The Insider: 8.15.18

Local soccer fans will get a kick out of this! The Lou Fusz SC 19-U Boys’ Team recently took top honors at the U.S. Club Soccer Boys’ NP Finals in Lancaster, Massachusetts. They were undefeated throughout the tournament and shut out Space Coast United of Florida to win the championship. The Fusz team includes players from Parkway West, CBC, DeSmet and Ladue Horton Watkins high schools. Congratulations!

 

Personalized health care is making strides at Washington University School of Medicine with help from a $15 million donation by MBA alumnus Kim Kuehner. His gift supports research to advance the fight against heart disease in specific populations. Kuehner, a retired men’s clothing retailer, also gave $2 million to the university’s design and visual arts program last year.

 

Celebrity designer and Extreme Makeover: Home Edition host Michael Moloney recently visited the STL to reveal the master bedroom suite he designed for this year’s St. Jude Dream Home at the Legends Point subdivision in O’Fallon, Missouri. The house was built by volunteers and Payne Family Homes, and one lucky raffle ticket holder will win it following a Sept. 6 drawing. The Magic House sponsored one of the rooms.

 

Former City of St. Louis comptroller Virvus Jones has entered the world of novel writing with Stalking Horse, his debut book. It tells the story of a young student, Billy Strayhorn, and his experiences with segregation and other harsh realities of the Brown v. Board of Education era. Available at Left Bank Books

 

 

 

 

 

 

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the main events

Stock up your library at the Gateway Region YMCA’s 40th annual Book Fair, Aug. 17 through 21 at the Greensfelder Recreation Complex in Queeny Park. The sale features more than half a million books, magazines, CDs and more. Proceeds benefit the Y’s programs for kids and adults.

Live music, wine and beer tastings, food trucks and more will be on tap at the Saint Louis Zoo’s Jammin’ at the Zoo event 6 p.m. Aug. 22. Presented by the park’s Young Professionals organization, the evening supports efforts to save endangered species.

Wrap up summer at The J’s annual Tour de Fun Aug. 26, a day of family-friendly games and activities at the Staenberg Family Complex. Enjoy rides, food, inflatables, a climbing wall, petting zoo and more.