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Summer is winding down -- indeed, some schools have started -- and camps are letting out. What's a family to do? With a general air of caution surrounding the economy, gas prices staying in the uncomfortable range and airlines charging to check bags, we at the Beacon decided to look in our own backyard for things to do. The obvious things such as movies and the Zoo we trust you know. Several of the things we present will be familiar to some, and we may go to an obvious place -- think the Art Museum -- and highlight a lesser known part. At the end of the article, click on the link and send us your ideas.
The Herbert Hoover Boys and Girls Club and U.S. Bank held the third annual Rubber Duck Derby on the St. Louis Riverfront Saturday. Thousands of bright yellow rubber ducks bobbed in the dingy current, and some even thwarted the organizers' plans, escaping down the river.
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Head to downtown St. Louis for the Hispanic Festival Inc . The festivities take place from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Sept. 5 & 6 and from 11 a.m. to 9 p.m. on Sept. 7.
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The Dog Days of Summer Bicycle Ride runs on Aug. 24, with registration from 7:30- 9 a.m. at Holt High School in Wentzville. Choose routes of 28, 36, or 44 miles. $8 for Trailnet members, $12 for non-members, and children under 13 are $3 with an adult.
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The Greenway Network is sponsoring a Race for the Rivers (serious paddler), a clean Water Challenge (less intense) and a Race for the Rivers Festival in Frontier Park at St. Charles. So, canoists, kayakers and people looking for fun, check out, http://www.racefortherivers.
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Did the Tour de France inspire you? Do you want to try your hand, er, feet, at miles and miles of bicycling? Check out the Tour of Missouri , Sept. 8-14.
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Zoo news: Dinoroarus has been extended through Sept. 30. See 16 life-size animatronic dinosaurs that move, roar and spit in a walk-through exhibit in River's Edge. $3 per person, $1.50 for Zoo Friends.
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Cahokia Mounds can be the beginning of a Midwest journey that discovers the civilizations that lived -- and disappeared -- around here hundreds of years ago. | Keith Mulihill, The New York Times
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History, crafts and food (forget funnel cake, we hear fried Oreos will be available) fill the streets of St. Charles at the Festival of the Little Hills Aug. 15-17.
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Voices in the news
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Whether by old-line boys on the bus or hot-shot bloggers, elections are covered like a horse race: Who's ahead? What are the odds? But the old-time journalistm was pretty straightforward, giving just what the candidate said. Now, cable and others mix analysis with the facts, and opinions are freely offered. Is the electorate confused or enlightened? Retired professor Lana Stein raises questions she hopes people will study.
Columnists
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Columnist M.W. Guzy remembers a time when conventions actually mattered. As the Democrats and Republicans return to the "nominating" arena with everything carefully orchestrated, he wonders what the ratings will be for Nick at Nite.
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Law Scoop
Sen. Barack Obama told Pastor Rick Warren at the Saddleback Church forum that he wouldn't have appointed Clarence Thomas to the Supreme Court, partly because of inexperience. Conservatives responded, charging that Obama is less qualified than Justice Thomas.
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