the service of our country and the fight for democracy, truth and free dom for all even under the most trying and challenging circumstances,” said Rabbi Brad Horwitz, Chief Jewish Engagement Officer at the J.
Barr (“Woman on Fire”), will explore how fiction provides an avenue for exploring important historical events through different lenses.
• Bringing down what people pay for their medi cations: Implementing a $2,000 out-of-pocket cap
On Nov. 6 at 7 p.m., the festival’s keynote author, for mer U.S. Ambassador to Ukraine Marie Yovanovitch, will speak at the Staenberg Family Complex’s Edison Gymnasium. Yovanovitch will discuss her new book, “Lessons from The Edge: A Memoir,” and will be joined onstage by Professor James Wertsch of Washington University in St. Louis. “Lessons from the Edge” fol lows the arc of Yovanovitch’s career as she developed into the person we came to know during the 2020 im peachment proceedings.
• Negotiating prices to bring down cost: Allowing Medicare to negotiate prices for a select number of drugs that have been on the market for a long time.
On Nov. 7 at 1 p.m., a historic fiction panel of au thors, Rachel Barenbaum (“Atomic Anna”) and Lisa
New York Times bestselling author Charles Bo sworth Jr. and St. Louis criminal defense attorney Joel Schwartz will take the stage on Nov. 7 at 7 p.m. to dis cuss their book, “Bone Deep: Untangling the Betsy Faria Murder Case,” which explores and expands on the true story behind NBC’s mini-series, “The Thing About Pam.” Written with Russ Faria’s cooperation, “Bone Deep,” takes readers through the perfect storm of miscalculations and missteps that led to an innocent man’s conviction, and it recounts Schwartz’s successful battle to have that conviction overturned.
Premiere Pass Tickets, which provide entrance to more than 25 author programs year-round, are avail able for purchase here: bookmasksjewish-book-festival-all-access-pass-2/.https://www.showpass.com/Forthesafetyofourpresenters,staffandvolunteers,willberequiredforallaudiencemembersatallfestivalevents.
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From grassroots efforts to nationwide surveys to learn more about the impact of drug pricing on peo ple with MS to Society staff testifying twice before Congress, MS activists became leaders in the move ment to lower prices.
The provisions that will benefit people with MS and others on prescription medications include:
on drug costs in Medicare Part D and a “smoothing mechanism” so that people in Medicare can spread their costs evenly over the course of the year.
Relief is on the way for the high cost of medications for multiple sclerosis
Julia Haart, star of the Netflix reality show, “My Unorthodox Life”, and CEO of modeling agency Elite World Group, will discuss her Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling book, “Brazen,” on Nov. 10 at 7 p.m. Propulsive and unforgettable, Julia’s story is the journey from a world of “no” to a world of “yes” and an inspiration for women everywhere to find their pur pose and their voice.
• Bringing down the cost of insurance: Allowing an extension of the previously passed tax credits to help make coverage more affordable for those who purchase coverage via the Exchanges.
The National MS Society has an army of “MS Activ ists” – volunteers from across the U.S. who advocate for legislation that helps those living with multiple sclerosis.Multiple Sclerosis is an unpredictable disease of the central nervous system that disrupts the flow of infor mation within the brain, and between the brain and theOverbody.the last seven years MS Activists have been a powerful force behind the push to lower drug prices and helped to achieve a significant win on drug and insurance pricing.
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The J announces full author lineup for 44th Annual St. Louis Jewish Book Festival
Join Food Network’s “Girl Meets Farm” star Molly Yeh (“Home is Where the Eggs Are,”) and bagel expert and award-winning author Cathy Barrow (“Bagels, Schmears, and a Nice Piece of Fish: A Whole Brunch of Recipes to Make at Home”) for a cookbook panel on Nov. 8 at 7 p.m. The two will share stories, recipes and cooking secrets while teaching the audience new spins on traditional Jewish foods.
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Celebrate Recovery Tuesday meetings take place at 6 p.m. with a Saturday Bible Study
Tuesdays: A cappella singers
Oct. 8: Gospel benefit concert
The St. Louis Chordinals, a women’s a cappella chor us, rehearse every Tuesday evening from 7 - 9:30 p.m. at Beautiful Savior Luther an Church at 12397 Natur al Bridge Rd. in Bridgeton (next to the Bridgeton Gov ernment Center). For more information call Linda at 314-839-3495 or visit stloui schordinals.org.
