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This Week In Gardening & Nature

2 years 10 months ago
Have you sown seeds yet for Black-Eyed Susan, Catmint, Coneflower, False Indigo, Helianthus, Larkspur, Lavendar, Lupine, Milkweed, Primrose, Ratibida, Rudbeckia, Scabiosa, Soapwort, St John’s Wort? They need winter seed stratification. Kids might like this: old t-shirt garden tote craft project Did you ever plant seeds and they didn’t germinate? Some seeds need exposed to light, … Continue reading This Week In Gardening & Nature →
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New Management Could Re-Open Teen Center

2 years 10 months ago
ALTON - When the Riverbender Community Center closed last May, John Hentrich and his board of directors had the end goal of finding an entity or individual who would re-open the center under new management. For more than 10 years, the center had served thousands of teens and provided programs and meeting spaces for people of all ages from toddlers to seniors. The center focused primarily on middle schoolers, for whom the center was designed, to provide safe, fun recreation away from the lure of negative influences like alcohol, tobacco, and drugs. While Hentrich and his board had run a very successful operation, they were ready for someone else to take the reins. A year ago, Brigit Holt moved from Chicago to Alton with her middle-school son who discovered the Riverbender Center and really enjoyed the Friday night parties. “I learned the hard way that tickets to the parties sold out pretty quickly,” said Holt. “My son was really disappointed one week when I didn’t

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