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Coming Events for June 2009 and beyond
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June Meeting - Completed

Monday, June 8, 2009
9:30 AM-11:30 AM (coffee and socializing, 9:00-9:30)
 
Four Freshman Legislators- Margo McNeil H 78, Jill Schupp H 82, Vicki Englund H 85, Jeanne Kirkton  H 91


A panel discussion on their newly elected representative experiences, committee assignments, and legislative wrap-up.


 
Circle of Concern, our community outreach agency is requesting the
following items this month. Please remember to bring one or more of
these to the monthly meeting. (Cash and checks cheerfully accepted, too.)
 
Cereal, jelly, spaghetti sauce, boxed meals, shampoo, bath soap, paper towels, toilet paper
 
 
                                             
Please join us for lunch after the meeting at
Uncle Bill's Pancake & Dinner
14196 Manchester Road, Ballwin, MO 636-394-1416
Just west of Weidman on the south side of Manchester Road



Future Meetings:


July 13  Sylvester Brown, former columnist for the St. Louis Post Dispatch  (speaking title unknown at this time)

August 10  9:30-10:30  BusIness meeting followed by Field Trip
                 11:00- 12:00 Tour of St. Louis Community College at Wildwood, a GREEN CAMP

June

• Wednesday, June 24, 2009
WCD Movie Night, Sprawling From Grace
7:00 pm at
Local 655 - UFCW
300 Weidman Road in Ballwin
 
 
This feature length documentary from award winning Producer/Director David M. Edwards explores the ravages of American suburban sprawl, what America has lost as a result, and the perils we face if we don’t change the way in which we build our cities.

Americans have been lulled into a false sense of security by cheap energy that has allowed us to spread endlessly into our landscape. We are trapped behind the wheels of our automobiles. With the demand for oil outpacing the Earth’s ability to supply it, this suburban living arrangement will fail.

America’s love affair with the automobile is unsustainable and, like Nero, we are fiddling away, confident that tomorrow will be as promising as today. The wake up call is coming.

• Thursday, June 11
Maryland Heights Township Democrats will meet again at 7:15 PM at the Thornhill Branch Library.   For more information contact: Dale Steinberg, Democratic Committeewoman Maryland Heights Township


Beyond June





Other Helpful Information
  
To find out which political township you live in, go to the St. Louis County Board of Elections website, http://www.co.st-louis.mo.us/scripts/elections/index.cfm   and type in your address.  Some townships have active Democratic clubs, and some don’t.  Here are some that do:
 
Creve Coeur Township Dem Club meets the 2nd Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Creve Coeur Govt Center, 300 N. Ballas Rd. between Ladue and Olive Street Rd.  Contact WCD member Stan Edelstein at (314) 878-6041.
 
Jefferson Township Club meets every last Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. at the Shrewsbury City Center, 5200 Shrewsbury Ave. (From Murdoch, south on Shrewsbury 4 blocks until it dead-ends.)  For more info, WCD member Margaret Hasse, (314) 961-0272.
 
Lafayette, and Queeny Township Dem Clubs meet together on the 4th Monday  7:30 p.m. at Fandango's Sports Bar and Grill, at Big Bend and Dougherty Ferry Road.  Contact for Lafayette is Bob Levine (boblevine@hotmail.com.) Contact for Queeny is Ken Curtis (636) 225-7227.
 
The Mo River township is no longer meeting with Queeny and Lafayette.  They are meeting separately.    Contact for Missouri River is Cecil Sharp   ctsharp@earthlink.net.
 
PROGRESSIVE RADIO options in St. Louis area.
KDHX 88.1 FM   Monday thru Friday 6 p.m. “Democracy Now” with Amy Goodman.   Wednesdays 7 p.m.  Ed Bishop, editor of the St. Louis Journalism Review, interviews high-powered guests.
 
Satellite radio: XM – Air America (online at http://xmradio.com/ )
 
Satellite Radio: Sirius – Talk Left (especially Mike Malloy); online at www.sirius.com/siriusleft
 
Randi Rhodes, Air America, on radio station 1190 AM from 3 to 6 pm, Mon-Fri.
Thom Hartmann on the Air America Radio Network. Listen for him live, noon-3 pm on your local Air America affiliate, 1190 AM Bookmark his great website also: http://www.thomhartmann.com

 TELEVISION
Labor Vision -- Watch LABORVISION on Cable TV!  LaborVision is a locally produced public affairs program that features social and economic analysis from a progressive perspective. LABORVISION is produced by John Hickey.
St. Louis City (Charter Ch. 21) - Monday @ 8pm Thursday @ 8pm Friday @ 1pm Saturday @ 3:30pm
St. Louis & Jefferson Counties; Alton, East St. Louis & Belleville, Illinois (Charter Ch. 18) Wednesday @ 7:30pm.   For  more  information about the show  email  laborvision@gmail.com.

The Daily Show with Jon Stewart - 10 p.m. weeknights on the Comedy Channel - repeats are aired (in no particular order) at 7 p.m. weeknights.  
 Keith Obermann’s Countdown on MSNBC alternating with Rachel Maddow 7 p.m. Monday thru Friday. . 
 
NEWSPAPERS/NEWSLETTERS
Rep. Jeff Harris (Missouri House) sends out periodic emails about a new initiative called Moving Missouri Forward.  To receive these emails, go to www.MovingMissouriForward.com
 
You are invited to join us for LUNCH after each WCD meeting.
Currently we are going to Uncle Bill's Pancake & Dinner, 14196 Manchester Rd , Ballwin , MO - (636) 394-1416

 
To submit items for this list, send them by the Friday before the monthly WCD meeting to Kathy Dieter at KathDieter@Yahoo.com.


 

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