Historical September–October 2018 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
Well it happened again, summer came and went in the blink of an eye, at least for me.
We had a dry summer and much of it offered days of typical St. Louis heat and humidity, but we actually had some relatively nice days as well.
I hope you were all able to enjoy your summer, here or traveling.
If you have news about any great summer adventures, milestones in life, or other interesting news to share, I would love to hear about them and share them in the next issue of The Times of Skinker DeBaliviere. Today I’m going to begin with what may be unique to some neighborhoods, but fortunately not to ours. Recently new neighbor, (actually an old neighbor too because she grew up in the neighborhood and has returned), Mary Lou Green, sent out an email to neighbors and friends on the 6100 blocks of Kingsbury and Westminster to help clean up the parking lot at Skinker and Westminster.
It was overgrown and litter was everywhere. Within just a few days neighbors of all ages joined forces to clean up the lot on a hot Saturday morning. Special thanks to Mary Lou for heading up the efforts and to all of the neighbors who turned out to make such a difference in a short period of time.
It looks great! “I will get things done, for America to make our people safer, smarter, and healthier.
I will bring Americans together to strengthen our communities. Faced with apathy, I will take action. Faced with conflict, I will seek common ground. Faced with adversity, I will persevere.
I will carry this commitment with me this year and beyond.
I am an AmeriCorps Member and I will get things done.” – the AmericCorps NCCC Pledge Emil Banaszak, son of Mark Banaszak and Katrina Stierholtz, recently completed his year in the AmeriCorps program, having lived this pledge every day.
In the past year, through his service, Emil worked on several large projects, including hurricane relief in the US Virgin Islands, lowcost housing construction in Wyoming and wildfire safety work in California.
He also volunteered many hours on smaller projects.
After graduation, he and friends found work on an organic farm near Captain Cook, Hawaii, where it’s often foggy because of the volcanic activity. Congratulations Emil and thank you for your service! Our recent National Night Out barbecue and concert were cancelled due to weather in early August.
These are always popular events in the neighborhood and so enjoyable for all of us.
The cancellation stung a little more for one of the bands scheduled to play as they were wrapping up their summer and most of them headed off to college. Instant Oatmeal is an indie rock band founded by Lucy Ebeling of the 6300 block of Waterman, and Lilia Voss, of the 6100 block of McPherson. Other band members include Christian Boxdorfer of the 6100 block of Kingsbury and Billy Harned of Webster Groves.
The disappointment did not last long when neighborhood hero Andy Cross hosted the band that evening for an intimate concert in his art studio for friends, family, and fans.
It was a fantastic evening with the band playing their longest set ever, some covers and a lot of original music too.
The next night the band played again at Failoni’s on Manchester at a fundraiser for Pedal the Cause hosted by the team Bill Box’s Blue, Red, and Grey which is made up of many neighbors. Thanks so much to Andy for providing a venue and to this young talented band for sharing their music with us. Lucy and Lilia have been friends since pre-school and have been playing music together since grade school at St. Roch. Lucy is the daughter of Sean and Rachel Ebeling. Lilia is the daughter of Tim and Pattie Voss and Christian is the son of Matt and Rachel Boxdorfer.
We are always sad to hear about the loss of an old neighbor.
On July 17th, Albert Joseph Nerviani passed away. Al grew up on the 6100 block of Kingsbury. One of many children of Al and Betty Nerviani. Our condolences go out to all of his siblings and his daughters.
He will surely be missed. Marvin Nodoff of the 6100 block of Westminster was recently profiled by Common Ground (https:// lscpagepro.mydigitalpublication.com/ publication/?i=460909#%22{issue_ id:460909,page:78}%22), a national magazine for community associations. And another issue included an excerpt of his novel, HOA Gobsmack (https:// lscpagepro.mydigitalpublication. com/publication/?i=474562#{“issue_ id”:474562,”page”:0}). Congratulations to Marvin. Do you have news to share?
Please send your submissions via email with the subject line News of Neighbors to rachelb@sdtimes.org or drop off a note to the attention of Rachel Boxdorfer at the Skinker DeBaliviere office. Be sure to mark it “News of Neighbors”.
We love to hear about neighbors accomplishments, awards, travels, weddings, anniversaries, births, and more!
Original photograph caption
Neighbors cleaning parking lot.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, September–October 2018.
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