Tuesdays: Bingo
City of Pine Lawn holds regular city council meet ings at city hall at 6250 Steve Marre Ave. in Pine Lawn on the second Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. The meet ings are open to the public.
If you had military service in Korea between Sept. 3, 1945 and the present you are cor dially invited to a meeting of Chapter 4, North County Korean War Veterans Asso ciation. Meetings take place at the VFW Post 4105 at 410 St. Francois in Florissant on the second Monday of the month, starting at 7 p.m. For more information contact Walter Kaiser at 314-9212132. For a limited period the Chapter will pay for one (1) year membership for new members.
The Gentlemen of Sound are looking for men who like to sing or want to learn. They practice Tuesdays at Lady of the Pillar school at 401 S. Lindbergh from 7 – 9 p.m. They try to do public events monthly. Always looking for new members. Come by or call Charlie at 314-954-1121.
Choral Arts Group practi ces every Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. at Connection Chris tian Church at 1332 Feise Rd. in O’Fallon. Auditions not required. Ages high school and older are invited to join. There will be spring and fall public concerts. For more information call Marty at 636-579-9227, or email con certartsa@gmail.com.
Trivia night takes place at St. Mark’s Methodist Church at 315 Graham Road in Floris sant. Doors open at 6 p.m., trivia begins promptly at 7 p.m. Cost is $10 per person/ up to 10 people per table. Snacks and soda provided. To play or reserve a table call Amber in the church office at 314-837-9404 or Shirley at 314-731-3409, or email deansa1@aol.com.
Sept. 17: Health and well ness fair
The Praise and Worship Gos pel Benefit Concert will take place at 4 p.m. at Lighthouse Baptist Church at 3025 N. Lindbergh in St. Ann. Do nations will be accepted to benefit the church’s Chris tian nonprofit organization Reprieve Spiritual Wellness.
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Oct. 1: Trivia night
Tuesdays: Chair Zumba Chair Zumba every Tuesday from 2:15 – 3 p.m. at The Bridge At Florissant at 1101 Garden Plaza Dr. (Parker @ Arlington). For more infor mation call 314-831-0988.
Breckenridge Hills Annual Reunion Picnic takes place at Vinita Park Pavilion at 8374 Midland Blvd. from 12 – 5 p.m. Bring your own meal (no glass containers). BBQ pit available, bottled water, sanitizer and snacks provid ed. Everyone is welcome.
Tuesdays: TOPS (Take off pounds sensibly)
Wednesdays: Bingo Bingo takes place every Wednesday at American Legion Post 338 at 9655 Midland Blvd. in Overland. Doors open at 5 p.m. For more information contact Chairman Ed Hilleman at 314-660-1813.
Sept. 17: Reunion picnic
Sept. 24: Subdivision garage sale
Atonement Lutheran Church at 1285 North New Florissant Road is collecting for TEAM (The Emergency Assistance Ministry), from 9 a.m. – 12 p.m. Donate non perishable food or person al items. Items requested: green beans, corn, mixed vegetables, pasta, tuna, snacks, tuna helper, ham burger helper. Drive-thru drop off that day.
Weekdays: Food pantry volunteers needed
Tuesdays: Celebrate Re covery
2nd Tuesday Sept.-June: Show-me Stitchers: Show-me Stitchers is the lo cal chapter of the Embroid erers’ Guild of America. We meet on the second Tuesday, Sept.-June at 6:30 p.m. at Trinity Lutheran Church, 14088 Clayton Road, Ches terfield, MO. Learn needle point, embroidery, cross stitch, and more.
Mondays: City council meetings
Every 4th Tuesday of the month: Fort Bellefon taine Memorial Amer ican Legion Post 335 meeting 6:30pm, Fort Bellefontaine Memorial American Legion Post 335, at the Bellefontaine Neighbors Community Cen ter at 9669 Bellefontaine Rd. Those interested in member ship are invited to attend.
