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Wentzville firefighters partner with the WSD to provide new coats for students

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Firefighters from the Wentzville Fire Protection District and employees of the Wentzville School District packed hundreds of coats to be distributed to kids in need last month.

Firefighters from the Wentzville Fire Protection District (WFPD) and employees of the Wentzville School District (WSD) packed hundreds of coats to be distributed to kids in need last month.

WFPD firefighters partnered with Operation Warm and the WSD for the eighth consecutive year to supply nearly 300 brand new coats to elementary students identified by school district counselors. The coats are usually distributed to the students at an event at Fire Station #1, but due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the coats will be delivered by school counselors directly to students this year.

“Even in the midst of a pandemic, our community partners continue to demonstrate support for our students and families,” said WSD Chief Communications Officer Mary LaPak. “Wentzville firefighters found a way, without their traditional large-scale fundraising event, to raise the funds to purchase new coats for students who need them most. We cannot thank them enough for their continued partnership and support to ensure the basic needs of our students are met.”

Operation Warm and the Coats for Kids Foundation were founded in 1998 on a national level to assist local organizations with providing quality coats to kids in need.

“We were glad to be able to continue to keep the Coats for Kids program going,” said WFPD Firefighter/Paramedic Michael Szarwinski. “Although distribution was different, without being able to see the smiles on the children’s faces as they pick out their new coat, knowing they will be warm makes us smile.”

Over the past eight years, the WFPD has supplied almost 4,500 coats for WSD students through Operation Warm.

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Since 1938, St. Charles Branch AAUW (American Association of University Women) has awarded scholarships to high school senior women. A record fifty applications were received by mid-February from high schools in St. Charles County.

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The St. Charles County Department of Public Health and the St. Charles County Election Authority have learned that an election judge supervisor had received a positive test result for COVID-19 on Oct. 30 from a private lab and was advised by the lab to quarantine for 14 days. The election judge nevertheless failed to follow the advice and worked at the county’s Precinct 41 at the Blanchette Park Memorial Hall polling site in St. Charles on Election Day. Authorities have informed the county that this individual has died, although a cause of death has not been given at this time.

Department of Public Health epidemiologists have contacted election workers who were at the site and are working with family members to determine the worker’s whereabouts prior to the positive test results. Contacts may include some or all the other nine election workers at the polling place, who they are advising to test for the virus. It is not anticipated that close contacts will include any of the 1,858 voters who were at the polling place Tuesday, as the workclude: Natalie Hall from Francis Howell Central High School, who is attending University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, and Hannah Reeb from Wentzville Holt High School, who is attending the University of Tulsa in Tulsa, Oklahoma.

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St. Charles County Director of Elections Kurt Bahr said all election workers were mandated to wear masks or face shields at all times, and Plexiglas barriers separated the workers from the voters. Sanitation procedures were practiced throughout the day. Those who were at the precinct should watch closely for symptoms and contact the County’s COVID Hotline at 636949-1899 with questions.

“As this virus continues to spread, all aspects of the healthcare system are working together to remind the community that a positive COVID-19 test result requires that person to be responsible to others in the community,” says St. Charles County Director of Public Health Demetrius Cianci-Chapman. “There is no more important duty than protecting the health of our families, friends and those who reside in the community with us.”