News Of Neighbors（英文）

By Rachel Boxdorfer

2012年9月至10月

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Neighbor pictured alongside welcome notices; uncaptioned, no identity inferred.

Historical September–October 2012 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.

Hello September and hello neighbors! Where did the summer go? Is it just me, or was this the fastest summer of your life?

It could simply be the result of everyone being so busy I guess, and judging by the amount of news we have on our neighbors, that just may be why summer passed by so quickly this year.

To get started, let’s welcome some of our newest neighbors to Skinker DeBaliviere.

We will start with an official welcome to Jacob Montgomery, Lisa Hoppenjans, and their son Issac who are new owners on the 6100 block of McPherson.

They actually have been enjoying the neighborhood for the past year, so we are glad they have decided to make it a permanent home!

The 6100 block of McPherson is also the new home for Tim Moore and Mike Whisenhunt. Welcome to the neighborhood, we are sure you will love it! Moving toward the 6100 block of Westminster we give a big shout out and welcome to Melissa Waters and also to Gil and Cathy Sison, and their triplets John, Maggie, & Lizzie!

A warm welcome also goes out to James Dibble and Anna Beasley on the 6100 block of Washington. Moving east, we welcome Charlie Kurth and Pippin Schupach and also Jenny and Buzz Matthews, to the 5900 block of McPherson! Our own Skinker DeBaliviere Community Council has made such fans of Associate Director Jessica Eiland and former intern Mary Margaret Miller, that they have both moved to the neighborhood! Jessica is a new resident on the 5700 block of Pershing and Mary Margaret now calls the 5900 block of Kingsbury home!

With all these new neighbors, it’s a good thing that the “New Neighbor Party” was rescheduled due to heat.

The New Neighbor Party will be on Friday, October 12th at 6:00 p.m. at Joe’s Café!

It should be a great way for all our new neighbors to meet some of the old ones and get to know everyone at one of St. Louis’ coolest venues! Of course moving to the neighborhood is not the only way to become a part of our large extended family. Heather and David Hoganson, of the 6100 block of McPherson, welcomed their third child, beautiful Hannah Grace on February 25.

She weighed in at 7lbs 9oz and has two very proud big brothers, Carter and Luke! Former Parkview resident Molly (Fleener) Klucznik and her husband Brian added a third child to their Chicago crew. Catherine “Kate” Denise arrived April 26th weighing in at 7lbs, 11oz. Big brother Henry and sister Mary are thrilled, as are their McGroarty cousins on the 6100 block of McPherson (cousin Gertie McGroarty can be seen joining the family snapshot!)! Molly and her sister, Cristina McGroarty, grew up on the 6300 block of Waterman. Vince & Lois Schoemehl of the 6100 block of Westminster are proud new grandparents of Evelyn Anne, born June 2 to their son Tim and his wife Kelly. Congratulations to the entire Schoemehl clan! Kudos for a job well done go out to Abby Kenyon, of the 5900 block of DeGiverville, for her first place award (and $200!) in the junior division of the Express the Music competition sponsored by the St. Louis Symphony for her piece entitled Marathon. Our neighborhood certainly has it’s share of hard working folks too! Longtime Nina Place resident and retired Washington University economist, Fred Raines, is now the 28th ward committeeman for the Green Party.

The women in the Greek Community at Washington University recognized Kathy Kniepman, OTD, MPH, OTRL/L as an outstanding faculty member in April. Congratulations to Kathy who lives on the 6100 block of Westminster with her husband Tom Snider. And JoAnn Vatcha, one of our tireless and long reigning editors of The Times of Skinker DeBaliviere retired on July 12 from her position as Housing Analyst with Community Development Administration. JoAnn spent over twenty years there and played a significant role in redeveloping Soulard, Benton Park, and the Shaw neighborhoods. Thank you JoAnn for all you do! Over at St. Roch, Boy Scout Troop 98 has been very busy.

The troop has enjoyed a lot of growth in membership in the past few years and has kept many neighborhood young men very busy.

The troop attended scout camp this summer at S-F Scout Ranch in July. Fourteen scouts attended camp this year, completing 31 merit badges (with nine more partials).

