January 26 - February 1, 2018

CATHOLIC SCHOOLS WEEK South County Times 5

January 28 - February 3, 2018

Embodied in Faith
Empowered by Excellence
Embraced as Family
Enlightened through Service
Transformed for Life
Embodied in Faith
Empowered by Excellence
Embraced as Family
Enlightened through Service
Transformed for Life

St. Mark Catholic School

“Where students enter to learn and go forth to serve.”

Celebrate Catholic School’s Week

Now enrolling
for the 2018-2019
Academic Year
4220 Ripa Ave
St. Louis MO 63125
4701 South Grand Boulevard St. Louis, Missouri 63111
(314) 743-8640
Call 314.481.8400 to schedule a tour! www.stmarkstl.com
www.stmaryshs.com
with St. Mark
Prospective parents and students are invited to
join us for
Open House on
January 28, 2018
from 10:00 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Educating children from preschool-8th
• Tour our school facilities
• Meet our faculty and staff
• Discover our classrooms
See why St. Mark School is a
great choice for your family!

OPEN HOUSE
Sunday, January 28 • 11 am – 1 pm
TOUR OPPORTUNITIES ON ALL HCA CAMPUSES:
Our Lady Of Providence Campus: Preschool – Grade 5
St. Dominic Savio Campus: 2-Year-Old Preschool – Grade 5
St. Michael The Archangel Campus: 2-Year-Old Preschool – Grade 5 SERVICE TRIP TO THE DOMINICAN REPUBLIC
Annunciation Campus: Grades 6 – 8

www.hca-stl.org | 314-475-3436
A LEADER IN CATHOLIC EDUCATION
Since 1840.

NOW OFFERING 7TH GRADE SHADOWING!

