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UNDERWATER
TWO SECTIONS

Webster Groves Schools

Upgrades Ahead
ADVENTURES For High School
Auditorium; Moss
Histor y
of diving
Field Maintenance
runs by Jim Merkel
Remember that swim
deep for the school board
ming pool? The one
put in under the
gym in
the Noor the classic movie Its
a Wonderful Life?

Around that time,
the Webster Grov
family of School Board insta
lled nearly 1,000 seats
es
its high school audit in
Kir kwood Knight Auditorium
orium, now called
the
. Theyre still there
the discomfort of , to
students who have
on them. 1to sit
Now the present
school board has
to do something plans
about the approxima
950 seats in the audit tely
orium, which date
around 1927. At some to
point new seat cover
were added, but s
nobody knows when
district spokeswom , said
an Cathy Vespereny
Whats more certa . FALL 2016
in is that several
the seats are unus of
able. A report by
Twelve-year-old Kirkw District Chief Oper former
ood resident Alia Noor ations Officer Dian
dives in Cozumel, is a third generation Moore and the distri e
Mexico. By age 4, she certified scuba diver ct building advis
was snorkeling with , having completed comm ittee ory
manatees in Florida 12 underwater given to the board in June
and whale sharks they are in extremely said
Servinphot in Mexico.
g Affton
o ,
courConco rd, Crestw bad condition. Board
by Mary Shapiro tesy of Noorood, Fento mem bers
fami ly n, Green Park,voted on June 27 to use
Sappington
Kirkwood youngster She has snorkeled from the distri & Sunset Hills$450,000
cts leftov
Alia Noor, who in with manatees Aug. 26 - Sept. 1, 2016 2010 bond issue to
er revenue from the
through written tests | Vol. 71, No.
just turned 12 this
week, is in deep
Florida and with
whale sharks in at the Panera 18 renovate the audit
orium.
pages 11-20
water. Literally. And Mexico and has Bread in Kirkwood The project would

TEAR
its all thanks to now completed 12 a you have to learn deal with seats
her family. underwater dives lot to be certified, carpeting, painting ,
in Cozumel. and they really and lighting. How many Locally Owned and
Noor recently The young Noor comp emphasize safety,
Alia Noor said.
of each is yet to be
determined.
Operated
completed her leted the final
Professional Assoc required certification The actual certifi Those who took
iation of Diving dives with the cation dive was in a recent tour of
Instructors (PADI) Scuba Du firm of Cozu open water in Cozumel audit orium saw vinyl the
underwater scuba mel. with another that was splitting
diving course throu Set to enter seven private instructor or not attached.
gh Y-Kiki Divers. th grade this comp from the Scuba Du In some places, crum
She is now a certifi fall at Nipher Midd any (witnessed by foam from the seats bled
ed diver the third le School, Alia her parents was on the floor.
The

DOWN
generation of her Noor admits shes and grandparents), seats on the first
family to have that alway s loved being enjoy she added. I floor are in better shape
designation. around water and seeing life underwate than those on the
swimming. r from that second, but still
Shes certified as My grandparen perspective its much to be desired. leave
a junior open ts and parents very peaceful and
water diver and can helped with that, calming, and I just The district has place
go down no more but, on my own love it. d a higher priority
than 40 feet, but love seeing the sea I Aman Noor was on instructional progr
shes an underwate life, she said. PADI certified ams and safety than
prodigy. Alia Noor r It took her about in 1998 and has to needs like the
started snorkeling two months to 340 dives under his auditorium, Vesp
at age 4 with her get certified, work belt, according to his said. ereny
ing with Y-Kiki wife Naomi Noor.
and Lornie Mueller
grandparents Rose
instructor Bill Schin Demolition of Crestw
Alias grandparents The school board
and parents Naom
of Houston, Texas,
I had to pass two
dler.
Naomi in 1988 in Missooodwere certified with
money left over from
has discussed using

Mexico during famil

i and Aman Noor in
Ladue High Schoo Plaza continues; wo
classes in the have
1,437 dives, while
ula, Mont., and
bond issue to repla
the 2010 constructio
n
y vacations.
with my instructor,
l swimming pool
boasts 504. rk Naomi Noor
rugs and do paint
ce the seats, insta
ll new
who took me
will next target form The auditorium
ing.
er
cont. p. 16A is named for Jerry

Kirkwood Council Election Dillards building cont. p. 4A

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cente month.
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seat on the Kirkw im and renovGerry for expansion counc record on the city
ood City Council ation.Hill, proje
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qualified, well-compo are well- solidlCons truct
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most issues, their t. On ventuasre.the first large structure on any such materials. photo by Diana
the point of being
approaches are simil
ar to to be demolished. Both candi dates say they will
champion
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virtually interchang That Wer
was the e going
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Both candidates eable. from the t point on
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funds, which Jones geable, some of it
former two-term counc themont h. So,
candi datesit will probably everything
rially very west of are said goes to the fill and just ABOVE: Ahrens
forum Julytake stron the sky
g already. bridg some of it gets used
member Gerry il Robinto take
son Elemit down 20a mont h
at want the newe
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ts andthesidewmall, All of the masonry and concr Contr actin g
commission member
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ent fiscal controls,
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said.
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e, Hill
Inc., demolition
contractor for
Open
Houses
first priority given with the retail
importanc I knowand some the of neigh other
borhoods,building
to public safety, storecs are
e of publi alrea but alsomate rialstown
down being remoZimm Chicame
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to make the mall property. 23, 2016 finishing off the
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