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Sherman A1's JournalBost Introduces Federal Legislation To Make Cahokia Mounds A National Park
A bill to make Cahokia Mounds part of a new national park was introduced in Congress on Thursday by Republican Rep. Mike Bost.
The Cahokia Mounds and Mississippian Culture National Historic Park would include Cahokia Mounds, plus ancient mounds in St. Clair, Monroe and Madison counties in Illinois — and Sugarloaf Mound in St. Louis, the last remaining mound in the city.
The National Park Service and state and local agencies would manage the park.
“We’re hoping that the Senate will move on this, as well, and then we can get it to the president’s desk,” said Bost, of Murphysboro. “So many other national treasures have been put into the Park Service, and this is a place where it should naturally be.”
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/bost-introduces-federal-legislation-make-cahokia-mounds-national-park
On Chess: Cops And Kids Team Up To Play Chess And Build Relationships
CHESS Cops was launched in February 2017. What began as a simple breakfast with officers and students enjoying chess over coffee and orange juice ultimately expanded into a multifaceted community outreach program.
The St. Louis Chess Club, St. Louis schools, St. Louis Metropolitan Police Department and the St. Louis County Police Department partnered to start St. Louis CHESS Cops — or Chess Helping Enhance Student Skills. CHESS is currently comprised of city and county police officers who utilize chess to teach lessons on critical thinking, planning and logic.
Theodore Roosevelt once said, “Nothing in the world is worth having or worth doing unless it means effort.”
The outpouring of support from the officers was beyond anything we could have hoped. CHESS ignited the first Spring Break Chess Camp at Gary Gore Elementary, which brought 23 students and 12 officers together for a full week of chess and collaboration.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/chess-cops-and-kids-team-play-chess-and-build-relationships
Teen Creates App To Track Ticks After Contracting Lyme Disease In Missouri
Olivia Goodreau is trying to help other people avoid what happened to her: Lyme disease.
Goodreau partnered with thePLAN, a software company in central Ohio, to develop TickTracker, a free smartphone app that lets users log the types of ticks they see and where they found them using geolocation. The ticks are displayed on a map.
“I hope that it will bring awareness to everyone so they don’t end up like me and they don’t end up with a bunch of diseases,” Goodreau said.
The summer before she started second grade, Goodreau and her family traveled from their home in Colorado to Lake of the Ozarks. There, she said, she was bitten by a tick she didn’t see. She didn’t have the typical “bull’s-eye” rash, either, which appears in about half of patients eventually diagnosed with Lyme disease.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/teen-creates-app-track-ticks-after-contracting-lyme-disease-missouri
Teen Creates App To Track Ticks After Contracting Lyme Disease In Missouri
Olivia Goodreau is trying to help other people avoid what happened to her: Lyme disease.
Goodreau partnered with thePLAN, a software company in central Ohio, to develop TickTracker, a free smartphone app that lets users log the types of ticks they see and where they found them using geolocation. The ticks are displayed on a map.
“I hope that it will bring awareness to everyone so they don’t end up like me and they don’t end up with a bunch of diseases,” Goodreau said.
The summer before she started second grade, Goodreau and her family traveled from their home in Colorado to Lake of the Ozarks. There, she said, she was bitten by a tick she didn’t see. She didn’t have the typical “bull’s-eye” rash, either, which appears in about half of patients eventually diagnosed with Lyme disease.
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/teen-creates-app-track-ticks-after-contracting-lyme-disease-missouri
Land Of Lincoln Goodwill Gives Workers with Disabilities Their Jobs Back
Springfield-based Land of Lincoln Goodwill is backpedaling on its recent decision to lay off a number of workers with disabilities. The move by CEO Sharon Durbin sparked broad criticism this week.
Last month, Durbin announced Goodwill would be laying off its workers with disabilities, saying it couldn’t afford to keep them due to the upcoming minimum wage hike. That’s despite the fact that Goodwill is legally allowed to pay those workers below the minimum wage. Durbin herself receives a six figure salary.
Land of Lincoln Goodwill, according to its website, encompasses 37 counties in central Illinois and western Indiana.
The move angered employees and disability advocates, including Democratic presidential candidate Bernie Sanders. Durbin offered an apology -- calling it an “error in judgement."
https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/land-lincoln-goodwill-gives-workers-disabilities-their-jobs-back
POWERplex in Hazelwood
After two years of planning including meetings with top St. Louis City and County officials and business leaders, the St. Louis region will become the home to the Midwest’s premier sports “resort” —as they are calling it. Big Sports Properties are revitalizing the former St. Louis Outlet Mall (originally Mills Mall) into a $63 million campus called POWERplex, a 160-plus acre youth sports tourism destination located right here in Hazelwood!
