Archive for August, 2009
Dog Pool Party at Koch Aquatic Center »
The two-day dog pool party was well attended with 40-50 dogs on Friday, Aug. 21 and more on Saturday, Aug. 22. Â Jane Banaszek photo
Dog Days of Summer at Florissant’s Koch Aquatic »
Dogs, especially Labradors and Golden retrievers, could not help but return any object thrown into the pool at Koch Park. Jane Banaszek photo
Florissant Will Place Business License Fee Hike On »
BY CAROL ARNETT The Florissant City Council Monday passed a bill that will place a fee increase for business licenses on the Nov. 3rd ballot. Fee increases must be approved by ballot. Before the meeting, Diane Weidinger, president of the Greater North County Chamber of Commerce, said that several members of the chamber had contacted her [...]
New Pre-School, Restaurant And Large Sign Issue Before »
BY CAROL ARNETT A new preschool, a new restaurant, and a large sign were the subjects of public hearings at the Florissant Council meeting Monday night. In the first hearing, Rashawn Johnson spoke to the council about her plans for Ce’Dorsi’s Storytelling Academy, an educational development center she hopes to open in the [...]
Movie review: Post Grad »
BY MAGGIE SCOTT Post Grad is a plodding puff piece euphemistically depicting the endeavors of a newly-minted college grad to “do something amazing†with her life---specifically as a shoe-in hire at the L.A. publishing firm of Happerman & Browning. Ryden Malby (Alexis Bledel) has dreamed of the day she can flip the [...]
No Women’s Soccer at SLCC-Florissant Valley »
St. Louis Community College at Florissant Valley will not be playing Women’s Soccer for the third year having last played in 2006. Women’s Soccer won the National Junior College Athletic Association title in 1988 and 1990, the last year Florissant Valley has won an NJCAA title in any sport. Women’s Soccer last won the [...]
Fans With Enjoy The High Tech Upgrades at Edward Jones »
BY RANDY GARDNER It's hard to believe but the night finally came when the Rams opened their home preseason at the Dome last Friday night. I had heard alot about all of the fan friendly changes that the Rams and the Dome had made but when I saw them in person I was really impressed. The neatest item probably is the huge HD replay board in [...]
Prep Football-Opening Weekend:Hawks, Spartans, Stars, »
BY JIM WIENERS Defending Class Six State Champion Hazelwood Central, Defending Class Five State Champion Hazelwood East, McCluer North and Riverview Gardens are four of the eight Suburban North Conference teams that will start the 2009 football season on the road while Hazelwood West and McCluer will open at home with conference [...]
Hazelwood Central & East Football In Top 10 in Mo. »
BY JIM WIENERSThis season HighSchoolSports.net will release high school football ratings in each state and nationwide through Massey Ratings a system created by Ken Massey, a math professor at Carson-Newman College in Tennessee and computer ratings analyst whose ratings are among the computer rankings used in NCAA Division I-Bowl Division [...]
