Historical February 1993 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
As I sit down to compose my characteristically tardy column, I am listening to Garrison Keillor and his American Radio Theater, who and which will be broadcasting from Powell Hall in early February.
For you devotees who hadn’t heard this fact (spent the winter in a cave, did you?) let me dampen your excitement with the news that the show is a sellout and you and I are SOL, which for the family audience means “sadly out of luck.” For those of who regularly miss this and the other offerings on KWMU (90.7 FM) may I suggest you try it.
But I digress.
A word to the wise, however.
I am in charge of The Times’ Gala Trivia Contest in March and a question might come out of one of the Saturday morning or Sunday evening offerings from PBS. Caveat triviator.
The Times’ Gala Trivia Contest in March on a date to be announced will be more fun than you are usually allowed to have at your age enhanced by the exquisite prizes which will be awarded.
This will be team event, so be organizing your group of six. You needn’t be part of a group to join in as well make up tables as necessary. There’ll be snack food and a cash bar to support your competitive spirit.
There will be no rocket science questions, so don’t be intimidated if you usually don’t shine at Trivial Pursuit. We’re not using their questions. We’re making up a whole new group of puzzlers aimed at all kinds of specialized life experience.
Call me at 863-7558, if you want to join the committee. There’s a lot of dirty work to be done that I’d like to avoid.
If you don’t help, Brad will have to do it. • During the holidays there was no doubt no end of exciting news which has largely escaped me.
I am delighted to report that Karleen Hoerr is doing well in her usual indomitable fashion after her surgery in November.
She is back to work, taking on what is necessary with great aplomb. JoAnn Vatcha is feeling more steady on her feet after her on-thejob plunge into the basement of a dark, vacant house.
She didn’t fall down the stairs; she fell through the hole where the stairs had once been. Though she felt quite battered for a couple of months, she escaped with a back strain, a bone chip in her ankle, and a bump on the head. (You’ll notice I didn’t say “only.” There wasn’t anything “only” about it, I’m sure.) Rick Bender (61XX Kingsbury) and Renni Shuter (62XX McPherson) have announced that they will be running for the St. Louis School Board in April.
We appreciate their willingness to serve and wish good luck to both of them. Warmest thanks also to those of you who returned our little envelopes with a contribution to The Times. Without your help we’d be history.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, February 1993.
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