West Newsmagazine 12-4-19
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8 I NEWS I<br />
December 4, 20<strong>19</strong><br />
WEST NEWSMAGAZINE<br />
@WESTNEWSMAG<br />
WESTNEWSMAGAZINE.COM<br />
Missouri American Water recently donated more than 3.2 acres of land to the Monarch Fire Protection District, with a<br />
formal ribbon-cutting ceremony marking the change of ownership on Nov. 22.<br />
[Missouri American Water photo]<br />
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BALLWIN<br />
Police free dog from<br />
robot vacuum<br />
The Ballwin Police Department were<br />
called to a residence Friday, Nov. 22 to<br />
help free a small dog from an automated<br />
vacuum cleaner. Officers received a call<br />
that a robotic vacuum had sucked up the<br />
tail of Stonewall, a Shih Tzu mix, as he<br />
napped on the floor in the house’s front<br />
room.<br />
After an examination of the machine,<br />
responding officers cut the fur off the<br />
dog’s tail to remove it from the vacuum’s<br />
clutches. Stonewall sustained no injuries.<br />
CHESTERFIELD<br />
Monarch Fire Protection<br />
receives land donation<br />
Missouri American Water donated more<br />
than 3.2 acres of land to the Monarch Fire<br />
Protection District on Nov. 22. In addition<br />
to the donated land, Monarch will be given<br />
license to use an additional 1.9 adjacent<br />
acres, for a total of more than five acres of<br />
use.<br />
The donated land is located at 911 John<br />
Pellet Court in Chesterfield, next door to<br />
Missouri American Water’s Central Treatment<br />
Plant, and is already the site of a<br />
Monarch training facility. The fire protection<br />
district has leased the land from Missouri<br />
American Water since 2001 for $100<br />
annually.<br />
“Missouri American Water is pleased<br />
to build on our collaborative partnership<br />
with the Monarch Fire Protection District<br />
by donating this land to better accommodate<br />
their training needs,” Debbie Dewey,<br />
President of Missouri American Water,<br />
said. “There’s a lot of work and necessary<br />
investment that goes into ensuring the<br />
brave fire fighters in our service area have<br />
access to the life-saving water they need<br />
when an emergency strikes, from regularly<br />
exercising hydrants to replacing or extending<br />
the useful life of aging water mains,<br />
storage tanks, and treatment plants. This<br />
is just one more way we can support the<br />
important fire protection service Monarch<br />
provides to our customers.”<br />
The Monarch Fire Protection District<br />
covers more than 62 square miles and services<br />
more than 60,000 people, meaning<br />
the donation will benefit much of St. Louis<br />
County.<br />
“The Monarch Fire Protection District is<br />
thrilled to receive this donation by Missouri<br />
American Water, and we look forward to continuing<br />
a great relationship with our Howard<br />
Bend neighbors,” Robin Harris, President<br />
of the Monarch Fire Protection Board, said.<br />
“Missouri American Water’s original leasing<br />
of the land to Monarch helped provide<br />
advanced training for firefighting and rescue<br />
operations. Owning the land upon which<br />
our training center sits allows Monarch to<br />
expand the facility to encompass fire, rescue<br />
and EMS training. Through the generosity<br />
of Missouri American Water, Monarch will<br />
better provide enhanced training for our lifesaving<br />
personnel, keeping them ready for any<br />
emergency.”<br />
Students learn about STEM through aviation at Wings of Hope.<br />
Wings of Hope receives<br />
$<strong>12</strong>5,000 for STEM programs<br />
Wings of Hope, a Chesterfield-based<br />
nonprofit, recently received a $<strong>12</strong>5,000<br />
grant from Boeing to support its Soar into<br />
STEM program, a hands-on learning experience<br />
designed to provide local students<br />
experience in aviation and STEM-related<br />
career paths.<br />
“Boeing has made significant investments<br />
in STEM education for youth,”<br />
Wings of Hope President and CEO Bret<br />
Heinrich said. “They provided substantial<br />
seed funding for our pilot Soar into STEM<br />
program, and this latest grant will enable<br />
us to expand the program and expose more<br />
of our youth to the tremendous opportunities<br />
in STEM and aviation careers.”<br />
The grant will allow Wings of Hope to<br />
more than double the number of students<br />
who participate in Soar into STEM. The<br />
program includes lessons in hands-on<br />
maintenance, repair and modification of<br />
an airplane to be used flying medical and/<br />
or humanitarian missions; experiencing<br />
a flight simulator; and piloting a smallengine<br />
aircraft under the close supervision<br />
of a flight instructor. The spring 20<strong>19</strong><br />
pilot program served students from three<br />
St. Louis-area school districts and the Girl<br />
Scouts of Eastern Missouri.<br />
“As a pilot, I understand the value of programs<br />
that engage students in this way. It<br />
is incredibly rewarding to see students who<br />
[Carol Enright photo]
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