Tuesday, January 8, 2013
The ski area opened a new 1,800-foot blue trail, the longest so far.
Hidden Valley ski area in Wildwood welcomed its 30th anniversary of operations this winter season. This is a popular recreation area for skiers from Ladue and Frontenac. Ladue Middle School has taken annual trips their from the very first year on. As part of the celebration, Hidden Valley owners executed a $2 million expansion over the summer that increased the resort's terrain by 30 percent. The new area, named West Mountain, includes an 1,800-foot blue trail called Route 66 and a black diamond trail called Cold Rush. The new Route 66 run is the resort’s longest. (Blue trails are rated as such because they are considered “intermediate” trails that are steeper than beginner trails, and are popular at most resorts because they provide …
Sunday, July 22, 2012
The life and the work of the late S. Lee King honored.
- VOLUNTEERS IN THE NEWS
- James Baer
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Sunday, July 22, 2012
Information was provided by the Wyman Center in Eureka. Wyman Center is honoring the legacy of its former board chairman, the late S. Lee Kling, with the opening of a new hall devoted to teen leadership and service that bears his name. Kling was a proud resident in the community of Westwood. The new S. Lee Kling Hall of Teen Leadership and Service on Wyman’s Eureka campus provides a 4,500-square-foot venue dedicated to learning and technology and providing teens with a place to work with the tools they will need to be successful in today’s world. Teens who attend Wyman’s summer residency programs will use the hall during lessons in leadership, civics and politics, business and service. They also will hold meetings in Kling Hall where …
Thursday, December 15, 2011
Local students provide wide variety of Christmas items for May's tornado survivors.
- HOLIDAY GUIDE
- James Baer
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Thursday, December 15, 2011
Kristi Monschein and her husband JT are well known real estate agents for Prudential Alliance in Wildwood. She and her children wanted to do something for the survivors in Joplin, MO that would be meaningful at Christmas, the most joyful time of the year. Working on behalf of the family’s parish St. Alban Roe, Kristi put out the word to help those less fortunate in Joplin, MO who lived through the devastating May tornado that ravaged the community. She enlisted the help of the youth group at the parish. She asked teengers there if any had volunteer hours to fulfill. They descended upon her like locusts avoiding the plague. Everything was confirmed at a retreat in October. Collections went on for some time. The goal was to provide hundreds …
