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i III SPORTS: Don't name the worms, and other advice for teaching a kid to fish. Page N6 -H ifliOT THURSDAY, JUNE 8, 2000 ST. LOUIS POST-DISPATCH (3) Nl to closer oves Bridgeton Heart screening program will be offered by DePaul Healthy Heart Exam, a screening program to determine cardiac risk factors, wiU be offered by DePaul Health Center from noon to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at its community education center, 12303 De-Paul Drive, off St Charles Rock Road in Bridgeton. Screenings include total blood cholesterol, HDL and LDL cholesterol, triglyceride level, blood sugar level, EKG-monitored fitness evaluation, blood pressure, body fat percentage and cardiac risk analysis.

The cost is $49. Call 314-645-4500 for a reservation or more information. id redevelopment iUi IJJUdJ. who? dm Sarfkm, v. Officials want to see details before acting to approve TIF by Victor Volland Of the Post-Dispatch Jennings and the Sansone Group have moved closer to the redevelopment of Northland Shopping Center with a Target Greatland as anchor.

The two sides met in closed session last Friday afternoon on Sansone's request for a $6 million tax-increment-financing agreement to secure Target's commitment Jim Sansone, executive vice president of the Sansone Group, said that amount was needed to justify the financial risk Target would take to anchor a center with three new buildings and a separate of-'fice building for a state agency. "We're entirely open to considering a TIF, but we need to see some numbers," replied Rick Perry, Jennings' public works director. Under the state's tax-increment-financing statute to help economically distressed areas, bonds or notes for improvements are repaid with tax revenue they generate. Sansone estimated that a detailed financial analysis could be completed and submitted for the signing of the TIF agreement within 90 days. Perry hoped it could be "even sooner." After that, ground could be broken for the first phase of an entirely new Northland center within 12 to 18 months, Sansone said.

The first phase would consist of a Target Greatland store, 60,000 square feet of other stores around it, three stores closer to the edge of the shopping center and a two-story state office building with about 50,000 square feet of floor space. The second phase would expand the number and variety of other stores. Greatland stores are much larger than regular Target stores and have a different configuration and wider variety of merchandise. The store would replace the old Famous-Barr store that had anchored Northland until the store closed in 1994. The current buildings, built in the mid-1950s, would be razed.

A number of the 45 remaining store owners would be invited to move into the new center, "depending on their viability," Sansone said. The Sansone Group is still negotiating with the owners of Northland, Spiegel Properties and May Department Stores to buy the 52-acre tract at West Florissant Avenue and Lucas and Hunt Road. The site, which has been declared blighted by Jennings, is slated to be a major stop in a MetroLink line from downtown St. Louis to Florissant Valley Community College in Ferguson. Jim Sansone believes he has satisfied Mayor Benjamin Sutphin's requirement See Target, Page 2 the same position financially that it was in 1994, Tetley said.

Since then, its assessed value has declined from $132 million to $119 million, he says. A major factory in the district, the Unilever plant in Pagedale, is closing. The plant makes liquid fabric softeners and detergents for washing dishes by hand. Its closing will put another crimp in the district's finances, Tetley says. For the first time since the late 1970s, the district will have to borrow money to pay bills at the end of the year, he says.

The district would retire the debt from revenue from 2000 property taxes received early next year, he says. See Fire, Page 2 BERKELEY City will fine kids who are caught smoking at school The Berkeley City Council has agreed to tougher enforcement and stiff fines to stop minors from smoking. Students would be fined if caught smoking on campus. The same program was adopted in Florissant. The cities are taking part at the request of Ferguson-Florissant School Superintendent E.

James Travis. The ordinance prohibits the sale of tobacco products to minors and makes it illegal for people under 18 to possess any tobacco. Violators would be punished with a fine of between $50 and $75 with future violations pushing the fines as high as $500. Those who sell tobacco products to minors also would be fined. The council also honored Devin James, a sixth-grader, for his part in helping solve a burglary, said Police Officer Harlan Smith a DARE officer.

The council also declared June to be Berkeley High School Month. The Bull-dog track team placed first in the state. lARYLAND HEIGHTS Baby sitters can attend one-day training session The Maryland Heights Parks and Recreation Department and American Red Cross are offering a one-day baby sitters' training workshop on Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. at the Maryland Heights Centre; 2344 McKelvey Road.

The workshop is for youngsters ages 11 to 14. It will explain emergency techniques, age-appropriate activities, safety precautions and how to handle difficult situations. Certificates will be awarded to those completing the workshop. Participants need to bring their own lunches. The training fee is $32.

