Old Cahokia Courthouse Reopened

 

The Old Cahokia Courthouse reopened for the first time today since last December when former governor Rod Blagojevich closed numerous state historic sites.

The French originally built the structure as a home in 1740. The building became a courthouse in 1790. The city of Saint Louis disassembled the building and moved it to the site of the 1901 World's Fair for exhibition. The building again moved in 1906 to Chicago for a few decades. The building returned to its original foundation in the late 1930s as part of a Works Projects Administration (WPA) project.

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Phoenix Recycling Expands

Longacre Park Recycling is gone, but Phoenix Recycling & Shredding, Inc. has branched out and taken its place at the same location. Phoenix Recycling is a non-profit organization which provides employment for persons with developmental disabilities or traumatic brain injuries.  

Separate recycling as follows:

• Plastics - milk jugs
• Plastics - #1
• Plastics - #2
• Plastics - #3 through #9
• Office paper
• Cardboard
• Cans - tin (clean)
• Cans - aluminum
• Glass - clear
• Glass - brown
• Glass - green

Operating hours:

• 8:00 - 1:00 Monday - Friday
  
• 8:00 - 2:00 Saturday
  
• Closed Sunday
  

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Moye Kids Finish Marathon

Moye Elementary School, O'Fallon, Illinois, conducted its third annual "Read and Run Marathon" on Saturday, April 18, 2009.  During the year, students read 26 books and exercised the equivolent of a 25 mile run.  On this day, the students completed the 26th mile by running a course around the school's neighborhood.  Over 120 children participated in this event designed to promote healthy choices.  

 

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Carriel Jr. High School's New Administrators

Congratulations go to Carriel Jr. High School's first administrators.  

Principle - Doug Wood, Ed.D., principal, Fulton Jr. High

Asst. Principle - Kelly West, asst. principle, Moye Elementary

Kelly West, vehicle virtuoso

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School Dropoff Statistics

A photo survey of drivers dropping off children at a local elementary school produced interesting results.  The survey took place on a sunny Monday morning during the 15 minutes prior to the school's start.

Vehicles

• 9 pick-up trucks
  
• 34 vans
  
• 34 cars
  
• 41 SUVs

Drivers

• 2 drivers using cell phones
  
• 3 drivers with beverages
  
• 2 drivers with children on their laps

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St. Baldrick's Fund Raiser

Miles Quintal gets a buzz from his barber in O'Fallon’s Blazier Field dugout. His father reports “I’m surprised. Miles spends a lot of time on his hair.” Funds raised go to help kids with cancer.

 

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Maryville First Baptist Church

Very windy day.  Needed high shutter speeds just to stop motion on my zoom lens.  Need a better zoom lens.  Experimented with HDR software, Photomatix - interesting.

 

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Uploaded and published in Wikipedia on the day of the shooting.