Thursday, March 7, 2013
Is it too much for the city to run 19 special events, including Wabash Days, Holiday Night Lights, Eggstravaganza, Halloween Happenings, parades, movies and concerts in the parks?
At Wednesday's Wentzville Board of Aldermen work session, the board continued a discussion first brought up at the Feb. 6 meeting: the future of the city's special events. Read more: Board to Discuss Future of Wentzville's Wabash Days, Holiday Night Lights Alderman Cheryl Kross asked, "Why couldn’t we get a private nonprofit to spearhead an event?" She suggested that such a group could organize, establish committees and recruit volunteers, rather than have the city's parks department providing all the work force and labor. City Administrator Mike McDowell, in his first appearance at a board of aldermen meeting, said that, depending on the scope of an event, finding a private group with the ability to pull off an event without substantial …
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
There are groups and clubs all over the Wentzville/Lake Saint Louis area who are giving back to the community, helping their neighbors and raising awareness of issues. Let us showcase your club and the work you do!
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Tuesday, January 29
Patch readers ALWAYS are welcome to submit photos or videos of interesting community people, places and happenings. However, we're pleased to introduce a formal spot on this news site to do just that: Your Neighborhood Gallery. Please load your photos and/or videos for others to enjoy. Perhaps it's a favorite sunset, building, sports team, community event, meeting or view from your home or vehicle. Whatever you believe represents some component of Wentzville or Lake Saint Louis, you can add it here. Thanks!
Sunday, March 25, 2012
Bob Burke volunteers to stuff Easter eggs for Wentzville Parks' Easter EGGstravaganza on March 31 in Rotary Park.
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Sunday, March 25, 2012
Wentzville Patch offers you a chance to share your photos with your community in the Neighborhood Gallery. Just upload photos of anything you like: your pets in bunny ears, kids hunting Easter eggs, a family gathering. To add photos to the Neighborhood Gallery, CLICK HERE. Of course, you can upload photos anytime in the Neighborhood Gallery of ballgame photos, an art project, a shot of a Wentzville landmark, an event or an employee being honored. In this week's photo, Park Board member and Parks volunteer Bob Burke helps stuff more than 20,000 Easter eggs for the Easter EGGstravaganza coming up on at 8:30 a.m. Saturday in Wentzville's Rotary Park. Some eggs will have a slip of paper for a prize. For more information on the EGGstravaganza, …
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Monday, March 12, 2012
Burke and other park volunteers prepare for the Wentzville's Eggstravanza by stuffing and counting out each egg.
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Monday, March 12, 2012
Parks volunteer Bob Burke was on his own Friday in the parks conference room in Progress Park, just him and several boxes of multi-colored Easter eggs. He stuffed each egg with a Tootsie Roll. Later, he would methodically count them. This is his routine for three days a week, from 6:45 to 11 a.m. Usually, he has a group of up to four other volunteers with him, he said. Burke even has a box of empty eggs counted out in case other parks volunteers stop by to work. “The ladies think they love me when I do that for them,” Burke said. Their goal is 20,000 Easter eggs for the March 31 Easter Eggstravanganza put on by Wentzville’s Parks Department in Rotary Park. Burke is the most regular volunteer and said he probably stuffs 8,000 to 9,000 of …
Rick Maddison
10:38 pm on Thursday, March 7, 2013
According to KMOV $83,000 is budgeted in losses. I want to applaud the board of aldermen for approving the budget that shows $83,000 in losses for entertainment. With the current number of residents in Wentzville that calculates to less than $3 per resident...yes that is right, less than $3 per resident. Aren't we worth $3. Obviously the board of alderman understand the need for the residents to … more ›