{"id":25634,"date":"2023-05-15T16:59:34","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T16:59:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=25634"},"modified":"2023-05-15T16:59:34","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T16:59:34","slug":"wednesday-night-out-may-24-in-old-town-florissant","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=25634","title":{"rendered":"Wednesday Night Out May 24 in Old Town Florissant"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>Plaque Dedication For the Late Rance Thomas at<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h2><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rance-Thomas-.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-25635\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rance-Thomas-.jpg?resize=214%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"214\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rance-Thomas-.jpg?resize=214%2C300&amp;ssl=1 214w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rance-Thomas-.jpg?w=300&amp;ssl=1 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 214px) 100vw, 214px\" \/><\/a>Proud to be an American Day in Old Town Florissant<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p>Mayor Tim Lowery has announced that the City along with Old Town Partners will host a plaque dedication to unveil a plaque in honor of the late Rance Thomas. This will be the 57<sup>th<\/sup> Walk through History plaque in honor of someone who has made a valuable contribution to the City of Florissant.<\/p>\n<p>The ceremony will take place on Wednesday, May 24<sup>th<\/sup> at 5:30 p.m. in front of 410 rue St. Francois. The plaque dedication will take place before the start of the first Wednesday Night Out festivities <strong>\u201cProud To Be An American\u201d<\/strong> which is being hosted by the VFW Post 4105.<\/p>\n<p>Rance Thomas was a 20-year veteran of the United States Air Force and served during the Vietnam conflict. He was also a columnist, professor, author, visionary and community leader for social justice. He was a graduate of the University of Nebraska, Southern Illinois University and Saint Louis University, where he received his PhD.<\/p>\n<p>Following his military service, Dr. Thomas became a faculty member at Lewis &amp; Clark Community College, where he retired in 2002 as the first Professor Emeritus in the college\u2019s history. He also served as adjunct faculty at Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville. During his time as a college professor, Dr. Thomas became a regular columnist for numerous publications including ; <em>St Louis Post-Dispatch<\/em>, <em>The Alton<\/em> <em>Telegrap<\/em>h and <em>The Independent News<\/em> Shortly before his death, he published his book, \u201cMy Journey, A Testimony of Faith, Hope and Success.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Thomas\u2019 vision and selfless devotion to his community led him to cofound North County Churches Uniting for Racial Harmony and Justice in 1998 which consists of 20+ churches of various denominations in North St. Louis County. He served as its President since its inception. He was president of the Elijah P. Lovejoy Memorial, President of the Florissant Rotary Club and President of the Lewis and Clark Community College\u2019s Annuitant Association. He also organized the North St. Louis County Youth Task Force and served honorably as its Chairman.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Thomas also received numerous awards in his lifetime which include being inducted into the Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville Hall of Fame, the Who\u2019s Who in the Midwest, the Illinois Education Association\u2019s Human and Civil Rights Award, Citizen of the Year Award for Contributions in improving the quality of life in North County, Lifetime Achievement Award from the Hazelwood School District, was inducted into the International Educator\u2019s Hall of Fame and was awarded the Dr. Rance Thomas Community Partnership Award, created in his honor, by St Louis Community College, Florissant Valley<\/p>\n<p>However, his greatest award and achievement, that anyone who knew him have said, is simply being a good neighbor and friend to the many great people that lived in the North St Louis County community.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Plaque Dedication For the Late Rance Thomas at Proud to be an American Day in Old Town Florissant Mayor Tim Lowery has announced that the City along with Old Town Partners will host a plaque dedication to unveil a plaque in honor of the late Rance Thomas. This will be the 57th Walk through History [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"nf_dc_page":"","om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ocean_post_layout":"","ocean_both_sidebars_style":"","ocean_both_sidebars_content_width":0,"ocean_both_sidebars_sidebars_width":0,"ocean_sidebar":"0","ocean_second_sidebar":"0","ocean_disable_margins":"enable","ocean_add_body_class":"","ocean_shortcode_before_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_after_top_bar":"","ocean_shortcode_before_header":"","ocean_shortcode_after_header":"","ocean_has_shortcode":"","ocean_shortcode_after_title":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_widgets":"","ocean_shortcode_before_footer_bottom":"","ocean_shortcode_after_footer_bottom":"","ocean_display_top_bar":"default","ocean_display_header":"default","ocean_header_style":"","ocean_center_header_left_menu":"0","ocean_custom_header_template":"0","ocean_custom_logo":0,"ocean_custom_retina_logo":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_width":0,"ocean_custom_logo_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_tablet_max_height":0,"ocean_custom_logo_mobile_max_height":0,"ocean_header_custom_menu":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_family":"0","ocean_menu_typo_font_subset":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_size":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_font_size_unit":"px","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_font_weight_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_tablet":"","ocean_menu_typo_transform_mobile":"","ocean_menu_typo_line_height":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_line_height_unit":"","ocean_menu_typo_spacing":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_tablet":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_mobile":0,"ocean_menu_typo_spacing_unit":"","ocean_menu_link_color":"","ocean_menu_link_color_hover":"","ocean_menu_link_color_active":"","ocean_menu_link_background":"","ocean_menu_link_hover_background":"","ocean_menu_link_active_background":"","ocean_menu_social_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_bg":"","ocean_menu_social_links_color":"","ocean_menu_social_hover_links_color":"","ocean_disable_title":"default","ocean_disable_heading":"default","ocean_post_title":"","ocean_post_subheading":"","ocean_post_title_style":"","ocean_post_title_background_color":"","ocean_post_title_background":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_image_position":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_attachment":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_repeat":"","ocean_post_title_bg_image_size":"","ocean_post_title_height":0,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay":0.5,"ocean_post_title_bg_overlay_color":"","ocean_disable_breadcrumbs":"default","ocean_breadcrumbs_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_separator_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_color":"","ocean_breadcrumbs_links_hover_color":"","ocean_display_footer_widgets":"default","ocean_display_footer_bottom":"default","ocean_custom_footer_template":"0","_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"ocean_post_oembed":"","ocean_post_self_hosted_media":"","ocean_post_video_embed":"","ocean_link_format":"","ocean_link_format_target":"self","ocean_quote_format":"","ocean_quote_format_link":"post","ocean_gallery_link_images":"off","ocean_gallery_id":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[13,14,17],"tags":[948,739],"class_list":["post-25634","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-entertainment-travel","category-events","category-florissant","tag-dr-rance-thomas","tag-florissant-old-town-partners","entry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Wednesday Night Out May 24 in Old Town Florissant - flovalleynews.com<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=25634\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Wednesday Night Out May 24 in Old Town Florissant - flovalleynews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Plaque Dedication For the Late Rance Thomas at Proud to be an American Day in Old Town Florissant Mayor Tim Lowery has announced that the City along with Old Town Partners will host a plaque dedication to unveil a plaque in honor of the late Rance Thomas. This will be the 57th Walk through History [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=25634\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"flovalleynews.com\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2023-05-15T16:59:34+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rance-Thomas--214x300.