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Happy Mothers Day to all the Moms out there

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Cold Water School host Wellness Fair

Walmart, Cold Water School Teamup for Wellnss Festival at the...

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“The Heidi Chronicles” coming to town

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Jack the Giant Slayer: Giant Fun

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By Sandra Olmsted The opening of director Bryan Singer’s Jack the Giant Slayer is a homage to the Hollywood Golden Age adaptations with sequences that directly connect the film with the…

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Annual St. Patrick’s Day Lunch/Dinner at the Shrine

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Old St. Ferdinand Shrine will be hosting its annual St. Patrick's Lunch/Dinner from 1- 6 on Sunday, March 17. Home-cooked corned beef, potatoes and cabbage will be prepared by Irish…

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Revenues Generated for 6th Annual Mayors’ Shamrock Ball Exceed 2012

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Preliminary estimates indicate the 6th Annual Mayors’ Shamrock Ball held March 2 to benefit Valley Industries Sheltered Workshop was the biggest and best ever.  Event organizers report selling 468 tickets, which…

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A Dining Divas Day with a Twist

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The Dining Divas By Lisa Kampeter The Dining Divas mixed things up this month.  Instead of our normal first Thursday of the month dining out extravaganza, we put down our forks…

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What Would MLK Think of Today’s Society?

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A Boomer’s Journal By Tom Anselm Another Black History Month draws to a close as I write this.  In my wanderings around various schools as a substitute teacher, I find…

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Should A Woman Have a Shot as an NFL Kicker?

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By Randy Gardner Every weekend I  think about what I am going to write about on Monday, some weekends it is pretty tough to come up with ideas and others…

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North Tech Is Columbia, Mo. Bound; Lutheran North Returns To Semifinals

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By Jim Wieners For the first time in school history, in any sport, North Technical will be playing in a state semifinal athletic contest. For the second straight year and…

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Unbeaten IWA Wins Class 4, District 5 Basketball

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By Jim Wieners Incarnate Word Academy is venturing into two uncharted situations and so far, so good after wining Girls Basketball districts last week and Soldan-International Studies High School. For…

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McCluer North Boys 4-Peat, Hazelwood Central Girls 3-Peat District Basketball

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By Jim Wieners Until someone eliminates McCluer North Boys Basketball the Stars are still the Class Five Boys State Champions and have won four district titles in a row Hazelwood…

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Disability Awareness Meeting March 9

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The Florissant Disability Awareness Commission and The North County Disability Coalition, is co-sponsoring a public meeting on Saturday, March 9, 2013 from 9:00 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. at the  United…

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