To register, caU 314-424-1919. St. Louis Metropolis will hold its St. Louis trivia night Sunday Think you know St. Louis? You can test your knowledge at Metropolis St Louis' trivia night (aka "The from 7 to 9:30 p.m.

Sunday at The Feasting Fox banquet center, Grand Avenue and Meramec Street The questioning will be 10 rounds about the people, places and things of St Louis. There will be prizes, guest hosts, a silent auction and all the free popcorn you can cart to your table. A cash bar and limited menu also wiU be available. Proceeds benefit the work of Metropolis to promote city living. The cost is $10 per person, eight to a table.

If you don't have eight people, organizers will try to match you up with a team. Reservations should be made through Lynn Josse at 314-776-5409 or by e-mail at tjosseearthlink.net St. Louis Religious group will host Race Unity Day at city park The BahTs of St Louis are inviting anyone who is interested to celebrate Race Unity Day from noon to 5 p.m. Saturday at the Soulard Park pavilion. The pavilion is next to Soulard Market on South Broadway.

The event will include live performances from people of different cultures and fun activities for families. More information is available from the Bah Information Center at 314-963-1415 or by e-mail at: showndeyahoo.com The Bahl (pronounced faith is a worldwide religion that recognizes Ba-h'u'llh as its Messenger for this day. Bah'uHh taught that all the religions of the world teach about the same God. i A window showing the imprint of a dove a universal sign of peace and the Christian symbol of the Holy Spirit was dedicated in the new ICU waiting area of DePaul Health Center in Bridgeton. The image appeared on the window in the room of Joe Boland, 17, who had died last Nov.

1 of injuries suffered In a one-car accident. DePaul hospital; dedicates window on which image of dove appeared had just died last Nov. 1 of injuries suffered in a one-car accident The appearance of the dove, a universal sign of peace and the Christian symbol of the Holy Spirit, was taken to be a miracle by his family, confirming its decision to donate his vital organs so that others might live and see again. "I believe it was a miracle," Southall said on hearing the story, and she took solace from it. So did Tobi Conner, Joe's girlfriend and a student at Washington University.

He was leading her car from his own vehicle back to the university dormitories when the accident occurred. Joe lost control after his tire hit a curb, TED DARGANPOST-DISPATCH sending his car crashing into a concrete median wall near his home in Overland. "It's amazing," said Conner, 19, who prayed all that night and next day with the family at the hospital. "It the dove has reaffirmed my faith." "God left a sign that he is with us in our most difficult moments and it's still there," Joe's mother, Kimberly Mount, said gratefully. There have been no other such signs since, but she said a close relative told her that Joe appeared to her and said, "Tell Mom I'm happy and that I love her." See Dove, Page 2 Elections in August Mid-County Fire Protection District Jennings School District Bel-Ridge Carsonville Beverly Hills Wellston Berkeley's 5th Ward St.

Louis County $60,000 would pay an additional $42 a year to the district if the proposal passes. A victory for the tax proposal would make Mid-County's total tax rate the highest for a fire district in the county. The increase would put the district at By Victor Volland Of the Post-Dispatch Pam Southall's worried face relaxed and there was a positive glimmer of a hopeful smile as nurse Gene Underwood, in green hospital scrubs with an oxygen tank slung over one shoulder, pointed to a faint whitish image inside the newly installed glass panel on the wall of the critical care waiting room at DePaul Health Center in Bridgeton. He explained that the image more difficult now to see because of glare off the protective glass cover was inexplicably imprinted on the outside of a window in the unit where 17-year-old Joe Boland Mid-County fire ByPhilSutin Of the Post-Dispatch A fire protection district in north St. Louis County that can't afford to hire a chief wants voters on Aug.

8 to raise its tax rate. The Mid-County Fire Protection District, which serves the Wellston-Pagedale area, is seeking an increase of 37 cents for each $100 of assessed value. Also on Aug. 8, the Jennings School District is resubmitting a $4.5 million bond issue voters rejected in April. Bel-Ridge wants voters to approve the annexation of Carsonville.

Beverly Hills is asking voters to establish a program of lateral-sewer insurance. district asks voters for tax hike to hire chief In Wellston, voters will fill a vacancy for mayor from a field of six candidates. Voters in the 5th Ward in Berkeley will elect a successor to Babatunde Dienbo for the City Council because in April, voters promoted him to mayor. St. Louis County has a fee proposition on the ballot The deadline for placing propositions on the Aug.

8 ballot was May 30. Craig Tetley, for the Mid-County district, said the tax increase would maintain the district's current service. The increase would raise $440,000 a year. The district's yearly budget is about $1.4 million, he says. The district's tax rate last year was $1.28.

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