Archive for March, 2009
Greater North County Chamber Business Showcase »
THE GREATER NORTH COUNTY CHAMBER'S Business Showcase was held Saturday at the JFK Center featuring a wide variety of local businesses and service organizations. Nell the Dalmatian was one of the more popular attractions. Nell is very kid friendly and visits children in the hospital. Nell is shown here with Dr. Barbara Eichler of Community [...]
Easter Activities »
Following is a list of Easter egg hunts and activities: • Florissant Parks and Recreation Department, is sponsoring it’s first ever Easter egg hunt on Saturday, April 4, from 9:30-11:30 a.m., at the James J. Eagan Center. The hunt will begin promptly at 10:30. Admission is free, but by ticket only. A current Florissant [...]
Historic Florissant Celebrating 40th Anniversary With »
Historic Florissant, Inc. will celebrate its 40th anniversary on Sunday, April 19, with an open house at the Franz Gittemeier House, 1067 Dunn Road in Florissant. The house will be open from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. for visitors to enjoy refreshments and hear the stories of the ten Florissant Landmark properties that have been saved from demolition by this [...]
Movie review: “Monsters vs. Aliens” »
BY MAGGIE SCOTT For years there was only one king of the hill in the animation world: Disney. There’s still one king of the hill in the animation world: Disney/Pixar, with zowie award-winners like Wall-E , Ratatouille, and The Incredibles, but there are several competent contenders scrambling to be the king’s attendants, like [...]
Blues Need Just a Few More Points For Playoffs; Rams »
BY RANDY GARDNER I know last week I talked about the Blues and how they are on the verge of a playoff spot, well as of now, they are in. They have that 8th seed and since Jan. 19, the Blues have the best record in the NHL with over 20 wins. Could this team have hit its pace right when it needed too? You look at the lineup also, [...]
McCluer & North Both In Ritenour Tourney »
BY JIM WIENERS The Ritenour High Baseball Tournament was to start March 26 but the round-robin event will conclude May 2. McCluer North will be in Pool A and will be at Ritenour April 14 at 5:30, visits University City (likely to be at Heman Park) April 18 at 10 a.m. and will host St. Charles High, April 20 at 4 p.m. McCluer High, who opened [...]
Trinity Catholic Girls Win McCluer North/Trinity »
BY JIM WIENERS Trinity Catholic Soccer Coach Vince Drake is now focusing on the girls team four months after the boys team took second in Missouri State High School Activities Association Class One. Last week Trinity went 3-0 in winning the McCluer North/Trinity Varsity Soccer Tournament. The Titans shut out McCluer, 4-0, then defeated [...]
21st Annual Business Showcase & Family Fair Moves »
The Greater North County Chamber Commerce (formerly Florissant Valley Chamber of Commerce) invites residents to explore the 21st Annual Business Showcase & Family Fair to be held on Saturday, March 28, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the JFK Community Center in Florissant. Each booth will feature an activity for children to participate in and [...]
Metro Transit C.E.O. Explains Bus Route Cutbacks; Says »
BY CAROL ARNETT The Florissant City Council heard from Raymond Friem, the Chief Operating Officer of Transit for Metro, at this week’s council meeting. Friem was there to address cuts in Metro service that take effect next week. Friem noted that in 1997, the federal government cut federal funding for mass transit, and Metro has [...]
Movie review: “Knowing” »
BY MAGGIE SCOTT Knowing starts out in conventional horror genre mode, then veers into disaster territory, finally coming to rest in the realm of faith and salvation. The horror, disaster and spiritual elements of the story register at different levels of effectiveness, compared with its honestly rendered and emotionally absorbing [...]
