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Local Motion - June 23-July 6, 2010
*Ivey-Selkirk Auctioneers will be holding one of its monthly general auctions June 23 and 24, 9:30 a.m. at its offices at 7447 Forsyth in Clayton (the “old Famous-Barr” building). These traditional auctions have been taking place for generations (the company was founded in 1830) and include more than 1000 items each month, ranging from estate property, furniture, chandeliers and lamps to pottery, silver, paintings, oriental carpets, lawn and garden decorations and more. The June auction features a nice selection of reference coffee-table books from the estate of Benjamin F. Edwards III and St. Louis Art Deco ironwork of bronze and iron grates that may have been removed from Maryland Plaza in the 1960s.
*Just a reminder to smokers out there… the city of Clayton will go smoke-free on July 1, when an ordinance passed in 2009 goes into effect. The Pageant on the Delmar Loop will also instate a smoke-free policy July 1, ahead of a city- and county-wide smoking ban that will go into effect in January 2011.
*It may be a mouthful, but earlier this month was “National Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) and Automated Defibrillator (AED) Week.” CWE resident and super-volunteer Dick Bylund, a sudden-cardiac-arrest survivor, stopped by the Word offices to demonstrate the latest AED technology that just about any “dummy” could operate. Bylund is part of the local chapter of the Sudden Cardiac Arrest Association, which is promoting the installation and use of the AEDs. The AEDs now use audio instructions to walk someone through their use. Each year 300,000 people have sudden cardiac arrests and without an AED, only 5 percent survive. If an AED is used within the first minute of the collapse, 90 percent live. For more info, contact suddencardiacarrest.org.
*The Komen Race for the Cure June 12 attracted more than 70,000 participants downtown — the largest in the U.S. Laura McCarthy Realtors participated by donating more than $1,500 and organizing a separate walk at Des Peres Park.
*The Chess Club and Scholastic Center of St. Louis is aiming for the triple crown of chess championships. Between July 9 and 19, the Chess Club will host the U.S. Women’s Championship and U.S. Junior Closed Championship. These tournaments come on the heels of the U.S. Chess Championship, which the Chess Club also hosted.
*Immaculate Conception parish in Maplewood will host a mouse race and silent auction July 9 to benefit Friends of L’Arche St. Louis, a faith-based organization dedicated to bringing together people with and without intellectual disabilities to create homes and foster respect between communities. To register for the event, call 962-4599 and to learn more about L’Arche, go to www.larchestlouis.org.
*Curfew’s a little bit earlier for teens visiting the Loop these days. The University City council voted June 14 to move the 16-and-under curfew to 9 p.m. from 10 p.m. in the Loop. The change has already gone into effect, but doesn’t affect kids who are out with their parents or other adults.
*The city of Clayton will host a kickoff picnic for its EPA Green Power Community challenge at 4 p.m. June 27 at Oak Knoll Park, near the intersection of Clayton Road and Big Bend Boulevard. The event will mark the official beginning of Clayton’s efforts to support renewable energy sources and reduce the city’s carbon footprint.
*Whoops! It seems our information regarding T.S. Eliot’s “boyhood home” was a bit off in the last issue. It turns out that the house at 4446 Westminster Place (not 4466, as we mistakenly printed last time around) was purchased by Eliot’s parents around the same time he went to college, meaning he spent some time there, but definitely didn’t grow up there.
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