Thomas Sowell - Random Events
 Sometimes unrelated events nevertheless tell a coherent story.
One newspaper story that caught my eye recently was about two high-powered schools in South Korea where Korean girls study 15 hours a day, preparing themselves for tests to get into elite colleges in the United States. Harvard, Yale and Princeton already have 34 students from those schools.
When a copy of the 50th anniversary report on members of the Harvard class of 1958 arrived in the mail recently, I thought back to one of my fellow students in that class who had worn a hole in the sole of his shoe but put a folded piece of newspaper in his shoe to cover the hole, rather than tell his parents. More
GRHA responds to St. Peters’ sales-tax holiday
During the May 8 St. Peters Board of Aldermen meeting, key figures with Great Rivers Habitat Alliance (GRHA) registered vigorous opposition to the reason given for the city’s decision to opt out of the state’s sales-tax holiday.
When Mayor Len Pagano in April urged the board to pass the opt-out bill, he said it was necessary as the city can no longer afford to surrender revenue from sales tax charged on back-to-school purchases made during the three-day weekend as long as it is going to have to continue defending in court its actions in developing Lakeside 370. More
Sidewalks coming to O’Fallon
The city of O’Fallon wants sidewalks in its neighborhoods, but not on its cul de sacs.
The O’Fallon City Council voted 7-1 at its May 8 general meeting to amend an ordinance that would require sidewalks to be located on cul de sacs. The revised version of the ordinance would require sidewalks to be poured on both sides of the street of a cul de sac, but terminate at the radius of the turnaround. City Councilman Jeff Yelich voted against the amendment.
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Annual ‘Paws in the Park’ event set for May 17
The St. Charles County Parks Department will host the fifth annual Paws in the Park celebration at Quail Ridge Park off-leash dog area from 11 a.m. until 2 p.m., Saturday, May 17.
The free event offers pets and their families a fun opportunity to enjoy the county’s community dog parks which are unique in that they are free and open to all guests and pets. More
St. Charles looking to add recreation center
If all goes as planned, the city of St. Charles will finally be home to a brand new, state-of-the-art, barrier-free fitness, aquatic and recreation center in 2010. The city of St. Charles and ShowMe Aquatics & Fitness, a mission-based organization, have teamed up to start the construction process for a recreational facility that will allow people of all ages and disabilities to play together.
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'Boonie Hat’ bank robber attacking the community
FBI agents were continuing in its tracking of a brazen serial bank robber whom they say is attacking the community.
The FBI is offering a $5,000 reward for information leading to the arrest and conviction of a suspect linked to nine bank robberies in St. Louis County and St. Charles County since November 2007.
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Wentzville developer sentenced, fined
A Wentzville subdivision developer will spend more than a year in prison for federal violations of the clean water act and bank fraud.
Eric Johnson, developer of Providence on Peine and Providence Meadows subdivisions in Wentzville, was sentenced to 15 months in prison and ordered to pay $100,000 restitution for violating the Clean Water Act associated with his construction of the Wentzville subdivisions, United States Attorney Catherine L. Hanaway said in a release. More
O’Fallon to honor World War II veterans
The event will be held on May 17th at O’Fallon Veteran Memorial Walk.
The public is invited to O’Fallon’s Armed Forces Day Ceremony, “A Salute to World War II Women in Uniform,” beginning at 11 a.m. on Saturday, May 17, at O’Fallon Veterans Memorial Walk, 800 Belleau Creek Road. More
Armed Forces Day opens new Veterans Park
The Lake Saint Louis Veterans Committee, in conjunction with Lake Saint Louis Parks Department, announced a ceremony to mark the opening of the new Veterans Memorial Park, with the Lake Saint Louis Civic Center campus at 200 Civic Center Dr., and will honor veterans of U.S. military service in an Armed Forces Day event.
Set to begin at 10 a.m. Saturday, May 17, the master of ceremonies will be Ralph Barrale who is the chairman of the Veterans Memorial Park Volunteer Committee. More
Sports Briefs
There’s no question that solid pitching is the difference between teams that win the close games and those who lose games by a run or two.
For 2008, the River City Rascals are hoping that this season’s pitching corps is the difference between a team with a winning record and a team that was 29.5 games back from the first place Gateway Grizzlies in the Frontier League’s Western Division.
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