The Harvey Kornblum Jew ish Food Pantry is in need of ongoing adult volunteers to sort food, stock shelves and shop with clients. Two-tofour hour shifts are available, Monday-Friday 8:45 a.m.3:45 p.m. To learn more or to join this fun group, contact Chelsey Banaskavich at 314513-1674 or cbanaskavich@ jfcs-stl.org.
at 9 a.m. at LifePoint Church at 424 Graham Rd. in Floris sant. For more information visit
A subdivision wide garage sale will take place at the Wedgwood Green Subdiv ision at New Halls Ferry Rd. and Greenway Chase Dr.
VolunteersMondays-Thursdays:needed
All men who like to sing are invited to come sing with us, The Men of Harmony. We practice every Monday night at 7 p.m. at 5500 Par ker Raoad which is the first house on Uthe Lane. We sing four-part harmony a capella (without accompani ment). We sing some trad itional songs, as well as show tunes and more contempor ary music. We do perform
RECURRINGEVENTS
City of Pine Lawn holds regular workshop meetings at city hall at 6250 Steve Marre Ave. in Pine Lawn on the fourth Monday of the month at 6:30 p.m. The meetings are open to the public.
Florissant Elks Bingo takes place at 16400 New Halls Ferry every Tuesday. Doors open at 4 p.m., bingo starts at 6 p.m. No outside food or drinks allowed per St. Louis County. Food and drinks available for purchase. Max imum 150 players. Must wear mask to enter. Social distancing followed.
for the public at various functions. Persons interest ed can come right on in or for more information call Al at 314-993-6134.
EVENTS
Tuesdays: Choir rehears als
What’s Happening
From 9:15 - 10:30 a.m. lo cated at John F. Kennedy Center/Henry Koch Ctr., Howdershell Rd. at Char bonier Rd., Florissant. For more info contact Paul Mc Connell, 314-831-5476.
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Oct. 2: Food drive
Sept. 17: Train show Boeing Employees Railroad Club Railroad Swap Meet takes place at North Coun ty Recreational Complex at 2577 Redman Ave. From 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The event is open to the public. Admis sion is $5, children under 12 are free.
Mondays: Workshop meetings
Community Action Agency of St. Louis County is in need of volunteers to stock shelves, sort food shipments and pack bags for Food Pan try Clients Monday through Thursday from 8 a.m. until 3 p.m. Two to four hour shifts are available. If you are inter ested, please contact Cheryl Piece at 314-446-4440 or cpiece@caastlc.org for addi tional information.
Mondays: Korean War Veterans Association meeting
A Health and Wellness Fair will be offered at Atonement Lutheran Church at 1285 North New Florissant Road from 9 a.m. – 1 p.m. Flu shots will be offered by Wal greens as well as vendors: ArchWell Health, Clear Cap tions and Stop The Bleed. Everyone is welcome. Bring your insurance card, a few vouchers will be available, first come, first serve. Masks are required. If you have questions, please call Joyce at 314-740-2137.
Mondays: Choral Arts Group meetings
Wednesdays: Bingo Life Care Center of Bridge ton, at 12145 Bridgeton Square in Bridgeton, wel come all to Community Bingo every last Wednesday of the month at 2:30 p.m. Light refreshment will be served. Please RVSP at 314298-7444 with the month you will attend and number of people attending.
Mondays: A cappella singers
TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly) meets from 6 p.m. - 7:30 p.m. at St. Andrews United Methodist Church at 3975 N. Hwy 67 in Florissant. For more information con tact Norma at 314-306-4731.
Sundays: Jennings DoDads meeting
Thursdays: Blood pres sure checks
CHURCH
Members come from the entire bi-state region. Call Marcia at 636-274-0723 for more information or www.cityvoiceschorus.org.visit
Every Mon. & Tues.: Healthy Meal Replace ment (HMR) Program
Comm. Ctr., 2300 McKelvey Rd. For more information, call 314-344-6873.
St. Ferdinand Fish Fry at 1765 Charbonier Rd. in Flo rissant, has resumed every Friday from 3 - 7 p.m.
Saturdays: Grief support
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Sundays: Alcoholics An onymous Group 109 11th floor conference room at Christian Hospital, 10am, 11133 Dunn Road.
Every Wednesday: Bingo Morning at Florissant Elks Lodge #2316
Bridgeton Trails Library Branch Programs: 3455 McKelvey Rd., St. Louis, 314-994-3300. Story Time: Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. 9 months to 2 yrs. Room 1 (Lap Time); Wednesdays, 10:30 a.m. Ages 3–5. Room 2; Thursdays, 10:30 a.m. Ages 3–5. Room 1.
