Historical November–December 2016 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Welcome fall!
It is fall after all, although at this writing the weather is in the high 80’s! Hopefully by the time you are all reading this we are all enjoying the cool crisp air and the changing color of the leaves as we catch up on some news of our neighbors. Many of you have read about our Parkview neighbor Rachel Ebeling, of the 6300 block of Waterman, and the amazing work she and the Angel Band Project are doing. Rachel took her dedication to the Angel Band to new heights in September when she literally jumped out of an airplane to help raise money for the organization! That’s right, Rachel and several other people participated in Chutes to Heal, a skydiving event in Maine supporting survivors of sexual violence by raising funds for Angel Band Project.
The Angel Band now has an office in The Loop. You can learn more about them at http://angelbandproject.org. And in the year that he has celebrated his 60th year as a priest, his 35th year as the Pastor of St Roch Church and his 85th birthday Monsignor Salvatore Polizzi was awarded the Mother Cabrini Award for 2016 from the Italian American Heritage Corporation on October 8th at the the Italia America Bocce Club.
During his time on the Hill he was responsible for the creation of Hill Day and formed the Neighborhood Association Hill 2000 that delivered many improvements to the area.
His leadership fought the rerouting of Highway 44 which included having a pedestrian overpass after a committee from the Hill presented the US Department of Transportation with a check for $50,000.
The overpass allowed residents to continue to walk to work and worship at St. Ambrose Church. Congratulations and thank you Monsignor Polizzi for all of your accomplishments and recognition on this very special year and for all your dedication, leadership, and service to the St. Louis community all these years. And catching up on the summer that flew by, we have an update from the McGroarty clan and some of their summer travels! Early in the summer, the McGroarty family of the 6100 block of McPherson embarked on a journey to their Irish homeland, all six children in tow.
As an added benefit, Sean’s father, Ed McGroarty, accompanied them as well.
They climbed the Rock of Cashel in Tipperary with its ancient and imposing ruins, visited the dramatic Cliffs of Moher, and spent not nearly enough time on Achill Island in County Mayo.
The western Irish say that if one could live on scenery, they would be the richest people in the world, and the McGroartys agree. Now, naturally, they cannot wait to go back. Jeff and Jamie Ryan recently took a trip to visit daughter Jessica who is a freshman studying in the Faculty of Arts at McGill University in Montreal and reportedly is absolutely loving Canada!
The Ryans live on the 6000 block of McPherson. And speaking of service, Andy Cross has done it again. Andy has a mural on display at the Sheldon as a part of the Outside In – Paint for Peace project.
The murals from the Ferguson board up are on display at several different art galleries throughout the city including COCA in our neighborhood.
Most of the murals are on display through the end of October with the Sheldon exhibit being open through November 19th. That’s all for this edition.
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Rachel Ebeling skydives in support of Angel Band Project.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, November–December 2016.
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