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Glen Carbon Seeks Funds For Tennis Courts And More In Schon Park

10 months 3 weeks ago
GLEN CARBON - Tennis courts are getting closer to returning to Glen Carbon as part of the Schon Park Phase 3 improvement project, which is making progress following Village Board approval of two related resolutions on Tuesday. After swapping the Miner Park tennis courts for pickleball courts last month , the Village Board voted to pursue funding a project which will bring tennis courts and much more to Schon Park. Public Works Director Scott Slemer outlined the full scope of the project’s third phase at Tuesday’s Village Board meeting. “Schon Park Phase 3 is expected to include a sports complex including tennis, pickleball, and basketball courts, in addition to connecting paths to the existing parks system per the Parks and Trails Master Plan,” Slemer said. The village is now set to pursue Open Space Land Acquisition and Development grants for Fiscal Year 2025 for the development of the Schon Park Phase 3 project. The grants will reportedly reimburse

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Why is everyone keeping mum about that hacked J.D. Vance material?

10 months 3 weeks ago
Several weeks ago a handful of big-name news outlets began receiving a trove of documents about J.D. Vance from "Robert," all of which had been hacked from the Trump campaign. So far, though, nobody has published any of it—even though when the same thing happened in 2016 to Hillary Clinton, they eagerly splashed the hacked ...continue reading "Why is everyone keeping mum about that hacked J.D. Vance material?"
Kevin Drum

Remembering Jay Schober - from the Earthworms Archives

10 months 3 weeks ago

Earthworms' late, dear, zany friend Jay Schober was one hemisphere - with he dearest friend Jim Findlay - of the St. Louis Brain Sandwich, in the early glory DAZE of KDHX. 

Honoring Jay, we serve up again this interview, recorded in January 2021, promoting Jay and Jim's memoir, We Never Got To Be Zombies (yet) - 55 Years of Friendship and Fiddling with Fate.

Jay was a kind, gentle, big-hearted bear-hug BIG guy. Missed and beloved by many who knew him, and MANY more who heard him and Jim carry on, on-air, while snacking on braunschweiger and cheeseballs. Rest in Love and Laughter, Jay.

 

Forum Drone: New Basketball Courts Are First in Forest Park

10 months 3 weeks ago
This week Forum Drone Pilot Louis Kelly, owner of Drone Eagle LLC captures the completed Nicholas J. Booker basketball courts in Forest Park. The courts are located just east of the Missouri History Museum and north of  the park visitors center, overlooking Lindell Boulevard. Dedication ceremonies and initial events were held in July for the […]
Tom Finan