Saturdays: Toastmasters meeting
Salam Clinic at St. Peter’s United Church of Christ at 1425 Stein Road at West Flo rissant in Ferguson is a free walk-in clinic open Satur days from 11 a.m. – 1 p.m. The clinic is jointly spon sored by the Muslim Com munity of St. Louis (MCSL) and St. Peter’s United Church of Christ to provide basic adult medical screen ing, treatment and referrals free of charge for the unin sured. For more information or if you would be interested in volunteering, please call 314-521-5694 9 a.m. – 4 p.m. Monday – Friday or www.stpeterschurch.org.visit
Every Fourth Saturday’s Writer’s Workshop
Florissant Senior Cit izens’ Bingo Clubs: 314-
Florissant Elks Lodge #2316, 16400 New Halls Ferry Rd. in Florissant. Doors at 7:30 a.m., games begin at 9:30 a.m. For more information, call 314-921-2316.
Thursdays: Quilting guild
A fish fry takes place every Friday at American Legion Post 338 at 9655 Midland Blvd. in Overland from 11 a.m. to 7 p.m. For more infor mation contact Chairman Ed Hilleman at 314-660-1813.
Wednesday of the Month: Stroke Sup port Group 3-4 p.m., Center for Senior Renewal, Detrick Building 1st floor, 11133 Dunn Rd. For more information, contact Ja mie Stevens at 314-653-5331.
Free blood pressure checks monthly at Life Care Center of Florissant at 1201 Garden Plaza Dr. (off Parker Rd.) in Florissant every third Thurs day of the month. Call 8313752 for more information.
Saturdays: Clothing sale
Every 3rd Friday of the month: Bingo 2 p.m., Life Care Center of Florissant, 1201 Garden Pla za Dr. For more information, call 314-831-3752.
Saturdays: Yoga Yoga returns to Calvary UCC at 2501 Hartland Avenue, on Saturdays from 10:30-11:30. Masks and social distancing are required in the build ing and participants should bring hand sanitizer with them. For further informa tion call Angela at 314-8018594.
On the fourth Saturday of each month, grief support meeting “A Way With Words Ministry” meets at 12:30 p.m. at Community Christ Fellowship, rear, at 121 Wil liams Blvd. in Hazelwood, 1/4 mile south of Hwy 270 off Florissant Rd. There are a variety of topics month ly. You are not alone. Come help your heart heal with others. For more informa tion call 314-605-3949.
Center 11977 St. Charles Rock Road, Suite 121-124, Bridgeton, MO 63044. Join our Support Group for Mu tual, Emotional Support and Education. You are not alone. For information, contact Deborah Mabrie at 314-291-5210 or Ferd Fet sch at 314-291-3021 ferdfetsch@sbcglobal.net.dbland@sarahcare.comEmail:
6:30 - 7:30pm, 314-839-3171.
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Wednesdays: ACES Schizophrenia Support Group
Every third Thursday of the month the Flower Valley Quilting Guild meets at 7 p.m. in the old school at the Old St. Ferdinand Shrine, 1 Rue St. Francois, Florissant.
UCC at 11952 Bellefontaine Rd. in St. Louis County hosts a clothing sale from 9 - 11 a.m. For sale are used cloth ing and shoes, some house hold items, books and toys. Fill your bag for $1.
1st Tuesday of Every Month: Alzheimer’s As sociation Caregiver Sup port Group Meeting Meeting to be held at Sarah Care of Bridgeton Adult Day
Saturdays: Free walk-in clinic
The Jennings Do-Dads hold meetings every third Sunday of the month (except June which is the second Sunday and no meeting in Decem ber) at 1 p.m. at Classics Bar & Grill at 11601 West Florissant Avenue. Those in terested in membership are invited to attend. For more information visit www.jen ningsdodads.org.
Sundays: AMVETS meat shoot
Every Friday: Our Lady of Fatima #4429 Knights of Columbus Bingo 6:45 p.m., Knights of Co lumbus Hall, 1216 Teson Rd. in Hazelwood. For more in formation call 314-731-9330.
Every third Tuesday of every month: Grief Sup port Group sponsored by DePaul 11:30am-1pm,HospitalMaryland Hgts.
