TT trivia

WHICH OF THESE ITEMS ARE NOT ARRANGED ON THE ROOF OF THE CITY MUSEUM: a school bus, a manatee, a hippo, a canoe, a praying mantis, R2D2 and C3PO, a ferris wheel, a jet airplane, a sculpture of Marilyn Monroe?

Michael Keane, who owns three St. Louis gyms—a Fit Body Boot Camp in Ballwin, another in Warson Woods, plus Phoenix A+ Coaching in St. Louis—has been in addiction recovery for five years. Keane was a scholarship recipient from The Next Step in 2020 when he was awarded funds to help him complete an additional training certification. That certification has helped him strengthen service offerings at his gyms, and now, he wants to give back by raising $10,000 for the nonprofit by March 31. A group of relatively buff men and women have pledged to walk 1 million steps between now and the end of March to stand in solidarity with people in recovery who are looking to better their lives and, in turn, the lives of their families and community. As a culminating event, the group, many of whom are in 12-Step recovery themselves, will walk on March 25 from Keane’s Fit Body Boot Camp in Ballwin to his Phoenix A+ Coaching location on The Hill. The Next Step, founded to help recovering people pay for their vocational, undergraduate or graduate education, had been operating out of donated space. The organization is about to complete its quest for its own location along Manchester Road in the county. Visit thenextstepstl.org.

LAST ISSUE’S Q & A

If squirrels are rodents, then what are rabbits? Rabbits were considered rodents until about 110 years ago, when the differences in their tooth structure led them to be classified as lagomorphs. Rabbits have two sets of top incisors, whereas rodents only have one set. So, there you have it.