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June 3, 2015
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Ready for flight
In February, 8-year-old Melissa Pinkstaff
looked out the front window of her
family’s Chesterfield home and spotted
an injured red-tail hawk. With the help
of her mother and twin brother, Trevor,
the hawk was caught and delivered
to World Bird Sanctuary in Valley Park
where it has been recuperating.
Recently Melissa was reunited with
the hawk when she, aided by World
Bird Sanctuary volunteer Scott Becker
(at right) released it back into the wild
at Babler State Park.
Founded in 1977 by Ornithologist
Walter C. Crawford, the World Bird
Sanctuary is open daily from 8 a.m.-5 p.m. for public visitation and viewing of live
displays of Bald Eagles, owls, hawks, falcons, vultures, parrots, reptiles and more.
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Chef prepared meal to be
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the highest priority area for such treatment
in an effort to deal with noise problems.
City Administrator Ryan Thomas said
during a work session on May 26 that
the Clipso Stretch Ceiling System is to
be installed at a cost of no more than
$39,831. He noted that the product has
been installed in a classroom at Parkway
North High.
“It involves a mostly seamless covering
of the ceilings with sound-absorbing materials,”
Thomas said. “In the case of Clipso
Acoustic Fabric, there is an acoustical
absorbent material attached to the ceiling
with a solid stretch fabric covering it.”
Thomas said the city could consider
addressing other work areas in the building
after evaluating the effectiveness of this
initial treatment.
Since the city has budgeted $43,900 for
acoustical treatment, Thomas also recommended
that the city use a portion of the
remaining budget for project management
services by the acoustical engineer that
recommended the Clipso products, Gary
Brown of McClure/EDI Acoustics, on an
hourly, as-needed basis.
Community Park grand
opening delayed
It’s estimated that the first phase of Wildwood’s
new community park should open
by mid to late June, with a grand opening
being discussed for around July 4.
Joe Vujnich, Wildwood’s director of
planning and parks, told the City Council
during a May 26 work session that timetable
is about four weeks later than originally
planned.
The 66-acre park site is located near the
intersection of highways 100 and 109.
Phase 1 components of the park include a
pavilion, snake walk, multi-use trail, parking
lot, restrooms, playground with equipment
accessible to children of all ages and
abilities, and a dog park.
“While many major features are done and
ready for the city to accept in the next two
to three weeks, the accessible playground,
as well as an access ramp to the two-story
tower and the snake walk, had gotten a late
start,” Vujnich told the council.
“Likely two to four weeks more will be
needed for that work.”
He said the city also is waiting for
Ameren Missouri to run lines and make
power connections to the park.
WEST COUNTY
West County EMS/FPD
names liaison officer
A local television news reporter has been
hired as liaison officer at the West County
EMS and Fire Protection District.
In the newly created position, Sara
Dayley, a reporter at KSDK-Channel 5 for
the past five years, will focus on community
outreach efforts, which the district has
identified as an important part of its future
activities.
According to West County Chief Ernie
Rhodes, Dayley will meet with community
groups and organizations to learn
about needs that the district can help
address, and call attention to and bring
more people to Safety House, a facility
that emphasizes safety education for children,
families and others.
“These efforts are in line with what our
long-range strategic plan found the community
wanted us to do,” Rhodes said.
Dayley’s media experience also will be
helpful in producing videos to educate the
public on safety and emergency medical
issues, Rhodes added.
A graduate of Marquette High, Dayley
earned a degree in mass communications
from the University of Tampa. Her annual
salary at West County will be $65,000.
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