History shows one vote makes a difference
By Carl Hendrickson, For the Call
August 28, 2020
I am sure many readers know of someone who did not vote this month. The familiar excuse is: “I am only one person. What difference can I make?” But isn’t each of us one person? Why should anyone feel shortchanged or ineffective because he or she is only one person? From the moment of birth to o...
Friendship Village opens new Chesterfield assisted living, memory care as part of $200M project in South and West County
August 19, 2020
For Jill Frein, construction project manager for Friendship Village, Sept. 8 will be a big day to celebrate. After more than a year of construction, she and her team will open the doors to what the senior living company calls “one of the most inviting and advanced assisted living and memory care buildings in the St. Louis area.” The new 60-apartment building in West County is part of a five-year, $200 million construction project across Friendship Village’s Chesterfield and Sunset Hills campuses. The project includes new independent living apartments, purpose-built assisted living an...
In July, reflect on a course of human events
By Carl Hendrickson, For the Call
July 23, 2020
Twelve score and four years (244 years) have passed since the birth of our country July 4, 1776. The United States has evolved from the equivalent of a third-world nation with an agrarian economy to an industrial nation. Unfortunately, too many who celebrate Independence Day every July have little ...
Bethesda gets a courtyard concert
June 28, 2020
The musical group Hot Soup, comprised of teenagers from Wildwood, performed outdoors for the enjoyment of the residents, who are still on quarantine, at Bethesda Southgate in Oakville May 29.
Old adage still has truth: Father knows best
By Carl Hendrickson, For the Call
June 26, 2020
My late father was not a well-educated man, since he had to leave school during the Great Depression to assist his family. But he had common sense and passed along to his children lessons to assist us throughout life. I am the man I am today because of the lessons learned from my father. Hopefully in tu...
Graduates, step outside your comfort zones
By Carl Hendrickson, For the Call
May 26, 2020
She was a failure. Her marriage ended in divorce. She lost her job. She was a single mother living on unemployment benefits. But, as she told the Harvard graduating class in 2008, there are fringe benefits that come with failure. She stepped outside the comfort zone expected by society and decided to follo...
Feed My People seeking donations on Give STL Day and beyond due to rising need
May 5, 2020
Almost 17 percent of the 22,000 people served by Lemay-based food pantry Feed My People each year are seniors over the age of 60, a high-risk group for COVID-19. Seniors living in poverty must often choose between medical care and food. “Your financial gift will enable us to ensure that our elderly...
Friendship Village’s ‘Rosie the Riveters’ are hard at work sewing masks
May 3, 2020
Senior-living facility Friendship Village has modern-day "Rosie the Riveters" who are are hard at work sewing masks to not only keep themselves and staff members safe but also the rest of the St. Louis community. Although the Sunset Hills senior living community is currently following shelter-in-place ...
On 107th birthday, St. Louis man is oldest in United States to beat COVID-19
May 2, 2020
A 107-year old Chesterfield resident is believed to be the oldest patient in the United States and one of the oldest in the world to recover from the coronavirus. Rudi Heider celebrated his “miraculous” COVID-19 recovery on his 107th birthday, April 29, when he first met all the benchmarks for r...
Healthy Living: Despite coronavirus and social distancing, spring fun continues
By Carl Hendrickson, For the Call
April 17, 2020
Many of us have fond Easter memories. Dressing up. A lovely church service. Dinner with family. Our children remember Easter egg hunts in the spring. There were two. A week or two before Easter our subdivision social committee had one on the subdivision common ground for the children. On Easter Sunday...
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