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Look for our next issue arriving in your mailbox on or
about May 14th.
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Thanks Moms
 This Mother’s Day, one amazing mom, Diane Pearl, of Eureka, said she will receive the best Mother’s Day gift ever. And she wants to share her blessings with the world.
This Mother’s Day weekend (May 9-10), Pearl and her family will meet, in person for the first time, the two bone marrow donors – both moms – who saved Pearl’s children’s lives.
The three mothers who will meet – Pearl, 50, Catarina Lindstrom, 40, and Annette Locklear, 30 - come from three vastly different backgrounds and parts of the world but now share a common bond because of Pearl’s two children, Alexandra, 13, and Matthew, 11.
Pearl said that no other gift could ever compare to what she will receive this weekend. More
Neighbors helping neighbors
Officials for the city of Wildwood recently contacted several neighboring municipalities regarding usage of their pools for their residents.
“Currently, the city of Wildwood lacks a public community pool and we have had an interest from our residents to have a facility,” Wildwood Director of Planning and Parks Joe Vujnich said.
The Wildwood City Council asked three nearby cities - Ballwin, Chesterfield and Fenton - if their residents could have access to their recreational pool facilities. More
New Wildwood City Council to form new citizen-based City Hall Committee
The city of Wildwood is moving forward with plans to form a new City Hall Committee to help figure out a solution to the existing city hall facility issue. The issue remains in limbo since voters shot down the city’s former plan to build a new one.
The committee will consist mostly of citizens, which will differ from the previous version of the committee. There also may be representation from the Wildwood Architectural Review Board, the Planning and Zoning Commission, the City Council and the mayor. More
Rockwood rolls with new BusRadio to provide entertainment, safety
Rockwood School District students riding the school bus soon can enjoy BusRadio, which district officials recently approved not only for entertainment, but also for safety and discipline purposes.
On April 24, the Rockwood School Board unanimously approved a no-cost agreement to install BusRadio on First Student (formerly Laidlaw) buses, which transport more than 10,000 Rockwood students on a daily basis.
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Thomas Sowell - An Old Newness
 Many years ago, a great hitter named Paul Waner was nearing the end of his long career. He entered a ballgame with 2,999 hits -- one hit away from the landmark total of 3,000, which so many hitters want to reach, but which relatively few actually do reach.
Waner hit a ball that the fielder did not handle cleanly but the official scorer called it a hit, making it Waner's 3,000th. Paul Waner then sent word to the official scorer that he did not want that questionable hit to be the one that put him over the top. More
Proceeds benefit victims of Kirkwood shooting
A trivia night held April 26 at St. John’s Lutheran Church to benefit the families of the victims of the February shootings at Kirkwood City Hall was not as successful as originally hoped. However, the organizer said she will hold the same event next year.
Kelly Pavlack, wife of Ellisville City Councilmember Charles Pavlack (ward 3) said the "The Friends of Ellisville" event grossed approximately $1,400, short of the expected number.
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Teen disaster preparedness program
Parkway South High School recently became the first area school to offer Teen Community Emergency Response Teams (CERT) training, which teaches students lifelong skills that enable them to help the community in crisis situations.
Approximately 30 Parkway South High freshman and sophomore students attended three Teen CERT sessions - held April 14, May 1 and May 3 - at their school in Manchester.
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Homeland Security Advisory
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Take down those signs
Voters in Ballwin on April 8 rejected a proposal to create a 40-cent property tax for the city.
As a result, on April 14, the Ballwin Board of Aldermen discussed the city’s financial future, including the possibility of cutting some city services. More
Wildwood names trails in honor of citizens
The city of Wildwood has been developing a multiple-use trail system to accommodate the active lifestyle of many of its residents.
As the system continues to grow, it is becoming time to start thinking about how these trails will be identified, and more specifically, what they will be called. More
Former Lafayette High class awards scholarships
A former graduating class from Lafayette High School in the Rockwood School District recently awarded three unique scholarships in memory of three of their fallen classmates.
On April 23, three Lafayette High School seniors at the Senior Awards Night were the first recipients of the Class of 2002 Memorial Scholarship. Members of the 2002 Lafayette graduating class created the scholarship last summer to honor three of their former Lafayette High classmates: Ryan Trigg, Eric Gabel and Bobby Maessen, who have since passed away. Trigg passed away in November of 2004; Gabel died in June of 2006 and Maessen died in February of 2007. More
The Big Bear dies
A regular fixture who sat at the corner of the bar at Big Bear Grill in Wildwood will be there only in spirit now.
Arnold “Arnie” Freed, owner of Big Bear Grill in Wildwood and Warson Woods, passed away on April 22, after a recent bout with cancer. More |
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