Hung Gar Kuen Kung Foo Studio
Wayne Judge, a martial arts instructor with over 18 years martial arts
experience, has opened a teaching studio at 6313 Clayton, near Graham.
Mr. Judge will teach authentic, classical Chinese Kung Fu, including
Classical weapons, and how to defend against weapons.
The studio will offer instruction in Cantonese Hung Gar, Ha Say Fu
Hung Gar, Iron Palm training, Hard Qigong, and Eight Drunken
Immortals Boxing.
The classes are based upon a system developed between 1779 and 1800.
Mr. Judge, who goes by the name of Jia Wei in his studio, issues no
belts. Instead the student progresses only when the set is learned.
There is a flat monthly fee for classes, and discounts will be
offered to community members. Call 645-5333 if you are interested.
Moo Goo Gai Pan, Kung Pao Chicken and Egg Foo Young are available at
the Chinese Express restaurant on 1230 Hampton or at the China Wok
Express on 6544 Manchester.
CTCA Meeting is cancelled for the month of July.
Please join us again in August.
A Sign of These Nostalgic Times
The Dogtown Historical Society continues its plan to restore the sign in
the alley between the Dogtown Frame shop and Seamus McDaniels. Companies
have made bids on the job; now the Historical Society is working on
funding.
Also, the DHS is working on plans to engrave the names of noteable
Dogtown residents on bricks, and have the bricks set into the sidewalk.
Locations for this project, and the individuals to be honored, have not
been decided.
Details about DogtownÕs past can be researched on the History of
Dogtown web page: www.webster.edu/~corbetre/dogtown/dogtown.html
Dogtown Artists Commended
On June 14th, Tom Bauer and the Board of Aldermen passed a resolution
commending the twenty one artists in the Dogtown Dog Project for their
artistic contribution to the community.
The Dog Project included twenty four pieces of art on the subject of
dogs and also involved seventeen Clayton-Tamm merchantÕs storefronts.
The Dog Project included Dogtonian artists Pat Rutherford, Arne
Thorbjornson, the Kids in the Safari Room at the Developmental Child Care
Center, Wendy Werner, Porter Arneill, the Art Club of St. James School,
Paul E. Jost, Dennis Taylor, Kim DiNovi, Joe Neaf, and the Dog Project
organizer Joe Staebell. (JAN)
Mama Mia's Menu
Spaghetteria Mama Mia no longer has a fixed price menu.
The expanded menu features 26 new dinner items ranging in price from $8
to $10. Fifteen types of spaghetti dishes are available, and meat,
poultry or fish dishes come with a side of spaghetti.
Orphan Project Anyone?
A "Champion Spark Plug" sign goes neglected on the side of the McNeal
Lumber building.
Community Calendar
St. James the Greater will be hosting a pasta dinner on July 20th from
3pm to 7pm. Dinners are $6. On July 25th, St. James Day will be
celebrated with an ice cream social held in the gym at 7pm. August 10th
is the Chicken and Beef Dinner, from 3pm to 7pm.
It Takes a Village to Raise a House
The Saaman Development Company will build a row of new homes on the
northeast corner of Prather and Garner. They have named it Dogtown
Village.
Dogtown Village will have five new 'townhouses,' in the sense they will
be tall and skinny, although they will be seperate buildings and not have
shared walls, says Carol Burns, a Saaman representative.
The all-new construction will include three bedrooms, 2.5 baths and a
basement 2-car garage for "under $199,000."
Saaman's ad in the CWE Word newspaper mentioned no address,
purposefully to generate interest, but included a picture of Lehman's
Hardware store which led to untrue rumors describing house demolitions on
the 6400 block of Wise. (JAN)
Community Garden News By Elizabeth Vogel
On Friday, June 22nd, three large, air-conditioned buses pulled up in
front of our beautiful community garden. Approximately 150 people,
viewing 5 gardens selected for the Gateway Greening tour, stopped at our
slice of heaven. As we were the last on the tour, the next stop was the
Missouri Botanical Gardens. What gardens won what award, was still to be
announced during the award presentations and a delicious boxed lunch.
Contestants were given awards for various categories. Dogtown's garden
was judged in the "established vegetable garden" category. Approximately
80 of the 140 gardens supported by Gateway
Greening were entered. The different community gardens and plots are
located in the city and county, as far north as Jennings, and now
includes East St. Louis.
Imagine our delight when three awards were given to our garden and its
caregivers. Jerry Vogel was awarded an "individual recognition" for all
of the manual labor he has done to take a vision and make it real.
Christine Duden, a first year participant of our garden, won "individual
best bed" award for her beautifully planned "quilt-like" square foot
gardening plot, and to our pure delight and gratefulness, the Dogtown
Garden placed FIRST in our category.
Next time you're near Tamm and Manchester, take a moment to walk the
garden. You will fill your spirit, refresh your mind, and revitalize your
energy!!!
Dog Grooming & Rosies' Pub Buildings Sold
Lisa and Tom O'Brien, the proprietors of Dog Towne Dog Grooming, became
the new owners of 1136-38 Tamm on June 14th. The property includes their
dog grooming business and the former Rosie's Pub.
On June 11th, Dennis James, of Gladstone's in Soulard, acquired the
$300 liquor license application at 1136 Tamm based on a multi-year lease
which Brent Soloman negotiated in 2001 with Clarence "Mickey"
Huntebrinker, the former owner. James was unaware of the ownership
change until he was contacted by this publication on July 8th for an
update on his application.
O'Brien says they notified Soloman the day after they closed on the
property. Brent is the brother of Nikki Soloman, the failed applicant
for a liquor license at 1136 Tamm. Soloman was unavailable for comment.
James' notification postcard proposes liquor by the drink and dancing.
Though neighbors question any available space for dancing, James says he
was informed by the Excise Department he would violate the liquor license
should anyone leap from their chair and dance to the music in the bar if
he didn't have a supplemental $100 dance hall license.
In addition, a protest against the new license was formally initiated
with the Excise Department and is being led by Gary Nicely and the
property owners and residents living on Tamm Avenue.
The Clayton-Tamm Community
Association Newsletter is
published for residents of the
Clayton-Tamm neighborhood.
http://stlouis.missouri.org/501c/ctca
CTCA Officers for 2002
President Dean Meredith 645-0081
Vice President Jerry Messer 781-5315
Secretary Alison Kocher 644-6999
Treasurer Bill Miller 644-7093
Asst. Secretary Jane Paris 644-4801
Submissions to the newsletter may be given to Alison Kocher by email,
kocherviolin@juno.com, or left at the
Saint Louis Strings Violin Shop.
Important Phone Numbers
Michelle Boston-David
Neighborhood Stabilization Officer for Dogtown, 772-3925
Kevin Androff
Police Public Affairs, 444-0168
Gary Weinhold
St. Louis Development Corp. Commercial Dist. Manager, 622-3400
Tom Bauer
24th Ward Alderman, 481-2886
Robert Hilgemann
64th Dist. Rep., 771-4718
Derio Gambaro
65th Dist Rep., 776-4808
Pat Dougherty
4th District Senator, 772-1948
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