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Primary interest:
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A town hall meeting, with appearances by
candidates in the March 6 primary, will be on Saturday, February
24, starting at 6 p.m., at Lighthouse Outreach Center.
- Correction regarding the Family Care Health Center:
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FCHC, at
4352 Manchester, is an independent, federally funded organization
that refuses treatment to no one. The free Adult Acute Care
service on Saturday mornings (9-12) is co-sponsored by the center
and Washington University. We apologize for the different
statements in the January newsletter.
- Help Wanted:
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Getting the newsletter delivered throughout the
Gibson Heights neighborhood gets the word out about what has been
happening and reminds everyone of the monthly meeting schedule.
It takes about 30 minutes to distribute the news to each
residence on both sides of a block. If you take the opportunity
to stop and visit with a few people, the time is a little longer
but much more pleasant. We'd like to have enough "regulars" so
that each person has to do only one block and "reserves" to fill
in if someone can't make it.
- The schedule:
The newsletter is ready on the Thursday before the
meeting date, which is always the third Tuesday of the month.
Copies are brought to the homes of the delivery volunteers.
Delivery should be sometime during the weekend (preferably on
Friday evening or Saturday) so that people are reminded and have
time to plan on coming.
- Who's Who in Gibson Heights
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Elena Shepard is one of the association's two secretaries and
works in the Central West End. With a degree in Urban Studies,
Elena is committed to her neighborhood and her community. With
the help of Neighborhood Housing Services ("They were great,"
says Elena), she purchased a 2-family on Gibson and arrived by
Ryder Truck. Still a little new to the neighborhood, she is
sizing things up to help her decide where her skills and time can
best be used for all of us.
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Jennifer Halling is the association's other secretary. A native
of Kansas, Jennifer earned her BA in English at Benedictine
College in Atchison, Kansas. She has worked as a marketer and a
pastoral counselor. Now she is a senior manuscript editor at
Mosby Publishing. Jennifer has known about the neighborhood for
eleven years as a member of St. Cronan Church. She edits the
church's quarterly newsletter and is involved in many other
activities there. Two and a half years ago, she decided to move
into the neighborhood "because so many wonderful people live here
and I wanted to live close to several good friends who have
formed a community in this neighborhood." She also wanted to
live in a racially mixed city neighborhood. Jennifer meets with a
book group and a women's prayer group, does centering prayer, and
enjoys walking in area parks, going to movies, and listening to
music. And some fun comes with all those activities: Jennifer is
a punster.
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