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April 5, 2017
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Manchester Police Chief Tim Walsh [left] and Patrolman Alex Berges present
Wonedwosen Wolde and his daughter, Ephrata Abdinoor, with Citizen Service
Citations. Ephrata accepted the award on behalf of her mother, Bruktawit
Woldeselase, who was unable to attend the ceremony.
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BALLWIN
Millennial marketing
The city of Ballwin is developing a promotional
video highlighting the community’s
advantages to businesses and others
who may want to consider relocating there.
Andy Hixson, who is in charge of the
city’s economic development efforts,
showed the approximately two-minute
video to the Board of Aldermen at its
March 27 meeting.
The video still is in the final editing process,
Hixson noted but should be ready for
posting on the city’s website and for other
possible uses by mid to late April.
Produced in-house, the video is the work
of “a group of very talented millennials”
who also have combined their interests and
efforts in creating the city’s new Ballwin
Life publication, Hixson said. Leading the
group are City Clerk Aby Johnson, Police
Officer Scott Stevens and Kirsten Hochstetler,
who handles communications for
the parks and recreation department.
“We’ve given them the tools they needed
and then have stood back and watched
them do their thing,” Hixson said.
Nominations for
Outstanding Senior sought
Ballwin is what it is today due, in part, to
the history, commitments and service that
outstanding senior citizens have contributed
over the years.
As the 2017 Ballwin Days celebration
approaches, nominations are being
sought for outstanding seniors, at least 75
years of age, who have resided in the city
of Ballwin for at least 25 years. Nominations
should explain how the candidate has
helped to make Ballwin a better place in
which to live.
The selected 2017 Outstanding Senior
Award recipient will be announced at Ballwin
Days and receive a gift certificate to a
Ballwin restaurant.
Send your nomination to: Outstanding
Senior 2017, c/o City of Ballwin, 14811
Manchester Road, Ballwin, MO 63011.
Nominations are due no later than May 1.
Pretty Baby contest
seeks entrants
Ballwin Days 2017 marks the 37th anniversary
of the festival’s Pretty Baby Contest.
Since the first contest in 1981, over 2,077
babies have been entered and more than
$75,485 has been raised for SSM Cardinal
Glennon Children’s Medical Center.
Think you know a pretty baby? Enter his
or her photo into the contest by submitting
a photo [5x7 or smaller] of your choice
via email by June 2 to prettybaby@ballwindays.com
or by first class mail by May
30 to: Pretty Baby Contest, Ballwin Government
Center, 14811 Manchester Road,
Ballwin, MO 63011. Enteries may also be
hand-delivered by May 30.
Entries must include the child’s name,
address, age and a valid phone number
where the parents of contest winners can
be reached on the afternoon of Sunday,
June 11.
The contest is open to children ages 3
years and younger and limited to the first
60 entries.
Each photo submitted will be displayed
in the Pretty Baby Booth throughout
Ballwin Days festival, June 9-11. Festival-goers
can place their monetary votes
for individual babies; each cent donated
accounts for one vote and special sponsor-donated
prizes will be awarded to the
top four winners on Sunday, June 11 at
6:30 p.m.
All proceeds are donated to SSM Cardinal
Glennon Children’s Medical Center.
Donation votes may be in the form of cash
or check. For additional information, visit
www.ballwindays.com
CHESTERFIELD
City adopts revised
snow removal policy
The city of Chesterfield will maintain its
policy of reimbursing some subdivisions
for snow removal but now will require
the issue be submitted each fall to the
City Council’s planning and public works
committee for a funding recommendation
before the council acts on the program.
The fact that some subdivisions are
eligible for reimbursement while others
are not sparked some discussion before
city councilmembers approved the policy
unanimously.
Making the difference on the reimbursement
issue is whether or not the streets are
gated. As explained by City Attorney Chris
Graville, the general public has access to
streets in ungated subdivisions and reimbursement
for snow removal and de-icing
can be considered as being in the public
interest. Because the general public does
not have access to gated subdivisions,
reimbursement for snow removal there is
viewed as using public funds for private
purposes, which state law forbids.
The program applies to non-gated, single
family residential and condominium developments.
Reimbursements are limited and
based on a formula of $40 per residential
unit or $4,500 per centerline mile of private
streets, whichever is larger.
Supplemental funding also can be made
available if a “severe season” occurs. The
policy defines a severe season as one during
which the city receives 30 or more inches
of snow as measured by the National Oceanic
and Atmospheric Administration.
Safety Town
registration opens April 12
Safety Town is a nationally recognized
pre-school safety program that teaches 4-,
5- and 6-year-olds about a wide variety
of safety issues, including bicycle safety,
water safety, school bus safety and stranger
danger.
The program includes classroom activities,
as well as outside, hands-on activities
in a miniature Safety Town. The program
is hosted and staffed by the Chesterfield
Police Department in cooperation with
the Chesterfield Rotary, the Chesterfield
Kiwanis and the Parkway School District.
It is conducted for six, two-week sessions
during the summer months.
An open registration night will be held
on Wednesday, April 12 at 6 p.m. at Ches-