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Plenty of Entertainment for Kids Ensures First Night’s Success
Marissa Compas First Night is a gala New Year’s Eve celebration of cultural diversity displayed through artistic presentations on the campus of Lewis and Clark Community College. First Night began in Boston, MA in 1976. The vision of the event is to build a sense of community spirit and unity by bringing together the diversity of the community through a joyous celebration of the arts. First Night is an alcohol and drug-free celebration held in cities and towns around the World. Parents looking for a fun environment that even the kids can enjoy on New Year’s Eve can once again venture to the campus of Lewis and Clark Community College this year for First Night River Bend 2004. This year two venues have been dedicated to the entertainment of children, including the Hatheway Cultural Center Gymnasium and the River Bend Arena. Both venues will feature great hands-on activities that are sure to keep children of all ages enthralled for hours. The Hatheway Cultural Center Gymnasium will open its doors at 7:00 p.m. and will stay open until 10:00 p.m. with great activities for children including painting, hat making and mask making. Caricaturist Mike Dooley will also be on site in the gym to entertain the children with his drawings, and to give them something they can take home to remember the fun-filled night. Hat making and mask making stations will also allow children to express themselves through art as they design their own masks and hats for the evening. Food and beverages will be available from 6-10:30 p.m. in the Restaurant, hot and cold beverages only will be available from 7-11:00p.m. in the Science Commons, and snacks will be available from 7-10:00 p.m. at River Bend Arena. Menu items will encompass dinner items from hamburgers, cheeseburgers, hot dogs, coney dogs, sloppy joes, nachos, onion pedals, french fries and chili to dessert items including: brownies, rice krispy treats and cookies. The location of the grand finale is the science commons court—so as families leave any of the venues at 11:45 p.m., they will become a part of the Finale Procession which will follow the leader of the Celebration Band to the Science Commons Court joining the Wizard of the First Night to view the final ascent of the Millennium Ball and Spectacular Fireworks to welcome the New Year. To get into first night river bend event you must purchase a button to be worn somewhere visible on your clothing. Buttons are $8.00 in advance and $10.00 at the night of the event, while ages 5 and under get in free. Buy your 2004 First Night River Bend Buttons in advance at these locations in the River Bend area: First Community Bank of Godfrey, Alton Memorial Hospital Gift Shop, Dick’s Flowers (Alton and Wood River), Godfrey and Bethalto Park-N-Shop, Saint Anthony’s Gift Shop and Wellness Center, Liberty Bank (Corner of Homer Adams Parkway and Godfrey Rd.), WBGZ, Winds and Strings Music Shop, Halpin Music Store, LCCC Book Store and Community Education Centers in Bethalto, Edwardsville, White Hall, Jerseyville, and Carlinville, and The Bank of Edwardsville (North Alton, Bethalto, and Main Edwardsville location). |
St. Louis Mills Open To Public
Alma Collins The new St. Louis Mills mall had its grand opening on Nov. 13. Many expected for the mall to be more of a discount mall with different stores offering outlet prices. Instead, the mall has a lot of regular clothing stores and only a few of them are outlets. This has not really affected the amount of people that have traveled Interstate 270 to get to the new mall. The St. Louis Mills is an extension of the ever growing Mills Company. It offers entertainment, recreation, and shopping for customers of all ages. During the opening week many PBS characters were present for the enjoyment of the children, while parents and young adults had an abundance of stores and places to pick from in which to spend their time. There are many apparel stores including, The Children’s Place, American Eagles Outfitters, and Wilson’s Leather, which offers a discount outlet and a regular store from which to shop. The selection of stores from which the female customers have to shop include Forever 21, Papaya, and Dress Barn. The Guess Outlet has clothing for both males and females but, the prices would not necessarily be considered as discount prices. The recreation is not only limited to the children’s PBS play area, but expand to include an ice rink, which will be the new place where the St. Louis Blues practice and a miniature Xtreme Games skate park for those who like to skateboard. The food court has a various array of places for people to purchase food items from, including Popeye’s Chicken and Biscuits and Subway. The fun never stops at The St. Louis Mills. |
North Point Sculpture Unveiled On Campus
