Post-Dispatch photos: Thursday, April 05, 2012
Date: 4/5/2012 Album ID: 1445839
Photos by Erik M. Lunsford/
Photographs by staff photographers
Newly elected Ellisville Mayor Adam Paul waits for the start of the City of Ellisville Council meeting in a packed room on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at Ellisville City Hall. The council delayed the TIF redevelopment vote until April 18th, after Paul is sworn in as mayor. Photo by Erik M. Lunsford elunsford@post-dispatch.com
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Jeremi Bertels, a laborer with Hawkins Construction, works on the concrete curb for a planter behind one of the sea lion viewing areas at the Sea Lion Sound, the Saint Louis Zoo's new sea lion exhibit  on Wednesday, April 4, 2012. The $18 million, 10,400-square-foot exhibit will open on June 30, 2012.
Photo by Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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Johnnie Hamilton, of Chesterfield who is legally blind uses a magnification sheet to vote on Tuesday, April 3, 2012, at Chesterfield City Hall. The 81-year-old army veteran said when he thinking about why voting is important he thinks of the 18 months he served in Korea.
Photo by Emily Rasinski,  erasinski@post-dispatch.com
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Karen Mandelbaum and Bonnie Frisch (hand on left) work on a textile design at Porter Teleo on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, on Cherokee Street in St. Louis. The company, which specializes in hand-crafted textiles and wall coverings, has been located at the intersection of Cherokee Street and Louisiana Avenue for over seven years.
Photo by Johnny Andrews, jandrews@post-dispatch.com
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Sheet metal workers Dan White, 41, and Tom Walsh, 48, put flashing on the roof of the new edition to Crossroads Elementary School Wednesday afternoon, April 4, 2012 in St. Charles county. Crossroads is one of seven schools in the county adding on extra space to accomodate student growth. The two men work for St. Louis Metal Works.

Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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Lots are for sale in the new Saratoga subdivision off Highway N near Highway 40 in St. Charles county. The county is experiencing continued growth as people move out from the city.

Photo by J.B. Forbes  jforbes@post-dispatch.com
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Jackie Pirtle-Hall works her core muscles during a personal training session Tuesday, March 27, 2012, at Emerge Fitness Training in St. Charles. Pirtle-Hall competed at the U.S. Olympic Marathon trials earlier this year and plans to WIN the GO! St. Louis Marathon. For the last couple of years she as worked on building her core strength and overall stabilti with her brother who is a personal trainer and owner of Emerge Fitness Training. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
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Up at 4:30 AM, Jackie Pirtle-Hall watches an episode of Sex in the City as she logs in an 8 mile run Monday, April 2, 2012, downstairs in the basement of her St. Charles home. Pirtle-Hall has been averaging running 80 miles per week to train for the G0! St. Louis Marathon. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
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Jackie Pirtle-Hall says hello to her daughter Samantha after school Tuesday, March 27, 2012, in the parking lot of McCluer North High School. I want to be a good role model for my daughter. I want her to see I didn't give on my running goals, said Pirtle-Hall, who ran in the  U.S. Olympic Marathon Trials in Houston. Photo by Laurie Skrivan, lskrivan@post-dispatch.com
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Detroit right wing Johan Franzen scores the first of his two goals to tie the game against Blues goaltender Brian Elliott in third period action during a game between the St. Louis Blues and the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.
Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com
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Blues left wing David Perron lifts the puck past Detroit goaltender Jimmy Howard to score a shorthanded goal in third period action during a game between the St. Louis Blues and the Detroit Red Wings on Wednesday, April 4, 2012, at the Scottrade Center in St. Louis.
Photo by Chris Lee, clee@post-dispatch.com
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