The City of Hazelwood is hosting its 2nd annual “Recycle Day” on Saturday, June 2, in the St. Louis Mills parking lot near the Ice Zone.  Residents can get rid of their unwanted recyclable items by dropping them off at the event site between the hours of 9 a.m. and 3 p.m.  This event is free; there are no drop-off charges.

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Hazelwood Police Chief Carl Wolf

After a career spanning 42 years in law enforcement, of which 35 years have been spent as a police chief and over 26 years with the City of Hazelwood, Police Chief Carl Wolf has announced his retirement effective July 1, 2012.  He is currently the administrator of the Hazelwood Police Department which has a total of 85 employees.

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At the May 1, 2012 City Council Meeting, 4 members of the City Council were sworn in. They include Don Krank, Sandy Muller, Arnold Hinkle, and Ben Allen. (in the photo below) The City Council combined has over 100 years of dedicated service to the City of Black Jack. The City was incorporated in 1970, and the City is proud to say that there are 3 members of the Council that have been with the City for over 30 years, others include 10 plus years.In the near months, we will be providing a detailed breakdown of all the Councilpersons and  the Mayors accomplishments , along with their years of service.We are hoping that you will contact us to do a feature story about this amazing accomplishment in City Government. Since 1970, the City has only had  three

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2012 Valley of the Flowers Queen Monica Wilson (center) stands with her court. She was sponsored by Don Henefer Jewelers. Members of the Court are: standing L-R: Delaney Callan (North County CYC) , Courtney Brooks (NCCU) , Paola Ramirez (Edible Arrangements), and Lauren Lemp (Florissant Valley Jaycee. The Queen Coronation was on Sunday afternoon after the parade. Nichole Butler photo

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TOT WHEELS WINNERS: Left to right-First place for ages 4-6 Corina Baker and first place ages 0-3 Roderick Eldred were among the winners Saturday

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The Valley of Flowers Committee announced the following awards for the 2012 festival:

Pretty Baby Contest, Personality: Lily Jung, daughter of Whitney Thomas

Pretty Baby Contest, Popularity:  Brody Barteau, son of Mitch and Ellen Barteau

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By Randy Gardner

What a weekend it was as the Valley of Flowers parade ended up having great weather and a great turnout, even though it was pretty warm.

I just want to say thanks to everyone who said “hi” and that they read my column. I really appreciate it. I look back at some of the columns over the past 14 or 15 years and the message seems to always be the same, a lot of losing in this town but more than a few moments of spectacular wins.

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With so many characters reprising roles, writer/director Joss Whedon’s enjoyable, if lengthy, installment in the Marvel franchise seems familiar.

Robert Downey Jr. is back as Tony Stark/Iron Man; Chris Evans returns as Steve Rogers/Captain America, and Chris Hemsworth is once again Thor. Scarlett Johansson returns as Natasha Romanoff/Black Widow, and Jeremy Renner again plays Clint Barton/Hawkeye while Clark Gregg, Stellan Skarsgård, and Samuel L. Jackson reprise their roles, respectively, as Agent Phil Coulson, Professor Erik Selvig, and Nick Fury.  Only Ed Norton is AWOL, but Mark Ruffalo takes over the role of Dr. Bruce Banner/The Hulk. Even a villain, the damaged demigod Loki, is played

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