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A Word from NCI's Executive Director, Rebecca
Zoll
NCI Past President Dr. Mark
Tranel, NCI Executive Director Rebecca Zoll
and NCI President Lillie Dumas |
 As
North County Incorporated wraps up details for the
successful 32nd Annual Breakfast, we are also busy
looking toward our next event, the NCI Salutes 30
Leaders in their Thirties reception on Friday, September
25th at Norwood Hills Country Club. NCI will partner
with North County Suburban Journals and News
20 to recognize North County leaders in their
thirties who are making a significant positive impact
on our community through their profession and/or
community involvement. Be sure to go online to nominate
a deserving leader and check out the sponsorship
packages that are available at www.NorthStLouisCounty.com.
I want to thank each of this year's generous 32nd
Annual Breakfast event sponsors:
Presenting:
Corporate:
Commerce Bank
Favazza & Associates, LLC
Girardier Building & Realty Co.
North County Suburban Journals
University of Missouri-St. Louis
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Supporting:
Christian Hospital
City of Ferguson
City of Northwoods
City of Woodson Terrace
Clayco, Inc.
Emerson
Ferguson-Florissant School District
Hazelwood School District
Incarnate Word Academy
Independent News
Kent Miller Photography
Lindenwood University
Nelson McBride Development, LLC
Pattonville School District
Plumbers' and Pipefitters' Local Union #562
St. Louis Community College at Florissant
Valley
St. Louis Community College - Workforce &
Community Development
St. Louis County
St. Louis County Economic Council
U.S. Bank
Vector Communications Corporation
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Hundreds of business, civic, and
community leaders gathered at NCI's 32nd Annual
Breakfast to honor this year's award recipients.
They were: Ronald B. McMullen, Dr. Carolyn Pryor-Luster,
Marsha Bonds, the Florissant Parks Foundation, Ken
Smith, Dr. Chris Wright, Mayor Virginia Bira, Randy
Gardner, Judge Timothy Kelly, the AARP Senior Community
Service Program and Fletcher E. Wells II.
CLICK
HERE for more details about NCI's 32nd Annual
Breakfast! Also, be sure to check out our new online
membership directory!
Remember, if you have an item you would like posted
in our eNewsletter, please be sure to submit it
to us. CLICK
HERE.
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The Maryland Heights
Chamber of Commerce is hosting its 16th Annual
Golf Classic on June 4th at Crystal Springs
Quarry Golf Club. To register for this event, CLICK
HERE or call (314) 576-6603. |
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The
City of Hazelwood will host its 6th Annual
Community Art Fair and Used Book Sale on
June 6th from 10 a.m.-3 p.m. at the Hazelwood
Community Center. Art pieces accepted include paintings
and drawings in water color, acrylic, oil, pastel,
charcoal and mixed media and cash prizes will be awarded.
For more information, call (314) 731-0980. |
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The Spanish Lake
Community Association is promoting Belle Bottom
Hike It or Bike It on June 7th at the Columbia
Bottom Conservation Area, 801 Strodtman Road. Beginning
at 8:30 a.m., the public is invited to hike the three-mile
River's Edge trail or bike the 10-mile route on the
paved Confluence Trail. A naturalist-led hike will
begin at 9 a.m. and a group-led bike ride will start
at 9:30 a.m. Call (314) 877-6014 for reservations
for the group-led tours. |
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Christian
Hospital invites anyone who is currently undergoing
or just finishing cancer treatment to experience a
FREE makeover from certified cosmetologists
on June 8th from 10 a.m.-noon at the Christian
Hospital Resource Center. Call (314) 747-WELL to register.
CLICK
HERE [PDF] to see all
of Christian Hospital's June Community Programs. |
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St. Louis Mills
will host a FREE Family Film Festival at 10
a.m. on Tuesdays and Wednesdays from June 9th-August
5th at Regal Stadium 18 Cinemas in Hazelwood.
For more information, CLICK
HERE, visit www.stlouismills.com
or call (314) 227-5910. |
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Ferguson-Florissant
School District's Challenger Learning Center-St. Louis
is offering Summer Camp sessions for students
from third to eighth grade beginning June 15th.
The camps will feature activities similar to what
NASA astronauts experience in training, including
simulated space missions. They also have a Corporate
Program Offer for companies looking for unique
team-building programs, such as simulated space missions
that are designed to promote teamwork, etc. For more
information, CLICK
HERE [PDF], visit http://www.clcstlouis.org/
or call (314) 521-6205. |
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The City of Florissant's
Parks and Recreation Department is sponsoring
its annual Summer Playground Program Monday through
Friday, June 15th-July 24th from 9 a.m.-3 p.m.
The camp program is open to children between the ages
of 6 and 12 and will consist of numerous activities.
For more information, go to www.florissantmo.com,
call the James J. Eagan Center at (314) 921-4466 or
the JFK Community Center at (314) 921-4250. |
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Christian
Hospital is offering free Lung Function Screenings
on June 17th from 9-10 a.m. at the Jamestown
Mall Food Court Information Booth. For more information,
call (314) 747-WELL. |
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St. Louis Mills will
showcase the Missouri Heart Gallery, a traveling
photo gallery of Missouri children in need of adoption,
on June 18th during mall hours. For more information,
CLICK
HERE [PDF], visit www.stlouismills.com
or contact Debbie Milligan-Steinmeyer at (314)
227-5910. |
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The
City of Hazelwood will host its 3rd Annual
Summer BMX/Skate Competition beginning at 6 p.m.
