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Summer
Reading
 How
YSL.com can help with your summer book
reading
Have fun this summer by reading
good books! One great thing about reading
good books - it's addictive. The more
good books you read, the more you want
to read. Nothing has more impact on
building a good vocabulary and on making
good grades in school than the number
and quality of the books you read for
enjoyment. Here, I will mention a few
books reviewed over the last year or
two.
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Books
 This
month's book reviews
Reviews include books about (1) a girl in
the 1830's forced to sail aboard a ship with
a cruel captain, (2) diverse residents start
gardens on an inner city trash site, (3) a
girl faces growing up without a mother, and
(4) a family of active girls spends an unusual
vacation on a rich estate.
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Kid
investor
 Kid
has own stock market account
Fourteen-year-old Benjamin Stear is
a kid who already has a head start on establishing
his financial future. He has money-earning
jobs, a monthly savings goal, investments
in mutual funds and even is starting a new
business.
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DASA
soccer
 Illinois
girl set for two national athletic meets
Eleven-year-old Brooke Feltmeyer
is confined to a wheelchair by an illness
that often locks her joints and saps her muscle
strength. But, she's scheduled to compete
in two national athletic meets this year.
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GO
FISH
 Kids
get fishing lessons, practice and gear
Eight-year-old Caleb Williams
has learned a couple valuable fishing lessons.
He can put worms on his hook and knows how to
free the fish after catching one. |
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CECH
 Can
ghosts help revive Old St. Charles?
A group of Hollenbeck
Middle School students want to turn rumors
about ghosts in the Old St. Charles historic
district into more business for South Main
stores and restaurants.
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Reading
Forward
 St.
Louis Library's "gift" book has harsh
tone
The book the St. Louis Public Library
is using in its unique "Read It Forward" program
for kids has a strong urban school theme. It's
also echoes the present-day reality in its portrayal
of violence in schools. |
Muny
Kids
 Three
Daiker sisters win play roles for 1st time
Sisters Caroline, Annemarie and Olivia Daiker
all will be appearing for the first time during
the Muny's 2007 summer season. And they started
this month with pre-season Muny Kids promotions.
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Young
Achievers
 Kid
learned about service from grandfather
Fourteen-year-old Simon Clark has finished another
school year filled with a wide variety of community
service projects. And he will be doing more
of the same during the coming summer vacation.
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1.
Gini Laurie and Hub Pruett are part of state
history 
Wonders
of Wildlife (WOW), KMOX Fishing Day, Family
Fun Day "Fly In", and much more...