 Make
YSL.com your Summer Companion
When planning summer activities, make Young
Saint Louis.com one of your resources. Looking
for things to do, check Places
to Go; Things to Do. Looking for a good book,
remember May's
Summer Reading lists and also the four book reviews
every month. Then, of course, you'll want to read about what
other kids are doing. YSL.com isn't just for
the school year. |
| Golf
and Life's Lessons |
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First
Tee Golf
Kids
improve golf game and life skills
Thirteen-year-old
Chris Booker signed up with The First
Tee of St. Louis to improve his golf
game. But, he said the overall program
has improved him "emotionally and mentally."
Junior
Achievement
Girl
wins $5,000 for essay on golf ethics
Brooke Miller
of Florissant won a $5,000 college scholarship
in a national essay competition on the
subject of ethics in golf. Her essay
told how a caddy acted when he saw his
player cheat during a tournament.
Two
summer camps for JA Mississippi Valley
The Junior Achievement of Mississippi
Valley, Inc., will hold two week-long
summer camps in June for young kids.
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Young
Achievers
 Kid
takes 3 foreign languages, earns karate black
belt
Eighth-grader
Channing Hunter is studying three different
foreign languages this year. And he's got
a very practical reason for taking up his
third, German.
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Drug
poster
Kid's
artwork highlights new anti-drug program
Eight-year-old Destinee Hill has produced
the feature artwork that will help publicize
a new effort by Happenings4Youth.org to help
local kids find meaningful after-school activities. |
Book
Reviews
This month's
book reviews
Books reviewed for June include (1) a boy unexpectedly
is cast once again into a survival experience,
(2) a stray dog helps change a boy's perspective
on life, (3) a kid ghost haunts kids, and (4)
a girl's love for horses almost gets her killed |
| Kids
Plan City Improvements |
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Traffic
Improvements in St. Charles
Kids working to improve pedestrian safety
A team of four Francis Howell Middle
School teenagers is trying to convince
city officials in O'Fallon, MO, to upgrade
a pedestrian crossing on a busy city
street.
Dog
Park in Webster Groves
Kids
develop plan for public dog park
A
group of 7th grade kids might get a
call from Webster Groves Mayor Gerry
Welch one of these days. She'd be asking
about their plan for a municipal dog
park.
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AAU
Basketball
Boys team
earns return trip to AAU nationals
The St. Louis Majestics 12-under
boys basketball team won its regional final
last month. The victory gave the team some
revenge for its last defeat and a berth in
the AAU national tournament in July.
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Math
Mania
 Four
winners in May Math Mania
Four kids answered all the
May Math Mania problems
correctly during the windup of the 2008-09
fun math competition.
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