on June 19th at Hazelwood's Skate Park, located
behind the Community Center at 1186 Teson Road in
White Birch Park. There is a $5 entry fee for all
participants and a $100 cash prize will be awarded
to the top finisher. For more information, CLICK
HERE [PDF] or call Pam
Reynolds at (314) 513.5072. |
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The Northwest Chamber
of Commerce is hosting their 23rd Annual Golf
Classic on June 22nd from 10 a.m.-6 p.m.
at Innsbrook Resort Golf Course. The cost is $125
per player. To register for this event, call the Chamber
at (314) 291-2131. |
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The
City of Jennings's Recreation Department will
host Jenningsfest - 2009 on June 27th
from 10 a.m.-9 p.m. at Koeneman Park. If you are interested
in being a vendor or volunteering at the event, please
contact the Recreations Department at (314) 388-3040. |
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Jamestown Mall and
the City of Black Jack will hold their 2nd
Annual North County Community Festival on June
27th from 5-9:30 p.m. on the north side of the
Mall in the lower lot. The festival will feature a
DJ, food and game booths, inflatable rides for kids
and a display of the St. Louis County Police's emergency
equipment. For more information, call (314) 355-8878.
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St.
Louis Mills will host the Simon Kidgets® Club
Super Duper Mini Chefs on June 27th from
noon-2 p.m. For more information about this FREE cooking
event for kids, CLICK
HERE [PDF], go to www.stlouismills.com
or call (314) 227-5910. |
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The City of Hazelwood's
White Birch Bay Aquatic Center is now open to
the public (residents and non-residents) through September
7th from noon-7 p.m. daily. This facility includes
some features that have never been seen in the Midwest,
including a 360-degree bubble slide made in Sweden.
For more information about the center, CLICK
HERE [PDF] or call the
Parks and Recreation Department at (314) 731-0980.
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The
Department of Economic Development, Division of
Workforce Development is connecting youth and
young adults, ages 16 to 24, to an exciting work experience
or internship at businesses this summer with the Missouri
Next-Generation Jobs Team. They will pay the wages
with resources from the federal recovery act and will
make sure your business gets the right candidate.
The opportunity is available until September 30th,
so register today at www.summerjobs.mo.gov
or by calling 1-800-592-6020. |
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Hazelwood School
District's Walker Elementary joined more than
500 schools around the world by signing Student Signatures
in Space® posters in celebration of Space Day 2009.
Student Signatures in Space® provides middle and elementary
school students with an opportunity to send digitized
signatures into space and "feel a personal involvement
with the crew and the mission." CLICK
HERE [PDF] to read the
press release. |
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METRO
is seeking public comment on a transit service restoration
plan. CLICK
HERE to read their memo and find out how to
leave your comment. |
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 Paul
Cerame celebrates zero federal dollars going to
Ford. "These are difficult times," said Bob Cerame,
dealership President. "Federal tax dollars are being
used to prop up struggling companies. But Ford remains
the healthiest American automaker…" CLICK
HERE [PDF] to read their
press release. |
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Pattonville
School District parents who are new to Pattonville
and have elementary or middle school children to enroll
for the 2009-2010 school year can get an enrollment
packet at the Pattonville Learning Center receptionist's
desk from June 22nd to July 24th from 8 a.m.-4:30
p.m. The Learning Center is at 11097 St. Charles Rock
Road in St. Ann. |
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The Public Policy
Research Center recently released a policy brief
to address the stimulus package rhetoric titled "American
Recovery Reinvestment Act: Has Evaluation Been Left
Behind?" Read the brief in its entirety HERE
[PDF] . The PPRC at
the University of Missouri-St. Louis also recently
joined together with RegionWise at Saint Louis University
and The Institute for Urban Research at Southern Illinois
University Edwardsville to assist with community improvement
efforts by creating the Applied Research Collaborative,
which will serve as a data clearinghouse, provide
regional indicators and perform commissioned research
projects, including trend analysis. CLICK
HERE [PDF] for more
information about this new alliance. |
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Ritenour
School District will save more than $188,000 during
the 2009-2010 school year with awards from the E-Rate
program. E-Rate is a program of the Federal Communications
Commission that provides affordable access to communications
services to eligible K-12 schools and libraries. For
more information, CLICK
HERE [PDF]. |
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The Spanish Lake
Community Association is seeking volunteers to
help with the Twillman House building renovation project
this summer. CLICK
HERE [PDF] for details.
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The
SSM DePaul Health Center's Neurosciences Institute
is investing more than $2 million in cutting-edge
technology to greatly expand its treatment capabilities
for strokes, aneurysms and other life-threatening
neurovascular conditions. Less than 24 hours after
a Biplane Angiography System went live at SSM DePaul,
it was used to reverse the effects of a stroke in
a 68-year-old patient. For more information about
this investment,
CLICK HERE [PDF]. |
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The St. Louis County
Department of Health has released THESE
GUIDELINES [PDF] for
businesses in an effort to help them prepare for and
deal with the H1N1 Influenza (Swine Flu). |
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 The
St. Louis County Economic Council celebrated
their 25th Anniversary was recognized as an Accredited
Economic Development Organization (AEDO). The AEDO
status denotes the professional excellence of economic
development organizations throughout North America.
CLICK
HERE [PDF] to read the
entire press release and HERE
to see the SLCEC's newsletter. |
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Ritenour
School District graduate Steve Cash for
helping Team USA win its first-ever sled hockey World
Championship. Cash, Team USA's starting goaltender,
was named Player of the Game. The Overland, Mo. native
is also expected to be Team USA's starting goaltender
in the 2010 Paralympic Games.
