Archive for November, 2008
Site Selection Next Step For Florissant’s »
BY CAROL ARNETT The City of Florissant is one step closer to having an all-inclusive playground. The city council passed a resolution providing "support, encouragement, and park land" for the playground. A group of residents, led by Gary Behlmann, has formed Accessible Play, Inc., to raise money for the playground. The organization [...]
Area Churches Host What Has Become More Than Just A »
By Peter Burkemper A very special anniversary takes place this Thanksgiving Day with the tenth anniversary of the annual Ecumenical Thanksgiving Dinner. This year’s event will be held at St. Ferdinand Church, 1765 Charbonier Rd. in Florissant from 11:30-3. The Ecumenical Thanksgiving Dinner was started by St. Ferdinand [...]
Cruizin’ North County: New Book From 2 Local »
CRAIG KAINTZ AND BILL KASALKO, authors of Cruizin' North County, will be at the Cross Keys Barnes & Noble, 13995 New Halls Ferry Rd. on Sunday, Dec. 21, from 1-3 p.m. This photo was taken in November at another book sign ing at Barnes & Noble. BY JANE BANASZEK Two men who grew up in North County six houses apart share [...]
Hazelwood West Marching Band in Chicago Thanksgiving »
The Marching Band at Hazelwood West High School will march in the 75th Anniversary of the Chicago McDonald’s Thanksgiving Day Parade. The parade will be televised live on WGN from 8-11 a.m. on Thanksgiving Day. After the outstanding performance at last Year's New Year’s Day at the Gator Bowl in Jacksonville, [...]
Even the Rams Can Make You Thankful »
BY RANDY GARDNER Since it is a Holiday week I am going to be really nice and talk about all of the things that I and most of you should be thankful for this year. First off, I am thankful for the two big wins from the St. Louis Rams this year so far. Without those wins we would have the same amount of rushing yards that we had [...]
Spartans, Hawks Represent Hazelwood in Show Me Bowl »
BY JIM WIENERS For the first time since 2004 Hazelwood East Football is in the Show Me Bowl. For the first time since 2005 Hazelwood Central Football is in the Show Me Bowl. For the fourth time since 2000 two Suburban North Conference teams will be playing football in the Show Me Bowl in the same weekend at the Edward Jones Dome, St. [...]
Trinity Catholic, McCluer North Fall Short in State »
BY JIM WIENERS Last weekend at the Anheuser-Busch Center in Fenton, Trinity Catholic was looking for their first state Boys Soccer title after the Rosary-Aquinas-Mercy merger in 2003 while McCluer North was looking for their first state Boys Soccer title since March, 1975. Both fell short. Trinity Catholic did get to the Class One [...]
Dining Divas: First Impressions of Niche Menu Not »
BY LISA KAMPETER The words "icky" and "phooey" are not what you want to hear at first glance of the menu from a restaurant you’ve chosen, but that’s exactly what came from the mouths of some ladies (yes, ladies, not children) at this month’s Dining Divas. And the faces (once again, from ladies, not children) they [...]
Movie review: “Four Christmases” »
BY MAGGIE SCOTT According to the popular song, "there’s no place like home for the holidays," Brad and Kate would beg to differ: Fiji is more like it this year. Other years it’s been Bali, Costa Rica, Hawaii. Why? Well, that’s what "Four Christmases," the latest prodigal children-make-peace-with-family [...]
Movie review: “Twilight” »
BY MAGGIE SCOTT There’s nothing wrong with "Twilight" that a little bit of Bela and a little bit of Anne Rice couldn’t fix fast. Overly sensitive to their target audience, the makers of "Twilight" have pretty much drained the life and libido out of the vampire genre with their bloodless and inoffensive adaptation of the [...]