Diabetes Basics: 314-344-7024 for info or 314344-7220 to enroll.
HEALTH
Fridays: Fish fry
On the second Saturday of each month Bethany-Peace
10 a.m. - 1:30 p.m. at Baden Library, at 8448 Church Rd. For more information call 314-388-2400.
Tuesdays & Thursdays: Chapel of the Cross Lu theran Church GriefShare Support Group Tuesdays from 2 - 4pm and Thursday from 6:308:30pm, 11645 Benham Rd., 314-741-3737.
Orientation Mondays: 6–7pm Tuesdays: Noon–1pm SSM DePaul Wellness Center. Attend a free orientation to learn: the Five Success Variables need ed to lose weight, different diet options available and how important physical ac tivity really is. Please call to register at 1-877-477-6954.
Thursdays: Women’s chorus meeting
Wednesdays: TOPS (Take Off Pounds Sensibly)
Thursdays: Bingo Community Bingo at the Bridge At Florissant, at 1101 Garden Plaza Drive (intersection of Parker and Arlington) takes place on the third Thursday of each month starts at 2 p.m. There will be snacks and prizes. For more information call 314-831-0988.
Every Thursday City Voices Chorus, a women’s chorus singing four-part a cappella harmony, meets at Church of the Good Shepherd at 1166 S. Mason Rd. in St. Louis.
Everyone is welcome to at tend Toastmasters Saturdays 9 to 10:30 a.m. at Normandy United Methodist Church at 8001 Natural Bridge Road (across from UMSL). For more info call 314-402-7025.
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Sundays in September through April, AMVETS Post 55, located on 8842 Nat ural Bridge Rd. in Bel-Ridge will be hosting meat shoots with practice beginning at 11 a.m. and rounds starting at noon. Shooters must be 18 or older and will shoot #9’s with no bull barrels or scopes and 675 minimum chokes. The shooting area is indoors and food and drink are available in the club room. For more informa tion, contact 314-630-2671 or 314-330-7269.
Fridays: Fish fry
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Alton starter Alex Redman shut down the Paints for the first six innings, allow ing no runs on just three hits, walking one and strik ing out three. Meanwhile, the Alton River Dragons built a 4-0 lead.
Champions of the Hoots’ league
The Chillicothe Paints, overcame a 4-0 deficit re cently in the final game, scoring 14 runs in the sev enth and eighth innings to win the 2022 Prospect League Championship in front of nearly 1,600 fans at VA Me morial Stadium in Ohio.
Gianni Passarelli got the inning started with a double in the eighth inning, then Santrel Farmer and Tim Orr both walked with one out, loading the bas es for Chillicothe. Kade Wroot worked an RBI walk, making it 7-4. Tommy Thamann followed with a sac rifice fly, giving the Paints an 8-4 lead. Nate Dorinsky followed with a two-run single, putting the Paints in front 10-4. Mike Sprockett hit a fly ball to left that was dropped by an Alton player, allowing Dorinsky to score and make it 11-4. Jake Reifsnyder was hit by a pitch and Passarelli walked to load the bases with two outs. Brett Carson sent a ball to deep left-cen ter, clearing the bases and earning the 14-4 walk-off win for the Paints (there is a 10-run mercy rule af ter seven innings in the Prospect League), securing the club’s second championship in three seasons and their third Passarelliall-time.went3-4 on the night, driving in one and scoring three times. Carson finished the game 2-6 with 4 RBIs, Dorinsky went 2-4 with three RBIs and two runs scored. Farmer and Orr each had two hits and an RBI. Thamann also picked up an RBI in theIncludinggame. a 4-1 postseason run, Chillicothe fin ishes the season 42-23. In addition to the Prospect League title, they won the Ohio River Valley Divi sion and the Eastern Conference Championship.
A 1978 graduate of Lindenwood University, Ram sey will come back to St. Charles to lead the broad cast team for the first NCAA Division I season. His career was built on the foundation forged at KCLC, a true ex ample of the real experience leading to real success at Lindenwood. For the past 36 years, Ramsey has been the voice of the Saint Louis University Billikens men’s basketball team.
Ramsey won two Emmys while working for KPLR TV in St. Louis. The five-time Missouri Broadcaster of the Year has called games for the St. Louis Cardi nals, the St. Louis Ambush, and spent four years as the voice of Louisiana Tech men’s basketball. Ramsey has been inducted into the Halls of Fame at Linden wood University, Saint Louis University, Pattonville High School and Missouri Amateur Baseball.
