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Time to Get that Beach Body Going On

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A Boomer’s Journal By Tom Anselm Yeah, you read that right. We are headed to the white beaches of Destin in August, so that means I have about four months…

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2nd Annual Senior Resource Fair Attracted More than 450 Seniors

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The City of Florissant hosted the 2nd Annual Aging My Way Resource Fair for Seniors and it was a success. Over 450 seniors attended the 2016 Aging My Way Resource…

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$25 Million investment, Hiring 250 More

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Gov. Nixon at Grand Opening of Centene’s New Ferguson Center Gov. Jay Nixon on Friday helped celebrate the grand opening of Centene Corporation’s new Ferguson Service Center, a $25 million…

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Last Year for always popular event

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Silver Dollar City’s World-Fest Ending 22-Year Run, Going Out in Big Style                By Bob Lindsey The concept of entertainers from multi cultures and countries didn’t seem quite fitting 22…

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2 of the best dinner shows in Branson

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A huge LED screen at one end of the Dixie Stampede arena projects gorgeous scenery of the Ozarks and America, always changing. This is the patriotic salute near the end…

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Nettie Collins-Hart new HSD Superintendent

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Hazelwood School District Board Names New Superintendent The Hazelwood School District Board of Education announced Monday morning the appointment of Nettie Collins-Hart as superintendent, effective July 1, 2016. Collins-Hart will…

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Mark Your Calendar

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Thursday, April 7    Blood Pressure Clinic at St. Catherine Retirement Community, 3350 St. Catherine St., at 10:15 a.m. RSVP to 314-838-3877. Friday, April 8    Tai Chi for Seniors at…

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John Knox ‘Tea for TEAM’ Features Author Elaine Viets

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A ‘Tea for TEAM’ will feature mystery writer Elaine Viets on May 5 at John Knox Presbyterian Church, 13200 New Halls Ferry Road. Viets will be speaking and signing her…

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‘Good Morning Greenway’ Fitness Walk on Expanded Trail, April 27

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   Wednesday, April 27, Great Rivers Greenway will celebrate a new greenway trail during ‘Good Morning Greenway,’ a ribbon-cutting and fitness walk at the trailhead in Riverwoods Park in Bridgeton…

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Grandparenting Brings Life to a New Dimension

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A Boomer’s Journal By Tom Anselm “It is only with the heart that one can see rightly. What is essential is invisible to the eye.” So said The Fox in…

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