 New
cartoon for Fun & Games
Young Saint Louis.com is adding a new outdoor cartoon
feature. For almost 20 years, artist Betty Chmielniak Grace
of rural Albany, Mo. has drawn a monthly cartoon for the "Missouri
Conservationist" magazine. She has given YSL.com permission
to reprint some of her artwork. To view this month's cartoon,
visit Fun&Games. |
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Stock
Market Game
Grandma's
tip helps kid stock pickers
Fourteen-year-old
Kayla Appleton got a hot stock tip from
her grandmother. Her teammates chipped
in with ideas to buy stocks of companies
where they like to shop.
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Robots
First-time team wins Lego League title
A four-member team making its first
start in First Lego League competition won the
Missouri state title last month. That earned
them a place at national FLL meet at the Georgia
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Tutoring
Downtown
church helps kids with reading, homework
Twelve-year-old
Geneece Gandy goes to the Third Baptist Church
twice a week. But, she doesn't go to the worship
sanctuary. She heads for the 4th floor computer
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Books
This
month's book reviews
January book reviews include ones about
a boy who lives in the Tower of London,
a family's attempt to turn a haunted
mansion into a bed-and-breakfast, a
young girl and boy who flee famine in
their native Ireland, and a boy who
tries to bring his father and grandfather
back together.
Clark
Elementary kids get book gifts
Nine-year-old Morgan Burton and her
3rd grade classmates are getting a special
gift each month this school year. The
Clark Elementary students can thank
customers at the Left Bank Books store
in the nearby Central West End.
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Video
Conference
Kids learn
lessons from blind author
Twelve-year-old MacKenzie Clemonts
wants to be a writer or a poet when she grows
up. Last month, she got an unusual opportunity
to hear a blind author explain how he did
it.
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Tennis
Young girl
tries to advance her tennis game
Twelve-year-old Katie Smith of St. Charles
hopes this month to take another step in her
development as a tennis player. She will play
in a regional U.S. Tennis Association girls
tournament at Joplin, Mo.
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Careers
$1 million
grant for MU professor to study deer
As a kid, professor Josh Millspaugh grew up
hunting and fishing with family and friends.
He's now a principal investigator on a $1
million grant to study habits of Missouri
deer.
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Math Mania goes cartooning in January