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Vol. 18 No. 12
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Around Town Wentzville establishes a Façade Improvement Grant Program and more.
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Feature Section The Golden Years
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Business Local insurance agent earns top honor for customer service and more.
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School Seven Timberland seniors earn state level Distinguished Student Leader Awards and more.
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Learn & Play Cindy Moore’s take on life.
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Local with sports Gary B.
11 Recipes
Four nutritious reasons to drink chocolate milk.
12 What’s Happening 14 Classifieds 16 Movie
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Continued from cover New Melle Sports & Recreation Center. Admission is a free will donation only. What donation money that does come to the production, it is used to purchase spotlights, sound equipment and staging. Next year, the play will run on April 1-2 and April 8-9. For additional information and large group reservations call Curdt at 636-791-3497.
Wentzville holding a ‘name that park’ contest In 2014, Splash Station Aquatic Center, at 1141 Peine Rd., opened its doors. Splash Station Aquatic Center, a stateof-the-art water park, was funded by the 2010 half-cent sales tax. This facility has entertained more than 60,000 patrons since its opening. Splash Station Aquatic Center features several amenities including a 400-foot lazy river, a wet deck spray feature, a children’s splash playground, a three-meter platform and diving board and a 24-foot tall wa-
leparksandrec or complete a submission form at Progress Park Recreation Center at 968 Meyer Rd. Rules for the contest are also available both of these locations. Wentzville Parks and Recreation can’t wait to hear your suggestions. Submissions will be accepted from March 15 through April 17. The final selection will be determined by the Wentzville Parks and Recreation Board and Wentzville’s Board of Aldermen.
FRESH PERSPECTIVES Women’s History Month deserves a bigger spotlight By Laura Sigmund March is Women’s History Month, celebrating the strides women have made in all fields of study and culture. With feminism becoming a hot-button issue, one would think that this holiday would be celebrated in an exuberant fashion. However, it is barely even thought about. In the United States, women as a whole have faced oppression and societal scrutiny. Women pined and perished for rights such as voting and equal pay. The topic of a woman’s right to control her own body is still up for discussion to this day. At FZN in February, we heard African American music during passing period and biographies on the announcements to promote Black History month. Why is the pride in female accomplishments shrouded and not celebrated in the same way? History books treat the accomplishments of women in the same fashion as
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ter flume. This year, Wentzville Parks and Recreation will add new amenities to the park including a party pavilion. Future plans, include adding an additional slide to the facility and trail system to the park. The aquatic center sits in a 22.2-acre park, which until now has gone unnamed. The city of Wentzville needs your help to name one of Wentzville’s newest parks. You may submit your park name at http://bit.ly/wentzvil-
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any marginalized group. Women and other historical minorities inhabit one paragraph in a chapter full of white men. Even when they are mentioned, the fairer sex is evaluated on their outward appearance almost exclusively. Women such as Hedy Lamarr are seen as beauties rather than brains. Lamarr is remembered for her film career and personal controversy, but she more importantly created spread-spectrum communication technology, the basic technology that controls Bluetooth and Wi-Fi today. Eleanor Roosevelt was judged on her looks rather than her supportive role as First Lady and her work for women’s rights. Without Rosalind Franklin’s research on DNA structure, Watson and Crick would not be famous for the wellknown double helix structure of DNA. Scarlett Johansson had to dodge sexist questions her male counterparts were not
asked during the media run of “The Avengers.” W o m e n should be respected because of their accomplishments, not because of their abundance or lack of physical beauty. When will women stop being seen in society as pretty pets on pedestals? The accomplishments women have made for their gender as well as the human race should be exalted during this month, not ignored. Publicity for women’s advances and the obstacles they still surmount today need to be on the forefront of society’s mind during this month. Laura Sigmund is a senior at Fort Zumwalt North High School The opinions expressed in this column are the columnist’s alone and do not reflect the opinion of the owners or staff of Community News.