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Pond and Water Garden on June 21,22

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Cold Water School host Wellness Fair

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Hazelwood’s Public Works Director Manning Retires; Replacement Starts Aug. 1

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(Special to the Independent News) After 15 years of service as the City of Hazelwood’s director of public works and city engineer, Tom Manning is retiring. His replacement, David Stewart…

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Pecos Bill, Slue-Foot Sue Visit McNair School For Readers’ Theatre Show

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Joey Bruno, left, and Brent Burns, first graders at McNair Elementary School’s summer school, read their lines from "New Frog in the Pond" during a readers’ theatre performance. Kindergarten through…

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Electronic Health Record Launches At SSM DePaul Health Center Aug. 1

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Paper medical charts become a thing of the past at midnight on Aug. 1 at SSM DePaul Health Center. That’s when the hospital is slated to go-live with a completely…

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MSHSAA to Keep Basketball, Wrestling In Columbia, Track Stays in Jeff. City

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BY JIM WIENERS The Missouri State High School Activities Association announced earlier this summer in its web site, mshsaa.org, that the State Basketball and Wrestling Championships will remain in Columbia…

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Prep Fall Practices Begin Aug. 10

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BY JIM WIENERS High School Sports teams that participate in the fall season will begin pre-season practices Aug. 10 in Cross Country, Football, Field Hockey, Girls Golf, Boys Soccer, Softball,…

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Rams Ready For 2-A-Days; Rage Ready For Title

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BY RANDY GARDNER Rams Training Camp is so close that I can start to feel it in my bones. Camp starts next week for everyone as the grueling, at least…

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Movie review: The Ugly Truth

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BY MAGGIE SCOTT Picture Rock Hudson and Doris Day afflicted with Tourette’s disease (the one that makes a person curse uncontrollably) in an episode of TV’s "Sex in the City"…

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Dining Divas: Cool Weather, Outdoor Dining Makes The Divas Feel Better

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BY LISA KAMPETER The Dining Divas took advantage of another unusually cool summer evening in July and enjoyed dinner outside. Typically, we have to wait for the fall to choose…

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This Weekend: ACS’s North County Relay For Life at Hazelwood Central

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What has been a long-time summer tradition in North County returns this weekend when the American Cancer Society holds its annual relay For Life on Friday, July 31-Aug. 1 from…

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Hazelwood Holds Reception to Honor Supt. Chris Wright Nicastro

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The Hazelwood School District Board of Education has scheduled a reception for 4-7 p.m. on Thursday, July 30, to honor the retirement of Superintendent Chris L. Wright Nicastro. The reception…

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