They also won the Water Carnival. Troop 98 also had scouts excelling in other areas; Eric Webster won the Silver Bullet Award, and LaVaughn Caradine won the Golden Arrow. Three more scouts were also elected to the Order of The Arrow this year. Congratulations to Eric Webster, Charles Barker, and Charlie McGroarty on this great honor. Three scouts, Evan Brendle, Christian Boxdorfer, and Eric Webster also completed National Youth Leadership Training at S-F Scout Ranch over the summer, in addition to their week at camp with the troop. Troop 98 meets on Wednesday evenings at the St. Roch School Gym from 7:30 to 9:00 p.m.

All boys, ages 11 to 18 are welcome to join the troop. Former Parkview resident and Troop 98 alumni, Paul Winter, is the current scoutmaster for the troop. Dan Schesch has never been one to shy away from a challenge! Dan, who lives on the 6000 block of McPherson, accepted a challenge from a friend to ride the 2012 RAGBRAI (“Register’s Annual Great Bicycle Ride Across Iowa”) with him in July. Dan completed about 440 of the 471 miles and said it was well worth the challenge as Iowans are so friendly and hospitable.

However, at this point in his life, he may choose to participate in shorter bike tours (25-30 miles a day) to allow for more time for touring! Great job Dan! James and Janet Hatch of the 5700 block of DeGiverville, were in Chicago on June 26th to see their daughter, Coutrney Sensenig, a nurse and US Navy wife, introduce Michelle Obama.

She was in Chicago to witness and celebrate the Governor’s signing legislation easing the way for military spouses to transfer occupational licenses to Illinois.

The Governor introduced Courtney who spoke briefly and then introduced Mrs. Obama. Not surprising that Jim refers to it as one of those proud papa/mama moments! Other travels over the summer included a large contingency of moms and kids creating memories in Macatawa, Michigan. Cristina McGroarty, Pattie Voss, Lynn Tiede, and Rachel Boxdorfer (that’s me!) along with all of their kids enjoyed a fabulous mini vacation together.

The week was even better when meeting up with more neighbors, Ann Stephens and Mary Broun for a little bit of relaxation and catching up with friends. And all of the kids had an amazing time together.

I think it says a lot about a neighborhood when you vacation with your neighbors.

The 6000 and 6100 blocks of McPherson celebrated at their annual block party again this year on Saturday, June 30th. Although the weather was extremely hot, neighbors enjoyed barbecue, pot luck, kids played in mini-pools, a fire truck visited, and there was even dancing in the street! Did anyone else have a block party over the summer?

We would love to hear about it.

The 6000-6100 blocks of Westminster have planned their annual block party for October 6, from 3-7 p.m. For more information, check with the Westminster email czar, Dan McGuire, or call SDCC at 862- 5122. Parkview’s Rachel Ebeling continues to do an amazing job with the Angel Band Project.

The efforts continue with a Power Angels Fitness Challenge on Saturday, September 15th at the Shrewsbury Recreation Center. Led by leading fitness and yoga instructors, participants will learn the physical power of self defense; the exhilaration of zumba; the mental power of mind, body and spirit through yoga and meditation. Proceeds will be used to support the Angel Band Project’s work of promoting hope and healing through music for sexual violence. Rachel lives on the 6300 block of Waterman. Tickets can be purchased at www. angelbandproject.eventbrite. com. $50 per person/$30 for students with school ID.

My least favorite part of this column is of course, to report the loss of anyone.

I regret to share the news that Mrs. Ronie Haliburton, a longtime SDCC board member and a very active Skinker DeBaliviere resident from the 5800 block of DeGiverville passed away in late June.

She will be missed by her family, friends, and neighbors.

The SDCC Fundraising Committee wants to thank everyone who went out to eat on Tuesday, June 19th for our Dining Out for SDCC event. Many restaurants in the area participated and neighbors were seen all over The Loop enjoying wonderful meals to help raise money for our favorite neighborhood! Special thanks to Karen Godar for chairing this event and to all of the businesses who participated!

To wrap things up, let me remind everyone about the upcoming Fourth Annual Skinker DeBaliviere Homecoming.

The party this year will be on Saturday, September 22nd at the Regional Arts Commission and is being chaired by Mary Pat O’Gorman and Lynn Tiede.

The theme this year is most appropriate for the party location; “An Evening of Artistic License”.

I have no doubt that will lead to some interesting dress for the affair. For more information on the party, to get involved, or to purchase your tickets, call the SDCC office at 314-862-5122. 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”