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IFMA St. Louis Helps Those in Need Stay Warm During the Winter

2 years 9 months ago
The St. Louis Chapter of the International Facility Management Association (IFMA) made another donation to Heat Up St. Louis at its holiday gathering on Nov. 30. Representing facility managers and suppliers who maintain the region’s commercial buildings, IFMA St. Louis presented a check for $1,000 to the nonprofit organization. Michael Wright (left), president of IFMA […]
Dede Hance

Crafting For A Cause: JCHS Advanced Design Students Achieve Christmas Fundraising Goal

2 years 9 months ago
JERSEYVILLE - Students in the Jersey Community High School Advanced Design class have been busy this holiday season making their own crafts and merchandise to sell for a good cause. Advanced Design teacher Erica Heitzig challenged her students to raise $100 each to donate to kids at JCHS who otherwise wouldn’t have Christmas gifts, and she said they have all reached that goal. Students worked individually or in groups and have been hard at work crafting handmade ornaments, designing sweatshirts, and promoting their products on social media. Heitzig said one team of four girls advertised their embroidered sweatshirts on social media and got 65 orders overnight. “It’s been neat to see what the students have done - some are doing machine embroidery, some are doing handmade crotchet ornaments, others are using the sewing machine or our Glowforge laser cutter, and there’s been some vinyl projects too,” she said. “I’m just the facilitator over

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Lunchtime Photo

2 years 9 months ago
Here is my third triptych of the week, a series of views of the Arc de Triomphe in Paris. The top one is at sunrise, taken from the Place de la Concorde looking west. The middle one is the same but taken later in the day. The bottom one is midafternoon, taken from La Défense ...continue reading "Lunchtime Photo"
Kevin Drum

The Dining Divas Check Out a “Dive” in Clayton

2 years 9 months ago

The Dining Divas Check Out a “Dive” in Clayton Just because I couldn’t remember the name of the last Dining Diva’s restaurant a week after we’d visited shouldn’t mean that it was forgettable. It’s more about my “plate being too full” (see what I did there?). And any place with the word “dive” in it […]

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One Dead, One Injured at Wood River Phillips 66 Refinery

2 years 9 months ago
From KSDK:  A worker was killed and another was injured after a crane overturned and crashed to the ground at an oil refinery in Wood River, Illinois, Tuesday. Phillips 66 spokeswoman Melissa Erker said the crane overturned at the company’s Wood River Refinery at around 10:45 Tuesday morning. She said one contract employee was killed […]
Dede Hance

FIFA World Cup soccer matches on FOX 2 Friday

2 years 9 months ago
ST. LOUIS, Mo. - FIFA World Cup soccer can be seen on FOX 2 Friday starting at 8 a.m. with Croatia vs. Brazil. The 11 a.m. news will follow the soccer game on both FOX 2 and KPLR 11. Stay tuned for the Netherlands vs Argentina at 12:00pm.  Watch Studio STL at noon on KPLR 11 only.  See our full [...]
Joe Millitzer