Photos by Patricia O’Blenes
Rain does not thwart Arbor Day spirit in Royal Oak
Royal Oak Department of Public Services Director Aaron Filipski, left, gives longtime Royal Oak resident and volunteer Bill Muller, right, a plaque honoring the Royal Oak Nature Society’s service to the city April 29.
The Royal Oak Arboretum surrounds the Leo Mahany/Harold Meininger Senior Community Center on three sides and features a wildflower garden and a collection of native trees.
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ROYAL OAK While officials made the call to cancel the public Arbor Day ceremony the morning of April 29 due to the weather forecast, a handful of residents still trekked out to witness the planting of a tulip tree on the grounds of the senior community center.
Trump Comes to Giuliani s Defense After FBI Agents Raid His Home and Office Over Ukraine Dealings
04-29-2021
Members of the media are reflected in the window a door as New York City Police officers walk out of the apartment building where former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani resides, Wednesday, April 28, 2021, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
Federal agents have executed a search warrant on former President Trump s personal attorney.
The feds arrived at Rudy Giuliani s home early Wednesday morning with a search warrant, seizing electronic devices, including his cell phone.
They also raided his offices, confiscating a long-time aide s computer.
By Editor | April 21, 2021
By MARK EVANS
mevans@stegenherald.com
One of a handful of Civil War soldiers buried in historic Memorial Cemetery was honored on the anniversary of his burial on April 14.
J. Felix St. James, a successful local lawyer and mayor of Ste. Genevieve, was a lieutenant colonel in the Missouri 13th Infantry, fighting at the Battle Fort Donaldson, Tennessee in February 1862 and the bloody Battle of Shiloh in April 1862.
He was killed during the Battle of Shiloh, in Tennessee on April 8, 1862.
He was transported nearly 200 miles back to Ste. Genevieve by river craft and was interred in the cemetery on April 14, following a ceremony at the stone church. St. James is one of only five Civil War veterans known to be buried in the historic cemetery, which closed for burials in 1881. (There are well over 100 Civil War veterans buried at Valle Springs Cemetery and possibly hundreds more buried throughout the county.)
April 23, 1996
The issue seemed to come out of nowhere. Umatilla school board members last month started by discussing how to resurface the floor of the high school gymnasium.
Soon, they found themselves talking about mandatory gym shoes. Students should have to wear shoes, they said, which are floor surface-friendly.
Then the discussion shifted to physical education clothes. Could the school strike a deal with a discount store to provide inexpensive shoes and clothes?
And then, in the middle of a confusing conversation between board members, school staff, parents and boosters, someone uttered the word âuniform.â
That was benign enough. Until a board member stopped the discussion to ask, âAre we talking about P.E. uniforms or school uniforms?â Blank stares followed. Then the gears began working again.