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ST. LOUIS NEWS TODAY - Monday, June 5, 2006

The annual Susan G. Komen Race for the Cure in downtown St. Louis, Saturday, June 10, is expected to draw over 60,000 participants. SLFP.com file photo

Susan G. Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure® Expected to Draw Record Crowd
ST. LOUIS, (SLFP.com), June 5, 2006 - More than 40,000 American women will die from breast cancer this year, making it the second-leading cause of cancer death in the country.

Thousands of women and men are expected to join in the fight against breast cancer by participating in the 2006 Komen St. Louis Race for the Cure®.

The event will be held Saturday, June 10, in downtown St. Louis. Participants can select from several race options, including a competitive 5K run, a noncompetitive 5K run/walk and a fun run. The registration fee is $20. Online registration is available until noon on Friday, June 9th.

Participants who have already registered must pickup Race T-shirts and bib numbers before Race Day. The first 60,000 participants to pick up their Race bib number will receive a Komen Race for the Cure® T-shirt. For more information, visit www.komenstlouis.org or call 314-721-2900.

Crews will close one lane in both directions on Popular Street bridge beginning at 9 a.m. on Monday, June 5.

MoDOT to Remove and Replace the Existing Surface on the Poplar Street Bridge
ST. LOUIS, (SLFP.com), June 1, 2006 - The Illinois and Missouri Department's of Transportation will begin a $12 million project on the Poplar Street Bridge.

Crews will close one lane permanently in both directions on the bridge beginning at 9 a.m. on Monday, June 5, to remove and replace the existing surface. Also, as a part of this project, crews will also overlay the west end ramps leading into downtown St. Louis. The entire project is expected to be complete by Labor Day 2006.

Construction Schedule:

Bridge: During construction, MoDOT will have a permanent lane closure during construction, reducing the lanes from four to three in each direction. Construction will consist of removing the existing surface, cleaning and preparing the surface for asphalt overlay.

During non-peak hours (10 a.m. to 6 a.m. westbound and 7 p.m. to 3 p.m. eastbound) crews will close an additional lane. This will reduce the bridge to two lanes.

Ramps closures:

Westbound I-64 from the PSB to westbound I-70 will be closed at 9:30 a.m. Saturday, June 10 and reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, June 12.

Westbound I-64 from the PSB to southbound I-55 will be closed at 7 p.m. Friday, July 7 and reopen by 5 a.m. Monday, July 10.

Work on the ramps will be done only on weekends. No work will be done on holidays or during major events. Motorists are advised to use the MLK, EADS and Chain of Rocks as alternate routes.

Motorists will experience major delays especially during peak periods and major events and are encouraged to use alternate routes or allow extra time when driving through the work zone.

Few U.S. Adults Give High Marks to the Nation's Public Schools for Quality of Education
ST. LOUIS, (PRNewswire), June 1, 2006 - Public schools are perceived better for physical education, diversity and social development aspects, but people feel private schools better prepare kids for college, teach academic subjects and address the needs of the gifted and talented.

Fewer than two in 10 U.S. adults rate the quality of public education in the nation today as very good or excellent (grades K-6, 17%; grades 7-12, 14%). Adults are twice as likely to rate the quality of public education in the United States as fair or poor as they are to rate it as very good or excellent. This applies to both the elementary (39% poor/fair) and secondary school (45% poor/fair) levels.

Private schools in the United States, whether religion-based or not, are the most likely to be viewed as providing a very good or excellent quality of education. Home schooling also fares better than public schools in this analysis, but charter schools are perceived as providing a similar quality of education as public schools in general.

These are the results of a nationwide Harris Poll of 2,435 U.S. adults surveyed online by Harris Interactive(R) between March 8 and 14, 2006.

Adults are somewhat more likely to rate the quality of public school education in their local area more favorably than that of the nation as a whole. One-quarter of adults describe the quality of public school education in their local area as very good or excellent at the grade K-6 (26%) and grade 7-12 (23%) levels.

In contrast, people's views toward the quality of education in private, non-religion based schools or of home schooling locally tend to be less favorable than their perceptions of those at the national level. Private, religion-based schools and charter schools fared equally when people considered them locally or nationally.

Views on education quality align with beliefs about which types of schooling do best in specific subject or skill areas.

Pluralities believe that private schools provide a better education than public schools or home-schooling in reading and writing (33%), science (35%), English/literature (36%), mathematics (37%), foreign language (40%), art/music (41%), preparation for college (44%), and education for gifted or talented children (49%). However, many also believe that public schools provide a better education than private schools or home-schooling in physical education (42%), social skills with peers (47%), and getting along with people from other backgrounds (59%).

Western and Eastern states vary in their ratings of public school education. Only two in 10 adults in the West rate the quality of public education as very good or excellent in elementary (21%) or secondary (17%) schools, compared to one-third of adults in East who rate the quality of public school education as very good or excellent, K-6 (35%) and 7-12 (32%).

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