Marissa Compas Lewis and Clark Community College recently unveiled and dedicated the College’s newest sculpture, North Point, during a formal ceremony. The ceremony was held Wednesday, November 12, in front of the McPike Math and Science Complex on the west side of campus. The event began with a welcome from President Chapman. Remarks were made by representatives from both the Missouri Botanical Garden and the Olin Corporation. Following their remarks, Art History and Culture Professor Jim Price introduced Michael Dunbar, who spoke before the sculpture was unveiled and officially dedicated. North Point is a sculpture created by artist, Michael Dunbar. The artwork is placed in front of the complex, and is raised on a stone platform. The College’s Foundation has helped fund this project through its sculpture fund. Preparations for the sculpture included the arrangement of the decorative cobblestones that surround the piece, which were donated by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. The Missouri Botanical Garden’s Shaw’s Garden East Project also played a major role in the layout and design of the landscape that surrounds the sculpture. Olin Corporation donated the bronze for the sculpture. The sculpture is estimated to have a value of $100,000. “We are very grateful to our many partners who have helped with the cost of this magnificent addition to our Campus’ art collection,” LCCC President Dale Chapman said. “The continued support of the Foundation, The Missouri Botanical Garden, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the Olin Corporation makes projects like these possible. Art is an important part of our campus, and it is the donations and the support of our partners that help beautify our campus and its landscape.” For the past 25 years Dunbar has been creating large scale sculpture in steel, bronze or granite. He has been commissioned to create focal pieces for The University of Illinois, University of Wisconsin at Steven’s Point, Southwestern Illinois College, Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Eastern Illinois University, Western Illinois University and the University of Notre Dame. Dunbar. Dunbar’s sculpture is about the craftsmanship of tool makers, the industrialization of the prairie and the implements that tilled the earth and altered the terrain. His monumental outdoor sculptures are emblematic of America’s industrial ingenuity. The inspiration for his work centers on the purity of design that arrives from the necessity of function. As a result, Michael’s work divulges a dualism found within the tools of invention: man controls technology and inevitably finds that technology controls man. His pieces are complex yet simple, threatening yet inviting. In addition, Dunbar’s attention to detail creates an emotional presence in each of his sculptures. |
Classes Begin At New CenterLCCC Press ReleaseEDWARDSVILLE - The Lewis and Clark Community College Edwardsville Community Education Center officially moved last week to its new, permanent location at the College’s N.O. Nelson Complex in Edwardsville. Classes began meeting in the newly renovated building Monday. The Community Education Center’s services are now being offered at the Nelson Complex. The services are being offered in the second opened building at the site. All Community Education Center services are now available in the new building, located at 600 Troy Road (Route 159- next to Leclaire baseball field and across from the Market Basket). The N.O. Nelson classroom buildings and parking lot are accessible from the Brown Avenue entrance. From Troy Road (Route 159), turn East onto Wolf Street (between Dairy Queen and Farm Fresh). Go two blocks, turn right on Brown Avenue. The parking lot is located on the right and the new classroom buildings are located along the sidewalk through the brick archway. The newly renovated 7,400-square-foot building will provide additional classroom space for Lewis and Clark students, and it will house GED and adult education services as well as all the services offered at the College’s previous Edwardsville location. Students visiting the new building will be able to enroll for credit and non-credit classes, take the college placement test and other exams, order textbooks and library materials, pick up financial aid information, see an advisor for A.A.S. degree and certificate programs, pay tuition and fees, order student photo IDs, request transcripts, use computer lab facilities and attend classes. For more information call the center at 618-656-8800 or 656-9474. |
The Web is a Winner for Easy to Make Gift Ideas
Marissa Compas
The Winter Holidays can be a tough time financially for everyone, especially college students. Here are some easy to make gift ideas to help you save some cash by replacing monetary value with sentimental value. 1) Burn a CD or make a tape with your loved ones favorite songs on it. 2) Give a disposable camera along with a decorated picture frame or a decorated picture book. 3) If your loved one likes to write, consider buying a cheap notebook and decorate it for use as a journal. 4) Buy a cheap clock from your local Walmart or dollar store and pop the plastic front off of it. Replace the clock background with art of your own choosing or even pictures. Then write the numbers on with a dark marker. 5) Homemade ornaments always make good gift ideas and there are tons of ideas for different types of these on the internet. 6) Chocolate melting spoons for coffee, or candied melting spoons for hot tea make good gifts and there are also a lot of ideas for different types of these on the internet. 7) Gifts in a jar—Have you seen those jars that come with flour and sugar mixes for cookies and brownies and all you do is dump the contents of the jar, add wet ingredients, and bake? http://organizedchristmas.com has lots of varieties of recipes and directions to make your own gifts in a jar, and they even have cute little printable gift tags with the instructions on them, all for free!!! Check out the journal jars too. 8) An idea for kids: take some time and make some homemade slime to give to your kids or make with your kids. They’ll have fun and also learn some science too.
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