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Historical November–December 2015 article. Dates, prices, services and contacts describe the source period; current availability has not been established.
As the days get shorter, let’s start with one last tale of summer.
In July, Willie and Rogerine Kinds of the 5900 block of DeGiverville and their family took a family trip to the Player’s Club Resort in Hilton Head South Carolina where they celebrated their granddaughter Taylor Stewart’s 16th birthday.
The family enjoy bicycling, visiting the beach, golfing and hearing more about Gullah Cultural Expressions.
They also took a day trip to Savannah, Georgia. Back in St. Louis we continue to see the talent of our young neighbors.
In September the Missouri History Museum revealed the winners of their banner contest for the opening of the History Clubhouse. Among the winners was Rachel Solverud of the 6300 block of Washington in Parkview. Rachel is the daughter of Eric and Sarah Solverud and is in 8th grade and as you can see from the photo of her and her banner titled “We Are St. Louis”, she is very talented! Congrats Rachel. Mayor Francis Slay presented some of our neighbors with awards at the recent Mayor’s Business Celebration luncheon, including Piccione Pastry for the 28th Ward, and The Mayor’s Award, given to those who spurred local economic development, to former head of RAC Jill McGuire and fellow Westminster resident Vince Schoemehl. Wedding congratulations to Monica Hammond, daughter of Marvin and Linda Nodiff of the 6100 block of Westminster, on her July 19 marriage to Michelle Lazarow. Marvin and Linda hosted a reception on the rooftop of the Moonrise Hotel on October 11.
The beautiful couple live in New York City. Andy Cross, one of our favorite resident artists and all around good neighbors received a neighborhood hero award on October 16th from Lewis Reed, President of the St. Louis Board of Alderman, for being a neighborhood hero.
The event was sponsored by Nextdoor St. Louis which is a social networking site now with over 20,000 members in St. Louis that works to makes neighborhoods closer, more informed, and safer. Andy was one of 20 neighborhood heroes from 20 different neighborhoods in the city and received the award at a reception at the Cabanne House in Forest Park. Andy lives with his wife Linda and daughter’s Emily and Sarah on the 6000 block of McPherson and actually grew up on the 6100 block of Kingsbury. Well deserved Andy, well deserved!
In his “spare” time, Andy has recently been at work on the large planter-box on the McPherson/Rosedale intersection.
It has now been rebuilt and is back on the barricade again.
It had been destroyed by a speeding drunk driver a while ago.
These planters are made entirely of repurposed materials: pressure treated lumber, poplar, cedar, and a salvaged heavy duty tarpaulin is lining the interior.
The decorations are hand carved.
The curbs have been painted safety yellow, reflectors have been placed on the posts, and the barricade is now much more visible at night.
He paused long enough to have a picture!
The 6000-6100 blocks of Westminster came together on October 3 for their 8th block party, with chilly temps but warm spirits.
The chief planners this year were: Mary and Hitch Powell, Jaina Stus, Chris Rappeleye and Anne Posega, Gale Fitzpatrick, Lisa Horner, and Kim Gladstone. Robyn Nagel contacted the police and firefighters for a visit from their firetruck, and Paul, Fitz, Hitch, new neighbor, Paul Hollmann, and many others helped with set up and clean up. Kim set up the photo booth opportunity and King Schoenfeld took photos, too, Tim Smith drew caricatures, and Tom Snyder and Kathy Kniepmann provided some great fun and entertainment. Dan McGuire secured the street closing permit for us. And Andy Cross automatically puts up the sign announcing the block party and street closing for us every year! 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
Kinds family Hilton Head vacation. Descriptive caption supplied.
Originally published in The Times of Skinker-DeBaliviere, November–December 2015.
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