The Hazelwood City Council has approved the final terms and settlement agreement between the property’s former owners and Big Sports Properties. “You have to applaud the resilience and dedication of all involved,” said Mayor Matt Robinson. “Our city officials, Big Sports Properties, the banks, the bondholders, the county and Explore St. Louis, the corporate supporters — everyone involved in this vision has overcome a lot of hurdles in order to get us to the finish line.”
Dan Buck, managing partner of Big Sports Properties, said all the contracts and financial agreements for the first phase of this project should be in place by Aug. 31. The “re-construction” of the mall itself will begin in September, he noted, with about 80 percent of
the storefronts inside the mall converted to the sports facility, amenities, restaurants, training areas and more.
“It’s been a long journey with many barriers that have been overcome,” said Buck at the press conference last week. “Thanks to incredible public and community support, corporate sponsorships and numerous visionary future partners, this remarkable campus is finally going to happen.”
http://www.flovalleynews.com/powerplex-in-hazelwood
A year after tragedy, Branson debates future of duck boats
BRANSON — One year after 17 people died when a boat sank on a Missouri lake near the tourist town of Branson, the question of whether the boats should return to the lake remains a topic of debate.
Former Branson Mayor Karen Best had to inform the 17 victims' families that they had died when the boat sank during a storm on July 19, 2018, on Table Rock Lake. She said she will never forget the cries and screaming of the families and survivors.
"I don't know that they need to come back to this community," Best said about the duck boats.
The amphibious vehicles, which operated on land and water, were a popular attraction in Branson for nearly 50 years. They are not operating this year, and Ripley Entertainment, which owns Branson Ride The Ducks, has not said whether they will return, The Kansas City Star reported .
The current mayor, Edd Akers, who was elected in April, said it's possible the duck boats could return to Branson if they are altered and have improved safety features.
https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/nation_world/a-year-after-tragedy-branson-debates-future-of-duck-boats/article_25c3c54a-8d0b-544a-80a8-3e0781bd0988.html
Bayer moving 500 jobs from North Carolina to St. Louis
JEFFERSON CITY — German pharmaceutical giant Bayer AG is closing its crop science division headquarters in North Carolina and moving 500 jobs to the St. Louis area, Missouri Gov. Mike Parson and a company executive announced Tuesday.
Lisa Safarian, Bayer’s commercial operations-North America president, said the company is moving the crop science North American division headquarters from the Raleigh area to the St. Louis suburb of Creve Coeur, Missouri. She did not specify when.
Bayer spokesman Chris Loder said the company’s environmental science business will continue to have a presence in the Raleigh area.
Salaries for the Missouri jobs will average about $110,000 a year, state economic development officials said.
https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/state_news/bayer-moving-jobs-from-north-carolina-to-st-louis/article_ddaa08f9-3543-5a25-a672-c480d1def56a.html
Second special prosecutor appointed over Greitens case
ST. LOUIS — Last year’s criminal case involving Missouri’s former governor is under the scrutiny of a second special prosecutor, this time to investigate allegations from St. Louis’ prosecutor.
Presiding St. Louis Circuit Judge Rex Burlison on Tuesday appointed retired Boone County Associate Circuit Judge Michael Bradley to investigate allegations against Eric Greitens’ attorneys from St. Louis Circuit Attorney Kim Gardner. She alleged that Greitens’ attorneys threatened to “ruin” her last year if she didn’t back off the investigation of the former Republican governor.
Gardner charged Greitens with invasion of privacy in February 2018 for allegedly taking a compromising and unauthorized photo of a woman during an extramarital affair. The charge was later dropped but Greitens resigned in June 2018.
The appointment is the latest move in a long-running battle between Gardner and the Greitens defense team.
https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/state_news/second-special-prosecutor-appointed-over-greitens-case/article_558f3fcc-4787-5d23-bcbe-3a592b453b6a.html
Choir director charged with harassment
Matthew Felts, choir director at the First Christian Church, harassed a person multiple times through phone calls and a Facebook post before his arrest July 4, according to a probable cause statement written by MU Police officer Thomas Genson.
Felts left a voicemail with the business of a person identified in the statement only as E.M. on July 3. The next day during a mutually agreed-upon phone call, Felts used multiple racial slurs against E.M and called the person's wife a "slut" and "whore," Genson wrote.
During that call, he also allegedly made vague threats to E.M.'s safety.
According to the probable cause statement, Felts "made a Facebook post calling E.M.'s wife a whore and challenging E.M. to come to his house."
https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/local/choir-director-charged-with-harassment/article_a136e580-a71b-11e9-96cb-bf358a8ec1a1.html
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