Archive for July, 2009
Florissant Lifeguards Take 1st Place In Statewide Red »
Florissant's Parks and Recreation's 1st Place Lifeguards Nineteen lifeguard teams from across the state recently participated in the 13th Annual American Red Cross Lifeguard Competition hosted by the American Red Cross St. Louis Area Chapter at the Wayne C. Kennedy Recreation Complex in St. Louis County. The first place overall winner [...]
Security Equipment Added At Eagan, JFK Centers »
Security has been added to the James J. Eagan Center and JFK Community Center in Florissant. Both centers are now equipped with advanced technology and camera surveillance. The city council appropriated the funding based on a request by Mayor Robert Lowery, Sr. "I am not aware of any attacks on people, but there have been thefts at [...]
New Proposal For Casino Near Columbia Bottoms Set For »
BY JANE BANASZEK A public hearing on a proposal to build a casino complex near Spanish Lake is scheduled before the St. Louis County Planning Commission on Monday, Aug. 10, at 7 p.m., in the County Council Chambers at the County Government Center, 41 South Central in Clayton. In June, the Spanish Lake Community Association (SLCA) [...]
Hazelwood’s Public Works Director Manning »
(Special to the Independent News) After 15 years of service as the City of Hazelwood’s director of public works and city engineer, Tom Manning is retiring. His replacement, David Stewart of Newton, Ia., has been hired with a starting date of August 1. As the person in charge of public works, Tom was responsible for overseeing [...]
Pecos Bill, Slue-Foot Sue Visit McNair School For »
Joey Bruno, left, and Brent Burns, first graders at McNair Elementary School’s summer school, read their lines from "New Frog in the Pond" during a readers’ theatre performance. Kindergarten through fifth grade summer school students at McNair Elementary School in the Hazelwood School District showed off their reading [...]
Electronic Health Record Launches At SSM DePaul Health »
Paper medical charts become a thing of the past at midnight on Aug. 1 at SSM DePaul Health Center. That’s when the hospital is slated to go-live with a completely electronic health record (EHR), proven to improve patient care and safety. Hundreds of physicians and staff from SSM DePaul have spent months training on the new EHR [...]
MSHSAA to Keep Basketball, Wrestling In Columbia, »
BY JIM WIENERS The Missouri State High School Activities Association announced earlier this summer in its web site, mshsaa.org, that the State Basketball and Wrestling Championships will remain in Columbia while the State Track and Field Championships will remain in Jefferson City, through 2013. MSHSAA said that after evaluating [...]
Prep Fall Practices Begin Aug. 10 »
BY JIM WIENERS High School Sports teams that participate in the fall season will begin pre-season practices Aug. 10 in Cross Country, Football, Field Hockey, Girls Golf, Boys Soccer, Softball, Boys Swimming, Girls Tennis and Girls Volleyball. Fall Sports Activities in Girls Golf, Softball and Girls Tennis begins Aug. 24 while Cross [...]
Rams Ready For 2-A-Days; Rage Ready For Title »
BY RANDY GARDNER Rams Training Camp is so close that I can start to feel it in my bones. Camp starts next week for everyone as the grueling, at least I hope grueling two a days will whip these guys into shape and have them ready for their pre-season opener against the Jets which isn’t really all that far away. Like [...]
Movie review: The Ugly Truth »
BY MAGGIE SCOTT Picture Rock Hudson and Doris Day afflicted with Tourette’s disease (the one that makes a person curse uncontrollably) in an episode of TV’s "Sex in the City" and you’ll have some idea of what to expect with The Ugly Truth. From the sight of adorable Katherine Heigl and swarthy Gerard Butler tossing at [...]
