Arnold News

The X-Men #1 was sold for a world record price of $101,000 during a comic book auction in Arnold, MO.

Chuck DeProw had job offers from the Police Department and the U.S. Steel plant in Granite City.

Will said in the Arnold Forum:

I believe Fox does this. Seems like my 17y/o brought home a 'career guide' thing from them a few weeks back. From the site SocialStalking.com: Recently, many school districts in many states have reached agreements with a company to assist kids, and in some states adults, in taking online assessments to tell them what types of jobs they should have. All have different names but perform the same function. It is geared to help adults and students understand their interests in future workforces. Missouri chose to build a site around this called MissouriConnections (a .org site) Read the rest at http://bit.ly/3nZ7JF

The St. Louis are is about to return to being a two newspaper market.

Established in 1852, the St. Louis Globe-Democrat provided news and information daily into the homes of its subscribers.

If you are interested in getting E-mail alerts to the opening of this newspaper, check out the link above.

Arnold CC requested a story about Halloween Safety as tonight is Halloween. Consumer Report has one with good safety tips for both children and drivers of Cars. Have a Safe Evening.

With Halloween falling on a Saturday this year, expect even more ghosts, goblins, and witches to take part in the annual trick-or-treat festivities.

For pedestrians:

* Parents should accompany children if they are younger than 12 years old.

* Children should walk and not run from house to house.

For drivers:

* Drive slowly in and around neighborhoods and residential streets.

* Watch for children who may dart out into the street. Expect the unexpected.

For more tips, check out the Consumer Reports Story.

October 28, 2009 - Mound City Auctions will be auctioning off more than 3000 comic books including an Avengers #1 and an Amazing Fantasy featuring an early Spiderman before he had his own comic book.

The boy clung to a rock until he was rescued. The boy and a friend, also 12, were off from school today and decided to go fishing about 11:30 a.m. near Lonedell Road in Arnold.

Will said in the Arnold Forum:

from Bernie... JUST A REMINDER that all of you should come to the Annual Meeting and Elections this coming Sunday Nov. 1 from 2-3 p.m. Charlie Heisler will be present to conduct the meeting. Charlie and Bernie Wilde are giving up their jobs so elections become very important. Please cast your ballot for a new President, a new Vice President and a new Treasurer. From 3-5 p.m. the Arnold Jammers with Pennie Mearl will again present music. Soda will be available all afternoon. AND A REMINDER that Christmas Open House here at the Museum will occur Dec. 5 from 9-4 and Sun. Dec 6 from 1-4. We need Christmas cookies by 8:30 a.m.on Sat. Dec. 5. Stop in and see some new items that just arrived in the last two months. Very interesting. And another reminder that the 2010 Historical Calendars are for sale and make excellent Christmas gifts. See all of you Sunday. This Society turns 5 years old in June. Look how far we've come in just a few short years. Bernie Wilde AHS Treasurer

DISPATCH 10/26/2009 State Rep. Tim Meadows, D-Imperial, issued a public apology Sunday after being arrested Saturday on suspicion of DWI in Jefferson County.

The Leader Newspaper contained an article this week about the Arnold City Council filling the Ward 4 council seat left vacant after the passing for former Mayor and council person Al Ems.

Ward 4 resident Karl J. Schoenbeck was voted into office on October 15, but not without some debate. The issues did not seem to stem from any particular problems any council people had with Mr. Schoenbeck, who is a gun dealer in the St. Louis area. Instead, the issue was related to the amount of notice given members of council about the replacement candidate. Council people Randy Cristler and Joyce Deckman seemed to be concerned they had not been given enough time to meet the candidate.

Regardless of the concerns, Mr. Schoenback was appointed to the Arnold City Council to serve out the remainder of Mr. Ems Term.

While the Jefferson County Journal is still publishing, the Jefferson County office of the Jefferson County Journal sits empty. Reportedly, only one reporter remains on staff assigned to cover all of Jefferson County.

A new program in Jefferson County will use special stickers to help firefighters determine how much time they have before a roof may collapse during a fire.

A picture taken on Apr. 29, 2009 shows U.S. President Barack Obama speaking during a town hall meeting at Fox Senior High School in Arnold, Missouri.

Rickman Auditorium Theater Manager, Stuart Schuckardt has had the pleasure of working with some very big names. Some very being names, such as George Jones, have been in the Auditorium in the past few years. Now, more big name are coming.

While Rick Springfield just completed his concert, the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band is set to play there Saturday evening.Also, coming is Wynonna Judd, The legends in COncert, and Loretta Lynn.

Read the article above to see who all is schedules..

The 1,200 species of plants and animals packed in the Missouri Botanical Garden's Climatron will make room for a few more next year when life-size of replicas of 26 dinosaurs are installed to celebrate its 50th anniversary.

Kevin Carbery Of the Jefferson County Journal wrote a story about St. John's Lutheran Church of Arnold offering an elaborate Christmas program that features a 40-piece orchestra, dozens of singers from the church's choirs and performers from its hand bell ensembles.

The article also tells about Peter Mayer, who's Jimmy Buffet's lead guitarist. For the past three years Mr. Mayer has visited St. John's Luthern Church to perform, and he will be back again this year on November 29.

This is a good article that gives information about exciting musical events coming to Arnold.

Major Roger Fields serves as assistant chief of police for the Cape Girardeau Police Department.

A two-alarm fire caused extensive damage to a residence in Arnold Thursday morning.

A coalition of merchants and organizations in St. Louis County announced its opposition today to Proposition N, which would ban smoking in most public places throughout the county.