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"independentnws\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"independentnws\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/?p=25634#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/?p=25634\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"independentnws\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7bede6d4517a6be3345b47415b09cebd\"},\"headline\":\"Wednesday Night Out May 24 in Old Town Florissant\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-15T16:59:34+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/?p=25634\"},\"wordCount\":481,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/?p=25634#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/Rance-Thomas--214x300.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Dr. Rance Thomas\",\"Florissant Old Town Partners\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Entertainment \\\/ Travel\",\"Events\",\"Florissant\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/?p=25634\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/?p=25634\",\"name\":\"Wednesday Night Out May 24 in Old Town Florissant - flovalleynews.com\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/?p=25634#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/?p=25634#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/Rance-Thomas--214x300.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2023-05-15T16:59:34+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7bede6d4517a6be3345b47415b09cebd\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/?p=25634#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/?p=25634\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/?p=25634#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/Rance-Thomas-.jpg?fit=300%2C420&ssl=1\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/i0.wp.com\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/05\\\/Rance-Thomas-.jpg?fit=300%2C420&ssl=1\",\"width\":300,\"height\":420},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/?p=25634#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Wednesday Night Out May 24 in Old Town Florissant\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/\",\"name\":\"flovalleynews.com\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/7bede6d4517a6be3345b47415b09cebd\",\"name\":\"independentnws\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f76505b4d7bc95b432faea9b79d00a6abc40ba8a96aef3a5fbd567ecb14b19a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f76505b4d7bc95b432faea9b79d00a6abc40ba8a96aef3a5fbd567ecb14b19a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/f76505b4d7bc95b432faea9b79d00a6abc40ba8a96aef3a5fbd567ecb14b19a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"independentnws\"},\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/flovalleynews.com\\\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Wednesday Night Out May 24 in Old Town Florissant - flovalleynews.com","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=25634","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Wednesday Night Out May 24 in Old Town Florissant - flovalleynews.com","og_description":"Plaque Dedication For the Late Rance Thomas at Proud to be an American Day in Old Town Florissant Mayor Tim Lowery has announced that the City along with Old Town Partners will host a plaque dedication to unveil a plaque in honor of the late Rance Thomas. This will be the 57th Walk through History [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=25634","og_site_name":"flovalleynews.com","article_published_time":"2023-05-15T16:59:34+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rance-Thomas--214x300.jpg","type":"","width":"","height":""}],"author":"independentnws","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"independentnws","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=25634#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=25634"},"author":{"name":"independentnws","@id":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7bede6d4517a6be3345b47415b09cebd"},"headline":"Wednesday Night Out May 24 in Old Town Florissant","datePublished":"2023-05-15T16:59:34+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=25634"},"wordCount":481,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=25634#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rance-Thomas--214x300.jpg","keywords":["Dr. Rance Thomas","Florissant Old Town Partners"],"articleSection":["Entertainment \/ Travel","Events","Florissant"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=25634","url":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=25634","name":"Wednesday Night Out May 24 in Old Town Florissant - flovalleynews.com","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=25634#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=25634#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rance-Thomas--214x300.jpg","datePublished":"2023-05-15T16:59:34+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7bede6d4517a6be3345b47415b09cebd"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=25634#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=25634"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=25634#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rance-Thomas-.jpg?fit=300%2C420&ssl=1","contentUrl":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Rance-Thomas-.jpg?fit=300%2C420&ssl=1","width":300,"height":420},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=25634#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Wednesday Night Out May 24 in Old Town Florissant"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/","name":"flovalleynews.com","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/#\/schema\/person\/7bede6d4517a6be3345b47415b09cebd","name":"independentnws","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f76505b4d7bc95b432faea9b79d00a6abc40ba8a96aef3a5fbd567ecb14b19a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f76505b4d7bc95b432faea9b79d00a6abc40ba8a96aef3a5fbd567ecb14b19a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/f76505b4d7bc95b432faea9b79d00a6abc40ba8a96aef3a5fbd567ecb14b19a0?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"independentnws"},"url":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?author=1"}]}},"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25634","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=25634"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25634\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25636,"href":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25634\/revisions\/25636"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=25634"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=25634"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=25634"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}