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zimmerly100jim.jpg Lost and found: Jim Zimmerly returned to Vietnam with adoptive family to meet his biological one

Posted 10:24 a.m. Fri., 03.12.10 - On April 3, 1975, President Gerald Ford announced what he called "Operation Babylift," resulting in 2,700 children being adopted into American families. Jim Zimmerly was one of those children who came to families in St. Louis. Today, he has his feet firmly planted in this area but has visited Vietnam and his biological family several times.

Part 3 in a series. Video inside.

 
Beacon Backroom
Republican who knocked off Senate Democratic leader in 2004 to stump for Martin Jo Mannies, Beacon Political Reporter
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Posted 11:30 a.m. Fri., 03.12.10 - U.S. Sen. John Thune, R-S.D., -- and who made his mark when he knocked off prominent Democratic incumbent Tom Daschle -- will be in town next Monday to help local Republican congressional candidate Ed Martin, who hopes to do the same against Democratic incumbent Russ Carnahan.

Obits
Ruth Krause Jacobson: Legendary Fleishman-Hillard public relations maven, civic leader Gloria S. Ross, Special to the Beacon
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Posted 10:38 a.m. Fri. 03.12.10 - As Fleishman-Hillard's second female staffer and first female senior partner, Ruth Jacobson, who died Tuesday, blazed a trail for women in the field of public relations. Her creativity and drive pushed her up the ladder; and the higher she rose, the more she tried to bring other women along. Ms. Jacobson also served on more than 30 local boards, admitting to serving on more than 20 simultaneously at one point. (Photo from Fleishman-Hillard)

 
Health
Bridget Flood wants to make north St. Louis a Children's Zone Robert Joiner, Beacon staff
flood100bridget.jpg Posted 11:30 a.m. Thurs., 03.11.10 - Bridget Flood, executive director of the Incarnate Word Foundation, has had Harlem on her mind lately -- more specifically the Harlem Children's Zone. She is part of a local group hoping to replicate the innovative Children's Zone in St. Louis.
The Feed
Weekend links Elia Powers, Beacon staff
worker100inthoughtsxc.jpg Posted 10 a.m. Fri., 03.12.10 - In this installment: Young people are worried about their current financial status; decreasing trust in traditional banks; young Democrats showing little interest in midterm elections; debating how health-care legislation would help people in their 20s; inhalant abuse on the rise?; networks in search of the next "Friends." (Photo from sxc.hu)
 
Science
Stimulus money gives scientific research at local universities a boost Robert Joiner, Beacon staff
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Posted 3 p.m. Thurs., 03.11.10 - The first anniversary of the $787 billion federal stimulus program, in mid-February, set off lots of arguments, pro and con, about its worth. But among officials at the area's major universities, the value of the program is not up for debate. They all say the funding has made a big difference in starting up or continuing important research that benefits everyone.

Visual Arts
Review: Pause to consider 'What Pictures Want' Ivy Cooper, Beacon art critic
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Posted 10 a.m. Fri., 03.12.10 - Another great show at the tiny PSTL Gallery: Daniel McGrath's "What Pictures Want" combines conceptual art sobriety with razor-sharp humor directed squarely at the self-important, snooty high art crowd.

 
World
In earthquake relief efforts, it's still all about the money Elia Powers, Beacon staff
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Posted 2:18 p.m. Thurs., 03.11.10 - Ten days after a 7.0 earthquake devastated Haiti, representatives from some of the largest national relief organizations gathered at the United Way of Greater St. Louis' downtown office to discuss the recovery efforts. Each panelist outlined a slightly different strategy to reach the Haitian victims, but the group's main message was unified: Monetary donations are sorely needed. Two months later, they still are.

Music
Ron Carter returns to the area to play at Robbie's Terry Perkins, Special to the Beacon
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Posted 11:45 a.m. Thurs., 03.11.10 - From 1977, for almost two decades, Ron Carter (left) built and nurtured the music program at East St. Louis Lincoln High School, developing a jazz band that gained national acclaim. Now at Northern Illinois University, where he again worked his magic, Carter brings the NIU Liberace Jazztet to play in Webster Groves this weekend.

 
HealthDay TV
Stop Bugging Me! HealthDay TV

Posted 2:16 p.m. Thur., 03.11.10 - In Thursday's HealthDay TV segment, Cindy Haines mentions new treatments for head lice being tested by experts. Watch.

Become a fan of Dr. Cindy Haines on Facebook or follow her on Twitter .

Books
Behind the hidden life of one art quilt Jerri Stroud, Special to the Beacon
500artquilts100book.jpg Posted 12:35 p.m. Thurs., 03.11.10 - Local quilt artists Jerri Stroud and Pat Owoc have works in a new book, "500 Art Quilts: An Inspiring Collection of Contemporary Work." Click through to read Stroud's comments on the book and the way she designs her work.
 

Editors' Picks

 

Baby Lift

Video by Kristen Hare

Vietnamese babies that were part of "Operation Baby Lift" now have lives and families in St. Louis but they still have questions about their pasts. Read the story and see a larger version of the video here.
 

Voices

  • Beacon Columnists

    Posted 6 a.m. Fri., 03.12.10 - As international assessment of educational achievement shows that U.S. students scored below average. R.W. Hafer says one change that's needed is to demand excellence, stopping grade inflation.

  • Beacon Columnists

    Posted 9:42 a.m. Thurs., 03.11.10 - M.W. Guzy is confused by the Post-Dispatch. It wants the legislature to free the city police from the control of a state board whose members are appointed by the governor, then merge an assortment of locally controlled departments and place them under the supervision of a different state board whose members are also appointed by the governor.

  • In the News

    Posted 12:35 p.m. Wed., 03.10.10 - The success of Citygarden is one reason for the resurgence of the idea of setting aside a "percent for art" on public projects and private ones covered by TIFs or tax abatement. Lana Stein laments that, once again, developers (this time joined by the mayor's office) won the votes to kill the plan.

Beacon Roundtable

The Lens

  • alice100timburton.jpgPosted 10:35 a.m. Mon., 03.08.10 - Tim Burton's treatment of "Alice in Wonderland" is just the most recent in a long line - a line dating from 1903.

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