Alton finishes the season 35-20, having won the Prairie Land Division and the Western Conference Championship.
Recently, Lindenwood Vice President for Inter collegiate Athletics Jason Coomer set the broadcast team for the 2022 football season. Returning home to serve as the play-by-play announcer will be Lind enwood alum, Bob Ramsey.
Joining Ramsey in the booth will be a familiar voice in Lindenwood Athletics, Zach Zook. Over the past five years, Zook has been the play-by-play voice for many Lindenwood events, including foot ball, basketball, baseball, and softball. Zook was on the call for both football conference championship seasons for the Lions at the NCAA Division II level.
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After Robert Downey Jr.’s first appearance as Iron Man, Marvel Studios immersed themselves in the superhero genre. Decades ago, that wasn’t the case as Marvel scrambled to keep the film rights to “Fantastic Four,” one of the publish er’s best titles.
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Disney and Marvel also made money on other characters created by Lee, Kirby, Steve Ditko and others, but Marvel had some lean years and sold Sony the rights to key charac ters, in particular Spider-Man. In recent years, Marvel and Sony came to an agreement where Tom Holland, the current Spider-Man, con tinued in the role and made money for both studios. Holland’s performance in “No Way Home” was amaz
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challenges for the webslinger in future films. So, who should play the live-action version of genius Reed Richards? John Krasinski, who starred in the American version of “The Office,” made a surprise cameo in Marvel’s “Dr. Strange in the Multiverse of Madness” as a variant of the brilliant Dr. Richards. Fan re action to Krasinski’s appearance made it seem as if “The Office” star was on his way to su perhero glory, but that may not be the case. Krasinski reportedly has signed with Marvel, along with a number of other notable actors, for unnamed projects.
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After a bad reboot almost killed the franchise, “Fantas tic Four” will become part of the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2024. Sixty-one years ago, Stan Lee and Jack Kirby created the superhero team that be haved like regular people. Johnny Storm, the Human Torch, picked on Ben Grimm, who became the rock-covered hero known as the Thing. Scientific genius Reed Richards led the team that included his future wife, Sue the “Invisible Girl.” Although this team argued amongst themselves, they were first and fore most a loyal family.
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For a “Fantastic Four” movie to work, however, Marvel must erase the missteps of the past and look towards the future. The early versions of the comic were set in the 1960’s, but that might not work for contemporary au diences. With real-life billionaires flying into space, Reed Richards could become as well-known as Elon Musk or Jeff Bezos. Tech nology has improved over the last two decades, so that may yield eye-popping versions of this superhero team, including an awesome version of the Thing.
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Born and raised in South St. Louis, Steve Bryan is now based in Anaheim, California, and has been allowed access to movie and television sets to see actors and directors at work. Though his writing has taken him far from St. Louis, Steve is, at heart, still the same wide-eyed kid who spent countless hours watching classic movies at theaters.neighborhood
In the early 1990’s, legendary director Roger Corman was asked to make a low-budget film that included an impressive-looking “Thing” costume. Though it didn’t appear in theaters, attendees of comic book shows purchased bootleg copies of the film without much diffi culty. In the mid-2000’s, 20th Cen tury Fox obtained the film rights to make two “Fantastic Four” movies that, while profitable, ir ritated fans of the characters.
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News. September 14, 2022 • Community News • www.mycnews.comF-4 Feature ‘Yeggs’ is a comic series about Robert and Bill, two rabbits who have opened their own egg franchise in the Midwest (St. Louis area). We follow their day to day lives, watching as they go about the hectic task of preparing for their one big day every year. Along the way they have adventures filled with fun, comic doings and pathos.
Sadly, this is where our next generation is at.
