All Entries in the "People" Category
The Emporium: a North County salon like no other
I can’t remember exactly where I met Suz Pratt for the first time, but I do know that I liked her immediately. Suz is just one of those people who radiates positive energy, and as soon as we started talking, I felt like I had reconnected with a long lost friend. A petite redhead and [...]
Healthy Living with Blue: the World is my Gym
The World is my Gym! How a Trip to Walgreens Changed My Life by Blue Tapp Scheffer Who needs to pay for an expensive gym membership and then find time to drive there to work out several times a week? Not me! Last month I described my quest to incorporate fitness into a frenetically busy [...]
The Gardens of NoCo: Chan Mahanta
“In wildness is the preservation of the world,” wrote Henry David Thoreau, and I’m pretty sure Chan Mahanta agrees. This talented local gardener has created a wondrously wild native prairie in his front yard, which NOCO’s newest contributor, JoAnn Batzer, recently had a chance to visit. Here’s what she learned… Chan Mahanta doesn’t flinch about [...]
Florissant recording artist signed by EMI
Life is good for Willie “P-Dub” Moore. After years of steadily building his music career, the Florissant resident and his Kingdom Music label recently signed an exclusive licensing agreement with EMI Gospel, which will market and distribute his music around the world! Growing up in Berkeley, Moore was once a “gangsta” rapper known as Pretty [...]
The Music of NoCo: Brian Owens
Though he lives right here in Ferguson, Brian Owens is quickly building a name for himself on the national music scene. Known for his soulful take on jazz classics, the 2008 UMSL Music graduate has appeared on Good Morning America, The Wayne Brady Show and BET’s Jazz Discovery, and this fall, he’s launching a 15-city [...]
Healthy Living with Blue: Getting Off the Couch
Getting Off the Couch in 2010: Incorporating Fitness into an Over-Busy Life, Part I Hi, I’m Blue, one of the newest members of the NOCO writing staff. Thanks to Shannon, NOCO has become the most widely read authority about North County and I’m excited to contribute to this effort. I’ll be writing articles about living [...]
Ferguson woman undergoes a heart transplant
It has been an emotional April for the Moss family of Ferguson. On Sunday morning, following three weeks in Barnes-Jewish Hospital’s intensive care unit, 23-year-old Megan Moss’s damaged heart was removed and replaced with a healthy new heart from a donor. Megan was diagnosed at age 15 with cardiomyopathy, a virus that inflames the heart [...]
Ferguson-Florissant names 2010 Teacher of the Year
Beverly Spight, McCluer High School’s business education teacher, has been named the Ferguson-Florissant School District’s 2010 Teacher of the Year. A North County resident and 17-year veteran of the district, Spight oversees student government, homecoming, prom and graduation, and is known as a favorite among students, who will often adjust their schedules to make sure [...]
Local Motorcycle Club spruces up Cool Valley
It took two years to find the right stretch of roadway, but as of today, United Bros. M.C. is officially doing its part in Missouri’s Adopt-A-Highway program. The local motorcycle club, founded in 1977, wanted to honor the memory of Jessie Primer, one of its original members, so club president Alvin Robinson was determined not [...]
NoCo Hall of Fame: DJ Lance Rock
When Brad Pitt dresses up as you for Halloween and legions of crafters make artsy knick-knacks in your likeness, it’s safe to say that you’re officially a pop culture icon. That’s what happened this year to DJ Lance Rock (aka Lance Robertson), the star of Nick Jr.’s wildly popular kids show, Yo Gabba Gabba!…and yep, [...]
My NoCo Halloween
My friend and neighbor Jack Thomas is an incredibly talented artist who often holds great parties at his studio, a secluded 1930s factory not far from the Chain of Rocks Bridge. Last night, Jack hosted a Halloween Hukilau, transforming his studio into a tiki wonderland and drawing all sorts of interesting and fun revelers. The [...]
Dwayne James: Making Ferguson Proud
Dwayne James is one of those people who everyone likes and every city needs. Since I first knocked on his door six years ago, asking him to please join our new Old Ferguson West neighborhood association, he has not only served as president of that association and been a key figure in its success, but [...]
For the Love of Jennings
Jennings is a city that most would say has “transitioned.” In the past 40 years, its population has changed so dramatically that what was once an all-white, middle-class suburb has now become a place where nearly one-quarter of the residents live in poverty and 79 percent of the community is African-American. At its peak in [...]
The Garden Boys of Kinloch
If you drive on Hanley Road through Kinloch, you can’t help but notice the large vegetable garden that sprawls over several acres near Bradfield Drive. This tapestry of individual plots rests on land owned by Lambert Airport, but it has been meticulous maintained for decades by a group of locals who call themselves the Garden [...]
Daniel Fishback: Plein Air Painter Extraordinaire
If you’re ever driving past Parc Argonne subdivision on N. Lindbergh, you might see a small hand-painted sign that reads “Artist Open Studio.” That means Daniel Fishback is busy doing what he loves: creating vibrant original paintings in the fresh open air. Working from his garage/studio on Mondoubleau Lane, Fishback paints landscapes, portraits, and luminous [...]
NoCo Hall of Fame: John Cothran Jr.
Trekkies, brace yourselves. North County gave birth to a Klingon! John Cothran Jr., a Kinloch native and successful Hollywood actor, performed in not one, not two, but three Star Trek series. Twice he has played a Klingon. Cothran has also appeared in numerous TV shows and well-known films, including Grey’s Anatomy, Medium, and Boyz in [...]
The Buddhist Monks of Florissant
I was at True Value Hardware in Florissant several years ago and was shocked to turn around and see three Buddhist monks, all dressed in blazing orange robes, standing right behind me. It’s not something you see every day, especially in Florissant (or most places in the US), so I had to know where these [...]
Locations in Florissant,
Chesterfield & West Port
Sept 4 "R" Pizza Farm Grilled Pizza Demo 10am, Buy a Bag For the Hungry Day 8am - 12pm, to benefit Operation Food Search, a St. Louis food bank that distributes food to poor & hungry. While you're shopping, buy an extra bag for this worthy cause. Live Music - Dixie Rhythm Kings 9-11am. ALSO 45+ vendors!
Saturdays 8am-2pm in the 2500 block of Woodson Road