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Neighborhood health care resource:
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The Family Care Health Center,
at 4352 Manchester is sponsored by Washington University. It is
open Monday - Friday and provides OB-GYN, Pediatric and Adult
Primary Care. (FREE Adult Acute Care only at same location on
Saturdays, 9-12.)
Holiday Outreach:
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BJC and Washington University employees adopted
33 FPSE families for the holidays. Over $15,000.00 in gifts were
donated by various departments. Thanks to all who participated!
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Manchester commercial revitalization:
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A training session will be
held for persons interested in Commercial District
Revitalization, at the NHS Building (4156 Manchester) on
February 1. Contact Marcella Palmeri (533-6704) for further
information.
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Annual meeting for FPSE Neighbors:
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The FPSE Housing Corporation
will host this meeting on Thursday, February 8th, at 6pm.
Additional information will be available at the Gibson Heights
Neighborhood Association Meeting.
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Assisted living facility:
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The acquisition of affected homes in
the Cadet-Kingshighway is complete. Demolition is scheduled to
begin in February and the projected completion date is Spring,
2002.
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Who's Who in Gibson Heights
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Sonda Thompson is the association president and one of the
representatives on the FPSE Community Council. Sonda is a
Detroit native but she has been living isn St. Louis almost
continuously since 1965. She has her high school diploma from
Sumner High School and has done further academic work at Forest
Park Community College and Washington University.
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She has had many data- and computer-related positions. Currently
she is employed at the St. Louis Business Systems Solution Center
for the United States Postal Service as a Business Systems
Analyst.
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Sonda has long been active as a volunteer and she participated in
many school programs as her three sons, David, Darrell, and
Christian (now all adults) attended New City School and St. Louis
Cathedral School. In her current neighborhood activity, Sonda's
hope is to see each building on each tree-lined block well
maintained with nice sidewalks, all the neighbors greeting each
other with the understanding that the strength within the
community is dependent upon their trust in each other, and
children of different ethnic backgrounds playing together without
fear. "I believe it can happen," says Sonda, whose favorite
quote is from Shakespeare: To thine ownself be true, for as
night follows day thou cannot be false to any man.
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