Young athletes have a special opportunity this week to learn soccer skills from one of the best in the world— Lauren Holiday of the U.S. Women’s Soccer Team. She will visit St. Louis to talk about winning the 2015 World Cup, coach kids through soccer drills, and sign autographs. The free event, sponsored by Smoothie King, is 9:30 to 11:30 a.m., Oct. 10, at the St. Louis Scott Gallagher Soccer Club in Fenton.
A round of hushed applause for collegiate golfer Brooke Cusumano, who recently beat out a field of 83 to win the season-opening Murray State Invitational. A junior at Southern Illinois University and a graduate of Westminster Christian Academy, Cusumano is the daughter of KSDK sportscaster Frank Cusumano and his wife Monique, of Creve Coeur.
Walker Deibel is a homegrown Hollywood success story. The Washington University graduate and Clayton resident sold his book-printing business in 2013 to become an angel investor in startups and a movie producer. Deibel has backed five films, one of which he sold to Netflix. His recent documentary, Finders Keepers, made its St. Louis premiere last week at Landmark Plaza Frontenac Cinema and is now available for download through iTunes.
Saint Louis is on sale! The $50 Glennon Card entitles cardholders to a 20 percent discount on regularly priced merchandise at 325 of the best-known local and national retailers, restaurants and salons. From Oct. 23 through Nov. 1, cardholders have unlimited use of the Glennon Card, and, best of all, 100 percent of the $50 card cost directly benefits the kids at SSM Health Cardinal Glennon Children’s Hospital. The program is presented by Drury Hotels and co-sponsored by Town & Style, Show Me St. Louis, News Channel 5, fit-flavors and others. Visit glennoncard.org for details.
Future journalists at Kirkwood High School are learning from the best. Mitch Eden, who advises the Kirkwood Call, was just named this year’s national high school journalism teacher of the year. The award is sponsored by the Dow Jones News Fund, Columbia Scholastic Press Association, Poynter Institute for Media Studies and The Wall Street Journal.
Pictured: Lauren Holiday
Photo: Sideline Sports Photography
