By Editor | January 6, 2021
By MARK EVANS
mevans@stegenherald.com
Someone who is becoming a celebrity within the National Park System (NPS) visited the Ste. Genevieve National Historical Park on Dec. 29.
Aida Frey, known as the “Sweetheart of the National Parks,” is the most decorated member of the NPS’s Junior Ranger program.
The local park was the 345th park she has visited, out of 423.
An 18-year-old high school senior in Chicago, Frey travels by car with her parents, Shawn and Norma Frey.
The Freys were impressed with the town.
“I thought it was really pretty, driving in here,” Aida Frey said. “We’re from Chicago, so we don’t see towns like this.