Post-Dispatch photos: Saturday, December 17, 2011
Date: 12/17/2011 Album ID: 1381226
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Cathy Clegg, GM vice president of labor relations, addresses the crowd during an event at the GM Wentzville Assembly plant where Gov. Jay Nixon, GM officials, and other local politicians announced GM would be investing $380 million at the plant and building the Colorado midsize pickup, center, in Wentzville on Thursday, November 3, 2011.  
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Friends former Boeing co-workers David Schweppe, center, Bob Williams, and Paul Guse, right, talk near a F/A-18B Hornet that was officially dedicated in a ceremony outside of Saint Louis Science Center James S. McDonnell Planetarium on Friday December 16, 2011.  The plane, which is on permanet loan from the National Naval Aviation Musem in Pensacola, will be on display outside the planetarium indifinately. The plane was built in St. Louis and was delivered to the Navy in August of 1983.  The plane was last flown in 2008 by a member of the Blue Angels fight demonstration team.  Guse still works at Boeing as liaison to the Blue Angels, Schweppe and Williams are retired. 
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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A view of the new Mississippi River bridge as viewed from the Illinois side of the river looking west towards St. Louis as seen Monday December 12, 2011.  Construction on the project is about half completed, the project is on schedule and is expected to open some time in early 2014.  The entire project was expected to cost $740 million dollars but is currently operating well under that estimated amount according to Andrew Gates a spokesman for MoDOT.
Photo By David Carson, dcarson@post-dispatch.com
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Paul J. McKee, Jr., of McEagle Properties, LLC, interviews with St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporters at his office near downtown St. louis on Tuesday, December 6, 2011. Photo by Erik M. Lunsford elunsford@post-dispatch.com
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Paul J. McKee, Jr., of McEagle Properties, LLC, interviews with St. Louis Post-Dispatch reporters near the intersection of Pine St. and N. 23rd St. in downtown St. louis late Tuesday, December 6, 2011. Photo by Erik M. Lunsford elunsford@post-dispatch.com
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The mural Butterfly Effect: Dreams Take Flight painted on the side of the Dixie Printing building at the corner of 15th and Main Streets in Joplin was dedicated in September. The lead muralist Dave Loewenstein included art work from local children in the work. Photo taken Thursday Dec. 8, 2011. 
Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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Emily Huddleston, 14, was driving home from her brother's high school graduation when the tornado hit May 22 and blew the car she was in a few blocks injuring her leg. Her thigh was impaled by a piece of debris that cut to her bone and required two months of recovery. After being released from the hospital she started to notice butterflies were attracted to her and often landed on her. I think its more of a sign that angels were there that night. We were being watched over, she said of appearance of butterflies. Photo taken Wednesday Dec. 7, 2011.
Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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Annelise Pinjuv, 11, hangs an angel ornament on their Christmas tree Thursday Dec. 8, 2011. Pinjuv and her step sister Maggie McConnell, 11, participated in an art program at the Spiva Center for the Arts over the summer. Parts of one of their drawings, which included angels, was included in the mural. 
Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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The mural Butterfly Effect: Dreams Take Flight painted on the side of the Dixie Printing building at the corner of 15th and Main Streets in Joplin was dedicated in September. The lead muralist Dave Loewenstein included art work from local children in the work. Photo taken Thursday Dec. 8, 2011. 
Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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Who wants larges, Samuel Christopher Anderson, neighborhood Improvement Specialist,  yells as he passes out gloves to the 150 people who attended the holiday Senior Citizen Warmup Wednesday Dec. 14, 2011 at Holy Cross Catholic Church in Baden. For the past 17 years police Sgt. John McLaughlin and his brother Jim McLaughlin, general manager of uniform services at Aramark, have hosted the event. They gave away hats, scarfs, and gloves, all donated by Aramark. Seniors are a group who seem to be overlooked, particularly in depressed neighborhoods. With this program we are able to get them out of their homes and interacting with the police department and neighborhood stabilization teams, John McLaughlin said. 
Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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Jim McLaughlin, general manager of uniform services at Aramark, passes out gloves during the holiday Senior Citizen Warmup he hosted with his brother police Sgt. John McLaughlin. The event was held at Our Lady of the Holy Cross Catholic Church in Baden Wednesday Dec. 14, 2011. They gave away hats, scarfs, and gloves, all donated Aramark, to about 150 people who attended. Seniors are a group who seem to be overlooked, particularly in depressed neighborhoods. With this program we are able to get them out of their homes and interacting with the police department and neighborhood stabilization teams, John McLaughlin said. 
Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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Police Sgt. John McLaughlin serves meals Our Lady of the Holy Cross Catholic Church in Baden Wednesday Dec. 14, 2011 during the holiday Senior Citizen Warmup. For the past 17 years John and his brother Jim McLaughlin, general manager of uniform services at Aramark, have hosted the event. They gave away hats, scarfs, and gloves, all donated by Aramark, to about 150 people who attended. Seniors are a group who seem to be overlooked, particularly in depressed neighborhoods. With this program we are able to get them out of their homes and interacting with the police department and neighborhood stabilization teams, John McLaughlin said. 
Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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LaNiece Williams, 16, sees her new bedroom for the first time after a complete room makeover was unveiled by the Make-A-Wish Foundation on Friday, December 16, 2011 at her home in St. Louis. Williams is recovering from a type of cancer called Rhabdomyosarcoma. The Foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. Staff and volunteers did the work and a local retailers donated the furniture. The makeover included new paint on the wall, bedroom set, television, flooring and decorations. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch.com
Watch a video of the unveiling at stltoday.com/multimedia
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Designer Robert Idol (left) and Stephanie Hampton-Boeglin with the Make-A-Wish Foundation unpack a new lamp that is part of a room makeover for 16-year-old LaNiece Williams (unseen) on Friday, December 16, 2011 at Williams' home in St. Louis. Williams is recovering from a type of cancer called Rhabdomyosarcoma. The Foundation grants the wishes of children with life-threatening medical conditions. Staff and volunteers did the work and a local retailers donated the furniture. The makeover included new paint on the wall, bedroom set, television, flooring and decorations. Photo by Huy Mach, hmach@post-dispatch.com
Watch a video of the unveiling at stltoday.com/multimedia
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I don't know how I found out about the store, but I have been coming here for five years. They have such cool stuff, said Amy Hoover of St. Louis, who tries on a hat at Wade and Bea Crowder's unnamed pop-up store located this year along the 5500 block of Pershing Sunday, December 9, 2011, in St. Louis, Mo. The Crowder's store sells sample sale of scarves, hats, and gloves opens in different location every year for just a month. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
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I've known about them since the beginning. I always find neat stuff here. This necklace is like nothing I have, said Lisa Herbst of Ballwin (right),  who makes sure she finds and shops Bea and Wade Crowder's unnamed pop-up store located this year along the 5500 block of Pershing Sunday, December 9, 2011, in St. Louis, Mo.  To the left is owner Bea Crowder. The Crowder's store sells sample sale of scarves, hats, and gloves opens in different location every year for just a month.  This year, for a short-time, the Crowder's featured handmade jewelry. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
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Michael Straub of Waterloo, Ill. decided to pay a first visit to Albert Pujols statue outside Pujols 5 Westport Grill Thursday December 8, 2011 after word spread of Pujols' decision to sign with the Anaheim Angels.  Let him go, I guess, said Straub. Don't pay him that much cash.  
Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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An elderly man driving southbound in the northbound lanes of Interstate 55 was killed Friday December 16, 2011, when he struck an SUV head-on just south of Weber Road.  The driver of the SUV was injured.  Troopers from the Missouri State Highway Patrol processed the scene of the accident.
Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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An elderly man driving southbound in the northbound lanes of Interstate 55 was killed Friday December 16, 2011, when he struck an SUV head-on just south of Weber Road, injuring the driver.  A St. Louis county police officer and Affton firefighter worked at the scene.
Photo by Robert Cohen, rcohen@post-dispatch.com
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East St. Louis guard/forward Deshawn Munson (right) passes the ball while being defended by Belleville West forward Markkies Goodwin in second half action during a game between Belleville West and East St. Louis Friday, Dec. 2, 2011 at Belleville West High School in Belleville, Ill.
Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com
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