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VOLUME 3, NUMBER 2

WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 7,

2015

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Jack Greer, a member of Boy

Scout Troop 984 sponsored by

Dardenne Presbyterian Church,

a c c o m -

p l i s h e d

q u i t e a

b i t t h i s

f a l l . T h e

T i m b e r -

land H igh

S c h o o l

s t u d e n t

n o t o n l y

a c h i e v e d

h i s E a g l e

Scout rank,

but he also

s c o r e d a

p e r f e c t

36 on the

ACT exam,

a c c o rd i n g

to a press

release.

G r e e r ,

w h o r u n s

cross country and track for Tim-

berland, was named a Commended

Student in the 2015 National Merit

Scholarship Program. Commended

Students placed among the top 5%

of more than 1.5 million students

who entered the 2015 competition

by taking the Preliminary SAT/

National Merit Scholarship Quali-

fying test.

Greer, the son of Mark and

Eileen Greer, is a senior at Timber-

land, where he is also a member of

the National Honor Society.

For his Eagle project, Greer

built a youth fire ring complete

with a fire pit and seating area at

the Benchrest Rifle Club in Wright

City. The extensive project took

more than 250 hours to complete

and was made possible through

the help of two dozen Scouts and

adults.

Eagle Scout is the highest rank

attainable in the Boy Scouts of

America. To attain Eagle, a Scout

must earn at least 21 merit badges,

display leadership and outdoor

skills, demonstrate by example the

Scout Oath and Law and complete

a comprehensive service project in

the community. For more informa-

tion, visit stlbsa.org.

St. Peters Earth Centre charges a nom-

inal fee for non-residents and commer-

cial customers to use St. Peters Earth

Centre. For a limited time, that fee

has been reduced from $10 per cubic

yard to $5 per cubic yard, according to

a press release (note: two cubic yards

equals approximately one pickup truck

load).

St. Peters residents may dispose of

up to 30 cubic yards of brush per cal-

endar year at no charge.

The brush can be no larger than 30

inches in diameter and 8 feet in length.

To help the environment the brush is

ground and used to make mulch and

compost. Earth Centre then sells

mulch and compost to residents, non-

residents and commercial customers at

reasonable rates.

For more information on St. Peters

Earth Centre, visit www.stpetersmo.

net. St. Peters Earth Centre is located

at 115 Ecology Drive in St. Peters, MO.

Local student

achieves Eagle

rank, perfect

ACT score

Jack Greer, a member

of Boy Scout Troop 984

sponsored by Dardenne

Presbyterian Church

and a Timberland senior,

achieved his Eagle Scout

rank this fall and also

scored a perfect 36 on

the ACT exam.

Brush disposal price temporarily cut in St. Peters

Tiger Docks recently completed a

1,208-square foot floating dock system

at Towne Park in western St. Charles

County, providing extensive access to

the pond adjacent to the park’s education

area, according to a press release.

Towne Park is named for the late Betty

Towne, who donated the land for this

purpose. Towne Park is unique in that it

includes the only certified Nature Explore

Classroom in St. Charles County. Tiger

Docks helped to expand the education

experience offered by the park’s 11 learn-

ing stations by making the large pond

on the property more user-friendly for

school groups and families. Towne Park is

a popular destination for field trips with

nature.

While a .3 mile trail encircles the

pond, Tiger Docks’ boardwalk dock sys-

tem brings visitors in contact with the

wonders of nature by inviting them into

the middle of the pond environment

via floating pathways. The dock system

extends from one side of the 1.5-acre

pond to another, with larger viewing

areas built in for fishing and educational

activities. The total project includes two

bridges, a floating dock walkway that

crosses the entire pond, two wider educa-

tion platforms, and a 100-foot dock arm

that brings nature enthusiasts up close to

various types of water plants and pond

dwellers. A safety kick rail is included

around the entire dock system.

“People love the serenity that the

boardwalk docks offer at Towne Park,”

said Roger Jonas, supervisor for Towne

Park and Indian Camp Creek Park in the

St. Charles County Parks Department.

“Sometimes I’ll see someone just enjoy-

ing a book out on the water during their

lunch break. Sometimes there are school

Towne Park gets new loating dock system

Tiger Docks recently completed a 1,208-square foot floating dock system at Towne Park in

western St. Charles County.

MO RIDES is a new and emerg-

ing concept in the state of Missouri

for managing personal mobility

through coordinated transportation

for seniors, persons with disabilities,

those who are living on low incomes,

and the general public, according to

a press release.

MO RIDES serves St. Charles

County, as well as Franklin, Lincoln,

Montgomery and Warren counties.

MO RIDES works with existing

transportation providers to coor-

dinate affordable rides for people

with transportation challenges. MO

RIDES can especially benefit senior

citizens, individuals with disabilities

and those with low-to-moderate

incomes.

The MO RIDES website features

transportation providers throughout

the region and the Mobility Coor-

dinator can counsel individuals in

how to better manage their mobility,

access transportation providers, and

discover how they can get where they

want to go.

MO RIDES is managed by Mobility

Coordinator Deana Tucker Dothage

at ddothage@boonslick.org or 636-

359-4656

Visit www.morides.org for more

information.

New concept

for managing

personal mobility

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