SANTA LETTERS:  The Friends of the Kirkwood Public Library will once again host their annual "Letters from Santa" campaign. They will send a letter from Santa to all the kids, young and old, in your life.  Letters can be ordered and paid for online at: KirkwoodPublicLibrary.org/SantaLetter. Or forms are available at the Library.  For requests received by December 2, every effort will be made to have the letter postmarked at the North Pole.  All requests must be received by December 16. 

CHILDREN'S HOLIDAY SHOPPING: On Saturday, November 21, the Friends will also host a special holiday shopping experience for children. Youngsters will be able to buy gifts for mom, dad, grandparents, aunts, uncles, siblings, and friends at kid-friendly prices beginning at 10:00 a.m. in the Children's Room on the lower level of the library. The event will last until 2:00 p.m. or until the gifts are gone, so stop by early with the youngsters to let them get a head start on holiday shopping. This event is being held in conjunction with the Downtown Kirkwood Holiday Walk. The library is located at 140 East Jefferson Avenue in Kirkwood.

 

Kirkwood Sanitation does not accept fluorescent tubes or bulbs for disposal.  These items need special handling.   However, Saint Louis County will take them at their Household Hazardous Waste Facility in Lemay. For full information on how to schedule a drop-off and what the costs, if any, might be, please visit their Website: www.hhwstl.com.

 

 

Please visit www.kirkwood2035.org, and participate in the latest survey for the EnVision Kirkwood 2035 Comprehensive Plan.  Be a part of the plan!  Your opinion matters. 

Next Open House:  Thursday, November 12, at Kirkwood City Hall, 139 S. Kirkwood Road, Council Chambers, 4:30 to 8:00 p.m.  It is a come-and-go format.  Thank you. 

 

 

 

 

Greetings!  There's a lot of holiday news in this edition of Happenings, but I cannot lie.  I am feeling a little festive this year. You know how sometimes you don't "get" the holiday spirit until really late (or not at all)? Well, I think I kinda got mine early this year.  I have always loved Halloween and pretty much have always considered it the start of the season.

At our house, when the kids were little, they started planning their costumes in May, especially my creative daughter, who had something of a theatrical approach to this dress-up holiday.  One year she was Davy Jones (the Monkees' version, not the pirate). One year, after she had discovered "I Love Lucy," she went as Ricky Ricardo, carrying a guitar and greeting candy-givers with a "Lucy, you got some splainin' to do" trick. (You know who ended up carrying that guitar.) One year she was Calamity Jane, but not the fancy cowgirl kind ("That's Annie Oakley!" she said) but the grungy Buffalo Girl version. I was so worried nobody would get it, but the very first parent who greeted us shouted out: "It's Calamity Jane!"  (That parent was Lew Prince, formerly co-owner of Vintage Vinyl. He will always have a special place in my heart for what he did for my daughter. Some memories never fade.)

I'll bet you all have some great Halloween memories too.  And you get to make new ones this year.  It's always a good year when Halloween falls on a Friday or Saturday, and when the weather is dry.  This year we get our Saturday wish, but the weather is still debatable.  The Weather Channel (as of today) is predicting a high of 57 with periods of rain all day. 

Beth von Behren

PIO/Happenings Editor