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Old Jamestown Assn. Names

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  • Post published:April 21, 2015
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  Christian Hospital is  2015 Citizen of the Year The Old Jamestown Association has named our local hospital as its Citizen of the Year. Christian Hospital and BJC HealthCare continue…

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Win or Lose, Cards Opener Is Always A Holiday Event

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  • Post published:April 16, 2015
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By Randy Gardner It’s awesome that the home opener for the Cardinals is on a Monday and I get to write my column on Tuesday. This gives me a great…

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Learning to Read Comes Easy To Some, But Not Everyone

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  • Post published:April 16, 2015
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   A Boomer’s Journal Since retiring from teaching in 2010, I’ve supplemented the old bank account with substituting. So you could say I’ve spent over two-thirds of my life in…

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The Woman in Gold: A True Account

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by Sandra Olmsted Memory and melodrama seem to go hand in hand, and The Woman in Gold is no exception; however, director Simon Curtis uses both to share the suspense…

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Home: A Message Road Trip Movie for the Kids!

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by Sandra Olmsted Although some of the messages are a little simplistic and less than subtle, director Tim Johnson’s Home has a good heart. When the Boov, aliens whose own…

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Hazelwood Central Girls Win Wolfpack Invite Track, McCluer North Takes 2nd

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By Jim Wieners The battle between the last two Class Four Girls Track & Field State Champions aiming to be the first to win in Class Five, in the first…

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Hazelwood Approves Plastic Plant That Will Add 120 New Manufacturing Jobs

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The Hazelwood City Council approved the second reading of a forgivable loan agreement bill between the City of Hazelwood and Silgan Plastics on April 8.  Silgan plans to use 335,000…

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Hazelwood Central Boys Track Take 2nd at Northwest-Cedar Hill

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By Jim Wieners Hazelwood Central Boys Track & Field, coming off a third-place finish at the University City "Charlie Beck" Invitational April 4, takes home a second place finish April…

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( Florissant Teens Honored For Forming Victory Volleyball Camp

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Friends Tori Stuart and Sam Eaker help found the Victory Volleyball Camp,    Camp Helps children with disabilities, special needs The St. Louis-based Lutheran Elementary School Association has selected Tori Stuart,…

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St Ferdinand Park Site for Document Shredding April 18

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  The 4th Annual Florissant Resident “Free Document Shredding Day” will be held Saturday, April 18 at the rear parking lot of St. Ferdinand Park from 9 a.m. to noon.…

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