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Senior members of Priory’s Student Council with Haseeb Ahmadi
and Hugh Tychsen are (from left) AJ Nance, Alex Top, Charlie Wagner,
Haseeb Ahmadi, Hugh Tychsen, Lance Lavery and Ian Ahlering.
BULLETIN
BOARD
Veterans Day assembly shares
alumnus’, translator’s story
On Nov. 14, Hugh Tychsen, a 1999
graduate of Saint Louis Priory School and
a Marine Corps veteran, joined his Afghan
translator, Haseeb Ahmadi, for a special
assembly in the school’s Kevin Kline Theater.
The pair talked about the special bond
they developed when Tychsen was on
deployment in Afghanistan. Ahmadi spent
10 years working as a translator with the
United States military, including its Army
Airborne and Marie Corps units.
Tychsen sponsored Ahmadi to get a
U.S. visa at the end of his combat tour. In
2017, Ahmadi, his wife and children were
approved and moved to St. Louis. Today,
he is an entrepreneur and owns his own
construction company.
Both Tychsen and Ahmadi dedicate
time to help other Afghans. In 2020, they
sponsored 110 Afghans who they knew
had worked for the U.S. Marine Corps in
Afghanistan. So far, 76 Afghans have been
approved and relocated to St. Louis.
Winter reading challenge
begins Dec. 1
St. Louis County Library’s Winter Reading
Challenge kicks off Dec. 1 and runs
through Jan. 31. Last year over 16,800
people participated in the club, which offers
incentives and reading opportunities for the
whole family. Participants can track their
activities online or by printing a paper log at
home. Details are available at slcl.org.
The Winter Reading Challenge offers
four age categories: Early Reader (0-5), Kid
(6-12), Teen (13-17) and Adults (18-plus).
Everyone who completes at least five activities
will be entered into a prize raffle. Winners
will be chosen in each age group.
Raffle prizes include books, toys and gift
cards.
Local districts seek
board candidates
Both the Parkway and Rockwood school
districts will have two director positions on
their respective school boards determined
in the April 2 Municipal Elections. Residents
interested in running for one of those
positions can file their intention beginning
at 8 a.m. on Tuesday, Dec. 5 through 5 p.m.
on Tuesday, Dec. 26.
In each district, Board of Education
terms are three years.
In Parkway, candidates must file in person
at the St. Louis County Board of Elections,
725 Northwest Plaza Drive in St. Ann. No
filing will take place at the district office,
which is a change from previous years.
Candidates may file between 8 a.m. and
4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday. The
Board of Election office will be closed on
Dec. 7 and Dec. 25, and may also close due
to inclement weather.
For the first day of filing, a lottery will be
conducted to determine ballot placement.
Candidates who file after the first day will
be listed in order of filing.
Potential candidates with questions
should contact Nikki Stover at (314) 415-
8002 or nstover@parkwayschools.net, or
the St. Louis County Board of Elections at
(314) 615-1851.
The outgoing members of the Parkway
Board of Education are Matthew Schindler
and Kevin Seltzer, whose terms expire in
See BULLETIN BOARD, page 18
The benefits of exercise have been
well established for people living with
Parkinson's Disease (PD). What's
been found is that not all exercises
are created equal.
People with Parkinson's have
symptoms that affect movement.
One of the most common is rigidity.
When someone has rigidity, they will
have extreme stiffness in one or
more areas of their body. This
makes it difficult for them to achieve
fluid, natural looking movements.
Another symptom affecting people
with Parkinson's is bradykinesia, or
slowness of movement. This can
impact trying to start a motion as well
as carry out a movement.
People with Parkinson's often
experience lack of coordination with
their movements. This can result in
poor balance, falls and difficulty
carrying out daily tasks.
Another area that suffers with
Parkinson's disease is the
automaticity of certain tasks. This
means it takes someone with
Parkinson's more concentration to
perform simple tasks that the rest of
us do on "autopilot".
Exercises specifically designed to
target these problem areas have
been very successful in improving
PD symptoms. This makes it crucial
to find someone who is trained in
Parkinson's specific exercises.
It's common that people have
symptoms for several years before
getting an actual diagnosis. So even
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If you are newly diagnosed, you've
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never too early or too late to start
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