Annie Schmutzler has been part of Heisinger Bluffs since its early beginnings in 1978, serving as a volunteer, and later as an employee. And now, in retirement, she’s back in her volunteer capacity. As she puts it, “I just can’t stay away.” “I worked in Activities with Jerry Engelby,” she says, and, like most people [...]
Laclede Groves held its fourth annual water volleyball tournament as part of the St. Louis Senior Olympics. The event was its largest yet with 10 teams competing in three age groups. Teams included LSS residents as well as people playing on YMCA teams. More than 100 spectators came to watch the games throughout the day. [...]
Most golfers only dream of playing with the pros. Concordia Village resident Joy Kimler has been doing it for more than 30 years. “My team with Christina Kim came in second in 2011 (at the LPGA Pro-Am),” she says. “I was 82.” The Pro-Ams are events that the LPGA coordinates to let amateur golfers play [...]
“I have never been lost,” legendary frontiersman and trailblazer Daniel Boone once said, “but I will admit to being confused for several weeks.” Boone explored the heartland of America in a time before every inch of the natural world had been mapped, photographed, cataloged, analyzed, and cross-referenced. Today, the online world gives would-be explorers an [...]