CROSSWORD: THE 1920s SEE ANSWERS PAGE 9 Moore on Life John HannaYeggs ACROSS 1. The Sweet’s hit “Ballroom 6.____”Farm cry 9. Schooner pole 13. Barrel racing meet 14. *”____ Quiet on the Western Front,” 1920s novel 15. Move sideways 16. Southeast Asia org. 17. Hula dancer’s garland 18. Like the Vitruvian Man 19. *New type of movie in the 21.1920s*Jack Dempsey’s sport 23. Triple ____ liqueur 24. Prep flour 25. “Hamilton: An American Musical” singing style 28. Floppy data storage 30. Smack 35. Not much (2 words) 37. *Prolific playwright ____ 39.CowardSacrum, pl. 40. “Nana” author Émile ____ 41. Flash of light 43. Not kosher 44. Convex molding 46. *Football legend Graham, born in 1921 47. Furniture wood 48. Not wholesale 50. Aquatic snakes 52. Reggae precursor 53. Animal den 55. Café alternative 57. *Assassinated Villa 60. *St. ____, 1928 Olympic 63.site East Asian peninsula 64. Nope 66. “Bite the bullet,” e.g. 68. Relating to Quechuan 69.peopleB&B, e.g. 70. Foul smell 71. Challenge 72. Langley, VA agency 73. Decorates, as in Christmas tree DOWN 1. Type of undergarment 2. *Like generation described by Gertrude Stein 3. Brain wave 4. Shades of blue 5. Very tired 6. “The Fighter” actor Christian 7. Bass or Redhook 8. Defendant’s excuse 9. Longer then mini 10. Port in Yemen 11. Smelting waste 12. ____ Aviv 15. 6 equal parts of 6 20. Cake layer 22. Short for oftentimes 24. Mosquito, slangily 25. Schick’s product 26. Beyond’s partner 27. *Amelia Earhart, e.g. 29. *Like Charles Lindbergh’s 1927 transatlantic flight 31. W on a bulb 32. TV classic “Green ____” 33. Floorboard sound 34. *”The Trial” and “The Castle” author Franz ____ 36. Samoan money 38. Not on time 42. Much, in Italy 45. Tin Man’s prop 49. Follows soh 51. Confession, archaic 54. Not Doric nor Corinthian 56. Downy duck 57. Kind of cornbread 58. Rainbows and such 59. Like a drink in a snifter 60. Mimicking bird 61. ____caca, South American lake 62. Type of modern meeting 63. *American Girl character born in 1923 65. American cuckoo 67. Robinson to “The Graduate” Here’s to Mom-Moms and Pop-Pops
mission is to blow up reptilian space aliens into a pile of thick and chunky tomato sauce with only the aid of a pair of thumbs.
National Grandparents Day is this month. I have many rea sons to be celebrating – nine grandbabies! So of course, that means I expect nine gifts. Hel lo? What other reason did I put this poor old body through the rigors of child-bearing if not for future grand kiddies?
I guess I should include my husband in this national cel ebration, besides it’s not just me and my husband, there are countless other g-parents to share in the festivities.
Yes, if not for us the little droolers would never have had the chance to be brought into existence. They would still be stuck up on some lumpy cloud strumming away on their little gold-plated harps somewhere in the drafty universe. Boring! But instead, they are here on Earth and get to experience all the thrills and meals and chills that this planet has to offer.
Cindy Moore is the moth er of three superlative kids, servant of two self-indulgent felines and wife to one nif ty husband. Her ficticious occupation? Archeological Humorist: someone who unearths absurdity and hi larity in strange and unusu al places including public restrooms, the lint fil ter, and church meet ings. Most recently, she excavated a find in her neighbor’s bird feeder.
But let us not forget the chills: Like those end less video games where kids must test their dex terity and incorporate important life skills. The
But I still want my gifts. I just hope they don’t involve dancing or make-overs. But if we should happen to be invaded by some superior alien life force, they’ll be the first ones I’ll call to run over with their nimble thumbs just as long as they leave their weird snackage behind.
The opinions expressed in this column are Cindy Moore’s alone and do not reflect the opinion of the or staff of Community By Cindy Moore
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And that’s not all, there are the eating adven tures – the meals: Who can forget the tasty laun dry pod challenges or the one where teens are dared to swallow a teaspoon of powdered cin namon without gagging. Then there are the bug challenges; eat a cricket; crunch on a grasshopper and mealworm mixture or down an entire pick led scorpion. So yummy!
You know, events like the excitement…the thrills: There’s the endless hours spent watching Tik Tok videos as some tweener gives up-close instruction on the fine art of twerking. And of course, there are the strange beauty tips such as shaving one’s eyebrows and replacing them with Sharpie brows.