West Newsmagazine 1-23-19
Local news, local politics and community events for West St. Louis County Missouri.
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20 I SCHOOLS I<br />
January <strong>23</strong>, 20<strong>19</strong><br />
WEST NEWSMAGAZINE<br />
@WESTNEWSMAG<br />
WESTNEWSMAGAZINE.COM<br />
What’s Kasasa ® ?<br />
Lafayette High Air Force JROTC regulation drill team<br />
And it’s easy to earn<br />
our highest rates...<br />
All of the following transactions<br />
and activities must post and settle<br />
to your Kasasa Cash ® account<br />
during each Monthly Qualification<br />
Cycle:<br />
• At least 1 direct deposit or ACH<br />
credit transaction(s)<br />
• At least 14 debit card purchases<br />
It’s like<br />
earning money.<br />
Just more of it.<br />
3.25 % 0.10<br />
APY*<br />
on balances up to $10,000 if<br />
qualifications are met<br />
% APY*<br />
on all balances even if<br />
qualifications aren’t met<br />
electrosavings.com<br />
Qualifications Information: Account transactions and activities may take one or more days to post and settle to the account and all must do so during the Monthly Qualification Cycle<br />
in order to qualify for the account’s rewards. The following activities do not count toward earning account rewards: ATM-processed transactions, transfers between accounts, debit card<br />
purchases processed by merchants and received by our credit union as ATM transactions, non-retail payment transactions and purchases made with debit cards not issued by our<br />
credit union. “Monthly Qualification Cycle” means the current statement cycle. Reward Information: When your Kasasa Cash account qualifications are met during a Monthly<br />
Qualification Cycle, (1) Balances up to and including $10,000 receive APY of 3.25%; and balances over $10,000 earn a dividend rate of 0.1499% on the portion of balance over<br />
$10,000, resulting in a range from 3.25% to .43% APY depending on the account’s balance and (2) you will receive reimbursements up to $25 for nationwide ATM Fees incurred<br />
during the Monthly Qualification Cycle in which you qualified. When Kasasa Cash qualifications are not met, the dividend rate earned on the account’s entire average daily balance will<br />
be 0.10% resulting in a non-compounding annual percentage yield of 0.10 APY% and ATM withdrawal fees are not refunded. Dividends will be credited to your Kasasa Cash account<br />
on the last day of the current statement cycle. Nationwide ATM withdrawal fee reimbursements will be credited to your account on the first processing day of the following statement<br />
cycle. APY = Annual Percentage Yield. APYs accurate as of 12/01/2018. Rates and rewards are variable and may change after account is opened. Fees may reduce earnings.<br />
Additional Information: Account approval, conditions, qualifications, limits, timeframes, enrollments, log-ons and other requirements apply. No minimum deposit is required to open the<br />
account. Monthly electronic statements are a condition of this account.. Enrollment in electronic services (e.g. online banking, electronic statements) and log-ons may be required to<br />
meet some of the account’s qualifications. Limit one Kasasa Checking account per social security number. There are no recurring monthly maintenance charges or fees to open or<br />
close this account. Contact one of our credit union service representatives for additional information, details, restrictions, processing limitations, cycle dates and enrollment instructions.<br />
Federally insured by NCUA. Kasasa and Kasasa Cash are trademarks of Kasasa, Ltd., registered in the U.S.A.<br />
Kasasa and Kasasa Cash are trademarks of Kasasa, Ltd., registered in the U.S.A.<br />
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By BONNIE KRUEGER<br />
Parkway-Rockwood Community<br />
Ed expo offered<br />
With the holidays in the rear-view mirror,<br />
parents are looking ahead to summer. The<br />
Parkway-Rockwood Community Ed program<br />
is here to help.<br />
Sponsored in part by <strong>West</strong> <strong>Newsmagazine</strong>,<br />
Summer Expo 20<strong>19</strong> is from 11 a.m.-3<br />
p.m. on Sunday, Feb. 10 at Marquette High,<br />
<strong>23</strong>51 Clarkson Road. The event features<br />
100 local and regional exhibitors offering<br />
programming for students in pre-K through<br />
high school.<br />
Admission is free. Participants do not<br />
need to attend school or reside in the Parkway<br />
or Rockwood school districts. Parents<br />
who attend the Expo and visit the Community<br />
Ed tables can get a coupon code for 15<br />
percent off most Community Ed summer<br />
programs. The coupon code is good for<br />
two days only. Get more information at<br />
prcommunityed.org/summerexpo.<br />
Scholarship opportunities<br />
A new year means new scholarship<br />
opportunities.<br />
The Gloria Barron Prize for Young<br />
Heroes is accepting applications online<br />
at barronprize.org through April 15. The<br />
Barron Prize celebrates inspiring, publicspirited<br />
young people from across the<br />
U.S. and Canada. Established in 2001 by<br />
author T.A. Barron, the Barron Prize annually<br />
honors 25 outstanding young leaders<br />
ages 8 to 18, who have made a significant<br />
positive difference to people and the environment.<br />
Fifteen top winners each receive<br />
$10,000 to support their service work or<br />
higher education.<br />
The March 1 deadline is approaching<br />
for young actors to register for the<br />
National Society of Arts and Letters<br />
[NSAL] 20<strong>19</strong> Chapter Drama Competition.<br />
Actors between the ages of 18 and<br />
27 are eligible to apply. Contestants<br />
must present two audition monologues<br />
– a comedic and serious piece – from<br />
memory before a panel of top-ranked<br />
professional judges on March 16 at Webster<br />
University in St. Louis.<br />
For more information or to view the<br />
20<strong>19</strong> NSAL Saint Louis Chapter Drama<br />
Competition application form, rules and<br />
performance requirements, visit nsalstl.<br />
org/competitions.<br />
Air Force JROTC on<br />
top of their game<br />
Four drill teams representing the Missouri<br />
81st Air Force Junior Reserve Officer<br />
Training Corps [AFJROTC] from Lafayette<br />
High traveled to Daytona Beach to<br />
showcase their skills at the Lake Worth<br />
High School Invitational Drill Meet.<br />
The teams consisted of the regulation<br />
drill team, the exhibition drill team and<br />
two color guard teams [exhibition and regulation].<br />
This year, the teams came home<br />
with two third-place trophies and six firstplace<br />
trophies.<br />
Emily Gauvreau was awarded best<br />
overall commander. She oversees the<br />
regulation and 30-command teams. The<br />
other first-place awards included Regulation<br />
Color Guard, Inspection; Regulation<br />
Color Guard, Performance; Regulation<br />
Drill Team, Inspection; Exhibition, Performance;<br />
and 30-Command, Performance.<br />
The third-place awards were Regulation<br />
Drill Team, Performance and 30-Command,<br />
Inspection.<br />
Other commanders include Andrew<br />
Teague, who commands the exhibition<br />
team and Nick Gauvreau who commands<br />
the color guard. Senior Master Sgt. Dave<br />
Cugier is the instructor in charge of drill<br />
and Don Gauvreau coaches the color guard<br />
team.
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