For more information, visit sja1840.org or call us at 314-394-4321.
4 South County Times January 26 - February 1, 2018
News
Sunset Hills
Musich, Gau To Leave Board Of Aldermen Police Arrest
Aldermen were part
of important decisions Suspect In
Summer
made in past 6 years
Burglaries
by Joe Leicht
The municipal election isn’t until
April 3, but it is already certain that the
Sunset Hills Board of Aldermen will have
a dramatically different composition,
once the votes are in.
Two aldermen first elected in 2014 —
Thomas Musich and Rich Gau — will be
replaced by new faces, as both declined
to seek re-election. Musich and Gau
were in office for a very significant six
years.
During their tenures, the board vetted
some controversial developments,
including the redevelopment of the old
Crestwood
Board Approves New Aquatic Center Hours
by Eileen P. Duggan
The Crestwood Board of Aldermen
on Jan. 23 agreed to open the city pool
earlier in the mornings and close it ear-
lier this summer.
The board approved changes in the
2018 operational hours of the Aquatic
Center in response to citizen requests
and to a staff review of pool use during
last year’s season.
The pool will open at 11:30 a.m. on
weekdays and 11 a.m. on Saturdays and
Sundays. The pool will close at 7 p.m.
Finding the
Sunday through Thursday and 8 p.m.
Friday and Saturday. The previous oper-
I-44 Corridor Highway Replacement Projects Launched
by Julie Brown Patton
heartSummer
To replace 50-year-old bridges and
you
roads that are crumbling beyond repair,
 Creative surface
Missouri Department of Transportation
 Introduction to The
teams are about to initiate aset of
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in
rehabilitation projects along the Choir Clinic
 Show
Interstate 44 corridor in St. Louis
…and more! In early spring, the ramp from
County and St. Louis City.
Some of the replacement projects
will continue through 2020. Andrew
Gates, MoDOT communications
specialist, said the following projects
are scheduled this year:
Providing a Catholic
education to the young
women of St. Louis
since 1848.
ursulinestl.org
Bob Evans site as a PetroMart, the Jimmy
John’s drive-through, several attempts
to bring mixed-use development on the
Court Drive site and others.
Also during that time frame, the city
hired its first city administrator and a
new finance director and new chief of
police. The board also wrestled with the
question of impeaching former mayor
Mark Furrer; Gau and Musich were on
opposing sides of that issue.
“I am proud of what the board of
aldermen has accomplished over that
time frame. I feel that I am leaving
things in a place than they were six years
ago,” Gau said in a prepared statement.
“Serving on the board of aldermen is
not supposed to be forever. I do think
it is healthy for our city to have new
individuals step up and get involved and
help contribute to make our community
ating hours were noon to 8 p.m. daily.
“We noticed there were very low
admittance numbers from 7 p.m. to 8
p.m.,” said Recreation Director Eilien
Ramirez, adding that the overall atten-
dance in the very warm, dry 2017 season
was higher than in the previous five
years. In addition, she noted that several
aquatic programs starting at 8:15 p.m.
were regularly canceled due to low
enrollment.
Ending the open, lifeguarding hours
earlier would save about $9,900 and
would allow evening aquatic programs
and swim lessons to start at 7:15 p.m.,
• Work has already started on I-44
Academy
bridge and pavement rehabilitation
to remove and replace the driving
Communication
from Murdoch to the River Des
Peres. Spanish
eastbound bridge over the
Everyone Northern Santa Fe Railroad
will also be replaced.
Shrewsbury to eastbound I-44 will be
closed during construction. Drivers will
have to navigate shifted lanes – three
eastbound and two westbound.
The bridge project is scheduled to
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Co
ACADE MY
Sunset Hills
an even better place to live, work and
raise a family.”
“Our city has tremendous potential
to continue to thrive and grow
economically. I will continue to be
involved with the city by volunteering to
serve on a committee or in any way that
I can,” Gau said.
Musich said “health concerns” were
foremost in his decision to decline a by Jaime Mowers
fourth run. Sunset Hills police have arrested a
“I withdrew my name after learning man suspected of two burglaries in the
that Mr. Casey Wong filed for that area last summer.
position. Mr. Wong is affable, well Jackie Ray
spoken, intelligent, articulate and Montgomery III,
conscientious,” Musich said. “I firmly 26, of Barnhart,
believe I am leaving Ward 3 and the was charged Jan.
city extremely well represented with 20 with two felony
two excellent aldermen. I know they counts of first-
«continued on page 6 degree attempted
burglary. He is
being held in the
St. Louis County Montgomery
Jail on $50,000
bond, according to St. Louis County
court records.
Montgomery allegedly committed
the first burglary on July 26, 2017, at a
Ramirez said. home in the 10600 block of Leebur in
Part of that savings could be used to Sunset Hills, according to Sunset Hills
start the hours of operation earlier, City Police Sgt. Robbie Hagen. The second
Administrator Kris Simpson indicated. burglary allegedly happened in nearby
Midwest Pool Management and city unincorporated St. Louis County the
staff would be able to handle the earlier following day on July 27.
hours, he said. Sunset Hills police said in both
Alderman Grant Mabie noted that instances Montgomery attempted to
many citizens, in Facebook and other force his way into the homes when
discussions, have suggested that the someone was inside.
pool open earlier. One citizen noted in Hagen said the arrest and subsequent
the Jan. 23 meeting that many small charges were the result of investigation
children still take naps in the afternoon efforts and collaboration between the
and that an earlier trip to the pool would Sunset Hills and St. Louis County police
assist in that schedule. departments.
be complete in late 2018, while final
resurfacing will be done in late spring
northbound Route 141 to westbound
I-44 are designed to be completed
2019, according to Gates. this summer, with July as the targeted
• I-44 pavement repairs to resurface conclusion.
the road from east of Murdoch Avenue • In the fall, the I-44 bridge
to Route 141. This work is slated for replacement will start to replace the
completion by the end of 2018. eastbound and westbound I-44 bridges
• I-44-related signals at the Berry just west of I-270 over the Meramec
Road interchange are also scheduled to River. Gates said this project replaces
be finished by the end of the year. the bridges on the ramps between I-44
• I-44 interchange improvements to and eastbound and westbound Watson
address congestion from southbound Road. Work on this project will continue
Route 141 to eastbound I-44, and from through 2021, he added.
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